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Caroline Kennedy signs on for gay marriage in NYC

Political icon and previous candidate for a U.S. Senate seat on behalf of New York State Caroline Kennedy has joined the national effort towards legalizing gay marriage. Supporters of same-sex marriage have begun a petition to President Obama asking for nationwide implementation of legal marriage between gay, lesbian and transgender couples. Kennedy’s was the 100,000th…

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San Diego LGBT newspaper

San Diego Assemblymember Atkins wins approval for STD prevention bill

Toni Atkins, the Democratic State Assemblymember from San Diego and sponsor of Assembly bill 499, succeeded today in garnering enough support to approve the measure for improved access to preventive STD services throughout the state of California. While current regulations permit young people to access preventive care with the involvement of a parent, and also…

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LGBT newspaper San Diego

Update: Pentagon revokes guidelines for Navy chaplains, same-sex unions

Pending the Department of Defense’s final motion to recognize gay military service men and women, Navy officials will be trained to officiate over same-sex civil ceremonies. The announcement, made by Navy officials this past Monday, stated that training protocols related to the repeal of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ have been updated to include guidelines for…

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‘Super Bowl’ of gay travel: the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association convention

The International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) will hold its annual convention this week in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, playing host to attendees from amongst the group’s 2,300 members and featuring five hundred local business participants in what has been dubbed “the Super Bowl of gay travel opportunities.” Local hotelier and group member Karen Brown…

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