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Berkeley Fights Donation Policy Without Protests

Instead of boycotting, gay students recruit substitute blood donors

Apr 8, 08 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Several San Francisco-area campuses have banned blood drives to protest federal policies preventing sexually active gay men from donating blood, but at UC-Berkeley, students are making a point without resorting to boycotts. Instead of withholding blood on grounds the 25-year-old FDA rule is discriminatory, Cal is encouraging gay students to... More »

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FDA • UC Berkeley • blood drives • San Jose State University • donated blood • blood donation guidelines • gays

Brit Furor Over Asylum for
Gay Iranian

Teen says boyfriend was killed; calls gay treatment 'genocide'

Mar 15, 08 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - A gay teenager who fears the death penalty at home in Iran, after his boyfriend was hanged for sodomy, is fighting for the right to stay in  the UK permanently, the Independent reports. Mehdi Kazemi, 19, lost his asylum claim in Britain and is now in a detention center in... More »

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Iran • death penalty • United Kingdom • England • Netherlands • capital punishment • deportation • Jacqui Smith • Britain • Liberal Democrats • teenager • Mehdi Kazemi • gays

Tell-All Book Riles Gay Mecca

Palm Springs residents object to scandalous portrait

Mar 7, 08 1:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Palm Springs is a very gay place. No one is arguing with that. About half the California town’s adult residents are gay, the mayor is gay, and clothing-optional gay establishments dot the landscape. But a recent transplant's new memoir, Postcards From Palm Springs, is riling locals who... More »

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California • book • Palm Springs • gays

Porn Twins Busted in
Cat Burglary

Dynamic duo
suspected in
string of 40 ripoffs

Feb 29, 08 3:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Twin porn star brothers have been arrested for a rooftop burglary in Philadelphia and they're suspected of carrying out 40 more, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. One brother has a successful modeling career. The other, described by police as "a bad, bad man," reportedly has a long criminal record.... More »

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crime • twins • pornography • Philadelphia • burglary • gays

OPINION

Princess Diana's Butler Is Gay. Who Cares?

The problem is hypocrisy, not
sexuality: columnist

Feb 26, 08 1:20 PM CST
(Newser) - A British tabloid had a field day this weekend outing Princess Diana's butler Paul Burrell, who has parlayed his notoriety into hosting a TV show on etiquette called "American Princess." But for one columnist, the allegations that Diana's married-with-children confidant trawls saunas for sex demonstrate a sea change... More »

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Princess Diana • Paul Burrell • butler • gays

Women Don't 'Outgrow' Bisexuality

Study finds females
are 'more fluid with
their sexuality'

Jan 17, 08 11:13 AM CST
(Newser) - A new study rejects the idea that women can be "bisexual until graduation," ABC News reports. Utah professor Lisa Diamond followed 79 women between 18 and 25 who identified as "lesbian, bisexual, or 'unlabeled'" for a decade. Throughout, she found that few changed their self-categorization. Diamond argues... More »

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lesbians • study • Utah • American Psychological Association • bisexual • homosexual • heterosexual • gays

Why Jodie Foster Finally Stepped 'Out'

Promised dying gay friend, who may be baby daddy: Daily Mail

Dec 15, 07 3:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Jodie Foster’s tentative move out of the closet, at an awards show last week, may be the work of an old friend who, rumor has it, may be the father of her children, the Daily Mail reports. Foster  thanked her live-in partner Cydney Bernard—calling her “my... More »

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Hollywood • celebrity • homosexuality • Randy Stone • Jodie Foster • Lesbian • gays • Cydney Bernard

Dumbledore Is Gay: Rowling

Harry Potter author outs the Hogwarts headmaster in talk
at Carnegie Hall

Oct 20, 07 7:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - "I always thought of Dumbledore as gay," J.K. Rowling confided last night to cheers from a sellout crowd in New York, reports the AP. "If I had known this would have made you this happy, I would have told you years ago," said the author... More »

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Harry Potter • JK Rowling • Albus Dumbledore • gays

Craig: The Apple of Idaho's Eye?  

State hall of fame
will induct senator
despite protest
from local GOP

Oct 7, 07 3:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - The kerfuffle over Larry Craig's arrest and guilty plea won't keep him from entering the Idaho Hall of Fame next weekend, over the protest of local Republicans. "Maybe in 10 or 15 years we can think of this hall of fame stuff. Now is not the time," says... More »

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Republican • Idaho • Larry Craig • scandal • gays

Iranian Gays: We're Here!

Contrary to prez, community of 'illegal' gays live in Iran, but very quietly

Oct 1, 07 4:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iranian gays insist they actually do exist, and in large numbers, contrary to statements made by Iran's president to derisive laughter at Columbia University last week. But life there is much more "complicated" for gays than it is in North America. “You can have a secret gay life... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • homosexuality • gays

Science Makes Great Strides
in Gaydar

Just walking can reveal sexual orientation,
new study shows

Sep 14, 07 2:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The way people walk apparently broadcasts their sexual orientation, researchers have discovered.  Participants in a new study were able to correctly identify gay men based only on their gait, a sign that “gaydar” might be real. “We can pick these signals up; we can tell who’s... More »

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homosexuality • sexual orientation • sociology • gaydar • gays

Tucker Carlson Claims Gay Bashed Him

Bow-tied talking head in row after laughing off attack on cruiser

Aug 30, 07 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - After bragging on the air that he hit a gay man who “bothered” him in a mall bathroom, Tucker Carlson is angrily denying he’s a hate criminal. “It infuriates me to be called a gay-basher, since he was the predator, not me,” the conservative MSNBC host... More »

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gay rights • hate crime • homosexuality • Larry Craig • Tucker Carlson • gays

Craig: 'I Am Not Gay'

Senator addresses media in attempt to set the record ... straight

Aug 28, 07 5:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Larry Craig apologized this afternoon—for "the cloud placed over Idaho," not for the disorderly conduct to which he pleaded guilty after being busted in a Minneapolis airport men's room. "I did nothing wrong," said the Republican Senator, who addressed the media in Boise with his... More »

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Idaho • homosexuality • Larry Craig • Idaho Statesman • political scandal • gays

Merv: Gay
and Closeted
to the End

Columnist wonders
why talk show host kept 'open secret'

Aug 17, 07 10:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Merv Griffin, the television producer who died last week of prostate cancer, has been outed as a closeted gay man by a Hollywood Reporter columnist who was a former colleague. Griffin was married for 18 years and had a son, but his homosexuality was widely known in Los Angeles circles,... More »

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television • prostate cancer • homosexuality • Merv Griffin • Jeopardy • Wheel of Fortune • Eva Gabor • gays

Extremists, Militias Target Gays in Iraq

Officials, human rights groups dispute extent of escalating violence

Aug 5, 07 4:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gays in Iraq are the targets of increasing violence by militias, police, and religious extremists, a largely unreported consequence of the 2003 US invasion. A fatwa is in place, reports the Chicago Tribune, and gays are fighting to emigrate to Sweden, Germany, and other countries. Recent reports by... More »

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Iraq • sectarian violence • human rights • homosexuality • fatwa • gays

Giuliani Wants
It Both Ways
On Gays

Pro–civil union pol denounces NH bill as too close to marriage

Apr 27, 07 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani is trying to tone down the gay-friendly stance he took as mayor of New York, criticizing New Hampshire's new civil unions bill because it "goes too far" toward gay marriage, which he opposes. As mayor, Giuliani signed a landmark domestic partnerships bill; on the campaign trail, he... More »

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gay rights • Rudy Giuliani • gay marriage • Republican • presidential campaign • Civil unions • Election 2008 • gays

New Hampshire
Says "We Do"
To Gay Unions

State's gay bishop welcomes same-sex civil unions

Apr 27, 07 5:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - New Hampshire is about to become the fourth state to offer civil unions for gays—and one of the first couples in line may be the state’s gay Episcopal bishop and a senior state bureaucrat. “My partner and I look forward to taking full advantage of the new... More »

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gay rights • gay marriage • Civil unions • New Hampshire • marriage • Mark Andrew • Gene Robinson • gays

Spitzer to Introduce Gay Marriage Bill

Faces uphill battle in New York legislature

Apr 23, 07 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer will introduce a bill this spring to legalize gay marriage in New York state, the Times reports, fulfilling one of his earliest campaign pledges. The measure would make New York the second state to recognize same-sex marriages. More »

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gay rights • gay marriage • politics • marriage • Eliot Spitzer • gays

Late to The Ball, But Gays Will Wed

With a sweep of a wand, Disney welcomes same-sex couples
for "Fairy Tale" ceremonies

Apr 6, 07 1:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Same-sex couples can now exchange rings in the shadows of Sleeping Beauty's castle and have Mickey and Minnie as witnesses. Walt Disney opened its "Fairy Tale Wedding" package to gay partners yesterday, after a gay website accused the company of discrimination for barring same-sex couples from the $8,000-and-up... More »

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gay rights • gay marriage • Disney World • marriage • family • Disney • gays

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