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Special announcement : Vermont governor Jim Douglas is scheduled to make a statement about same-sex marriage this afternoon.

Hello, Dolly : The country music legend responds to those pesky gay rumors in the new issue of AARP magazine. New policy for lesbian moms in New York City : Both mothers now may be listed on the birth certificate as soon as their child is born.

Gays need not apply : Sexual orientation does not qualify students for a senate seat reserved for minorities at Valparaiso University.

"Totally disagree" : A new poll shows most Italians are at odds with the pope's views on condom use.

Still Frankly speaking : Rep. Barney Frank continues to defend his use of the word "homophobe" to describe Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia.

Blame gay porn for painful waxing ritual : The cultural urge to purge the hair down there began with gay porn in the 1970s, a scholar explains.