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Transgender Army Colonel Testifies Before Congress

TheBabe55 — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:26:04 EDT

Congress is getting an earful from of number of transgender witnesses. The hearing was an important first step in educating Congress about why Uncle Sam should guarantee transgender workers the right to be evaluated solely on ability.

Channel: Gay & Lesbian Tags: transgender transgendered transexual transvestite transsexual

Lawyer in Wisconsin Anti Gay Case wants New Hearing

david_nwpa — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:24:23 EDT

A lawyer who was ordered to pay nearly $90,000 in costs wants the Wisconsin Supreme Court to rehear the case but without Justice Louis Butler.

Channel: Gay & Lesbian Tags: Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Louis Butler

Wheelchair-bound Liz Taylor stuns in pink to help California celebrate gay marriage legislation

daducha — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:34:06 EDT

There's no doubt the party spirit still burns in Elizabeth Taylor. But at 76, the body sometimes can't keep up. So it was no surprise when she took the opportunity to rest her eyes at a celebration to mark the legalisation of gay marriage in California. Not that it stopped her cutting a dash at the glittering Hollywood event.

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Did you know that Iran has gay parade too?

israeligirl1 — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:05:56 EDT

Berlin, London, Paris... Did you know Iran has a Gay Parade as well?

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A genetic theory of homosexuality

_kam0_ — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:20:54 EDT

Gay couples can't have biological kids together. So if homosexuality is genetic, why hasn't it died out?

Channel: Gay & Lesbian Tags: homosexuality genetics androphilia evolution reproduction

School District Settles Student Harassment Case

david_nwpa — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:36:35 EDT

A Northern California school district has agreed to a comprehensive series of steps to protect students from anti-gay harassment and discrimination. The move avoids a lawsuit that most legal experts say the district could not win.

Channel: Gay & Lesbian Tags: California Anti Bullying Anti Harassment Discrimination

New York Senate Shakeup Might Help Move Marriage Equality

david_nwpa — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:51:57 EDT

New York's senate majority leader, Joseph Bruno, a 32-year institution in the state senate, announced his retirement Tuesday just as the GOP and Democrats gird for an election season that will determine the fate of the chamber and, potentially, New York's gay marriage bill.

Channel: Gay & Lesbian Tags: New York Gay Marriage Governor David Paterson Senator Joseph Bruno

SC School Begrudgingly Allows Gay Student Club

david_nwpa — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:30:05 EDT

A high school whose principal announced he would resign rather than allow a gay student club to meet on campus will gets its club after all.

Channel: Gay & Lesbian Tags: Gay Straight Alliance Irmo High School South Carolina

For One Anti-Gay Woman, 30 Days Is Not Time Enough

david_nwpa — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:52:44 EDT

We've seen it a dozen times before on scripted television: an intolerant conservative, often a devout Christian, expresses anti-gay views at the beginning of the episode, but then encounters an actual gay person or couple, only to rethink their homophobic attitudes by the end of the show.

Channel: Gay & Lesbian Tags: Homophobia Anti Gay Reality Television 30 Days Morgan Spurlock

Gay Marriage Is Good for America

david_nwpa — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:41:25 EDT

Marriage, remember, is not just a contract between two people. It is a contract that two people make, as a couple, with their community -- which is why there is always a witness. Two people can't go into a room by themselves and come out legally married.

Channel: Gay & Lesbian Tags: California Gay Marriage Supreme Court Marriage Equality

Bid To Wipe Out All Maine Gay Rights Laws Fails

david_nwpa — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:32:50 EDT

A conservative Christian group has given up its attempt to mount a referendum drive to wipe out all protections for LGBT citizens in Maine.

Channel: Gay & Lesbian Tags: Maine Civil Rights Conservative Christians Anti Gay

Is $200 Burger Decadent Or Despicable?

david_nwpa — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:13:59 EDT

It may be the most exotic, the most expensive and the most controversial burger ever flipped in a fast-food joint. "This is not just ordinary beef, this is special?" CBS News correspondent Mark Phillips asked. Burger King's Chef Mark Dowding said: "Absolutely; this is Wagyu."

Channel: Food Tags: Burger King Fast Food Wagyu

San Francisco Couple Tie The Knot - Again

TechnologyExpert — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:26:51 EDT

Cheers filled San Francisco's City Hall shortly after 5 p.m. as longtime lesbian activists Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, partners for more than 50 years, began their second wedding - and their first legal union.

Channel: Gay & Lesbian Tags: Same Sex Marriage California Gay Marriage

Some gays are asking themselves: 'I do?'

david_nwpa — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:24:44 EDT

In the weeks since the California Supreme Court's historic ruling legalizing same-sex marriage, gay men and lesbians have hugged, kissed, popped bottles of bubbly and danced in the streets.

Channel: Gay & Lesbian Tags: California Gay Marriage Supreme Court Lawsuit

Bid To Repeal Oregon Gay Partner Laws Fails

david_nwpa — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:27:00 EDT

Opponents of two Oregon LGBT rights laws are giving up their fight to have a repeal measure placed on November's ballot, but say they may try to have it placed before voters in 2010.

Channel: Gay & Lesbian Tags: Oregon Domestic Partners Discrimination Marriage Equality