Gay.com News HeadlinesThe Gay.com/PlanetOut.com News channel is the most trusted and most widely read provider of online news for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) communities. The news offerings include daily headlines, commentary, week in review, press releases and in-depth packages that focus on the biggest GLBT news events around the world.Ruling: Oregon partner law safe for now- (Found August 19, 2008 ) The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismisses anti-gays' efforts to put a challenge to Oregon's domestic-partner law on the November ballot.http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?2008/08/15/3 FBI found no dirt on gay rights governor- (Found August 19, 2008 ) Two months after Wisconsin Gov. Lee Sherman Dreyfus signed the country's first statewide gay rights bill, the FBI launched a probe that turned up empty.http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?2008/08/15/2 Slain teen's parents blame schools- (Found August 19, 2008 ) Dawn and Gregory King's legal claim says Oxnard schools should have stopped Larry from wearing feminine clothes in light of his "unique vulnerabilities."http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?2008/08/15/1 Marriage foes seek to halt 1913 law's repeal- (Found August 19, 2008 ) "The gay lobby" made Massachusetts lawmakers open marriage to out-of-staters, says Brian Camenker in yet another bid to put equality to a popular vote.http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?2008/08/18/5 Megachurch hosts Obama, McCain- (Found August 19, 2008 ) McCain says he'd leave marriage to the states unless a federal court ordered his home state to honor Massachusetts gay marriages; then he'd want a federal ban.http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?2008/08/18/4 Britain's spy service seeks to hire gays- (Found August 19, 2008 ) After shunning them for decades over worries of blackmail, MI5 is now asking out gay and lesbian Brits to consider an career in espionage.http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?2008/08/18/3 Argentine gays get widow's-pension rights- (Found August 19, 2008 ) The measure, which grants pension rights to couples of five years' standing, is the first nationwide gay rights bill approved by the government.http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?2008/08/18/2 Court: Doctors can't refuse gays- (Found August 19, 2008 ) Christian doctors who refused a lesbian fertility treatment have neither a free- speech right nor a religious exemption from California law, justices rule.http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?2008/08/18/1 Condom calling: Ring tone fights risky sex- (Found August 19, 2008 ) A cell phone ring tone that sings "Condom, condom!" has been launched to promote safe sex in India, where condoms carry a strong social stigma.http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?2008/08/19/2 Happy the children Not!- (Found August 19, 2008 ) Argentine prosecutors say Catholic priest Julio Grassi sexually abused three boys attending his "Happy the Children" Foundation for poor youth.http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?2008/08/19/1 |