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Gay Rights Activists call it a historic ruling, an appellate court has ruled New York must recognize same-sex marriages performed in Canada.

The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed by a woman in Monroe County. I think it’s amazing, we’re all very excited about it,” Hineseley.

At a youth conference today- hosted by the Gay Alliance of Genesee valley, a sense of victory over the court ruling that New York must recognize gay marriages performed out of state.

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What is the term for men who are single and over 30? While there is no particular description, most of them have been called gay some time or the other. Such a situation can get very difficult to handle. Especially when overtly gay men believe the murmurs and get aggressive.

“Sweetie, I hope you love my new shirt,” a man had whispered into a straight friend’s ears recently. Since the shirt had broad golden and green stripes, it wasn’t exactly easy to appreciate. While the friend murmured “nice” reluctantly, he sensed the man’s thumb crawl up his neck. Incensed, he asked, “What are you up to, man?” Not at all ruffled, the guy replied, “It is your suppressed sensuality coming to the fore. It is a silent mating call.”

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For some, February may be a time for thinking up deliriously romantic shenanigans for Valentine’s Day in an attempt to pump a bit of life into an otherwise flagging relationship. However, for those of a more serious bent, February sees the return of the annual LGBT History Month. Established a few years ago, taking inspiration from a similar celebration first established in America in 1994 and following the example of Black History Month, LGBT History Month aims to uncover the often hidden history of LGBT people through the ages as a way of understanding our own present and imagining our future. The venture also aims to celebrate individuals who refused to conform because of their sexuality in times gone by, some of whom are deservedly celebrated, others remain shamefully neglected.
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Despite difficulties in buttoned-down corridors of power, institutional and business CEOs aren’t so willing to hide.

Alba Martinez, chief executive officer of the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania, didn’t know her father was gay until he contracted AIDS and died when she was 21. To the world, Antonio Martinez, an administrator at the University of Puerto Rico, was a heterosexual family man. Only when his disease was diagnosed, in 1986, did he reveal his secret life. Six months later, he was dead at 55.

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BY BRETT GILBERT AND JONATHAN EZOR |Brett Gilbert, left, is assistant dean for career services and Jonathan I. Ezor is assistant professor of law and technology at Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center.

January 28, 2008

In a condensed primary season like this one, when every day brings a new poll or voting results, it’s hard to focus on policy nuance. This is all the more true when issues don’t garner the attention they should from the outset.

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Some parents in California are pissed after finding out that photos of their teenaged sons have shown up on some gay porn websites.

The photos of teen water polo players, some boys as young as 14, were displayed next to photos of nude young men and graphic sexual content, an Orange County Register investigation found.

Parents say some of the boys were traumatized and had to seek counseling.

“These kids don’t look at what they do as shameful,” said Joan Gould, an international water polo official and a spokeswoman for a group of Orange County water polo parents. “For someone to come in and take what these kids are doing and take it out of context and exploit these images, these kids and their schools, because you can see the school name on the caps, is just horrible.”

Cops at the University of California, Irvine are investigating whether a campus police dispatcher was the one who photographed the high school athletes for gay-oriented sites.

The Register said it found photos of players from 11 Orange County high schools in addition to schools in Los Angeles and San Diego counties on several pages of one gay porn site registered to a London address.

PLEASE NOTE: The photos here are NOT the photos of the teenaged boys. These men in this photo are a part of British college waterpolo team.

From Mr James Johnston.

Sir, Three cheers for the investment banks actively trying to recruit gay and lesbian staff in Asia. However, Raphael Minder’s article “Cool reception for Asia’s gay workers” (January 15) acknowledges but barely touches on the numerous difficulties that these new gay recruits may experience later in their careers once “partnered” if they consider transfers to other Asian countries.

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Man convicted in wife’s death seeks new trial

SACRAMENTO - Phone calls Robert Gay made to 911 dispatchers after a fatal fight with his wife in 2005 became the focus Tuesday of oral arguments before the state’s 3rd District Court of Appeal.

The three justices - Coleman Blease, Vance Raye and Arthur Scotland - have three months to decide whether Gay’s 10-year sentence for shooting his wife should be overturned. Gay is out on bail while they decide.

The 911 recording “shows the mental state of mind” Gay had, said Charles Bonneau, Gay’s Sacramento attorney.

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In a recent University of San Diego study, psychologist Robert-Jay Green revealed some discoveries that demonstrate how same-sex relationships may be healthier than straight ones, according to an article by United Press International.

The study found that couples in same-sex relationships were more flexible in terms of gender roles, parenting, and household responsibilities.

It also found that lesbian couples are emotionally closer than gay couples, who, in turn, are emotionally closer than heterosexual married couples.

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BEIJING, Jan. 16 (Xinhuanet)– A new drug-resistant superbug staph is being transmitted among gay men, U.S. researchers said as quoted by media reports Wednesday.     The methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, is spreading among the gay communities outside hospitals in San Francisco, Boston, New York and Los Angeles.

    The Castro district of San Francisco, which has a higher gay population in the United States, has been hardest hit, researchers said.

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