... referred to as pandakas (shown here in modern India at a gay rights parade). Pandaka ("eunuch ... 39;s time, but gay was included in the category as deviancy. Today eunuchs, gays, and satyrs are imagined ... change to accommodate homosexuality, the world is not really doing anything that hasn't been done before (gays have a hidden place in society) -- other than calling it what it is and accepting ...

... design their wedding gowns is simply too much to bear. Everyone knows the gays will spare no expense when it comes to making their celebration the most lavish ... 't be surprised if the weatherman called for rain on a gay mans wedding day and he found a way to make ... 39;s really just that simple - straight folks are afraid gay marriage will force them to step up their own game in their relationships ...

... photo, and she mentions that the University of Chicago lesbian and gay alumni association thanked her for wearing leather ... Nussbaum makes a lot of other interesting points about gay marriage, arguing that much opposition to it is really about "disgust ... effect on homophobia, that effect is still tangential. In order for gays to get the rights they deserve, lawmakers (looking at you, New York State ...

... not spell out an alternative. Maybe this alternative lies in the courts and the congress. Maybe gay rights advocates should step back and cast this struggle from a ... strategy to achieve gay marriage. I think that it is time for Human Rights Campaign and Lambda and the other organizations claiming to represent gays and lesbians to address this critique. Why does this issue depend upon one state- ...

... public service and he criticized the senators who he said support gay marriage but "didn't have the intestinal fortitude ... Thomas Duane, the Legislature's first openly gay member, expressed anger and disappointment. " ... Quinn. They were out of the closet while everyone else was still hiding. They defended transgenders, gays, Hiv positive, Lesbians and anyone else who needed defending ...

... public service and he criticized senators who he said support gay marriage but “didn’t have the intestinal fortitude ... grandparents who survived the Holocaust and racism and said they wouldn’t want to see gays subjected to such treatment. Supporters had been hopeful they could eek ... marriage is legal in Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts and Vermont. A New Hampshire law takes effect Jan ...

... they decide who they are and what they stand for, they’ll already know what you think of them. From the example of Loving, there is one way in which it is possible that gay marriage will change America, beyond the couples themselves who would like to marry. Listen ... ;fag” joke for his wife, or when a mother who believes gays go to hell tells her daughter she will love her no matter what ...

... behind his state's constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. But now he's behind extending Salt Lake City's LGBT anti-discrimination to the entire state. Isn't this the same guy who said gays are "the greatest threat to America"? Yes, ... says, "I don't mind gays, but I don't want 'em stuffing it down my throat all the time, and certainly my kids' ...

... City. After the church’s endorsement, laws banning discrimination against gays in unemployment and housing passed the council unanimously on Nov. 10. Meanwhile ... Those who are at the helm should remember what it was like to be in the hatches. As friends and foes of gay marriage will soon discover, how we treat others where we are in the majority may well determine how we are treated where ...

... now—1:45 or so. She just said that her oldest brother was gay and that she never said so in public before. She described her brother moving to France to seek acceptance. ... “separate but equal” alternative for gays and lesbians. He said that gay marriage is not an attack on religious liberty. “This is about civil marriage,” he said. 2 p.m. update: Sen. Bill ...

... if you're up on the news, the present state of the debate over gay marriage can be confusing at best. The LA Times has created an ... a legal ban on gay marriage--but few laws regarding gay rights. By 2009 that parity has splintered into states where gays are ... at the level of demographics and opinion polls--and it might mean legal gay marriage in the future. But for now it's a hot button, and ...

... Rachid, president of the Argentine Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transsexuals. "Macri lied ... Gabriela Seijas that the couple had been unconstitutionally denied a marriage license and could proceed with their wedding. Macri at the time ... included in insurance policies. Many in Argentina are still opposed to gay marriage, particularly the Roman Catholic Church, which continues ...

... goodbye. A libertarian radical may want to avoid the issue of state recognition of marriage and look at what gives a hospital the right to turn away visitors, or what gives visitors the right to demand access to a ... then they shouldn't be fussing over gay marriage, they should be objecting to the fact that employment can typically be terminated without cause. Gays have to live with this reality ...

... in Maine last month. Disgusted: Supporters of same-sex marriage demonstrate outside the New York Senate at the Capitol in Albany following ... of public service. He criticised senators who he said support gay marriage but 'didn't have the intestinal fortitude to ... , executive orders and court decisions that grant many of the rights to gays long enjoyed by married couples. A Marist College ...

... a hold Monday on another court's decision to permit the first gay marriage in Latin America, but supporters of the couple ... Rachid, president of the Argentine Federation for Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transsexuals who coordinated the team of laywers ... registry where the wedding was to take place refuses to go through with the ceremony, the gay community will organize a protest," Rachid ...