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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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
1 November 2008Analysis: The complex system that elects a US President 1 In most democratic countries, the people vote and either through first past the post or a form of proportional representation, a government or leader is elected. -
1 November 2008Gay marriage compared to Nazi Germany as California gets ready to vote 9 Proposition 8 is already the most expensive social issue ballot in US history, with more than $65m donated to both sides of the gay marriage debate. -
31 October 2008Call for action after tear gas attack on gay event in Guatemala + A gay human rights group has demanded action after recent attacks on gay events in Guatemala. -
31 October 2008Catholic bishops donate money to fight against gay marriage in California 4 The hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States has donated $200,000 (£124,000) to the campaign to ban gay marriage in California. -
30 October 2008Video: Obama’s £1.9m ad dominates US primetime + The Democrat candidate for President of the United States bought half an hour of airtime yesterday evening to try to convince undecided voters to back him in next week's election. -
29 October 2008More celebs come out in support of gay marriage 1 Ugly Betty star America Ferrara is the latest Hollywood star to publicly oppose a measure that would ban gay marriage in California. -
29 October 2008Milk biopic premieres in San Francisco + Hollywood glamour came to Northern California last night as San Francisco hosted the premiere of a film about one of its most famous sons.
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29 October 2008Gay marriage begins next month in Connecticut 5 Same-sex couples will be able to pick up marriage licence applications in the US state of Connecticut from November 10th.
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28 October 2008Two arrested in Neo-Nazi assassination plot against Obama 4 Two white supremacists in Tennessee have been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to murder more than 100 African-Americans and assassinate Senator Barack Obama.
