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Out author to visit Denver and Boulder for new book, ‘God vs. Gay?’

Out author to visit Denver and Boulder for new book, ‘God vs. Gay?’

While the author of 'God vs. Gay?' believed he could get closer to God by hiding his homosexuality and trying to pray away the gay, he admits that it actually drew a deeper wedge between him [...]

After historic ruling, what’s next for <br /> Prop. 8 case?

After historic ruling, what’s next for
Prop. 8 case?

Nearly four years after Proposition 8 put a halt to same-sex marriages in California, gay wedding bells could ring again in as little as three weeks. On Feb. 7, the Federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals [...]

Hillary Clinton to the world: it should never be a crime to be gay

Hillary Clinton to the world: it should never be a crime to be gay

GENEVA — The Obama administration bluntly warned the world against gay and lesbian discrimination today, declaring the U.S. will use foreign assistance as well as diplomacy to back its insistence that gay rights are fully equal [...]

U.S. to use foreign aid to promote gay rights

U.S. to use foreign aid to promote gay rights

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is announcing a wide-ranging effort to use U.S. foreign aid to promote rights for gays and lesbians abroad, including combating attempts by foreign governments to criminalize homosexuality. In a memorandum issued [...]

Gay marriage in Nigeria could net three years in jail

Gay marriage in Nigeria could net three years in jail

LAGOS, Nigeria — When a gang of men ambushed Rashidi Williams and a male friend earlier this year, the 25-year-old gay Nigerian was too afraid to report the attack to police or even to his family. [...]

Calif. teen faces 21 years after guilty plea in death of gay classmate

Calif. teen faces 21 years after guilty plea in death of gay classmate

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California teenager who shot a gay classmate to death during a computer lab class three years ago avoided a retrial by pleading guilty to second-degree murder, a deal that will [...]

DA to seek new trial in California gay teen killing

DA to seek new trial in California gay teen killing

LOS ANGELES (AP) There was no question that Brandon McInerney, who had just turned 14, shot a gay classmate at their middle school, but finding the appropriate degree of punishment proved to be troublesome this week [...]

NH town sued for discrimination over HIV/AIDS

NH town sued for discrimination over HIV/AIDS

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) _ A gay advocacy group is suing to block a New Hampshire town from shutting down a group home for people with HIV, AIDS and Hepatitis C. Boston-based Gay & Lesbian Advocates & [...]

Appeals court: US can’t force anti-sex-work pledge

Appeals court: US can’t force anti-sex-work pledge

NEW YORK (AP) _ The United States cannot force partners in its international fight against AIDS to denounce prostitution as a condition to get funding, a federal appeals court said Wednesday, citing the First Amendment. The [...]

Does Pride still matter?

Does Pride still matter?

The protest they called for would be born of the revolutionary spirit of 1960s America, and would become a tradition and evolve into today’s Pride parades and festivals. [...]