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(Washington) Hundreds of couples applied for marriage licenses in Washington during the first week they were available to same-sex couples. Courthouse spokeswoman Leah Gurowitz says the 466 applications received from both gay and straight couples is much higher than the 50 or so applications normally received in a week. Couples can pick ...

New York City police are investigating the beating of a 22-year-old man in Brooklyn on March 2 as an anti-gay hate crime. The man was attacked by five other men and suffered cuts on the back of the head and bruises on the face, said WPIX.com news. During the assault, the men ...

 This week, we talked to Michael Urie from Ugly Betty, Thomas Jay Ryan, and Nick Westrate about the shows they’re currently appearing in about the gays. That’s right! What’s better than an historical play that focuses on gay men? TWO historical plays that focus on gay men! Also, Christmas. This week ...

* Rev up your Kindles everybody. Scott Brown is writing a book says Daily Intel. His plan is to focus on “his background, his early career, and his ascent to the office of Massachusetts senator.” Hopefully, his “descent to the dirty pages of Cosmo” will also get a chapter. * Last ...

(Johannesburg) Cuts in donor funding could cause an HIV "nightmare," the United Nations' AIDS agency chief warned Monday. Michel Sidibe appealed to government and private donors to keep investing in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, an international financing institution. He said that cuts in donations will decrease ...

Remember a few weeks back when Maggie Gallagher, president of the National Organization for Marriage, and blogger Andrew Sullivan went toe to toe at a  Cato Institute seminar? The organization's president said out gays and lesbians worked for it. She declined to name names at the time, but we thought ...

(Providence, RI) Mayor David Cicilline, an openly gay man, claims he has cleaned up Providence after the corruption of his predecessor, but his family relationships and connection to a former staffer could raise new questions about his reformer credentials. His father is a mafia lawyer. His brother just got out of federal ...

(New York) Annie Leibovitz, the photographer who mismanaged her fortune so badly that she faced losing legal rights to some of pop culture's most enduring images, has reached a long-term agreement with a private investment firm to help manage her debt and market her vast portfolio, both sides said Tuesday. Leibovitz, ...

(Havana) Looking in the mirror used to make Yiliam Gonzalez sick to her stomach. "I would see myself, and my body didn't match who I was," said the 28-year-old wedding pianist, who went by William before receiving a sex change under Cuba's universal health care system. Gonzalez is living proof of a ...

Former New York Rep. Eric Massa, who resigned his post this week, is the subject of an investigation concerning allegations he groped multiple male staffers, according to the Washington Post. One source of the Washington Post story described “a pattern of behavior and physical harassment” that dates back a year. The ...

 The Washington Post's ombudsman, Andrew Alexander, reported today that an unusual number of readers have complained and canceled subscriptions over the publishing of a photo of two men kissing on the front page. The photo, below, shows two men in a light kiss, celebrating the day that DC started accepting applications ...

The Washington state senate last week passed an anti-bullying law that includes protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students, with a vote of 48-0, according to Equal Rights Washington. Earlier in the session, the House voted to pass the bill 97-0. Gov. Chris Gregoire vowed to sign the bill when ...

(Denver) The archbishop of Denver on Tuesday defended a decision by a Catholic school not to allow two children to continue as students because their parents are a lesbian couple. Archbishop Charles J. Chaput said it was a "painful situation," but the decision by Sacred Heart of Jesus parish school in ...

Ousted New York state senator Hiram Monserrate’s supporters’ new campaign ploy is raising the ire of activists across New York City. Fans of the embattled lawmaker, who was kicked out the Senate last month after being convicted of assaulting his girlfriend, are distributing fliers Queens area churches calling his Democratic rival Assemblyman ...

(Washington) One bride wore a knee-length lace dress and pearls. The other bride wore a yellow shirt and white suit. And when a pastor pronounced them "partners in life this day and for always" Tuesday, they hugged and smiled in front of wedding guests and nearly a dozen TV cameras ...

Florida lawmakers are considering incentives for films to be made in the state – as long as they follow “family friendly” guidelines. The fine print for these incentives, aimed at attracting the entertainment industr,y effectively excludes any film that might have gay characters. “Think of it as like Mayberry,” state Rep. Stephen ...

  What does the Supreme Court think of the “God hates fags” spewing Westboro Baptist Church? We will find out this fall. The high court will decide whether protesting military funerals with signs like “Thank God for dead soldiers” is protected by the First Amendment. The father of a fallen Marine is ...

Yesterday I gave Roseanne some grief for putting her nose in the death of Marie Osmond's son. Using a story she read in a tabloid(!), the former funny woman argued Michael Blosil jumped to his death because he was gay and struggling with the anti-gay teachings of the Church of ...

(Washington) It's a day of wedding bells for some gay couples in Washington. Tuesday is the first day same-sex couples can pick up marriage licenses and tie the knot in the city. Some couples planned quick ceremonies at a church or gay rights group's office while others said they'll wait and ...

(Seattle) A pressing legal reality for the "don't ask, don't tell" standard for gays serving in the military is that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has already struck down the way it's practiced in much of the Western United States. The 2008 ruling, while largely overlooked, would force the ...