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WASHINGTON — Marine Staff Sgt. Eric Alva was the first American to be wounded in the Iraq war nearly four years ago.Read more Gay News from GXR.

A proposed Nigerian law banning same-sex marriages is a threat to democracy, says Human Rights Watch. Writing to the Nigerian Senate, they said the legislation, contravenes the basic rights to freedom of expression, conscience, association, and assembly .Read more Gay News from GXR.

Appearing on a live webcast, the Episcopal Church's presiding bishop began the painful task Wednesday of persuading members to roll back their support for gays—at least for now—so the denomination can keep its place in the world Anglican fellowship.Read more Gay News from GXR.

NEW YORK (AP) – The first openly gay Episcopal bishop, whose consecration has brought the world's Anglicans to the brink of schism, said Tuesday that the Episcopal Church in the U.S. should not give in to demands that it roll back its acceptance of gays.Read more Gay News from GXR.

An Air Force officer accused of drugging and kidnapping servicemen he met in bars was found guilty Tuesday of raping four men and attempting to rape two others.Read more Gay News from GXR.

(Washington) Legislation to repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' the ban on gays serving openly in the military, was reintroduced in Congress Wednesday.
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LOS ANGELES — A gay couple who hope to marry one day has donated more than $1 million to the University of California, Los Angeles, to fund research on legal topics involving same-sex relationships.Read more Gay News from GXR.

Antigay bias has flared up in Hollywood and pro basketball recently, and soon the topic will be thrust dramatically into a new forum: a reshaped Congress likely to pass the first major federal gay rights bills.Read more Gay News from GXR.

Social scientists who have done research on gay and lesbian families say religious fundamentalists are deliberately distorting their work to make the case that heterosexual married couples provide the best environment for rearing children.Read more Gay News from GXR.

Measures on workplace discrimination and hate crimes expected to prevail with Democrats in control. NEW YORK – Anti-gay bias has recently flared up in Hollywood and pro basketball, and soon the topic will be thrust dramatically into a new forum — a reshaped Congress likely to pass the first major federal gay rights bills.
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