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"You know it's bad when they make tea." - Andrew Sullivan, on coming out to his mother

Whether they are coming out on their own or are being outted by others, gays in public life are becoming more and more...well public.

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December 2007
- Lesbian Gossip Trumps Mideast Peace Plan
  
  Times (UK) | Dec 3, 07 6:26 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Sure, Condoleezza Rice is trying to broker Mideast peace, but isn't she really gay? Like Hillary Clinton? And isn't John Edwards having an affair? A recent spate of articles has swung the political spotlight on gossip, the Times of London reports—and the Columbia Journalism Review is so concerned that it hosted a panel this year to discuss government funding of serious newspapers. More »
October 2007
- O'Reilly Frets Over Outing of Wizard
  
  Media Matters | Oct 26, 07 7:58 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Perhaps worried that JK Rowling has opened the closet too widely, Bill O'Reilly has made Albus Dumbledore's outing a frequent topic this week, bemoaning the promotion of “parity for homosexuals with heterosexuals.” Calling the Harry Potter author a “provocateur,” the Fox anchor says adults are worried about the “indoctrination of their children,” Media Matters transcripts reveal. More »
- Gay Vatican Priest Outed on TV; Ousted by Holy See
  
  Associated Press | Oct 14, 07 6:55 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Vatican yesterday suspended a senior official caught on hidden camera making advances to a man and saying that he didn't believe he was sinning by being involved with gays. Italian television showed the priest with his face distorted, but Vatican officials recognized the office where he was filmed. The suspended priest, Monsignor Tomasso Stenico, works for the Vatican's Congregation for Clergy, which aims to ensure proper conduct by priests. More »
- Iranian Gays: We're Here!
  
  New York Times | 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 as long you don’t start demanding rights,” one man told the New York Times. More »
August 2007
- Senator Caught in Men's Room Sex Sting
  
  Roll Call | Aug 27, 07 10:47 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig was arrested after allegedly soliciting sex from a male plainclothes police officer in a men's room at Minneapolis airport June 11. The incident is spelled out in graphic detail in Roll Call , which obtained the arrest report. August 8th, Craig appeared in the Hennepin County District Court and pled guilty to disorderly conduct . More »
- Gay Nigerians Face Death by Stoning
  
  BBC | 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 »
April 2007
- The Kingdom's Got a Big Closet
  
  Atlantic Monthly | 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 ago calls it a "gay heaven." More »

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Stenico was suspended by the Vatican after he was caught on tape making sexual advances at a young man. (AP/Petrus)

Harry Potter, played by Daniel Radcliffe, right, watches as Professor Dumbledore, played by Richard Harris, feeds Fawkes the Phoenix in Warner Bros. Pictures' "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. (KRT Photos)

Secretary of State Condoleezza speaks Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007, during a news conference at the Department of State in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (Associated Press)

Jodie Foster holds the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award during the 16th annual Women in Entertainment breakfast in Beverly Hills, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian) (Associated Press)

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homophobia
A Dictionary of Sociology

homophobia A term coined by George Weinberg, in Society and the Healthy Homosexual (1972), to refer to the psychological fear of homosexuality. Scaling devices have been used to measure it, and a number of studies have pointed to the ...

lesbian
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English

les·bi·an / ˈlezbēən / • n. a homosexual woman. • adj. of or relating to ...

gay
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English

gay / gā / • adj. ( gay·er , gay·est ) 1. (of a person, esp. a man) homosexual: that friend of yours, is he gay? ∎ relating to or used by homosexuals: feminist, black, and gay perspectives. 2. lighthearted and carefree: Nan ...

gay-rights movement
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

gay-rights movement organized efforts to end the criminalization of homosexuality and protect the civil rights of homosexuals. While there was some organized activity on behalf of the rights of homosexuals from the mid-19th through the first half of the 20th cent., the modern gay-rights ...

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Lesbian Gossip Trumps Mideast Peace Plan

O'Reilly Frets Over Outing of Wizard

Gay Vatican Priest Outed on TV; Ousted by Holy See

Iranian Gays: We're Here!

Senator Caught in Men's Room Sex Sting

Gay Nigerians Face Death by Stoning

The Kingdom's Got a Big Closet

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