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Poll: NJ residents support gay marriage, narrowly
Topix Gay News 6 days ago
As New Jersey Democratic lawmakers wrangle over whether to attempt to pass a law to legalize gay marriage, a new poll finds that the state's citizens narrowly favor the measure, though getting it passed isn't a top priority for most.
Head of Miss California pageant who fought with Prejean donates ad time to gay rights group
Topix Gay News Nov 20 09
The Miss California USA pageant director who became embroiled in a war of words with former title holder Carrie Prejean has donated 30-seconds of free ad time to the state's largest gay rights group.
Give in on same-sex benefits, judge orders feds
Topix Gay News Nov 20 09
The federal agency that oversees benefits for government employees "shall cease at once its interference with the jurisdiction of this tribunal," Judge Alex Kozinski said in response to the Office of Personnel Management's rejection of his earlier ruling in the case.
Tampa City Council passes antidiscrimination rules for transgender people
Topix Gay News Nov 20 09
Some argued that it's good business policy and simply the right thing to do. Others invoked religion and contended that the rules would give a stamp of approval to sexual deviants who might prey on children.
NY court: Married gay couples entitled to benefits
Topix Gay News Nov 19 09
New York's top court on Thursday rejected a Christian legal group's challenge to some government benefits provided to same-sex couples legally married elsewhere and now living in New York.
Giuliani Spokeswoman Denies That He Will Run For Senate
Topix Gay News Nov 19 09
Mayor Giuliani has gone into denial mode over a story in the New York Daily News , as reported here on LGR , that he was running for Senate.
Mayor Giuliani Appears To Favor Challenging Senator Gillibrand to Running Against AG Cuomo
Topix Gay News Nov 19 09
It is not official yet, but Rudy "Noun, Verb, and 9/11″ Giuliani appears poised to not challenge New York Governor David Paterson for the governorship next year, but rather to aim to take on Senator Kirsten Gilibrand in the upcoming senatorial race.
EEOC Nominee Backtracks On Marriage Equality Statement Over Polygamy Support Charges
Topix Gay News Nov 19 09
Accusations of supporting polygamy have forced President Barack Obama 's nominee for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to ask that her name be withdrawn from a statement that was, at least on the surface, written to support same-sex marriage.
New York high court unanimously rejects challenge to marriage equality
Topix Gay News Nov 19 09
New York State's highest court rejected unanimously a challenge by opponents of same-sex marriage to policies that recognize such unions performed in other states.
Nationwide Vigils Planned for Slain Gay Puerto Rican Teen
Topix Gay News Nov 19 09
Vigils are being planned across the nation for this Sunday, November 22 to honor slain teen Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado who was brutally murdered for being gay.
Oklahoma City Gays Boycott Flip's Restaurant
Topix Gay News Nov 19 09
Flip's Wine Bar and Trattoria has found itself in a new battle after its owner Gail Vines a member of the Oklahoma City School Board voted twice to fire an openly gay teacher.
Mary Cheney gives birth to second child
Topix Gay News Nov 19 09
Mary Cheney, former Vice President Dick Cheney's lesbian daughter, had her second child this morning at Sibley Hospital in Washington, DC.
Man Arrested in Gruesome Murder of Gay Teen
Topix Gay News Nov 19 09
A suspect has been arrested in the slaying of a 19-year-old man found decapitated, dismembered and partially burned, police said Tuesday.
Seeking to put asunder
Topix Gay News Nov 19 09
This is how Bishop Harry Jackson spent his summer vacation: He hustled back and forth across the District rallying his faithful flock who oppose gay marriage.
Campaign crash
Topix Gay News Nov 19 09
The single biggest factor contributing to the repeal of same-sex marriage in Maine was how pro-marriage forces used, or failed to use, the media to their advantage.
Germany Rocked by Gay Spy Scandal
Topix Gay News Nov 19 09
You might have thought that complex tales of love, lust, betrayal, and espionnage died out when the Berlin Wall came tumbling down 20 years ago, thereby ending the Cold War and the glamorized and shadowy world of undercover spies.
Wedded to stupidity: anti-gay marriage rhetoricians
Topix Gay News Nov 19 09
Newsclipper services send me scurrying all over the Internetiverse, up shadowy staircases, into brightly lit rooms, through mirrored passages and sometimes into rancid larders.
What are anti-gays on?
Topix Gay News Nov 19 09
Yesterday a collection of the nation's most obnoxious anti-gay activists showed up in Washington DC to have a showdown with the government.
House panel approves domestic partner benefits
Topix Gay News Nov 19 09
After a heated debate over gay rights and extending benefits in an economic downturn, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Wednesday passed 23 to 12 legislation that would provide health care and other employment benefits to the domestic partners of gay and lesbian federal employees.
Sadness As SoVo and The Blade Shut Down, Hope For Resurrection As New Papers
Topix Gay News Nov 18 09
This past Monday, two of the most prominent LGBT newspapers folded in addition to numerous other smaller publications.
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