(Sophia) Extremists throwing rocks, bottles and gasoline bombs have attacked the Bulgarian capital's first gay pride parade. Full story...
(Oslo) Same-sex marriage will become legal in Norway in January, but the Church of Norway has voted not to allow its pastors to perform church weddings.
(Beijing) China said Thursday that a prominent Chinese human rights activist should not be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, saying such an honor would go against the spirit of the award.
(New York City) The American Family Association is calling off a boycott of McDonald's after the fast-food giant agreed to end its support for the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.
(Hartford, Connecticut) Connecticut's Supreme Court ruled Friday that gay couples have the right to marry, making the state the third behind Massachusetts and California to legalize such unions through the courts.
(Little Rock, Arkansas) Arkansas plans to reverse course and allow unmarried or same-sex couples to take on foster children on a case-by-case basis, even as voters prepare to decide the issue in November, the state Department of Human Services said Thursday.
(Lisbon) Portugal's Parliament voted by a large majority Friday against proposals to allow same-sex marriages in the mostly Roman Catholic country.
(Washington) The US Supreme Court has declined to hear a case involving the use of a gay-themed book by a Lexington, Massachusetts public school.
(Washington) New polls in both Florida and California show that support for constitutional amendments barring same-sex marriage is gaining strength.
(Toronto, Ontario) An Independent federal election candidate in Sudbury, Ont., is the focus of a second hate crime investigation, this one following a complaint that he told a radio station a prominent gay rights activist should be executed.
(Paris) Two French researchers who shared the Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering the AIDS virus are voicing fears that the world financial crisis will hurt funding to fight the disease.
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