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New York State Govenor David Paterson said Wednesday he wants to put a bill to legalize same-sex marriage to a vote during a special session within weeks.
The governor said the measure would be part of unfinished business from the regular session that ended this summer in a tumultuous coup in the Senate, later undone, after […]

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday that it would create the first national resource center to assist communities across the country in providing services and support for older LGBT individuals.
As many as 1.5 to 4 million LGBT individuals are age 60 and older, and many agencies that serve elders may be […]

Census ads on your Happy Meal box? Maybe not just yet, but readers of the Philadelphia Gay News were privy to a test run of an ad campaign when the United States Census placed an ad on the paper’s front page.
The October 9-15 edition of the weekly paper features a yellow sticker advertisement placed prominently […]

There are certain rules — explicit rules — that all made members of the mob are meant to follow: No beards. No sleeping with another gangster’s wife. No cooperation with the government in accordance with “omertà,” the Mafia code of silence.
But then there are those customs that are so engrained as part of the mob […]

 
300 star Gerard Butler hosted Saturday Night Live over the weekend, and reprised his King Leonidas role for a sketch about the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in Sparta.
King Leonidas at first seems too overwhelmed with foreign wars, public opinion and suspicion about his birth certificate to implement his promise to end the policy, but […]

Some 150 people who support same-sex marriage rallied at the Rhode Island state house in Providence on Saturday, hoping to move legislators in the only New England state that does not allow same-sex couples to marry.
The rally took place two days after Republican governor Don Carcieri (pictured) spoke against gay marriage to an antigay group […]

Independent senator Joseph Lieberman said Thursday that he is in discussions with the White House and the “advocacy community” about repealing “don’t ask, don’t tell,” but he stopped short of saying whether he would take the lead on repeal legislation.
“That hasn’t been decided, but we’re all working together in a very collegial way,” Lieberman said […]

A straight Italian couple is suing a cruise line for accidentally booking them on Italy’s first all-gay cruise.
 
The unnamed middle-aged couple was booked for three nights aboard a Grimaldi Lines ship from Civitavecchia to Barcelona. They said that when they saw media crews at the dock they thought a celebrity was on the ship. They […]