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A federal appeals court has overturned a Texas statute outlawing sex toy sales, essentially leaving Alabama as the only state with such a ban. The fifth U.S. circuit court of appeals ruled that the Texas law making it illegal to sell or promote obscene devices, punishable by up to two years in jail, violated the Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment on the right to privacy. Companies that own Dreamer's and Le Rouge Boutique, which sell the devices in its Austin stores, and the retail distributor Adam & Eve, sued in Austin federal court in 2004 over the constitutionality of the law. They appealed after a federal judge dismissed the suit and said the constitution did not protect their right to publicly promote such devices.

Tyra Banks, Suze Orman, Vanessa Williams, and others speak of progress, passion, and more at the New York City GLAAD Media Awards.

A Vermont judge has dissolved the civil union of two lesbian former lovers and awarded custody of their 5-year-old daughter to one, with regular visitation for the other.