Controversy erupts over Malcolm X's bisexual past

Controversy erupted over African American nationalist and civil rights leader Malcolm X's bisexual past when reporters outed Malcolm X as a bisexual man during Britain's October celebration of National Black...

Uruguay Allows Same-Sex Adoption, First in Latin America

Same-sex couples in Uruguay will be able to adopt children as the bill was approved by the country's senate. This change means that Uruguay has become the first country in Latin America that allows same-sex couples to adopt children. For a long time, Uruguay has held a...

Pro Same-Sex Marriage Ads Hit The Airwaves

Maine's marriage equality law will be put on the ballot for voters in November. Ads against the ballot initiative have aired to protect the law that allows all citizens of Maine to posses the same rights. The...

Ben & Jerry's Celebrates Gay Marriage With Hubby Hubby Ice Cream

Ben & Jerry's has renamed their Chubby Hubby ice cream to Hubby Hubby for the month of September, in support of Vermont's desicion to legalize same-sex marriage. The Hubby Hubby ice cream will only be sold in...

Lesbians given equal birth rights

" Women in same-sex relationships can now register both their names on the birth certificate of a child conceived as a result of fertility treatment. Female couples not in a civil partnership but receiving...

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...

Wis. AG Won't Defend Domestic Partnership Law

"Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said a law extending legal privileges to gay and lesbian couples is unconstitutional.He said it ignores a voter-approved constitutional amendment that bans gay marriage and any...

Activists welcome India gay ruling

This is one step andit may go no furtherthan this in India, at least for several years." Gay rights activists in India say a ruling by the Delhi High Court decriminalising homosexuality in the country is a landmark. The judgement overturns a 148-year-old colonial law which...

Same-sex partners to get fed benefits

" President Barack Obama, under growing criticism for not seeking to end the ban on openly gay men and women in the military, is extending benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees. Obama plans to announce his decision on Wednesday in the Oval Office, a White House...

Same-sex couple with kids denied family rate at their local pool

A same-sex couple with three foster children were denied a family rate to their local community pool in eastern Idaho, because the state does not recognize their family as a real family. Amber Koger and Jeri Underwood have three foster children and they wanted to go swim in...

California Couples Await Gay Marriage Ruling

Probably a split decision;uphold the ban on gaymarriage but rule the onesdone before election day arelegal. "On Tuesday, Mr. Lok and Mr. French will discover what that license means in the eyes of the law, as the...

D.C. Votes 12-1 on gay marriage but Marion Barry was confused

The D.C Council voted 12-1 this morning to recognize same-sex marriages that take place in other states, however the original vote was 13-0. After the vote was taken, Council member Marion Barry seemed to be confused...

Today is the day: Exchange a same-sex kiss at Starbucks

Today is the day to exchange a same-sex kiss at Starbucks. This one-day event coincides with "Tax Day" to highlight the fact that “LGBT couples have yet to be granted the same rights to file our taxes jointly on...

Gay marriage laws in the US

" Vermont lawmakers on Tuesday voted to override the governor's veto of a bill allow gay men and lesbians to marry. Here's where things stand nationally: SAME-SEX MARRIAGE: Vermont's vote marked the first time a...

Iowa Supreme Court says gay marriage ban unconstitutional

The Iowa Supreme Court has now ruled that the state's gay marriage ban violates the constitutional rights of same sex couples. It was in 1998 that the Iowa legislature made changes to the marriage ruling that defined...

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