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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

ANALYSIS

 Iraq Militias 
 Kill Gays 
  With Impunity 

Government's unwillingness to protect gays points to a bleak future for all Iraqis

Sep 10, 09 7:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq's militias have switched from slaughtering rivals to killing men they suspect of being homosexuals, and the Iraqi government is turning a blind eye, Rasha Moumneh writes in Foreign Policy. Gay men have been kidnapped, tortured, and murdered in rising numbers since the start of this year, but not a... More »

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Iraq • gay rights • murder • homosexuality • Iraqi government • Sadrists • Iraqi militias • Muqtada al-Sadr

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

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

(Newser) - Hundreds of gay men have been executed in Iraq in the last few months, CNN reports. Though homosexuals are stigmatized in Iraq, and honor killings by family members have been reported, some of the recent murders have been carried out by government security forces, Human Rights Watch says. “The... More »

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homosexuality • Iraqi government • honor killings • Iraq war • stigma • death squads • gay Iraqis • gay men

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) - Kanye West was one of the first rappers to say, “Yo, stop it” to homophobic hip-hop artists, and his stance on homosexuality “remains the highest-profile rebuke of gay-bashing that hip-hop has seen,” writes Jonah Weiner for Slate. So why did West use the anti-gay hip-hop phrase “... More »

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entertainment • homophobia • Kanye West • celebrity • homosexuality • hip-hop • rapper • rap music

(Newser) - Claims that sexual orientation can be changed through therapy have no scientific credibility, finds a new report by the American Psychological Association. The group reviewed 83 journal articles published over several decades and found that many studies purporting to show successful changed sexuality "contain serious design flaws." The... More »

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mental health • psychology • homosexuality • sexual orientation • American Psychological Association • Ted Haggard

OPINION

Hogwarts Is Rife With Homosexual Tension


Jul 18, 09 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - No fancy divining necessary: Anyone with decent gaydar can see that new Harry Potter movie is awash in homoeroticism, Natasha Vargas-Cooper writes on Gawker. Hogwarts is seething with hormones in the Half-Blood Prince, she notes, but with the idea of "loose lady wizards" a no-no, most of the flirtation... More »

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Harry Potter • homosexuality • Daniel Radcliffe • teen sex • Hogwarts • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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

OPINION

 Brüno Is Toxic to Gays 


Jul 9, 09 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Brüno should have been good for the gays, shining a bright light on homophobia and inoculating the world against it. Instead, “Brüno is a gay minstrel, in the most literal sense of the word,” writes David Rakoff for Salon. Just as vaudevillians in blackface were... More »

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homophobia • homosexuality • Sacha Baron Cohen • Bruno • gay

 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

'Gay Exorcism' at Conn. Church Draws Ire of Rights Groups

Boy, 16, thrashes and vomits in YouTube clip

Jun 25, 09 1:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Connecticut church is under fire for performing a “gay exorcism,” WPIX-TV reports. A video posted on YouTube (since removed) by Manifested Glory Ministries shows priests commanding “homosexual demons” to leave the body of a 16-year-old boy. During the ritual the boy thrashes around, and even vomits.... More »

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gay rights • church • homosexuality • ritual • teenager • exorcism • Manifested Glory Ministries • demons

 Gay Animals Key to 
 Species' Survival: Study 

'Same-sex behavior' seen all over animal kingdom

Jun 17, 09 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Homosexual behavior is almost everywhere among animals—penguins, dolphins, even fruit flies. And same-sex bonds may be a key adaptation that helps species survive, the Daily Telegraph reports. One-third of a Hawaiian albatross population is raised by two moms because there are so few males, researchers observed. That adaptation has... More »

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research • homosexuality • Hawaii • natural selection • albatross • animal • adaptation • animal population • gay

 Borat Follow-Up 
 'Outright Offensive': 
 Gay Activists 

Advocates feel 'deeply mixed' about faux-Austrian reporter

Jun 12, 09 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gay groups are torn over the upcoming comedy flick Bruno, worried that it may seem to justify rather than mock homophobia, the New York Times reports. “Some people in our community may like this movie, but many are not going to be OK with it,” says the... More »

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gay rights • Elton John • film • homosexuality • Sacha Baron Cohen • Bruno • gay activists

 Idol Runner-Up Comes Out 

Signs record deal, too

Jun 9, 09 9:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert finally came out to Rolling Stone, Us reports. “I don't think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I'm gay,” says Lambert in the June issue, out tomorrow. “I'm proud of my sexuality. I embrace it. It's just another... More »

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entertainment • music • reality TV • American Idol • Rolling Stone • homosexuality • album • Kris Allen • Adam Lambert • gay

 I Dated 
 Miss Cali's 
 Mom: Ex-Galpal 

Tabloid reveals secret lesbian affair

May 21, 09 8:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Infamous gay marriage opponent Carrie Prejean is back in the tabloids. Miss California’s mother, Francine Coppola, had an affair with another woman, Star reports. “Yes, Francine and I dated,” her ex-girlfriend Valerie Vetrano says. But it ended when “Francine explained how she was a Christian and... More »

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gay marriage • Miss USA • homosexuality • gay parent • Carrie Prejean • Miss California • Francine Coppola

Prejean Parents Slung Gay Accusations in Divorce

Both sides alleged homosexuality, court docs reveal

Gay Angles in Folks' Divorce May Have Shaped Prejean

May 7, 09 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Both Carrie Prejean’s parents hurled accusations of homosexuality during their messy divorce and decade-long custody battle, TMZ reports after reviewing court papers. The mother of the embattled Miss California repeatedly accused their father of being gay. In return, he told the girls their stepfather was gay—along with all... More »

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divorce • homosexuality • gays • Carrie Prejean • Miss California

 Gay Activist 
 Swipes Back at 
 Joe the Plumber 

Activist prez: Who cares?

May 7, 09 9:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Joe the Plumber's latest social commentary is a non-issue, according to a leading gay rights activist. “It would matter if Joe the Plumber mattered,” the Human Rights Campaign president said of Samuel Wurzelbacher’s recent labeling of gay people as “queer” as in “strange and unusual,... More »

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gay rights • homosexuality • Joe the Plumber • Samuel Wurzelbacher

'Very Proud' M*A*S*H Actor Comes Out

Single and 66, David Ogden Stiers wants 'to find someone'

May 6, 09 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - In search of Mr. Right, M*A*S*H actor David Ogden Stiers has come out at the age of 66, PlanetOut reports. Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester's alter ego hesitated to confirm earlier rumors out of fear for his professional prospects, but he tells the Gossip Boy blog  he doesn't want "any... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • Disney • homosexuality • actor • M*A*S*H • gays • David Ogden Stiers

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