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GLOSSIES

 The Bible's Case 
 for Gay Marriage 

Tome isn't exactly as full of endorsements for 'traditional' marriage as conservatives would have us believe

Dec 8, 08 1:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Listen to opponents of gay marriage cite scripture, and you might believe it is not what Jesus would do. But, Lisa Miller writes in Newsweek, no sensible modern person wants to use the Bible as a “how-to script.” (Polygamy, anyone?) “Why,” Miller asks, “would we... More »

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gay marriage • Newsweek • religion • homosexuality • Bible • Jesus Christ • Proposition 8

OPINION

Gays Leave the Closet, Abortion Moves Back In

1 in 3 women has had one, but so privately even friends don't know

Oct 17, 08 3:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - With Connecticut last week becoming the third state to allow same-sex couples to marry, a group once very much stigmatized becomes more and more mainstream, writes Ellen Goodman in the Boston Globe. But even as homosexuals step out of the closet, women who’ve had abortions are stepping in. While... More »

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abortion • abortion rights • women's rights • homosexuality • homosexual rights

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

BOOK REVIEW

Evangelicals' Sex Talk Has Hidden Agenda

Despite racy rants,
they push abstinence, anti-gay views: author

Jul 8, 08 7:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sex is no longer taboo for the religious right—but the evangelical sexual revolution is no liberation movement, historian Dagmar Herzog argues in her new book, Sex in Crisis. Instead, Herzog asserts that “evangelicals, over the last couple of decades, have beaten liberals at their own game by adapting... More »

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religious right • sex education • homosexuality • book reviews • evangelicals

 Newlyweds Toasted
 at SF Gay Pride
 Parade 

City celebrates same-sex marriage, families at annual march

Jun 29, 08 7:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Weeks after wedding bells began tolling for San Francisco's gay couples, revelers had extra reason to celebrate at today’s annual Pride Parade. Thousands watched a procession of kids, drag queens, politicians, and topless men shimmy along Market Street—where a small group of protesters demonstrated against California’s approval... More »

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gay marriage • San Francisco • New York • homosexuality

 Hef Had 
 Family 
 Foursome, 
 Gay Tryst 

Playboy founder green-lights a sex-filled biography

Jun 23, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hugh Hefner has signed off on a new biography that delves into the Playboy kingpin's sexual liberation, the New York Post reports. In "Mr. Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream," Steven Watts writes how the skin-mag magnate had a foursome with his first wife, his brother Keith... More »

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pornography • sex • oral sex • homosexuality • biography • Hugh Hefner • group sex

Calif. County Shuffles Clerks Who Oppose Gay Marriage

They ask for transfer
on religious grounds

Jun 20, 08 2:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some employees of the San Diego County clerk's office are being shuffled to other duties because they object to same-sex marriage, the Los Angeles Times reports. Fourteen workers initially posed "sincerely held religious objections," but sources said many had since changed their minds. Marriage-license business has approximately doubled... More »

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California • gay marriage • marriage • religion • San Diego • homosexuality • controversy

 Anglicans Move Closer to Split 

'No longer any hope ... for a unified Communion,' says faction disapproving of gays

Jun 19, 08 8:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scores of Anglican bishops are boycotting the church's once-a-decade conference next month in favor of a conservative counter-meeting, the New York Times reports. The rival gathering, beginning Sunday in Jerusalem, results from a serious division in the denomination over homosexuality—and could be another step toward an irreparable break in... More »

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gay rights • Anglican Church • religion • homosexuality • Anglican church conference

Brains Look Alike in Gay Men, Straight Women

Findings add to evidence that sexual orientation is innate

Jun 17, 08 12:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gay men and straight women have similarly shaped brains, new research shows. Homosexual men and heterosexual women both have relatively symmetrical brains, while heterosexual men and lesbians have significantly larger right hemispheres, reports the Guardian. The research provides new evidence that sexual orientation is hardwired into the brain. More »

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brain • homosexuality • MRI

California Readies for Wave of Gay Weddings Today

But conservative ax looms over ceremonies

Jun 16, 08 4:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - San Francisco officials are preparing for an expected tidal wave of weddings this evening as gay marriage officially becomes legal in California at 5pm. But celebrations could be short-lived if a November initiative blocks the court decision that paved the way for the marriages. The San Francisco Chronicle takes a... More »

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gay rights • California • gay marriage • homosexuality • marriage rights • homosexual rights • gays

Scientists
Honing Gaydar

Studies seek innate differences between gays and straights
 

Jun 16, 08 2:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists are examining how homosexuality may affect everything from penis sizes to how one navigates new cities, reports the Los Angeles Times. Innate differences between gays and straights rooted in biology could lead researchers to discover the biological origins of sexual orientation. More »

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lesbians • homosexuality • biology • gaydar • studies • gays

 LiLo KOs 
 $1M Lesbian 
 Confession 

Starlet nixes mag's offer for tell-all about coming out

Jun 2, 08 11:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan turned down a $1 million offer from OK! to come out on the magazine's cover, the New York Post reports. Lohan and the gossip weekly were negotiating a story about her relationship with celebrity DJ Samantha Ronson. "Lindsay really wants this to happen and she needs the... More »

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lesbians • Lindsay Lohan • celebrity • homosexuality • Samantha Ronson • gays • OK! magazine

Gay Paris Mayor Sets Sights on Presidency

Delanoë, ahead in opposition polls, says France is ready

May 22, 08 12:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - The battle is on for the leadership of France's opposition Socialist Party, and a man who says the nation is ready for a gay president is the surprise leader, the Telegraph reports. Bertrand Delanoë, the popular mayor of Paris, is the early favorite, outpolling Ségolène Royal, who lost... More »

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Segolene Royal • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • homosexuality • Paris • Socialist Party • Bertrand Delanoe • gays

Homosexuality: It's
Perfectly Natural

Gay relationships abound in animal kingdom

May 19, 08 7:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - It may throw a wrench in Noah's ark-stocking plans, but same-sex relationships appear in many animal species, reports LiveScience.com. The long list of animals that practice gay sex includes bears, penguins, gorillas, and dolphins, among others. But scientists question the act's evolutionary purpose, because it doesn't aid in reproduction.... More »

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science • homosexuality • nature • biology • biodiversity • gays

Lesbos Islanders Sue
Gays on Name

We're the only Lesbians, Greeks
insist in lawsuit

May 2, 08 7:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Residents of the Greek island of Lesbos have decided that lesbianism is the love that must change its name, the BBC reports. Islanders, fed up with the word being used to denote sexual orientation, are suing a Greek gay rights organization with "lesbian" in its name and say if... More »

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lesbians • homosexuality • lawsuit • Greece • civil lawsuits

 Boy Marries
 Boy: Then What? 

Young married gays seek balance between tradition and nonconformity

Apr 27, 08 7:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wedding bells have rung for more than 700 homosexual couples in Massachusetts since the state started marrying gays in 2004, prompting the New York Times to profile young gay men who said “I do.” But there are many things the spouses don’t do, such as follow... More »

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gay marriage • Boston • Vermont • Massachusetts • homosexuality • civil union

 Has LiLo Switched Teams? 

Troubled starlet defends lesbian gal pal, sends rumor mill into overdrive

Apr 22, 08 12:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan and DJ darling Samantha Ronson seem to be more than just friends. When Ashley Olsen greeted Ronson Friday night, a jealous Lohan screamed: "Get your 15-year-old "Full House" a** away from my girlfriend," a source told the New York Post. More »

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New York City • Facebook • Lindsay Lohan • celebrity • homosexuality • Ashley Olsen • Samantha Ronson

Housewives
Get Sweaty for
'Work Out' Star

Women love lesbian trainer's savvy, abs,
and Bravo show

Apr 13, 08 2:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jackie Warner seems unlikely to spark suburban housewife crushes. And yet the star of Bravo’s “Work Out,” about the lesbian trainer’s elite Los Angeles gym, is much-loved by straight ladies. “I have women that send me photos of themselves with their husbands and three teenage... More »

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reality TV • lesbians • Los Angeles • homosexuality • fitness • Bravo • bisexual • Work Out • Jackie Warner

Obama Wouldn't Give Chiefs Gay 'Litmus Test'

Says 'don't ask' hurts US military, but won't demand brass agree

Apr 10, 08 2:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama said he wouldn't require top military appointees to support letting open homosexuals serve, stressing that his priority for Joint Chiefs of Staff is the ability to protect the country. Speaking to a gay magazine, the candidate called “don’t ask, don’t tell” a “counterproductive strategy,... More »

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Barack Obama • gay rights • Civil unions • Don't Ask, Don't Tell • Joint Chiefs of Staff • homosexuality • homosexual rights

 Keith Riffs on 'Boinky' 
 Groupies, Sexy Mick  

Jagger's 'excruciating campness' gets a dig in wide-ranging GQ sit-down

Mar 28, 08 2:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rolling Stones mummy Keith Richards is still kicking, and GQ got him talking about—what else?—sex, drugs and rock 'n roll in his Manhattan "office" while he downed a vodka on the rocks. Richards doesn't debunk any myths, certainly. "It wasn't just boinky-boinky" with the groupies, he... More »

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drugs • Keith Richards • Rolling Stones • homosexuality • rock and roll • Mick Jagger • GQ • groupies

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