Lesbian speed skater wins gold

Ireen Wust of the Netherlands won the gold in the women’s 1500 meter competition.

American-Dutch gay couples wed in Amsterdam

(Amsterdam) The mayor of Amsterdam presided over the weddings of five American-Dutch gay, lesbian and transgender couples on a boat during the city’s Gay Pride festival Saturday, challenging the United States to legalize gay marriage, as well.

Mayor Job Cohen also performed the first weddings in the Netherlands after the country …

Nations allowing gays to serve openly in military

(New York) Nations that allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in their armed forces, as compiled by the Palm Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara:

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Britain

Canada

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Netherlands

New Zealand

Norway

Slovenia

South Africa

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Uruguay

Netherlands: Gay teachers can be fired

Netherlands: Gay teachers can be fired

Netherlands: Gay teachers can be fired

Six States To Consider Same-Sex Marriage This Year S

Bills to legalize same-sex marriage are expected to see action this year in Maine, New Jersey, New York and Vermont. In addition, the Iowa Supreme Court will decide a case that could legalize same-sex marriage there.

In California, the state Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling in June on whether Proposition 8 is unconstitutional.

Same-sex marriage currently is legal in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Internationally, it is legal in Belgium, Canada, Nepal, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa and Spain.

Three other U.S. states — Hawaii, New Mexico and Washington — are expected to consider passing civil-union laws this year that extend all or nearly all of the rights and obligations of marriage.e.

Such laws already are in place in California, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Oregon and Vermont.

The District of Columbia, Maine, Hawaii and Washington presently have laws that extend limited spousal rights to same-sex couples.

See Six States To Consider Same-Sex Marriage This Year San Francisco Bay Times

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Christian group loses subsidy for gay cure

Dutch Education Minister Ronald Plasterk says an orthodox Christian group will no longer receive a subsidy after allegedly attempting to cure homosexuality.

Plasterk said this week that the annual government subsidy provided to the Our Way foundation will be no more due to the Christian group’s suspected attempts to alter the sexual orientations of gay and lesbian individuals, Radio Netherlands/Expatica said Friday.

The Our Way group responded by claiming the religious organization does not support any other groups that target homosexuals and their sexual orientations.

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U.N.’s first look at gay rights gets mixed results

U.N.’s first look at gay rights gets mixed results
The United Nations’ first effort to protect gay rights garnered significant support in the General Assembly on Thursday, but failed to gain the backing of the U.S., Russia, China and the Roman Catholic Church. France and the Netherlands sponsored the nonbinding declaration, which called for a worldwide end to the criminalization of gay relationships and sex. TIME/The Associated Press (12/18) , The New York Times (12/18)