A strong earthquake rocked the rural northeastern Nevada town of Wells early Thursday, damaging hundreds of homes, rupturing gas and water lines, and felling brick building facades. Applying the logic of Israeli MP Shlomo Benizri, it must be the fault of all those queers living on the southside of town!
Valentine Day Protesters Call Attention to Anti-Gay Violence in Jamaica
Written by David L. Wylie, Photos by Marc Dickerman
While more than two dozen protesters gathered outside the Jamaica Consulate in Miami, several south Florida religious leaders met inside with government officials Thursday morning to discuss recent attacks against LGBT (Lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender) individuals on the Caribbean island. This scenario was played out simultaneously at Jamaica Consulates and Embassies in scores of cities across the United States.
WASHINGTON - Rep. Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor elected to Congressand for 27 years a champion ofimmigration rights for the LGBT community and a supporter of equality for all people, died Sunday of complications from esophageal cancer, his office said. He was 80.
JERUSALEM - Israel's attorney general said on Sunday that same sex-couples will be allowed to adopt children that are not biologically linked to either partner.
