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French gays hail 'Pink TV' channel
PARIS, France -- Gays across France celebrated the launch of the country's first television channel for homosexuals on Monday, anticipating a pink mixture of fashion, travel, talk, cult movies, music and soap operas.

Gay novel wins Booker prize
LONDON, England -- British author Alan Hollinghurst has won the Booker Prize, one of the world's most prestigious literary awards, for his critically acclaimed gay novel "The Line of Beauty."

Wisconsin candidates differ on same-sex marriage
EAU CLAIRE, Wisconsin -- U.S. Senate candidate Tim Michels said Saturday he opposes marriage between homosexuals and that people should not have "gay values" imposed upon them.

Etheridge recovering from cancer surgeries
LOS ANGELES, California -- Rock singer Melissa Etheridge, who revealed earlier this month that she was battling breast cancer, says she is recovering at home from two recent surgeries and plans to undergo chemotherapy.

Apology sought in gay clergy row
LONDON, England -- An Anglican church commission on Monday sharply criticized the U.S. Episcopal Church for consecrating a gay bishop and called on the church to apologize and refrain from promoting any other clergy living in a same-sex union.

Activist accuses GOP of 'attacking gays'
WASHINGTON -- The head of the nation's largest gay and lesbian Republican group slammed fellow Republicans Friday for "feigning outrage" over comments by Sen. John Kerry, and called on President Bush to "stop attacking gay families on the campaign trail."

Gel could protect women from AIDS
WASHINGTON -- A leading medical journal says a chemical specially designed to thwart how the AIDS virus invades the body during sex offers scientists a new lead in the long quest for a vaginal gel that women could apply to protect themselves when men don't use a condom.

Excerpt from Presidential Debate Regarding Homosexuality
TEMPE, Arizona - Both of you are opposed to gay marriage. But to understand how you have come to that conclusion, I want to ask you a more basic question.  Do you believe homosexuality is a choice?

The HIV-positive superhero sidekick
LOS ANGELES, California -- Along with fighting alien menaces and criminal masterminds, the "Green Arrow" comic book will now feature a sidekick engaged in a more personal struggle -- this one against HIV.

Study links genes, male homosexuality
LONDON, England -- Genetic factors, along with cultural and early experiences, influence male homosexuality, Italian scientists said on Wednesday.

Texas executes killer of gay man
HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- A man convicted of abducting and killing a gay man 11 years ago was executed Tuesday, after apologizing to his victim's family and his own.

Pro-gay Republicans suing Pentagon
WASHINGTON -- A pro-gay Republican group plans to file a lawsuit asking a federal court to overturn the U.S. government's "don't ask, don't tell" policy covering gays in the military.

Laws limiting marriage genders constitutional
SAN FRANCISCO, California -- Laws limiting marriage to a man and a woman do not run afoul of California's constitution, Attorney General Bill Lockyer declared Friday in a long-awaited legal opinion that sought to avoid offending either side in the same-sex marriage debate.

Excerpt from Vice Presidential Debate Regarding: Gay Marriage
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- How can Cheney support Bush administration's ban on same-sex unions? ...  What is Kerry and Edwards' stance on gay marriage?
 

Canadian Court to consider same-sex marriage
OTTAWA, Ontario -- Canadian clergy are watching closely as the Supreme Court turns its attention to the government's proposal to legalize same-sex marriage.

Judge throws out Louisiana gay marriage ban
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- A state judge Tuesday threw out a Louisiana constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, less than three weeks after it was overwhelmingly approved by the voters.

Spain moves closer on gay marriage
MADRID, Spain -- Spain has moved a big step closer to permitting gay marriage after the Cabinet approved a bill authorizing homosexuals to marry and adopt children.

House defeats marriage amendment
Vote is 227-186 against a constitutional measure
WASHINGTON -- The House followed the Senate in decisively rejecting a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, ending for this year debate on what has become the dominant issue for the Republican Party's conservative base.

Gay couples challenge adoption law
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Three homosexual couples filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday seeking to overturn a law that prohibits Oklahoma from recognizing adoptions by same-sex couples from other states and countries.

Washington judge rules against gay marriage ban
OLYMPIA, Washington -- Echoing the ruling of another local court, a Thurston County judge ruled Tuesday that Washington state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.

Gay Republicans look for place in party
NEW YORK -- It's not easy being a gay Republican these days.

President Bush wants to change the Constitution to effectively ban same-sex marriage, the party platform goes even further by stating its opposition to civil unions for gay couples and no openly gay Republican has been invited to speak at the GOP convention.

Official justifies harsher penalties for gay sex
TOPEKA, Kansas -- The state can punish illegal underage sex more harshly when it involves homosexual acts, even if the only goal is promoting traditional values, a state official told the Kansas Supreme Court on Tuesday.

Vice Present Cheney on Gay Marriage
(Except) Just a day before The Republican National Convention, Cheney talked openly, and at length, on the issue of gay marriage. Significantly, he mentioned that one of his daughters, Mary, is openly gay.

Gay Marriage Could Affect Swing State Vote
NEW YORK - The war in Iraq; jobs and the economy; terrorism. For voters nationwide, those issues seem sure to determine the outcome on Election Day. But in several critical swing states, the conservative push to amend state constitutions and ban gay marriage is giving delegates and party officials a way to lure a group of voters - especially traditional churchgoers - who could tip these states to President Bush.