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New regulations regarding hospital visitation rights went into effect Tuesday, paving the way for members of the LGBT community to have further control over their own medical decisions. Under the new protocol, initiated last April and developed over the following months, hospitals partaking in Medicare and Medicaid must now allow all patients to decide visitation [...]

The military’s controversial “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, which is set to be rolled back in the coming months, expelled 3,664 service members between 2004 and 2009, costing U.S. taxpayers roughly $193.3 million, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. Of that money, $185.6 million was in replacement costs — money spent [...]

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation released the nominations for its 22nd annual GLAAD Media Awards on Thursday (January 20). Television shows such as “Glee” and “True Blood” are in the running to win honors, as are films like “Burlesque” and “Easy A.” The GLAAD awards, which honor “outstanding images of the LGBT community” [...]

In an interview with Patti Smith for the January issue of Vanity Fair, Johnny Depp quipped that none of his big screen alter egos are straight. The 47-year-old actor said Disney “couldn’t stand” his take on Captain Jack Sparrow in “Pirates of the Caribbean,” but that he only made matters worse after Disney heads asked [...]

When Sarah Palin accused journalists and pundits of “blood libel” in the wake of the deadly Arizona shootings, she reached deep into one of medieval history’s most sordid chapters to make her point. The term “blood libel” is not well known, but it is highly charged — a direct reference to a time when many [...]

Lords South Beach — with its giant fiberglass polar bear in the lobby, bright yellow paint on the walls and huge portraits of Elizabeth Taylor in the rooms. Founder Brian Gorman created the 54-room hotel at 1120 Collins Ave., which plans to expand to New York and West Hollywood, Calif., and calls itself “the first [...]

Westboro Baptist Church, the Topeka church known for its inflammatory anti-gay protests, plans to picket the funerals of the six people gunned down in Arizona on Saturday. In a flier posted on its web site, the controversial church writes, “THANK GOD FOR THE SHOOTER — 6 DEAD!” The message continues: God appointed this rod for [...]

Newly-minted Florida Governor Rick Scott (R) this week signed a narrow non-discrimination executive order that neglects to extend protections based on sexual orientation and identity, handicaps, or marital status. Gay rights activists, who had earlier lobbied Scott to go above and beyond the existing laws to broaden these assurances, quickly took aim at the scope [...]

A recent decision by the North Carolina Supreme Court appears to have invalidated potentially thousands of second-parent adoptions by same-sex couples (mostly lesbian couples) in that state. This is one of the worst examples of how a particularly nasty divorce can lead to bad court decisions, which in turn can harm the lives of many [...]