AltWeeklies Wire
Going Courtingnew
A Portland couple's fight for same-sex parental rights is the opening salvo in a statewide legal campaign in Oregon.
Willamette Week |
Ian Demsky |
04-05-2006 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Cross the Thresholdnew
Gay couples in Connecticut ask a judge to open the door to full marriage rights.
New Haven Advocate |
Carole Bass |
04-03-2006 |
LGBT
Who Leads?new
When two gay guys take up competitive ballroom dancing, who leads?
Orlando Weekly |
Lindy T. Shepherd |
03-30-2006 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Leap of Faithnew
New Jersey's Supreme Court is considering legislation that would make the Garden State more attractive to gay couples.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jesse Smith |
03-27-2006 |
LGBT
Tags: same-sex marriage, gay marriage
To Gays: Don't Mourn, Organize!new
The recent 8-to-0 Supreme Court decision doesn't end the fight against "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
03-22-2006 |
LGBT
Playing It Unsafenew
New HIV cases dropped in the 90s, but "prevention fatigue" has the disease back on the rise.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kelly Davis |
02-22-2006 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
'I Don't'new
Not everyone in the LGBT community is sold on the idea of same-sex marriage.
San Antonio Current |
Nicole Chavez |
02-15-2006 |
LGBT
Seeking Rich Gay White Mennew
The demise of San Antonio's Diversity Center points to a larger crisis within the LGBT community: There is no unified political front to fight powerful religious conservatives bent on eroding the few rights the LGBT community has won.
San Antonio Current |
Lisa Sorg |
02-15-2006 |
LGBT
Tags: Gay Rights, same-sex marriage
Of God, Love and Marriagenew
Clergy members lobby for gay marriage rights in Maryland.
Baltimore City Paper |
Laura Laing |
02-10-2006 |
LGBT
Tags: same-sex marriage, gay marriage
Sort of a Winnew
Florida Republicans hoped to outlaw gay marriage by enacting a constitutional ban, but the signature drive to put it on this year's ballot fell short.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
02-09-2006 |
LGBT
Sexual Disorientationnew
An upcoming Supreme Court decision on gay marriage could aid opponents of the new, unrelated gay civil-rights law.
Seattle Weekly |
George Howland Jr. |
02-08-2006 |
LGBT
Making a Splashnew
The country's first male synchronized swimming team breaks one barrier, but others remain.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kristina Peterson |
01-18-2006 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Dr. Strangelovenew
On December 25, Dr. Charles W. Socarides, one of the last of the old-school scourges of the gay community, died at the age of 83 -- to the end maintaining that homosexuality is a mental disorder that can be cured.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael Bronski |
01-12-2006 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Don't Ask, Don't Benew
A Houston-area man leads the fight against the ban on gays in the military.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
01-09-2006 |
LGBT
Gays and the GOPnew
A small group of Republicans who support gay rights are forming in Maine, and are hoping to attract a handful of others -- they want to number at least 10 by the end of 2006.
Portland Phoenix |
Sara Donnelly |
01-06-2006 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
