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5 November 2008Update: With eighty percent of votes counted, 51.8% of Californians support Proposition 8 ban on gay marriage + Proposition 8, the voter initiative ballot that seeks to make a constitutional change to effectively ban gay marriage in California, defining marriage as an act of union between a man and woman is currently looks likely to pass. -
5 November 2008Live Blog: Vote No on Prop 8 event curtailed – gay marriage ban may pass + Gay marriage could end in California. -
5 November 2008Analysis: The story of Proposition 8 and the fight for gay marriage 1 The ballot amendment that aimed to change the California Constitution came about after a landmark decision by the state's Supreme Court. -
5 November 2008Early results indicate California’s Prop 8 gay marriage ban could pass 6 Early results from America's most populous state indicate that a ballot measure to ban gay marriage may pass. -
5 November 2008President-elect Obama mentions gays in his first speech to the nation 6 Change has come to America - that was the message from the next President of the United States. -
5 November 2008Barack Obama elected President of the United States 6 History was made today when an African-American clinched the most important job on earth. -
5 November 2008The Barack Obama story – from Hawaii to the White House + Barack Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4th, 1961. -
4 November 2008Gay candidates up for election across America 1 American voters will be choosing US Representatives, Senators, state Governors and other elected officials at all levels of government today. -
4 November 2008Senate election in Kentucky marred by homophobic campaign + A gay rights activist has accused conservatives in the US of giving national coverage to allegations a senior Republican was kicked out of the Army for homosexuality. -
4 November 2008Meet the candidates: John McCain and gay rights 2 In October the Republican candidate for President of the United States gave a written response to questions for a leading American gay publication. -
4 November 2008Meet the candidates: Barack Obama and gay rights + In September Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee for President of the United States, submitted a written response to questions from US gay newspaper Washington Blade. -
4 November 2008Death of Obama’s grandmother brings campaigning to a solemn end + The woman who raised Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama from the age of ten has died.
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4 November 2008Oscar buzz surrounds Sean Penn’s portrayal of gay politician Harvey Milk + The critics have heaped praise upon actor Sean Penn's performance in the biopic Milk, leading Hollywood watchers to suggest he may be nominated for an Oscar. -
4 November 2008Connecticut gays can get married from November 12th + A judge in Connecticut has scheduled a hearing for the morning of November 12th to enter the final judgment in a case that permits same-sex marriages. -
4 November 200818,000 same-sex marriages in California ahead of statewide vote 1 A leading research centre has estimated that more than 18,000 gay and lesbian couples have got married in California since the state Supreme Court ruled in favour of same-sex marriages in May.
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4 November 2008Comment: Forget Obama, in California it’s all about Proposition 8 11 Benjamin Cohen reports from San Francisco, where almost no one is talking about the Presidential election.
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3 November 2008Obama and McCain campaign in last few hours before election day + Senator John McCain is fighting right down to the wire in the US Presidential election. -
3 November 2008Borat’s gay alter-ego Bruno crashes vote Prop 8 rally 2 British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen has taken part in a rally opposing gay marriage, in the guise of his character Bruno, an camp Austrian fashionista. -
2 November 2008Preview: Stephen Fry In America – Mountains And Plains 3 Stephen Fry travels the entire length of America, a country that could nearly have been his home, as his road trip across all 50 States continues. -
1 November 2008Obama had “no knowledge” his aunt was in US illegally 3 The Democratic party candidate for President of the United States has moved to distance himself from a relative who has been living in the country illegally.
