May 17, 2009 -
Gay rights activist Peter Tatchell and singer Richard Fairbrass have expressed their shock after being punched by anti-homosexual protesters in Moscow. Both men were hit on the head during a gay rights march on Sunday. Protesters attacked with kicks, punches and eggs.
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May 17, 2009 -
Sharanjit Leyl
BBC News, Singapore
Halfway across the world, as police moved in to break up a gay rights protest in Russia, another country known for being equally as restrictive on liberal ideals was holding its first gay rally undisturbed. Some 2,500 pink-attired supporters of gay rights gathered in a park in Singapore on Saturday, to form a pink dot, which was photographed from a nearby building. The organisers of the event, pinkdot.sg, say the event was held to commemorate love in all forms and between people of every orientation.
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Nov 16, 2009 -
Will Phillips isn't like other boys his age.
For one thing, he's smart. Scary smart.
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Sep 24, 2008 -
Given her recent high-style nuptials to Portia de Rossi, it's no surprise that Ellen DeGeneres has come out against Proposition 8, the controversial California ballot initiative seeking to ban gay unions.
Describing the wording of Prop 8 as "tricky," the comedienne took to her blog to encourage her fans to vote against it.
"There's a California Proposition on the ballot that's a little confusing ....
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Jul 02, 2009 -
NEW DELHI —In a landmark ruling Thursday that could usher in an era of greater freedom for gay men and lesbians in India, New Delhi’s highest court decriminalized homosexuality.
“The inclusiveness that Indian society traditionally displayed, literally in every aspect of life, is manifest in recognizing a role in society for everyone,” judges of the Delhi High Court wrote in a 105-page decision, India’s first to directly address rights for gay men and lesbians. “Those perceived by the majority as ‘deviants’ or ‘different’ are not on that score excluded or ostracized,” the decision said.
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Jan 20, 2009 -
Dick Cheney: The Most Pro-Gay Vice President in History
January 20, 2009 - by B. Daniel Blatt
Were Dick Cheney not a Republican and not, in the eyes of the left, the most reviled member of the most reviled administration in history, he would leave office with gay leaders and advocates singing his praises. For Dick Cheney leaves office today as the most pro-gay vice president in the history of our country.
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Jul 14, 2009 -
Bishops of the Anglican Church in the United States have voted to overturn a three-year moratorium on the election of gay bishops. The decision seems likely to lead to the Episcopal Church's eventual exit from the worldwide Anglican Communion. The Communion has been fighting to avoid disintegration since the Episcopal Church consecrated the openly gay bishop Gene Robinson in 2003.
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May 21, 2009 -
New Hampshire House opposes governor on same-sex marriage
State House votes down governor's version of same-sex marriage measure
Governor sends Legislature's OK'd bill back with new language
Governor: Religious groups can't be forced to "violate their deeply held ... principles"
updated 7:31 p.m. EDT, Wed May 20, 2009Next Article in Politics »
(CNN) -- New Hampshire's move to become the most recent state to legalize same-sex marriage hit a bump Wednesday, after the state House of Representatives failed to agree to changes made by the governor.
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May 24, 2009 -
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will soon announce that gay American diplomats will be given benefits similar to those that their heterosexual counterparts enjoy, U.S. officials said Saturday.
In a notice to be sent soon to State Department employees, Clinton says regulations that denied same-sex couples and their families the same rights and privileges that straight diplomats enjoyed are "unfair and must end," as they harm U.S.
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Dec 17, 2008 -
It's been a long time since I last blogged (June to be exact!) I thank everyone who has read my blogs in the past. I feel like I have a great audience and friends here on the Sugar Network, to make me feel like it's worth while to write in the first place!
I just looked through quickly some of the blogs I posted in the past, and because my memory fails me most of the time, I was going to write that this was my first blog specifically about a movie, but I was wrong!
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