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Experts: Proposition 8 Judge's Sexual Orientation Is Non-Issue

SAN FRANCISCO -- The sponsors of California's same-sex marriage ban insist they are not trying to disqualify the federal judge who struck down Proposition 8 because he is gay. Instead, they argue the judge's decade-long relationship with another man poses a potential conflict because they might want to get hitched...

Calif. Debates Place of Gay History in Textbooks

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- California conservatives were outraged in 1966 when the state Board of Education adopted a new junior high school history textbook. The book's inclusive treatment of the civil rights movement and influential black Americans would indoctrinate students, undermine religious values and politicize the...

Judge Who Struck Down Prop 8 Confirms He's Gay

SAN FRANCISCO -- The federal judge who struck down California's gay marriage ban has confirmed that he's gay. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker retired in February, several months after his landmark decision that's being challenged in an appeals court. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Walker told reporters...

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...

US to Demand Gay Rights Support at UN Body

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration will introduce its first statement calling for the United Nations' top human rights body to combat discrimination against gays and lesbians around the world, completing a U.S. reversal from years of ambiguity on the subject during the presidency of George W. Bush. The U.S....

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Something To Celebrate: 9 Of The Best LGBT Moments Of The Week May 28 - June 1

Facebook won the Special Recognition Award at the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's 23rd annual Media Awards.

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'I Should Know Better': Jason Alexander Apologizes For 'Cricket Is Gay' Remark

During an interview with Piers Morgan, the "Growing Pains" heartthrob who transitioned from a "teen-idol-atheist in Hollywood and became a devoted follower of Jesus Christ in the middle of [his] career" explained that he believes homosexuality is "unnatural... I think that it's detrimental, and ultimately destructive to so...

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East European Gays, Lesbians March In Show Of Pride

Hundreds of gays, lesbians and their supporters marched Saturday through the capitals of Poland and Latvia, demanding more rights in Eastern European societies where they still face high levels of intolerance.

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Target Selling T-Shirts To Help Defeat Gay Marriage Ban

Two years after Target Corp. angered gay marriage supporters with a political donation that benefited a fiery gay marriage opponent seeking the governor's office, the retailer is now upsetting same-sex marriage opponents by selling T-shirts to raise money for a group working to defeat a gay marriage ban in Minnesota.

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Nicole Brittingham Furlonge: On The 'Public' Role Of Love

This notion of love is what Martin Luther King, Jr. called "the love that does justice," a love that intentionally supports and cultivates personal and systemic change towards equality, a love that is threatened as long as injustice thrives.

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06/04/12 Over 300 Mormons join Utah Gay Pride Parade Source: The Holly Express More than 300 Mormon church members who are not gay drew shouts of approval and tears from spectators while marching in the Utah Gay Pride Parade in downtown Salt Lake City. The Mormons say they sought to send a message of love to Utah's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community by joining the annual parade Sunday.
06/04/12 Show about about lesbians gets criticism about the... Source: Oh No They Didn't In the BBC3 drama series Lip Service, they're all skinny, achingly trendy and lashed with lipstick.
06/04/12 Polls on gay marriage not yet reflected in votes Source: San Gabriel Valley Tribune Poll after poll shows public support for same-sex marriage steadily increasing, to the point where it's now a majority viewpoint.
06/04/12 Polls on gay marriage not yet reflected in votes Source: Pasadena Star-News - Pasadena CA Poll after poll shows public support for same-sex marriage steadily increasing, to the point where it's now a majority viewpoint.
06/04/12 Gay marriage gains corporate support Source: Cleveland.com Gay marriage advocates have a new and powerful ally in corporate America.

Background on sexual orientation

Sexual orientation describes an enduring pattern of attraction—emotional, romantic, sexual, or some combination of these—to the opposite sex, the same sex, or both sexes, and the genders that accompany them.

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