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ReThinking The Times of Harvey Milk: You Earned Your Medal, and a Lot More

Jonathan Kim | Posted 09.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Review, Lgbt, Doma, The Times of Harvey Milk, Lesbian, Harvey Milk, Gays and Lesbians, Rethink Reviews, Gay, Defense of Marriage Act, Gays in the Military, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Jonathan Kim, Gay Rights, Barack Obama, Dadt, Film Critic, Prop 8, LGBT Rights, Tom Ammiano, Gays, Movie Critic, Medal of Freedom, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

Obama is awarding a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom -- the nation's highest civilian honor -- to Harvey Milk.

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Portugal Gay Marriage Ban Upheld By Court

AP | BARRY HATTON | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

Read More: LGBT Issues, Portugal Gay Marriage Ban, Portugal Gay Marriage, Foreign Affairs, Gay, Lgbt, LGBT Politics, Gay Rights, LGBT Rights, Gays, Portugal, Gay Marriage, Gay Issues, Advocacy, World News

LISBON, Portugal — Portugal's Constitutional Court on Friday upheld the country's ban on gay marriage, rejecting a challenge by two lesbians who are...

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Africa: Gay Men Have 10 Times Higher HIV Rate Due To Homophobia: Report

BBC NEWS | Posted 08.20.2009 | World

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Africa Hiv/Aids, Africa Gay Men, Gay Rights, Africa, Africa Gay Hiv, Homophobia, South Africa Hiv/Aids, Gays, Africa Homophobia, Africa Gays, World News

HIV rates among gay men in some African countries are 10 times higher than among the general male population, says research in medical journal the Lan...

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Gay & Lesbian Manners: A Lesbian Stereotype That's Not a Subaru

Steven Petrow | Posted 11.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Lgbt, Potlucks, LGBT Community, Lesbian, Subaru, Gays and Lesbians, Etiquette, Gays, Parties, Manners, Living News
Steven Petrow

Just because you want to invite them all doesn't mean you should. Masked or unmasked bitterness, rage or jealousy can quickly tank the best of parties.

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A City Approves of Lesbians in Love

Jennifer Vanasco | Posted 08.15.2009 | New York

Read More: The Balanced Life, Relationships, Lesbian, Chicago, Gay, Gays, Love, New York, Gay Marriage, New York News
Jennifer Vanasco

And we ARE in love - we are wildly, crazily, insanely in love, though it's been more than nine months since we started dating.

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Welcome to the Gayby Boom

Johann Hari | Posted 08.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Gay Rights, Gays, Gay Issues, Children, Gay Marriage, Family, Living News
Johann Hari

Under the sheer concrete weight of scientific evidence, anybody who continues to oppose gay parents is letting their prejudice cloud their judgment.

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Michael Nazir-Ali, Church Of England Bishop, Says Gays Should 'Repent'

AP | Posted 08.05.2009 | World

Read More: Gay Rights, Michael Nazir-Ali, Church of England, Gays, Homosexuals, United Kingdom, London-United Kingdom, Britain, World News

LONDON — A senior Church of England bishop has angered gay-rights campaigners by saying homosexuals should repent. Archbishop of Rochester Mich...

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Muslim Mayor's Gay Rights Drive Fights Homophobia In Conservative Amsterdam Suburb

Huffington Post | Posted 08.02.2009 | World

Read More: Amsterdam, Gay Rights, The Netherlands, Netherlands, Foreign Affairs, Muslim Gay, Homophobia, Gay, Gays, Europe, Gay Issues, Advocacy, Ahmed Marcouch, Religion, Muslim Mayor Amsterdam, Gay Muslim, World News

Ahmed Marcouch, the Muslim mayor of Slotervaart, an uncharacteristically conservative suburb of Amsterdam, is fighting back against a long-lived trend...

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Gay Democrats Targeted for Supporting Bloomberg

Ryan J. Davis | Posted 08.01.2009 | New York

Read More: Gay Democrats, Bloomberg, Mike Bloomberg, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Democrats, Gays, New York City, New York News
Ryan J. Davis

I'd hate to have both Bill Clinton and Barack Obama wanted for treason, after having said favorable things about Bloomberg in public.

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The Importance Of The Gay Cliche

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 08.01.2009 | New York

Read More: Lesbian, Gays and Lesbians, Gay, Ally McBeal, New York City, New York, Homosexual Rights, Culture, Homosexuals, Homosexuality, Gay Rights, LGBT Rights, Gay and Lesbian Rights, West Village, Society, Gays, Gay Issues, Stonewall, New York News
Michelle Haimoff

Gay stereotypes, in this day and age, are relevant enough to be funny but outdated enough to be innocuous.

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Obama Strains To Win Back Favor Of Gays With LGBT Event At White House

The Hill | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Proposition 8, Robert Gibbs, Doma, Obama Administration, Obama, Joe Biden, Defense of Marriage Act, Marriage Equality, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Biden, Gay Rights, Gays, Gay Marriage, Stonewall, Politics News

President Obama, under fire from some gay and lesbian groups for what they see as slow movement on two of their most important issues, is taking steps...

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Frank Rich: 40 Years Later, Gays Are Still Second-Class Citizens

New York Times | Frank Rich | Posted 07.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gay Rights, Gays, Frank Rich, Politics News

Like all students caught up in the civil rights and antiwar movements of the 1960s, I was riveted by the violent confrontations between the police and...

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Gay and Lesbian Manners: The Great Oral Sex Dilemma

Steven Petrow | Posted 11.03.2009 | Style

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Stds, Sex, Safe Sex, Aids, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Etiquette, Gay, Gays, Condoms, Manners, Style News
Steven Petrow

Even if you feel embarrassed talking about sex (especially with someone new), discuss your preferences beforehand.

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Gays In China: Beijing Queer Film Festival Goes Off Without A Hitch

AP | TINI TRAN | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

Read More: China, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, China Gays, Gays, Gay Rights, Gay Issues, Beijing Queer Film Festival, World News

BEIJING — The first time director and movie buff Cui Zi'en tried to hold a gay and lesbian film festival in 2001, it was shut down by police bef...

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Gay Benefits Call With Berry Reveals...Very Little

Jennifer Vanasco | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Gay Rights, John Berry, Employment, Breaking Politics News, Health Insurance, Gays, Gay Marriage, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jennifer Vanasco

"This is a first step, not the final step," Berry said. "It's practicing before preaching." I wish the White House would stop practicing and would start moving on gay civil rights issues for real.

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Brazil Gay Pride Parade Bombing Injures 21

Latin American Herald Tribune | Posted 07.17.2009 | World

Read More: Gay Rights, Brazil Gay Pride Parade Bombing, Latin America, Brazil Gay Pride, Foreign Affairs, Brazil, Gay, Gays, Gay Issues, Advocacy, Brazil Gay Pride Parade, World News

At least 21 people were injured when a homemade bomb exploded at a spot where participants gathered after the gay pride parade in Brazil's largest cit...

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The Stain on China's Pro-Democracy Movement: A Final Word About Tiananmen

Phillip Martin | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Contradictions, Chinese and Africans, Beijing Olympics, Blacks, Africa, Racism, Tiananmen, Nanjing, China’s Pro-Democracy Movement, Gays, Hehai University, Tiananmen Square, Sanlitun Disrtrict, Africans, Politics News
Phillip Martin

It's been a week since the official 20th anniversary commemoration of the historic Tiananmen Square demonstrations. But before the memory of those ev...

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Understanding Domestic Terror USA -- It's About the Twisted Theology Stupid!

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: The Holocaust, Hate, Gays, Rush Limbaugh, James W. Von Brunn, Republicans, Al Qaeda, Politics News
Frank Schaeffer

Republican leaders never kill anyone themselves, and they always "deplore" violence. But it is their language, anti-American speech and hate that feeds these individuals.

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The Road from Here to Marriage Equality

Gavin Newsom | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marriage, California Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Gavin Newsom, Lesbian, President Obama, Gays, San Francisco, Gay Marriage, Civil Rights, Marriage Equality, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News
Gavin Newsom

Today we must turn anger into action. With five states already on their way to marriage equality, it's our job to make sure history moves faster towards equality here in California.

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71% Say Newsom Beating Gallagher in Gay Marriage Debate

Joel B. Schwartzberg | Posted 06.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Lesbian, National Organization for Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Civil Unions, Maggie Gallagher, Mayor Gavin Newsom, California Gay Marriage, Homosexuality, Gavin Newsom, Ban on Gay Marriages, Homophobia, California Gay Marriage Ban, Gays, Gay Issues, Gay Marriage, Homophobe, Media News
Joel B. Schwartzberg

The California Supreme Court may have just weighed in on gay marriage, but participants in the NOW on PBS gay marriage interactive debate are still having their say.

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In Israel, Adam Lambert Would Have Won

Bradley Burston | Posted 06.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Haaretz, Gays, Survivor, Adam Lambert, Israel, Bradley Burston, American Idol, Bill O'Reilly, Kris Allen, Entertainment News
Bradley Burston

Many Americans view Kris Allen as holding the fort against the darkness of diversity and/or non-Christianity.

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Peru Firing 'Scandalous' Gays From Police Force

AP | ANDREW WHALEN | Posted 06.14.2009 | World

Read More: Latin America, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Peru, Peru Police, Peru Gays, Peru Gay, Gay Issues, Gays, Lima-Peru, World News

LIMA, Peru — Peruvian police officers who "damage the image" of law enforcement by engaging in homosexual behavior can lose their jobs under a n...

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Russian Lesbians Marriage License Rejected; First Attempted Application In Country

AP | MANSUR MIROVALEV | Posted 06.12.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Gay, Gay Issues, Gays, Russia Gay Marriage, Russia Gay Rights, Irina Fedotova, Irina Shipitko, Lesbian, Gays and Lesbians, Lesbians, World News

MOSCOW — Supporters considered it a historic moment: two radiant women applied for a marriage license in a Moscow government office, claiming to...

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Time to Pass HR 1283 and Let Gays Serve in the Military

Sam Sedaei | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gays in the Military, Desegregation, Jerome Johnson, Troops, Army, Military, Gays, Barack Obama, Harry Truman, Politics News
Sam Sedaei

It is hard to believe that this country continues to debate simple issues of discrimination in 2009.

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Obama Makes America Sexier to Swedes

Nathan Hegedus | Posted 06.07.2009 | World

Read More: Europe, Germany, Sweden, Stockholm, Exchange Students, Rush Limbaugh, Dayton, Study Abroad, High School, Obama, Texas, Hollywood, Gays, Nordic Countries, Bill O'Reilly, 2008 Election, Foreign Policy, World News
Nathan Hegedus

Applications to study in the US are up 30 percent in the Nordic countries, and interest in Sweden has grown by 20 percent. Placement agencies are calling it "Obama fever."

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