Today's top LGBT news headlines. For more news updated throughout the day, visit www.glaad.org.
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Chinese advocate suing Hunan provincial department over refusal to register LGBT equality group - Gay Star News
Mozambique's former president calls for LGBT equality in Africa - Gay Star News
Lord Tebbit: Would you feel safe flying with a trans Muslim airline pilot? - PinkNews
Kenya may be uniquely ripe for advances in LGBT equality - Towleroad
"Dear Abby" shuts down homophobic couple with gay neighbors - The Huffington Post
Chimamanda Adichie publishes op-ed speaking out against Nigeria's anti-gay law - BuzzFeed
GOP LGBT group reconciles with American conservatives union, will attend this year's CPAC - The Huffington Post
Anti-gay Ugandan politicians double down as world outrage increases - The Advocate
John Kerry denounces Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh's "unacceptable" anti-LGBT comments - The Huffington Post
VIDEO: Canada threatens to cut ties with Uganda over anti-gay bill - Towleroad
LOCAL/REGIONAL
Arizona Senate passes bill allowing businesses to refuse service to gay people based on religious beliefs - Towleroad
VIDEO: Tennessee councilman Chris Anderson: "They are recalling me because I'm openly gay" - Towleroad
Gay DREAMer falls short in bid to become student body president at University of North Carolina - BuzzFeed
Charlotte Mayor helps fired gay grocery clerk - The Advocate
GOP congressional hopeful says ENDA is "segregation" - Washington Blade
In one day, bills allowing anti-LGBT discrimination fail in four states - BuzzFeed
Conversion therapy bill advances in Washington - Washington Blade
Hattiesburg, Mississippi passes resolution recognizing LGBT residents - LGBT Weekly
Nine couples file suit to overturn Colorado's ban on marriage equality - Towleroad
Idaho couples ask judge to rule on marriage equality - The Huffington Post
COMMENTARY
Coming out of the closet: What to expect beforehand - The Huffington Post
Gerry Studds: The historic gay congressman almost nobody remembers - The Huffington Post
But not a drop to drink: How trans and intersex groups struggle to make ends meet - RH Reality Check
To be LGBT, black, and "sick" - Autostraddle
19 LGBT microaggressions you hear on a daily basis - BuzzFeed
ENTERTAINMENT
Pussy Riot presents Sochi punk video - The Huffington Post
Disney's "Frozen" accused of pushing secret "homosexual agenda" on "innocent children" - PinkNews
George Takei says it would be "irresponsible" to stop pressure on Putin after Olympics - Gay Star News
Pro-gay Pussy Riot members whipped by Cossacks while trying to perform in Sochi - Gay Star News
SPORTS
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