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PinkSixty News 12/8/10: Atlanta Gay Bar Payout; Queer Protesters in London

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

The US city of Atlanta will pay $1 million to a gay club, this week. Nineteen customers of ‘The Eagle’ filed a lawsuit after it suffered a botched police raid in 2009.

As London prepares for more protests from student activists over tuition fees, a gay space has been created for queer protesters. A campaigns officer at Manchester University organised the zone amid fears of violence.

Full Story from Pink News

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CA: Sonoma County Settles With Man Who Was kept From Dying Partner

Saturday, July 24th, 2010

The County of Sonoma and a Sonoma nursing home have reached a $653,000 settlement with the estate of Clay M. Greene and Harold Scull, two men who were partners for decades, ending a complicated saga that had sparked a firestorm within the gay and lesbian community.

In March, Greene, who was 78, filed a lawsuit claiming that after Scull’s hospitalization and subsequent death, Sonoma County officials sold all of the belongings that he had accrued during a lifetime with Scull because they refused to recognize the right of conservatorship for same-sex couples.

All told, the story was wrenching and infuriating.

Full Story from The Bay Citizen

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