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NC Rep Calls Shepard Murder a 'Hoax'

Republican cops to 'poor choice of words' in House debate

Apr 30, 09 12:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - A North Carolina congresswoman is backtracking after saying during a House debate that the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard was a “hoax” used by gay-rights activists, WTVD-TV of Raleigh-Durham reports. Arguing against a new hate-crimes bill, Republican Virginia Foxx said the highly publicized killing of Shepard—whose mother was... More »

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Congress • gay rights • Republican • robbery • House of Representatives • homosexuality • homosexual • Matthew Shepard • Virginia Foxx

 More Women 
 Explore 'Girl Crushes' 

Trend growing among heterosexuals

Apr 24, 09 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - “Girl crushes” are now fairly common—and more women are leaving heterosexual relationships behind entirely, O the Oprah magazine reports. In some cases, women are quite honest with their male partners about the crush: “The acceptance of the husband, I think, gives them permission to explore being attracted... More »

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lesbians • Oprah Winfrey • homosexuality

OPINION

 Frank Tops List of 
 Influential Gays 


Apr 9, 09 1:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Out magazine has released its annual Power 50 list of movers and shakers in the LGBT community, and it’s chock full of drama. The Democratic ascendancy has catapulted Barney Frank—“the only left-handed, gay, Jewish congressman”—to the top spot, pushing Ellen DeGeneres back to No. 2.... More »

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Matt Drudge • homosexuality • Barney Frank • Ellen DeGeneres • Anderson Cooper • LGBT • gays • Rachel Maddow • Out Magazine • influential

Ashamed Families Behind Killings of Gay Iraqis

25 killed in past two months, say Sadr City locals

Apr 8, 09 9:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - As security improves in Iraq, gay residents have embraced a new sense of freedom—and as a result, some 25 males thought to be homosexual have been murdered in Baghdad’s Sadr City in the past two months, the New York Times reports. The victims are usually found shot, sometimes... More »

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Iraq • families • Sadr City • murder • homosexuality • gays

Pope Out of Touch on Homosexuality: Blair

Former PM advocates 'metaphorical' reading

Apr 8, 09 2:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's time for Pope Benedict to rethink his outdated views on homosexuality, charges former British prime minister Tony Blair. The Vatican considers homosexuality a "tendency" toward "moral evil," citing biblical references. But Blair, a Catholic convert, tells the gay magazine Attitude that religious leaders should treat the... More »

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Tony Blair • Pope Benedict XVI • religion • Vatican • homosexuality • Bible • Old Testament

Haggards Plug Marriage
... on Divorce Court

Couple goes on Divorce Court to talk about lasting marriage

Mar 19, 09 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Disgraced pastor Ted Haggard and his wife are headed for Divorce Court, the Colorado Springs Gazette reports—but to plug the virtues of marriage and describe how his homosexual affair made theirs stronger. In a taping to air April 1, the New Life Church pastor says he asked Gayle Haggard... More »

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homosexuality • evangelicals • Ted Haggard • New Life Church • extramarital affair • Gayle Haggard

US to Sign UN Gay Rights Declaration

Decision to back global decriminalization reverses Bush policy

Mar 18, 09 3:31 AM CDT
(AP) - The Obama administration will endorse a UN declaration calling for the worldwide decriminalization of homosexuality that President Bush refused to sign, reports AP. The US was the only western government that refused to back the declaration last year, triggering stinging criticism of the Bush administration. Some 70 UN nations still... More »

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Bush administration • Barack Obama • gay rights • United Nations • homosexuality • homosexual rights • Obama administration

Chinese Soften on Same-Sex Marriage 

Pressure to marry
can trump opposition
to homosexuality

Feb 25, 09 10:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Gay men and lesbians took to the streets of Beijing in tuxedos and wedding gowns last week to voice their support for same-sex marriage, the Guardian reports. Acceptance is growing in China, which only a decade ago criminalized gay sex and listed homosexuality as a mental illness. But the Chinese... More »

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China • gay rights • gay marriage • Beijing • homosexuality • gays • gay parent • Bill Maher Grid

Lutheran Panel Backs Gay Unions, 'Married' Gay Clerics

Task force seeks compromise on issue of non-celibate gay clergy

Feb 20, 09 3:27 AM CST
(Newser) - A task force from the nation's largest Lutheran denomination has recommended the church give its blessing to same-sex unions, reports the Los Angeles Times. The panel also recommended that the Evangelic Lutheran Church in America allow gays—currently only permitted to serve as clergy if they are celibate—to serve... More »

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gay marriage • homosexuality • Christians • clergy • homosexual clergy • Lutheran Church • gays • Bill Maher Grid

Hoover's FBI
Launched Gay Probe on Valenti

LBJ aide turned Hollywood figure was secretly scrutinized

Feb 19, 09 6:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Before his long presidency of the Motion Picture Association of America, Jack Valenti served as a top White House aide to LBJ. Recently declassified files show that, at the same time, the FBI under J. Edgar Hoover was investigating whether Valenti, who died in 2007, was gay. Although no proof... More »

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FBI • Jack Valenti • Lyndon Johnson • homosexuality • 1960s • J. Edgar Hoover • gays

Iranian Lesbian Wins Asylum
in Britain

Refugee fled after girlfriend sentenced to death by stoning

Feb 16, 09 6:07 AM CST
(Newser) - A woman who fled Iran for Britain after her girlfriend was arrested has won her battle for asylum in the UK. In 2007 Pegah Emambakhsh was refused asylum, but gay rights groups claimed that she would be executed if she was forced to return to Iran and led a campaign... More »

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Iran • gay rights • lesbians • United Kingdom • homosexuality • asylum • Britain • Bill Maher Grid

(Newser) - Kelly Clarkson isn’t a lesbian, a large fan contingent and persistent rumors to the contrary, the singer tells PopEater. “I could never be a lesbian,” she says. “I would never want to date (someone like) myself, ever. I’m a crazy person. I need some kind... More »

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lesbians • Kelly Clarkson • homosexuality • interview

Calif. Court Rules School Can Expel Lesbian Kids

Private body not ruled by discrimination laws

Jan 28, 09 8:07 AM CST
(Newser) - A California court has ruled that a private school's expulsion of two girls for "conducting themselves in a manner consistent with being lesbians" was lawful, the Los Angeles Times reports. The court decided the religious school did not count as a business and was therefore exempt from discrimination... More »

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California • high school • lesbians • discrimination • homosexuality • expel • Lesbian • homosexual

Wife Knew Haggard Was Hot for Guys

She believed he was 'winning the battle,' spouse tells Oprah

Jan 28, 09 4:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Ted Haggard told his wife early in their 30-year marriage that he struggled with his attraction to men, she tells Oprah in an appearance with her husband due to air today. Gayle Haggard says she was shocked by the disclosure, but believed he was "winning the battle" before a... More »

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homosexuality • evangelicals • Ted Haggard • New Life Church • pastor • pastor controversy • prostitution scandal

 Haggard Faces 
 New Gay Sex 
 Accusations 

Churchgoer says he had long relationship with anti-gay marriage preacher

Jan 24, 09 8:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Evangelical preacher Ted Haggard had a long extra-marital affair with a male parishioner before his downfall, KRDO reports. The churchgoer says the New Life Church paid him hush money after the affair several years ago. The church confirmed the accusation after learning that the man possesses a recording of a... More »

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homosexuality • sexuality • evangelicals • Ted Haggard • New Life Church • pastor

Glossies

 Huckabee
 Keeps On
 Running 

Calls for great moral awakening

Jan 17, 09 11:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Almost a year removed from the presidential campaign trail, Mike Huckabee is as busy as ever, with a Fox News show, a book tour, and a crowded speaking schedule. Tagging along with "the most likable politician I've ever met" as he visits suburban New Jersey, AJ Jacobs of Esquire ... More »

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Wall Street • gay marriage • Mike Huckabee • homosexuality • Fox News • morality

Blackwell Calls Homosexuality
a 'Compulsion'

Would-be RNC chair says gays can just say no to rogue urges

Jan 13, 09 10:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Another candidate for the position of Republican National Committee chair may have put his foot in his mouth: Ken Blackwell, the former Ohio secretary of state, told gay radio host Michelangelo Signoreli that gays and lesbians suffer from a “compulsion” that they “can choose to restrain.” Blackwell... More »

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gay rights • RNC • homosexuality • gays • J. Kenneth Blackwell

glossies

HBO Doc Unveils Down-and-Out Haggard

"Wincingly candid" documentary set to air Jan. 29 on HBO

Jan 11, 09 5:47 PM CST
(Newser) - A new HBO documentary on Ted Haggard catches the disgraced minister at his most candid and vulnerable, Newsweek reports. Emmy-winning director Alexandra Pelosi shot the film impromptu, capturing Haggard the failed insurance salesman as he struggles with gay feelings and looks out the window at his old church. But hasn't... More »

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sex scandal • homosexuality • Christian right • evangelicals • Ted Haggard • New Life Church • pastor controversy • minister • prostitution scandal

 Critics Rip Pope's 
 'Homophobic' Speech 

Pontiff's call for defense of gender roles seen as stoking homophobia

Dec 24, 08 7:51 AM CST
(Newser) - Gay and Christian groups have slammed Pope Benedict XVI's remarks that defending the “natural order” of man and woman is as important as protecting the rainforests, the Times of London reports. British Catholic leaders have countered that the pontiff didn’t explicitly mention homosexuality in his annual Christmas speech,... More »

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gender • Pope Benedict XVI • homophobia • Catholic Church • homosexuality • Catholicism • gender roles • clergy • gays

 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

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