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homosexual stories: 41 news summaries

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 Obama: 
 'I Will End 
 Don't Ask, 
 Don't Tell' 

President admits slow progress to gay rights group

Oct 10, 09 9:49 PM CDT
(AP) - President Obama pledged to end the ban on homosexuals serving openly in the military in a speech tonight, but acknowledged to a cheering crowd that the policy changes he promised on the campaign trail are not coming as quickly as they expected. "I will end 'don't ask-don't tell,'"... More »

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Barack Obama • gay rights • Don't Ask, Don't Tell • Human Rights Campaign • homosexual

House Bill Adds Hate-Crime Coverage for Gays

Dems secure victory by attaching measure to defense funding measure

Oct 8, 09 6:33 PM CDT
(AP) - The House voted today to make it a federal crime to assault people because of their sexual orientation, significantly expanding the hate-crimes law enacted in the days after Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in 1968. With expected passage by the Senate, and President Obama promising to sign the legislation,... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • House of Representatives • sexual orientation • defense policy bill • sexual violence • homosexual • Matthew Shepard • President Obama • hate crimes

Hollywood Has Its First Gay Studio Chief

Ross' role at Disney
is a milestone, but the industry just shrugs

Oct 7, 09 12:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - You wouldn’t know it from the press—well, most of the press—but Hollywood has just passed a milestone and minted its first openly gay studio chief. Rich Ross has taken over at Disney, which "has long been the most gay friendly studio in Hollywood,” writes Patrick... More »

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Hollywood • Disney Channel • homosexual • Disney Studios • Rich Ross • Tinseltown • openly gay • studio chief

Facebook Friend List Can Indicate Sexuality: Study

MIT students identified gay men using sexuality of online friends

Sep 21, 09 2:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Students at MIT designed a program that allowed them to identify gay men using their Facebook friends' sexual preferences, and the results are sparking debate about online privacy, the Boston Globe reports. The "Gaydar" project looked at the “interested in” field and tabulated the number of gay friends... More »

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social networking • MIT • Facebook • homosexuality • gaydar • homosexual • gay

British PM Apologizes
to Gay WWII Codebreaker

Gordon Brown slams 'horrifying' treatment of late mathematician Alan Turing

Sep 11, 09 3:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gordon Brown has issued a posthumous apology to WWII codebreaking genius Alan Turing, the Guardian reports. Turing's work cracking German codes helped the Allies win the war, but he was later prosecuted for having a gay relationship. He was chemically castrated after being forced to choose between that or prison,... More »

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Gordon Brown • homosexuality • World War II • homosexual • mathematicians • Alan Turing

(Newser) - An editor of a Catholic newspaper criticized for a gay affair in a publication owned by the brother of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is out of a job, reports the New York Times. He resigned just days after he slammed the randy head of state in an editorial for... More »

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newspaper • Italy • Rome • Vatican • Catholic • Silvio Berlusconi • homosexual • gay • Il Giornale

Fury Mounts Over Treatment of Gay WWII Codebreaker

Petition seeks posthumous apology for computing genius Alan Turing

Sep 2, 09 6:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - A campaign to win a pardon and apology for gay World War II codebreaking genius Alan Turing is gathering steam, CNN reports. Turing—considered by many to be the father of modern computing—made a vital contribution to the Allied effort with his invention of a machine to crack German... More »

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homosexuality • World War II • homosexual • computer science • Alan Turing

 Gay Man 
 Recounts 
 'Love Story' 
 With Jacko 

Or, at least, so he claims to be

Aug 21, 09 9:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - A man claiming to be Michael Jackson’s secret gay lover has stepped forward, telling Australia’s Woman’s Day, “I’ve lost my soul mate.” Jason Pfeiffer, 35, works for Jackson’s dermatologist, Dr. Arnold Klein, and claims his relationship with the King of Pop started... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • Michael Jackson • homosexual • lover • gay • celebrity death • Arnold Klein • Jason Pfeiffer

Rush to Barney Frank:
Oh Yeah? You Live on Uranus

Finds town hall protester 'fabulous and hilarious'

Aug 20, 09 7:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh is eating up the town hall protests. Covering the Barney Frank town hall last night, Rush said it was “fabulous and fantastic and hilarious” that a woman showed up with a poster of Obama as Adolf Hitler and asked why Frank supported a Nazi health care policy,... More »

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homophobia • Rush Limbaugh • protests • Barney Frank • town hall meeting • right wingers • homosexual • gay

OPINION

 'Fag Hag' 
 No Longer 
 Hip Label 

Gay men slowly becoming less of an 'accessory' for women

Aug 18, 09 4:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thanks to Will & Grace, the young gay men of a decade ago were turned “into something unexpected: a must-have item,” writes Thomas Rogers for Salon. Though he was “jockish, pop-culturally illiterate, and dressed in mom jeans,” Rogers “remained a strangely alluring target for... More »

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pop culture • homosexuality • Will and Grace • homosexual • trend • gays • gay

 Family Guy 
 Baby Stewie 
 Is Gay: Creator 

Explains why he wants to take over the world, MacFarlane says

Aug 13, 09 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Baby Stewie was this close to coming out as gay in an episode of Family Guy, but creator Seth MacFarlane says he decided “to keep it vague” because “he’s a 1-year-old,” the New York Daily News reports. “Ultimately, Stewie will be gay... More »

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entertainment • animation • Fox • Seth MacFarlane • Family Guy • homosexual • gay

OPINION

 RIP Gaydar: 
 You Just Can't 
 Tell Anymore 

Straight and gay behavior not so different these days

Aug 11, 09 1:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gaydar just isn’t what it used to be: The line has blurred between what was long considered classic gay and straight behavior, Danica Lo writes in the New York Post. These days, the fact that a guy's “handsome,” “well-groomed,” and wants to hold real conversations... More »

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men • homosexuality • gaydar • homosexual • heterosexual • gay

(Newser) - A gunman burst into a gay community center in Tel Aviv tonight and opened fire, killing two teenagers and wounding 15 with a machine gun, the Jerusalem Post reports. Police have launched a manhunt for the masked assailant, who is not believed to be a terrorist. "Today, someone sent... More »

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Israel • murder • Tel Aviv • killings • homosexual • gay activists

India Appeal Likens Gay Sex to Bestiality

Court ruling could recriminalize homosexuality

Jul 11, 09 6:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - India’s gay and lesbian community celebrated the Delhi High Court’s decriminalization of homosexual sex last week with lavish parties, but festivities may have been premature, GlobalPost reports. India’s Supreme Court has signaled that it will consider an appeal of the verdict, the climax of an 8-year legal... More »

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gay rights • India • Bollywood • homosexuality • Delhi • homosexual • verdict • decriminalization

Restaurant Boots Gay Men After Kiss

Police cite 'right to refuse service'; others blast discrimination

Jul 10, 09 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Five gay men were ordered to leave a Texas restaurant after two of them kissed, the El Paso Times reports. One called police to lodge a discrimination complaint—but an officer backed the restaurant guards’ decision because same-sex public kissing was illegal, said one of the men. In fact, a... More »

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gay rights • Texas • police • discrimination • restaurant • El Paso • homosexual

 India Legalizes Gay Sex 

High court's decision hailed as 'India's Stonewall'

Jul 2, 09 3:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Indian court has struck down a colonial-era law that declared gay sex an "unnatural offense" and made it punishable by up to 10 years in jail, the BBC reports. The court ruled that the 150-year statute violated the rights of citizens by criminalizing consensual acts. India's gay... More »

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gay rights • India • homosexuality • homosexual

Gates Seeks to Make 'Don't Ask' More Humane

Military may not boot gays outed by jilted lovers, blackmailers

Jul 1, 09 12:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration is looking for ways to get around the “don’t ask, don’t tell” law that forbids gays from serving openly in the military, CNN reports. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he is investigating ways to make the policy “more humane,” such as not... More »

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gay rights • Robert Gates • Don't Ask, Don't Tell • US military • Adm. Mike Mullen • defense secretary • homosexual rights • homosexual • Obama administration • gay

 Turkish Ref 
 Booted for 
 Being Gay 

Fired ref fights back against soccer authorities

Jun 25, 09 4:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Turkish referee is kicking back against soccer authorities who fired him for being gay, the Independent reports. After the authorities leaked his name to the press, Halil Dincdag "outed" himself on a TV sports show, despite discrimination against gays in Turkey. Dincdag has won the support... More »

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gay rights • Turkey • discrimination • soccer • referee • homosexual

 China Hosts 1st Gay Pride Fest 

'Shanghai Pride' a success, though some events canceled by authorities

Jun 15, 09 4:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a breakthrough for gay rights, China’s gay community came to Shanghai last week for the country’s first-ever pride festival, Global Post reports. The weeklong event featured panel discussions, film screenings, play performances, and a large party—but no parade. The fact that the government allowed the festival... More »

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China • gay rights • Shanghai • homosexual rights • homosexual • parade

 Gay Penguins Raise Chick 


Jun 3, 09 7:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - A pair of homosexual male penguins is raising a chick together, the BBC reports. A zoo in Germany reports that one of its three pairs of gay males hatched the egg after it was rejected by its biological parents. "Since the chick arrived, they have been behaving just as... More »

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Berlin • zoo • homosexual • gays • penguins

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