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– Marriage equality is not uniform across New Mexico, but the federal government is recognizing the same-sex marriages that are taking place there.
– Advocates who were hoping for a 2014 ballot initiative to pass marriage equality in Arizona have abandoned their effort.
– It now seems that Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi are the only states who are not following the Pentagon’s guidance for providing same-sex spousal benefits to National Guard servicemembers.
– Openly gay New York City Council candidate Corey Johnson won his primary race Tuesday.
– The anti-gay Democratic mayoral candidate endorsed by the National Organization for Marriage only garnered 2.4 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s primary.
– A North Carolina teacher has been disciplined for playing Macklemore’s “Same Love” to students.
– The Westboro Baptist Church was met with a rousing counter-protest in the small town of Bozeman, Montana.
– Iowa conservative Bob Vander Plaats believe’s Putin is strengthening Russia with anti-gay laws.
– A new poll finds that 51 percent of Russians would not “under any circumstances” want to have have a gay neighbor or work colleague.
– Russian LGBT activists had a mixed reaction to their meeting with President Obama.
– Michael Jordan’s daughter, Jasmine, has come out as lesbian.