| The leading proponent of Vermont’s gay marriage bill spent about $294,000 on lobbying and advertising in advance of the Legislature’s vote -- more than seven times as much as opponents did, according to disclosure forms filed Monday. |
| Provincetown business owners remain cautiously optimistic about the remainder of the summer after seemingly endless weeks of cool temperatures and rain largely washed out May and June. |
| A Seattle-area athlete needed medical treatment Tuesday after small bombs were thrown onto the track at the start of a relay run at the World Outgames. |
| A Canadian court declined to overturn a human rights tribunal’s finding in a case in which a government appointed marriage minister refused to preside over a wedding for two men and lost his position. |
| Following an incident in which a party of gay men were thrown out of an El Paso restaurant, the city council had reaffirmed a commitment to diversity. |
| Openly gay Olympic boxer Mark Leduc, who won the silver for Canada in Barcelona in 1992, has died at the age of 47, according to media reports. |
| New York U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler is proposing a repeal of the federal Defense of Marriage Act that will not recognize domestic partnerships--but will force states to recognize marriages in other states, effectively making gay marriage legal throughout all 50 states. |
| Chicago event to honor gay veterans Chicago’s Commission on Human Relations will honor gay military veterans at an event in downtown Chicago. |
| The United Nations granted official status to a gay and lesbian organization from Brazil on Monday, allowing it to participate in U.N. meetings ranging from health to human rights. |
| The worldwide Anglican Communion may have to accept a "two track" system in which churches can hold different opinions about gay clergy and same-sex unions, the Archbishop of Canterbury said Monday in a bid to keep the church unified. |
Lesbians in China have organized an online petition calling for gay people to be allowed to donate blood, state media reported Tuesday.
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