Week of July 29
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A new poll from Hart Research Associations finds that 54% of Maryland voters say they will uphold the state’s marriage equality law this November.
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Gore Vidal, a celebrated writer, died this week from complications from pneumonia.
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South African Archer Karen Hultzer came out this week at the Olympics.
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A U.S District Court judge in Connecticut struck down the Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional.
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Vietnam may become the first Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage.
The country’s Judicial Ministry has proposed including same-sex couples in the overhaul of its marriage law.
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New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key said he will support a member’s bill that would legalize same-sex marriage as well as allow transgender people to avoid divorcing their partner before legally changing their gender.
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The ACLU of Illinois announced a new proposed court agreement that would make it easier for transgender people born in Illinois to obtain new birth certificates.
Previously, transgender people had to provide documentation of having completed sexual realignment surgery in order to receive a new certificate.
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The Democratic National Committee this week drafted a marriage equality plank into the party platform in addition to other Pro-LGBT positions.
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”Matrix” director Larry Wachowski came out as transgender. Wachowski, now going by Lana, made her first public apperance since transitioning in a new video to promote her latest movie “Cloud Atlas”.
This makes her the first high profile Hollywood director to come out as transgender.
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