Euro court: Gays must have equal adoption rights
by Rex Wockner International News The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights ruled Jan. 22 that gay people cannot be excluded from access to the [...]
Fun-raising' events will help fund second Kalamazoo Pride
By Shaun Hittle Looking for some sweet ways to show support to the Southwest Michigan LGBT community? The Kalamazoo Gay and Lesbian Resource Center is [...]
Kuwaiti cross-dressers arrested, abused
by Rex Wockner International News At least 14 cross-dressers have been arrested under a new Kuwaiti law that criminalizes "imitating the appearance of the [...]
McCain campaign 'Robo-Call' exploits anti-gay prejudice
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign, responding to an automated "robo-call" released Monday in Florida by the presidential campaign of Sen. John McCain said [...]
Oxford Street loses 'mojo,' becomes 'buttcrack'
by Rex Wockner International News The gayest street in Sydney, Australia, has "lost its mojo" and become "a buttcrack," The Sydney Morning Herald reported [...]
Royal Oak concert to feature upgraded 1967 pipe organ
The Royal Oak First United Methodist Church Performing Arts Series will continue with an organ concert performed by Dr. Craig Scott Symons at 4 p.m. Feb. 10. [...]
Swedes support full same-sex marriage
by Rex Wockner International News Seventy-one percent of Swedes favor moving beyond the nation's 14-year-old registered-partnership law and granting gay [...]
California's Proposition 8-Ours to Lose?
by Matt Foreman A lot of people have been saying that Prop. 8 was our side's to lose and that missteps by the No on 8 Campaign snatched defeat from the jaws of [...]
Inauguration includes no gay references, but LGBT visibility
By Lisa Keen {WASHINGTON, D.C. – } Calling for an end to "petty grievances" and "worn out dogmas," President Barack Obama addressed a vast global audience, [...]
Play with new looks, Pisces!
By Jack Fertig Q Scopes Venus in Pisces inspires ethereal, sensitive visions, and Mars in Capricorn helps us to focus that productively. Both planets [...]
"Crime Does Pay"
Q Puzzle Across 1 Opposite of erect 5 Reinaldo Arenas' Peter 10 Apple that isn't a fruit 14 How far up it goes (abbr.) 15 Lorca's "Later!" 16 Gay-friendly [...]
LGBT visibility in ceremony a good indicator
Tuesday's inaugural ceremonies, and the events leading to and following it, were history in the making in more ways than one. True, when Barack Obama was sworn [...]