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Four years after San Francisco ignited passionate embraces and heatednational debate by briefly allowing gay marriage, California's top courthears arguments on Tuesday as to whether matrimony should be limited to aman and a woman.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-rights-california-gays.html?scp=2&sq=GAY&st=nyt
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Unexpected Soap Protest Favors Gay Kiss
NEW YORK (AP) -- The love affair between two young men on the venerable CBSsoap opera ''As the World Turns'' has triggered a protest campaign by angryviewers. It's just not the sort of protest you'd expect.
Fans of the fictional romance between Luke Snyder and Noah Mayer are baffledabout why the two characters haven't kissed on-screen since September,wondering whether it's a sign of squeamishness by CBS or show sponsorsProcter & Gamble Co.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-AP-on-TV-Missing-Kisses.html?scp=4&sq=GAY&st=nyt
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"American Idol" contestant David Hernandez once entertained audiences byremoving his clothes instead of singing tunes, a manager at a male stripclub in Phoenix told The Associated Press. The 24-year-old finalist fromGlendale, Ariz., once worked as a stripper at Dick's Cabaret, appearingfully nude and performing lap dances for the club's "mostly male" clientele,club manager Gordy Bryan said Monday.
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Transexual teen has faith in self, others
Ralph De La Cruz
The night I heard that a cross-dressing teen had been shot and killed onSistrunk Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, I immediately thought of WillieLitersky.
I had interviewed Willie, another cross-dressing teen, for a column aboutthe challenges that gay and transgender kids face.
I had been so impressed with Willie's courage and self-confidence that Iwrote, "When I grow up, I want to be like Willie."
That was 18 months ago. When he was 15. When Willie was still Willie.
Monday, Willie turned 17, the same age as murder victim Simmie Williams Jr.And Willie is now Niki.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/lifestyle/sfl-ralph04sbmar04,0,5435329,print.column
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Study: Spanking Affects Adult Sex Lives
New research by a University of New Hampshire domestic abuse expert saysspanking children affects their sex lives as adults. Professor Murray Strausconcludes that children who are spanked are more likely as adults to coercepartners to have sex, to have unprotected sex and to have masochistic sex.
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Gay Marriage Attracting Skilled Workers To Mass.
(Boston, Massachusetts) Massachusetts is reaping huge financial gains as aresult of same-sex marriage.
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Gay Paris Mayor Mulling Presidency
(Paris) Bertrand Delanoe appears headed for easy re-election in next week'smunicipal vote but he already is being courted by his Socialist Party to runfor the presidency in the next general election.
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Nova Scotia Liberals Call For Government To Fund Sex Change Operations
Halifax, Nova Scotia) Nova Scotia Liberals have passed a resolution callingfor the province to pay for sex-change operations.
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Anti-Quran Film To Show In Netherlands
(The Hague) Protesters already have torched Dutch flags in Afghanistan aheadof a new Dutch film portraying Islam's holy book as a "fascist" text thatincites violence and preaches the oppression of women and gays.
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Poll: Iowa Supports Civil Unions But No Gay Marriage
(Des Moines, Iowa) The majority of Iowa voters support restricting marriageto opposite-sex couples but at the same time are divided on a constitutionalamendment to put that in place, and most believe same-sex couples shouldhave the right to have civil unions a new poll shows.
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California Gay Couples Hopeful For June Weddings
(San Francisco, California) Same-sex marriage is at the top of the docketwith the California Supreme Court resumes on Tuesday. If the court rulesfor gay and lesbian couples challenging the state California could be thesecond area in the US where same-sex marriage is legal.
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Obama In Damage Control After Canadian NAFTA Report
(San Antonio, Texas) Barack Obama's senior economic policy adviser says thatCanadian government officials wrote an inaccurate portrayal of his privatediscussion on the campaign's trade policy in a memo obtained by TheAssociated Press.
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HIV Breakthrough:
Researchers Identify Protein That Fights Immunodeficiency
A Canada-U.S. research team has solved a major genetic mystery: How aprotein in some people's DNA guards them against killer immune diseases suchas HIV. In an advance online edition of Nature Medicine, the scientistsexplain how the protein, FOX03a, shields against viral attacks and how thediscovery will help in the development of a HIV vaccine.
"HIV infection is characterised by the slow demise of T-cells, in particularcentral memory cells, which can mediate lifelong protection against viruses," said lead researcher Rafick-Pierre Sékaly, a Université deMontréal professor and a researcher at the Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal and the French Institut national de la santé et de la recherchemédicale (Inserm).
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Gays and Lesbians Urged to Kick the Habit
Smoking rates among the gay and lesbian community in the UK aresignificantly higher than the general population, and this No Smoking Day weare being urged to give up the fags for good.
Around 40% of gays and lesbians smoke, as opposed to 23% of men and 24% ofwomen in general population.
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A Proud Father of a Gay Son
Full disclosure: I'm the proud father of a gay son. And I'm not the onlyone. Our prime minister, Ehud Olmert, is the proud father of a gaydaughter - a daughter who has become a symbol, the pride of the community,for being an open lesbian and a brave fighter for equal rights for thehomosexual community.
And because I know, from personal acquaintance, that Ehud Olmert is a warmand loving father, I am angry at his thundering silence in light of thenonsense and incitement against the homosexual community by several leadersof Shas.
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Drunk Teens Spoil Mardis Gras
Drunk teenagers marred an otherwise well-behaved Mardi Gras in Sydney onSaturday night, police say.
Tens of thousands of people watched 10,000 participants in the 30th SydneyGay and Lesbian Mardi Gras sing and dance their way along Oxford Street lastnight for the annual celebration of gay rights.
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Sexual Orientation a Factor in Violence
Gays, lesbians and bisexuals reported higher rates of victimization byviolence than heterosexuals in 2004 - including sexual assault, robbery andphysical assault.
The Statistics Canada study examined victimization rates, perceptions ofdiscrimination, fear of crime and attitudes toward the justice system amonggays, lesbians and bisexuals.
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Not Single, Not Married: State Supreme Court to Consider Rights of GayCouples
It has taken four years, but the fierce conflict over gay marriage hasfinally shifted from its cradle at San Francisco City Hall to the CaliforniaSupreme Court, just a few hundred yards away.
The state's high court on Tuesday will consider three hours of legalargument in a series of cases that challenge California's ban on gaymarriage and a 2000 voter-approved ballot initiative that defines marriageas a union between a man and woman.
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In a controversial 21-7 vote Monday, the Senate passed legislation promptedby Salt Lake City's domestic partner registry program.
After a great deal of reworking, the legislation is expected to allow thecapital city's program to continue, but it would have to change the name.
Lawmakers Monday, though, removed an amendment approved last week tospecifically allow hospital visitation for unmarried partners.
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Basic Rights Oregon executive director Jeana Frazzini said today she was notsurprised to learn that anti-gay interests have filed an initiative torepeal Oregon's domestic partnership law. The initiative was filed lateFriday by State Senator Fred Girod (R-Stayton) and State Rep. Sal Esquivel(R-Medford).
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Students at Andover High are bringing an exhibit featuring photographs ofgay families to their school next week, and inviting the community to cometake a look.
"Love Makes A Family," a series of photographs of gay parents and theirchildren, has traveled to hundreds of colleges, businesses and some otherhigh schools across the country. The exhibit will be on display all week.On Wednesday night, the school's Gay-Straight All
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Canada: New Brunswick hospitals have agreed to accept same-sex partners asnext of kin following a human rights complaint.
The New Brunswick Human Rights Commission said Monday it has reachedagreements with all eight provincial health districts that allows patientsto designate a person to make care decisions on their behalf should theybecome incapacitated.
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Iowa's gay marriage controversy is expected to heat up again Tuesday when aRepublican lawmaker will attempt a rarely-used House rule in an attempt toforce legislative debate on the issue.
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The civil union law gives same-sex couples legal recognition and most statebenefits and responsibilities of marriage.
Basic Rights Oregon, the state's largest gay rights group, tallied 1,250partnerships as of Feb. 22. Another 59 couples registered last week in thePortland area, giving the region about two-thirds of the state total.
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Gay.com parent company loses $51m
One of the largest gay media companies in the world has reported a loss of$51.2m (£25.8m) in 2007.
PlanetOut saw sales slide to $53m last year, down from $58.8m in 2006. Thecompany also recorded a $25.9 million charge for "impairment of goodwill andintangible assets" in 2007.
In May 2007 high operating costs and declining sales resulted in aconsiderable first-quarter loss and a resulting slide in share price.
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Sydney celebrates biggest-ever Mardi Gras
More than 300,000 people lined the streets of the Australian city of Sydneyto watch a mile long Mardi Gras parade on Saturday night.
The colourful annual event is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.
10,000 marchers in a variety of dazzling costumes, and more than 150 floatsincluding a gay 'pope-mobile,' took part. The parade was led by the'78er's', who staged a 1,500 strong protest march for gay rights in 1978.
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Pope praises US opposition to gay rights
The leader of the Roman Catholic church has welcomed the new United StatesAmbassador to the Vatican with praise for her country's opposition toabortion and gay marriage.
Mary Ann Glendon, a close friend of President Bush, took up her appointmentlast month.
Speaking in English Pope Benedict XVI said that he is "looking forward" tohis five-day trip to the US next month.
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Dutch stand up for gays at UN Human Rights council
The Foreign Minister of the Netherlands today told an international meetingthat gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people deserve equal rights.
Maxime Verhagen made his remarks at the opening session of the UnitedNations Human Rights Council in Geneva.
In a wide-ranging speech he highlighted the rights of "children inUzbekistan picking cotton for long hours for little or no wages" andproposed the EU move to ban on the sale of goods that have been produced"using any form of slavery."
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Lesbian group criticise police in Croatia
A group representing lesbians in Croatia has questioned why only one personhas been prosecuted for attacking last year's Pride parade in the capitalcity of Zagreb.
Last week Josip Situm was convicted of endangering lives and property andordered to undergo psychiatric treatment while behind bars after being foundguilty of a hate crime.
Police spotted him at the Pride event in Zagreb on 7th July 2007 with petrolbombs, but he fled the scene. Ten people were injured when violence brokeout at the gay Pride march in Zagreb.
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Baldwin brothers disagree over gay marriage
Film and TV star Alec Baldwin has spoken publicly about the anti-gaypolitical views of his younger and less well-known brother Stephen.
Stephen is best-known for his roles in the controversial 1994 film Threesomeand 1995 thriller The Usual Suspects.
He became a born-again Christian after the attacks on New York on September11th 2001. During an appearance on the Howard Stern radio show in January hespoke out about same-sex marriage.
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LesbiaNation lists top ten film lesbians
In February, we asked our readers to tell us their favourite hot lesbiancharacters from the silver screen.
Based on your votes, we bring you the LesbiaNation Top Ten Film Lesbians,including Gina Gershon in Bound, Queen Latifah in Set It Off, Erin Kelly inLoving Annabelle and more!
We wanted to know who your top favourite lesbian characters were from themovies. Our readers sent us a plethora of suggestions, which we narroweddown to ten based on the number of requests received.
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The state of homosexuality
A recent ruling by the Supreme Court of Nepal hasbrought about a significant victory in the ongoingpush for sexual rights. But in allowing the state tobe the final arbiter of these rights, Nepali activistgroups have allowed their own local identities to beoverwritten by globalised notions of sexuality.
http://www.himalmag.com/2008/march/cover_state_of_homosexuality.htm
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Obama has been talking about LGBT Americans in his speeches at criticalmoments in his career---from introducing himself to America at the DNCConvention, to announcing his presidential candidacy, to campaigning inIowa, to his historic speech on Martin Luther King Day, and more recentlywhile campaigning in Beaumont, TX and Nelsonville, OH. He stands up for ourcommunity---making clear that he will not tolerate homophobia or attacks onour community and that he will fight for our rights--in speeches beforemainstream audiences all across the nation; not just in front of gayaudiences; not just when he knows he will get a round of applause, but whenit is sometimes awkward or uncomfortable. That is leadership; that is whywe need to Barack Obama as our next President.
http://www.towleroad.com/2008/02/barack-obama-te.html
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Julian Bond: Gay rights are civil rights
NAACP chair opens 20th LGBT activists' convention
Detroit--"I want to talk about civil rights because I believe gay rights arecivil rights," said civil rights leader Julian Bond, opening the 20th annualCreating Change conference held in the Motor City February 6 to 10.
The conference is the nation's premier lesbian, gay, bisexual andtransgender training aimed at grassroots activism and organizing. This year,the gathering's sponsors, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, gave it anew name: the National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change.
http://www.gbmnews.com/articles/2850/1/Julian-Bond-Gay-rights-are-civil-rights/Page1.html
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Schools must grow more gay friendly by Deb Price
Kindergartner Jacob Parker brought home a "diversity" book bag that includeda picture book called "Who's in a Family?"
The book shows a variety of families, including a mom-dad family, a familyheaded by a grandmother, an animal family and a family headed by lesbianmoms. "Who's in a family? The people who love you the most!" the book ends.
In the same Massachusetts elementary school, second grader Joey Wirthlinlistened as his teacher read from another picture book, "King & King." Aprince, told by his mother Queen to marry, passes over several princessesbefore falling in love with another prince. The princes kiss on the finalpage, and a red heart is superimposed on their lips.
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Laws should grant the same rights to all of today's families.
Four years ago, when San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom declared by fiat thatthe state's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, televisioncameras captured for the whole world the images of gay and lesbian couplesinundating the streets outside City Hall. In less than a month, more than4,000 same-sex couples wed there, until the California Supreme Court stoppedthe weddings and later declared the marriages invalid. The court said itwould willingly hear a constitutional challenge brought in a more orderlyfashion.
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