In my mind one of the most homophobic and frankly, insane, policies of recent years is the continued ban on gay men donating blood. The law remains in place even though there’s no science behind it and even though blood donated through gay men poses no more risk than blood donated from anyone else. Finally, […]
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Jonathan Pilkington’s boss wouldn’t take no for an answer. During more than two years as a food runner at an upscale steakhouse in Scottsdale, Ariz., Pilkington says his male supervisor groped, fondled and otherwise sexually harassed him more than a dozen times. "It was very embarrassing," Pilkington said. "I felt like I
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Throngs of Mexico City gay and lesbian couples registered for marriage licenses Thursday, the day Latin America’s first gay-marriage law took effect. The first gay weddings will take place within a week to 10 days, after the paperwork is processed. Mexico City’s legislature approved the first law explicitly giving gay marriages
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon’s upcoming study on gays in the military is biased, some GOP lawmakers already contend, because it assumes Congress will repeal the 1993 law known as "don’t ask, don’t tell." Republicans are likely to use that argument as they try to erode the credibility of the planned review, which Defense Secretary
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Same sex marriage licenses will begin to be issued tomorrow, Wednesday March 3rd in Washington DC. Although couples can register for the licenses on Wednesday, there is a 3 day waiting period before they can exchange vows. Opponents of the new legislation attempted to have the Supreme Court block the law in order to allow
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Gay and lesbian couples will soon be able to marry in Washington, but the debate over same-sex marriage has sounded different here, with references to interracial marriage and Martin Luther King. Over the past year, both sides have courted the support of Washington’s black community, a majority of the city’s 600,000 residents
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Robert Gates says a study on allowing gays to serve openly in the military must involve troops without ensnaring them in the political debate. In a memo outlining the parameters of the upcoming study, Gates says that "given the political dimension of this issue" that it is important to, in
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