Today's top LGBT news headlines. For more news updated throughout the day, visit www.glaad.org.
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Uganda lawmakers approve anti-gay bill that imposes life sentences on gay people - Washington Blade
HRC and NAACP to A+E: Apology needed for "Duck Dynasty" star's racist, homophobic rant - LGBT Weekly
BT blocks access to LGBT, sexual health websites - Gay Star News
Nigerian law outlawing LGBT advocacy and criminalizing marriage equality clears final test in senate - BuzzFeed
Defense bill contains LGBT-related provisions - Washington Blade
India's Transgender Queen Contest - The Huffington Post
Human Rights Campaign gives $100K to Russia LGBT equality movement - BuzzFeed
Russia finds gay advocate guilty after he was attacked, arrested by his own parents - Gay Star News
Scottish Parliamentary committee rejects attempts to waterdown marriage equality bill - PinkNews
Apple CEO Tim Cook: "Today we have an opportunity to eliminate discrimination of the LGBT community" - PinkNews
Study: Life expectancy of HIV-positive gay men similar to that of general population - Queerty
New studies unlock mystery of how HIV causes AIDS - The Huffington Post
PHOTOS: What it's like in the gay bar at Ground Zero of the Russian Olympics - Queerty
Gay national AIDS director to depart White House - Washington Blade
Since it can't seem to win a marriage battle, NOM makes "Duck Dynasty" its new crusade - Towleroad
LOCAL/REGIONAL
New Mexico Supreme Court rules marriage equality is constitutional - The Huffington Post
Indiana marriage equality supporters rallying to defeat constitutional ban - The Huffington Post
Louisiana Governor defends reality TV personality who compared LGBT people's identity to bestiality - PinkNews
Ohio bill would allow LGBT couples to file joint tax returns - PinkNews
LGBT-affirming Christmas services - Washington Blade
With new poll, Ohio group continues push for 2014 marriage equality amendment - BuzzFeed
COMMENTARY
Parenting LGBT youth: They are not made out of glass--they will not break--and they are not broken - The Huffington Post
Op-ed: Pope Francis has not made good on transgender equality - Advocate
Op-ed: Why LGBT millennials should care about adoption - Advocate
Op-ed: How I figured out my own gender by first grade - Advocate
"I would've married her in a heartbeat": Astronaut Sally Ride as seen through her partner's eyes - BuzzFeed
ENTERTAINMENT
Fox's Geraldo Rivera: "C***sucking f** isn't a homophobic slur" - Equality Matters
Why is Fox's Hannity promoting a group that got caught lying about transgender kids? - Equality Matters
The LGBT cover women of 2013 - After Ellen
22 kickass LGBT women who came out in 2013 - Autostraddle
Phil Robertson's homophobic past resurfaces in 2010 sermon - The Huffington Post
The most 11 swoon-worthy lesbian/bi TV moments of 2013 - After Ellen
SPORTS
Tennis legend Billie Jean King to gay Russians: "You are not alone" - PinkNews
Robbie Rogers: Other gay footballers are too terrified to come out - Gay Star News
White House downplays political significance of LGBT Olympic delegates - Advocate
Olympic figure skater in US Sochi delegation comes out as gay - PinkNews
Olympic gold medalist Ted Ligety expects athlete shows of LGBT support in Sochi - BuzzFeed
An NBA star came out as gay and President Obama called him. Others experience kind of the opposite - Upworthy
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