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Same-sex marriage: Liberte, egalite, fraternite — also for French gays?

Paul AmesJanuary 17, 2013 07:00

BRUSSELS — This was one day when it really wasn't “Gay Paree.” The center of Paris was packed with hundreds of thousands of demonstrators converging on the Eiffel Tower to protest government plans to grant marriage and adoption rights to gay couples.

Obama endorses Illinois gay marriage bill

Samantha StainburnDecember 30, 2012 22:24

"Were the president still in the Illinois State Legislature, he would support this measure that would treat all Illinois couples equally," White House spokesman Shin Inouye told Reuters.

Maine's gay couples wed at midnight Saturday

Talia RalphDecember 29, 2012 11:38

Maine's gay couples exchanged their vows for the first time since same-sex marriage was legalized in the state in November.

UPS stops funding Boy Scouts due to group’s anti-gay policies

Samantha StainburnNovember 12, 2012 19:25

This past July, following a two-year review of its rules, a Boy Scouts committee chose to continue the group’s policy of excluding gay members, prompting criticism from civil rights groups and some current and former scouts.

Gay politicians signal attitude change in Italy

Paul AmesNovember 2, 2012 00:17

ROME — Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi once fended off accusations of sexual impropriety by stating that "it's better to like beautiful girls than to be gay." That kind of macho sentiment may be losing its appeal among Italians after Sicilians elected an openly gay man to be governor of a region traditionally seen as one of the country’s most conservative.

Chick-fil-A: customers increase, despite anti-gay-marriage stance

Samantha StainburnOctober 25, 2012 17:44

"There was a lot of talk that this would hurt Chick-fil-A, but it actually helped the brand," Jeff Davis, president of Sandelman, told USA Today.

US LGBT population at 3.4 percent: Study

Nina GoldmanOctober 19, 2012 08:43

More than 120,000 adult respondents' data shows diversity of LGBT community.

Russian nationalists attack Moscow gay bar on international Coming Out Day celebration

Faine GreenwoodOctober 12, 2012 16:16

A group of Russian nationalists attacked a Moscow gay bar on Thursday, threatening patrons with broken bottles and guns in an assualt that coincided with International Coming Out Day.

Scalia on homosexual sodomy: It's a 'no-brainer' to outlaw

Talia RalphOctober 5, 2012 15:44

Justice Scalia said that outlawing homosexual sodomy was a "no-brainer" based on a strict reading of the Constitution.

‘Gay conversion therapy’ banned for minors in California

News DeskSeptember 30, 2012 13:37

“No one should stand idly by while children are being psychological abused, and anyone who forces a child to try to change their sexual orientation must understand this is unacceptable,” Sen. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) said, according to the LA Times.