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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2179 Gay & Lesbian Issues en-us Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:56:54 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2179 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/oneworld/20080703/wl_oneworld/world3557701215111499 oneworld/20080703/world3557701215111499 OneWorld.net Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:56:54 GMT OneWorld.net - BUCHAREST, Jul 3 (IPS) - The attack on Bulgarian gays at their first gay pride march is symptomatic of widespread opposition to the movement. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080702/us_nm/gays_marriage_immigration_dc nm/20080702/gays_marriage_immigration_dc Reuters Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:55:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080702/us_nm/gays_marriage_immigration_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080702/2008_07_02t111840_450x318_us_gays_marriage_immigration.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=nhVfODzO7oTwT1mGJhaYRw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Rita Boyadjian, an entertainment marketing executive (R) poses with her partner and their seven month old daughter Emma in their home in Los Angeles June 27, 2008. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Rita Boyadjian wishes she were in a better mood to celebrate the weddings of fellow gay friends after California began legally marrying same-sex couples last month.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080702/us_nm/gays_marriage_immigration_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080702/2008_07_02t111840_450x318_us_gays_marriage_immigration.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=nhVfODzO7oTwT1mGJhaYRw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Rita Boyadjian, an entertainment marketing executive (R) poses with her partner and their seven month old daughter Emma in their home in Los Angeles June 27, 2008. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080630/ap_on_re_us/gay_wedding_rituals ap/20080630/gay_wedding_rituals AP Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:37:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080630/ap_on_re_us/gay_wedding_rituals"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080630/capt.30160e8bc8374adcadf7c0f129e61036.lifestyles_gay_wedding_rituals_nyls307.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=3Lx.AAFKNfY_KECFfkDHYQ--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="Jennifer Kozumplik, left, and partner of 17 years Nicole Webber, right, from Sacramento, Calif., hold their 18-month-old daughter Sophie as they pose for a photo after receiving their marriage license on the first day of same sex marriages at City Hall in San Francisco, Tuesday, June 17, 2008. Since the state of California began issuing marriage certificates to same-sex couples earlier this month, questions about wedding rituals and etiquette — not just politics — have grown faster than a wedding reception guest list. With no long-established gay wedding traditions, partners-to-be and the wedding industry are making it up as they go along. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)" border="0" /></a>AP - Who may now kiss the bride when there are two grooms?</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080630/ap_on_re_us/gay_wedding_rituals"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080630/capt.30160e8bc8374adcadf7c0f129e61036.lifestyles_gay_wedding_rituals_nyls307.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=3Lx.AAFKNfY_KECFfkDHYQ--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="photo" title="Jennifer Kozumplik, left, and partner of 17 years Nicole Webber, right, from Sacramento, Calif., hold their 18-month-old daughter Sophie as they pose for a photo after receiving their marriage license on the first day of same sex marriages at City Hall in San Francisco, Tuesday, June 17, 2008. Since the state of California began issuing marriage certificates to same-sex couples earlier this month, questions about wedding rituals and etiquette — not just politics — have grown faster than a wedding reception guest list. With no long-established gay wedding traditions, partners-to-be and the wedding industry are making it up as they go along. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20080630/wl_csm/odiamond csm/20080630/odiamond The Christian Science Monitor Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:00:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - Sunil Pant has built a successful gay rights movement – one that has fought against discrimination and violence in this conservative Southeast Asian country. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080630/ap_on_re_us/gay_pride ap/20080630/gay_pride AP Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:48:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080630/ap_on_re_us/gay_pride"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080629/capt.bf92601db44a477a9b325141b8add353.aptopix_gay_pride_parade_nycr101.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=FWN6AvzNV1w8.ZqNKPrzvw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Marchers carry a rainbow flag at the gay pride parade along Fifth Avenue in New York on Sunday, June 29, 2008. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)" border="0" /></a>AP - A lesbian motorcycle group dressed in bridal veils, wedding gowns and leather lent a matrimonial touch to San Francisco's gay pride parade Sunday as revelers celebrated their newfound freedom to marry.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080630/ap_on_re_us/gay_pride"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080629/capt.bf92601db44a477a9b325141b8add353.aptopix_gay_pride_parade_nycr101.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=FWN6AvzNV1w8.ZqNKPrzvw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Marchers carry a rainbow flag at the gay pride parade along Fifth Avenue in New York on Sunday, June 29, 2008. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080629/ap_on_re_as/india_gay_parade ap/20080629/india_gay_parade AP Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:38:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080629/ap_on_re_as/india_gay_parade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080629/capt.6b83eeb927014e3297dd17523ce4cacb.india_gay_parade_bdx102.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=AhubEwHk.BZc3jZx0n6sGw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Representatives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community participate in 'Rainbow Pride Walk' in Calcutta, India, Sunday, June 29, 2008. Hundreds of gay activists are estimated to march in Calcutta, Bangalore and New Delhi with rainbow flags and banners calling for an end to discrimination and pushing for acceptance in a society Sunday in the largest display of gay pride in the deeply conservative country where homosexuality is illegal, organizers said. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)" border="0" /></a>AP - Men wore sparkling saris, women wore rainbow boas and hundreds of people chanted for gay rights in three Indian cities Sunday in the largest display of gay pride in the deeply conservative country where homosexual acts are illegal.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080629/ap_on_re_as/india_gay_parade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080629/capt.6b83eeb927014e3297dd17523ce4cacb.india_gay_parade_bdx102.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=AhubEwHk.BZc3jZx0n6sGw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="Representatives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community participate in 'Rainbow Pride Walk' in Calcutta, India, Sunday, June 29, 2008. Hundreds of gay activists are estimated to march in Calcutta, Bangalore and New Delhi with rainbow flags and banners calling for an end to discrimination and pushing for acceptance in a society Sunday in the largest display of gay pride in the deeply conservative country where homosexuality is illegal, organizers said. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080629/ap_on_re_us/gay_marriage_pride ap/20080629/gay_marriage_pride AP Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:26:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080629/ap_on_re_us/gay_marriage_pride"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080628/capt.27421d32caf343c7aa3f6743651b141a.gay_pride_cafra101.jpg?x=117&y=130&q=85&sig=8MJi05bAv0_GDZal6HhWWg--" align="left" height="130" width="117" alt="The gay pride flag flies at Market and Castro Streets in front of the large pink triangle, shrouded in fog, on Twin Peaks in San Francisco on Saturday, June 28, 2008. (AP Photo/The San Francisco Chronicle, Paul Chinn)" border="0" /></a>AP - Move over Dykes on Bikes. Here come the brides — and grooms.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080629/ap_on_re_us/gay_marriage_pride"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080628/capt.27421d32caf343c7aa3f6743651b141a.gay_pride_cafra101.jpg?x=117&y=130&q=85&sig=8MJi05bAv0_GDZal6HhWWg--" align="left" height="130" width="117" alt="photo" title="The gay pride flag flies at Market and Castro Streets in front of the large pink triangle, shrouded in fog, on Twin Peaks in San Francisco on Saturday, June 28, 2008. (AP Photo/The San Francisco Chronicle, Paul Chinn)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080628/ts_afp/gayrightseurope afp/20080628/gayrightseurope AFP Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:02:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080628/ts_afp/gayrightseurope"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080628/capt.cps.mvu07.280608230155.photo00.photo.default-512x337.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=o1Oc0UPVpMLt7d5Rb_Cnhg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Demonstrators hold the rainbow flag during the first ever Bulgaria Gay Pride parade in central Sofia. Bulgarian police arrested 60 people Saturday opposed to Bulgaria's first gay pride march after they tried to storm the small group of about 100 marchers in the capital Sofia, the interior ministry said.(AFP/Boryana Katsarova)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Tens of thousands joined gay pride marches across Europe on Saturday but homophobics spoiled the party in the Czech Republic and Bulgaria where scores were arrested for disrupting events.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080628/ts_afp/gayrightseurope"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080628/capt.cps.mvu07.280608230155.photo00.photo.default-512x337.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=o1Oc0UPVpMLt7d5Rb_Cnhg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Demonstrators hold the rainbow flag during the first ever Bulgaria Gay Pride parade in central Sofia. Bulgarian police arrested 60 people Saturday opposed to Bulgaria's first gay pride march after they tried to storm the small group of about 100 marchers in the capital Sofia, the interior ministry said.(AFP/Boryana Katsarova)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080628/ap_on_re_eu/bulgaria_gay_parade ap/20080628/bulgaria_gay_parade AP Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:31:16 GMT AP - Extremists throwing rocks, bottles and gasoline bombs have attacked the Bulgarian capital's first gay pride parade. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080628/ap_on_re_us/gay_marriage_arizona ap/20080628/gay_marriage_arizona AP Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:37:55 GMT AP - Arizona voters will decide again in November whether to change the state's constitution to define marriage as a union between one man and one woman. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_gay_pride ap/20080626/israel_gay_pride AP Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:28:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_gay_pride"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080626/capt.33680fa779b64d89a1069fc0a7108ea7.mideast_israel_gay_pride_jrl118.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=DC9rAxIyATfIxuEbdV1kBw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Two girls kiss during a Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem, Thursday, June 26, 2008. About 3,000 gays marched through Jerusalem in their annual Gay Pride parade. The march and rally in a public park that followed proceeded without incident. Police said they had about 2,000 officers on duty to protect the marchers from protesters. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)" border="0" /></a>AP - About 3,000 gays have marched through Jerusalem in their annual Gay Pride parade. The march was followed by a rally, both proceeding without incident.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_gay_pride"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080626/capt.33680fa779b64d89a1069fc0a7108ea7.mideast_israel_gay_pride_jrl118.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=DC9rAxIyATfIxuEbdV1kBw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Two girls kiss during a Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem, Thursday, June 26, 2008. About 3,000 gays marched through Jerusalem in their annual Gay Pride parade. The march and rally in a public park that followed proceeded without incident. Police said they had about 2,000 officers on duty to protect the marchers from protesters. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080626/ts_afp/lifestyleisraelgay afp/20080626/lifestyleisraelgay AFP Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:51:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080626/ts_afp/lifestyleisraelgay"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080626/capt.cps.mvi05.260608193854.photo00.photo.default-339x512.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=tKgzb7X4yskM0OC_S.LiCA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Israeli participants hold up the multi-colored Gay Pride flag together with the national flag during the controversial Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem. About 2,000 people gathered in Jerusalem on Thursday for an annual Gay Pride parade which in the past had been the focus of violent controversy in the Holy City.(AFP/Gali Tibbon)" border="0" /></a>AFP - About 2,000 people took part in an annual Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem on Thursday which passed off without major incident even though it had been the focus of violent controversy in the past.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080626/ts_afp/lifestyleisraelgay"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080626/capt.cps.mvi05.260608193854.photo00.photo.default-339x512.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=tKgzb7X4yskM0OC_S.LiCA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Israeli participants hold up the multi-colored Gay Pride flag together with the national flag during the controversial Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem. About 2,000 people gathered in Jerusalem on Thursday for an annual Gay Pride parade which in the past had been the focus of violent controversy in the Holy City.(AFP/Gali Tibbon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080625/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cuba_gay_rights ap/20080625/cuba_gay_rights AP Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:59:35 GMT AP - Cuba's Roman Catholic Church on Tuesday protested the communist government's growing support of gay rights, including a daylong event raising awareness against homophobia and a law allowing sex-change operations. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080624/ap_on_re_us/mormons_gay_marriage ap/20080624/mormons_gay_marriage AP Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:13:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080624/ap_on_re_us/mormons_gay_marriage"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080618/2008_06_17t212551_450x345_us_marriage_gay.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=Ui44lU9iuxYJNRezGtDDog--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="Newlyweds Sharon Papo (L) and Amber Weiss (R) stand with Patti and David Weiss outside San Francisco City Hall after exchanging wedding vows on the first full day of legal same-sex marriages in California June 17, 2008. Gay marriage supporters see the move by the most populous U.S. state to allow same-sex weddings as an historic move long overdue, while opponents brand it a moral tragedy. (Erin Siegal/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is asking California members to join the effort to amend that state's constitution to define marriage as being between a man and a woman.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080624/ap_on_re_us/mormons_gay_marriage"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080618/2008_06_17t212551_450x345_us_marriage_gay.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=Ui44lU9iuxYJNRezGtDDog--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="photo" title="Newlyweds Sharon Papo (L) and Amber Weiss (R) stand with Patti and David Weiss outside San Francisco City Hall after exchanging wedding vows on the first full day of legal same-sex marriages in California June 17, 2008. Gay marriage supporters see the move by the most populous U.S. state to allow same-sex weddings as an historic move long overdue, while opponents brand it a moral tragedy. (Erin Siegal/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080623/wl_mideast_afp/lifestyleisraelgaycourt afp/20080623/lifestyleisraelgaycourt AFP Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:13:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080623/wl_mideast_afp/lifestyleisraelgaycourt"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080623/capt.cps.muo33.230608221203.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Db8G.wUozNvEQ6phqsPw.g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Israeli Gay pride members parading in Jerusalem in 2007. Israel's Supreme Court on Monday rejected a petition to ban this year's Jerusalem Gay Pride parade, an annual event that has been the focus of violent controversy in the Holy City in the past.(AFP/File/Mariana Vasconcellos)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Israel's Supreme Court on Monday rejected a petition to ban this year's Jerusalem Gay Pride parade, an annual event that has been the focus of violent controversy in the Holy City in the past.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080623/wl_mideast_afp/lifestyleisraelgaycourt"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080623/capt.cps.muo33.230608221203.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Db8G.wUozNvEQ6phqsPw.g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Israeli Gay pride members parading in Jerusalem in 2007. Israel's Supreme Court on Monday rejected a petition to ban this year's Jerusalem Gay Pride parade, an annual event that has been the focus of violent controversy in the Holy City in the past.(AFP/File/Mariana Vasconcellos)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080622/ap_on_re_us/gay_marriage ap/20080622/gay_marriage AP Sun, 22 Jun 2008 11:40:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080622/ap_on_re_us/gay_marriage"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080622/capt.17acd102d78e43fdb58e1ca8204472d2.gay_marriage_cars102.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=VEBzibGMUSZPeDKfQgmSow--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Tom Rosa, owner of Cake And Art, prepares a special cake for a same-gender wedding at his shop in West Hollywood, Calif., Saturday, June 21, 2008. Same-sex couples across California exchanged vows and wedding bands on the first weekend since the state began allowing gays and lesbians to legally marry. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Same-sex couples across California exchanged vows and wedding bands on the first weekend since the state began allowing gays and lesbians to legally marry.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080622/ap_on_re_us/gay_marriage"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080622/capt.17acd102d78e43fdb58e1ca8204472d2.gay_marriage_cars102.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=VEBzibGMUSZPeDKfQgmSow--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="photo" title="Tom Rosa, owner of Cake And Art, prepares a special cake for a same-gender wedding at his shop in West Hollywood, Calif., Saturday, June 21, 2008. Same-sex couples across California exchanged vows and wedding bands on the first weekend since the state began allowing gays and lesbians to legally marry. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080621/ap_on_re_mi_ea/saudi_homosexuals ap/20080621/saudi_homosexuals AP Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:03:49 GMT AP - A Saudi newspaper says religious police have arrested 21 allegedly homosexual men and confiscated large amounts of alcohol. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080619/ap_on_re_us/gay_rights_maine ap/20080619/gay_rights_maine AP Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:51:08 GMT AP - An evangelical group has abandoned its campaign to overturn Maine's law protecting gays and lesbians from discrimination, days after California began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080619/wl_mideast_afp/lifestyleisraelgayreligion afp/20080619/lifestyleisraelgayreligion AFP Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:05:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080619/wl_mideast_afp/lifestyleisraelgayreligion"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080619/capt.cps.mtq69.190608180439.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=sRdl8VYxbapCaywN0ZDdaA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Israeli Gay Pride members blow soap bubbles and hold balloons as the gather in Zion Square in the centre of Jerusalem, September 2007. A rightwing group has asked the Israeli Supreme Court to ban this year's Jerusalem Gay Pride parade, an annual event that has drawn violent controversy in the Holy City in the past.(AFP/File/Mariana Vasconcellos)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A rightwing group on Thursday asked the Israeli Supreme Court to ban this year's Jerusalem Gay Pride parade, an annual event that has drawn violent controversy in the Holy City in the past.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080619/wl_mideast_afp/lifestyleisraelgayreligion"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080619/capt.cps.mtq69.190608180439.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=sRdl8VYxbapCaywN0ZDdaA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Israeli Gay Pride members blow soap bubbles and hold balloons as the gather in Zion Square in the centre of Jerusalem, September 2007. A rightwing group has asked the Israeli Supreme Court to ban this year's Jerusalem Gay Pride parade, an annual event that has drawn violent controversy in the Holy City in the past.(AFP/File/Mariana Vasconcellos)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080618/ts_afp/lifestyleuscourtgaysmarriage afp/20080618/lifestyleuscourtgaysmarriage AFP Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:12:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080618/ts_afp/lifestyleuscourtgaysmarriage"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080618/capt.cps.mtl50.180608201545.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=1DYfVOcHJUMShPahe8IhEw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Kory O'Rourke (L) and Kate Shepphard pick up their marriage certificate with their daughter Keaton, 2, and baby son Korbyn after exchanging vows at City Hall in San Francisco, California on June 17, 2008. Several hundred gay and lesbian couples were married in California on the first full day of legalized same-sex weddings, a tally of official figures and local media reports showed Wednesday.(AFP/File/Ryan Anson)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Several hundred gay and lesbian couples were married in California on the first full day of legalized same-sex weddings, a tally of official figures and local media reports showed Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gayissues/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080618/ts_afp/lifestyleuscourtgaysmarriage"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080618/capt.cps.mtl50.180608201545.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=1DYfVOcHJUMShPahe8IhEw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Kory O'Rourke (L) and Kate Shepphard pick up their marriage certificate with their daughter Keaton, 2, and baby son Korbyn after exchanging vows at City Hall in San Francisco, California on June 17, 2008. Several hundred gay and lesbian couples were married in California on the first full day of legalized same-sex weddings, a tally of official figures and local media reports showed Wednesday.(AFP/File/Ryan Anson)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)