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 Pope: Save Rainforest 
 —and Heterosexuality, Too 

Benedict's Christmas message decries erosion of 'traditional' gender roles

Dec 23, 08 8:08 AM CST
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI used a Christmas address today to call for a defense of heterosexuality, which he suggested was as endangered as the rainforest.  He called homosexuality and deviance from gender norms "a destruction of God's work." The pontiff said "the tropical forests do deserve our... More »

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gender • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • transexualism • religion • homosexuality • gender roles • gays

OPINION

 Etheridge's Wife 
 Defends Warren 

Tammy Lynn Michaels extends olive branch to controversial evangelist

Dec 22, 08 12:42 PM CST
(Newser) - Melissa Etheridge's significant other goes to bat for right-wing pastor Rick Warren, calling him "the man the media has made our latest 'HE HATES YOU!' target." In fact, he doesn't hate gays, Tammy Lynn Michaels writes on her Hollywood Farm Girl blog. Melissa, who recently met him,... More »

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gay marriage • Christianity • evangelicals • Rick Warren • gays • Melissa Etheridge • Tammy Lynn Michaels

Openly Gay Union Activist
on Shortlist for Labor Secretary

Granholm, Sebelius also rumored picks

Dec 3, 08 10:43 AM CST
(Newser) - A gay union leader is on the shortlist for Barack Obama's secretary of labor, the Wall Street Journal reports. Democratic officials have confirmed that Mary Beth Maxwell—who would become the first openly gay Cabinet member in American history if chosen—is being vetted for the position, along with Govs.... More »

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Barack Obama • unions • Department of Labor • Jennifer Granholm • Kathleen Sebelius • David Bonior • gays • Obama administration • gay women • President Obama • Obama Cabinet • Mary Beth Maxwell

Judge Nixes
Fla. Ban on
Gay Adoption

State plans to appeal ruling against 30-year-old measure

Nov 25, 08 2:13 PM CST
(Newser) - A Miami circuit judge sparked a constitutional showdown by ruling today against Florida’s 30-year-old ban on gay adoption, rebutting claims that homosexuals suffer more from mental illness and substance abuse. The attorney general’s office plans to appeal the decision, which allows a Miami man to adopt two foster... More »

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Florida • gay rights • adoption • judge • sexual orientation • court cases • homosexual rights • gays • gay parent

Trannies Party 'Till Dawn
in Mexican Town

Festival recognizes cross-dressing 'muxes,' crowns a queen

Nov 23, 08 7:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Indigenous gays and transvestites partied into the wee hours last night in a southern Mexican town, Reuters reports. The annual bash for so-called "muxes" ended today with a parade that crowned a trannie queen and celebrated the harvest, as it has done for decades. But only recently has... More »

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Mexico • festival • gays • transvestite

 Van Sant Spills About Milk 


Nov 23, 08 4:58 PM CST
(Newser) - What do President-elect Barack Obama and a 1970s gay activist have in common? Grassroots backing and a yes-we-can ethos, Rachel Abramowitz writes in the Los Angeles Times. “I know that you cannot live on hope alone, but without it, life is not worth living,” said Harvey Milk,... More »

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gay rights • film • San Francisco • Gus Van Sant • Sean Penn • gays • Harvey Milk

Maria Shriver: Why I'm a
'Cafeteria Catholic'

'Good standing' Catholic opposes church positions on gays, divorce and choice

Nov 16, 08 8:51 AM CST
(Newser) - California First Lady Maria Shriver likes the "compassion and justice of Jesus Christ" advanced by her Catholic religion, but can't abide the church's positions on gays, divorce and a woman's right to choose whether or not to have an abortion, she reveals in a Washington Post interview. "I'm... More »

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abortion • California • gay marriage • divorce • Catholic Church • Arnold Schwarzenegger • communion • Maria Shriver • gays • Roman Catholic Church

'Bruno' Crashes LA Rally Against Gay Marriage

Homosexual reporter is character in Baron Cohen's next movie

Nov 3, 08 10:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Sacha Baron Cohen went undercover as his gay alter ego Bruno yesterday, the AP reports, crashing a rally in support of a ballot measure that would ban gay marriage in California. Cohen, in disguise with a blond wig and preppy outfit, marched with demonstrators who support Proposition 8 while being... More »

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California • gay marriage • Sacha Baron Cohen • movies • gays • Proposition 8 • Bruno • Da Ali G Show

Secretive Gay Donors Back Candidates Nationwide

Group of donors organizes to put millions of dollars behind pro-gay pols

Nov 1, 08 7:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - A secretive group of wealthy gay activists who call themselves the Cabinet has been pouring huge sums into defeating anti-gay political candidates across the country, Time reports. The seven members of the Cabinet are estimated to have injected at least $7.8 million into races nationwide since 2004, and have... More »

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gay rights • National Gay and Lesbian Task Force • homosexual • political donors • political donations • gays

 Vatican Will Root Out
Gay Priests With Sex Tests

New guidelines keep gays from priesthood

Oct 31, 08 1:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Catholic Church plans to screen gay men out of the priesthood with psychological tests aimed to detect "deep-seated homosexual tendencies" in seminary candidates, the Scotsman reports. Under the new guidelines, issued yesterday by the Vatican, potential priests will also be screened for "grave immaturity" and “imbalances”... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • gay priests • Vatican • sexual abuse • gays • Roman Catholic Church • priesthood

Deputy Admits Gay Affair With Austrian Rightist

Boyfriend comes clean after Haider's fatal car crash, loses job

Oct 23, 08 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - The successor of the Austrian far-right leader Jörg Haider lost his position yesterday after admitting that he had a sexual relationship with the firebrand politician, who died in a car crash last week. "He was the man of my life. Our relationship went far beyond friendship," said... More »

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Austria • drunk driving • car crash • affair • gays • extreme right • Joerg Haider

UK's Gay 'Cannibal' Chef Gets 30-to-Life

Gruesome murder 'plumbed depths rarely encountered': judge

Oct 20, 08 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The British “cannibal chef” who cooked and ate parts of his boyfriend after killing him was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison today, the Telegraph reports. Applause and cries of “murderer” exploded from the gallery after Anthony Morely, 36, was sentenced. The judge called it “... More »

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United Kingdom • murder • chef • Cannibal • homosexual • gays • relational aggression • Anthony Morely

 Wyo. Changes 
 Sluggishly Since 
 Shepard Murder 

10 years after gay student's murder, authors revisit Laramie

Sep 17, 08 11:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - The creators of The Laramie Project have returned to Wyoming to explore the legacy of Matthew Shepard’s murder 10 years later, the New York Times reports. In revisiting the people whose words make up the script, the theater company found that there has been progress —albeit... More »

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theater • murder • hate crime • Wyoming • gays • Matthew Shepard

Religion No Excuse for Not Treating Gays: Calif. Court

Doctors cannot avoid homosexual patients

Aug 18, 08 4:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - California doctors must provide services to gays and lesbians in line with all other patients, even if it conflicts with their religious beliefs, the state’s supreme court ruled today. The justices unanimously shot down an effort by a San Diego County fertility clinic's physicians to use religion as grounds... More »

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lesbians • California Supreme Court • gays • Guadalupe Benitez • doctors

Gay Candidate Wins Shot
at US House Seat

33-year-old entrepreneur earns Dem nomination with primary win

Aug 14, 08 11:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Entrepreneur Jared Polis, who is openly gay, won a Colorado congressional primary Tuesday, and says his victory should send “a signal to young gays and lesbians across the country that they can consider a career in public service,” the New York Times reports. Polis is favored to... More »

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Congress • House of Representatives • Colorado • gays • Mark Udall • Jared Polis

 Gay Tourism 'Tricky' for Israel

Nation welcomes economic boost, but not liberal culture

Aug 13, 08 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two men kissing near the Mount of Olives isn’t what religious pilgrims expect in Jerusalem, and the boom in gay tourism is making some uneasy, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Thousands of gay travelers—drawn to the beaches, nightlife, and trendy Tel Aviv—have visited Israel this year, spending... More »

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Israel • tourism • religious pilgrims • gays

 Breakfast With
 Billie Jean King

Tennis legend dishes on life, love

Aug 10, 08 9:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - As her book Pressure Is a Privilege hits shelves, tennis legend Billie Jean King discusses life as a feminist icon and her "Battle of the Sexes" victory over Bobby Riggs with Vanity Fair. "It caused social change, that tennis match. It was about Title IX,"... More »

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feminism • Vanity Fair • tennis • gays • celebrity interview • Billie Jean King

 10 Ways to Say 'I'm Not Gay' 

Stars defend heterosexuality to their public

Jul 22, 08 1:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Star Jones' ex, Al Reynolds, used YouTube to make it official—he is not gay, just "kind of soft." His coming-in announcement prompts Radar to list the 10 best moments in defensive heterosexuality.
  1. Oprah Winfrey on rumors about her and Gayle King: ''Oh, please.''
  2. Jake Gyllenhaal:
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Tom Cruise • Oprah Winfrey • SpongeBob • Mel Gibson • Jake Gyllenhaal • homosexual • heterosexual • Mike Piazza • gays

GLOSSIES

 Troubled, Gay, and Murdered
 in Junior High 

Teachers split over flamboyant student who was killed in Calif. class

Jul 21, 08 6:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - A flamboyant cross-dresser, 14-year-old Lawrence King was killed in his Los Angeles school by a boy he loved. The murder trial starts this week, but analysts are debating another question: Whether King's death could have been avoided. Newsweek goes behind the scenes, looking at King's troubled upbringing, the teachers who... More »

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hate crime • school shooting • homosexuality • sexuality • gays • Lawrence King • junior high • Brandon McInerney

'So Gay' Tourist Ad Stirs Flap in South Carolina

Negative reaction to posters could hurt tourism industry

Jul 17, 08 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - "South Carolina is so gay," announce posters in the London Underground. Part of an advertising campaign targeting visitors to London's gay pride events, the posters have set off a backlash in South Carolina, drawing sharp criticism from senator David Thomas and resulting in the resignation of a state... More »

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London • tourism • South Carolina • gays • Gay Pride Week

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