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  • Here comes the judge -- and it's Ellen

    "American Idol" chooses a judge who's an idol herself. Can she share the spotlight with the hopefuls?
  • Ladies: I'm not your gay boyfriend

    Are the ties that bind gay men to straight women beginning to fray?
  • Clergy say, "I won't"

    Since gays and lesbians can't say "I do," some churches are getting out of the marriage business
  • Why "Brüno" is bad for the gays

    Sacha Baron Cohen's character could have been a bold stab at homophobia. Instead it's a mincing minstrel show
  • "Brüno"

    It's rude and crude and possibly offensive. But is Sacha Baron Cohen's satire funny?
  • A teen book burns at the stake

    A Christian group hopes to set fire to library copies of Francesca Lia Block's novel about a gay boy coming of age.
  • LGBT group to Obama: "We are human beings"

    The Human Rights Campaign sends a letter to the president about his administration's defense of DOMA
  • Gay mecca no more

    California used to be a sanctuary for homosexual immigrants worldwide. Now they might go to South Africa, or Maine.
  • Interview with Kirby Dick

    The filmmaker talks about his latest documentary and why politicians should get out of the closet.
  • Where have all the drag queens gone?

    The campy spectacle has lost favor with a generation of young gay men. Can RuPaul's new reality show bring it back?
  • I came out as a lesbian and my parents freaked

    I want to work politically out in the open, but my sexuality embarrasses the folks.
  • I'm a gay married Mormon in the closet

    My wife and I thought we could make it work but we're desperately unhappy.
  • I Like to Watch

    Is NBC's "Crusoe" a gay escapist fantasy? Is Starz' series "Crash" as bad as the Oscar-winning film it's based on? Yes, yes, a thousand times yes!
  • Video of the day: Dan Savage to Sarah Palin

    "I'd like to be your gay friend!"
  • I'm gay, I provide for my parents, and they're voting Republican!

    The party my parents support considers my marriage invalid -- so how can I keep giving them money?
  • My coming-out mix tape

    I was an alienated kid roiling with sexual anxiety. But then New Wave gave me the soundtrack -- and the courage -- to embrace my homosexuality.
  • How gay it would be

    I know a mother is supposed to accept her children as they are. But my son has one painful flaw -- he's straight.
  • Kiss my ass

    For years America has desperately tried to outlaw sodomy and other sex acts like fellatio and cunnilingus. What are we so scared of?
  • Summer reads

    True confessions: From a trek through the American West to a life filled with music, these memoirs will whisk you away.
  • Profanity-laced tirade watch: Mariners

    This is shocking! Who knew Seattle's manager was named John McLaren? Plus: Lesbian kissing controversy in the Safeco stands.
  • Be gay, be anything -- just not single!

    With same-sex marriage now legal in California, mothers across India and elsewhere are eager to see their gay sons and daughters finally get hitched.
  • A band of gold

    And it's still the dream we hold, even if our marriage is -- for now, anyway -- legal.
  • I'm a gay man in a small town working at a gas station. So?

    I have a feeling maybe I should move to the city, but I like my job, I like my town and I like my family.
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