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Marriage Equality in Peril

'Prayer warriors' battle to pass state referendums banning gays and lesbians from marrying

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Dark Side of Russias Rainbow

Despite political, legal and religious pressures, Nikolai Alexeyev has worked to combat prejudice and secure legal and political protections for Russia's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community

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Transgendered Behind Bars

A recent study by the San Francisco-based Transgender, Gender Variant and Intersex Justice Project on rape in California prisons found that 59 percent of transgender people reported being sexually assaulted in prison in 2006, compared to 4 percent of the general prison population

vol. 31, iss. 11    ,

He Shoots, She Scores

When Mike became Christine, she gave Los Angeles sports fans a courtside view of gender politics

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A GLBT Center of Their Own

A combination of public and private funds, Chicago's new GLBT community center enjoys broad political support and is the first of its kind in the country

vol. 31, iss. 07    ,

Defining Hate in the United States

Despite widespread public support, hate crime law across the country remains inconsistent and the crimes often go unpunished.

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Circumcision Promotion Divides AIDS Activists

Should results of African AIDS study be applied in the United States?

vol. 31, iss. 05    ,

Bisexual Healing

Cringing is often a sign of unfinished political business," according to feminist author Jennifer Baumgardner. She should know.… more

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A Politically Correct Lexicon

Your 'how-to' guide to avoid offending anyone

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Iran Exports Anti-Gay Pogrom to Iraq

The murder of gay men in Iraq represents the importation of the anti-gay killings being carried out in the Islamic Republic of Iran

vol. 30, iss. 06    ,

Broke Cowboy

For folks like Samuel K. Beaumont, Sr., this year's Defense of Marriage Acts, set to appear in November… more

vol. 30, iss. 04   

An Anti-Gay Easter

Whose children will be allowed to participate in the White House's annual Easter Egg Roll on April 17?… more

vol. 30, iss. 03   

Gay Rights Win in Maine Heralds Progress in 2006

The unsung comeback of the past year belongs to the resilient gay-rights movement. Moxie and recommitment to state-based… more

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Irans Anti-Gay Pogrom

American gay rights groups are ignoring systematic persecution in the Islamic Republic

vol. 30, iss. 01    ,

Cowboys in Love

"All happy families resemble one another; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way," writes Leo Tolstoy… more

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Official Bigotry

In Florida, both anti-gay political rhetoric and hate crimes are on the rise

vol. 29, iss. 20   

Wildes Second Coming Out

When first published in England two years ago, Neil McKenna's The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde won universal… more

vol. 29, iss. 20   

Scott Bloch’s Sad Saga

On freedom, the Bush administration speaks with a forked tongue. Executive rhetoric at the start of the second… more

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Notes to a Young Feminist

A few years ago there was a conference in Minneapolis on “Feminism and Rhetoric.” I went as a… more

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Transfeminism: Let Her Rip

It’s been in the New York Times, so it must be official: Transpeople are here in number and… more

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Doing Women Wrong?

The musical Hairspray, playing on Broadway for the past two years and now on tour, is about race… more

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It’s Raining Amendment

The ugly clouds had gathered so long on the horizon that the first drop was a relief. Bush’s… more

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No Romeo

Appeals court defies Lawrence v. Texas

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The Court Takes on Gay Rights

Expectations are running high in the gay community as the United States Supreme Court will shortly hand down… more

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