Gay/Lesbian News

Turkish coast guards opened fire on a boat carrying about 30 illegal immigrants to Greece overnight, authorities said yesterday.

Overnight, the Human Rights Campaign unveiled its annual report card for companies with the best policies supporting gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees.

Re: Parents: School no place for gay issues, Sept. 13. As president of PFLAG in Pinellas County and the proud mother of a gay son, I am deeply disturbed by what is going on in Hillsborough.

Ten years ago, when community leaders and organizations called for massive participation in the Million Man March, hundreds of thousands of men, most of them black, descended on the National Mall in Washington.

A top Italian cardinal said Monday that common-law status might be applied to offer some legal protection to unmarried heterosexual couples - offering a rare exception to the Catholic Church's condemnation of ...

More large U.S. companies have fair-minded policies toward gays than ever before, continuing a trend that began in the 1990s, a gay rights group said on Tuesday.2.7

I am writing in response to the letter from Carrie Tyer . I have been a member of PFLAG for many years.2.7

RSS OhmyNews International Talk Back Board Subject : Preventing Korean Homosexuality Name : ... Research from the National Association for Religious Persecution of Homosexuals states, "One hundred percent of the research participants stated their father was distant and uninvolved in their upbringing.2.7

Coffee cups featuring a quote by a gay author about growing up homosexual have been pulled from Baylor University's on-campus Starbucks.2.7

Months after it was defeated, an ordinance that would prohibit businesses from considering sexual orientation and gender identity in employment decisions could again be considered by the City-County Council, ...2.7

I do. One of my very good friends is gay. I think that he has every right to get married if he wants to.2.7

The state Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities has ordered the closing of what it calls two unlicensed personal care facilities run by a Christian group that counsels gays to give up ...3.4

The fourteenth amendment to the constitution states that no state shall deny any U.S. citizen the "rights, privileges, and immunities" of citizenship.

A federal judge questioned 82 potential jurors today for a prison sex-slave lawsuit about how they ... District Court in the Northern District of Texas in Wichita Falls.

News Spain's Constitutional Court was asked on Monday to declare the three month old law allowing same-sex couples to wed illegal.4

Freeport News Reporter angelo@nasguard.com Responding to the recent controversy sparked by the former Miss Teen Bahamas' revelation that she is a lesbian, youth leaders throughout Grand Bahama have introduced ...2.7

Gay.com UK You remember the 1960s? The free-wheeling love, the revolutions, the excitement of a new generation of baby boomers reforging what it was to be not just teenagers, but thoroughly modern and ...2.9

CONTACT: Donald Hall, Department of English 304 -293-3107 ext. 33435 An expert on gay and lesbian studies will give a lecture at noon Friday, Sept.

What makes a hate crime so severe? It's the devastation and fear it instills on an entire community.2.7

Giving legal recognition to unmarried couples in Italy would eclipse the nature and value of traditional families and cause grave harm, a cardinal said Monday.5.5

Staying strong Although national numbers indicate the Army is losing thousands of potential recruits because of overseas worries this year, Utah State University's ROTC program can boast a fairly consistent ...

Headlines Previous story After weeks of relative quiet, the Anglican Communion is facing one of the biggest crises in the ongoing debate over sexual diversity, with the Nigerian Church formally splitting with ...2.7

Gay.com U.K. published Monday, September 19, 2005 Barrie and Tony Drewitt-Barlow, the first gay couple to become surrogate parents, are fighting a government agency to allow their child stay in the United ...

The outcome could hinge on voters' views on abortion and similar topics. By MARTIN WISCKOL The Orange County Register Graphic 48th Congressional District Party: Republican Residence: Irvine Education: B.A., ...2.7

After being prodded by a college chum of company founder Leonard Miller, home-builder Lennar Corp ... It wasn't, said Mark Sustana, general counsel for Miami-Dade County-based Lennar, one of the nation's largest home builders.2.7

Slumping airline business has turned a giant parking garage for employees at San Francisco International Airport into a $43 million white elephant.2.7

Nearly two-thirds of Italians are in favour of a law allowing civil unions for heterosexual couples but not for gay partners, according to a poll published in La Repubblica.2.7

"It's hard for some people to swallow that this group is disenfranchised." Ferguson said he doesn't see how anyone can justify discrimination.2.7

The Associated Students of Boise State University are now in discussions to approve a bill that would designate a week this October to recognize the contributions of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender ...1.7

There was something for everybody -- young and old,gay or straight -- at yesterday's fourth annual ... Event-goers had the opportunity to hear the violin music of Missouri-native Josh Zuckerman and his band, the New Jersey Gay Men's Chorus and Virago.2.7

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After weeks of blasting a local congresswoman and posturing for a run of her own, state Rep.

ATHENS, Ga. - A bill that would require parental permission for students to join school clubs or other extracurricular activities will resurface in the Georgia Legislature next year and could threaten gay clubs ...3.2

The Roanoke Times In 1990, Sam Garrison, a Roanoke lawyer and gay rights activist, helped organize the first Pride in the Park event, a picnic coordinated by about a dozen people, a low-key event.2.7

From IDS reports The IU Police Department was called to investigate anti-gay remarks written in chalk on sidewalks Thursday at Seventh Street and Woodlawn Avenue.