Gay/Lesbian News

There's been a whole lot of controversy recently about our campaign against some lethal experiments conducted at two Oregon universities on a number of out-of-the-closet ovine Oregonians.

Gov. Deval Patrick signs bill repealing 1913 law. Gay and lesbian couples from outside Massachusetts are now free to marry in the state.

Today Christine answers a letter that comes from women who has been in a 2-year, emotionally abusive relationship wondering if it is time to draw a line with her lover and just how she should go about doing it...

"Terry Caster owns A-1 Self Storage Company of San Diego and his family has donated over $300,000 to the bigoted anti-marriage amendment. Activists use "Call Terry Caster" campaign action alert.

Which gay and lesbian couples are more likely to legalize their relationship and hold a commitment ceremony? Those with children and strong religious beliefs, says a new University of Illinois study.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Indiana state police fired two of its own troopers after allegations of battery and intimidation.

The victim, who wants to remain anonymous, said he was legally parked along Alabama Street around the corner from Greg's Place on May 31. As he was leaving he said two state police officers told him to get out of his parking space immediately.

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Black America, if viewed as a separate nation, would rank 16th highest among the world's countries for the number of people living with HIV, according to a report released Tuesday.

Residents of Salinas, Calif., located near Monterey, on Tuesday debated hosting a gay pride parade.

A Colorado man is accused of fatally battering a sex partner with a fire extinguisher after discovering that his companion was a transgender woman.

Homophobes recently succeeded in placing on the November ballot a proposed constitutional amendment which states: "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California." Obama recently solidified his progressive position by saying: "I oppose the divisive and discriminatory efforts to amend the California Constitution, and similar efforts to amend the U.S. Constitution or those of other states."

In yet another judicial decision upholding the right of students to form and participate in Gay-Straight Alliances, a federal judge ruled Tuesday night that Okeechobee High School in Florida must allow a GSA the same access it allows other non-curricular clubs...

Many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people are parents.

The 2000 U.S. Census details 33 percent of female same-sex couple households and 22 percent of male same-sex couple households reported at least one child under the age of 18 living in the home and as of 2005, an estimated 270,313 children in the United States live in households headed by same-sex couples.

Additionally, half of gay men and 41 percent of lesbians who don’t already have children say they want to become a parent at some point in their lives.

Nevertheless, LGBT parenting in general, and adoption by LGBT couples in particular, can be a hot issue of major political controversy.

There is a growing and controversial movement of men who call themselves G0y. They are men who are attracted to men but have grown disgusted of "Gay" male culture.

Less than three weeks after the New York Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Western New York, the health insurance company has announced it will begin covering married same-sex couples...

A lot of attention has been focused on California and defeating the amendment to ban same-sex marriage there. Be sure to help out Florida and Arizona as well in their amendment battles.

Giving a financial and public relations boost to gay marriage proponents, PG&E announced today that it is giving $250,000 to the No on Proposition 8 campaign.

One day in early May, Michael Soet, the principal of the International High School in Brooklyn, took over the 11th-grade social-studies classes for the day. The juniors had been learning about McCarthyism, and Mr. Michael, as he is affectionately known by his students, saw an opportunity to elaborate on some of the themes of the class by doing something that he had been waiting for just the right moment to do. He announced to his students that he is gay.

The Commercial Closet Association hosted its fourth annual "Images in Advertising" Awards Ceremony Monday night at New World Stages in Manhattan.

New York Public Library

The LGBT Committee has a new channel on iTunes where you can enjoy the Library’s programs from your home or iPod. The new channel gives you access to the wide range of LGBT programming at the Library—from intimate discussions with major LGBT writers like Edmund White to oral histories of ACT-UP alumn Ann Northrop to LGBT teen outreach. You can also access LGBT Committee events, like the Committee’s launch event this spring. Look forward to more online programs and video tours as we expand our LGBT online content this fall.

The 2009 Princeton Review named Emerson College the most gay welcoming school in the country.