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		<title>Big Gay News for Friday, May 25 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 20:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Top Headlines
Gay and Play Hockey? You&#8217;re Welcome at UConn
Brazil Senate Committee OKs Gay Civil Unions
In US, Castro&#8217;s Daughter Focuses on Gay Rights
Gay Marriage Flap May...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Are NFL Locker Rooms Ready to Welcome Gay Players?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 20:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[USA Today reports that according to some prominent rookies and league veterans, NFL locker rooms could be more than ready to not only accept, but embrace homosexual teammates.
Read the full story...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Gay Marriage Flap May Sell Pacquiao Fight</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 20:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[TIM DAHLBERG,AP Sports Columnist
The guy he really should be boxing will be in a jail cell when Manny Pacquiao enters the ring next, not that it&#8217;s the furious little fighter&#8217;s fault....]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>In US, Castro’s Daughter Focuses on Gay Rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 20:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[LISA LEFF
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro brought her fight for gay rights to a U.S. forum, stressing the need to secure social equality for all,...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Brazil Senate Committee OKs Gay Civil Unions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 20:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A measure allowing same-sex civil unions passed its first legislative step in Brazil&#8217;s Congress, where it has lingered for 16 years.
The human rights committee in...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Gay and Play Hockey? You’re Welcome at UConn</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 20:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[PAT EATON-ROBB
Associated Press
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Gay and play hockey?
You&#8217;re welcome at the University of Connecticut.
That is the message the school&#8217;s men&#8217;s hockey team is...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Big Gay News for Thursday, May 24 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 20:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Top Headlines
Nebraska Governor Says Bias Protections for Gay, Transgender People Should Be Up to Voters
Obama Team Trumpets New Polling on Gay Marriage
NC Amendment Banning Same-Sex...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NY Governor Cuomo: Wage Fight Tougher than Gay Marriage Law</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 20:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the proposal to raise the minimum wage won&#8217;t happen this year because there is a &#8220;broader and deeper divide&#8221; over the issue than even the...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Deportation Threat Lifted for Lesbian Couple in US</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 20:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bradley Traynor</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[DAVE GRAM,Associated Press
MONTPELIER, Vermont (AP) — A married lesbian couple living in Vermont who were threatened with being separated by federal immigration authorities have been granted a...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Mariela Castro Tops US Visit with Transgender Talk</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 20:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bradley Traynor</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro is in San Francisco to meet with gay rights activists and to speak at an academic conference.
Mariela Castro is an outspoken gay...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NC Amendment Banning Same-Sex Marriage in Effect</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 20:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bradley Traynor</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina&#8217;s constitutional amendment slamming the door on same-sex marriages is now in effect.
But the debates on its full meaning continue.
The State Board of...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Obama Team Trumpets New Polling on Gay Marriage</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 20:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bradley Traynor</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[JULIE PACE, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama&#8217;s re-election campaign is beginning to express some confidence that the president&#8217;s historic, yet politically risky,...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Nebraska Governor Says Bias Protections for Gay, Transgender People Should Be Up to Voters</title>
		<link>http://biggaynews.com/nebraska-governor-says-bias-protections-for-gay-transgender-people-should-be-up-to-voters/10760</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 20:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bradley Traynor</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska&#8217;s governor says Omaha and Lincoln ordinances barring discrimination against gay and transgender people should be put to public votes.
Gov. Dave Heineman, at a news...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Big Gay News for Wednesday, May 23 2012</title>
		<link>http://biggaynews.com/big-gay-news-for-wednesday-may-23-2012/10742</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 16:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bradley Traynor</dc:creator>
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Gay Observers Split on 30-Day Jail Sentence for Dharun Ravi
Marvel Comics Plans Wedding for Gay Hero Northstar
Azerbaijan Slams Iran Over Eurovision &#8220;Gay&#8221;...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Same Sex Couples Now Eligible For Free Fertility Treatment in UK</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 16:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bradley Traynor</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[TopNews.us reports that couples who do not become pregnant after six attempts with donor semen should be referred for further investigations and IVF. Gay men could go for a surrogate mother, who...]]></content:encoded>
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