Today's top LGBT news headlines. For more news updated throughout the day, visit www.glaad.org.
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Mother of dead gay man to sue US government over illegal deportation - LGBT Weekly
Senate Republicans introduce "License to Discriminate" bill - Advocate
Israel's first memorial to gay Holocaust victims unveiled - Gay Star News
Hagel: Full national guard to recognize gay couples - Advocate
India's Human Rights Commission calls government to remove ban on gay couples - PinkNews
HHS to reevaluate ban on gender-confirming surgeries - Advocate
Do your taxes pay for anti-LGBT policies in schools? - Advocate
Seriously ill lesbian asylum seeker deported by UK to Uganda - Gay Star News
Log Cabin urges RNC's Dave Agema to resign - Washington Blade
Poll: Majority of Americans support trans-inclusive ENDA - Advocate
Education secretary orders equal treatment of gay couples in federal college loan applications - Towleroad
Many hurdles ahead for transgender equality movement - The Huffington Post
Queers for Economic Justice closing due to lack of long-term funding - Towleroad
Lesbian couple first to marry in Mexican state - Advocate
95 incredible images of the world raging against India's ban on gay couples - BuzzFeed
US customs and border protection expands filing of joint customs declarations to include gay couples - Towleroad
Trans police officer loses discrimination case against force - PinkNews
Stop gay marriage in Scotland or lose your seat, politicians warned - Gay Star News
Namibian political leader stands up for LGBT equality - Gay Star News
Maltese trans woman honored for government challenge on marriage law - PinkNews
UNAIDS calls on India and all countries to legalize gay intimacy - Gay Star News
Owner of Moscow's largest gay club writes to Putin after latest attack - Gay Star News
Apple, Abercrombie, and Nike are too gay for Christmas, say Faith Driven Consumer group - Gay Star News
Norway's national Lutheran Church moves closer to religious weddings for gay couples - Gay Star News
LOCAL/REGIONAL
Catholic school fires gay teacher, drawing protest - The Huffington Post
Reverend who officiated at gay son's wedding may be defrocked - PinkNews
HRC's Corporate Equality Index shows Southern companies evolving on equality - The Huffington Post
New Jersey Senate approves bill allowing trans people to obtain new birth certificates - PinkNews
Oklahoma gay couple still waiting for hearing date nine years after challenging ban on marriage equality - Towleroad
Gay couples in Minnesota flock to Polk County to get married - Towleroad
Dog beaten with hammer in homophobic attack - Gay Star News
COMMENTARY
Gay iconography: Did "Just Jack" do more harm than good? - Towleroad
When love prevails: Latino families at the center of immigrant and LGBT equality - The Huffington Post
Why coming out as gay is still a hurdle for high school coaches - The Huffington Post
Gay man's poignant holiday letter to his grandfather on acceptance, faith and love - The Huffington Post
Leave it to a religious leader (yup!) to make a totally perfect argument for LGBT equality - Upworthy
Sunday Fun: Who enjoys "traditional" marriage? - Sociological images
ENTERTAINMENT
X Factor judge Nicole Scherzinger defends James Arthur following homophobia controversy - PinkNews
Russian dolls of Elton John, Graham Norton, and Tom Daley auctioned for LGBT charity - PinkNews
"Project Runway" designer explains why he came out publicly as HIV-positive - Queerty
Top ten questions for Beyonce re: "Beyonce" - Autostraddle
BBC: Presenters can promote National Christmas Jumper Day & Movember but not World AIDS Day - PinkNews
Kickstart-ing gay film projects - The Rainbow Times
SPORTS
Top French officials won't attend Sochi Olympics - Out
Olympic champion Greg Louganis calls for protest of Russia's ant-gay laws - Towleroad
VIDEO: Vancouver's gay deputy mayor Tim Stevenson to visit Sochi Olympics via private fundraiser - Towleroad
Human rights org urges Obama to include LGBT Americans in official Olympics delegation - Towleroad
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