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2 L.A. high schools, 2 views of Jason Collins
At Harvard-Westlake, a private high school in the shadows of the Hollywood Hills, players from the basketball team heaped praise on the alumnus who this week became the first active NBA player to announce that he is gay. "We have a lot of pride in him,"...
Tags: High Schools, National Basketball Association, Teaching and Learning, Gays and Lesbians, Heroism
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Gay rights and the religious exemption
Obstacles to legal equality for gay and lesbian Americans are crumbling fast. Congress has repealed the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that prevented gay service members from being open about their sexuality. Nearly a dozen states have legalized same-...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Employment, Social Issues, Roman Catholicism, Career and Workplace
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Gay NBA player Jason Collins feels the love; will goodwill continue?
Jason Collins, the first active male athlete in a major U.S. professional team to come out as gay, is receiving widespread support for his announcement. The reaction to his news Monday was swift. President Obama, who just last year announced his...
Tags: National Basketball Association, Gays and Lesbians, Social Issues, Same-Sex Marriage, Jason Collins
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NBA veteran Jason Collins is first active player to say he is gay
Jason Collins had long been keeping a secret. As a standout high school player at Harvard-Westlake School, as a star at Stanford and through a 12-year NBA career, he had hidden something fundamental about himself from his family, friends and teammates....
Tags: Grant Hill, Social Issues, Jeff Locke, Minnesota Vikings, Philadelphia Flyers
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Openly gay athlete Jason Collins is what 'we've all been waiting for'
National political leaders, gay rights groups and entertainment icons on Monday spoke in support of Jason Collins, the first active professional athlete to come out as gay. The 34-year-old Los Angeles native, who helped lead Harvard-Westlake School to...
Tags: Brendon Ayanbadejo, National Basketball Association, Gays and Lesbians, Jason Collins, Football
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Prop. 8: Gay marriage backers pleased with Supreme Court hearing
SAN FRANCISCO -- Backers of gay marriage expressed satisfaction with the arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, saying they believed the justices supported their position. Jon Davidson, legal director of Lambda Legal, a gay rights...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Family, Social Issues, Trials, Justice System
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Federal Election Commission rules against married same-sex donors
WASHINGTON — Married same-sex couples cannot make joint contributions to federal candidates as opposite-sex couples are permitted to do, the Federal Election Commission said Thursday, a decision that gay rights advocates said reinforced their case...
Tags: Family, Gays and Lesbians, Social Issues, Elections, Marriage
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Poll: Acceptance of same-sex marriage on the rise
WASHINGTON -- A new public opinion survey is the latest to confirm a major social trend that shows no sign of ebbing: rising acceptance of same-sex marriage and homosexuality in America. Fully one in seven adults (14%) say they’ve changed their...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Family, Social Issues, Elections, Proposition 8 (California, 2010)
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Bill Rosendahl, happy warrior
Robert Kennedy was a young Bill Rosendahl's hope for the White House, but Kennedy's rival, Hubert Humphrey, practiced the "happy warrior" style of politics that represents the principles Rosendahl has embraced. As he leaves the Los Angeles City Council...
Tags: Social Issues, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Journalism, Television, Minority Groups
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Plans for Costa Mesa trailer park would unmoor dozens
L.A. NOWA 1940s-era trailer park in Costa Mesa is expected to be converted into condos, leaving residents wondering where they will end up. Plans are in the works at the Anchor Trailer Port in Costa Mesa to convert the residential park,...... -
Coroner to assess body that nurse allegedly had sex with
L.A. NOWAuthorities are investigating a nurse who allegedly had sex with a corpse at a Sherman Oaks hospital, police said. Alejandro Razo, 61, of Reseda, was arrested Sunday on a state Health and Safety Code violation, police said. Razo, whose last...... -
Lawmaker threatens tax status of Boy Scouts for excluding gays
A Southland lawmaker has proposed taking away the tax-exempt status of the Boy Scouts of America if it continues to exclude gay, bisexual and transgender people from its ranks. State Sen. Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) has introduced legislation that...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Social Issues, Lifestyle and Leisure, Social Organizations, Clubs and Associations
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