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The fabulous Tabatha Coffey has something new up her sleeve

Gay icon Tabatha Coffey, the hair goddess and business-makeover specialist whose mere presence causes clients to shake in their boots, is tackling yet another project.

Three Californians honored as 2013 Harvey Milk Champions of Change

WASHINGTON -- Three Californians are among 10 openly gay LGBT leaders who are being honored today at the White House as 2013 Harvey Milk Champions of Change.

The event is being live streamed at noon PDT on Wednesday, May 22, HERE.

The Californians are:

• Ricardo Lara – California State Senator, Long Beach, Calif.

• John Laird – California Secretary of Natural Resources, Santa Cruz, Calif.

• Michael A. Gin – Mayor of Redondo Beach, Redondo Beach, Calif.

The other winners are:

Nevada’s hate crimes protections now include transgender community

CARSON CITY, Nev. -- Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval on Tuesday signed into law SB 139, legislation adding gender identity and expression to the state's hate crimes law.

Under the new law, transgender Nevadans will have the same protections against hate crimes as all other vulnerable communities. Under the leadership of Senators Pat Spearman and David Parks, the bill passed the state Senate with all but one senator voting in favor and 30-11 in the state Assembly.

Gay rights supporters mourn exclusion of LGBT binational couples from immigration reform

WASHINGTON – Gay rights supporters and their allies expressed bitter disappointment that LGBT binational couples are being excluded from immigration reform.

Bowing to enormous pressure from Republicans who threatened to derail the entire bill, Democrats reluctantly withdrew an amendment that would have added LGBT binational couples to the much-needed overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) had repeatedly warned Democrats against added LGBT protections to the immigration reform bill and vowed to pull his support for the proposed bill.

Reports of more anti-gay attacks in New York after thousands march for violence victims | VIDEO

Hours after thousands of local advocates, including GLAAD, marched through New York City's West Village in response to the recent series of alleged anti-LGBT attacks, and to mourn the murder of an openly gay man of color, more

Lesbian couple agree to judge's order to no longer live together due to morality clause

McKINNEY, Texas – A lesbian couple will comply with a Republican judge’s order to no longer live together due to a morality clause included in one of the women’s divorce papers, even though their attorney contends that the ruling is a violation of their constitutional right to privacy.

An attorney representing the couple issued a statement this week and revealed new information about the court action by Judge John Roach Jr., who has come under widespread criticism for his decision that split apart the couple.

Meet Virginia’s rabidly anti-gay gubernatorial ticket

WASHINGTON – The Virginia GOP’s 2013 gubernatorial ticket is boasting two radically anti-gay figures whose views on LGBT rights are dramatically out-of-step with the majority of Virginians.

The two men are Ken Cuccinelli, who currently serves as the commonwealth’s Attorney General; and Bishop E.W. Jackson. Cuccinelli has advocated for archaic policies that roll back the clock on equality and harm LGBT Virginians, while Jackson has spoken out against gay people more bluntly – calling them “perverted … very sick people.”

Girl, 18, arrested and expelled after relationship with female classmate, 15

An 18-year-old Florida student’s senior year has become a nightmare — all because she was in a same-sex relationship with a 15-year-old, her family says.

Kaitlyn Hunt was arrested Feb. 16 for having a physical relationship with a younger classmate, who was her girlfriend at the time, mom Kelley Hunt Smith wrote on Facebook.

Under Florida law, Hunt could see up to 15 years in prison and must register as a sex offender. A plea deal, however, remains on the table that would give Hunt two years' house arrest and one year of probation, her family said.

UPDATED: Fatal shooting of 32-year-old man called anti-gay hate crime

NEW YORK -- Police in Manhattan are investigating the overnight murder of a 32-year-old man in Greenwich Village as an anti-gay hate crime.

The suspect arrested at the scene around midnight Saturday has been accused of hurling anti-gay slurs at the victim, who was walking down Sixth Avenue with a friend when several other men accosted them.

Witnesses told police that the suspect hounded the victim, calling him a "faggot," saying he looked like a "gay wrestler" and making other slurs. The suspect then asked the men: "Do you want to die here?"

Judge orders lesbian mom's partner to move out

McKINNEY, Texas -- A Collin County judge is enforcing a morality clause in divorce papers to force a lesbian mom's partner to move out of the home they share with the mom's two children.

Judge John Roach Jr., a Republican in the 296th District Court in Texas, gave Page Price 30 days to move out of the house she has shared the past three years with Carolyn Compton and her two children.

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