David Petraeus On DADT: ‘The Time Has Come’FCC Sides with Students, Finds Prof. Lopez Created Anti-Gay ‘Hostile Learning Environment’ Top 10 anti-gay activists caught being gaySpeaking of . . . Eric Massa: A lifetime of confusionSecretary General Says Portugal’s Gay Marriage Bill Constitutional ...

Senator Roy Ashburn of California reveals that he is gay. Read more  The oral arguments of both sides with not be heard in the Prop 8 Trial. Read more  Eric Massa describes the allegations against him. Read more  Michael Airhart writes for Truth Wins Out about the Right’s war against Religious Freedom. Read more  Sean Hayes comes out. Read [...] ...

As gay and lesbian people in our nation’s capital celebrate the freedom to marry, Argentina’s capital takes a step back. Following the ruling that allowed Alex Freyre and Jose Maria Di Bellower to marry, a second Buenos Aires judge ruled that a second gay couple could also get married. And Damian Bernath, 39, and Jorge Salazar Capon, 43, were married on March 3. But their marriage was short-lived. A federal judge in Argentina reversed the decision that allowed the couple to get married. LifeSiteNews reports: [Judge Felix Igarzabal] based his decision on article 172 of Argentina’s national civil ...

Last week was one for the history books in the movement for gay civil rights worldwide. As of last week, same-sex couples are marrying in the capitals of four of the five most populous countries in the Americas, and each... ...

On the day when Washington D.C. saw its first same-sex marriages, the Economist has created this handy chart — pulled together by the HRC and the Williams Institute — that tells us where and how our relationships are recognized, from full marriage to partnerships. (Not sure I’m feeling the rose . . . .) ...

From a Washington Post article about gay wedding wedding planners in DC, where the first same-sex marriage licenses will be issued tomorrow:"No one knows for sure what the economic impact of last Wednesday's legalization of same-sex marriage will be in the District, but a 2009 report by UCLA's law school projected that the Washington region would see a $52.2 million revenue bump over the next three years." ...

Here are the five biggest stories from Gay News Watch over the last week: Day One dawns on gay marriage in U.S. capital: QUICK LOOK: D.C. Superior Court officials are expecting scores of same-sex couples to pack the courthouse Wednesday... ...

With all that's been written about the case brought by Ted Olson and David Boies challenging the constitution of Proposition 8, you would think that the outcome there will decide gay marriage nationwide. In fact, it well could, if the... ...

A new mission for the NAACP: Gay rights Do you recognize the suspects in pipe beating of SF transgender Woman? Prop. 8 trial closing arguments will not be televised Assemblymember John Perez makes history becoming California’s first gay Assembly Speaker Portugal’s Gay Marriage Bill Receives Final Approval ...

Here are the five biggest stories from Gay News Watch over the last week: D.C. gay marriage survives last legal hurdle: QUICK LOOK: The D.C. Court of Appeals Friday denied a request by a Maryland minister for an injunction to... ...

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On Friday, Mexico's Supreme Court chose to dismiss three of six challenges facing Mexico City's gay marriage law. The legislation was passed in December, 2009, and has faced staunch opposition from many quarters of the largely Roman Catholic nation. O... ...

On Wednesday, legislators will vote on two separate bills that aim to repeal New Hampshire's gay marriage law which took effect on January 1. The first is House Bill 1590 which is an act to repeal same-sex marriage, and the second is a constitutional ... ...

Maggie Gallagher disagrees with Rosie O'Donnell about what constitutes a family. Which is about as shocking as saying that the Easter Bunny disagrees with vegans about what kind of product is suitable for children's baskets. But what is odd is Maggie's Rosie knocking is her bizarre choice to inject race for no explicable reason: [M]any other gay-marriage advocates, like Rosie O'Donnell, believe (as the black child she showcases in the first minute of her new HBO documentary, A Family Is A Family Is A Family: A Rosie O'Donnell Celebration, put it): "It doesn't matter if you have one parent. It doesn't matter ...

Gordon Fox today became Rhode Island's first openly gay House Speaker, the AP reports: "The Democrat from Providence received votes Thursday from 51 of the 75 lawmakers in the House. Democrats nominated him during an earlier closed-door caucus. The 48-year-old lawyer previously served as House majority leader. He replaces former House Speaker William Murphy, who will continue to represent his district until the legislative session ends early next year. Fox announced he was gay in 2004 during a Statehouse rally in support of gay marriage." ...

*Audio source: Penna Dexter's "Point of View" radio program, 1/14/10 (full podcast can be downloaded for free on iTunes) Wow. Our legal peace is akin to one of the worst civil blights of the modern era? That's, uhm -- interesting. Please, please, pleeeeease make that your organization's next commercial message, Maggie. For reals: We might even finance the darn thing. *** **Oh, and by the way: On the exact same show where Maggie made these comments, Penna's other guest, Linda Harvey, said the following about us homo-gays and our rights: *Audio source: Penna Dexter's "Point of View" radio program, 1/13/10 (full ...