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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has denied a motion to lift the stay on same-sex marriages in California pending an appeal of a federal decision that reversed Proposition 8, the state's 2008 voter-approved marriage equality ban.

A recently married lesbian couple from Manesar, a small town near New Delhi, have asked a court to protect them from family members after receiving death threats. The two women, aged 20 and 25, ran away from home and got married, despite objections from their families. While homosexuality is not illegal in India, same-sex marriages are not recognized by the law.

Equal rights for everyone, including gay and lesbian people wanting to marry, might already be encompassed in the Constitution, in the 14th Amendment. 

Voters in North Carolina approved a far-reaching ban on same-sex marriage and other unions, Tuesday, reversing their state’s status as the sole Southern outpost without such a measure and dealing a temporary setback to growing marriage equality momentum.

A column written by a woman raised by lesbian moms argues her upbringing was harmful.

A lesbian couple, Jennifer Haseman and Hillary Jovi, together for 12 years, began the process of adopting a child just hours after Florida’s child advocacy agency announced it wouldn’t fight a court ruling that found the state’s decades-long ban on such adoptions unconstitutional. Howard Simon, the executive director of Florida’s ACLU chapter says the case is not final yet, “What is needed now is a similar statement from Florida Attorney General Bill Collum that will formally end this case and allow judges to decide, on a case by case basis, what is in the best interests of children.”  McCollum, a noted homophobe has until October 22 to file an appeal. 

Judge Judy was a guest on Larry King Live and took the time to share her very impassioned views on the injustice of Prop 8.

Cathy DeBuono compared the current fight for gay rights to the civil rights movement of the 60's and was told by her 20-year-old friend that we, as gays, had no business comparing our struggle to that of African Americans. This was her reply: Is Gay the new Black?

In Russia, Australia, and India, it just got worse for LGBT people. We didn't do much better stateside.

TV Writer Lauren Incognito goes on a tear after a co-worker fails to recognize Pam Grier prompting her to pay homage to the supporting ladies and guest stars including Jean Smart, Katee Sackhoff, Malaya Rivera Drew and Lauren Lee Smith.

We hope you like popcorn and candy because it is time to hunker down in your summer theater seat.