Advocates Remain Wary About Same-Sex Couples’ Prospects in Immigration Reform

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Advocates Remain Wary About Same-Sex Couples’ Prospects in Immigration Reform

BY PAUL SCHINDLER | As debate over immigration reform moves center stage in the US Senate –– with the Judiciary Committee holding hearings and more than 50 binational same-sex families descending on Capitol Hill this week for visits with 150 members of Congress –– advocates for couples in which one member is not an American citizen [...]

April 26, 2013668712 Comments2013-04-26+17%3A49%3A16adminRead More

US Court Okays National Class Action Suit Against DOMA

BY ARTHUR S. LEONARD | A federal district judge in Los Angeles has certified a nationwide class action lawsuit attacking the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act’s Section 3 in the context of the immigration rights of same-sex spouses. Section 3, currently under review by the US Supreme Court in Edie Windsor’s challenge to DOMA, [...]

April 24, 201366271 Comment2013-04-24+16%3A15%3A15adminRead More

HIV-Positive Wellness Can Be a Cooperative Push

BY JOSEPH EHRMAN-DUPRE | It was a very adventurous time,” explained Jared Becker, co-founder of the New York Buyers’ Club. There was only a moment’s pause before George Carter, another co-founder added, “It was a desperate time.” The challenging period in question was the rise of the HIV/AIDS epidemic from the mid-1980s into the early ‘90s. [...]

April 24, 20136620No Comment2013-04-24+15%3A00%3A59adminRead More

Teacher, Accused of Webcasting Sex Tape, Can Sue

BY ARTHUR S. LEONARD | A unanimous appeals panel of the New Jersey Superior Court has ruled that an out gay teacher forced to resign from a private boarding school is entitled to a trial on his claim that the school violated his rights under the New Jersey law barring anti-gay discrimination. The case involves what [...]

April 24, 201366253 Comments2013-04-24+15%3A00%3A07adminRead More

Officer Says Cruiser Extraordinarily Aggressive in 2010 Newark Park Killing

BY DUNCAN OSBORNE | The Essex County sheriff’s officer who shot and killed an unarmed DeFarra Gaymon during a 2010 public sex sting in a Newark park described the 48-year-old Gaymon as aggressive and repeatedly threatening him in a statement that was written three days after the July 16 shooting. “Gaymon walked within on [sic] of [...]

April 16, 2013657710 Comments2013-04-16+16%3A02%3A48adminRead More

A Kinder, Gentler Dolan?

BY ANDY HUMM | Cardinal Timothy Dolan, asked on two Easter Sunday morning news shows about his message for the LGBT community, sounded open enough that the New York Times headlined its story “Dolan Says Catholic Church Should Be More Welcoming to Gay People.” On ABC’s “This Week,” Dolan said the Church “has to do better [...]

April 10, 2013646710 CommentsA+Kinder%2C+Gentler+Dolan%3F2013-04-10+17%3A58%3A33adminRead More

Elite Fifth Avenue Retailers Face Flak for Anti-Gay Ties

BY ANDY HUMM | Many people of means have gotten behind the fight for marriage equality in recent years, but likely few of them realize that their purchases of the high-end cosmetics lines Laura Mercier and RéVive generate profits for the right-wing DeVos family. The family’s business is helmed by Doug DeVos, who donated half a [...]

April 10, 201364801 Comment2013-04-10+17%3A35%3A57adminRead More

Virginia AG Goes to Mat for Unconstitutional Sodomy Law

BY ARTHUR S. LEONARD | Virginia Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli, turned down on April 9 in his request that the US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reconsider and overrule a decision by a three-judge appellate panel that last month found Virginia’s sodomy law to be unconstitutional on its face, may yet seek Supreme Court review. The [...]

April 10, 20136484No Comment2013-04-10+16%3A45%3A16adminRead More

Unprotected Sex Leads to Aggravated Assault Verdict

BY ARTHUR S. LEONARD | The US Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals has affirmed the conviction of an HIV-positive airman on charges stemming from group sex activities that he and his wife engaged in during which he did not disclose his sero-status and did not consistently use condoms. The charges included failure to obey a [...]

April 10, 20136488No Comment2013-04-10+16%3A15%3A16adminRead More

Supreme Court Arguments Suggest DOMA May Be Doomed

BY ARTHUR S. LEONARD | The Supreme Court, on March 27, heard oral arguments in Edith (“Edie”) Schlain Windsor’s suit challenging the constitutionality of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act’s ban on federal recognition of marriages by same-sex couples. As was the case the day before when the high court took up the challenge to Proposition [...]

March 27, 201363201 Comment2013-03-28+03%3A59%3A27adminRead More

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