Gay marriage takes hit in New York, ACLU vows to continue the fight
The state Appellate Division, combining three separate cases brought by gay couples, rejected the argument that New York's marriage law is unconstitutional, throwing out the lawsuit - but the American Civil Liberties Union made a promise to appeal to New York's highest court after an intermediate court refused to strike down a state law that bars same-sex couples from marriage - and the hundreds of family protections afforded to married couples. Jeanne Vitale and Amy Tripi, pictured, want their relationship legally recognized. The New York Court of Appeals has already accepted review of the issue of marriage for same-sex couples in another case, Hernandez v. Robles, which was brought by Lambda Legal.
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· Russia: Talgat Tadjuddin, pictured, Russia's senior Muslim cleric, called on Muslims and Orthodox Christians to "thrash" homosexuals yesterday if the gay pride parade that is scheduled to take place in Moscow this May takes place. "This should in no case be allowed, but if they still take it to the streets, then one will have nothing to do but thrash them," 
· California: And 
· Margaret Spellings may have caused quite a ruckus over 
· Australia: While it's winter here in San Francisco, it's summer in St. Kilda, making it an ideal time for 
In the Virginia General Assembly, which previously passed the most restrictive gay marriage ban in the country, Senate Bill 700 would make permanent discrimination safeguards for gays and lesbians in state employment and extend them to local governments and school boards. Enter 
Tresa Waggoner, the Colorado music teacher who tried to introduce her students to opera and wound up forced to take administrative leave, is 
Coretta Scott King has passed away, which has us remembering that even when there were splits within her own family over same-sex marriage, she stood tall with us and 
Just last week I had the displeasure of telling you that the Ocean County freeholders 
I've been following the James Maestas 
Mark Oaten, the former Liberal Democrat leadership challenger, 
Melissa Sue Robinson 
Circuit Court Judge M. Brooke Murdock in Baltimore 
A federal judge, Michael Ponsor (pictured), has ruled that Wayne Healy, a gay man who was convicted of the murder of his former brother-in-law Richard Chalue in 1980, should either be released from prison or given a new trial. Ponsor said prosecutors emphasized a (quote) "homosexual element to the murder," but suppressed evidence that there had been no sexual encounter. Healy was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Ponsor ruled that suppressing that information handicapped the defense "in an obviously devastating manner" and that doing so was "
Just in case you were actually thinking about dating or doing a Log Cabin Republican, 
Gina Genovese has been elected the first openly gay mayor in New Jersey, and she scored a victory in Long Hill, an affluent and traditionally Republican suburb where she's lived for 11 years. "She is a Democrat," said Frank Reilly, local volunteer firefighter. "That surprises me more than that she is openly gay." As for Genovese, she's one of those who thinks her sexuality is "irrelevant," 
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Jose Tavares, 17, has been charged in the slaying of Schlomy Rejwan, a gay masseur in New York City. According to law enforcement Tavares "definitely played a role" - but the suspects family insists the killing was carried out by a mystery man and that the Manhattan Bridge High School junior went there seeking a massage having answered an advertisement in the back of an alternative newspaper and that a mystery man sexually assaulted Tavares and later killed Rejwan as the teen watched. Tavares has been charged with second-degree murder and first-degree arson. 
Utah Senator Chris Buttars wants to ban gay and lesbian support clubs from Utah high schools, which isn't what you'd expect from a man who looks so incredibly warm and open minded, right? He's also got a bill to require 'intelligent design' theory be taught along side evolution in public schools. Anyway, as for gay clubs 
The Reverend Lonnie Latham, an outspoken homophobic pastor, has been arrested after propositioning a male undercover police officer outside a hotel. As Latham, 59, left jail he 
Hong Kong's government has appealed a High Court ruling against a law that says men younger than 21 should be imprisoned for life for engaging in sodomy. The government waited until the last day of its deadline to appeal the August 24 homophobic decision, originally challenged 
The Eleventh Ohio District Court of Appeals 
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In response to our 
With Tom DeLay indicted, the only thing that could make me happier is having Lady Bunny deliver her twirl-like-a-girl spin on it. She writes, "Last night I asked my hairdresser if he'd heard the scandalous news about Mr. Delay. He hadn't, and asked me if Delay was Madonna's manager." Feeling uninformed? Then "put down the gerbil and acquaint yourself with his situation." Lady Bunny's got your 
The brutal murder of Daniel Fetty in Ohio is a story that has broken my heart twice - once simply due to his death, twice because the mainstream and gay press have virtually ignored the horrific crime. Three men beat Fetty with bricks, boards and bottles, stripped him naked and threw his body in a dumpster 
The Royal Navy has 
An Ingham County judge has ruled that Michigan's ban against gay marriage 