The attorneys general of 10 states are urging the California Supreme Court to delay finalizing its ruling to legalize same-sex marriage. The attorneys general say in court documents filed Thursday that they have an interest in the case because they would have to determine if their states would recognize the marriage of gay residents who [...]

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Same-sex marriages legally performed elsewhere will be recognized in New York in response to a state court ruling this year.

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Same-sex couples in some California counties will be able to marry as soon as June 14, the president of California’s county clerks association said. Clerks would be authorized to hand out marriage licenses as soon as that date, which is a Saturday and exactly 30 days after the California supreme court ruled that gay marriage [...]

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Germany on Tuesday inaugurated a memorial to the thousands of homosexuals persecuted and killed under the Nazis, a monument meant both to honor a long-ignored group of victims and to make a statement against ongoing intolerance.

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With Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in theaters now, Smithsonian anthropologist Dr. Jane MacLaren Walsh, a crystal-skull expert and a lesbian, is getting international attention. Nineteen years after Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones is back in the highly anticipated Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, in [...]

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Republican congressman Paul Broun of Georgia announced Tuesday that he plans to submit a federal constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. He cited the California supreme court’s May 15 ruling in favor of gay marriage as the reason for his action, according to The Southern Voice. “What the activist judges in California have shown is that [...]

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In a 8-4 vote, the Miami-Dade County Commission approved a county-wide domestic-partnership registry, providing recognition to all non-married couples who register in the county. The measure includes shared health insurance for county employees, as well as family visitation rights for partners at county health care facilities. While all twelve Miami-Dade County Commissioners expressed support for [...]

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The military cannot automatically discharge people because they’re gay, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday in the case of a decorated flight nurse who sued the Air Force over her dismissal. The three judges from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals did not strike down the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. But they [...]

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Portland Elects Gay Mayor

May 21st, 2008

Portland, Ore., is now the largest U.S. city with an openly gay mayor with the election Tuesday of city commissioner Sam Adams to the post. The mayor-elect avoids a November runoff race by having won 58% of the vote, according to the Associated Press.

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