Month: May 2009

Anchorage considers discrimination ordinance

By Associated PressBaptist pastor, who opposed similar ordinances in the past, vows to fight effort to ban anti-gay discrimination ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Anchorage Assembly will consider an ordinance banning...

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Uruguay to lift ban on gays in the military

By Associated PressBan was initiated by dictatorship that ruled country from 1973 to 1985 MONTEVIDEO — Uruguay is moving to lift a ban on gays and lesbians joining the armed forces. The defense ministry confirms that...

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Officials refuse 2 Russian women same sex marriage

By Associated PressWomen say they will wed in Canada instead MOSCOW — Two women have been denied a marriage license in what they say is the first effort in Russia by two lesbians to wed. Irina Fedotova and Irina Shipitko...

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Clearly, fame hasn't gone to Casey Spooner's head

By Daniel A. Kusner Life+Style Editor Last weekend, Madonna crashed his gig. And his old boyfriend Michael Stipe just gave him an R.E.M. song to cover. But electro-clash’s funniest and most dazzling visual artist is...

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