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Presidential hopeful will end gay military ban

GXR News  Dec 19 07

John Edwards, the former US Vice Presidential candidate who is seeking the Democratic party’s nomination for President, said yesterday that he will end “discriminatory” policies towards gay people if elected.

Gay Man Wins ?Survivor?

GXR News  Dec 19 07

For the second time, a gay man has come out on top on TV?s Survivor. Todd Herzog, 22, a longtime fan of the show, won the $1 million prize after 39 days of outwitting and outlasting the other contestants.

Gays Living in Shadows of New Iraq

GXR News  Dec 17 07

BAGHDAD ? In a city and country where outsiders are viewed with deep suspicion and attracting attention can imperil one?s life, Mohammed could never blend in, even if he wanted to.

Third Of Homeless Young New Yorkers Gay

GXR News  Dec 17 07

(New York City) A new study says there are at least 3,800 people under the age of 25 living on the streets of New York and that almost 30 percent are gay, lesbian or bisexual.

N.H. gay group endorses John Edwards

GXR News  Dec 17 07

One of New Hampshire’s leading gay rights groups has endorsed former North Carolina senator John Edwards for president.

Allan Berube - historian of gays in military

GXR News  Dec 16 07

Allan Berube, a MacArthur Award-winning independent scholar whose history of gay men and lesbians in the military in World War II is widely considered the definitive book on the subject, died Tuesday in Liberty, N.

For Gay Teenagers, Hope in Numbers

GXR News  Dec 16 07

MICHAEL MORENO, a 15-year-old 10th grader from Brewster, could not believe what he was seeing as he walked into the big hall at the Westchester County Center, and he grew quiet.

In stand for gay marriage, some churches cut out civil weddings

GXR News  Dec 14 07

It doesn’t matter if you’re gay or straight, you can’t get legally married at Lyndale United Church of Christ.

AIDS organizations increase outreach to people over 50

GXR News  Dec 14 07

With more and more Americans turning 50 each year, a growing number of people with HIV and AIDS are entering their golden years.

The Year in Gay Television: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Betty

GXR News  Dec 12 07

For Being Broadcast in Color, Television Sure Doesn?t Have Much of It While the landscape on television is bleak for gay men, it?s even bleaker for gay men of color.

?Family man? tries to overturn Wis. gay marriage ban

GXR News  Dec 10 07

Wants state to vote on marriage, civil unions as separate questions Few people took Bill McConkey seriously when he filed a lawsuit in July trying to overturn Wisconsin’s new ban on gay marriage and civil unions.

Gay rights advocates expect a productive session

GXR News  Dec 10 07

Same-sex couples could see more protections in upcoming Legislature Gay rights advocates and leading lawmakers expect to expand the list of civil rights for gays and lesbians with new protections for same-sex couples who register as domestic partners.

On West Village Streets, Tears for a Gay Activist

GXR News  Dec 10 07

Friends and colleagues of Bob Kohler, a veteran gay rights activist who died at 81 on Wednesday, took to the streets of the West Village last evening, celebrating the life of the man they called a hero, a griot and a legend of the gay community.

State must recognize gay parents? overseas adoptions

GXR News  Dec 10 07

The Interior Ministry must recognize the overseas adoptions of same-sex couples, the state said yesterday.

Gay row bishop ?sorry for pain?

GXR News  Dec 07 07

A bishop whom a tribunal ruled had rejected a man for a youth worker job because he was gay has apologised for the “hurt and pain” he has caused.

Gay soldiers reconsidered

GXR News  Dec 07 07

Abrigade of 28 retired generals and admirals, following the lead of a former chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff, has joined the campaign to repeal the insult that forces gay military personnel to stay in the closet.

Slain NYC Gay Man Is Remembered

GXR News  Dec 07 07

NEW YORK (AP) ? Ten years ago this month, Ali Forney ? a gay man who for years had struggled with homelessness and drug use ? was fatally shot in the head.

Boy Scouts Lose Philadelphia Lease in Gay-Rights Fight

GXR News  Dec 05 07

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 4 ? For three years the Philadelphia council of the Boy Scouts of America held its ground.

Why the obsession with gay Hollywood?

GXR News  Dec 05 07

How come people are so obsessed with gay Hollywood? Doesn’t anyone care about lesbian Hollywood? The B!tch Replies:  In show business “being gay is the last great taboo,” explains top entertainment publicist and gay activist Howard Bragman.

ALP call to unite on gay reforms

GXR News  Dec 05 07

ATTORNEY-GENERAL Robert McClelland hopes to reach a consensus with the Liberal Opposition on removing discrimination against gays and lesbians from all commonwealth legislation.

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