The first piece of legislation presented in Equality Utah's Common Ground Initiative, a bill that "would have amended state law so that financial dependents - besides spouses, parents and children - could sue if a breadwinner suffers a wrongful death," was soundly defeated in the Utah Senate judiciary committee yesterday.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports: "Sen. Scott McCoy's SB32 would have amended state law so that financial dependents - besides spouses, parents and children - could sue if a breadwinner suffers a wrongful death. The measure would have benefited same-sex couples, but also other nontraditional households, such as one in which a grandmother relies on a grandson for financial support. Full story...
Three candidates running for Rhode Island governor are promising to sign a gay marriage bill should it reach their desk if they are elected.
Comedian Sarah Silverman has been running around promoting her new show picked up by the queer TV channel LOGO.
When asked yesterday on Fox News Sunday "Should the rule 'don't ask, don't tell' for the military be repealed?" Sarah Palin said, "I don't think so right now.
It is sometimes hard to remember that Kirsten Gillibrand is facing a Republican challenger to her Senate seat given all the speculation regarding whether or not Harold Ford Jr.
The Military Times is a newspaper targeted at career military personnel. For the past several years the paper has been surveying its readership on the issue of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
Gay couples with children exist. And many gay couples with children send their kids to public schools-schools that gay couples, and gay singles, help to fund through property taxes.
A remarkable little story from the Chronicle: The biggest open secret in the landmark trial over same-sex marriage being heard in San Francisco is that the federal judge who will decide the case, Chief U.
This is the first in a series of articles from Uganda by Xtra freelance reporter Kaj Hasselriis.
Even before I landed in Uganda, I got a taste of how much influence the Christian right has on the country.
An elderly woman sits with her grandson. She begins to tell the story of her family and her Catholic faith.
I penned this piece almost a year ago. It speaks to the the difficulties of being gay and a teacher.