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'Don't Say Gay' Bill Advances in Tennessee [VIDEO]

Apr 25th 2011 – 4:00PM
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Did Chinese Scientists Turn Mice Gay?

By Steven HofferMar 25th 2011 – 10:42AM
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If your pet mouse doesn't find the lady mice attractive, he could be lacking in serotonin. New research from scientists in China argues that the so-called happiness hormone plays a role in the sexual orientation of mice, the BBC reports. The study, published in the current edition of Nature, finds that male mice bred...

New NAACP Seeing More Gay, Diverse Chapter Leaders

Mar 23rd 2011 – 7:03AM

WORCESTER, Mass. -- The NAACP's newly revived Worcester chapter elected a 28-year-old openly gay black man as its president this month. In New Jersey, a branch of the organization outside Atlantic City chose a Honduran immigrant to lead it last year. And in Mississippi, the Jackson State University chapter recently turned...

Top Marine Says DADT Repeal Won't Lead to Exodus in Force

By Andrea StoneFeb 18th 2011 – 11:58AM
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Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images

WASHINGTON -- The Marine Corps commandant who once said openly gay service members would be a dangerous "distraction" and was among the most outspoken opponents of repealing the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy said today he does not expect to lose troops over the change. "I haven't had any indication yet at all,...

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