Same-sex marriage and political savvy
Anyone wondering why Republicans such as Jon Huntsman and Rob Portman are suddenly announcing their support for gay marriage (and why the anti-gay marriage forum at the Conservative Political Action Convention last week was empty while the pro-marriage forum was packed) should look at the polls.
22-3-2013 
Sex ed: The importance of learning about sexual orientation and gender identity
The school I attended had student groups such as the Red Ribbon Club (whose purpose was to spread HIV/AIDS awareness), the Black History Club, the Make a Wish Foundation club and more. There were students from a myriad of ethnic and religious backgrounds and with a variety of different sexual orientations and gender identities.
6-3-2013
Pentagon extends benefits to same-sex couples
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said the decision stemmed from the repeal of a ban on openly gay recruits. The Pentagon has officially extended some military benefits to same-sex partners, but said provisions such as medical coverage would not be offered to gay troops' spouses due to legal barriers.
21-2-2013
A spouse is a spouse
A little more than two years ago, the Illinois General Assembly took a carefully measured step toward marriage equality, the full legal recognition of committed partnerships, regardless of the parties' sexual orientation. With that vote in December 2010, Illinois became the sixth state to recognize civil unions, extending many of the rights and benefits of marriage to same-sex couples.
21-2-2013
Gay marriage: Tax man comes calling
For Colette Hayward and Margaret Selby, the problem is this: Maryland recognizes their 2009 marriage, but the federal government does not. The ramifications are maddeningly complex, no more so than when they deal with the Internal Revenue Service. Two years after taking legal action to assert their rights as a married couple, they are paying a price when they pay their taxes.
11-2-2013
Illinois starts push to legalize
same-sex marriage by Valentine's Day
Democratic lawmakers began a drive to legalize same-sex marriage in Illinois by Valentine's Day, but the fate of the effort is in doubt because the state faces a financial crisis that could overshadow other issues. A committee of the state Senate on Tuesday approved a measure to legalize same-sex marriage by a 9 to 5 vote with Democrats in favor and Republicans opposed, paving the way for a possible vote in the full upper chamber next week.
8-2-2013
Did a baker break the law when he denied service to same-sex couple?
A Gresham baker is the subject of a state investigation after he refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. Did Sweet Cakes owner Aaron Klein violate the law when he told the couple that he couldn’t sell them a cake because “they were abominations to the Lord?”
8-2-2013
Wedding vendors look to cash in on same-sex marriage
When Maryland merchants talk about the recent legalization of same-sex marriage, they sometimes talk of broad, lofty themes: Equality. Justice. Civil rights. But there's another practical concept at work: Dollar signs.
31-1-2013
Boy Scouts reconsidering stance on gay members
The Boy Scout of America is considering ending its longstanding national membership restrictions based on sexual orientation. Under the change now being discussed, the different religious and civic groups that sponsor Scout units would be able to decide for themselves how to address the issue — either maintaining an exclusion of gays or opening up their membership.
31-1-2013
DC tourism bureau wants to sex up Washington
Gay couples travel more often than the average visitor, and are more likely to be well-heeled. For years, the DC tourism bureau has emphasized the staple attractions of the city, most of them political, and some of them rather dry. For Valentine's Day in recent years, the bureau urged visitors to take part in a series of cutesy "date nights" similar to the First Couple's dating tradition.
31-1-2013
Candidates
stop short on same-sex marriage
Melissa Etheridge confronted Hillary
Rodham Clinton about her husband's gay rights record,
accusing Bill Clinton of throwing gay and lesbian
supporters "under the bus" by pushing for the "Don't
Ask, Don't Tell" policy and the Defense of Marriage Act.
4-9-2007
Gay porn company fighting back
Phillip Bleicher and his legal team waste
no time. They're already working on a lawsuit against
Miami Florida, where city officials ruled Bleicher must
relocate his porn palace.
4-9-2007
Hate-crime trial has a weird twist
The
teen says that the woman got into their car, and
performed oral sex on him in the back seat while his
friend drove. They ended up near a lifeguard tower on
the island of Palm Beach after midnight. According to
the 17-year-old, the woman was on top of him when he saw
something he didn't expect under her bikini bottom.
15-7-2007
Fort Lauderdale mayor says $250K robotic toilet may put stop to 'illegal sex'
Fort
Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle has shifted his
attention to a robotic toilet, saying the invention
could have a special edge over a traditional restroom in
preventing the "homosexual activity" that he said
plagues other public restrooms.
15-7-2007
Gay porn star Kent North dies at 35
Adult video performer Kent North died in
London on July 4 of an apparent drug overdose, according
to Hot House Entertainment, where he was under an
exclusive contract. He was 35.
15-7-2007
Toronto police spied on gay community in 1980s: report
A surveillance report
leaked to CBC News details how Det. Garry Carter went
undercover in the community, spying on bathhouse
operators, attending conventions in Alberta and tracking
gay candidates running for city council.
31-5-2007
A new day for same-sex couples in Washington state
Amid happy tears and
rounds of applause, Washington state Gov. Chris Gregoire
signed a bill that grants same-sex couples some of the
same rights as married people, saying, "This is a very
good moment for me." 1-5-2007
Conviction in notorious web porn case
After years of dealing with massage
parlor storefronts accused of concealing backroom
prostitution, York Township is preparing to lay down the
law. If no challenges arise between now and the
commissioners' April 10 meeting, the township could pass
a new law regulating all businesses deemed "adult
oriented." 17-3-2007
Coulter hangs with gay porn stud, GOP's love-hate relationship with 'faggots'
The Ann
Coulter story just gets more delicious with age. New
allegations have come to light, that the right-wing
succubus who slagged John Edwards as a "faggot" has
allegedly shared the same stage with a studly Marine who
is coming under fire for his gay porn past.
11-3-2007
Right-wing darling's alleged gay-porn past
A US marine alleged to have a gay-porn
past has come under fire from bloggers for his alliance
with the political right wing.
11-3-2007
Dirty Sanchez
Left-wing blogs
gleefully outed my gay porn past after I criticized
antiwar zealots. But the truth has set me free.
11-3-2007
Florida town rocked by sex-change case
For months, Steve Stanton, the longtime
city manager of this small Gulf Coast Florida town,
scripted his plans to tell his employees, city
commissioners and his own child of a major change in his
life. 11-3-2007
Canada: Same-sex survivors win pension ruling
What has been cast as the last great
battle for same-sex equality ended this
week with a partial victory in Canada's highest
court. 11-3-2007
Cheney's lesbian daughter defends pregnancy
Mary Cheney, the lesbian daughter of the
American vice-president Dick Cheney, has spoken publicly
for the first time about her pregnancy and insisted that
same-sex couples are as capable of raising a child as
heterosexual parents. 5-2-2007
Michigan court: No same-sex benefits
Michigan's ban on gay marriage also
blocks public universities and state and local
governments from providing health insurance benefits to
the partners of gay workers, the state Court of Appeals
ruled Friday. 5-2-2007
Same-sex marriage amendment advances
A proposed constitutional amendment to
ban same-sex marriage advanced out of committee
Wednesday after three hours of debate and a group of
gay-rights activists being escorted from the Senate
gallery for singing ''We Shall Overcome'' in protest.
5-2-2007
Army dismisses gay Arabic linguist
I will inform your entire battalion of
the information that I gave you. A decorated sergeant
and Arabic language specialist was dismissed from the US
Army under the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy, though he
says he never admitted being gay and his accuser was
never
identified.
