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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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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

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

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

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

Army Overseer Tells of Ouster Over KBR Stir

JohnQPublic — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:20:16 EDT

The Army official who managed the Pentagon's largest contract in Iraq says he was ousted from his job when he refused to approve paying more than $1 billion in questionable charges to KBR, the Houston-based company that has provided food, housing and other services to American troops.

Channel: News Tags: Iraq War KBR US Army Graft Corruption

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

Move to Broaden Chicago Gay Partner Benefits

david_nwpa — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:23:28 EDT

An openly gay Chicago alderman is proposing changes to the city's domestic partner benefits plan to ensure that the partners of city workers remain insured if they marry in California.

Channel: Gay & Lesbian Tags: Illinois Chicago Domestic Partner Benefits

Backlash? The State by State Race to Marriage Equality (EDGE)

codylyon — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:09:12 EDT

But for some observers both within the LGBT community as well as some straight allies, a cloud of quiet worry long ago descended over use of the term marriage and its label as a hot button social and political issue. They would prefer what they see as a more pragmatic approach to civil union equality.

Channel: Gay & Lesbian Tags: gay marriage Right wing backlash civil rights

Nashville Schools To Protect LGBT Students

david_nwpa — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:14:25 EDT

Nashville's Metro School Board has unanimously approved changes to the code of student conduct to protect students from discrimination based on sexuality and gender identity. The new policy also will cover school employees.

Channel: Gay & Lesbian Tags: Tennessee Nashville Public Schools ACLU GSLEN Anti bullying

Is 50 Cent Gay?

starmuscle — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:40:42 EDT

Rapper 50 Cent has a very homosexual way in showing his friendship- he just gave his co-star Val Kilmer a $100,000 car.

Channel: Gay & Lesbian Tags: 50 cent gay val kilmer gay 50 cent val kilmer 50 cent car val kilmer car

Three Year Sentence In Gay Man's Death in South Carolina

david_nwpa — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:30:52 EDT

A 19 year old man has been sentenced to three years in prison in death of a gay man who was beaten outside a Greenville, South Carolina bar.

Channel: Gay & Lesbian Tags: South Carolina Greenville Hate Crime Anti Gay

Daughter of Massachusetts Governor Comes Out

david_nwpa — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:19:38 EDT

The youngest daughter of Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said in an interview published Thursday that she's gay, and came out to her parents after lawmakers voted to kill a proposal that could have outlawed gay marriage in the state.

Channel: Gay & Lesbian Tags: Massachusetts Gay Marriage Governor Deval Patrick Daughter

Openly Gay Cop Greg Miraglia writes on Coming Out From Behind The Badge

dagmaradriel — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:45:49 EDT

A cop's life is a tough one-but the life of a gay cop can be even more difficult. Coming Out From Behind The Badge: Stories Of Success And Advice From Police Officers "Out" On The Job is about how police officers can overcome law enforcement's unwritten "don't ask, don't tell" policy and live their lives as they were made to

Channel: Gay & Lesbian Tags: gay rights gay gay dating

How did the T get in LGBT?

cadhlaadair — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:42:20 EDT

The 30-year fight for a federal gay civil rights law may fail because activists insist on including rights for transgendered people too. Has gay inclusiveness gone too far too fast?

Channel: Gay & Lesbian Tags: gay rights gay gay dating

GAY RIGHTS: Overview

daffidiladria — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:31:56 EDT

For much of American history, indeed, for much of world history, homosexuality has been a taboo subject. Often, it has been considered a crime in itself.

Channel: Gay & Lesbian Tags: gay marriage gay same sex marriage gay rights

Gay Marriage : same-sex marriage

cadenzaacotas — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:16:48 EDT

In November 2003 the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ignited a nationwide debate over same-sex marriage when it declared the state's ban on gay marriage unconstitutional. The ensuing battle has included fights in Congress over a federal marriage amendment that would define marriage as the union of a man and a woman;

Channel: Gay & Lesbian Tags: gay marriage gay same sex marriage marriage

Today's Pic - Pride Worldwide

RedStateQueer — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:40:04 EDT

Everywhere there is Oxygen there are QUEERS!

Channel: Gay & Lesbian Tags: Pride Parade Rainbow Flag World

PRIDE challenge--(be)coming out

found0804 — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:02:32 EDT

I saw this picture over at...read more about his challenge...to post his rainbow pride flag picture on as many blogs as possible, and then tell him. Kelly also added to the "pride challenge"--tell your coming out story. OK, here is Kelly's picture...(and I actually attempted to distill my "coming out" story)...

Channel: Gay & Lesbian Tags: coming out gay life lesbian Pride

LGBT Groups Issue Warning To Out-Of-State Couples Marrying In Calif.

david_nwpa — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:58:46 EDT

Four LGBT legal organizations and five other leading national LGBT groups issued a warning Tuesday to couples planning to go to California to marry that they should mot use their marriages to fight for recognition in federal court.

Channel: Gay & Lesbian Tags: California Marriage Equality State Courts

Accused Treated as Adult in Gay Student's Killing

TechnologyExpert — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:41:02 EDT

Prosecutors' decision to charge Brandon McInerney, 14, as an adult in the shooting death of Larry King, 15, has divided the seaside town of Oxnard, Calif. McInerney is charged with premeditated murder and a hate crime in the killing of King, an openly gay eighth-grader.

Channel: Gay & Lesbian Tags: Murder SHooting California

Kucinich presents Bush impeachment articles

idyll — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:30:14 EDT

An Ohio Democratic lawmaker and former presidential candidate has presented articles of impeachment against President George W. Bush to Congress.

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