Fake marriages common for Beijing’s gay residents Laws have eased, but family pressure hasn’t
February 24, 2007 on 7:09 pm | In Gay News | No CommentsIt is Saturday afternoon in a half-empty restaurant on the fourth floor of a modern shopping mall in Beijing. Two young women kiss slowly and continuously, one permed head of hair poised above another, arms entwined, as other customers ignore them completely.
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Congress likely to approve first major gay-rights bills
February 24, 2007 on 7:02 pm | In Gay News | No CommentsNEW YORK | Anti-gay bias has flared up in Hollywood and pro basketball recently, and soon the topic will be thrust dramatically into a new forum — a reshaped Congress likely to pass the first major federal gay-rights bills.
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Judge quashes anti-gay lawsuit
February 23, 2007 on 6:30 pm | In Gay News | No CommentsBOSTON - A federal judge yesterday threw out a lawsuit filed by parents who objected to discussions of gay families in their children's classrooms, ruling the parents do not have the right to dictate curriculum in public schools.
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A closer look at Anglican debate on gay issues
February 23, 2007 on 6:28 pm | In Gay News | No CommentsThe Episcopal Church's presiding bishop asks for patience as the church — and the denomination — tries to forge a compromise. Top Anglicans at a crucial meeting in Tanzania this week sternly rebuked their communion's American branch on issues involving sexuality and biblical interpretation. The decisions now facing the U.S. Episcopal Church and the global Anglican Communion may push them further down the road toward schism.
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U.S. law trumps state on gay rights
February 23, 2007 on 6:24 pm | In Gay News | No CommentsSome private health plans exempt from new anti-bias code. In one of the first cases to test Washington's landmark gay-rights law, state officials said Friday that they had no jurisdiction in a dispute over access to health care because federal law supersedes the state statute.
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Nigeria: World’s Worst Anti-Gay Law May Pass Soon
February 21, 2007 on 6:26 pm | In Gay News | No CommentsOne of the most sweeping anti-gay bills ever introduced in any parliament in the world is in danger of rapid passage in Nigeria in the coming weeks. Although billed as a ban on same-sex marriage, the proposed law includes provisions that would make any expression of homosexuality — not only sexual conduct but any homosexual inclination or reference — in public or in private, a crime.
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Workplace law also protects gay students
February 21, 2007 on 6:22 pm | In Gay News | No CommentsThe state law that protects adults in the workplace because of their sexual orientation also applies to students harassed in schools, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
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Gays protest ex-gay meeting in SF
February 21, 2007 on 6:20 pm | In Gay News | No CommentsDesert Stream Ministries, known for its sexual and relational healing workshops and programs, brought its annual Crosswalk conference to San Francisco's Promised Land Fellowship Church on Market Street last weekend. According to the group's Web site, the conference was meant to: address topics such as sexual promiscuity, pornography, same-sex attraction, and relational integrity for singles and married couples.
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Gay news site slams misinformed Games Radar article
February 20, 2007 on 7:49 pm | In Gay News | No CommentsAuthor accused of justifying jokes about the LGBT community Consumer gaming website Games Radar has come under fire from Gay.com UK for publishing an article outing five game characters.
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Gay bashing gets outed
February 20, 2007 on 7:44 pm | In Gay News | No CommentsLast week, Tim Hardaway declared his hatred of gay people. Gay people should be thankful. Let me tell you a story. It's about a man named Bull Connor. In 1963, he was the police commissioner of Birmingham, Ala. Back then, Birmingham was pleased to be considered the most segregated city in the South. Then civil rights demonstrators under the leadership of Martin Luther King Jr. came to town. Connor directed the city's response.
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