sexual relations

Variety got it wrong, but Blanchett still embraced the moment as a chance to speak out on behalf of LGBT people. 

In a landmark ruling, the Delhi high court overturned a colonial-era law banning gay sexual relations between consenting adults in India. The move is a great advancement for lesbian and gay rights in the country.

A 29-year-old female schoolteacher faces jail after admitting to having sexual relations a 15-year-old female student. Louise Yeoman hid her face when she entered Leeds Crown Court, where she admitted to three charges of engaging in sexual activity with a child, involving touching the girl, and two charges of inciting her to engage in sexual activity. Yeoman also pleaded guilty to five charges of engaging in sexual activity with a child while in a position of trust.

An 18-year-old high school senior from Vero Beach, Fla., is facing criminal prosecution because she had sexual relations with her girlfriend, a high school freshman. Kaitlyn Hunt was arrested in her home in February, and now faces two felony counts of “lewd and lascivious battery on a child 12-16 years of age.”

A lesbian United Methodist minister in Wisconsin will be tried by a church court April 11 on charges relating to her sexual orientation and her performance of a same-sex commitment ceremony. The Reverend Amy DeLong is charged with “being a self-avowed practicing homosexual” and “conducting ceremonies which celebrate homosexual unions,” both of which violate the church’s Book of Discipline.

A conservative running for a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates admitted that she had an affair with a female student back when she was a junior high school gym teacher in the 1970s. Linda Wall told the Associated Press that she was a different person 40 years ago when she had sexual relations with the unidentified student, who was a minor at the time. In 2006, she admitted under oath that she had been involved with a minor during a defamation hearing.

Xbox LIVE has finally gone gay! Well, at least Microsoft announced it would reverse its previous decision users from identifying as gay with their nicknames or Gamertags. The company changed its policy following two years of pressure. Microsoft spokespeople asserted that prohibiting gay names was a move designed to prevent words including "gay," "lesbian," "bi," and "transgender" from being used in a derogatory manner. Now, only those five words are considered acceptable terminology related to sexual orientation.

The lawmaker who introduced St. Petersburg's ban on 'gay propaganda' filed a complaint against a journalist who hosts a social networking group that shares letters from LGBT teens

It’s the worst and most severe global epidemic in modern history and the numbers are shocking: More than one in three women worldwide is a victim of physical or sexual violence.

Missouri Republicans, borrowing an idea from Tennessee, have proposed a "don't say gay" bill of their own. The Huffington Post reports that dozens of sponsors are signed onto the bill, including House Speaker Steve Tilley and Republican Majority Leader Tim Jones. House Small Business Committee Chairman Dwight Scharnhorst perhaps offered the strangest reasoning for why Missouri needs a "don't say gay" bill.

In light of Damon's recent controversial comments, Page reminds him that straight actors are not held to similar standards.

A bill introduced this month would protect those who want to act in accordance with ignorant beliefs as long as they are religiously based.

Get your Cate Blanchett fix for the week with this new video, then go see Carol yet again in theaters.