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Gay Couple, Fleetingly Famous for a Kiss, Separated by Tragedy

By Kilian Melloy | Thursday Sep 9, 2010
Two young men electrified a conservative South African town when a picture of them kissing prompted anger, but also spoke to gays of passion, commitment... and normalcy. Tragically, a month after the photo was taken, one of the young men is dead following a car crash.

Popular Atlanta club promoter found murdered

By Conswella Bennett | Friday Sep 10, 2010
Durand Robinson, a popular Atlanta club promoter who organized the city’s Black Gay Pride, was found dead in the middle of a local street on Aug. 25.
Florida Governor Charlie Crist told CNN that he would support a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.

Florida’s Crist wants to federally ban same-sex marriage

By Hannah Clay Wareham | Friday Sep 10, 2010
"When it comes to marriage, I think it is a sacred institution, I believe it is between a man and a woman," Crist said.

Judge: Military’s gay ban is unconstitutional

Thursday Sep 9, 2010
A federal judge in Southern California ruled Thursday that the U.S. military’s ban on openly gay service members is unconstitutional.

The ’New Gay?’ Polyamorists Pursue Legitimacy

By Kilian Melloy | Thursday Sep 9, 2010
Polyamorists in Canada are seeking legitimacy for consensual, familial relationships between non-related adults... a lot of them. Or, at least, more than the usual two.

Sandra Day O’Connor Supports Iowa Pro-Gay Marriage Justices

By Kilian Melloy | Thursday Sep 9, 2010
Three embattled iowa justices who cleared the way for marriage equality in that state--and have now been targeted by the anti-gay right who seek to unseat them through a "retention vote"--have a high profile supporter: retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.

Virginia Smith, Lesbian President of ’Seven Sister’ College, Dies

By Kilian Melloy | Thursday Sep 9, 2010
Former Vassar College president and influential educator Virginia B. Smith died at age 87 on Aug. 27. She is survived by her same-sex life partner of nearly 60 years.

LGBT opposition to Fla. church’s plan to burn Qurans grows

By Joseph Erbentraut | Thursday Sep 9, 2010
Equality Florida and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force are among the organizations that have condemned a Gainesville, Fla., church’s plan to burn copies of the Quran on the ninth anniversary of Sept. 11, but anti-Muslim sentiments remain strong among some LGBT circles.

Quran Book Burning Backlash

Thursday Sep 9, 2010
Religious and political leaders are voicing their outrage against Rev. Terry Jones’ plans to burn copies of the Quran on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Kelly Cobiella reports.

Ore. abuse case lawyers want to question cardinals

By Tim Fought | Thursday Sep 9, 2010
Lawyers for a man who wants to hold the Vatican accountable for the priest who molested him in the 1960s asked a federal judge Wednesday to allow them to question top cardinals.

Obama implores minister to call off Quran burning

Thursday Sep 9, 2010
President Barack Obama is exhorting a Florida minister to "listen to those better angels" and call off his plan to engage in a Quran-burning protest this weekend.