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Virginia Man Sentenced To Six Months In Jail For Soliciting Sodomy
(Virginia Beach, Virginia) A Virginia Beach man has been sentenced to six months in jail for trying to pick up an undercover police officer in the restroom of a department store...
Posted: Wed, Feb 18, 2004 12:17pm PST
Appeals Court Asked To Reconsider Florida Anti-Gay Adoption Ruling
(New York City) The American Civil Liberties Union today asked the United States Court of Appeals in Atlanta to reconsider its recent ruling upholding a Florida law that excludes gays and lesbians from adopting....
Posted: Wed, Feb 18, 2004 12:15pm PST
John Kerry Against Same-Sex Marriage
Leading Democratic presidential contender Sen. John Kerry is not necessarily opposed to a constitutional amendment to permanently ban same-sex marriage, he told National Public Radio’s All Things Considered Feb. 9....
Posted: Wed, Feb 18, 2004 10:03am PST
Survival Trumps Marriage for Local Queer Youth
Opponents and advocates of gay and lesbian marriage have been mobilizing in the past weeks, following the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruling that only marriage, not civil union, would satisfy its initial decision. While all mainstream attention continues to focus on the issue of gay marriage, a recent report issued in Washington, D.C. puts day-to-day survival as the number one priority for youth of color who are transgender, bisexual, lesbian, gay, or queer. Darby Hickey of the D.C. Radio Coo...
Posted: Tue, Feb 17, 2004 9:44am PST
More U.S. gay couples marry in Canada
TORONTO - Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham spoke of tolerance Saturday as he addressed a crowd celebrating the marriages of several same-sex couples from the United States....
Posted: Mon, Feb 16, 2004 12:06pm PST
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Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2004 9:56pm PST
New York flips as penguins come out in Central Park
As gays go, Roy and Silo are not unusual. They cohabit, are affectionate in public and have been inseparable for years. Only their species marks them out. The New York pair are chinstrap penguins...
Posted: Sun, Feb 8, 2004 9:47am PST
Ohio governor poised to sign "super DOMA"
Gov. Bob Taft, who received thousands of phone calls, letters, and e-mails for and against a far-reaching "super" defense of marriage act, plans to sign a bill enacting the ban. The house voted 72-22 on Tuesday in favor of accepting senate changes to the bill and sending the legislation--considered one of the country's strictest same-sex marriage bans--to Taft, who will sign it, spokesman Orest Holubec said. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Bill Seitz, a Cincinnati Republican, puts into ...
Posted: Wed, Feb 4, 2004 12:49pm PST
Massachusetts Court: Gay Civil Unions Not Enough
Standing by its ruling from November, the Massachusetts high court ruled on Wednesday that civil unions for same-sex couples are not a viable alternative to full civil marriage in the eyes of the state Constitution....
Posted: Wed, Feb 4, 2004 11:07am PST
Diss queers to appease fundi prejudices?
Refuting religious arguments which justify anti-queer bigotry....
Posted: Sun, Feb 1, 2004 6:47pm PST
LGBT News From "This Way Out"
It's the January 12 edition of This Way Out: The International Lesbian and Gay Radio Magazine, the world's audio oasis for LGBT news and culture, hosted by Lucia Chappelle and produced with Greg Gordon....
Posted: Wed, Jan 21, 2004 3:16pm PST
Scarborough pranked by Dan Savage, editor of The Stranger,of "Savage Love" fame
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/1/9/223732/9480...
Posted: Tue, Jan 13, 2004 4:29pm PST
National "Freedom to Marry Week" Actions Feb 9-15
World's Largest Gay Church Group And DontAmend.com
Announce National "Freedom to Marry Week":"Gays Called To Flood Marriage Bureaus With Same-Sex Marriage License Applications And Participate In National Pro-Marriage Rallies...
Posted: Sun, Jan 11, 2004 11:06pm PST
Mass. polititians rally around gay marriage
BOSTON -- Former political heavyweights from Massachusetts, including former Gov. William Weld, have urged state lawmakers to abide by the Supreme Judicial Court's landmark ruling calling for full equality in the state's marriage laws....
Posted: Wed, Jan 7, 2004 1:08am PST
New National Black Advocacy Group Forms
The National Black Justice Coalition is an ad hoc coalition of black lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community leaders, public figures and activists who have come together to fight against discrimination in their community....
Posted: Mon, Jan 5, 2004 6:14pm PST
HRC Applauds Michigan Governor For Ban On Anti-Gay Employment Discrimination
Granholm's Executive Order Makes Michigan 11th State to Ban Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation in Public Employment...
Posted: Sun, Jan 4, 2004 1:28pm PST
Tasmania same-sex partner laws take effect
Same-sex couples in the Australian state of Tasmania can now register their unions because of a set of laws that took effect on Thursday....
Posted: Sun, Jan 4, 2004 1:18pm PST
GLBT adoption may follow marriage in Belgium
In a move that would make it one of the world's most gay-friendly nations, Belgium appears poised to grant same-sex couples the right to adopt children, only months after becoming the second nation in Europe to legalize gay marriage....
Posted: Tue, Dec 30, 2003 5:44pm PST
Transgendered community remembers Brandon Teena's murder
Ten years ago, a handsome, brown-haired 21-year-old named Brandon Teena was raped and later murdered by two men after they discovered he wasn't born a man....
Posted: Tue, Dec 30, 2003 5:37pm PST
Michigan Governor Granholm Issues Order Banning Discrimination Against Lesbians And Gays
Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm gave GLBT state employees some holiday cheer Tuesday by issuing an order banning discrimination against lesbians and gays....
Posted: Tue, Dec 30, 2003 5:35pm PST