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LGBT immigrants are undergoing severe abuse when held in custody by the federal agency Immigration and Customs Enforcement, an immigrants’ rights group charges in a complaint filed this week. The complaint, filed Wednesday by the Chicago-based Heartland Alliance on behalf of 13 LGBT detainees, alleges mistreatment at jails and other detention centers in Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The facilities are either operated by ICE or under contract with the agency, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security.

A lesbian track coach who was forced out of her position at University of Texas for having a relationship with a female athlete in 2002 has filed a complaint against the university for discrimination on the basis of race, gender, and sexual orientation.

Gay celebrity blogger Perez Hilton claimed that he was punched in the face in Toronto early on Monday morning by Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am, reports TMZ.com, though by late in the day it appeared that the band's manager had taken responsibility for the incident.

The cute and popular lesbian couple was shot down in a nice suburban park two years ago.

A lesbian couple in Missouri say three neighborhood kids showed up on their porch, then dragged one of them out of the home for a vicious beating because she's gay.

Rep. Michele Bachmann, who is now seeking the Republication presidential nomination, had claimed in 2005 that she was almost abducted by two women in a bathroom.

Pop sensation Rihanna and Chris Brown, who allegedly assaulted her on Feb. 8, are a couple again, People reported. The couple is reportedly together at one of Sean "Diddy" Combs' homes at Miami Beach's Star Island.