Calif. gay marriage ban becomes big-money race

Ten days before the vote on Prop. 8, campaign finance records show that total contributions for and against the measure have surpassed $60 million.

Triple tragedy leaves Hudson career at crossroads

Just a month ago, a bubbly Jennifer Hudson was running down the list of all the projects that she expected would soon dominate her life.

Paterson aide blames IRS woes on depression

Out chief of staff Charles O’Byrne says he’s paid more than $200,000 he owed in back taxes to 2005; his boss, New York’s governor, stands by him.

Study: FTMs get raises, MTFs get the shaft

Transwomen’s pay falls by nearly a third after transition, and 90 percent of trans bias lawsuits involve wronged former men, two economics professors conclude.

Ex-Mr. Gay UK convicted in cannibal killing

Anthony Morley admitted the grisly killing but denied murder, citing “mitigating circumstances” and his early victimization by a sex predator.

Incumbent’s ad baits gays in Miss. Senate race

U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker slams his Democratic challenger in a TV ad that uses actors dressed like the Village People to represent a gay rights group.

Ellen airs video against gay marriage ban

Gays had criticized the talk-show icon (and new bride) for not giving money to the campaign to defeat Prop. 8 or otherwise lending her star presence to the cause.

S.African health minister strikes new tone on AIDS

New Health Minister Barbara Hogan’s speech marks an official end to 10 years of denial that helped make a relatively rich nation the epicenter of global AIDS.

Global meltdown said to impede AIDS-vaccine prospects

But the NIH’s Anthony Fauci won’t give up the fight: “Vaccines have been the most cost-effective health interventions in history and continue to be so.”