Trying to avoid a heated battle over same-sex marriage, Hawaii lawmakers are considering a renewed push to grant gay couples similar benefits through civil unions. Democratic legislators, who hold overwhelming majorities in both houses of the state legislature in Honolulu, are supporting a proposed civil union bill as one of the party’s top priorities for [...]
Boston Redevelopment Authority has approved construction on one of the first LGBT-friendly retirement homes in the nation. However, the development, called Stonewall at Audubon, is still awaiting the OK from the city’s zoning board of appeal before it can proceed, reports The Boston Globe . The project was recently approved by the residents of the [...]
So far Roman Catholic organizations in only two cities—Boston and San Francisco—have said they have opted out of arranging all adoptions in response to laws designed to guarantee gay couples’ adoption rights. And on the political front what appeared to be a drive two years ago to encourage states to pass laws stopping adoptions by [...]
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During a sit-down interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday, Vice President Dick Cheney said questions about his lesbian daughter and her recently announced pregnancy were “out of line.” Mary Cheney, 37, and her partner of 15 years, Heather Poe, 45, are expecting a baby in late spring. Antigay Christian leaders have voiced dismay at [...]
A proposed federal constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage nationwide has been shelved in light of the congressional takeover by the Democratic Party, The Pueblo [Colo.] Chieftain newspaper reports. The proposal’s sponsors, Sen. Wayne Allard and Rep. Marilyn Musgrave, said last week they have no plans to reintroduce their antigay legislation in the new Congress. [...]
“Grey’s Anatomy” has made headlines over an anti-gay slur used by an actor, led nominees for this year’s awards from the country’s leading gay organization that monitors the media. The show itself has gotten unwanted attention since actor Isaiah Washington used the term “faggot” about castmate T.R. Knight in an on-set dustup in October with [...]
An Arizona legislator who proposed a same-sex marriage ban announced that he will not follow through with the bill this session, the Associated Press reports. State Rep. Russell Pearce (R-Mesa) decided against pushing the bill, which would amend the state’s constitution to restrict marriage to heterosexual couples, on Wednesday, according to the AP. There was [...]
GLAAD President Neil G. Giuliano today released the following statement after having received a response from Isaiah Washington apologizing for his use of the word “faggot” on the set of Grey’s Anatomy in October 2006 and at the 64th Annual Golden Globe® Awards on Jan. 15, 2007: “We are encouraged by Isaiah Washington’s statement today, [...]
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) President Neil G. Giuliano today condemned Isaiah Washington’s on-air use of the word “faggot” during a backstage press conference at the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards, calling on him to apologize and make amends for this second use of the slur in the past four months. “When Isaiah [...]