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State colleges, universities in California may soon ask students' sexual orientation
California's many state colleges and universities might soon ask students for their names, ages, grades -- and sexual orientations.
Lesbian comedienne Kate McKinnon joins SNL
Lesbian comedienne Kate McKinnon is joining the cast of Saturday Night Live.
Singer Fiona Apple's letter to a Gay-Straight Alliance goes viral
Singer Fiona Apple is back in the headlines for an upcoming album -- and for a letter she wrote to a gay teenager 12 years ago.
Illinois House passes anti-bullying measure
The Illinois House Wednesday narrowly passed new anti-bullying legislation for schools. The measure sponsored by state Rep. Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago) passed by 61 votes and now moves to the Illinois Senate.
Prosecutors seek murder charges against Neo-Nazis in murder of gay man
Prosecutors in Chile are seeking murder charges against the Neo-Nazis who beat and tortured a young gay man, Daniel Zamudio, to death.
Gay men in Turkey must go through humiliation to be discharged from military
Gay men in Turkey must "prove" they are gay through a humiliating series of activities and questions in order to be exempt from the military.
Gay politician from Nepal asks Facebook for 'third gender' option
Nepalese lawmaker Sunil Babu Pant has asked Facebook to allow users to choose a third gender while signing up.
NJ Gov. Chris Christie: 'Obama and I are the same on gay rights'
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who is a Republican, says he and President Barack Obama are on the same page when it comes to gay marriage.
Houston Dynamo player sorry for lobbing gay slur at ball boy
Houston Dynamo soccer player Colin Clark says he's very sorry for using a gay slur during a match on Friday.
GLSEN youth activists gather to support safe schools legislation
Students and allied adults from across the country convene in Washington, D.C. for GLSEN's 2012 Safe Schools Advocacy Summit.
Two gay men plead guilty after getting arrested for having sex during gay cruise
John Robert Hart, 41 and Dennis Jay Mayer, 43, will remember their 2012 cruise vacation for all the wrong reasons: the two men were thrown into jail for having sex on the boat.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate rejects idea of making homosexuality legal
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has announced that she has no intention of making homosexuality legal.
Madonna to challenge St. Petersburg's 'gay propaganda' law
Madonna has vowed to defy St. Petersburg's recently enacted gay propaganda law when she performs this summer in the city, Bloomberg Businessweek reported.