NEW YORK, — Here TV America’s only gay television network, announced today that Here TV’s award-winning programming is now available as a YouTube paid channel, the newly launched subscription-based platform. Episodes of classic Here TV series will be available immediately on demand through the new service for a low monthly or yearly subscription. Here TV is one of the…
(CNN) — President Barack Obama on Friday chided recent state efforts to enact tougher abortion laws and became the first sitting president to address Planned Parenthood when he spoke at a gala for the group. “When you read about some of these laws, you want to check the calendar. You want to make sure you’re…
New Zealand became the 13th country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage today after their parliament approved an amendment to their 1955 marriage laws 77-44. The country is the first in the Asia-Pacific region to allow gays and lesbians to marry. Same-sex marriage supporters, Members of Parliament (MPs) and observers in parliament broke into…
(CNN) — It’s not just the United States grappling with the issue of same-sex marriage. Many countries around the world are re-examining their laws, and some appear to be on the brink of changing them. Senators in Uruguay approved a marriage equality bill Tuesday that puts them on course to be the 12th country in…
Francis, rebuild my church Dear Editor, “Francis, rebuild my church,” is a line from a dream, according to legend, Pope Innocent III had before he approved what would come to be known as the Rule of St. Francis, the foundation of the Order of Poor Friars. Innocent had a dream of a crumbling St. John…
Planned Parenthood supports marriage equality Dear Editor, Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in defense of and opposition to marriage equality. Among the issues addressed were the constitutionality of Proposition 8, California’s same-sex marriage ban approved by voters in 2008. Why is Planned Parenthood, the nation’s leading provider of reproductive and sexual…
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…
