A lot of people are happy to see same-sex marriage legal in New York: lawyers, marriage counselors, insurance agents.
The effect of New York becoming the sixth state to allow gay marriage is expected to ripple beyond the couples tying the knot to the professionals who offer marriage-related services, with some saying it could bring in a significant ( Read more... )

During a HIV/AIDS conference in New Delhi on Monday, India’s health minister called gay sex “completely unnatural” and said it should “not exist.”
Ghulam Nabi Azad blamed countries like the United States for spreading the “disease” to India.
“It is a matter of concern that, unfortunately, in the world and in our country this disease has ( Read more... )

Having survived the first and worst years of the AIDS epidemic, when he was losing three friends to the disease in a day and undergoing every primitive, toxic treatment that then existed, Peter Greene is grateful to be alive.
But a quarter-century after his own diagnosis, the former Mr. Gay Colorado, now 56, wrestles with vision impairment, bone ( Read more... )

  The Rhode Island Senate on Wednesday approved a bill that would allow same-sex couples to enter into civil unions, a measure that Gov. Lincoln Chafee’s office says he intends to sign into law.
State senators voted 21-16 to endorse the bill, about two hours after it was voted out of committee. The legislation, which already has passed the state ( Read more... )

Do you hear the divas calling? I do.
One of the gayest and most fabulous nights of the year is right around the corner! That’s right – the Tony Awards are this Sunday at 8pm on CBS
Now, I’ll be honest, I don’t keep up with Broadway as much as I should , but this year the nominees are musicals I’ve actually seen or have been dying to see, ( Read more... )

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Yale University has agreed to bring back the ROTC for the first time in decades after Congress voted to allow gays to serve openly in the military.
Columbia University is signing a similar ROTC agreement.
Yale President Richard Levin and Navy Secretary Ray Mabus planned to sign an agreement Thursday that establishes the Naval ROTC’s formal presence ( Read more... )

Maybe you were among the 138 million shoppers who rushed the stores on Black Friday and the weekend that followed Thanksgiving looking for discounted HDTVs, e-readers, toys and sweaters.
Or maybe you were like me and avoided coming within 500 feet of a retailer’s door on Friday, traditionally the frenzied start to the holiday shopping season.
I ( Read more... )

Researchers are stopping a study testing a daily pill to prevent infection with the AIDS virus in thousands of African women.
Partial results show that women taking Truvada , made by Gilead Sciences Inc., are just as likely to get HIV as other women who take dummy pills.
Even if the study continues, it will not be able to determine whether the pills ( Read more... )