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Strife, Defiance, Conflict Mark Moscow Gay Pride Rally

Andy Towle June 2, 2008

Gay rights activists took to the streets in Moscow on Sunday, defying a ban by Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov. Predictably, there was conflict, Agence … [Read more...] about Strife, Defiance, Conflict Mark Moscow Gay Pride Rally

Andy Towle May 30, 2008

University of Wisconsin-Madison to become largest university with a gay leader: "Cornell University Provost Biddy Martin was recommended Wednesday to … [Read more...] about News: Harvey Korman, Madison, Clay Aiken, ExxonMobil

Andy Towle May 28, 2008

Meet Ohio's Sally Kern...GOP Representative Jeff Wagner: "As much as some people would have us to believe otherwise, this country was founded on … [Read more...] about News: Ugly Betty, Morehouse, Boyzone, Latvia, Sharon Stone

Andy Towle May 27, 2008

A monument remembering gays persecuted by the Nazi regime was unveiled in preparation for a ceremony today in Berlin which was presided over by … [Read more...] about Major Monument to Gay Holocaust Victims Unveiled Today in Berlin

Andy Towle May 20, 2008

Senator Ted Kennedy diagnosed with malignant brain tumor: "Doctors for the Massachusetts Democrat say tests conducted after Kennedy suffered a seizure … [Read more...] about News: Ted Kennedy, Bacon, Jason Giambi, Gloria Gaynor, HIV

Andy Towle May 1, 2008

Sunil Pant, who heads Nepal's gay activist group the Blue Diamond Society, became the first openly gay politician to be elected to parliament in that … [Read more...] about Sunil Pant Becomes First Gay Parliament Member in Nepal

Andy Towle April 21, 2008

Vigil held for Father Mychal Judge on eve of Pope's Ground Zero visit: "He had a heart as big as New York. There was room for everybody. We wish that … [Read more...] about News: Raymond Burr, Flowers, Mychal Judge, Ross Bleckner

Andy Towle April 21, 2008

The Colorado Senate debated a bill on Friday that would ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in housing, places of public … [Read more...] about CO Senator Pulls “Short People” Stunt to Mock Gay Discrimination

Andy Towle April 18, 2008

On Thursday, Adrian Figuera, 38, and actor and theater director Juan Carlos Moretti, 67, were married in Montevideo, Uruguay in Latin America's first … [Read more...] about Gay Wedding in Uruguay a First for Latin America

Andy Towle April 15, 2008

On tax day, a reminder of how the U.S. inflicts extra financial burden on gay citizens. The last meal on the Titanic, which went down 96 years ago … [Read more...] about News: Taxes, Ken Livingstone, Titanic, Milo Ventimiglia, Scientology