Protestors Rejected For Marriage Licenses In NYC

(New York City) More than 1,000 gays and lesbians marched on New York City Hall this morning to demand marriage licenses for same-sex couples. More »

'I'm Not Guilty' Gay Marriage Mayor Tells Judge

(New Paltz, New York) New Paltz mayor Jason West pleaded innocent Wednesday evening to 19 charges that he violated New York State law by performing weddings for same-sex couples without marriage licenses. More »

Sizzlers: why we did it

(Cape Town) Adam Woest and Trevor Theys have described in chilling detail how they killed nine men at Sizzlers in Sea Point on January 19 last year, but are blaming each other for the plan to rob the massage parlour that turned into an orgy of torture and murder. More »

Gay Marriages Continue In Portland

(Portland, Oregon) For a second day same-sex couples lined up for marriage licenses in Portland, Oregon. More »

Cardinal's lesbian cousin to lead Australia's gay mardi gras

(Sydney) The lesbian cousin of Australia top Catholic cleric said Wednesday she would lead Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade in protest at the church's treatment of homosexuals as "second class citizens. More »

Gay Couples Marry As Portland Ore. Says 'I Do'

(Portland, Oregon) Same-sex couples, many who lined up overnight in a cold rain, began filing into the Multnomah County clerk's office Wednesday to apply for marriage licenses. More »

Cheney defends private life of lesbian daughter in US constituition row

(Washington) Vice President Dick Cheney said Tuesday he supported a constitutional ban on same-sex marriages, while at the same time seeking to protect the private life of his lesbian daughter. More »

'Activist Judges' Mainly GOP Appointees Study Shows

(Washington, D.C.) A Senate sub committee Wednesday will hear testimony about the implications of judicial decisions supporting same-sex marriage. More »

Second New York Mayor To Marry Gay Couples

(New York City, New York) Nyack, New York Mayor John Shields announced Wednesday that he will begin officiating at the marriages of same-sex couples. More »

Arnold Splits From Bush, Would Support Gay Marriage

(Los Angeles, California) California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has made a 180 degree shift and now says he doesn't object to same-sex marriage, if the law were changed to permit it. More »

Chicago To Host Gay Games

(Chicago, Illinois) The Federation of Gay Games Tuesday announced that Chicago has been selected as the site for the 2006 Gay Games. More »

Most Swedes favor legalising gay marriage: poll

(Stockholm) While gays in Sweden have been accorded the same rights as married couples through "registered partnerships," 61 % of Swedes say gays should be allowed to formally tie the knot, a poll said Monday. More »

Nearly 50 men arrested after Saudi gay wedding raid

(Dubai, UAE) About 50 men have been arrested in conservative Saudi Arabia for allegedly attending a gay wedding in the holy city of Medina, a daily newspaper reported Monday. More »

New Paltz Swamped With Gay Wedding Requests

(New Paltz, New York) The mayor of New Platz says he is overwhelmed by the number of same-sex couples clambering to get married in the sleepy little hamlet north of New York City and needs to take a break. More »

Egypt Continues To Torture Gays

(Cairo) An international human rights agency says despite international condemnation Egypt continues to persecute, arrest and torture its gay citizens. More »

Plan To Let Trans Athletes Compete In Olympics Shelved

(Athens) A decision to allow transsexual athletes to compete in the Olympic Games has been put on hold. More »

Africa's first sex conference ends with call to rights for all

(Johannesburg) Africa's first conference on sexual health and rights ended Saturday with delegates emphasising that sexual rights should extend to all people living on the continent, including gay communities and adolescents. More »

Cambodian king and same-sex marriage

(Phnom Penh) In an expansion of his comments supporting same-sex marriage, Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk said Sunday that the law in Cambodia was absolutely against marriages between people of the same sex and that no one had proposed a modification. More »

Washington Strikes At San Francisco

(San Francisco, California) The Social Security Administration has instructed its offices nationwide not to accept any marriage certificates from San Francisco as proof of identification. More »

New York Gay Weddings To Continue

(New Paltz, New York) The mayor of tiny New Paltz, a sleepy hamlet in the Hudson Valley north of New York city, is going to be a busy man next week as hundreds of same-sex couples book wedding appointments. More »

Cal Supremes Refuse To Block Gay Marriages

(San Francisco, California) The California Supreme Court Friday declined a petition by the state Attorney General for an immediate ruling on the constitutionality of San Francisco's decision to allow same-sex couples to marry. More »

Miss Universe Boots Transsexual

(Beijing) A 24 year old transsexual has been thrown out of the Miss Universe contest by its international body in New York after having been given permission to compete by the Chinese division of the beauty pageant. More »

Archbishop: passions abating in England over gay bishop

(London) The Church of England has calmed down from a furious debate about the nomination of a gay bishop, but it's unclear whether that will lead to a change in its teaching on homosexuality, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams says. More »