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Source: New York Daily News , Associated Press via Newsday , New York Times A gay father who snatched the son he and his husband adopted has pleaded guilty in New York City to custodial interference, Associated Press reports. He could face up to four years in prison on the charge. Eric Hyett, 37, fled...

  ::    Police in Piscataway, NJ say they expect to make an arrest with possible bias charges against a man who made multiple "vulgar" phone calls of a "sexual nature" asking the residents at a local home if theirs was the number for a gay escort service. According...

Source: Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin , Albany Times Union , Reuters NY marriage rulings New York -- A state trial court judge today tossed out a suit challenging New York Gov. David Paterson's directive in May to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states and countries. Justice...

Source: New York Sun , Associated Press via Newsday , New York Post NY marriage rulings A New York trial judge seems poised to uphold Governor David Paterson's pro-gay marriage policies against an attack from a Christian legal group, New York Sun reports. The Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund has...

Source: Buffalo News , Canada.com , WNED AM NY marriage rulings Joy Higgins, left, and her partner, Jeanne Kornowicz, with their daughter. Photo via Buffalo News BUFFALO, NY -- An American lesbian couple married in Canada has won a landmark case against a New York insurance company over spousal health...

Source: San Jose Mercury News , Associated Press via IHT , Concord Monitor , Newsday CA marriage case The final hurdle to marriage ceremonies this month for gay and lesbian couples was cleared away today when the California Supreme Court rejected a bid to delay last month's ruling recognizing full...

Source: New York Daily News , New York Times blog , Village Voice A lesbian who was booted from the ladies' room at a Greenwich Village restaurant because she looked too much like a man, settled her suit today for $35,000. Under the terms of the settlement, the restaurant will also have its employees...

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Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Rochester, NY -- A Rochester woman has been acquitted of a felony hate crime charge alleging that she and another woman attacked two lesbians outside a Park Avenue bar. [see Qnews summary ] Monroe County Court jurors late Thursday acquitted Yalidsa Ortiz, 27,...

Source: New York Times On the way home from work in Rochester, Patricia Martinez stopped at a liquor store and bought a small bottle of Champagne to celebrate her marriage to another woman. The wedding took place in Canada nearly four years ago, but it wasn’t until Feb. 1 that a New York appellate court...