» Chile's largest labor union undertakes AIDS campaign (Inter Press Service)
» Baptist school with Gay-Straight Alliance shrugs off anti-gay graduation protest (Associated Press)
» Gay asylum seeker arrested in Zimbabwe (365Gay.com)
» Three years for deliberate HIV infection (London Daily Mirror)
» One new HIV infection every minute in India (Kangla Online)
» Alabama Corrections disputes HIV+ inmates claims of deficient treatment (Associated Press)
» Phelps to protest Dobson for being soft on homosexuality (Rocky Mountain News)
» Kansas gay marriage ban takes effect today (365Gay.com)
» Chrétien gets award for supporting gay marriage, even though he didn't (365Gay.com)
» Gay Microsoft workers call for it to reverse stance (Seattle Times)

» Schoolyard needle prank endangers kids after HIV+ child, others jabbed (ABC News)
» Defrocked Methodist lesbian minister reinstated on church appeal (United Methodist Church)
» Georgia university president punts on domestic partner policy (Southern Voice)
» Atlanta black gay group fighting media stereotypes (Southern Voice)
» South Africa gay groups run from proposal to allow sam-sex couples at school dances (Independent Online)
» Religious crusade against gays reaching biblical proportions (Southern Poverty Law Center)
» TheBody.com 2005 HIV Leadership Awards (TheBody.com)
» U.N. agency to help India battle AIDS in defence forces (WebIndia123.com)
» Right-wingers to fight Maine anti-discrimination law (Morning Sentinel)
» D.C. Mayor fears mishandling gay marriage issue (Washington Blade)

» Spain to get tough on mayors who refuse gay weddings (London Daily Telegraph)
» Anti-gay activist arrested protesting kids' book at school (365Gay.com)
» Column: Indianapolis Council defeat of anti-discrimination ordinance is politics as usual (Indianapolis Star)
» Oregon Governor urges passage of anti-discrimination bill (Associated Press)
» Arizona students realize that religion and homosexuality can co-exist (Arizona State Press)
» Baldwin: Social Security will affect students (Daily Trojan)
» D.C. Mayor to hold city's first LGBT summit (Metro Weekly)
» Hofstra explores homosexuality and religion (Hofstra Chronicle)
» Fuss suddenly starts at alternative club over transgender restroom use (Bay Windows)
» Hungary to consider civil unions legislation (Advocate)

» Study: Exclusive breastfeeding cuts mother-child HIV transmission (Johns Hopkins)
» Michigan gay leader links hate rhetoric to anti-gay violence (Saginaw News)
» Several Spanish mayors condemn gay marriage bill (BBC)
» Testimony in California high school anti-gay harassment suit (San Diego Tribune)
» Report: AIDS drug program problems despite higher funding (Kaiser Family Foundation)
   › Text of report (Kaiser Family Foundation)
   › Supplementary documents (Kaiser Family Foundation)
» U.K. Conservative Parliament candidate launches gay-baiting gambit (UK.Gay.com)
» California gay marriage foes vow ballot issue in Spring 2006 (Los Angeles Times)
» California committee passes marriage equality bill on party-line vote (San Francisco Chronicle)
» Beijing University blocks gay film festival (Manchester Guardian)
» Elton sings, Perry listens, Republicans plot (Associated Press)

» Colorado Senate approves anti-discrimination bill (Denver Post)
» San Francisco commission says popular gay bar discriminated against blacks (Associated Press)
» Lambda Legal denounces Pryor nomination for federal court (Lambda Legal)
» Covenant House homophobia endangers homeless queer youths (Village Voice)
» At least 13,000 HIV+ in Morocco (Arabic News)
» Indianapolis council votes down anti-discrimination proposal (Indianapolis Star)
» Commitment ceremonies in rural North Carolina (Winston-Salem Journal)
» Microsoft paying Ralph Reed $20,000 per month retainer (AmericaBlog)
» Another gay London banker sues for wrongful termination (London Evening Standard)
» Microsoft may flip-flop again and support gay rights bill in future (Seattle Times)
» Mbeki, ANC government widely criticized for HIV/AIDS response (BBC)
» North Carolina county considers domestic partner benefits (Charlotte Observer)
» New Zealand civil unions become legal today (The Age)

» Editorial: Congress should keep hands off D.C.'s marriage decisions (Washington Post)
» Editorial: Progress on gay marriage front in spite of setbacks (Washington Post)
» Hopes dim for Indianapolis measure on gay bias (Indianapolis Star)
» Text messages show Iowa gay killing suspect's state of mind (Des Moines Register)
» Editorial: NYU failure on gender identity protection is unfortunate (Washington Square News)
» Rate of London gay men reporting risky sex has stabilised (AIDSMap)
» Missouri GOP legislator goes after HIV patient who got paltry infection settlement (KYTV-3)
» AIDS and discrimination in rural New Hampshire (Concord Monitor)
» Sweden restauranteur fined for throwing out kissing lesbians (Reuters)
» Soulforce reaches out at Falwell's Liberty University (365Gay.com)
» Leno's marriage bill to be considered by California Assembly committee (NBC-11))
» Consolidation in gay publications continues (Unite Media)
» Texas House overwhelmingly passes marriage ban amendment (KXAN-TV)
» New Brunswick couples sue for right to marry (Globe and Mail)

» Jerusalem's only gay bar torched (Haaretz)
» Is new Pope up to the challenge of the devilish plague of AIDS? (Chicago Sun-Times)
» HIV outreach targets California migrant laborers (Associated Press)
» Leno says California same-sex marriage bill could pass this year (Associated Press)
» India religious leaders being enlisted in AIDS awareness campaign (Indian Express)
» NYC councilmembers call for probe of foster child AIDS trials (New York Newsday)
» Texas gay foster parent ban proposal is fostering ill will (San Antonio Express-News)
» Ballmer tries to explain Microsoft's recent conduct (New York Times)
   › Text of Ballmer's e-mail to Microsoft employees (Seattle Times)
   › Ballmer's many contributions to the GOP (with a bit for Democrats) (Open Secrets)
» AIDS drug profiteering scandal blows up in U.K. (Manchester Guardian)
» Sixty per cent of Ireland wants Catholic Church to change on gays (U-TV Belfast)
» New Zealand attractive to gay immigrants (Stuff)

» Texas backs off bill to ban gay foster parents (Los Angeles Times)
» Pair sentenced in Seattle Pride gay bashing (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
» NYC under fire for HIV medicine trials involving foster children (New York Times)
» Editorial: A civil debate over civil unions (New York Times)
» GOP tries to cut Minnesota AIDS Project funds over web site content (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
   › Minnesota AIDS Project PrideAlive web site (Minnesota AIDS Project)
» Indianapolis council to vote on anti-discrimination ordinance (Indianapolis Star)
» Catholic Action League continues fighting Massachusetts marriages (Massachusetts Republican)
» Texas gay rights debate set to intensify (Star-Telegram)
» Jackie Chan promotes HIV awareness in Viet Nam (Reuters)
» Tearful in Washington, joyful in Connecticut, angry in Texas (Manchester Guardian)
» Conservative churches, GOP take to pulpit for partisan "Justice Sunday" (Associated Press)
» Documentary on San Francisco gay marriages to premiere (Associated Press)

» Poverty, alcoholism, gay marriage: Which do Navajo legislate against? (Navajo Nation Council)
» Baltimore forum on Black gays stirs emotions (Washington Blade)
» Fiji Prime Minister backs men’s gay sex convictions (Washington Blade)
» Poll shows growing support for federal marriage amendment (Washington Blade)
» HRC expresses "profound disappointment" over Microsoft flip-flop (Human Rights Campaign)
» Iowa Lutheran church ejects transgender couple (Associated Press)
» Column: Lesbian and Christian (Southern Digest)
» United Church Of Christ to debate gay marriages (Associated Press)
» Twenty-year sentence in New Jersey lesbian teen's slaying (365Gay.com)
» L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center asks Microsoft to return award (Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center)
» Ratzinger launches new salvo over Spanish same-sex marriage bill (BBC)
» Virginia Supreme Court orders state to honor gay adoptions (365Gay.com)
» Oklahoma GOP official won't leave anti-discrimination clause alone (Edmond Sun)
» Controversial reparative therapist regains advisory position (Focus on the Family)
» AIDS cuts life expectancy in Kenya by 11 years (East Africa Standard)
» Spanish Commons approves same-sex marriage (Special Broadcasting Service)

» Microsoft caves on Washington state gay rights bill (The Stranger)
   › Washington non-discrimination bill loses by one vote as Microsoft bails (PlanetOut.com)
   › HRC condemns Washington vote (Human Rights Campaign)
» Ratzinger intervened in 2004 presidential election in favor of Bush (Salon)
» Pentagon considers changing the legal definition of sodomy (New York Times)
» GOP Senator warns D.C. over gay couple tax returns (Washington Post)
» South Africa right-wing party weighs in on same-sex couples at school dances (News24.com)
» Soulforce to reach out to students at Falwell's Liberty University (Associated Press)
» National Black Lesbian Conference meets in Dallas (Advocate)
» Column: Dark days ahead with Ratzinger (Gay City News)
» Connecticut civil unions get mixed reaction in gay community (Associated Press)
» Groups clash over Texas ban of gay foster parents (Reuters)
» Colorado gay rights bill moves forward (365Gay.com)
» Kehoe introduces Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal resolution (Equality California)
» Suspect pleads guilty in Alston killing (Common Denominator)

» Gay Iranian killed himself after U.K. asylum refused (London Telegraph)
» New York gay couple sue former employer over spousal benefits (Lambda Legal)
» Homosexuality becomes hot political issue in Hungary (Transitions Online)
» HIV panic at Kenya university (BBC)
» Married D.C. gay couples can file taxes jointly (Washington Post)
» Phelps to show up at Equality Forum, wants to debate Frank (Common Dreams)
» Hundreds rally for gay rights at Boston College (Loyola Phoenix)
» Baldwin blasts bankruptcy bill (Capital Times)
» HRC statement on Jeffords retirement (Human Rights Campaign)
» Interview with lesbian couple whose Oregon marriage was invalidated (audio) (National Public Radio)

» Notorious homophobe Ratzinger elected Pope Benedict XVI (San Francisco Chronicle)
   › Ratzinger decree: Unions between homosexual persons (July 31, 2003) (Vatican)
   › Ratzinger decree: Pastoral care of homosexual persons (October 1, 1986) (Vatican)
» Nepal police attack transgender people (Human Rights Watch)
» Scientists discover bacteria that can protect against HIV (Medical News Today)
» India gets accustomed to homosexuality, little by little (Hindustan Times)
» Forty years later, honors for gay-rights pioneers (Philadelphia Inquirer)
» South Africa gay students to bring same-sex dates to school dances (News24)
» Dueling T-shirts in Chicago (Chicago Tribune)
» Time may be running out for Canada marriage bill (Capital Xtra)
» Episcopal priests risk defrocking for defying gay-tolerant bishop (365Gay.com)
» North Carolina bill to ban discrimination introduced (Daily Tarheel)
» Progressive religious leaders condemn opposition to Jerusalem Pride (Haaretz)
» Experts say federal sex-education programs are failing (MSNBC)

» California Democratic Party unanimously endorses gay marriage (365Gay.com)
» Ratzinger, former Nazi, current gay basher, is frontrunner for Pope (UK.Gay.com)
» Australia court says tattooer can refuse to serve HIV+, hepatitis C+ clients (Daily Telegraph)
» Historians continue disputing Lincoln's sexuality (Associated Press)
» AIDS and poverty force Africa children out of school (Reuters)
» Liberia out of money for HIV/AIDS program (Reuters)
» Mexico television personnel to get sensitivity training on LGBT concerns (Hispanic Business)
» Tatchell says pink voters should go Green in U.K. election (Uk Gay News)
» Uganda university goes on witch hunt for the vice of homosexuality (Kampala Monitor)
» Montana legislature votes down gay rights bills (Associated Press)
» HRC releases report on state marriage amendment consequences (Human Rights Campaign)
   › Text of report (Human Rights Campaign)
» Editorial: Baldwin correct to vote against "atrocious" bankruptcy bill (Capital Times)
» New Paltz mayor rips "neo-fascist" opponents of gay marriage (Athens News)
» Frank, others to promote anti-predatory mortgage lending bill (Center for Responsible Lending)
» Column: Kerry and Daschle defeated with gay marriage issue (Native Times)
» University of Michigan refuses to budge on transgender protections (Michigan Daily)

» Papal front-runner Ratzinger was in Hitler Youth, planted mines (London Times)
» Embezzlement halts funding for Florida AIDS Project (Associated Press)
» Half of new India HIV infected are 29 and younger (Express India)
» Boston College students and faculty strike for gay rights (365Gay.com)
» Cambodian monks educate on HIV prevention; care for AIDS orphans (Star)
» Galveston gays and supporters counter right-wing propaganda (Galveston Daily News)
» Tennessee Education Board says HIV+ students may participate in sports (Tennessean)
» A Frank and Blunt discussion about Tom Delay's future (Meet the Press)
» Hundreds rally against gay marriage in Calgary (Canadian Online Explorer)
» PSA released to address Spellings' Buster censorship (Family Pride Coalition)
   › Buster public service announcement video (Family Pride Coalition)
» Ghana AIDS official says HIV status should not preclude marriage (GhanaWeb)
» Wolfowitz offers help for Bulgarian HIV defendants in Libya (Sofia News Agency)
» Possible method of causing HIV-infected cells to self-destruct devised (New Scientist)
» Gay Republicans get scorn no matter where they turn (New York Times)

» Connecticut students sent home for disruptive anti-gay T-shirts (Manchester Journal Enquirer)
» Oy vey, soy gay: Gay Argentine Jews organize (Baltimore Jewish Times)
» Gay groups want Latino media to end gay pranks, on-air ridicule (San Francisco Chronicle)
» San Francisco judge makes gay marriage decision final (Associated Press)
» Battle against gay marriage being fought state by state (Salem Statesman Journal)
» India Health Minister says people must take responsibility for stopping AIDS (Sangai Express)
» Ghana hospital's head nurse calls for equal HIV education for boys and girls (GhanaWeb)

» Rudolph rants about gays (Southern Voice)
» D.C.-area Jewish group enacts pro-gay policies (Washington Blade)
» Iowa GOP moves to block gay clause in bully law (365Gay.com)
» U.K. Greens to campaign on full gay marriage (UK.Gay.com)
» Gay bashings triple in Northern Ireland (UK.Gay.com)
» Australia formally protests Fiji gay arrests (UK.Gay.com)
» Gay-oriented TV could reduce homophobia (UK.Gay.com)
» Republicans go on offensive over right-wing judges (Associated Press)
» Gays protest unfair tax, marriage laws (PlanetOut)
» Gay Catholics don't expect Vatican change (Associated Press)
» Georgia school proposal for kids to come out to parents quashed (PlanetOut)

» Oregon Supreme Court nullifies licenses for same-sex unions (Associated Press)
» California Assembly passes Civil Rights Act expansion (Equality California)
» Day of Silence takes stand against abuse at Minnesota university (Winona Daily News)
   › College of the Canyons, California (Santa Clarita Valley Signal)
   › University of Minnesota (Minnesota Daily)
   › Williams High School, Alexandria (Washington Post)
   › University of Illinois (Daily Illini)
   › University of Northern Colorado (Greeley Tribune)
   › Kalamazoo schools (Western Herald)
   › Salt Lake City schools (Salt Lake Tribune)
» Scientists discover why HIV doesn't attack resting T-cells (San Francisco Chronicle)
» U.N. AIDS chief warns India medical patent law changes to be major obstacle (Sify)
» Alabama Senate passes short-term ADAP funding infusion (Montgomery Advertiser)
» American Episcopalians pull delegates from Anglican conference over gays (Salt Lake Tribune)
» Scottish Anglicans to remain silent on gay issues (UK.Gay.com)
» Delaware anti-bias bill may be killed in committee again (News Journal)
» BYU law professor says courts will force gay marriage without federal ban (Salt Lake Tribune)
» 13,000 HIV+ Russian children (MosNews)
» Wolfson visits South Carolina as marriage debate rages (The State)
» New Jersey lesbian cop to sue for harassment and discrimination (Daily Record)
» California student causes row over anti-gay T-shirt (World Net Daily)
» Solmonese meets Kansas City Mayor (Kansas City Star)
» China arrests 14 in HIV blood scandal (Manchester Guardian)

» DOMA-supporting GOP legislator comes out; Guerriero didn't return his calls (RawStory.com)
» AIDS expert Novick passes away at age 79 (Yale Daily News)
» Hundreds of thousands participate in Day of Silence (MTV)
   › Day of Silence web site (DayOfSilence.org)
   › Conservative adults push Day of Truth to counter student-led Day of Silence (Detroit News)
   › Guilford County schools, North Carolina (WFMY-TV)
   › Southern Connecticut State University (WTNH-TV)
   › Elon University, North Carolina (Elon.edu)
   › Purdue University, Indiana (Purdue Exponent)
   › Grand Valley State University and Western Michigan University (WOOD-TV)
   › 1,500 Cincinnati students at 18 schools (Cincinnati Enquirer)
   › Colorado university students participate in Day of Silence (Associated Press)
   › 7,600 students in Arizona (Arizona Republic)
   › Maya Keyes at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Daily Illini)
   › Marion and Hamilton County schools, Indiana (WISH-TV)
   › Chicago (ABC-7 Chicago)
   › University of Arizona (Arizona Daily Wildcat)
» Soulforce delegation will attempt to meet Dobson after picnic on his doorstep (Soulforce)
» Gay people with learning difficulties suffer extra discrimination (UK.Gay.com)
» USC students react to anti-gay picketer (Daily Trojan)
» Libya to impose embargo against Bulgaria over AIDS mass-infection drama (Manchester Guardian)
» Cost of Kenya HIV/AIDS program skyrockets (East Africa Standard)
» Canada gay marriage survives last-minute attack in Parliament (CTV)
» Condoms, vegetables, and Stonewall Democrats (Michigan Daily)
» Marriage denied two gay Massachusetts inmates (Boston Herald)
» Australia Immigration Minister acknowledges gay couples treated differently (Working Permit)
» Gay/straight alliance starts in rural Washington state (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
» Fiji Prime Minister says homosexuality is a sin (Sydney Daily Telegraph)
» Connecticut House passes civil unions bill with anti-marriage amendments (Associated Press)
   › HRC calls for amendment-free civil unions bill (Human Rights Campaign)
» AIDS activists call for halt in drug trials (365Gay.com)
» Taiwan activists say proposed AIDS law changes would hinder prevention (Taipei Times)
» Jury awards adoptive lesbian custody rights after couple split (Galveston County Daily News)
» Fifty-year sentence in murder of Frank's niece (Washington Post)
» Transgender ruling roils golf world (London Free Press)
» Pope's position on homosexuality undermined his record on human rights (Kenilworth Today)
» Maryland right-wingers protest objective sex-education curriculum (Washington Times)
   › Web site for tolerance and fact-based education in Montgomery County (TeachTheFacts.org)

» Human Rights Watch denounces Fiji gay consensual sex convictions (Human Rights Watch)
» Greens back Day of Silence protest against campus bias (Green Party of the United States)
» Poll: It's okay if athletes are gay (Sports Illustrated)
   › Poll specifics (Sports Illustrated)
» Wisconsin Senate passes ban on public funding of prisoner sex changes (Associated Press)
» Clinton says world still in the dark on AIDS (UPI)
» Bush cutbacks could mean life or death for HIV/AIDS aptients (KESQ-TV)
» Ontario Bishop bans Catholic newspaper for pro-tolerance stance (Catholic World News)
» Senate schedules Federal Marriage Amendment hearing (365Gay.com)
» Coming out at a rural Colorado high school (Vail Daily)
» Maryland GOP Governor silent on whether he'll sign gay partner bills (365Gay.com)
» Bill Clinton says Finkelstein may be self-loathing (New York Times)
   › Log Cabin tries to let Finkelstein wriggle off the hook (PlanetOut.com)
» Coming out in high school can be a challenge (Maine Times Record)

» Nut dresses as devil, pickets school for anti-bullying workshop (Mountain Democrat)
» Race, sexual orientation still top Maine hate crime targets (Portland Press Herald)
» Clinton Foundation to get anti-retrovirals to 10,000 children (William J. Clinton Foundation)
» GLAD hires new Executive Director (Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders)
» WHO appeals for attention to AIDS patients' nutrition problems (Xinhua)
» New Georgia church welcomes LGBT worshippers (Gainesville Times)
» HIV increasing in Wisconsin since 2001 (Eau Claire Spectator)
» Congregations, rallies support gay marriage (Edmonton Sun)
» Alabama cutting off anti-retrovirals Friday (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer)
» Column: Washington state Dems botched non-discrimination bill (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
» Exhibit on Nazi persecution of gays continues in Florida (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
» Tolerant youth may mean gay marriage inevitable (Bristol Press)
» Commonwealth loophole could allow gay marriage (Melbourne Age)

» Conservative Jews delay vote on gays (Associated Press)
» Parliamentarian says politicians should set example and take HIV tests (Zambia Post)
» Antipathy toward gay marriage overwhelmed doubts on Kansas amendment (Associated Press)
» AIDS-ravaged Cape Town running out of space for the dead (Independent Online)
» Republican Congresswoman co-sponsors Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal bill (Macon Telegraph)
» Gay marriage foes lead in state-by-state battle (Chicago Sun-Times)
» Welsh Archbishop criticized after calling for ban on gay parochial teachers (icWales.com)
» Virginia school board considers play guidelines after gay stage production (Washington Post)
» U.K. police chiefs urged to march with gay officers in London Pride parade (The Scotsman)
» Thousands protest gay marriage in Ottawa (Canadian Online Explorer)
» Frank column: Issues and lessons from Schiavo case (Boston Globe)
» Civil rights groups demand release of men jailed in Fiji for consensual sex (GayNZ.com)
» Living with HIV in Mugabe's Zimbabwe (London Times)
» Column: Marrying outside the box (New York Times)

» Tatchell: Charles and Camilla can marry twice; gays can't marry once (Outrage!)
» Cultural beliefs hamper Latino AIDS victims (San Bernardino Sun)
» Phelps to protest North Carolina high school "Laramie" production (Herald-Sun)
» Gay Republican hatchet man Finkelstein marries his boyfriend (New York Times)
» Lutheran scholars send statement supporting middle way on homosexuality (Christian Post)
» Gay in the heartland (audio) (National Public Radio)
» Canada religious coalition issues statement affirming gay marriage (Equal Marriage Canada)
» Vietnam HIV cases increase 40x in ten years as funding only doubles (Vietnam News Agency)
» Bogus dentist may have exposed patients to HIV, other pathogens (365Gay.com)
» HIV prevalence reaching crisis levels in India state (Calcutta Telegraph)
» Metropolitan Community may open Galveston church (Galveston Daily News)
» Math models to battle AIDS (Massachusetts Republican)
» Maryland Senate passes bill for tracking bullying (The Capital)

» Gay unions sweeping the Western democracies -- except in the U.S. (Washington Blade)
» D.C. councilmember reintroduces bill to make gay office permanent (Washington Blade)
» Solmonese goes on multi-state Equality Tour (Human Rights Campaign)
» Georgia prosecutor giving seminars on fighting gay panic defense (Southern Voice)
» Pennsylvania appeals court hears discrimination ordinance arguments (Morning Call)
» NOW to co-sponsor protest at Focus on the Family HQ (National Organization for Women)
» Column: Transgender restroom privacy rights not respected (Washington Blade)
» Oregon gay marriage ruling in limbo (Statesman Journal)
» Connecticut to be first state to enact civil unions voluntarily (UK.Gay.com)
» South Africa Minister says comprehensive AIDS plan on track (Mail & Guardian)
» Baptists punish Virginia university over gay acceptance (Higher Ed News)
» HIV transmission highest during early infection (Hindustan Times)
» Georgia Education Department to vote on parental notification for clubs (Southern Voice)
» Award winning lesbian coach settles discrimination case in Texas (Houston Voice)
» Campaign planned to discourage drive to repeal new anti-bias law (Kennebec Journal)
» NGLTF's Lifetime Achievement award to Dean raises some eyebrows (Houston Voice)
» Editorial: Washington legislature should pass the non-discrimination bill (Seattle Times)
» Is Philadelphia the birthplace of gay rights? (Associated Press)
» Fundamentalist student group sues university to exclude gays (Associated Press)
» South Africa nurses cracking under strain of dealing with HIV (Cape Times)
» Discredited Martinez aide engaged in gay-baiting in 2004 Senate race (365Gay.com)
» Gay GI with a Purple Heart wants to continue serving (Chicago Tribune)
» Ferrer's record on LGBT issues scrutinized in NYC mayor race (New York Times)
» South Africa hospitals buckling under HIV/AIDS load (South Africa Business Day)
» Hate crimes bill with controversial amendment advances in Maryland Senate (The Capital)

» Uganda to provide HIV+ civil servants with free anti-retrovirals (Reuters)
» California court says DOMA can be changed only with public vote (San Francisco Chronicle)
» Musto: John Paul furthered guilt, disease, and hate (Village Voice)
» New suit seeks to end Michigan partner benefits in public employment (365Gay.com)
» Suspects named in San Francisco transgender killing (KGO-TV)
» Ghana employers developing HIV/AIDS workplace policies (Reuters)
» Uganda nevirapine study declared valid in spite of irregularities (Associated Press)
» Improper training of Lesotho HIV doctors may jeopardize patients (Reuters)
» North Carolina college student government rejects LGBT organization (Citizen-Times)
» Kansas-based Sprint and SBC to continue partner benefits (365Gay.com)
» Maryland passes domestic partner, hate crimes bills (365Gay.com)
» Connecticut Senate passes civil unions bill with veto-proof super-majority (Connecticut Post)
» Connecticut Dems support marriage as Republicans oppose civil unions (Quinnipiac Polling)
» Kansas marriage ban backer admits amendment likely to be overturned (Associated Press)
» British lesbian wins parental rights after couple split (London Evening Standard)
» South Africa to tackle high rate of HIV in teachers (Sunday Times)
» HIV/AIDS treatments scarce in Iraq (Reuters)
» Solmonese profile (Boston Globe)
» John Paul, Ratzinger suggested homosexuality responsible for AIDS (Gay City News)
» A chronology of hate: The Pope's words on homosexuality, 1978-2005 (Bay Windows)