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The parents of an 18-year-old Florida woman, a high-school senior, who had sex with a 14-year-old girl say the charges brought against their daughter are about her sexual orientation, not age differences.
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Rhode Island became the 10th US state to legalize same-sex marriage after the House passed and the governor signed a bill granting LGBT residents full marriage rights.
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Britain’s best-known human-rights campaigner has issued a damning criticism of the organisers of San Francisco Gay Pride, who have revoked the nomination military whistleblower Bradley Manning as Grand Marshal of this year’s Pride parade in June.
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Washington Wizards center Jason Collins is the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport.
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The UN will be probing Canada's human rights record, with particular emphasis on First Nations and women.
