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Newsprints is a weekly TNG feature looking back on the GLBT-relevant headlines and opinions from the last week.

Federal Stories:

• HIV cocktail cuts death rates by half: The Advocate, 1/4/2010.
• No ‘Sherlock Holmes’ sequel if character is gay, says copyright holder: The Advocate, 1/4/2010.
• Top soap couples are gay: The Advocate, 1/4/2010.
• HIV travel ban lifted after 22 years: HRC Back Story, 1/4/2010.
• Pentagon budget key to DADT repeal: The Advocate, 1/5/2010.
• Be counted – one sticker at a time: The Advocate, 1/6/2010.
• On marriage rite, gays refocus on just unions: USA Today, 1/6/2010.
• Democrats’ probable loss of Senate threatens gay agenda: ChicagoPride.com, 1/6/2010.
• Army sergeant tired of living two lives: Syracuse Post-Standard, 1/10/2010.

News from Around the Nation:

• (DC) Race on for first gay marriage: The Advocate, 1/4/2010.
• (NH) Towns may debate gay marriage: WBZ, 1/4/2010.
• (IA) Activists want gay marriage on the agenda: Chicago Tribune, 1/4/2010.
• (NJ) Gay marriage advocates want lawmakers to vote: SF Chronicle, 1/4/2010.
• (NJ) Time is ticking on gay marriage decision: NBC New York, 1/4/2010.
• (NJ) Odds against gay marriage grow with Trenton setback: NY Times, 1/4/2010.
• (DC) Utahan defends opposition to DC marriage: The Advocate, 1/5/2010.
• (OK) Sally Kern tries to ban divorce: Joe.My.God, 1/5/2010.
• (IA) Conservatives concede no chance to overturn Iowa gay marriage this year: Iowa Independent, 1/5/2010.
• (CA) A gay marriage lawsuit dares to make its case: Time, 1/5/2010.
• (RI) Lawmakers override gov’s veto, approve funeral planning rights for gays: LA Times, 1/5/2010.
• (CA) Was the Prop. 8 vote count corrupted?: Joe.My.God, 1/6/2010.
• (IA) Senate leader rules out gay marriage debate: KTIV, 1/6/2010.
• (CA) Judge: Prop. 8 trial can be shown on YouTube: NY Times, 1/6/2010.
• (NJ) Lambda Legal to sue in NJ Supreme Court: Joe.My.God, 1/7/2010.
• (DC) Hill Republicans join fight against DC gay marriage: Washington Post, 1/7/2010.
• (NJ) Senate defeats gay marriage: NY Times, 1/7/2010.
• (CA) AP: Prop. 8 trial could set precedent for generations: The Advocate, 1/8/2010.
• (PA) Gay marriage debate unlikely soon: Philadelphia Inquirer, 1/8/2010.
• (CA) Opponents of gay marriage appeal to Supreme Court to block cameras from Prop. 8 trial: LA Times, 1/9/2010.
• (DC) Elections board sets hearing on gay marriage referendum: Washington Examiner, 1/9/2010.
• (NJ) Gay marriage in New Jersey, once a sure thing, became tracked for defeat: NJ.com, 1/9/2010.
• (CA) Trial over Prop. 8 set to make history: San Jose Mercury News, 1/9/2010.

International News:

• Malawian gay couple to face sex-test: Guardian, 1/1/2010.
• Gay son prevented from donating blood to dying mother: Pink News, 1/4/2010.
• Anti-gay Irish MP has affair with a minor: Joe.My.God, 1/7/2010.
• Defenders of Malawi couple arrested: Edge Boston, 1/7/2010.
• New South Wales won’t budge on adoption: The Advocate, 1/8/2010.
• Mexican Christians band against gay marriage: The Advocate, 1/8/2010.
• Portugal MPs approve gay marriage: AFP, 1/8/2010.

Opinions and Editorials:

• The politics of gay marriage: Wichita Eagle, 1/4/2010.
• Members of Congress don’t want DC to vote, except to ban gay marriage: HRC Back Story, 1/7/2010.
• The moral and constitutional case for a right to gay marriage: NY Daily News, 1/7/2010.
• On gay rights, world, US continue to shift: Seattle Times, 1/7/2010.
• In custody battle between two mommies, little girl is lost: Washington Post, 1/8/2010.
• Gay marriage rejection is a disgrace: NJ.com, 1/8/2010.
• The conservative case for gay marriage: Newsweek, 1/9/2010.

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