School to pay Constance damages
Itawamba Agricultural High School in Fulton, Miss., which canceled its prom rather than let Constance McMillen attend [...]
IGLHRC wins battle for UN inclusion
Following a grueling last-minute push, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission won consultative status [...]
Court OKs Moscow mayor’s calling gays ‘faggots’
A libel suit filed by Moscow Pride against Mayor Yuri Luzhkov over his having called gays "faggots" ("gomiki") was [...]
First Europride in Eastern Europe
Europride, which has roamed from country to country since 1992, was staged in Eastern Europe for the first time this [...]
GetEQUAL stops traffic on Vegas Strip, 8 arrested
Members of direct-action group GetEQUAL halted traffic on the Las Vegas Strip at the New York-New York hotel's Statue of [...]
Charges dropped over White House civil disobedience
As trial was about to start in D.C. Superior Court, the government dropped the charges July 14 against Lt. Dan Choi and [...]
Obama issues AIDS strategy
President Barack Obama issued a "National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States" on July 13. "Our country is at a [...]
Argentina: Same-Sex Marriage Among the Carnivores
The Argentine Republic’s legalization of same-sex marriage July 15 came as a complete surprise to those of us who think [...]
The F word
"I still use the word 'faggot' all the time in my column. Every time that I am on chat shows on cable, I make a point of [...]
EU plans to fight for LGBT rights worldwide
The Council of the European Union on June 30 adopted a "Toolkit to Promote and Protect the Enjoyment of All Human Rights [...]

