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Va. gov counters state atty. gen.'s advice on gays (AP)

Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) during their annual meeting in Washington, February 19, 2010.    REUTERS/Joshua Roberts    (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS HEADSHOT)AP - Gov. Bob McDonnell directed state agencies not to discriminate against gay people in employment practices Wednesday, essentially overriding the Virginia attorney general's advice to public colleges.


March 11, 2010 2:00 AM
DC courthouse busy with same-sex applications (AP)
AP - Hundreds of couples applied for marriage licenses in Washington during the first week they were available to same-sex couples.
March 10, 2010 21:53 PM
Dozen same-sex couples tie knot in DC (AP)

Sinjoyla Townsend, left, and Angelisa Young smile at the crowd as they are married by Rev. David K. North, center, on Tuesday, March 9, 2010, the first day that gay marriage is legal in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - At least a dozen couples tied the knot in the District of Columbia on the first day same-sex ceremonies were legally allowed, and many more unions were on the way.


March 10, 2010 10:15 AM
'Great step for equality' as gay weddings come to US capital (AFP)

Angelisa Young (right) and Sinjoyla Townsend hold hands as Rev. David North speaks during their wedding on the first day same-sex couples are legal to wed under a new law in Washington, DC. Amid heavy security and without many of the trappings of a traditional wedding, three gay couples were married in a ceremony on the first day same-sex marriages were celebrated in the US capital.(AFP/Getty Images/Alex Wong)AFP - After waiting for years for the chance to legally wed, gay couples walked down church aisles and exchanged vows in civil ceremonies in Washington on the first day same-sex marriage was allowed in the US capital.


March 10, 2010 5:18 AM
As gay marriage begins in Washington, opponents vow to fight (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Gay rights groups celebrated the start of same-sex weddings Tuesday in Washington, D.C., but gay marriage foes say the issue is not yet settled.
March 10, 2010 0:37 AM
Archbishop defends decision on lesbians' children (AP)
AP - The archbishop of Denver on Tuesday defended a decision by a Catholic school not to allow two children to continue as students because their parents are a lesbian couple.
March 9, 2010 21:52 PM
Gay couples find surrogate mothers in India (AFP)

In this February 19 photograph, US citizen Brad Fister kisses his 23-day old daughter Ashton in Hyderabad. Commercial surrogacy is a booming industry in India, and in recent years the ranks of childless foreign couples coming here have been swelled by gay partners looking for a low-cost, legally friendly path to parenthood.(AFP/Noah Seelam)AFP - For gay US businessman Brad Fister, experiencing the joy of fatherhood meant flying half way around the world to India where he first held his baby daughter, born to a woman who had signed away any right to her child.


March 9, 2010 6:40 AM
Latin America's 1st gay marriage law takes effect (AP)

Carlos Alberto Ramos, right, and Javier Gutierrez  kiss after beginning the legal process towards marriage in a city government building in Mexico City, Thursday, March 4, 2010.  Same-sex couples began the new legal process Thursday towards marriage, which will give gay marriages the same status as heterosexual ones. Official marriages are set to begin in the coming weeks.  (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)AP - Throngs of Mexico City gay and lesbian couples registered for marriage licenses Thursday, the day Latin America's first gay-marriage law took effect.


March 4, 2010 23:43 PM
Dutch gays, Catholic church put aside dispute (AP)
AP - Dutch gay rights groups have called for an end to protests against a Catholic church southwest of Amsterdam after it said it would no longer seek to bar homosexuals from taking communion.
March 3, 2010 15:02 PM
Court allows Washington, DC, same-sex marriages (Reuters)
Reuters - Chief Justice John Roberts of the Supreme Court rejected on Tuesday a request from opponents of gay marriage to put on hold a new law that allows same-sex couples to wed in Washington, D.C.
March 3, 2010 1:07 AM
In DC, blacks were crucial to gay marriage debate (AP)

FILE - In a Friday, Dec. 18, 2009 file photo, District of Columbia mayor Adrian Fenty signs legislation legalizing same sex marriage in Washington, on Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. Same-sex marriages will likely begin in Washington within the week, but the debate over gay marriage has sounded different here, with references to interracial marriage and Martin Luther King. Over the past year, both sides have courted the support of Washington's black community, a majority of the city's 600,000 residents.  (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)AP - Gay and lesbian couples will soon be able to marry in Washington, but the debate over same-sex marriage has sounded different here, with references to interracial marriage and Martin Luther King.


March 2, 2010 16:16 PM
Thousands celebrate Australia's Gay Mardi Gras (AP)

Participants take part in the 33rd Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade in Sydney, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010. Started in 1978 as a protest march for gay rights, the parade attracts hundreds of thousands of spectators to the city to watch the 130 floats. (AP Photo/ Jeremy Piper)AP - Thousands of people in lavish costumes and various states of undress danced and partied their way through Sydney's streets on Saturday, in Australia's annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade.


February 27, 2010 15:04 PM
10,000 to march for gay pride in Sydney (AFP)

A contestant is seen at the Fashions on the Field at the Pink Stiletto Gay and Lesbian Race Day at Royal Randwick Racecourse, a lead-up event to Sydney's renowned Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade, being held on February 27.(AFP/Greg Wood)AFP - Almost 10,000 people shimmied, strutted and strode through the ages on Saturday as Sydney celebrated its 32nd gay and lesbian Mardi Gras parade.


February 27, 2010 9:39 AM
Beverly Hills disowns Miss California contestant (AP)
AP - Less than a year after dethroned Miss California USA Carrie Prejean stirred up controversy with her remarks against gay marriage, a similar war of words is brewing in Beverly Hills.
February 25, 2010 7:05 AM
Ford Jr. gets tough reception by NY gay group (AP)
AP - Former Tennessee congressman and potential U.S. Senate candidate Harold Ford Jr. got a tough reception while speaking to a gay advocacy group, and tried to explain he no longer opposes gay marriage.
February 25, 2010 2:59 AM
Clay Aiken takes NC stage for gay rights (AP)

FILE - In this March 28, 2009 file photo, singer Clay Aiken attends the 20th Annual Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Media Awards in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)AP - More than a year after disclosing he is gay, Clay Aiken is speaking before a gay-rights event in his hometown.


February 24, 2010 22:36 PM
Anglican clerics back gay marriages in church (AFP)

Gay men exchanging rings at their wedding. Clerics from the Anglican church in England on Tuesday called for an end to rules that stop gay couples marrying in religious venues such as churches or synagogues.(AFP/File/Philippe Desmazes)AFP - Clerics from the Anglican church in England on Tuesday called for an end to rules that stop gay couples marrying in religious venues such as churches or synagogues.


February 24, 2010 10:38 AM
Mass. says federal marriage law unconstitutional (AP)

Lol Kin Castaneda (L) and her partner Judith Vazquez stand together in their home in Mexico City March 10, 2010. Castaneda and Vazquez are among some of the first same-sex couples to get married as soon as this week, after the city passed a law in December allowing same-sex marriage. The law, now in effect after being approved by the city's mainly left-wing legislature in December, goes beyond current law allowing same-sex civil unions to give gay couples the same marriage rights as straight couples, including adoption. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte (MEXICO - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)AP - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley says a federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman interferes with her state's right to regulate the institution.


February 19, 2010 18:11 PM
Ugandan anti-gay pastor airs gay porn in church (AP)
AP - A Ugandan pastor is showing gay pornography at church to try to garner support for a proposed law that would impose the death penalty for some gays.
February 18, 2010 16:33 PM
Lesbian-led film wins cheers at Berlin Festival (AFP)

US film director Lisa Cholodenko (L) and US actress Julianne Moore pose for photographers ahead of the press conference for the film AFP - Julianne Moore and Annette Bening star as a married lesbian couple whose two children go looking for their sperm donor in a movie met with cheers Wednesday at the 60th Berlin Film Festival.


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