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Clinton gay ally Bob Hattoy dies |
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Bob Hattoy, a prominent American activist who also fought hard for LGBT and HIV causes, died Saturday in Sacramento, California. Hattoy arrived on the US national scene in 1992, when he spoke at the Democratic National Convention and became the first out gay person to address the national convention of a political party.
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Italy government split by gay rights divide |
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ROME (Reuters) - Paola Binetti says homosexuality is "deviant". Franco Grillini is openly and proudly gay. The problem for Prime Minister Romano Prodi is that both are parliamentarians in his centre-left coalition.
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San Francisco Mayor's Office Criticized for Proclaming 'Gay Porn Day' |
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The mayor's office in San Francisco is taking heat for issuing a laudatory proclamation in honor of a gay porn studio that's been in business for 40 years.
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Hillcrest’s Gay Pride Festival, Parade Big Boost for the Neighborhood |
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Association Has Donated $1M to Social Service Groups. Despite the brutal attacks on several men following Hillcrest’s 2006 Gay Pride Festival parade and a recent crime spike in the area, including the random shooting death of a man dining with his wife at a local cafe, this year’s festival is expected to be the most successful ever.
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Syndney breaks records with gay Mardi Gras parade |
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Only contributing to my theory that 2007 is the year of the gay, homos in Syndney flocked to the streets this weekend for their gay Mardi Gras celebration.
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Gay pop star's 'coming out' causes stir |
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MEXICO CITY: A 22-year-old pop star's announcement that he is gay, making him the first high-profile member of Mexico's show-business elite to "come out" in public, has caused a stir in the deeply conservative Catholic country.
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NYC's gay council leader to march in Dublin St. Patrick's parade |
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NEW YORK (AP) _ City Council Speaker Christine Quinn plans to march in Dublin, Ireland's St. Patrick's Day parade this year, again snubbing the New York City parade because of its organizers' refusal to allow gay and lesbian groups to march.
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Student lawsuit hinges on whether 'That's so gay' is hate speech |
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SANTA ROSA, Calif. - When a few classmates razzed Rebekah Rice about her Mormon upbringing with questions such as, "Do you have 10 moms?" she shot back: "That's so gay."
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Housing for gay seniors to open in Oakland |
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Barbary Lane residential community to offer building with 46 units in the Lake Merritt Hotel. Inspired by Armistead Maupin's landmark series "Tales of the City," Oakland's Barbary Lane will become the first of its kind in the country to offer an urban residential community for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered senior individuals and couples.
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50 years in prison for male rape |
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A military jury ignored an Air Force captain's plea for leniency Wednesday, sentencing him to 50 years in prison for raping four men and attempting to rape two others.
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Gay Marine rocks the US military |
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Staff Sergeant Eric Alva, lost his leg nearly four years ago when he stepped on a land mine in the desert in Kuwait. He was the first U.S. Marine to seriously wounded in the Iraq conflict.
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Wounded, Marine and gay |
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WASHINGTON -- Marine Staff Sgt. Eric Alva was the first American to be wounded in the Iraq war nearly four years ago.
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Nigeria gay law risks democracy |
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A proposed Nigerian law banning same-sex marriages is a threat to democracy, says Human Rights Watch. Writing to the Nigerian Senate, they said the legislation, "contravenes the basic rights to freedom of expression, conscience, association, and assembly".
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Episcopal head seeks gay compromise |
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Appearing on a live webcast, the Episcopal Church's presiding bishop began the painful task Wednesday of persuading members to roll back their support for gays—at least for now—so the denomination can keep its place in the world Anglican fellowship.
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Gay Bishop Urges Episcopal Church to Reject Anglican Ultimatum |
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NEW YORK (AP) - The first openly gay Episcopal bishop, whose consecration has brought the world's Anglicans to the brink of schism, said Tuesday that the Episcopal Church in the U.S. should not give in to demands that it roll back its acceptance of gays.
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Gay Air Force officer found guilty of raping men Captain spiked drinks with GHB |
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An Air Force officer accused of drugging and kidnapping servicemen he met in bars was found guilty Tuesday of raping four men and attempting to rape two others.
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Bill To Repeal Gay Military Ban Reintroduced In Congress |
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(Washington) Legislation to repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' the ban on gays serving openly in the military, was reintroduced in Congress Wednesday.
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UCLA gets $1 million to study legal topics involving gay couples |
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LOS ANGELES -- A gay couple who hope to marry one day has donated more than $1 million to the University of California, Los Angeles, to fund research on legal topics involving same-sex relationships.
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Gay rights advances likely in Congress |
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Antigay bias has flared up in Hollywood and pro basketball recently, and soon the topic will be thrust dramatically into a new forum: a reshaped Congress likely to pass the first major federal gay rights bills.
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Religious Right Gets Research on Gay Families Wrong |
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Social scientists who have done research on gay and lesbian families say religious fundamentalists are deliberately distorting their work to make the case that heterosexual married couples provide the best environment for rearing children.
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