By Jason Reed | Daily Emerald
Many gay and lesbian rights activists mark July 4, 1965, as the beginning of the modern gay rights movement.
In front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia that Fourth of July, the first demonstration for gay and lesbian rights was held by activists carrying some of the ... ...
The EarthTimes
Budapest - Right-wing extremists hurled stones and eggs at a Gay Pride procession in the Hungarian capital on Saturday before clashing with police called in to protect the marchers. Police arrested more than 40 of the assailants, who threw firebombs at the officers and set alight a police minibus. ... ...
By Matthai Kuruvila, Chronicle Religion Writer | San Francisco Chronicle
Almost exactly five years after he was elected as the Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire, Gene Robinson remains the most controversial Christian in the world.
His consecration as the first openly gay, partnered Anglican bishop launched a global conversation about sexuality in ... ...
By Jonathan Weisman | Washington Post
ST. LOUIS -- After a week touring Republican strongholds, Sen. Barack Obama heads back to familiar turf today, addressing the annual conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church this afternoon with promises that he will make "faith-based" social service "a moral center of my administration."
"The ... ...
AFP
MADRID (AFP) — Hundreds of thousands of gays, lesbians and their supporters on Saturday took part in a colourful parade across Madrid, the capital of a country that has become a world leader in gay rights.
Equality Minister Bibiano Aido led the parade of more than 30 floats, mostly related to ... ...
Calcutta News
Petite and with close-cropped hair, Sonali Gulati's quiet demeanour hardly reflects her fiery self. One of the organisers of Delhi's first gay parade, the passionate filmmaker is a melting pot of talent, sensitivity and courage.
'I'm an activist, an artist, and an educator,' 35-year-old Gulati, who is a professor of ... ...
Topix
QUINCY, MA - A Quincy man being prosecuted for a February attack on a gay man has had a civil rights preliminary injunction obtained against him by the attorney general’s office.
The injunction, obtained Wednesday by Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office under the hate crimes statute, prohibits Jeffrey O’Connor from threatening, ... ...
By JOHN LELAND | New York Times
SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. — Early last month, Jeanne Fair, 62, got her first hot meals delivered to her home in this lake town in the sparsely populated southwestern part of the state. Then after two deliveries the meals stopped because gas prices had made the ... ...
Medical News Today
Thomas Beatie, a 34-year-old American man who used to be a woman, gave birth to a healthy baby girl in a hospital in Oregon last Sunday. Beatie made headline news in March when he revealed in Advocate, the gay rights magazine, that he was five months pregnant.
Beatie was ... ...
By Vincent Arenas | KHOU
HOUSTON -- As a 24-year-old City of Houston employee stands charged of shooting a co-worker, the victim of the shooting was released from the hospital on Friday. In an exclusive interview with 11 News, the shooting victim denied that he harassed the co-worker over her sexuality ... ...
From Faith in America on the death of Jesse Helms:
Lesson to be learned from Helms’ dark legacy
While Faith In America respects this time of loss for former Sen. Jesse Helms’ family, we are compelled to remind Americans of that there is a lesson to be learned from Helms’ dark legacy that for years promoted religion-based prejudice and discrimination against those that were different than him.
In a 1995 radio broadcast he remarked, “Homosexuals are weak, morally sick wretches.”
In a 1994 letter to Patsy Clarke of Raleigh, N.C., whose son had died of AIDS, Helms wrote “As for ...
RALEIGH, N.C - At the age of 86, former Sen. Jesse Helms (R-NC) passed away at 1:15 a.m. on July 4, according to John Dodd, president of the Jesse Helms Center.
During his three decades of service in the U.S. Senate, Helms quickly attained the moniker of “Senator No,” because of his history of opposing almost [...] ...
I came across this one on Craiglist.com, he was seeking sex, with a discreet male. Ok first off this is a pic of his back, so why did he cut out his head? I would have blackout the tat instead.... ...