LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER and QUEER ARTICLES, INFORMATION, RESEARCH, and COMMENTARY
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Activists Hail Ruling on Transgender Sacking
Reuters, June 21, 2002
Canadian Court Rules Gay Marriages Are Valid
Reuters, July 12, 2002
Carolina Paper Runs Civil Union Announcement
PlanetOut.com, July 29, 2002
Center Appalled by MLK Use in Flier
The Miami Herald, August 2, 2002
Coparent or Second-Parent Adoption by Same-Sex Parents
Policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics, February 2002, supporting adoptions by loving, capable same-sex couples.
Crimes of Hate, Conspiracy of Silence: Torture and Ill-Treatment Based on Sexual Identity
Report from Amnesty International, June 22, 2001, regarding crimes and discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals worldwide.
Delaware Lesbian Ordered to Pay Child Support
The Associated Press, March 16, 2002
Dutch Gay Marriage Statistics Released
The Associated Press, December 12, 2001
Florida's Gay Adoption Ban Challenged
The Associated Press, June 4, 2001
- Gay Couples Should Be Allowed To Adopt Children, Doctors Group Says
Sun-Sentinel, February 4, 2002 - Children's Groups Criticize Florida's Ban on Gay Adoptions
Sun-Sentinel, February 21, 2002 - Ex-Legislators Renounce Ban on Gay Adoptions They Passed in 1977
Sun-Sentinel, March 7, 2002 - Gays Lose Challenge to Florida Adoption Ban
The Associated Press, January 28, 2004 - U.S. Appeals Court Narrowly Upholds Only Blanket Gay Adoption Ban
The Associated Press, July 22, 2004
Gay and Lesbian Adolescents
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychology's "Facts for Families" series regarding gay and lesbian teens.
Gay Parent Households Empathetic, Study Says
The Palm Beach Post, June 17, 2001
Gay, Religious Groups Demand That Moore Resign
The Tuscaloosa News, February 23, 2002
Gays in China Step Out, With One Foot in Closet
The New York Times, April 12, 2002
German Gays Allowed to Exchange Vows
The Associated Press, August 1, 2001
Hatred in the Hallways
Report from Human Rights Watch on violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered students in U.S. schools. Released May, 2001. Includes info on coping with harassment and violence, educator inaction, role of school counselors, and legal standards.
Healthy People 2010 Companion Document for LGBT Health
The Healthy People 2010 Companion Document for LGBT Health is a comprehensive look at multicultural LGBT community, written by and for health care consumers, providers, researchers, educators, schools, clinics, advocates, and health professionals in all settings.
Homosexuality and Adolescence
Policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics, October 1993.
Judge Grants Child Custody to Transsexual Man; Says He is Legally Male
Sun-Sentinel, February 21, 2003
- Transgender People Cannot Marry, Appeals Court Rules
The Associated Press, July 24, 2004
Kansas Supreme Court Says Transsexual's Marriage is Invalid
The Associated Press, March 16, 2002
La. Court Upholds Ban on Sodomy
The Associated Press, March 29, 2002
Lesbian Allowed Name Change
The Associated Press, August 3, 2001
Lesbian & Gay Parenting
Study from the American Psychological Association, 1995.
The Most Unlikely Story Behind a Gay Rights Victory
The New York Times, June 27, 2002
Now You're a Parent, Now You Aren't
Salon.com, November 28, 2001
Organization's Gay Mentors Criticized
The Associated Press, August 15, 2002
Search On For Gay Holocaust Survivors
Sun-Sentinel, September 24, 2001
Sept. 11 Leaves Same-Sex Partners Adrift
Boston Globe, March 18, 2002
State's Gay Couples Await New Rights
The Desert Sun, October 22, 2001
Study: Lesbians Have Higher Risk for Some Cancers
Women's Enews, April 27, 2001
Supreme Court Ruling Redefines Family
CBC News, May 20, 1999
Teen Lesbians Barred
Portsmouth Herald, December 4, 2001
- Ruling Favors Lesbian Couple
Portsmouth Herald, December 5, 2001
Three Priests Oppose Ban on Gay Marriage
Boston Globe, April 11, 2002
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Choice of Evil Excerpt
An excerpt from the 1999 Andrew Vachss novel Choice of Evil.
Evil Choices, Hard Choices
The Advocate, June 1999.
Pink Pistols
Salon.com, March 13, 2000.
