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ESPN regrets Broussard comment on gay NBA player
ESPN says that it regrets the "distraction" caused by one of its reporters who described Jason Collins as a sinner after the NBA center publicly ...
'I'm gay': NBA player Jason Collins breaks barrier
Last summer, NBA veteran Jason Collins considered joining an old Stanford college roommate, U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy III, at Boston's gay pride parade
Collins: Support after coming out 'incredible'
Jason Collins said he has gotten "incredible" support since coming out as the first openly gay player in one of the four major U.S. pro sports ...
APNewsBreak: NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo has book deal
Andrew Cuomo, the popular governor and a possible presidential contender in 2016, has a book deal. HarperCollins told The Associated Press on Monday ...
NBA veteran center Jason Collins comes out as gay
With the simplest of sentences, NBA veteran Jason Collins set aside years of worry and silence to become the first active player in one of four major ...
Gay athletes have come out while active or retired
Even before Jason Collins, plenty of other athletes around the world have come out as gay, either while still active or in retirement. From Martina ...
Obama calls Collins, offers support on coming out
A groundbreaking pronouncement from NBA veteran Jason Collins — "I'm gay" — reverberated Monday through Washington, generating accolades from ...
Men's pro sports finally joins gay-rights trend
By coming out as gay while still an active NBA player, Jason Collins breaks one of the last remaining barriers for gays and lesbians in era of ...
NFL reminds teams of anti-discrimination policy
The NFL distributed a document to its teams Monday reiterating its anti-discrimination policy on sexual orientation. A memo sent Monday by ...
New conservative lobbying push for gay marriage
A national group of prominent GOP donors that supports gay marriage is pouring new money into lobbying efforts to get Republican lawmakers to vote to ...
WikiLeaks suspect won't be SF Pride parade marshal
Racing to stanch a flow of criticism, the president of San Francisco's annual gay pride celebration said Friday that the U.S. Army private charged in ...
Mormon church pleased with Boy Scouts proposal
The Mormon church has given its blessing to the Boy Scouts of America on its latest proposal to lift the gay ban for youth members but continue to ...
Coordinated strategy propelled gay marriage in RI
Phone banks, an army of volunteers and alliances with organized labor, business leaders and religious clergy propelled gay marriage to victory in ...
RI on way to be 10th state to allow gay marriage
Rhode Island is on a path to becoming the 10th state to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry after a landmark vote in the state's Senate on ...
A risk including gay partners in immigration bill?
Frustrated at being left out of an immigration overhaul, gay rights groups are pushing to adjust a bipartisan Senate bill to include gay couples.
RI Senate leader plays key role in marriage debate
If Rhode Island joins the rest of New England in allowing gay and lesbian couples to wed, it will be because a formidable opponent, Senate President ...
French protest against gay marriage turns violent
France legalized gay marriage on Tuesday after a wrenching national debate that exposed deep conservatism in the nation's heartland and triggered huge ...
RI Senate to vote on gay marriage
The Rhode Island Senate is poised to hold a landmark vote Wednesday on gay marriage legislation, the culmination of years of efforts by supporters who ...
Correction: Sex Slaying-Minister story
In an April 18 story about the sentencing of a former minister for the murder of a 24-year-old Michigan woman, The Associated Press erroneously ...
Clinton, 'Normal' honored at GLAAD awards
NBC's sitcom "The New Normal," FX's thriller "American Horror Story: Asylum" and NBC's daytime drama "Days of Our Lives" took home top TV honors at ...
Gay marriage opponents demonstrate in Paris
Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to sunny Paris boulevards on Sunday to protest the expected passage this week of a bill legalizing gay ...
Boy Scouts propose to lift gay ban for youth
Searching for compromise on a divisive issue, the Boy Scouts of America is proposing to partially lift its long-standing exclusion of gays — allowing ...
Ex-Nebraska star sentenced for lying about attack
A former University of Nebraska basketball star convicted of lying to police about being attacked in her home by masked men who carved anti-gay slurs ...
Montana gov. to sign bill decriminalizing gay sex
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock will sign into law a bill that decriminalizes gay sex, 16 years after the state supreme court ruled the law ...