Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/top-stories/gay-lesbian-issues topstories Gay & Lesbian Issues en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:10:03 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/top-stories/gay-lesbian-issues http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_us/us_xgr_gay_marriage_nh ap/20100209/us_xgr_gay_marriage_nh AP us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:10:03 GMT AP - A New Hampshire House committee is recommending against repealing the state's five-week-old gay marriage law. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_re_us/us_gay_teen_harassment ap/20100204/us_gay_teen_harassment AP us Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:41:11 GMT AP - The bullying by classmates and taunts of "homo" only got worse after Jacob began dyeing his hair and wearing eyeliner in eighth grade. One student scrawled "I hope you die" on his shoe, he said; another drew a pocket knife on him. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100204/lf_nm_life/us_odonnell nm/20100204/us_odonnell Reuters topstories Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:04:22 GMT Reuters - Comedian, actress, talk show host, philanthropist, gay rights activist and mother to four kids, Rosie O'Donnell is no stranger to controversy. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_re_us/us_gay_marriage_trial ap/20100204/us_gay_marriage_trial AP us Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:27:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_re_us/us_gay_marriage_trial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100128/capt.52027f6769174f6096b893ab016f2786.mexico_gay_marriage_mxam103.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=OZJH.wDfskiQsDzgcyL1fQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Mexico City's Mayor Marcelo Ebrard listens to journalists during a news conference in Mexico City, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. Ebrard declared that he will fight against Mexican federal prosecutors who announced a day earlier that they will try to overturn Mexico City's gay marriage law, which allows same-sex couples to adopt children, on the grounds it violates the constitution.(AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)" border="0" /></a>AP - The federal challenge to California's same-sex marriage ban is attracting nationwide attention in the form of "friend of the court" briefs.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_re_us/us_gay_marriage_trial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100128/capt.52027f6769174f6096b893ab016f2786.mexico_gay_marriage_mxam103.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=OZJH.wDfskiQsDzgcyL1fQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Mexico City's Mayor Marcelo Ebrard listens to journalists during a news conference in Mexico City, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. Ebrard declared that he will fight against Mexican federal prosecutors who announced a day earlier that they will try to overturn Mexico City's gay marriage law, which allows same-sex couples to adopt children, on the grounds it violates the constitution.(AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100203/ap_on_re_us/us_gay_marriage_re_enactment ap/20100203/us_gay_marriage_re_enactment AP us Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:14:45 GMT AP - Where there's the Web, there's a way. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100202/wl_afp/vaticanbritainpopereligiongay afp/20100202/vaticanbritainpopereligiongay AFP world Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:03:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100202/wl_afp/vaticanbritainpopereligiongay"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100202/capt.photo_1265101225214-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=X.VjtT_j9MlmhkpxLTOb8Q--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Gay-rights campaigners and secularists have called for protests during the visit to Britain of Pope Benedict XVI later this year, after he strongly condemned equality legislation seen as friendly to gays.(AFP/File/Alberto Pizzoli)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Gay-rights campaigners and secularists called on Tuesday for protests during a visit to Britain by Pope Benedict XVI this year after he condemned equality legislation seen as friendly to gays.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100202/wl_afp/vaticanbritainpopereligiongay"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100202/capt.photo_1265101225214-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=X.VjtT_j9MlmhkpxLTOb8Q--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Gay-rights campaigners and secularists have called for protests during the visit to Britain of Pope Benedict XVI later this year, after he strongly condemned equality legislation seen as friendly to gays.(AFP/File/Alberto Pizzoli)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100202/ap_on_re_us/us_gay_marriage_reenactment ap/20100202/us_gay_marriage_reenactment AP us Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:23:00 GMT AP - The U.S. Supreme Court may have stopped broadcasts of California's same-sex marriage trial, but that has not prevented filmmakers from re-enacting it for the Internet. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100130/us_time/08599195750500 time/20100130/08599195750500 Time.com us Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:20:00 GMT Time.com - A high-profile legal duo is taking the case against Prop 8 all the way to the Supreme Court. Here's a look at the arguments so far http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100128/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_mexico_gay_marriage ap/20100128/lt_mexico_gay_marriage AP world Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:55:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100128/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_mexico_gay_marriage"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100128/capt.52027f6769174f6096b893ab016f2786.mexico_gay_marriage_mxam103.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=OZJH.wDfskiQsDzgcyL1fQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Mexico City's Mayor Marcelo Ebrard listens to journalists during a news conference in Mexico City, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. Ebrard declared that he will fight against Mexican federal prosecutors who announced a day earlier that they will try to overturn Mexico City's gay marriage law, which allows same-sex couples to adopt children, on the grounds it violates the constitution.(AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)" border="0" /></a>AP - Mexico City's mayor says he will defend the capital's gay-marriage law and insists the ordinance will take effect in March despite an appeal by federal prosecutors.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100128/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_mexico_gay_marriage"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100128/capt.52027f6769174f6096b893ab016f2786.mexico_gay_marriage_mxam103.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=OZJH.wDfskiQsDzgcyL1fQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Mexico City's Mayor Marcelo Ebrard listens to journalists during a news conference in Mexico City, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. Ebrard declared that he will fight against Mexican federal prosecutors who announced a day earlier that they will try to overturn Mexico City's gay marriage law, which allows same-sex couples to adopt children, on the grounds it violates the constitution.(AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100127/us_nm/us_gaymarriage_usa nm/20100127/us_gaymarriage_usa Reuters us Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:13:17 GMT Reuters - In surprising testimony, a witness called to defend California's gay marriage ban testified on Tuesday that legalizing same-sex matrimony would "improve the well-being of gay and lesbian households and their children." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100126/ts_csm/275070 csm/20100126/275070 The Christian Science Monitor topstories Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:26:23 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - On the 17th floor of the Phillip Burton Federal Building in a city known for being at the edge of social change, a federal trial is under way that could lead to a landmark ruling on same-sex marriage in America. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100126/ts_alt_afp/ussocietygaysmarriagecourt afp/20100126/ussocietygaysmarriagecourt AFP us Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:21:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100126/ts_alt_afp/ussocietygaysmarriagecourt"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100126/capt.photo_1264479588682-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=kHxL5co_ZbpSscGRGLU7Lg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="File photo shows supporters of same-sex marriage marching in Hollywood, California. The influence of homosexuals in US politics is significant and growing, an expert testified, as opponents of same-sex marriage opened their case in a federal trial challenging California's gay marriage ban.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The influence of homosexuals in US politics is significant and growing, an expert testified, as opponents of same-sex marriage opened their case in a federal trial challenging California's gay marriage ban.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100126/ts_alt_afp/ussocietygaysmarriagecourt"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100126/capt.photo_1264479588682-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=kHxL5co_ZbpSscGRGLU7Lg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="File photo shows supporters of same-sex marriage marching in Hollywood, California. The influence of homosexuals in US politics is significant and growing, an expert testified, as opponents of same-sex marriage opened their case in a federal trial challenging California's gay marriage ban.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100126/ts_csm/275919 csm/20100126/275919 The Christian Science Monitor topstories Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:05:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - Lawyers defending Proposition 8, California’s ban on gay marriage, brought their first witnesses to the stand Monday to to testify that gays and lesbians enjoy a rising level of political and cultural support in America. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100122/ts_csm/275331 csm/20100122/275331 The Christian Science Monitor topstories Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:36:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - On Friday, Day 9 of the federal trial challenging California’s gay marriage ban, lawyers for two unwed same-sex couples are expected to call their final witness: a psychologist to testify on the nature of sexual orientation. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100120/ap_on_re_us/us_gay_marriage_federal_employees ap/20100120/us_gay_marriage_federal_employees AP us Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:43:21 GMT AP - A federal employee in California is suing the Obama administration to force it to provide health benefits to her same-sex spouse. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100120/ap_on_re_us/us_gay_marriage_nh ap/20100120/us_gay_marriage_nh AP us Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:04:56 GMT AP - Three weeks after the state legalized gay marriage, opponents on Wednesday asked a House committee to repeal the law. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100119/ap_on_re_us/us_gay_marriage_trial_judge ap/20100119/us_gay_marriage_trial_judge AP us Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:27:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100119/ap_on_re_us/us_gay_marriage_trial_judge"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100113/capt.photo_1263372949196-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=tB8Up7qrY.DnstcrZuOwpw--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="File photo of gay and lesbian activists in Hong Kong. State press splashed a front-page photo of China's first publicly "married" gay couple on Wednesday -- the latest sign of new openness about homosexuality in a country where it has long been taboo.(AFP/File/Ted Aljibe)" border="0" /></a>AP - The appointment of Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Richard Walker to the bench was held up for two years during the late 1980s in part because he had angered gay rights activists.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100119/ap_on_re_us/us_gay_marriage_trial_judge"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100113/capt.photo_1263372949196-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=tB8Up7qrY.DnstcrZuOwpw--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="photo" title="File photo of gay and lesbian activists in Hong Kong. State press splashed a front-page photo of China's first publicly "married" gay couple on Wednesday -- the latest sign of new openness about homosexuality in a country where it has long been taboo.(AFP/File/Ted Aljibe)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100118/ap_on_re_af/af_malawi_gay_couple ap/20100118/af_malawi_gay_couple AP world Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:03:46 GMT AP - Malawi's government said Monday that it is unmoved by international criticism of the trial of a gay couple charged with unnatural acts and gross indecency, felonies for which they could be imprisoned for up to 14 years. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100118/ap_on_re_as/as_china_mr_gay_china ap/20100118/as_china_mr_gay_china AP world Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:06:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100118/ap_on_re_as/as_china_mr_gay_china"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100115/capt.792d2a7f3a92429c8cdd5726e6bbaecd.china_mr_gay_china_xhg119.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=KiqZDQh2cufz5122v9Yk2A--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Simon Wang, a participant dressed up for Mr. Gay China pageant, poses for photographers even after the event was canceled by authorities in Beijing, China, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. Police canceled what would have been China's first gay pageant just an hour before it was to start Friday, the event's organizer said. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)" border="0" /></a>AP - China will not send a delegate to the Worldwide Mr. Gay pageant next month, an organizer said Monday, after police blocked an event to choose a Chinese contestant.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100118/ap_on_re_as/as_china_mr_gay_china"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100115/capt.792d2a7f3a92429c8cdd5726e6bbaecd.china_mr_gay_china_xhg119.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=KiqZDQh2cufz5122v9Yk2A--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="Simon Wang, a participant dressed up for Mr. Gay China pageant, poses for photographers even after the event was canceled by authorities in Beijing, China, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. Police canceled what would have been China's first gay pageant just an hour before it was to start Friday, the event's organizer said. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100116/lf_nm_life/us_gaymarriage_california nm/20100116/us_gaymarriage_california Reuters topstories Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:18:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100116/lf_nm_life/us_gaymarriage_california"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100114/capt.photo_1263429195557-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=NzYWciF..6TLKmI0i65DrA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Supporters of same-sex marriage carry signs during a march rally in on Hollywood Boulevard following the California Supreme Court's ruling to uphold Proposition 8 in Los Angeles, California, in 2009. The US Supreme Court on Wednesday barred the live broadcast of audio and video from a California court where rights activists are challenging a state ban on gay marriage.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Children raised by gay and lesbian couples develop just as well as those brought up by traditional couples, a British child psychologist on Friday told a U.S. federal court considering whether a California ban on gay marriage denies constitutional rights.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100116/lf_nm_life/us_gaymarriage_california"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100114/capt.photo_1263429195557-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=NzYWciF..6TLKmI0i65DrA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Supporters of same-sex marriage carry signs during a march rally in on Hollywood Boulevard following the California Supreme Court's ruling to uphold Proposition 8 in Los Angeles, California, in 2009. The US Supreme Court on Wednesday barred the live broadcast of audio and video from a California court where rights activists are challenging a state ban on gay marriage.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters)