Gay runs breezy 9.68 to outshine lightning Bolt
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
A HEFTY wind at his back meant Tyson Gay's phenomenal 100m time of 9.68s on Sunday at the US Track and Field Olympic trials will not go into the record ...
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Heath Ledger as the Joker and Gay Pride: Today's Other Tabloid Stories
Village Voice - New York,NY,USA
Both papers cover yesterday's gay pride parade (formal title: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Parade), albeit to different degrees. ...
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Rapid rises in diagnoses in US gay men concentrated in black and ...
Aidsmap - UK
For gay men and other MSM, the annual rise was 1.5%. The analysis covers the 33 states that had a system of confidential, name-based HIV case reporting ...
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Wind speeds Gay in 100m win
Detroit Free Press - United States
It won't count in the record books, but Tyson Gay ran the fastest 100 meters in history by a human Sunday at the US Olympic track and field trials. ...
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Gay's windy 100 highlights busy day
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Minutes later, Tyson Gay ran the fastest 100-meter race in history when he flew down the track in 9.68 seconds, a blur in a blue uniform forcefully aided by ...
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Tyson Gay rises to the occasion, in more ways than one
Hellenicathletes.com - Norwalk,CT,USA
Leading the charge is a small group of American athletes, including the US's star sprinter and newly crowned 100m champion, Tyson Gay. ...
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California's governor resigned to gay marriage
WLFI.com - West Lafayette,IN,USA
AP - June 29, 2008 11:03 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says it's a "waste of time" to try to get an anti-gay marriage ...
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Gay's 9.68 winning time in 100-meters wind-aided
Sports Network - USA
Eugene, OR (Sports Network) - Tyson Gay surged into the Beijing Games Sunday by winning the 100 meters in 9.68 seconds at the US Olympic Track & Field ...
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Politics, pageantry mingle at Chicago gay pride parade
Chicago Tribune - United States
a man shouted to the local newlyweds, who took advantage of the California Supreme Court's decision last month to overturn a ban on gay marriage. ...
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Tyson Gay runs 100 metres in wind-aided 9.68
CBC.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
By Paul Gains CBC Sports Tyson Gay crosses the finish line ahead of Darvis Patton, right, to win the men's 100-metre final with a wind-assisted time of 9.68 ...
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Everyone loves a (Gay Pride) parade
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
But there are two subjects -- First Amendment rights and equal rights for gay couples -- that you will have a really hard time getting me to shut up about. ...
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Can fireworks be gay?
City Pulse - Lansing,MI,USA
A special segment of Saturday's fireworks display will explicitly celebrate gay pride. How Matthews plans to do that with sulfur and sparks, ...
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Retired clergy offer to perform gay marriages in California
guardian.co.uk - UK
Church law forbids clergy - both active and retired - from performing gay marriages. "We're willing to challenge the injustice and contradictions of this," ...
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Cuba plans its first gay pride parade
guardian.co.uk - UK
Working with Florida's Unity Coalition, activists in Cuba have organised the island's first gay pride parade. Members of the Foundation LGTB Reinaldo Arenas ...
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Documentary explores the struggles of gay and lesbian Muslims
Houston Chronicle - United States
By BARBARA KARKABI Parvez Sharma believes the gay and lesbian Muslims in A Jihad for Love, his new documentary, are an unlikely but compelling group of ...
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Mormons and gay marriage
New Statesman - London,England,UK
The LDS Church isn't anti-gay, per se. According to Mormon doctrine, homosexual is not a noun used to label a person, but rather an adjective to be applied ...
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Heinz withdraws gay advert after complaints
AFP -
LONDON (AFP) — US food giant Heinz has pulled a television commercial featuring a gay kiss after the advertising watchdog received over 200 complaints. ...
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Canadians urged to support gay rights abroad
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
For instance, in Turkey, he said, the Islamist party now in power has shown more sympathy for gay rights than the secular party that ruled before it. ...
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Activists to boycott gay-rights group dinner
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
As gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people prepare to celebrate gay pride in San Francisco this weekend, many of them also are organizing a boycott ...
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Gay sorry meltdown
NEWS.com.au - Australia
THE Hobart City Council has been split by a bitter row over an apology to gay activists. Deputy Lord Mayor Eva Ruzicka faces a code of conduct complaint ...
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View of gay marriage changes when it's personal
MLive.com - MI,USA
That changed last week, when hundreds of gay couples tied the knot in California after a court ruling that the state's ban on gay marriage violated the ...
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When Biology Doesn't Explain Gay
ABC News - USA
ABCNEWS.com recently reported on a Swedish study indicating that the brains of gay people are more like the brains of straight people of the opposite sex ...
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Gay-Marriage Advocates Seek To Block Calif. Amendment
Evening Bulletin - Philadelphia,PA,USA
Civil rights groups face an uphill struggle in the court of public opinion to defeat an amendment to the California state constitution banning marriage ...
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HIV positive man had unsafe sex at gay romp: court
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
An HIV positive man had unprotected sex at a gay sex venue without telling people he had the virus, a court has heard today. The Victorian County Court ...
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Apology to gay rights activists arrested 20 years ago
ABC Online - Australia
The Hobart City Council will apologise to the gay and lesbian community for actions dating back 20 years. In 1988 the council banned a gay reform stall at ...
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Run and Walk with Pride marks start of gay-pride week
Seattle Times - United States
In the months since coming out to her friends and co-workers, Param Ghangas has been looking for ways to get to know the gay community. ...
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No skipping gay-friendly classes, schools tell parents
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
The ministry guidelines stem from a contract the government signed with gay activists Murray and Peter Corren. The couple launched a human-rights case ...
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Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa to officiate at gay marriage of ...
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
By Jason Song, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will officiate at his first gay marriage ceremony today at Los Angeles City Hall, ...
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Miss: Vetoed gay marriage bill (2005)
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
In 2005, Schwarzenegger said legislation, which would have legalized same-sex marriage in California, would be in conflict with the intent of voters, ...
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Gay bishops have changed my mind
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
I used to think that it was intolerable for anti-gay bigots to use their repellent prejudices to blackmail the harmless Anglican homosexuals, ...
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Gene Robinson is the Episcopalian's first openly gay bishop
BBC News - UK
... over homosexuality - has been widening steadily ever since the ordination by its American wing of the openly-gay bishop Gene Robinson in 2003. ...
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Powell names Bolt not Gay as his main Olympic rival
guardian.co.uk - UK
"(Usain Bolt) is my main rival," said Powell, picking his compatriot over American world champion Tyson Gay after a confidence-boosting run of 9.96 seconds ...
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More Gay Couples Go to California to Get Their Marriage License
Enews 2.0 - London,England,UK
An estimated 12190 gay couples from New York are expected to go to California to get their marriage license in the next three years, according to UCLA study ...
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First Czech Gay Pride has Brno up in arms
Aktuálně.cz - Praha,Czech Republic
Brno - Southern Moravian capital will see the first gay and lesbian march ever held in the country. The so-called "Rainbow Parade" event, ...
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Presbyterians in SJ to tackle tough issues
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
By Mary Anne Ostrom Against a backdrop of the first week of legal gay marriages in California, the nation's largest Presbyterian denomination opened its ...
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California's top spots for gay travelers
Seattle Times - United States
San Francisco, West Hollywood, Palm Springs and San Diego are among the top four favored California destinations for gay and lesbian travelers. ...
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Lesbians wed more often than gay men
Detroit Free Press - United States
Based on a tally of the licenses Thursday -- using first names as a guide -- 60% of the same-sex newlyweds this week are lesbians and 40% are gay men. ...
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Presbyterians in San Jose tackle tough issues
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
Against a backdrop of the first week of legal gay marriages in California, the nation's largest Presbyterian denomination opened its biennial meeting in San ...
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KC gay film fest starts Friday
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
The 2008 KC Gay & Lesbian Film + Video Festival kicks off Friday with a doc about the military's policy toward homosexuals and continues through July 3 at ...
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Gay couples across California trade weekend vows
KGAN - Cedar Rapids,IA,USA
Last Monday, California became the only US state besides Massachusetts to allow gay couples to marry, one month after the state Supreme Court overturned a ...
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10000 for Gay Pride parade
The Press Association -
Up to 10000 people are taking part the Gay Pride parade through Dublin city. The colourful event marks the conclusion of the capital's 25th Pride festival, ...
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Big gay groups: Do marry, don't sue
pride source.com - Farmington,MI,USA
By Rex Wockner Leading national gay organizations have issued a strongly worded advisory all but demanding that same-sex couples who visit California to get ...
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Gay marriage may boost Calif. tourism revenue
Scripps News - Washington,DC,USA
JOHN, Fresno Bee The California Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage in the state came as both a personal vindication and a business opportunity for ...
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Gay weddings are not quite a piece of cake
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
In the first week gay marriage was legal in California, more than 6300 marriage licenses were granted throughout the state -- more than double in an average ...
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Pew Forum surveys denominations' views on gay marriage
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
By Steve Padilla, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer So what do the country's leading religious denominations have to say about gay marriage? ...
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Group drops anti-gay effort Christian Civic League falls short of ...
Central Maine Morning Sentinel - Augusta,ME,USA
BY PAUL CARRIER AUGUSTA -- The Christian Civic League of Maine has abandoned its campaign to repeal the state's gay-rights law and prevent other safeguards ...
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Maine group drops push to repeal gay rights law
The Associated Press -
California and Massachusetts are the only two states to have legalized gay marriage. A handful of states allow civil unions or domestic partnerships among ...
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Clerk reassigns workers who object to gay marriage
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... clerk's office have been reassigned to other duties because they expressed religious objections to gay marriage, county clerk Gregory Smith said Friday. ...
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Gay Marriage in West Hollywood, Day One
Brad Blog - USA
I live about 100 yards from West Hollywood City Hall so Tuesday, when the first marriage licenses were issued to gay people there, was a big day for news ...
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In today's pages: McCain, mortgages, gay marriage, graduation
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
On the letters page, readers discuss gay marriage. Paul Derouin writes: The only thing missing from this headline is the exclamation point. ...
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Gay Weddings? Throw in a House
Wall Street Journal Blogs - New York,NY,USA
San Diego real-estate company Wellsford Realty is looking to drum up some business amid the rush of same-sex weddings in California. ...
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Conservatives wrong to fight gay marriage
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
What about the extremes of the gay and lesbian lifestyle, in-your-face promiscuity, unsavory public displays of drag queens and preying on the young and ...
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Reassignment possible for gay wedding refusals
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
AP SAN DIEGO—Employees who refuse to perform gay wedding ceremonies at the San Diego County Clerk's Office are facing reassignment. ...
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Gay ex-Lauderdale commissioner joins mayoral race
MiamiHerald.com - Miami,FL,USA
Dean Trantalis' entry into the Fort Lauderdale race for mayor could split the gay vote. BY AMY SHERMAN After Mayor Jim Naugle enraged Fort Lauderdale gays ...
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West Hollywood Rolls Out Carpet
Wall Street Journal - USA
Tuesday morning, they joined a crowd of gay and lesbian couples who had flocked to West Hollywood Park, where the city had set up a special office to issue ...
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Maine: Group Abandons Gay Law Campaign
New York Times - United States
By AP A group has abandoned a campaign to overturn a state law protecting gay men and lesbians from discrimination. The group, the Christian Civic League of ...
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Vicar who has remained defiant in the furore over a gay 'wedding ...
guardian.co.uk - UK
But a lot can change in a week and when, on May 31, he presided at a service for two gay clergy the rector could never have predicted that, ...
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Gay Weddings: Ellen DeGeneres & Portia de Rossi Pre-Nup, George ...
National Ledger - Apache Junction,AZ,USA
By Karen Diaz Hollywood gay weddings are ready for the plunge. Star Trek actor George Takei has become one of the first gay men in California to obtain a ...
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Maine group drops anti-gay rights push
Boston Globe - United States
AUGUSTA, Maine—A citizen's initiative campaign to repeal Maine's gay rights law and seeking roadblocks to gay marriages is being abandoned. ...
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All Saints star Virginia Gay bashed in deadly rampage
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia
ALL Saints star Virginia Gay is recovering after a violent attack by two men who bashed another victim to death only minutes later. ...
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Images released of pair who bashed chef, TV star
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
A BROTHER of the Sydney chef Daniel Owen, bashed to death by two robbers who assaulted the All Saints television star Virginia Gay in a separate attack on ...
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Gay Traits: It's All In The Mind, Says Study
TheMedGuru - Chandigarh,India
by Ishpreet Bindra Researchers in Sweden seem to have finally zeroed in on the reasons behind a person, choosing to be a gay. The differences lie in the ...
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Gay marriages contribute to a June boom
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Just over 2700 marriage licenses were issued in the state between 5:01 pm on Monday -- when the state Supreme Court's ruling lifted the ban on gay marriage ...
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'Love in air' as state's same-sex couples wed
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
From the heart of the conservative Central Valley to the state's most gay- and lesbian-friendly enclaves, Tuesday was wedding day in California. ...
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Same-sex marriages in California: a historic, yet 'subdued' day
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
With the nation watching, hundreds of gay and lesbian couples in the Bay Area exchange vows or take out marriage licenses, now allowed under California law. ...
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Gay couples tie the knot in Kern County
KGET 17 - Bakersfield,CA,USA
It was an historic moment for many Kern County gay couples in who were finally able to say "I do" and legally marry. Gay activists said about two dozen ...
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Sense of Calm as Gay Couples Wed in California
New York Times - United States
More Photos > By JESSE MCKINLEY SAN FRANCISCO — With a sense of history and a looming battle at the ballot box, hundreds of gay and lesbian couples in ...
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Sulu's Bliss: Gay Marriage in CA
Yahoo! News - USA
There were elements of just what you would expect from any event signifying a cultural flashpoint: Protesters waved pickets condemning gay marriage and ...
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Gay marriage makes history in Kern County, dozens of gay couples wed
Bakersfield Now - Bakersfield,CA,USA
Tetzlaff was among several clergy to volunteer to marry gay couples just outside the County Administrative Building. Dozens of friends, family and ...
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Let The Celebrations Begin: Gay Couples Legally Marry in California
The Gay Financial Network -
Martin and Lyon have been at the forefront of the gay-rights movement since they moved in together in 1953. They've fought for equality for gays and ...
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Gay couples in LA area unite
USA Today - USA
Though West Hollywood is only one of half-dozen locations in Los Angeles County where licenses were being issued, it is the center of gay life in the region ...
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Appeals court refuses to stop gay weddings
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
A conservative group's last legal chance to stop gay marriages before the November election appears to have failed. The Liberty Council had asked a state ...
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Crowd watches Solano County's first gay marriages
Vallejo Times-Herald - Vallejo,CA,USA
County clerk offices across the state opened their doors the same day to hundreds of gay and lesbian couples with appointments to secure marriage licenses ...
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County Clerk Gets an Early Start on Gay Weddings
NPR - USA
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Weddings seen as landmark for gays
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
For gay couples – who began getting legally married last night and will flood the offices of county clerks statewide today – the hope is that a similar ...
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Gay marriage reaction? It's all over the map
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Denmark has recognized same-sex "partnerships" since 1989, which ensured that gay and lesbian couples received most of the same social benefits, ...
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States to face legal fallout from Calif. gay marriages
Detroit Free Press - United States
ORG • June 17, 2008 As thousands of gay couples from across the country prepare to marry in California, many states are girding for legal challenges when ...
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California's first gay marriages go ahead
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
By Catherine Elsworth in Los Angeles and agencies The first legally recognised gay marriages were performed in California last night as the state became the ...
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Attorneys Appeal For Gay Marriage Delay
Christian Broadcasting Network - Virginia Beach,VA,USA
But Californians will get another chance to vote in November on an amendment to the state's constitution that would ban gay marriage. ...
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Group Optimistic About Shooting Down Gay Marriages
NBC 11.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
Traditional marriage supporters opposed to this year's California Supreme Court ruling in support of gay marriages said Monday they are confident voters ...
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Study Says Brains of Gay Men and Women Are Similar
Scientific American - USA
By Nikhil Swaminathan IN TOUCH WITH FEMININE SIDE: Researchers say the brains of gay men are similar to those of women--and the brains of gay women are ...
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Olympics-No free passes for Phelps, Gay at US trials
Reuters - USA
By Steve Keating NEW YORK, June 17 (Reuters) - Swimmer Michael Phelps, sprinter Tyson Gay and gymnast Shawn Johnson all face cut-throat competition in the ...
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Reader Q&A on gay marriage
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
By Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer With gay marriage set to begin in California on June 16, The Times is answering readers' questions on ...
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Supreme Court's decision finalized, gay couples set to marry
KGET 17 - Bakersfield,CA,USA
Many county clerks said they plan to stay past 5 to do just that, but don't expect that to happen here in Kern County. Kern County Clerk Ann Barnett decided ...
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Gay men have similar brains to straight women, scientists claim
guardian.co.uk - UK
Striking similarities between the brains of gay men and straight women have been discovered by neuroscientists, offering fresh evidence that sexual ...
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Radio star to apologise for gay comments
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia
Today, 2UE and gay activist Gary Burns, who brought the action against the radio station and its presenters, agreed to settle out of court. ...
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Armed Forces are a credit to our country
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
By The Prince of Wales The Queen's Birthday Parade on Horse Guards yesterday does, perhaps, give us an opportunity to reflect on the absolutely crucial role ...
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Key figures define themselves by, and in opposition to, gay marriage
Detroit Free Press - United States
The national struggle over gay marriage is taking a momentous turn this week with the first legal same-sex weddings in California. ...
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Call to hire more army retirees
New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia
KUCHING: Armed forces personnel retire 18 years earlier than those who work in the civil service, often leaving them in a financial bind. ...
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What's new: Immigration reform? Maybe not. Gay marriage? Unlikely ...
USA Today - USA
The Plain Dealer -- Gay marriage likely won't be a major issue in the presidential campaign: Though a California initiative will put the subject on the ...
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Gay brains structured like those of the opposite sex
New Scientist (subscription) - UK
The scans reveal that in gay people, key structures of the brain governing emotion, mood, anxiety and aggressiveness resemble those in straight people of ...
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Amazing Race celebs to attend parade
Indianapolis Star - United States
Amazing Race stars Kynt and Vyxsin, America's favorite Goth couple will appear in the Indianapolis Gay Pride Parade and Festival this weekend. ...
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Church faces gay clergy row
The Press Association -
The Church of England is facing fresh controversy over gay clergy and threats of a walkout by clergy opposed to the consecration of women bishops. ...
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Laws, Price apologise for 'gay' comments
ABC Online - Australia
Two prominent Sydney radio presenters have agreed to publicly apologise for comments they made on air in 2003 about a gay couple who appeared on the reality ...
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Church ire over gay 'I do'
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
A New Zealand doctor who is also an Anglican cleric has triggered a huge church row by "marrying" his chaplain boyfriend in a ceremony conducted by the ...
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'Marriage' reignites gay clergy row
The Press Association -
The first gay "marriage" to be held in an Anglican church has reignited controversy over homosexual clergy and same sex civil partnerships. ...
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Gay Pride parade comes of age
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada
By RENATO GANDIA, SUN MEDIA Francis Hyde is celebrating two special occasions: His pride as a member of the gay and lesbian community and Father's Day. ...
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Going gay around the world
Inquirer.net - Philippines
The most populous US state California will hold its first gay marriages starting on Monday, two weeks after the state Supreme Court quashed a ban on the ...
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Newsom plans carefully for same-sex ceremonies
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Just like four years ago, the story line Newsom and gay activists are pitching this time is about fairness and "couples next door." -- No stunts. ...
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Caution advised on gay marriage
Seattle Times - United States
But after wedding-day celebrations subside, gay and lesbian couples from other states face sobering challenges. Many will return home to states that ...
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Father's Day is also a celebration for gay fathers
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
We were delighted that the California Supreme Court ruled that gay couples have a right to marry. We do not see the Supreme Court of California making ...
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Patrick gets cheers at gay pride event
Boston Globe - United States
Alongside the tens of thousands who lined Boston's streets for yesterday's annual Gay Pride parade, the father and son stood quietly amid the carnival-like ...
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Hundreds attend prom for gay youths
MiamiHerald.com - Miami,FL,USA
''I inspired one of the seniors, who's also gay, for him to bring his boyfriend,'' said Einhorn, a student at Donna Klein Jewish Academy in Boca Raton. ...
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How gays' attitudes toward marriage evolved
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
That is a question many people who have long been part of the modern gay and lesbian civil rights movement are asking after the court's ruling. ...
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California's dreaming of a new lucrative summer of love
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
But instead of Edenic orange groves, new arrivals will be greeted with "Gay Palm Springs" hotel packages with rose petals, champagne, two souvenir pillows ...
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The New 'I Do'
Washington Post - United States
A month after the California Supreme Court overturned the state's ban on same-sex marriage, gay couples will be able to walk into county offices here and ...
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Some gay couples won't join rush to the altar in California
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
By Michael Stetz For many gay and lesbian couples, the chance to marry is nothing short of a dream come true. Some have been together for decades and never ...
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In SJ, celebrating a gay rights milestone
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
By Jessie Mangaliman When Tony Zhukovskiy struts at San Jose's gay-pride parade this weekend, out and proud at 17, he will be marching down a long history ...
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Gay artists, farmers flock to Prince Edward County
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
Bill has been raising sheep here for seven years; he's found a new way of life, as a farmer who happens to be gay. "In the city, most of my friends were gay ...
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Gay flag (and tolerance) on the way up in Truro
TheChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
Mr. Mills told Mr. Thompson last August that he could not support flying the gay pride flag because, as a Christian, he couldn't condone homosexuality or ...
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They plan to have a gay ol' time
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada
That is the very reason why our gay community should have a gay pride parade, why they should have the mayor officially declare Pride Week. ...
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Economic benefits in same-sex unions
Baltimore Sun - United States
Barring further legal intervention, gay couples will be able to start marrying at 5:01 pm Monday, when the Supreme Court's decision becomes final. ...
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Marchers savor marriage ruling, celebrate gay pride
Sacramento Bee - CA, USA
Randall Benton / rbenton@sacbee.com Scores of gay rights advocates rallied and marched Friday at the state Capitol – not to lament and protest, ...
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Gay library wants to raise local profile
Indianapolis Star - United States
It's the equivalent of the local gay community's attic, a quirky, pint-sized Smithsonian containing four decades of odds and ends: long-defunct gay ...
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