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Huskers dismiss 2 wrestlers accused of posing nude

Two Nebraska wrestlers, including one who won an NCAA championship in 2007, have been dismissed from the team after posing naked for videos and photographs on an Internet pornography site.

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Israel, Courting Gay Tourists, Walks a Fine Line

Israel welcomes gay tourism and its economic benefits to the country, but for a nation that includes strict Hasidic and Ultra-Orthodox traditions, gay frolicking and religious conservatism can coexist only uneasily.

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Case Shows Faith-Based Programs' Inherent Homophobia

Alicia Pedreira had no legal recourse when she was fired in 1998 from the Kentucky Baptist Homes For Children.

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South African Church Employee Fired for Being Gay, Seeks Damages

A South African music tutor employed by a Dutch Reformed Church was fired when his employer learned that he was gay.

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'Bong' Reveals Gay Experience in Vietnam

A Vietnamese man working with two journalists tells his story in Bong, a book named for a Vietnamese word for "gay.

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Diary aims to shed light on homosexuality in Vietnam

His name means bravery, and that's what it took for Nguyen Van Dung to talk about life in "the third world" - a reference in Vietnam not to poverty but to the gay and lesbian community.

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Woman May Hold AIDS Cure

U.S. researchers said Tuesday the possible cure for beating the AIDS virus is potentially locked away inside a woman who has never shown symptoms of infection.

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Superiority: Be wary of the dangers

You do not have to be "crazy," or the town lunatic, to commit murder, as Jim Adkisson did. You just have to believe strongly enough about something.

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Gay Mormons demand respect

The members of Affirmation, as the group for LGBT Mormons is called, want their church to state that homosexuality is neither a sin nor a disease, and to call on the parents of LGBT Mormons to love and respect their children.

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Calif: Gay Marriages Will Remain Regardless of Prop. 8 Outcome

California Attorney General Jerry Brown has indicated he thinks that same-sex couples who have married since June 16 would not be affected by the passage of Proposition 8, should voters approve the constitutional amendment in November.

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Protect Marriage! No on 108

My fellow Americans,

I call on you today to prevent an injustice being done through an abuse of the rights of others.

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Jared Polis Becomes First Elected Openly Gay Congressman

Today is historic as openly gay Mr. Jared Polis has won the democratic primary in Colorado's District 2 against his opponents Ms.

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Marriage and parenthood: A talk with Nancy Polikoff

For many same-sex couples, one of the primary motivations for getting married is to gain legal protections for our children.

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Courts Support Rights of Gay Students

A high-school senior in Florida turned to a teacher's aide for help last September after younger students taunted her for being gay, saying "dykes" are "nasty," "gross" and "sick.

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The Heterosexual Questionnaire

The Heterosexual Questionnaire was created back in 1972 to put heterosexual people in the shoes of a gay person for just a moment.

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"My Big Fat Straight Wedding"

What if gays were straight?

The question is absurd-gays are defined as not straight, right?-yet increasingly central to the debate over civil-marriage rights.

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Behind the gay-marriage talk : Opinion L.A. : Los Angeles Times

The Times editorial board formulates its positions on ballot measures not only by research, but by inviting representatives of both sides to (separate) meetings with the board.

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Is Tila Tequila Bumpin' Uglies with Courtney Semel?

Well, it looks like Tila Tequila is onto her 174th shot at love. This time, it's with Courtenay Semel, a socialite and former Lindsay Lohan friend.

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Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: Where Are All The Queers?

Finding queer athletes to look up to at the Olympics is akin to looking for a four-leaf clover.Occasionally one will appear, but they are rare, mysterious and guarded.

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In Colo. Race, Being Gay Isn't the Issue

Jared Polis has a chance to make history on Tuesday as Colorado goes to the polls - and not just because he has poured more than $5 million of his own money into one of the country's costliest primary campaigns for the U.

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