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GLAAD's What To Watch On Wednesday

(This post was originally published by SDGLN content partner GLAAD.)

Tonight catch all new episodes of "Survivor: Caramoan" and "Southland."

8 pm: Survivor: Caramoan, CBS (1 hr) NEW

Another castaway is voted off the island. This season's cast includes out contestant Michael Snow.

Lech Walesa won't be charged with anti-gay hate crime

WARSAW, Poland – Former Polish president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa, accused of homophobia after saying that gay MPs should sit in the back of Parliament, will not be prosecuted on a hate crime charge.

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LGBT Red Rock Golf Classic debuts May 4-6 in Sedona, Ariz.

SEDONA, Ariz. – Hilton Sedona Resort & Spa and the adjacent Sedona Golf Resort are set to host the first LGBT Red Rock Golf Classic benefiting Camp Soaring Eagle and Sedona Pride.

The golf tournament will run throughout the weekend of May 4-6. The entry fee is $125 per player and includes green fee, cart fee, complimentary practice balls, goody bag and lunch following play.

Set among the awe-inspiring beauty of Northern Arizona’s Red-Rock Country, Hilton Sedona resort & Spa and Sedona Golf Resort will provide a spectacular backdrop for this charity event.

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What does the future hold for gay synagogues?

(This post originally appeared HERE in HuffPost Religion).

LGBT congregations have finally come into their own, providing a home for the Jewish community’s LGBT members and their friends and families in cities both large and small.

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COMMENTARY: Women’s History Month in poetry and prose

March is National Women’s History Month, a fact I note every year, with varying degrees of enthusiasm. I am conflicted. And this particular bit of oppositional thinking cannot be attributed to my nutty genetic code. … Well maybe the predisposition for it can. Regardless, I’ve an active distaste for the need of such a month.

Tennessee bill would permit student counselors to reject clients based on religious beliefs

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A former Tennessee state lawmaker turned anti-gay activist has helped draft a bill in the state legislature that would allow graduate student counselors to reject clients based on religious beliefs.

The proposed measure would bar schools from disciplining students if they decline to treat clients with “goals, outcomes or behaviors that conflict with a sincerely held religious belief of the student,” such as opposition to homosexuality.

Civil rights groups urge Kentucky governor to veto religious freedoms bill

FRANKFORT, Ky. — LGBT advocates and civil rights groups have joined with the American Civil Liberities Union (ACLU) in calling on Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear to veto a religious freedom bill approved in the state Senate last week.

Critics charge that the bill (HB 279) would be used to discriminate against the state’s LGBT community and other minorities.

Transgender woman wins discrimination case

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Savanna DeLong lost three jobs after she began coming out as a transgender woman in late 2010.

But only in Columbus, where a 2008 ordinance added gender identity to local anti-discrimination laws, was she able to take a former employer to court.

Franklin County Municipal Court Judge H. William Pollitt Jr., levied a $1,000 fine yesterday against Columbus Hospitality Management for retaliating against DeLong and denying her work at the Capital Club, a private Downtown club.

Minnesota state House committee approves same-sex marriage bill

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A Minnesota House committee voted Tuesday to advance a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage.

The House Civil Law Committee approved the measure on a 10-7 party-line vote, with all Democrats in favor and all Republicans opposed.

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