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Reagan and AIDS: The Failure To Act 7 Feb 2011 | 02:13 pm
Here's a touching account of the early years of AIDS and the Reagan administration as told by the son of a then-budding lesbian activist. Never forget when governments fail to protect and serve the p...
Lesbian Beaten, Arrested, and Targeted 5 Feb 2011 | 11:13 am
A 25-year-old Alabama woman who says she was beaten outside a bar by a dozen people and then arrested claims she's being unfairly targeted because she's gay.
Lesbian students enter to cheers at Minn. school 1 Feb 2011 | 09:46 am
Two lesbian high school students who fought for the right to walk together as part of a royalty court made their entrances Monday to the cheers of hundreds of classmates.
Ohio Case: The 'Rosa Parks Moment' For Education? 30 Jan 2011 | 06:46 am
Kelley Williams-Bolar, an Akron, Ohio, woman who served nine days in jail for lying to get her children into a better school system, was released earlier this week.
Gay Parents Find the South More Welcoming, Census Says 20 Jan 2011 | 05:57 pm
Child rearing among same-sex couples is more common in the South than in any other region of the country, according to Gary Gates, a demographer at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Jimmy Carter: America Is Ready for a Gay President 16 Dec 2010 | 09:27 am
Jimmy Carter: Well I think the entire population of America has come tremendous strides forward in dealing with the issue of gays. And I would say that the answer is yes.
Explaining American schools' gay bullying epidemic 13 Dec 2010 | 11:30 am
A rash of suicides has focused the country's attention on the problem -- but an expert tells the real story
Gay and homeless: Gay youths living on Hollywood's streets 13 Dec 2010 | 11:06 am
Every year, hundreds of gay youths end up on the streets of L.A. County, where they make up a disproportionate share of the people under 25 who are homeless. 'They haven't been on the streets for year...
Gays in Africa face growing persecution, activists say 13 Dec 2010 | 10:28 am
Persecution of gays is intensifying across Africa, fueled by fundamentalist preachers, intolerant governments and homophobic politicians. Gay people have been denied access to health care, detained, t...
Explosive-laden Calif. home to be destroyed 8 Dec 2010 | 03:11 am
Prosecutors say Serbian-born George Jakubec quietly packed the home with the largest amount of homemade explosives ever found in one location in the U.S. and was running a virtual bomb-making factory ...
