Posts Tagged ‘lesbian’

China’s first gay pageant highlights slow acceptance (2010-1-15)

BEIJING — The Mr. Gay China pageant is coming up and contestant David Wu is a bit worried. It’s not the underwear competition that’s making him jittery – he’s been working out harder than usual to get ready. And he’s looking forward to the opportunity to meet other “comrades,” as gay men in China are [...]

Year of Gay China (2009-12-28)

As the year 2009 comes to a close, it does so having been a monumental year for China’s LGBT community. Beijing and numerous cities across China experienced the successful completion of 12 anniversaries and public events that expose LGBT culture and related issues like never before. China’s LGBT community, which is an acronym that refers [...]

Coming out later in life: Older generation can face unique challenges (2009-12-4)

Since Ellen DeGeneres graced the cover of Time Magazine more than a decade ago under the headline “Yep, I’m Gay,” coming out in Hollywood has become an increasingly common – and typically headline-grabbing – phenomenon. However, the recently televised revelation by “Family Ties” star Meredith Baxter, 62, that she’s a lesbian has put a well-known [...]

Meredith Baxter reveals she’s gay: Bridget loves Bridget? (2009-12-3)

Meredith Baxter, who played flower-child-turned-suburban-mom Elyse Keaton on the popular ’80s sitcom “Family Ties” (and the former wife of her “Bridget Loves Bernie” co-star David Birney), has revealed she is a lesbian, People reports. “I feel like I’m being honest for the first time,” she says, joining the ranks of out celebs that include most [...]

Australia: ACT win fight on gay wedding laws (2009-11-26)

THE ACT government has triumphed over its federal counterpart on new laws allowing gay couples to wed. The federal government had threatened to quash the legislation after it was passed by the ACT Legislative Assembly earlier this month. But after discussions between the two, the ACT government appears to have won the battle and will [...]

Dutch Views on Same-Sex Marriage (2009-11-10)

By Lisa Belkin When I wrote about same sex parenting in the Times Magazine this weekend, one of the people I interviewed was M. V. Lee Badgett, who is both the director of the Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law & Public Policy at the UCLA School of Law and a professor of Economics at [...]

5 Hot Gay TV Kisses (2009-10-22)

So last night was the big night on Gossip Girl, the night Chuck Bass finally came to task for his obsession with wearing prints, confronted all of those gay rumors, and finally kissed a dude. That got us in the mood to reminisce about the gay kisses of yesteryear. TV gays and lesbians have come [...]

Russian stars urge gay acceptance (2009-10-14)

A group of well-known Russian singers and writers has called for an end to discrimination against gay people. They met after a local official tried to close Moscow’s longest-running gay club, Dusha i Telo, where many of the artists have performed. Activist Nikolai Alekseyev, who called the meeting, said it was the first time celebrities [...]

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