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A group calling itself Guerrilla Gay Bar, gay men looking to crash straight hangouts, has intentions on turning them predominantly gay for a moment in time.
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Gay activists and conservatives alike put pressure on American Psychological Association as 10-year-old policy is reconsidered.
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ROME (Der Spiegel) - Echoes of an old culture war have been rippling through Europe, as a bishop in Germany calls for Catholics to keep their kids away from a sex-education musical and the Vatican condemns a new gay-rights campaign in Italy. A children's musical about sex and babies, organized by the German government, has been touring the country since 2003 without noticeable friction. But now it's arrived in the city of Fulda, near Frankfurt, and the local bishop has called for a boycott. The Fairytale of Nose, Belly and Butt should be avoided by right-thinking Catholic families, according to Heinz Josef Algermissen, because in the Church's view, "explanations about sexuality belong in the home," and "can't be left to a theater troupe." The show's Web site begs to differ, saying the theory behind the project is that humans are "sexual beings from birth onward," and that children experience "smooching and touching genitals as no less fun or significant than tickling their big toe." Uproar in Italy, too This notion of human sexuality is no doubt as offensive to the Church as the idea that humans might be wired from birth to be straight or gay - which is the assumption behind an Italian ad campaign protested recently by the Vatican. The regional government of Tuscany has planned to use a photo of a newborn child wearing a hospital bracelet with the word "homosexual" as part of a publicity push to combat homophobia. "Sexual orientation," reads the tag line, which will appear on billboards throughout Tuscany, "is not a choice."  Italy's political right, along with some Catholic groups, want the campaign to be withdrawn. The Church's declared position is that homosexuality is a psychological disorder, not exactly a sin - although indulging in gay sex is a sin.
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'Arriveranno alle adozioni gay', dice in una intervista
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A prominent gay rights group is stepping up its campaign against what it views as homophobic lyrics by a number of reggae acts. The OutRage organisation has attracted widespread
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An underground movement of gay  Orthodox Jews in Israel has created a Web site to help  homosexuals cope with living in a strict, religious community  that is often hostile to their lifestyle.
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Gay and lesbian Asians are marrying people of the opposite sex to conform to traditional values.
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While cities around the world hosted upbeat gay pride parades in recent weeks, human-rights activists kept watch on a contrasting set of developments: gays beaten by demonstrators in Moscow, convicted on sodomy charges in Cameroon, targeted by sweeping anti-gay legislation in Nigeria.
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Gay and lesbian advocates have been doing some soul-searching since President Bush's election victory, wondering if same-sex wedding marches through San Francisco and Massachusetts tipped the scales to Republicans promising to restore traditional values.
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In the face of gentrification, a waning sense of belonging is being felt in gay neighborhoods across the nation.
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Sabato grande manifestazione a piazza San Giovanni, a Roma. Una sfida, a distanza, con il Family Day. La testimonianza di una coppia gay
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Less than five years ago the idea of gay couples joining in a legal union akin to marriage was enough to rip apart the very social fabric of this small New England state that prides itself on its sense of community.
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Comment is free: Simon Fanshawe: Forty years after the 1967 bill, homophobic abuse still goes on. Let's ditch the sexual stereotypes.
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As France celebrates the fifth anniversary of its "Pacte Civil de Solidarite" (PaCS for short; in English, Civil Solidarity Pact) - a law that gives same-sex couples certain social, legal and financial benefits ...
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One helped spark the sexual revolution. The other was a revolutionary who became a sex symbol. And both Alfred Kinsey and Ernesto "Che" Guevara were the talk of the Toronto International Film Festival on Monday as their film biographies took center stage.
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SANTIAGO, Chile -- Emma de Ramon recently bought a condominium here. But even before she moved in, she said, everyone in the building knew one fact about her: She's gay.
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A new battle in America's fight over  gay rights has erupted in Atlanta, cradle of the U.S. civil  rights movement, where a golf club is resisting a city order to  grant spousal benefits to its gay members.