Today's top LGBT news headlines. For more news updated throughout the day, visit www.glaad.org.
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
DNC gives lesbians their very own leadership council - Autostraddle
Republican group comes out in support of marriage equality - The Huffington Post
Catholic Cardinal: "Homosexuals are not criminals" - The Advocate
UKIP Councillor: Businesses should be allowed to turn away gays and women - PinkNews
Lebanese court throws out case against transgender woman accused of "unnatural" sex - Gay Star News
Survey finds being gay-friendly is good business - Queerty
Sweden cuts aid to Uganda over anti-gay legislation - PinkNews
Studies show big advance in HIV prevention - The Huffington Post
Three marriage equality states absent from marriage brief in appeals court - BuzzFeed
Surprise! Chick-fil-A reduces donations to anti-LGBT organizations - Queerty
Bisexual Health Awareness Month to amplify urgency within the bi community - The Huffington Post
Prominent Jesuit magazine condemns anti-LGBT laws in Nigeria and Uganda - BuzzFeed
Uganda's "Jail the Gays" author says massive aid cuts "worth it" - The Advocate
LOCAL/REGIONAL
Maryland Senate approves transgender equality bill - Washington Blade
VIDEO: Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper comes out for marriage equality - Towleroad
Boston Mayor appears hopeful for agreement between St. Patrick's Day organizers and gay veterans - PinkNews
Arizona voters now support marriage equality - The Huffington Post
Kansas: LGBT equality groups call to have sexual orientation added to law banning discrimination - PinkNews
Wisconsin: Judge refuses to use injunction against ban on marriage equality - PinkNews
The children get their chance to speak in Utah marriage equality case - The Huffington Post
Love thy sister: How two women dating led to the end of a sorority - The Huffington Post
"License to Discriminate" bill advances in Mississippi - The Advocate
Indiana bill would deny tax benefits to LGBT couples - PinkNews
Kentucky attorney general won't defend state's ban on marriage equality - LGBT Weekly
Religious leaders send letter to Mississippi legislators asking them to reject discriminatory bill - LGBT Weekly
Texas gay couple get married after 53 years together - Gay Star News
COMMENTARY
She never was a boy - The Huffington Post
Midlife crisis or "gaylife" crisis? Looking at aging in the LGBT community - The Huffington Post
Persecuting Uganda's LGBT people must have consequences: Target the culprits not the population - The Huffington Post
Will economic inequality undermine LGBT equality? - The Huffington Post
15 books every young gay woman should read - BuzzFeed
A look back at the drag explosion of the '90s New York club scene - The Huffington Post
ENTERTAINMENT
Artist documents a year of weddings and funerals in South Africa's LGBT community - BuzzFeed
Jamie Lee Curtis to produce film about gay baseball icon - PinkNews
Archie Comics hire gay writer as First Chief Creative Officer - The Advocate
50 Cent claims Diddy is gay, thinks gay people should "just kill your self, LOL" - Queerty
SPORTS
Swimming icon Diana Nyad to compete on ABC's Dancing with the Stars - Gay Star News
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