The Vietnamese Ministry of Health has announced that beginning in May, three hospitals will be permitted to perform gender reassignment surgery, announced Nguyen Huy Quang, director of the Department of Legal Affairs for the Ministry. According to an internal document, in 2,000 newborn babies, one has genitals not fit to the chromosome. And 1 in…
BUENOS AIRES (CNN) — Less than an hour after he fired off an angry letter to Catholic Church leaders about their handling of Argentina’s same-sex marriage debate, Marcelo Marquez says his phone rang. He was surprised to hear the voice on the other end of the line. It was Jorge Mario Bergoglio, then the archbishop…
PALM SPRINGS, Calif.– Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend has just announced the addition of Leah LaBelle to its 2013 entertainment line-up. LaBelle’s record label and agency (CAA), reached out to Mariah Hanson (founder and producer of The Dinah) for a spot on the 2013 Dinah talent roster. Following in the footsteps of Lady Gaga, Katy Perry,…
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW/CNN) — A new paint job on a house across from Westboro Baptist Church is catching some attention. A non-profit group called Planting Peace sponsored the project. The rainbow-colored painting of a home has been dubbed “The Equality House.” The group says it symbolizes equality, peace and change, now sporting the colors of…
http://youtu.be/zYV3DE8T6Io Up and coming Lesbian artist Anastasia Luna has been featured by Curve magazine and AfterEllen.com. She describes her video Tonight as, “My sexiest music video yet!” See what you think.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KTXL/CNN) — Investigators are looking into a possible hate crime that happened around 10:30 Sunday night on the corner of 20th and D streets in Midtown. Two men, armed with a baseball bat, first yelled derogatory anti-gay slurs at a man in his 40s and then struck him in the knees with the…
WASHINGTON (CNN) — On the day that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced for the first time her support for same-sex marriage, a new national survey indicates a small majority of Americans backs such marriages, but that there are major generational and partisan divides, as well as a gender gap. According to a CNN/ORC…
WASHINGTON (CNN) — For Amanda Ihnat, a millennial and a conservative, Sen. Rob Portman’s change of heart on supporting same-sex marriage was a much-needed — albeit tardy turnaround. For fellow conservative Peter Konetchy, a baby boomer, the Ohio Republican’s switch signals a decided lack of principles. The two divergent views illustrate the kind of challenges…
(CNN) — Republican Sen. Rob Portman’s flip-flop approval for same-sex marriage, is just the latest change of heart on the issue by conservatives. Even Democrats like President Obama — have turned around after opposing it. This change in attitude is just one of many milestones for the movement. Here are five of the most important…
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is spending $1.5 million to study the “high public-health significance” of why 75 percent of lesbian women are obese and gay men are not, according to a report in The Washington Times. “Obesity is one of the most critical public health issues affecting the U.S. today,” the description of…
