(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…
By Ian Kerner Editor’s note: Ian Kerner, a sexuality counselor and New York Times best-selling author, writes about sex and relationships for CNN Health. (CNN) — Are younger people more likely to embrace their sexual identity? That’s the implication of findings from a recent large Gallup survey. The survey, which asked 120,000 American adults whether…
PARIS (CNN) — The French Senate will debate a controversial bill Thursday that would extend the right to marry and adopt to same-sex couples. The lower house has already approved the legislation, in the face of protests from those opposed to the measure. If it passes the Senate, it would mark the biggest step forward…
LOS ANGELES (CNN) — A fifth man has filed a lawsuit alleging sex abuse by Kevin Clash, the puppeteer who gave Sesame Street’s Elmo his voice. The allegations that Kevin Kiadii, 25, made against Clash, 52, are similar to those made by four other men who said they were courted and seduced by Clash when…
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (CNN) — Uruguayan senators voted overwhelmingly in favor of a same-sex marriage measure Tuesday — a key step that puts the South American nation on the path to becoming the 12th country to approve such a law. Senators approved the marriage equality bill 23-8. Next week, lawmakers in the lower house, which approved…
(CNN) — Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois, a socially moderate Republican, announced on Tuesday his support for same-sex marriage, becoming the second Republican in the chamber to support it. “Same-sex couples should have the right to civil marriage,” he wrote in a statement. “Our time on this earth is limited, I know that better than…
(CNN) — Sen. Bob Casey, a socially conservative Democrat and Pennsylvania’s senior senator, announced his support for same-sex marriage Monday saying he had been influenced in part by “letters written to me by LGBT Pennsylvanians and their families.” “After much deliberation and after reviewing the legal, public policy, and civil rights questions presented, I support…
WHEATON, Illinois (CNN) — Combing through prayer requests in a Wheaton College chapel in 2010, then-junior Benjamin Matthews decided to do something “absurdly unsafe.” He posted a letter on a public forum bulletin board near students’ post office boxes. In the letter, he came out as gay and encouraged fellow gay Christian students – some…
(CNN) — As the justices of the Supreme Court now contemplate two same-sex marriage cases, and national polls show growing support for allowing gays and lesbians to marry, a debate has broken out over whether Republican presidential candidates in 2016 will embrace the idea. Karl Rove, the former White House political adviser in the George…
From Queerty.com comes a touching video from father of three Jack Montgomery, of Washington, D.C., who wrote an open letter to Justice Antonin Scalia and his fellow Supreme justices regarding Scalia’s speculation as to the potential “deleterious” effects of kids having same-sex parents. Montgomery and his husband Kelly Vielmo adopted three siblings from D.C.’s foster…
