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News (USA)
Internet gay bashing not protected by free speech, court rules
Students at a private school in Los Angeles who posted internet death threats and anti-gay messages on a classmate’s webpage, can’t claim the constitutional protection of free speech, a California appeals court has ruled. The parents of the boy targeted by the threatening and derogatory posts on his website, withdrew him from Harvard-Westlake School in […]
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News (USA)
Pennsylvania lawmakers strike down latest attempt to ban gay marriage
For the third time in four years, Pennsylvania lawmakers on Tuesday defeated an attempt to advance legislation to amend the state constitution to ban gay marriage. Reports Philly.com: The Republican-majority Senate Judiciary Committee voted 8-6 to table a bill introduced by Sen. John Eichelberger (R) to amend the constitution to define marriage as being between […]
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News (USA)
NY gay marriage opponent loses bid to reclaim state senate seat
Gay rights activists in New York, buoyed by the state senate defeat of gay marriage opponent Hiram Monserrate, are renewing their fight to legalize same-sex marriage in New York, hoping to bring the issue back […]
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News (USA)
Catholic school denies children’s enrollment due to gay parents
A lesbian couple is speaking out after a Catholic school in Colorado banned their two children from re-enrolling because they are gay parents. Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput said the decision by the Sacred Heart of Jesus School in Boulder not to let the children re-enroll conforms to church teachings. The parents have chosen to remain […]
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Life
Will Phillips: ‘Lack of equality for some is lack of equality for all’
Catch Will Phillips accepting the award for Outstanding TV Journalism Segment at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York on Saturday. Phillips appeared in the award winning segment “Why Will Won’t Pledge Allegiance” from CNN’s American Morning. Back in November, the 10-year-old Arkansas boy decided that he could not, in good conscience, pledge […]
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Life
Hayworth says gay marriage will lead to bestiality
Former Arizona congressman and U.S. Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth is afraid allowing same-sex marriages could lead to bestiality. In a radio interview in Florida, Hayworth, who is challenging Senator John McCain in the Arizona […]
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News (World)
Nepal to court the gay market for high adventure weddings
Nepal plans to offer gay couples the opportunity to marry at the Everest base camp, and to honeymoon on a Himalayan trek or adventure tour. Tourism is one of the main drivers of the Nepalese economy, and the government hopes to double the number of visitors next year to one million, by getting its share […]
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News (USA)
Gay marriage foes target GOP Senate hopeful
A group that promotes traditional marriage is funding a new statewide ad campaign in California against U.S. Senate candidate Tom Campbell — a Republican who supports gay marriage. The Washington, D.C.-based National Organization for Marriage began running the 30-second television ad Monday. Campbell openly opposed Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot initiative that banned gay marriage […]
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Life
Cynthia Nixon, Joy Behar honored with GLAAD media awards
Actress Cynthia Nixon, comedian Joy Behar and the series Brothers & Sisters are among those who received media awards on Saturday from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). Nixon was honored for her work fighting for gay marriage. “We are bringing marriage back to its fundamentals and revitalizing it from its roots up,” […]
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News (USA)
New charges planned in BB-gun hate crime case
Three men accused of targeting a San Francisco man they thought was gay with a BB gun were taken into custody in a courtroom Friday after a video tape emerged showing 11 more victims. The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office said there were plans to file an amended complaint against the men — Shafiq Hashemi, […]
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Life
ABC: ‘One Life to Live’ ending gay storyline
The ABC daytime drama One Life to Live is pulling the plug on its gay couple, Kyle and Fish, or better know to gay fans as “Kish.” The network confirmed this week that the couple, played by Brett Claywell (as Kyle Lewis) and Scott Evans (as Oliver Fish), are being written off the show. ABC […]
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News (USA)
Washington Post defends front-page photo of two men kissing
Gay marriage came to the nation’s capital this week, and the Washington Post has been fending off reader complaints for marking the occasion with a front page picture of two men kissing. The above photo of Jeremy Ames, left, and Taka Ariga was taken last week when the District of Columbia began accepting applications for […]
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News (USA)
ACLU backs lesbian student, sues Mississippi school over canceled prom
The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit Thursday against Itawamba Agricultural High School in Fulton, Miss., after the school district decided to cancel this year’s prom rather than let a lesbian student attend the dance with her girlfriend. At the center of the lawsuit is a memorandum from the school that was circulated to students […]
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Life
Same-sex couples wed as Mexico City gay marriage law takes effect
Five gay and lesbian couples were married in Mexico City on Thursday, the first such ceremonies since a law went into effect this month legalizing same-sex marriage in the Mexican capital. From CNN: Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard was on hand to witness four of the five couples signing their marriage certificates at the end […]
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News (USA)
School district cancels prom to prevent lesbian student from bring girlfriend
A Mississippi high school has called off the annual senior prom after a lesbian student demanded she be allowed to bring her girlfriend. The Itawamba County school board announced […]
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News (USA)
Eric Massa rebuffs the gay question; calls ‘groping’ male staffers a ‘tickle fight’
Former U.S. congressman, Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) Tuesday night refused to answer a blunt question by CNN’s Larry King: “are you gay?” Massa is accused of groping male staffers and the House ethics committee is […]
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News (USA)
Virginia students mobilize against AG’s call to dismiss gay protections; Assembly effort fails
Students across Virginia put spring break on hold this week to mobilize against Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, who has riled student groups with a letter advising public universities to retreat from their policies against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. More than 5,000 people have joined the Facebook page “We Don’t Want Discrimination In […]
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News (USA)
Gay couples wed as same-sex marriage dawns on nation’s capital
Gay marriage has arrived in nation’s capital. Same-sex couples began marrying in Washington D.C, on Tuesday, with some lining up as early as 3:30 a.m. to pick up their licenses from D.C. Superior Court. More than 300 same-sex couples have applied for a license since the application process began last Wednesday. Angelisa Young, 47, and […]
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Florida bill seeks to deny tax credits to films that feature gay characters
File this under “WTF?” Florida lawmakers are hoping to pass a $75 million incentive package to attract movie studios to film in the sunshine state, but a little noticed provision could deny tax credits to movies that feature gay characters or other “non-traditional” families. Current state law gives tax credits on productions that are “family […]
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Life
Sean Hayes comes out: ‘I am who I am’
It’s been four years since Will & Grace ended it’s eight year run on NBC, and now Sean Hayes, who played gay sidekick “Jack McFarland,” finally reveals he is gay, in what the Advocate calls “the interview you’ve waited 12 years to read.”