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A new variety of staph bacteria, highly resistant to antibiotics and possibly transmitted by sexual contact, is spreading among gay men in San Francisco, Boston, New York and Los Angeles, researchers reported Monday. The study released online by the journal Annals of Internal Medicine found the highest concentrations of infection by the drug-resistant bug in [...]
The Mautner Project, a national lesbian health organization, has named Dr. Leslie J. Calman as its new executive director. The Mautner Project describes its mission as to help educate lesbians, bisexual and transgender women about their health and train health care providers about their lesbian patients. Calman said she sees no need to change any [...]
Anthony Niedwiecki addressed the Oakland Park City Commission in support of adding gender identity to the city’s antidiscrimination ordinance. Waymon Hudson and Anthony Niedwiecki used to lead a private life in Oakland Park. Now they’re leading the campaign against Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle. Hudson and Niedwiecki, a couple for nearly six years, say their [...]
New policy gives ‘latitutde’ to gay employees without officially recognizing partnerships The Florida Attorney General’s Office has agreed to allow employees to use sick leave to care for their ailing domestic partners. Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum, a Republican, approved the policy in December. While gay rights activists celebrated the move as a progressive step [...]
A group of Christian clergymen flocked to the side of Mayor Jim Naugle on Tuesday, saying the depth of sexual sin in Broward County necessitates an old-fashioned spiritual revival. The African-American church representatives said the gay community misunderstands Naugle’s stance toward them. He is here to help, they said. “Mayor Naugle is not your enemy, [...]
Even if no one is asking, Army sergeant Darren Manzella has been telling anyone who’ll listen that he’s gay — without serious retribution so far from the military. Manzella, a medic who served in Iraq and Kuwait, has acknowledged his sexual orientation in national media interviews and again on Tuesday in a Washington news conference. [...]
The California supreme court declined to review an appeal challenging basic property tax protections for domestic partners, according to a joint statement released Thursday by advocacy groups the National Center for Lesbian Rights, Lambda Legal, and Equality California. The decision is a major victory for same-sex couples because no further appeals are possible. “We are [...]
Tennessee lawmakers returned to the legislature Tuesday with Republicans threatening to take up a bill that would bar gays and lesbians from adopting or serving a foster parents.
Conservative groups that boycotted legislative hearings on a proposed gay marriage bill in Vermont accusing it of being pro-gay announced Tuesday they have set up their own commission to “set the record straight”.