{"id":3643,"date":"2018-04-25T15:22:26","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T19:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/?p=3643"},"modified":"2018-04-23T15:34:01","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T19:34:01","slug":"lgbtqia-us-news-roundup-62","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/archives\/3643","title":{"rendered":"LGBTQIA US News Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Tricia Boucher<\/em><\/p>\n

Anti-LGBTQ bills are failing in state legislatures<\/a><\/p>\n

Concern among Republicans about economic backlash is curtailing major legislation (120 bills across the U.S.) that would be discriminatory to LGBT persons.<\/p>\n

Miss America 2005 marries same-sex partner in Alabama<\/a><\/p>\n

Deidre Downs (Miss Alabama 2004, Miss America 2005) married her girlfriend Abbott Jones in Birmingham, Alabama last weekend.? A graduate of Baptist-affiliated Samford University, SAFE Samford (a gay and lesbian alumni group) hopes this will be a turning point for the University?s treatment of their LBGT alumni.<\/p>\n

Report: Beloved High School Football Player Killed by Jilted Male Ex<\/a><\/p>\n

17 year-old Jeremy Sanchez was stabbed to death, and his ex-boyfriend, a 16 year old boy, has been arrested for his murder.<\/p>\n

State lawmaker attacks fellow lawmaker as ‘lying homosexual’<\/a><\/p>\n

Pennsylvania state representative Daryl Metcalfe is not only defending his comments, but has also accused another fellow lawmaker of being gay when he touched him on the arm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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