Mass. OKs Medicaid equality
The state defies DOMA and throws aging gay spouses a lifeline by granting them equal benefits under the federal "safety net" health program.
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Look out: Sally Kern's got a gun
The anti-gay lawmaker, stopped Wednesday at the statehouse, says she forgot all about the loaded semiautomatic handgun in her purse, a misdemeanor.
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House set to OK $48 billion for global AIDS
The House prepares to pass and send to President Bush a bill tripling money to fight global AIDS, malaria and TB and ending the HIV immigration ban.
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Officials: HIV vaccine search needs overhaul
Scientists will have to take "enormous intellectual leaps" to develop an AIDS vaccine any time soon, say a frustrated team of top researchers.
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Ark. adoption ban gets deadline extension
Secretary of State Charlie Daniels gives the Arkansas Family Council 30 more days to overcome a 4,000-signature shortfall to put the ban on November's ballot.
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Lesbos folks can't own "lesbian"
"This is a good decision for lesbians everywhere," says a gay group's lawyer after defeating a lawsuit by island dwellers who sought rights to the word.
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Archbishop of Canterbury: No gay sex
Rowan Williams remains "committed" to Anglicanism's stance against extramarital sex, while bishops push rhetoric against gays and their allies to new heights.
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Gay emperor Hadrian's blockbuster show
The emperor Hadrian, who died in 138 AD, deified his male lover Antinous and built a city in his name, is remembered in a blockbuster British Museum show.
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Lawmaker's sex-conviction appeal denied
Rep. Bob Allen, guilty of soliciting an undercover cop, may seek rehearing of the appeal, which judges must consider because their vote this week was split.
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L.A. police chief donates to equality fight
"The Constitution guarantees life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," says Chief William Bratton. "I see no reason why gays can't pursue happiness through marriage."
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Campus LGBT leaders honor Donna Rose
The activist who quit the Human Rights Campaign over its stance on trans rights is praised for ensuring "all voices are heard, including (the) tokenized and forgotten."
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House panel's vigorous "don't ask" debate
Rep. Vic Snyder, D-Ark., counters a right-winger's argument that gay troops would bring AIDS with the suggestion that the military recruit only lesbians.
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Democrats to review "don't ask"
On Wednesday begins the first congressional hearing on the military gay ban since its 1993 enactment, but there's no chance of repeal this year.
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Ga. transwoman sues legislature over firing
Vandy Beth Glenn says she was illegally fired from her job at the Georgia General Assembly after telling her boss she was going to live as a woman.
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