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Vermont Court Orders Lesbian to Pay Child Support to Ex-Partner
By Anthony Cuesta
A Vermont court has ordered a woman to pay her lesbian former partner $240 a month in child support - in a case of two states with differing legal views on same-sex relationships. The ruling comes amid a continuing custody battle between Janet Jenkins and Lisa Miller over their 4-year-old daughter.
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Vermont Supreme Court Claims Jurisdiction Over Lesbians' Custody Battle
By Anthony Cuesta
The Vermont Supreme Court ruled Friday that its courts, and not those in Virginia, have exclusive jurisdiction over a case involving two lesbians battling for custody of a child they had while they were in a relationship. Justice John Dooley wrote in the opinion that Vermont civil union laws govern the women's 2003 separation and subsequent child custody disagreement because they were legally joined in a civil union there in 2000.
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Vermont Governor's Veto Puts State Behind Public on Non-Discrimination
Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese has denounced Vermont Gov. James Douglas' veto of a bill prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity or expression. The bill, approved by the Vermont Legislature, would have made the state the ninth in the nation to prohibit anti-transgender discrimination.
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Gay Vermont Senator in Critical Condition After Crash
By Ross von Metzke
Openly gay Vermont State Senator Edward Flanagan is in serious condition after his car ran off the road amid treacherous weather conditions Friday. Flanagan, a Democrat, drove off Interstate 89 and down an embankment in Burlington early Friday morning where his car overturned, police officials said. The car was not discovered for several hours.
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Vermont’s Gay and Lesbian HIV Funding Reduced
By Ross von Metzke
According to Out in the Mountains, a Vermont based Website dedicated to gay and lesbian readers, the Vermont Department of Health has weakened its commitment to serving the gay community as HIV prevention grant allocation to community organizations has decreased.
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Vermont Marks 5 Years Of Civil Unions
This week marked the fifth anniversary of the landmark ruling by the Vermont Supreme Court ordering the legislature "to assign to same-sex couples the common benefits and protections that flow from marriage under Vermont law." The ruling led to the creation of "civil unions", making Vermont the first state in the country to formally recognize same-sex relationships.
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Bill Would Let Vermont Gays Marry
A bill to legalize same-sex marriage was introduced in the Vermont legislature on Friday. Along with full marriage rights, the legislation would allow people who have had civil unions to transfer them to marriage by filling out a simple form. The bill would also require the state to recognize same-sex marriages and civil unions conducted in other states and countries.
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Dedicated Gay TV Launches on DIRECTV®
By Alessandro D'Amico
I never thought I’d see the day where I’d have to add a Gay TV Channel column on or offline. So it’s with great delight that I can report the nation’s first television destination serving the gay and lesbian market: ->here! Pay Per View! We've got the broadcast schedule for the precedent-setting pay-per-view destination and it's launch August 29th on DIRECTV® programming, the nation’s leading digital multichannel television service.
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