New York City Rite Aide accused of homophobia in very gay neighborhood

Some gay bloggers in New York are all riled up over this sign that allegedly appeared in a Rite Aid drug store in the heart of the West Village.

The sign which, above, reads:

"This store does not believe in Gay and Lesbian marriages. Any same sex activity which includes kissing, hugging, touching or anything that would make our customers feel comfortable is prohibited in the store [sic.]" - Tom Marquez, Rite Aide Management.

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Hundreds attend memorial for murdered gay teenager

Liverpool's Anglican cathedral held a well-attended memorial service for a young gay man on Saturday.

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Gay, Straight, Black, White, Marriage is a Civil Right Georgetown Independent (subscription)

Mikaela Sutherland Dunitz

In 1961, less than 50 years ago, President-elect Barack Obama's parents could not have married in half of the United States of America.

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Did Aids change America? BBC News

More than 500,000 people have died from Aids-related illnesses in the US in the last 27 years - but has Aids really changed the country?

The actor Paul Michael Glaser, who presents a Radio 2 documentary on the subject on Tuesday, has no doubt it has had a tremendous impact at a personal level.

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Indiana Proposed Gay-Marriage Ban Will Be Reworded

Backers of a constitutional ban on gay marriage plan to reintroduce the proposal in next year's legislature, but in a slightly revised form.

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' I was just another sick man waiting to die.”

Waiting to die

The BBC is following the lives of seven people from a community in Lesotho, as they struggle to live with the HIV crisis.

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Myanmar refugees reinvigorate Tenn. church weakened by Anti-Gay Schism

By Bob Smietana, The (Nashville) Tennessean SMYRNA, Tenn. — In the rows of spinach and collard greens behind All Saints Episcopal Church, a quiet resurrection is underway.

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Renewingactivism by gays: Opposition to Prop 8 may have the ironic effect of revitalizing the movement.

The unexpectedly large and boisterous crowd that rallied against California's Proposition 8 at Philadelphia City Hall on a recent Saturday marked a turning point for the gay community.

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Fired HR admin sues over firing for claimg LGBT rights "cannot be compared to civil rights"

A former University of Toledo administrator who was fired after writing a column for a local publication is suing the university.

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Advocates, officials mark World AIDS Day

AUGUSTA -- HIV and AIDS are prevalent in Maine, according to the Maine AIDS Alliance. Attacking the problem will require leadership and doing more with fewer state resources.

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