A major  breakthrough in the fight against AIDS. A pill already used to treat HIV infection turns out to be a powerful weapon in protecting the healthy from catching the virus.  Click here for the full article.

A major  breakthrough in the fight against AIDS. A pill already used to treat HIV infection turns out to be a powerful weapon in protecting the healthy from catching the virus.  Click here for the full article.

A federal judge in San Francisco decided on Wednesday that gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marry, striking down Proposition 8, the voter-approved ballot measure that banned same-sex unions in 2008.

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A federal judge in San Francisco decided on Wednesday that gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marry, striking down Proposition 8, the voter-approved ballot measure that banned same-sex unions in 2008. Watch on Youtube:

The 35th Toronto International Film Festival has announced this year’s line-up of Galas and Special Presentations which take place September 9 to 19th, 2010. Three films making their World Premiere at the festival that have queer interest are: Beginners, Yves Saint Laurent – Pierre Berge, L’Amour Fou and Rabbit Hole.

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The 35th Toronto International Film Festival has announced this year’s line-up of Galas and Special Presentations which take place September 9 to 19th, 2010. Three films making their World Premiere at the festival that have queer interest are: Beginners, Yves Saint Laurent – Pierre Berge, L’Amour Fou and Rabbit Hole. Click here to read more!

Evolutionary anthropologist Professor Volker Sommer of University College London (UCL) explores the complex relationship between homosexuality, morality and nature.

Worth a view, stuff that most of us gays already know, but nice to be acknowledged again academically

  Evolutionary anthropologist Professor Volker Sommer of University College London (UCL) explores the complex relationship between homosexuality, morality and nature. Worth a view, stuff that most of us gays already know, but nice to be acknowledged again academically

A lawsuit accusing a gay NYPD lieutenant of fondling himself in front of two male sergeants is costing the city a lot of scratch.

The city has agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a sexual harassment claim against Lt. Kieran Crowe, who blamed his behavior on jock itch, the Daily News has learned.

Sgt. Dominic Coppola will receive $175,000 and Sgt. Sean Gallagher $125,000 in the agreement hammered out Monday in Manhattan Federal Court, according to their lawyer, Eric Sanders.

“Although our clients are satisfied that the litigation is over, it is further proof that the once-silent issue of same-sex harassment is on the rise,” said Sanders, of the Law Firm of Jeffrey Goldberg in Lake Success, L.I.

Crowe retired from the NYPD in 2008 after he was found guilty in a department trial of rubbing his crotch, simulating masturbation and wiggling his tongue at the sergeants.

According to court papers, a dermatologist testified at the trial that Crowe was treated for jock itch for a decade.

Asked at the trial whether he ever placed his right hand anywhere near his private parts at his Police Headquarters office, Crowe answered: “It is possible because of medical conditions, but never in the way that these complainants have said.”

“He paid nothing, he did nothing, he admitted nothing,” Crowe’s lawyer Rae Koshetz told The News.

“If the city wants to pay these people, that’s their choice.”

Coppola is still on the force, and Gallagher is now the chief of a small police department in Washington State, his lawyer said.
BY John Marzulli
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

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A lawsuit accusing a gay NYPD lieutenant of fondling himself in front of two male sergeants is costing the city a lot of scratch. The city has agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a sexual harassment claim against Lt. Kieran Crowe, who blamed his behavior on jock itch, the Daily News has learned. Sgt. Dominic [...]

An attorney for the nation’s largest Republican gay rights group has told a judge he will use President Obama’s statements in a federal court lawsuit challenging the government’s “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays in the military. In his opening statement Tuesday at the trial in Riverside, Calif., attorney Dan Woods said he will [...]

Moscow’s mayor, Yuri M. Luzhkov, an outspoken opponent of gay rights groups, vowed Monday to again prevent a gay parade in the city. Mr. Luzhkov referred to gay parades as “satanic,” the Interfax news agency reported. Members of gay groups have tried to march in Moscow in recent years, only to be detained or dispersed. “We haven’t permitted such a parade and we won’t permit it in the future,” said Mr. Luzhkov, above. “It’s high time that we stop propagating nonsense discussions about human rights, and bring to bear on them the full force and justice of the law.” Gay rights groups said they would press ahead with plans for a parade in May.

Source: www.nytimes.com

Moscow’s mayor, Yuri M. Luzhkov, an outspoken opponent of gay rights groups, vowed Monday to again prevent a gay parade in the city. Mr. Luzhkov referred to gay parades as “satanic,” the Interfax news agency reported. Members of gay groups have tried to march in Moscow in recent years, only to be detained or dispersed. [...]

A week ago China’s first gay pageant was cancelled, on orders from the police.

The event had been hailed as a new chapter of openness towards the gay community in China, where homosexuality was illegal until 1997 and defined as mental disorder until 2001.

Here three gay men in China describe the pressures they have to live with and the compromises they have to make.

Michael Tsai, 23yo

I was going to be the host for the gay pageant Mr Gay China, but unfortunately the government has once again oppressed its people silently. It would have been a wonderful step but there is much more fear than understanding.

Although I wouldn’t call it discrimination, there’s definitely a pressure to conformity in Chinese society. The goal is to to marry and produce male offspring. Since the Chinese are allowed to have only one child there is even more pressure to conform.

Thankfully I come from a family of two boys and the need to carry on the family name has already been fulfilled. I am out to all my family, my friends and colleagues.

Although I do feel that the country as a whole has become a lot more tolerant, it isn’t necessarily more understanding

My family feels that if something is not spoken about then it either doesn’t exist or it will be forgotten. Even though they know I’m gay they still say things like “When you find your wife…”

I’m sure my parents are not thrilled by my sexual orientation but they seem to be dealing with it through denial and that’s perfectly fine with me.

China has become a get-rich-fast society, a society where you build up power and forget about everyone else. There are more things to worry about than who’s attracted to who.

Most of the older Chinese feel that being gay is just a phase and that eventually it will work itself out.

I don’t feel that there are any problems in China that I’ve come across. If we aren’t too loud and proud about it then the subject doesn’t even cross anyone’s mind.

Although I do feel that the country as a whole has become a lot more tolerant, it isn’t necessarily more understanding.

Read two more China gay’s stories at http://news.bbc.co.uk

A week ago China’s first gay pageant was cancelled, on orders from the police. The event had been hailed as a new chapter of openness towards the gay community in China, where homosexuality was illegal until 1997 and defined as mental disorder until 2001. Here three gay men in China describe the pressures they have [...]

Judge Vaughn Walker

SAN FRANCISCO – The legal team defending California’s ban on same-sex marriages is in the very odd position of having to argue that most people—including heterosexuals—feel an attraction to people of the same sex at some time in their lives. They must argue that there’s no sharp line between heterosexuality and homosexuality, and that the image any person might have of a “mate” can be “infinitely variable.”

These are not the sorts of ideas put forth by the Yes on 8 campaign in 2008, when it sought passage of Proposition 8, to amend the state constitution to define marriage as including only “one man and one woman.” But the battle has moved from the political arena—where the general public can be swayed by appeals to numerous emotions—to the legal arena, where judges must scrutinize the logic and reasonableness of various arguments.

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SAN FRANCISCO – The legal team defending California’s ban on same-sex marriages is in the very odd position of having to argue that most people—including heterosexuals—feel an attraction to people of the same sex at some time in their lives. They must argue that there’s no sharp line between heterosexuality and homosexuality, and that the [...]

Friday morning, a memo from the Defense Department was released to the Associated Press calling for a delay in the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. They are looking to push it back until 2012, an election year.

Source: 365gay.com

Friday morning, a memo from the Defense Department was released to the Associated Press calling for a delay in the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. They are looking to push it back until 2012, an election year. Source: 365gay.com