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Kiss-In Held After Gay Couple Booted from Pub [VIDEO]

Archaeologists Find First Known Gay Caveman Near Prague

An unusual burial may have outed the world's first known gay caveman, whose bones were discovered outside Prague in a grave that indicates he was homosexual or possibly transgendered. During the Copper Age 5,000 years ago, men were traditionally buried facing the west, along with weapons and knives. But archaeologists in...

Did Chinese Scientists Turn Mice Gay?

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...

Slaying of Gay Activist Spotlights Homophobia's Rise in Uganda

KAMPALA, Uganda -- In this staunchly anti-homosexual country, Allen Mutebi has gotten used to moving -- five times within the last two years, to be exact. "They suspect. They talk. Threats are made. I move on," shrugs Mutebi, a gay man who spoke on condition that his real name not be used because he feared for his...

Background on homosexuality

Homosexuality is romantic or sexual attraction or behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality refers to "an enduring pattern of or disposition to experience sexual, affectionate, or romantic attractions" primarily or exclusively to people of the same sex; "it also refers to an individual's sense of personal and social identity based on those attractions, behaviors expressing them, and membership in a community of others who share them."

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