New AIDS Vaccine ALVAC-AIDSVAX to Help Prevent AIDS

An experimental vaccine called ALVAC-AIDSVAX has been found to be over 31% effective in the prevention of AIDS, suggesting new hope and a breakthrough in the near future.  The study was conducted on 16,000...

Obama on DOMA , gay marriage: Rejecting MA lawsuits

One can only wonder if today's ruling will impact  gay community opinion on the  Obama administration  in a negative way.   The GLBT community may have thought Obama would take a radical stance...

Social institutions contribute to homosexual youth suicide

"Someday, maybe, there will exist a well-informed, well considered and yet fervent public conviction that the most deadly of all possible sins is the mutilation of a child's spirit." Erik Erikson Social...

ELCA adopts social statement on human sexuality

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), currently the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States with over 4 million members adopts social statement on human sexuality, opening its ministry to...

Patricia Mauceri Fired From One Life To Live Over Gay Storyline

Actress Patricia Mauceri has been fired from the ABC soap opera One Life To Live due to her concerns about taking part in a storyline that involved a gay character. Mauceri reportedly objected to having her...

SF Pride Parade 2009: Photos and Videos

Thousand gathered in downtown San Francisco Sunday morning for the 39th annual SF Gay Pride parade. The San Francisco Gay Pride Parade route went from Market and Beale Streets to Market and 8th Streets. The...

Stonewall Riots: 40 Anniversary Commemorates Birth of Gay Rights

Sunday, June 28 marks the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, a landmark event in the Gay Rights movement. In honor of Stonewall, which took place after police raided the gay-friendly Stonewall Inn in...

Transgendered Model Closes Fashion Week in Rio de Janeiro

In a city that delights in shocking the prudish with each year's Carnival celebration, Rio De Janeiro's invitation only main fashion event of the year closed Friday with transgendered model Patricia Araujo. Beto...