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New Hampshire state Rep. Nancy Elliott wants to repeal same-sex marriage because “we’re talking about taking the penis of a man and putting it in the rectum of another man and wriggling it around in excrement. And you have to think, would I allow that to be done to me?” And to the other lawmakers […]

A proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage in West Virginia will not be moving forward, according to chairwoman of the WV House Constitutional Revision Committee. Delegate Barbara Fleischauer (D), said there is already a law in West Virgina that permits marriage only between a man and a woman, so there is no need to […]

A Chinese contestant will take part in the Mr. Gay World pageant to be held in Oslo this weekend despite Beijing’s attempts to prevent him doing so, an organizer has told AFP. Last month, Beijing police blocked China’s first gay pageant just one hour before the event was to begin, telling the organizers they did […]

The San Francisco school board voted Tuesday night to fund a substantial increase in instruction and services related to gay and lesbian issues. The school district, facing layoffs and massive program cuts, unanimously agreed that the estimated $120,000 annual price tag was worth it to support for gay and lesbian students — children who are […]

Lt. Dan Choi, who was discharged from the military for revealing he is gay under the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, is back in uniform. Last year, an Army National Guard committee had recommended that Choi […]

Two Democrats and all 62 Republicans in the Iowa state legislature failed Tuesday in their bid to bring up a resolution that would set up a statewide vote on a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. The first attempt came shortly before nine o’clock in the Senate. All 18 Republicans, and one Democrat, signed a document […]

Two Iowa state legislators have introduced a bill that would remove protections for gay, lesbian and transgender students from an anti-bullying law passed in 2007. Republican Reps. Jason Schultz and Matt Windschitl want to remove protection to lesbians, gay and transgender students from the Safe Schools Law, in and effort to reverse the Iowa’s Supreme […]

New Jersey’s largest gay rights group is suspending donations to political parties after feeling spurned by Democratic lawmakers who did not pass a gay marriage bill. In a statement released Monday, Garden State Equality said it will now contribute only to individual candidates and pro-LGBT non-party organizations: Sending a bold signal that no political party […]

An instructor at Fresno City College is under fire over his alleged teachings about homosexuality. The American Civil Liberties Union charged Monday that instructor Bradley Lopez is wrongly presenting religious-based and anti-gay views as fact in an introductory health class, and demanded the campus ensure health-science classes teach unbiased and medically accurate information. According to […]

Three candidates running for Rhode Island governor have promised to sign a gay marriage bill should it reach their desk if they are elected. Attorney General Patrick Lynch and General Treasurer Frank Caprio, both Democrats, and former Sen. Lincoln Chafee, an independent, have been invited by Marriage Equality Rhode Island to make their pledge public […]