De Haan’s life expresses the braid of politics, religion, and culture which has always found a tie in the issue of sexuality and, specifically, homosexuality. Today, the braid has further tightened and twisted with players from all of Israel’s religions coming from all parts of the world to engage in the battle that is now centered on the upcoming international Gay Pride Parade scheduled to...

ANKARA, 19 Jul 2006 (IRIN) - Human rights groups are calling for greater protection of gay rights in Iran as the first anniversary of the public execution of two gay teenagers in the country is marked.

Mahmoud Asgari, 16, and Ayaz Marhoni, 18, were publicly hanged on 19 July last year in Mashad, provincial capital of Iran's Khorasan province, on charges of homosexuality.

Asgari was...

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Local gay author Andrew Holleran’s new book explores ‘Grief’ in Washington

Two new books look at Marcel Proust’s romantic life and how it impacted his writing

On May 18, 1922, Paris rocked. On that evening Violet and Sydney Schiff, a wealthy, culture-loving English couple gave a party at the Hotel Majestic to celebrate the premiere of Igor Stravinsky’s ...

It’s Thursday night, and a group of women in various states of undress fill the small room at the back of a dark, cozy bar tucked away on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. A woman in olive pants and tan sandals stands at the front of the stage and applies tape and pasties to her nipples. Moments later she is donning a short, sheer skirt and an orange bra with black fringe, part of the co...

July 19, 2006 - New moms can find dozens of books and pamphlets on what to expect while they're expecting and how to care for the baby once they bring it home. There's less information out there about what new moms need to know to make sure their mind and body adjusts to postpartum life.

Amazing but true, the original of Dickens' haunting character Miss Havisham in Great Expectations had a connection with India, lived here for a while in fact, as we discover from Angus Calder's Gods Mongrels and Demons — 101 Brief But Essential Lives.

“It has long been known,” Calder writes, “that Dickens had particular women in mind as models for Miss Havisham, who stops the clocks whe...

Every year on July 11, we celebrate World Population Day by organizing special events. The theme of this year's World Population Day is “Equality Empowers.” The world has been observing World Population Day since July 11, 1987.

On the occasion of the World Population day, executive director of UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) Thoraya Ahmed Obaid said, "Equality is a goal that deman...

City of Brotherly Love braces for gay invasion at 12th annual film fest

Soap operas continue inclusive, if incidental, use of gay characters

Passions’ character Simone Russell hasn’t had it easy.

Now a young woman in her 20s, Simone (Cathy Jeneén Doe) spent the majority of her formative years seething at her parents and sister Whitney while trying to steal C...

"The two biggest passions I have in this world are the arts and helping others," said Andrew Garr, director of marketing development for Positive Alternatives, Inc. (PA) And it is with those passions he is producing Clippings through special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. The play, written by Deni Fuson, is directed by Jeannette Peters and will be staged July 28-30 at the Menomonie Theate...