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Newsprints is a weekly feature on TNG looking at the GLBT-relevant headlines from the past week.

Local Stories: Washington Area

• Court Refuses to Allow DC Referendum on Gay Marriage: Washington Examiner, 6/30/09.
• Judge Declines to Delay DC Law Recognizing Gay Marriage: Washington Post, 7/1/09.
• Gay Marriage in Washington, DC: Coming at 12:01 AM Tuesday: Washington City Paper, 7/1/09.

Federal Stories

• Gayby Revolution: Children of Gays and Lesbians Redefine Family: Baltimore Examiner, 6/29/09.
• Obama Makes Speech to LGBT Leaders (incl. transcript): HRC Backstory, 6/30/09.
• DOJ Won’t Appeal Transgender Discrimination Decision: HRC Backstory, 7/1/09.
• Gates Mulls Changes to Gay Ban: The Advocate, 7/1/09.
• Olson: Gay Marriage Case will go to Supreme Court: Reuters, 7/2/09.

News from Around the Nation

• (NY) Gay Marriage Bill is Lost in Shuffle of Divided Senate: NY Times, 6/28/09.
• (CA) San Francisco Federal Judge to Hear Challenge to Prop. 8: Mercury News (San Jose), 6/29/09.
• (IA) Gubernatorial Candidate Predicts Own Impeachment over Gay Marriage: Iowa Independent, 6/29/09.
• (CA) Judge Likely Won’t Grant Prop. 8 Injunction: SF Chronicle, 6/30/09.
• (CA) Judge Favors Trial Soon in Prop. 8 Case: AP, 6/30/09.
• (NV) Momentum Continues in Nevada: HRC Backstory, 7/1/09.
• (WI) Wisconsin is First State with Gay Marriage Ban to Offer DPs: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7/1/09.
• (CA) Voter ‘Animus’ to be Issue in Prop 8. Case: SF Chronicle, 7/1/09.
• (Southeast) Gay Rights Groups Challenge AAA Policy: Out and About News, 7/2/09.
• (CA) Judge Clarifies Purpose in First Prop. 8 Hearing: LA Times, 7/3/09.

International Stories

• O’Gorman Criticises Civil Partnership Bill: RTE News [Ireland], 6/28/09.
• Poll Shows 61% of Brits Support Full Gay Marriage Rights: Pink News, 6/29/09.
• Same-Sex Marriage Push: Sydney Star Observer [Australia], 6/30/09.
• Same-Sex Couples Could Hear ‘No’ From Saskatchewan Marriage Officials: CBC, 7/3/09.

Opinions and Editiorials

• Forty Years After Watershed Moment for Gay Rights, It’s Time to Extend Anti-Discrimination: NY Daily News, 6/29/09.
• Why Other Peoples’ Marriages are Our Business: Huffington Post, 6/29/09.
• Crying Foul on Martina Navratilova: Salon.com, 6/29/09.
• Open the Military Closet: Washington Post, 6/30/09.

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