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Are lesbians more accepted than gay men?

Last updated Sunday, April 28, 2013 - 8:45am

CHICAGO -- It may be a man's world, as the saying goes, but lesbians seem to have an easier time living in it than gay men do.

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Davis District to pay ACLU legal fees in suit over book about lesbian moms

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, February 1, 2013 - 10:53am

FARMINGTON -- The Davis School District has agreed not to pull a book about lesbian mothers from its shelves again as part of a settlement with the American Civil Liberties Union.

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William Marotta, the Topeka, Kan., man whose sperm donation in 2009 enabled a lesbian couple to have a child, now might find himself forced to pay child support. Marotta talked about his ordeal at his attorney's office in Topeka Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. The state of Kansas is trying to force Marotta to pay child support, arguing that the agreement he and the women signed releasing him from all parental duties was invalid because they didn't go through a doctor. (AP Photo/The Capital-Journal, Jeff Davis)

State wants sperm donor to lesbian couple to pay child support

John Hanna The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, January 3, 2013 - 10:32am

TOPEKA, Kan. — The state of Kansas is trying to force a man who donated sperm to a lesbian couple to pay child support, arguing that the agreement he and the women signed releasing him from all parental duties was invalid because they didn’t go through a doctor.

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Club patron wants apology for comedian's lesbian remarks

Katie Nelson Contra Costa Times

Last updated Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - 8:23pm

PLEASANTON, Calif. - A San Jose, Calif., CEO who claims she was assaulted by comedian Eddie Griffin because she is a lesbian, says she will file suit against the comedian and the club he was performing at if she doesn’t get apologies.

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Davis schools limit access to book on lesbian moms

Melinda Rogers Salt Lake Tribune

Last updated Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 1:20pm

FARMINGTON -- A picture book about a lesbian couple raising a child was removed from the shelves of elementary school libraries in the Davis School District after a group of parents raised objections about the suitability of the story.

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Female couple barred from Catholic high school prom

Jennifer Hewlett Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader

Last updated Monday, May 14, 2012 - 3:34pm

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Two female students say they were not allowed to attend Lexington Catholic High School's prom as a couple Saturday night, upsetting a number of students at the school.

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