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The lesbian priest who was elected assistant bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles said Tuesday that she was upset by claims that her role in the church is divisive.
Everyone at Wesson Attendance Center knows 17-year-old Ceara Sturgis is gay because she's never tried to hide it.
A California woman has settled a lawsuit against her former doctors who denied her artificial insemination based on her sexual orientation, attorneys for both sides said Tuesday.
Lesbians in China have organized an online petition calling for gay people to be allowed to donate blood, state media reported Tuesday.
For more than a year, Virginia's largest women's prison rounded up inmates who had loose-fitting clothes, short hair or otherwise masculine looks, sending them to a unit officers derisively dubbed the "butch wing," prisoners and guards say.
Three suspects in the alleged gang rape of a lesbian woman pleaded not guilty Thursday and are likely to remain jailed until a judge decides whether there's enough evidence to put them on trial. Lawyers for Humberto Hernandez Salvador, 31, Josue Gonzalez, 21, and Darrell Hodges, 16, entered the pleas to charges that include kidnapping, carjacking, gang rape and sodomy in the Dec. 13 attack in Richmond, about 15 miles northeast of San Francisco.
Two men and a teenager were charged Tuesday in the alleged gang rape of a lesbian in the San Francisco Bay area.
A woman in the San Francisco Bay area was jumped by four men, taunted for being a lesbian, repeatedly raped and left naked outside an abandoned apartment building, authorities said Monday.
California's highest court on Monday barred doctors from invoking their religious beliefs as a reason to deny treatment to gays and lesbians, ruling that state law prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination extends to the medical profession.
A state employee has resigned and officials have disavowed an international advertising campaign that led to calls for an investigation of tourism posters proclaiming “South Carolina is so gay.”
SEATTLE - They don’t greet you so much as they burst upon you, these three little guys with impish grins that punctuate their beautiful dark features. Here they come, a rumbling, tumbling, laughing, yelling, skipping, crying pack of naughty and nice, snips and snails and puppy dog tails and everything else that is American boyhood.
Three islanders from Lesbos told a court Tuesday that gay women insult their home's identity by calling themselves lesbians.
Virginia's highest court ruled Friday that the state must enforce a Vermont court order awarding child-visitation rights to a mother's former lesbian partner.
Most of the time, a kiss is just a kiss in the stands at Seattle Mariners games. The crowd hardly even pays attention when fans smooch.
California's highest court considered Wednesday whether doctors' religious beliefs give them the right to withhold medical treatment from lesbians and gay men, a group specifically protected under state anti-discrimination laws.
A Greek court has been asked to draw the line between the natives of the Aegean Sea island of Lesbos and the world's gay women.
A high school official made a mistake by telling a student to cover up a lesbian-themed T-shirt or face suspension, the school's principal said Friday, a day after the ACLU demanded the school apologize to the teen.
A Lutheran church in Chicago has ordained a lesbian who refuses to take a vow of celibacy, becoming the first to test a new resolution that gives bishops leeway in disciplining such violations.
Lesbians' brains react differently to sex hormones than those of heterosexual women, new research indicates. That's in line with an earlier study that had indicated gay men's brain responses were different from straight men — though the difference for men was more pronounced than has now been found in women.
Hood College is reviewing its homecoming rules after a lesbian was crowned king, a college official said.
Lesbian Elected Mayor of Houston, TexasHouston, Texas has become the largest city in the United States to elect an openly gay mayor after City Controller Annise Parker was declared the winner of a runoff election tonight.
Houston Is Largest City in the World to Elect Openly Gay Mayor Houston became the largest city in the country to elect an openly gay mayor Saturday night, as voters gave a solid victory to the city controller, Annise Parker
Rachel Maddow Demolishes Therapist Who Claims He Can Make Her StraightRichard Cohen claims his therapy can turn gay people straight -- an absurd theory debunked by all national psychological associations. Editor's Note: The following is the transcript of Rachel Maddow's recent interview with controversial "ex-gay" therapist Richard Cohen on MSNBC.
Sperm donor wins access to son raised by lesbian coupleA sperm donor has won a landmark court battle in Ireland to get access to his son who is being raised by a lesbian couple.
I'm no theologian but as far as I recall, Christ said nothing about sexuality — either his own or anyone else'sThe latest row — into which the Archbishop of Canterbury has stumbled like a blind man into a bog — is over the "lesbian bishop" elected by the American Episcopal Church (the equivalent of the Church of England).
Fistgate II: High School Students Given Fisting KitsIn March 2000 the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) organization of Massachusetts held its 10 Year Anniversary GLSEN/Boston conference at Tufts University.
Ireland, once a Catholic bastion, promises civil unions for same-sex couples Dublin, Ireland – As the United States engages in a heated debate over gay marriage, European Union countries are rapidly striding toward total recognition of same-sex civil unions, if not marriage.
Rights and Religion clash in US Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal from a Christian student group that had been denied recognition by a public law school in California for excluding homosexuals and nonbelievers. The case pits anti-discrimination principles against religious freedom.
Can Colleges Coerce Campus Christians To Take Gays Into Group The Supreme Court agreed today to hear an appeal from a Christian student group in San Francisco which refused to admit gays and lesbians and decide whether the group's right to religious liberty and freedom of association can trump a university's ban on discrimination based on s …
Lesbian bishop sparks new church row - The Episcopal Church in the US has elected its first openly lesbian woman to serve as a bishop in the diocese of Los Angeles, instantly sparking fresh tumult in the worldwide Anglican Communion.
Los Angeles Episcopalians elect lesbian bishop Los Angeles Episcopalians elected an openly lesbian bishop late Saturday, the denomination's news service reported.
Gay Equal Rights Law Signed Into Law In Washingtonthe country's first voter-approved domestic partnership or "everything-but-marriage" law.
New York State Senate Votes Down Gay Marriage BillLast month Maine became the 31st state to block same-sex marriage through a referendum. The Maine State Legislature had voted to legalize same-sex unions earlier this year, but opponents of gay rights gathered enough signatures to put the measure on the ballot.
'Family Ties' mom: I am a lesbian"I am a lesbian and it was a later-in-life recognition," she told Matt Lauer on TODAY. "Some people would say, well, you're living a lie and, you know, the truth is — not at all. This has only been for the past seven years."
Has Been, Aging, Actress Meredith Baxter Makes Good Career MoveMeredith Baxter has given an interview to the Advocate coming out as a lesbian, followed by an appearance on Wednesday's "Today" show (scroll down for full video).
Religious, homophobic hate surges in L.A. countyPartially fueled by the election of President Barack Obama and the statewide controversy over gay marriage, hate crimes based on sexual orientation shot up 21 percent in Los Angeles County last year, while religious crimes increased 14 percent, according to a county report releas …
Lesbian Batwoman takes over Gotham City 'And this time around the superheroine's alter ego, Kathy Kane, is a red-headed lesbian. Billed as a "lesbian socialite by night and a crime-fighter by later in the night", the new Batwoman is clad in a figure-hugging black outfit with knee-high red stiletto boots.
Texas' gay marriage ban may have banned all marriagesBarbara Ann Radnofsky, a Houston lawyer and Democratic candidate for attorney general, says that a 22-word clause in a 2005 constitutional amendment designed to ban gay marriages erroneously endangers the legal status of all marriages in the state.
Is Anyone Legally Married In Texas? Maybe Not!A Houston lawyer and Democratic candidate for attorney general of Texas has stated that a 22 word clause in a 2005 consitutional amendment designed to ban gay marriages erroneously endangers the legality of all marriages within the state of Texas.
Indianapolis Schools Ban Atheism Websites | Unreasonable FaithThe Indianapolis Public School system has a policy to ban certain websites from being viewed at school. I certainly hated it when I was in high school (we found ways to bypass it if course) but it's a reasonable idea.
A Skinhead-Collaring Cop, Nazis at the State Capitol, and a Lesbian Nativist Reveals Homicidal Fantasies Toward MexicansThis is a very hard to classify article. It is a story about a dinner, a summation of criminal offenses, a piece about Nazis, about lesbian protesters, and an opinion piece, all rolled into one. Overall it seems to have a legal/political bent to it, so I classify it as such.
We humans are both physical and spiritual. Ideally these should function happily in harmony. Often they don't. This war waged within is eloquently described by many religious greats through the ages, the apostle Paul in Romans 7:23 ("another law at work in my members ...
Lesbians 'are best mums'TRADITIONAL family supporters raised the alarm yesterday after Government research claimed that lesbians made the best parents.
French lesbian wins adoption caseA court in eastern France has granted a lesbian nursery school teacher the right to adopt a child, ending a 10-year legal battle. The Besancon court overruled the Jura regional assembly, which had rejected the 48-year-old woman's adoption plea.
The folks over at America Blog have started a boycott on contributions to the Democratic National Committee (DNC), including Organizing for America (OFA), the community organizing project of the DNC that is the successor organization to the 2008 Presidential campaign’s Obam …
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