Epidemic Of Hate Crimes Against South African Lesbians

(Durban South Africa) An international conference has been told that hate crimes against lesbians in South Africa has reached epidemic proportions, that police are doing little to arrest the attackers, and that the victims are stigmatized. More »

Washington Bans Gay Sperm

(Washington) The federal government today said it would ban gays from making anonymous donations to sperm banks. More »

GOP Tells Gay Republicans 'You're Not Wanted'

(Raleigh, North Carolina) Gay Republicans have been told they are not welcome at the party's state convention this weekend. The state's Log Cabin Republicans had requested a table to display its literature at the convention, but Ferrell Blount, the Chairman of the GOP in North Carolina rejected the group and in a letter to Log Cabin accused the LCR of disloyalty. More »

Romney Moves To Cancel Out-Of-State Gay Weddings

(Boston, Massachusetts) Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney late Tuesday demanded copies of all applications for marriage licenses by same-sex couples that were filled out yesterday in Provincetown and three other communities that defied the his directive that out-of-state gay couples are not eligible for marriage in in the state. More »

KKK Plans Gay Day Protest

(Knoxville, Tennessee) The Ku Klux Klan has announced plans to demonstrate at this weekend's Gay Day at Dollywood. More »

Oxford Union approves equal rights for gay partners

(Oxford, England) In step with changing times, the Oxford Union Society will give gay and lesbian partners of members the same rights as heterosexual spouses, its president said Tuesday. More »

California Gay Marriage Bill Dropped

(San Francisco, California) A bill to give same-sex couples the right to get marriage licenses that sailed through committee was pulled Wednesday before it could reach the floor of the Assembly. More »

Gay Sit-in Closes Marriage Bureau

(Chicago, Illinois) Several hundred same-sex couples and their supporters staged a noisy rally outside Chicago City Hall Monday demanding the right for gays to marry, then about 60 members of the group marched into the building and took over the office of Vital Statistics. More »

Trans Athletes OK To Compete In Olympics

(Lausanne, Switzerland) After months of studies and debate the International Olympic Committee has agreed to allow trans athletes to compete in their corrected sex at this [year's] Olympics in Greece. More »

Marriage By The Numbers

(Boston, Massachusetts) Statistics obtained from town clerks across Massachusetts show that more than one-thousand same-sex couples obtained marriage licenses Monday, the first day that licenses were available to gay and lesbian couples, and that most were women. More »

Gay Marriage Throws Indian Tribe Into Turmoil

(Tahlequah, Oklahoma) American Indian traditions and the Federal Defense of Marriage Act are clashing over whether the Cherokee Nation can legally allow a lesbian couple to wed. More »

Bush Denounces Gay Weddings

(Washington) President George W. Bush isn't sending bouquets to same-sex couples marrying today in Massachusetts, the first state to legally endorse gay unions. More »

Boston Celebrates Gay Weddings

(Boston, Massachusetts) Nearly a thousand people crowded Boston's City Hall Plaza Monday to celebrate the start of gay marriage in Massachusetts. More »

Tears Of Joy At First Gay Marriage Licenses

(Boston, Massachusetts) The city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Monday became the first community in America to issue marriage license forms to same-sex couples. More »

Long Road To Gay Marriage

(Boston, Massachusetts) The road to marriage equality for same-sex couples has been long and treacherous, and even with the landmark Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling the journey is not over. More »

Brenda’s Gay Farewell

(Johannesburg) Hundreds of people gathered Thursday in the Yeoville Recreation Centre to bid a fond farewell to Brenda Fassie from the community of Yeoville. The memorial was arranged by The Lesbian and Gay Equality Project. More »

It's A Crime To Be Gay But Singapore Wants Our Money

(Singapore) Homosexuality in Singapore is punishable by up to two years in prison, but, a government run bank says it is going after the pink buck. More »

Gays Attacked At Palestinian Protest

(London) Members of two British gay rights groups were attacked when they attempted to participate in a demonstration for Palestinian rights. More »

Conservative Legislators Sue Gay Couple Who Sought Marriage License

(Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) A gay couple who were turned down for a marriage license in Bucks County are now being sued by a group of conservative lawmakers. More »

11 Students Arrested After Gay Student Beaten

(Fort Lauderdale, Florida) Eleven students at a Fort Lauderdale high school are facing charges ranging from disturbing a school function to inciting a riot after a gay student was beaten in the courtyard of Dillard High school. More »