Help is on the way :
Sen. John Kerry has asked Attorney General Eric Holder to
grant asylum
to a gay Brazilian man married to a man in Massachusetts
(pictured).
Sad news :
Prominent Colombian gay rights leader
Alvaro Miguel Rivera Linares
, who had previously received death threats, was murdered on
March 6.
Scot-free :
A
Northern Ireland politician
who called homosexuality an "abomination" and said gay
people could be "cured" will not be prosecuted.
It's the economy, stupid :
Culture wars are a
dispensable luxury
during an economic crisis.
Gay life in the Midwest archived :
Collector
Bruce McKinney
gives the University of Kansas an impressive array of
historical artifacts.
Tourist trap :
Members of the Topeka, Kan., church founded by the
Reverend Fred Phelps
plan to picket a London primary school that teaches
tolerance.
Discrimination on campus :
A lesbian English professor at Southern Connecticut
State University is being
harassed
because of her sexual orientation.
Marriage on the move :
The city council in Durham, N.C., is considering a
resolution
to support same-sex marriage.