Why Gay Adoption Matters in the Florida Governor’s Race

Florida is one of two states that have instituted bans on adoption for LGBT families, sharing the dubious honor with Arkansas. Thankfully, there’s movement in Florida to overturn this out-dated law that not only fosters homophobia, but punishes children by keeping them away from healthy families.
First a judge last year in Miami ruled that the [...]

Alabama School Bars Lesbian Student From Bringing Girlfriend

RUSSELLVILLE, AL — The American Civil Liberties Union today demanded that Franklin County School System officials reverse its decision that a lesbian student can’t attend the school prom with her girlfriend. Cynthia Stewart, a junior at Tharptown High School, approached the ACLU for assistance after school officials denied her request for the upcoming March 25 [...]

Sex tape of dethroned Miss California

Her opposition to gay marriage and strong ties to religion made her an overnight celebrity and a top pin-up for American conservatism.
However, it’s a controversial view of a different type that has pushed Carrie Prejean back into the spotlight.
The former Miss California now accused of a great act of hypocrisy after starring in what is [...]

Teens Give Their opinion: Should lesbian friend be allowed for sleepovers?

Dear Straight Talk: I’m 16 and have a close friend since elementary school who is gay. “Haley” doesn’t advertise that she’s gay, but she doesn’t keep it a secret either. I treasure her friendship and have no problem with her sexual orientation, plus she has a girlfriend and has no sexual interest in me. The [...]

Battle over same-sex marriage escalates

The radio ad, warning that same-sex marriage would send the wrong message to children, played over a loudspeaker in a church gym Thursday in Asbury Park, as 200 gay-rights supporters listened in silence at a post-Election Day “emergency action” meeting.
Jenn Harris, a staff member for Garden State Equality, which advocates for same-sex marriage in the [...]

New York Gov. Declares Nov. 10 Extraordinary Legislative Session for Same-Sex “Marriage”

ALBANY, New York, November 6, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Gov. David Paterson has convoked an extraordinary session of the New York State Legislature to address the state’s soaring budget deficit, as well as to pass legislation that would legalize same-sex “marriage.”
Paterson issued a special proclamation Thursday announcing the special session would convene on November 10 at [...]

Russian court rules against lesbian couple

MOSCOW — A Moscow court on Tuesday ruled against two lesbians seeking to become Russia’s first legally married gay couple.

Irina Fedotova-Fet and Irina Shipitko said the Tverskoi District Court upheld a decision by the city’s civil registry that said Russian law defined marriage as between a woman and a man.
“We want recognition of our [...]

Obama to take on military gay ban at ‘right time’

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will focus “at the right time” on how to overturn the “don’t ask, don’t tell” ban on gays serving openly in the military, his national security adviser said Sunday.

“I don’t think it’s going to be — it’s not years, but I think it will be teed up appropriately,” James [...]

NYT: “Coming Out in Middle School”

The New York Times Magazine this Sunday will feature an article by Benoit Denizet-Lewis, an XY Magazine alumnus. You can read “Coming Out in Middle School” online now, or wait until the weekend to see it in print. Either way, it’s excellent. Here are a few choice excerpts:
“When I first realized I was gay,” Austin [...]

Court to hear gay divorce in Texas, despite gay marriage ban

DALLAS (Reuters) – A judge in Dallas ruled on Thursday that the state court on which she sits has the jurisdiction to hear a divorce suit by a gay couple who were married outside Texas where same-sex marriages are banned.
Dallas District Judge Tena Callahan said in the ruling that her court “has jurisdiction to hear [...]