...And 5 Other Things You Need To Know Today
July 29 2013 6:49 PM EST
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...And 5 Other Things You Need To Know Today
1. Now that DOMA has been dismantled, a federal judge ordered the government to refund Edie Windsor the $363,000, plus interest, in taxes she paid on late wife Thea Spyer's estate.
2. This is hideous: Russian Neo-Nazis are luring gay teens out of hiding so that they can beat them.
3. Speaking of Russia, LGBT activists are still boycotting Russian vodka to pressure Vladimir Putin's government to reverse homophobic laws, and now American journalist Michelangelo Signorile's found five U.S.-based companies and entities whose Russian ties he says deserve boycott: Proctor & Gamble, Holiday Inn Express, Caterpillar, Ernst & Young and, finally, Hillary Clinton, whom Signorile thinks should be held accountable for supporting Russia during her tenure as Secretary of State.
4. Openly gay pro poker player Jason Somerville spoke with ViCE magazine about trans MMA fighter Fallon Fox and homophobia within Ultimate Fighting.
5. There's debate within the judicial wing as to whether gay people should be allowed on the jury in anti-gay discrimination or hate crime cases. Because gay people will always side with other gays?!
6. Here is the teaser for Homeland's third season, which debuts September 29.
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