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Gay Spouses Due Benefits in the State, Court Finds
The New York Times
11/19/2009
11/19/2009 "The state's highest court on Thursday upheld policies giving some government benefits to same–sex couples who are legally married outside the state, but did not rule on whether gay marriage should be legal in New York, leaving that issue for the Legislature to decide.

Call Today To Urge House to Act on ENDA!
11/17/2009
The next few weeks may mark a critical milestone for LGBT rights: The House Education and Labor Committee is scheduled to consider the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) in the next few weeks, and a vote in the full House could happen soon after!

Suit seeks to keep domestic partner benefits
East Valley Tribune
11/17/2009
11/17/2009 "Gay and lesbian state and university workers filed suit Tuesday to overturn a law that takes away their domestic partner benefits.

Suit seeks to keep Ariz. domestic partner benefits
The Arizona Republic
11/17/2009
11/17/2009 "Lambda Legal, an advocacy group based in New York, filed a federal lawsuit in Phoenix on Tuesday on behalf of 10 state employees protesting the elimination of their benefits. The employees work for the Arizona Highway Patrol, the State Department of Game and Fish and state universities.

Mormon Church Backs Salt Lake City's Gay-Rights Ordinances
The Wall Street Journal
11/12/2009
11/12/2009 "Gay-rights activists in Salt Lake City got the backing of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in a successful push for city nondiscrimination ordinances — a sign of the complex landscape of the gay-rights debate.

Gay Rights Rebuke May Change Approach
The New York Times
11/4/2009
11/4/2009 "Maine, with its libertarian leanings, had seemed to offer an excellent chance of reversing the national trend of voters rejecting marriage equality at the ballot box. Instead, it became the 31st state to block same-sex marriage through a public referendum.

Hired as a man, fired as a woman
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
11/4/2009
11/4/2009

40 Under 40: Camilla Taylor
Crain's Chicago Business
11/2/2009
11/2009 "In April, the Iowa Supreme Court handed down a unanimous ruling on Varnum v. Brien: Banning gay couples from marrying violates the state's constitution. "The ruling made Iowa the third state to legalize same-sex marriage. Since then, three more states have done so.

DHS discrimination against transgender teen alleged
The Philadelphia Inquirer
11/1/2009
11/1/2009 "A transgender teenager who identifies as a girl said she was subject to constant abuse and discrimination during 18 months in the custody of Philadelphia's Department of Human Services.

SkyWest accused of bias against gay couples
San Francisco Chronicle
10/31/2009
10/31/2009 "A SkyWest Airlines baggage agent who married his partner last year after the California Supreme Court legalized same-sex unions says the airline is breaking state law by refusing to give his husband the free fares it provides to heterosexual spouses.

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