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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

Gay Brothers Studied for Clues to Sexual Preference

DNA from 1,000 pairs analyzed for linkages

Aug 11, 07 3:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - A team of Chicago-based scientists is conducting a large-scale study of gay brothers to learn more about the genetic factors involved in sexual orientation. Similar studies have been too small to be conclusive; this time, scientists recruited 1,000 pairs—10 times the size of previous studies— to contribute DNA... More »

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gay rights • genetics • science • genetic testing • homosexuality • siblings • brother • sexual orientation

Gay Nigerians Face Death by Stoning

Suspects accused of violating Islamic law; parliament mulls ban on gay groups

Aug 10, 07 6:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Eighteen Nigerian men arrested on suspicion of sodomy face death by stoning under the nation’s Sharia law. Police found the men, reportedly dressed as women, in a hotel in the northern state of Bauchi, where they were allegedly celebrating a “gay wedding.” More »

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gay rights • Nigeria • Islamic Sharia law • Muslim • homosexuality • stoning • Bauchi

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

Dems Raise Rainbow Flags

In about-face, frontrunners rush to endorse gay rights for political advantage

Aug 2, 07 3:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - It's only been 3 years since the Kerry campaign stumped for an anti-gay marriage amendment, but this cycle's Democrats are hopping on the rainbow bandwagon. The Politico's Ben Smith says the 2008 Dems are proud to be pro-gay, showcasing their full support of rights for same-sex couples—as long as... More »

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gay rights • Democrats • gay marriage • marriage • homosexuality • civil union • Human Rights Campaign

Former Gay Converters Apologize

Erstwhile opponents affirm homosexuality

Jun 28, 07 11:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three ex-leaders of the country's largest Christian gay-conversion ministry apologized for their behavior yesterday, saying the group had caused psychological distress to those it claimed to help. An Exodus International co-founder, now out as a gay man, lamented that the organization had made people feel "compelled to try to... More »

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gay rights • Christianity • gay priests • religion • homosexuality • Exodus International • apology

Bush Nominee Under Fire Over Anti-Gay Paper

Surgeon general candidate found gay sex unnatural, unhealthy

Jun 7, 07 5:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Bush nominee for surgeon general is under fire over a 1991 academic paper in which he argued that  gay sex is unnatural and unhealthy. In the report, ridiculed by other doctors for imposing politics on science, Dr. James Holsinger compares sexual body parts with pipe fittings and concludes, "... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • gay rights • Ted Kennedy • homosexuality • James Holsinger • Chris Dodd • Surgeon General • nominee

Desmond Tutu to Anglicans: Get Over It

Church should attend to AIDS, corruption, Darfur—not gay priests

May 28, 07 9:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nobel peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu called on Africa's Anglican church to let go of what he called its "extraordinary obsession" with gay priests and same-sex marriage.  The church should, instead, be paying attention to the crises caused by AIDS, Darfur and Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe's corruption.  More »

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Africa • Robert Mugabe • gay marriage • AIDS • Anglican Church • religion • Desmond Tutu • homosexuality

Televangelist Falwell Dead
at 73

Controversial conservative mixed religion, politics

May 15, 07 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Rev. Jerry Falwell, who founded the Moral Majority and mixed evangelism with conservative social criticism, died today after collapsing in his office at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. He was 73. A lightning rod for controversy, Falwell once called AIDS "the wrath of a just God against homosexuals"... More »

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religious right • abortion • feminism • Jerry Falwell • Liberty University • religion • obituary • evangelism • homosexuality • Moral Majority • televangelist

Tabloid Paid
BP Chief's
Gay Lover

$80,000 primed tell-all that led to Lord Browne's resgination

May 3, 07 9:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - There is growing sympathy in London's financial community for Lord Browne, the CEO of energy giant BP who resigned Monday after being caught lying to a court about how he met his gay lover. The Guardian reports that the British tabloid, Mail on Sunday, paid Browne's lover Jeff Chevalier, about... More »

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gay rights • BP • Jeff Chevalier • trial • tabloids • court • homosexuality • Lord Browne

Nigerian 'Lesbian' Turns Herself In

Pursued by police after 'gay' wedding, woman says she's straight

Apr 28, 07 10:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Nigerian woman whose story of lesbian love on the run made international headlines yesterday has news for the authorities who hoped to arrest her: she's not a lesbian. "I have never practiced— never heard the word 'lesbian'—truly," says Aunty Madiguri, who was accused of violating Sharia... More »

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Africa • lesbians • Nigeria • marriage • polygamy • Islamic Sharia law • wedding • homosexuality • Aunty Madiguri

(Newser) - Five Nigerian lesbians are running for their love after a weekend wedding put them in direct violation of the local Islamic law. Police have issued arrest warrants against Aunty Maiduguri and her four wives, charging them with violating the Sharia law that governs much of northern Nigeria. More »

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gay rights • Africa • gay marriage • homophobia • Nigeria • marriage • Islamic Sharia law • wedding • homosexuality

The Kingdom's Got a Big Closet

Why gay life flourishes in Saudi Arabia, even though it's a capital crime

Apr 20, 07 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sodomy is a capital crime in Saudia Arabia, but that hasn't stopped a gay scene from flourishing there. Quite the contrary, writes Nadya Labi in the Atlantic. Men and women are so zealously separated that homosexual encounters are easier to pull off. One Syrian who moved to Riyadh seven years... More »

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gay rights • Saudi Arabia • Riyadh • sex • homosexuality

Pace: Homosexuality Is "Immoral"

Mar 13, 07 10:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - "Don't ask, don't tell" works fine for Gen. Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, because "homosexual acts are immoral" and should not be condoned any more than adultery within the ranks. Pace defended the Pentagon's current policy on gays to the Chicago Tribune, opposing proposed... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • gay rights • military • Pentagon • Peter Pace • Don't Ask, Don't Tell • Joint Chiefs of Staff • US troops • homosexuality • soldier

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