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发帖数: 19713 | 1 宾州的反同性婚姻修宪被州参议院否决
Penn. Senators Votes Down Antigay Marriage Bill
By Neal Broverman
American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property X390 (
CHRIS A. COUROGEN, Of The Patriot-News) | ADVOCATE.COM
Pennsylvania legislators on Tuesday voted against advancing a bill that
could have constitutionally banned same-sex marriage.
The state's senate judiciary committee tabled senate bill 707 by an 8-6
bipartisan vote. The bill, sponsored by antigay Republican senator John
Eichelberger, cou |
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发帖数: 19713 | 2 但是她说她不反对同性婚姻。
Mexican Singer: I'd Rather My Kid Die Than Be Adopted by Gays
By Advocate.com Editors
Paquita la del Barrio X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
A popular Mexican singer known for her camp value and feminist ethos slammed
adoption by gays and said she's rather see her child die than be raised by
gay people.
In a Spanish-language interview with People en Espanol, Paquita la del
Barrio said that she was adamantly against adoption by gays and that
children raised by same-sex couples wouldn't k |
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发帖数: 19713 | 3 Kiss-Out Responds to Brooklyn Antigay Attack
By Julie Bolcer
KISSING MEN 01 X390 (JULIE BOLCER) | ADVOCATE.COM
Some participated with their partners. Others arrived ready to make out with
random strangers. All came with the intention to use kissing to demonstrate
against a brutal antigay hate attack that occurred two weeks ago in
Brooklyn, N.Y.
The Carroll Gardens Kiss-Out staged a street response Monday evening to a
hate attack that occurred in the neighborhood on March 2. The incident,
which p |
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发帖数: 19713 | 4 Delay Possible in Prop 8 Trial Verdict
By Advocate.com Editors
PROP 8 WE SHALL OVERCOME X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
A verdict in the federal Proposition 8 trial could be delayed as civil
rights groups wait on organizers who fought against the ballot measure to
turn over internal documents from the campaign.
Earlier this month, a federal magistrate ordered three groups that fought
the Calif. antigay ballot measure to turn over all documents "that contain,
refer or relate to arguments for or again |
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发帖数: 19713 | 5 The Immigration Reform Conundrum
Many LGBT immigrants would be helped by immigration reform even if it does
not allow gays and lesbians to sponsor their partners. But should LGBT
activists support a bill that excludes LGBT families?
By Kerry Eleveld
IMMIGRATION RALLY MAIN X390 (FAIR USE) | ADVOCATE.COM
When thousands of marchers descend on the National Mall this Sunday to rally
support for immigration reform, hundreds of them will be representing the
LGBT population.
“Immigration Equality has re |
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发帖数: 19713 | 6 小姑娘不错，就是应该多几个这种“没事找事”的
Hearing Scheduled in Lesbian Prom Case
By Julie Bolcer
Constance McMillen x390 (fair) | advocate.com
A hearing is scheduled for Monday in the case of Constance McMillen, the
Mississippi high school student who is suing her school district because it
canceled the prom rather than allow her to attend with her girlfriend.
McMillen, who is being represented by the ACLU, seeks to force the Itawamba
County School District to hold the prom for Itawamba Agricultural High
School on |
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发帖数: 19713 | 7 两个月前，该州一项同性婚姻合法化的提案被州议会否决，该州平权组织明日将正式宣
布继续通过司法途径争取同性婚姻合法化。
N.J. Marriage Goes Back to Court
By Michelle Garcia
NEW JERSEY MARRIAGE EQUALITY PROTEST X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Two months after the New Jersey senate failed to pass a bill to legalize
marriage equality, gay rights advocates are heading back to the state
supreme court.
Lambda Legal and Garden State Equality will officially announce their plans
on Thursday, according to WNBC News.
The case will draw from the 2006 ruling by the N.J. s |
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发帖数: 19713 | 8 Gay Marriage Support Increasing Among Students
By Ryan Holman
COLLEGE STUDENTS X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
A new report shows that support for same-sex marriage among college freshmen
has increased by nine percentage points in the past decade.
According to the Higher Education Research Institute, acceptance of gay
marriage is higher among first-year students than almost all other groups
sorted by race, religion, and political leanings.
Sixty-five percent of college freshmen surveyed last fall su |
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发帖数: 19713 | 9 Glasspool Approved as Second Gay Bishop
By Michelle Garcia
MARY GLASSPOOL X390 (FAIR USE) | ADVOCATE.COM
The Episcopal Church has approved the appointment of the Reverend Mary
Glasspool, a canon from Baltimore, to be an assistant bishop in the diocese
of Los Angeles.
Church officials approved Glasspool's appointment Wednesday, the Associated
Press reports. Glasspool and the Reverend Diane M. Jardine Bruce were
elected by the L.A. diocese in December to serve as assistant bishops, but
the decisio |
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发帖数: 19713 | 10 纽约长岛一妇女宣称一个巴基斯坦移民欺骗她，让她相信他是个有钱的虔诚穆斯林，实
际上，他是个同性恋，和她结婚就是为了绿卡。
Ex-Wife: Gay Immigrant Tricked Me
By Julie Bolcer
GAVEL SCALES JUSTICE LAW LEGAL JUDGEMENT X390 (PHOTOS.COM) | ADVOCATE.COM
A Long Island, N.Y. woman alleges that an immigrant from Pakistan tricked
her into believing he was a wealthy and devout Muslim, when in fact he was a
gay man using her to acquire a green card.
The charges are outlined in court documents reported by the New York Post.
“Samina Khan, 31, a New Hyde Park pharmacist, |
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发帖数: 19713 | 11 今年一月，芝加哥三位男子在火车上袭击一名男同性恋者，被袭击者把血抹在他们身上
，并谎称自己有艾滋病，才得以逃脱。
Three Men Indicted in Chicago Hate Attack
By Julie Bolcer
CHICAGO EL FIGHT X390 (CHRIS DAVIN) | ADVOCATE.COM
Three men charged with felony hate-crime and aggravated battery in the
January attack of a gay man on the Chicago elevated train system last month
were indicted Wednesday.
Sean Little, Benjamin Eder, and Kevin McAndrew allegedly beat Daniel Hauff
while yelling antigay slurs in an attack on the CTA Red Line train on
January 10. Hauff |
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发帖数: 19713 | 12 N.Y. Gay Marriage Vote Next Year?
By Julie Bolcer
NY MARRIAGE 3 X390 (GETTY IMAGES) | ADVOCATE.COM
Stung by the loss of a marriage equality bill last year but emboldened by
this week’s defeat of antigay former state senator Hiram Monserrate, New
York gay rights advocates are again looking toward a senate vote on same-sex
marriage.
According to Reuters, “Advocates aim to bring the issue of same-sex
marriage to the Senate floor as early as next year.”
On Tuesday, Hiram Monserrate, one of eight Dem |
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发帖数: 19713 | 13 Breaking: Choi Arrested at White House Gates
By Kerry Eleveld and Advocate.com Editors
DAN CHOI WHITE HOUSE X390 (KERRY ELEVELD) | ADVOCATE.COM
Photos By Kerry Eleveld
UPDATE: Both Lt. Dan Choi and Jim Pietrangelo have been arrested after they
handcuffed themselves to the White House gates on Thursday afternoon to
protest "don't ask, don't tell."
Story developing...
In what appears to be an unscripted act of civil disobedience following a
Human Rights Campaign rally for the repeal of "don't ask, |
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发帖数: 19713 | 14 Choi and Pietrangelo Plead Not Not Guilty
By Advocate.com Editors
DAN CHOI WHITE HOUSE X390 (KERRY ELEVELD) | ADVOCATE.COM
Lt. Dan Choi and Capt. Jim Pietrangelo pleaded not guilty for civil
disobedience at an arraignment in Washington, D.C. on Friday.
They two were arrested on Thursday after chaining themselves to the White
House gate in protest of the military's ban on openly gay service members.
Paul Yandura, one of the organizers, told The Advocate that Dan and Jim were
released from police |
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发帖数: 19713 | 15 昨天，19位LGBT活动者分别到议长Nancy Pelosi位于SF和华盛顿的两间办公室内静坐请
愿，要求议会本月底对ENDA进行投票。
19位请愿者是昨天下午4点分别到达位于东西两岸的Nancy Pelosi的办公室里的，事前
，他们已经与Nancy Pelosi的工作人员约定了会面时间。两批请愿者进入办公室后，即
告诉工作人员，他们离开的条件是：要么议长答应投票，要么把他们抓起来。
Activists Arrested After Sit-it at Pelosi's
By Kerry Eleveld
Pelosi Arrest x390 (Paul Yandura) I Advocate.com
Ten LGBT activists were arrested Thursday after 19 people staged a bi-
coastal sit-in at the San Francisco and Washington, D.C., offices of House
speaker Nancy Pelosi to demand that the Employmen |
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发帖数: 19713 | 16 ENDA 4 Sentenced to Probation
By Michelle Garcia
The ENDA 4: Chastity Kirven 3RD FM LEFT X390 (DALLASVOICE) | ADVOCATE.COM
Four protesters who were arrested after staging a demonstration inside House
speaker Nancy Pelosi's to call for a House vote on the Employment Non-
Discrimination Act office were charged with "unlawful entry/remaining" and
sentenced to community service and six months probation. The protesters, who
call themselves the ENDA 4, were arraigned in D.C. superior court Tuesday,
ac |
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发帖数: 19713 | 17 What Health Care Reform Means to LGBTs
By Ryan McLendon
OBAMA HEALTHCARE BILL X390 (GETTY IMAGES) | ADVOCATE.COM
Health care reform was approved by the House Sunday, 219 to 212, providing
more than 30 million Americans with access to coverage. But for LGBT
Americans, crucial health care provisions will be excluded.
The bill prevents health care providers from denying Americans coverage
because of pre-existing conditions and expands coverage to nearly 95 percent
of Americans. But the bill does no |
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发帖数: 19713 | 18 果不其然啊，他们没有搞到足够多的签名，意味着今年不会repeal prop8了。
Prop. 8 Wont Be Repealed at Ballot Box in '10
By Neal Broverman
REPEAL PROP 8 x390 (getty) | ADVOCATE.COM
The effort to repeal California's Proposition 8 at the ballot box in
November 2010 has come up short in its signature-gathering effort, meaning
the antigay measure will remain in place for the foreseeable future.
The group Restore Equality 2010 said in a press release it will not reach
its goal of 694,354 petition signatures for the Tuesday deadline; |
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发帖数: 19713 | 19 Antigay Virginia AG to Sue Over Health Care Bill
By Neal Broverman
Ken Cuccinelli X390 (FAIR USE PUBLICITY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia's antigay attorney general, says he plans to file
suit against the federal government for the impending health care overhaul.
Cuccinelli, who last week said gay acts were a detriment to society and
earlier in the month ordered his state's colleges to stop protecting gay
people from discrimination, argues that the congressionally passed health
care bi |
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发帖数: 19713 | 20 Rosie O'Donnell Plans New Talk Show
Rosie O'Donnell wants to return to daytime syndication with a political and
issues-oriented talk show.
By Julie Bolcer
ROSIE O'DONNELL 201001 X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Former daytime TV host Rosie O’Donnell is charting a course to return to
syndication with a political and issues-oriented talk show.
According to Variety.com, O’Donnell and her collaborators see an
opportunity to fill a void when Oprah Winfrey steps down and moves to cable
in 2011.
“O'Donnell |
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发帖数: 19713 | 21 Poll: 50% of Californians for Gay Marriage
By Julie Bolcer
Poll x390 (Photos.com) | Advocate.com
A new poll from the Public Policy Institute of California poll finds that 50
% of respondents in the state support marriage equality, the highest
percentage ever recorded in a PPIC poll.
“According to the Public Policy Institute of California poll, 50% of
respondents support gay marriage and 45% oppose it,” reports the Los
Angeles Times. “The PPIC said it marks the highest level of support for gay
ma |
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发帖数: 19713 | 22 被捕的男子叫Otero，她与女同Brisson是室友。出事当晚，Brisson喝了很多酒，并指
责Otero不能照顾好自己的女儿，并且，Brisson告诉Otero说她一直和Otero的女儿睡觉
。Otero杀死Brisson以后将尸体藏匿在冰柜里。
Brisson生前已对家人及朋友出柜，Otero此前知道Brisson的女同身份。
Police: Man Killed Woman for Sleeping With His Daughter
By Advocate.com Editors
Luis Otero x390 (grab) | ADVOCATE.COM
An arrest warrant for a Connecticut man charged with killing a woman and
stuffing her body in a freezer says he "flipped out" when he found out the
woman was having an affair with his daughter.
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发帖数: 19713 | 23 澳大利亚反对党领袖Tony Abbott表态支持建立一项更严格的反歧视法，他说“非常高
兴”见到同性civil unions法，但是他再次重申了自己的反同性婚姻立场。
AU Leader for Gay Protections, Not Marriage
By Kenneth Harvey
TONY ABBOTT X390 (FAIR USE) | ADVOCATE.COM
Tony Abbott, leader of Australia's opposition Liberal Party, voiced his
support for stronger nondiscrimination laws in the nation when speaking with
LGBT Melbourne radio station JOY94.9 this week, Pink News reported.
"In principle, I would support it," Abbott said of heightened
nondiscrimination protections.
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发帖数: 19713 | 24 Study: 14% of D.C. Gay Men HIV-Positive
By Julie Bolcer
AIDS THERAPIES 2 X390 (GETTY IMAGES) | ADVOCATE.COM
A study released Thursday by the D.C. HIV/AIDS Administration found that at
least 14% of gay men in the nation’s capital are HIV-positive, nearly five
times the overall rate for adults and teens in the city. Some critics say
the study is flawed, and the percentage would be higher if a more
representative sample of D.C. gay men were studied.
According to the Washington Post, “Interviews wi |
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发帖数: 19713 | 25 Va. Gov: No Need for LGBT Protections
By Julie Bolcer
Bob McDonnell X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Virginia governor Bob McDonnell, who recently declined to include LGBT
protections for state workers in an executive order, said Thursday that he
did not see the need to write such protections into law because he does not
believe there is any “rampant discrimination” that shows a “real problem
” in the state.
When McDonnell declined to include LGBT protections in his executive order,
he said the move |
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发帖数: 19713 | 26 Craig Lowe是Gainesville市的市长候选人，佛州一家教堂在其网站上张贴了一段视频
，敦促附近的教堂们行动起来抵制Craig Lowe。
该教堂的牧师Wayne Sapp在视频上说：“这里是Gainesville市，他们将要从两名候选
人中选举市长，其中一名候选人是一个公开的homo, gay 呃...一个fag，随你怎么叫。
底线是：我们不能有同性恋市长。他要把Gainesville转变成Homoville，我们不能让他
得逞。”
Florida Church Launches "No Homo Mayor" Campaign
By Advocate.com Editors
CRAIG LOWE X390 (OFFICIAL) | ADVOCATE.COM
A Florida church has launched a “No Homo Mayor” campaign against
Gainesville mayoral candidate Craig Lowe (pictured), posting an antigay
video on its website a |
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发帖数: 19713 | 27 能去的同志们尽量去啊，在St. Patrick’s 天主教堂
Protest Scheduled at St. Patrick’s Cathedral
By Advocate.com Editors
ST PATRICKS CATHEDRAL NEW YORK X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
A protest against the Catholic Church’s reported protection of priests who
are known pedophiles will take place in New York this weekend and is being
organized via a Facebook page. The rally is scheduled this Sunday from 9 a.m
. to 12 noon at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City.
This comes as The New York Times reports that the Vatica |
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发帖数: 19713 | 28 50%的美国人支持同性恋做总统
55%的美国人支持同性恋做联邦高法法官
56%的美国人支持同性恋做国务卿
62%的美国人支持同性恋在“超碗”杯中打四分卫
61%的美国人支持同性恋做棒球联盟的会长
Half of Americans Would Support Gay President
By Michelle Garcia
50% FOR PRESIDENT X390 | ADVOCATE.COM
More Americans said they would support an openly gay quarterback in the
Super Bowl than an openly gay commander in chief, according to new poll
results released on Monday.
Fifty percent of respondents said they would support an openly gay president
, while 44% said they would oppose, according to t |
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发帖数: 19713 | 29 Gay Activists Rally for Pope's Resignation
By Neal Broverman
PETER TATCHELL POPE PROTEST X390 (CHRIS HOUSTON/OUTRAGE) | ADVOCATE.COM
Peter Tatchell, the head of the U.K.-based gay advocacy group OutRage!, was
one of about 50 protesters on Sunday calling for Pope Benedict XVI's
resignation outside London's Westminster Cathedral.
The protest was held in response to accusations that Benedict, during the
years he served as a cardinal, did not take action against numerous reports
of priests molesting |
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发帖数: 19713 | 30 一对女同伴侣于2009年在麻州注册结婚，但是现在她们想离婚，根据麻州法律，需在麻
州居住一年以上方可在麻州离婚，于是这对伴侣只好在宾州提出离婚申请，但被宾州法
官拒绝离婚，因为宾州不认可同性婚姻。
去年在德州有一件几乎一模一样的事，一对男同在麻州注册结婚，随后在德州申请离婚
，我记得当时的地方法官判准他们离婚，但是被该州的AG否决了，认为同性婚姻没有权
利在德州离婚。后来那事情怎么样了，我也没关注，有人知道结果吗？
Pa. Judge Refuses to Grant Lesbian Couple a Divorce
By Ryan Holman
JUDGE SCOTT LASH X390 (PROF) | ADVOCATE.COM
A judge has ruled that a lesbian couple married in Massachusetts will not be
allowed to get a divorce in Pennsylvania, reports The Boston Herald.
Carole Kern and Robin Taney's mar |
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发帖数: 19713 | 31 这又是一对不让离婚的。。lol
当事人说：我们从来都没要求他们认可我们的同性婚姻，我们只是要求他们在法律上承
认我们需要离婚。
"Gay" Divorce in Texas Upheld
By Advocate.com Editors
TEXAS FLAG X390 (PHOTOS.COM) | ADVOCATE.COM
An Austin judge has upheld a divorce granted to two women in Texas.
Texas attorney general Greg Abbott hoped to intervene in the case and
prevent the divorce on the grounds that Texas doesn't recognize same-sex
marriage. But district judge Scott Jenkins refused Abbott's request and
maintained the divorce, reports the Austin American-Sta |
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发帖数: 19713 | 32 Iowa Marks Marriage Ruling First Anniversary
By Julie Bolcer
IOWA STATE CAPITOL BUILDING X390 (CITY-DATA.COM) | ADVOCATE.COM
Events in Iowa are scheduled throughout this week to mark the first
anniversary of the unanimous state supreme court decision that legalized
same-sex marriage on April 3, 2009.
According to Radio Iowa, the first such event on Monday drew about two dozen
people to Des Moines, where they marked the marriage equality anniversary
in a rally organized by One Iowa at the stateho |
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发帖数: 19713 | 33 Sandip, 25岁, Nikhil, 28岁，于3月25日举行了小型婚礼，正式确定了两人六年的关
系。随后，双方家人求助于警方，警方将二人扣押了数小时劝告二人离婚。这对新人的
婚姻因此在结婚两天以后以离婚告终。目前，同性婚姻在印度不合法，去年7月，新德
里高级法院才宣布一项为同性恋者定罪的刑法无效。
Police Persuade Indian Gay Couple to Divorce
By Advocate.com Editors
INDIA PROTEST NO GAY SEX X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
A gay male couple’s groundbreaking marriage in the northeast Indian state
of Manipur ended in divorce two days later following stiff opposition to the
union by the couple's families.
According to the online India Gazette, the |
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发帖数: 19713 | 34 True Blood star Anna Paquin came out as bisexual on Wednesday while filming
a PSA for the True Colors Fund's "Give a Damn" campaign.
By Advocate.com Editors
ANNA PAQUIN X390
True Blood star Anna Paquin came out as bisexual while filming a public
service announcement for the True Colors Fund, the organization founded by
Cyndi Lauper to raise money for gay rights.
"I'm Anna Paquin. I'm bisexual, and I give a damn," the actress said into
the camera while filming her PSA, according to Radar Online. |
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发帖数: 19713 | 35 LCR是一个全国性的同性恋平权组织，近日，LCR加州分部宣布支持两名友同共和党候选
人角逐众议院席位。
LCR Endorses Two California Republicans
By Michelle Garcia
MARY BONO MACK X390 (OFFICIAL) | ADVOCATE.COM
The Log Cabin Republicans of California has endorsed Rep. Mary Bono Mack and
Rep. Tom Campbell, who are both running for positions in Congress.
Mack is running to retain her seat representing the 45th Congressional
District; she is up against Democratic candidate Steve Pougnet, a gay man
who is currently mayor of Palm Springs. Mack has been |
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发帖数: 19713 | 36 "Heartbroken" Male Otters Die Within an Hour of Each Other
By Advocate.com Editors
OTTERS DAZ AND CHIP X390 (SOURCE DAILYMAIL) | ADVOCATE.COM
Two elderly male otters who were best friends and lived side by side for
years died within an hour of each other earlier this week. Zookeepers told
the press they believe the second otter died of a broken heart.
Daz, 19, and Chip, 16, lived and died at Naturelands Zoo in Nelson, New
Zealand. Their handler said they had been inseparable for nearly 15 years. |
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发帖数: 19713 | 37 本周日出版的新一期《The New York Times》杂志的一篇文章称，动物界同性吸引的新
科学在不断地吸引到奖学金支持。
New Science of Animal Same-sex Attraction
By Julie Bolcer
Gay Laysan Albatross x390 (NOAA.gov) | Advocate.com
The science of same-sex attraction in animals increasingly draws serious
scholarship, the subject of a feature story in this Sunday’s issue of The
New York Times Magazine.
The article by Jon Mooallem begins with the story of biologist Lindsay C.
Young. She studies the Laysan albatross, a seabird that frequents Hawaii and
is |
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发帖数: 19713 | 38 两年前，一位42岁的HIV携带者因白血病而接受了干细胞移植，该干细胞的捐献者有基
因突变，此突变对产生艾滋病的病毒有天然抵制作用。随后的两年里，该白血病病人的
血液中一直没有再发现HIV病毒的迹象。
这项振奋人心的新发现出版在周三的《The New England Journal of Medicine》上，
但是医生们警告说，干细胞治疗法太危险，不宜于被用做对大部分HIV感染者的常规疗
法。
Stem Cell Transplant Patient HIV-Free
By Julie Bolcer
AIDS THERAPIES 2 X390 (GETTY IMAGES) | ADVOCATE.COM
A 42-year-old HIV patient with leukemia continues to show no signs of HIV in
his blood, two years after a stem cell transplant from a donor with a gene
mutation that confers natural resistance to |
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发帖数: 19713 | 39 N.J. Lawmakers Oppose Gay Marriage
By Kenneth Harvey
NJ MARRIAGE FAILS X390 (SCOTT MCPHERSON) | ADVOCATE.COM
Three Republican lawmakers filed a motion Monday to intervene and oppose a
New Jersey lawsuit to secure same-sex marriage.
Senators Anthony R. Bucco and Gerald Cardinale, with Assemblyman Michael
Patrick Carroll, are being represented by Alliance Defense Fund, the
Christian-based group that helped file the suit.
“There's more to marriage than just any two people in a committed
relationshi |
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发帖数: 19713 | 40 Wisc.: Trans Prisoners Can Receive Treatment
By Michelle Garcia
PRISON JAIL INCARCERATE X390 (PHOTOS.COM) | ADVOCATE.COM
A federal court ruled on Wednesday that transgender prisoners serving time
must be allowed to continue hormone treatments in Wisconsin prisons.
The Wisconsin legislature passed a law, effective January 2006, which barred
prison doctors from administering or prescribing hormone treatment or
gender reassignment surgery for transgender people while in state custody.
The U.S. Dist |
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发帖数: 19713 | 41 Transgender Cafe Opens in Portland
By Kenneth Harvey
COFFEE X390 (PUBLICITY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Tuff Luck, a Portland, Ore. cafe, celebrated its grand opening last month.
The coffee shop is located inside In Other Words, a feminist bookstore, and
was started as a way to help members of the transgender community raise
money for health care by providing them with a side job and a venue for
selling art.
“It’s mostly people’s art that they can make money off because right now
we can’t really afford to p |
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发帖数: 19713 | 42 Breedlove Campaigns to Recall Adams
By Michelle Garcia
SAM ADAMS BEAU BREEDLOVE X390 (FAIR) | ADVOCATE.COM
Some Portland, Ore., residents are attempting to gather more than 32,000
signatures in an effort to recall gay mayor Sam Adams, and among them is his
former lover Beau Breedlove.
Breedlove was among a group of about two dozen Adams opponents at a rally at
Portland City Hall on Thursday. They were gathering signatures on petitions
for a ballot measure to remove Adams from office. Breedlove t |
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发帖数: 19713 | 43 Parker Signs Discrimination Order
By Michelle Garcia
ANNISE PARKER X390 (FAIR USE) | ADVOCATE.COM
Houston mayor Annise Parker issued an executive order banning discrimination
against LGBT city employees. According to The Dallas Voice, the policy may
be the most comprehensive in the nation.
The sweeping order, which was signed March 25 and took effect immediately,
includes gender identity and gender expression protections. It enforces the
policy among contractors, vendors, and city agencies.
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发帖数: 19713 | 44 By Michelle Garcia
Prop 8 Signs x390 (Getty) I Advocate.com
A majority of participants in a new poll say they support gay marriage, a
consistent figure in a series of polls in recent months.
Fifty-two percent of respondents agreed that "same-sex couples should be
allowed to become legally married in the state of California." Forty percent
of respondents disagreed. The poll of 1,515 registered voters was conducted
for the Los Angeles Times and University of Southern California.
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发帖数: 19713 | 45 By Julie Bolcer
MAN TAKING MEDICATION PILLS HIV COCKTAIL AIDS X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
San Francisco public health officials next week will announce aggressive new
guidelines that call for people with HIV to begin taking antiviral
medicines as soon as they learn they are infected. The controversial new
policy departs from previous guidelines that called for HIV patients to take
the medications only when signs showed their immune systems had begun to
fail.
According to The New York Times, “Beh |
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发帖数: 19713 | 46 By Julie Bolcer
CRIME SCENE POLICE TAPE X390 (PHOTOS.COM) | ADVOCATE.COM
A 32-year-old man said that he was assaulted early Saturday morning by a
group of attackers who shouted an antigay slur outside the AmVets club, the
only gay bar in downtown Missoula, Mont.
According to the Missoulian, police say “there were between eight and 10
aggressors present during the assault, which occurred shortly after midnight
outside the bar at 225 Ryman St. However, it's unclear how many men
actually participat |
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发帖数: 19713 | 47 By Michelle Garcia
WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY X390 (GRAB) | ADVOCATE.COM
Officials at Western Kentucky University have approved a measure to
recognize domestic partners of faculty and staff and offer them health
insurance starting in 2011.
WKU's director of human resources announced the policy change to staff and
faculty on Friday, according to the Courier-Journal. The policy will include
both same-sex and opposite-sex unmarried partners.
WKU is the fourth public university in the state to offe |
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发帖数: 19713 | 48 Gaga Defends Fan in T-Shirt Dispute
Lady Gaga tweeted in defense of a fan sent home from school for wearing a T-
shirt that said, "I Love Lady Gay Gay."
By Julie Bolcer
LADY GAGA GLASSES X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Lady Gaga is sticking up for a teenage fan sent home from a Tennessee high
school Monday for wearing a T-shirt that said, “I Love Lady Gay Gay.”
While on tour in Australia, Gaga defended her little monster, as her fans
are called, by posting messages of support on her Twitter page, ac |
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发帖数: 19713 | 49 GLAAD President: Ricky Martin Can Bridge Gays and Latinos
By Advocate.com Editors
RICKY MARTIN MAIN X390 (FAIR USE) | ADVOCATE.COM
Jarrett Barrios, president of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against
Defamation, toasts singer Ricky Martin, the latest major celebrity to come
out, in a column for The Huffington Post.
Despite some who have been dismissive or cynical about Martin's announcement
, Barrios said that for many fans, especially Latinos, this provides a more
tangible meaning of what it mean |
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Two Arrested in Gay Indian Prof’s Death
By Julie Bolcer
Professor S R Siras X390 (JUSTOUT.COM) | ADVOCATE.COM
Two people have been arrested in connection with the death of Srinivas
Ramchandra Siras (pictured), a prominent modern languages scholar at Aligarh
Muslim University who died suspiciously after being entrapped in a gay sex
sting.
According to NDTV, suspects “Adil Murtaza and Shiraz, both local
journalists, carried out a sting operation on the AMU professor.”
Siras, who was 62,was fo |
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