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Italian Singer Reworks Marriage Anthem for Gays in New Video

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Gay marriage supporters in Italy have remade the video for a popular song, transforming it into a pro-gay marriage anthem. The video has gone viral on the Internet.

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Written by OutQ News staff

February 15, 2012 at 4:45 pm

Posted in Family, Marriage, Media

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Poll: NJ Voters Prefer Gay Marriage Referendum

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A new poll shows that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has hit on a popular message in his effort to keep same-sex marriage from becoming law there. Read the rest of this entry »

Love Honor Cherish: Prop 8 repeal dead for 2012

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The Los Angeles-based group committed to repealing Prop 8 in California announced Monday that they are suspending their efforts to put an initiative on the 2012 ballot.

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Written by OutQ News staff

February 14, 2012 at 2:11 pm

CA holds AUS gay couple’s kids during child sex probe

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News outlets in Australia reported Thursday that an unidentified gay male couple had their six year old children taken away by child services in Los Angeles while the FBI and Queensland police investigate the couple as possible members of an international pedophile ring.  

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Written by OutQ News staff

February 10, 2012 at 8:45 am

GLSEN Reports on Elementary School LGBT Climate

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A new report conducted by the nation’s leading LGBT youth advocacy group has found that anti-gay bullying and harassment is fairly common during the early years of elementary school. Read the rest of this entry »

SLDN Toolkit Helps DADT Dischargees Fix Paperwork

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A gay servicemembers advocacy group is launching a new online toolkit that will help LGBT veterans change their discharge paperwork. Read the rest of this entry »

Study: LGBT People Suffer Severe Income Inequality

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A campaign seeking to reduce poverty by half over the next decade has found that LGBT people suffer severe income inequality compared to their straight counterparts.

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Written by Xorje Olivares

January 11, 2012 at 8:45 am

PREVIEW: OutQ News Reports: ’2011-Year in Review’

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Join the SiriusXM OutQ News team as we bid farewell to a year that saw the formal repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’; gay marriage legalized in New York State; presidential politics intensifying; and historic changes within the LGBT rights movement.

Featuring stories from our national team of correspondents, our TWO-HOUR special event will also include in-depth conversations about the most important and most compelling news stories from the past year affecting our community.

Tune in to OutQ News Reports: ’2011-Year in Review’ on Saturday, New Year’s Eve, at 3pm ET/noon West, with encores Sunday, New Year’s Day, at noon and 7pm ET and Monday, January 2nd at 11am.

Obama’s letter congrats NY gay couple on nups

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A newly-married New York City gay couple were surprised when they opened the mail over the weekend to discover a card from the president, congratulating them on their recent nuptuals. OutQ’s Tim Curran reports.

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Written by Tim Curran

December 21, 2011 at 7:30 am

Elizabeth Warren Shores Up MA Gay Support w/ Blog Post

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U-S Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren outlined the specifics of her commitment to LGBT rights in blog post Thursday. The statement came in response to earlier criticism that her views on gay rights were not easy to find in the public record.

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