A new survey carried out by Gallup Politics has found that the District of Columbia and the state of Hawaii have the largest number of adults who identify as LGBT
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Words of the Week: What to Call Same-Sex Spouses, the “Obamaquester” And More
In this week’s edition of Wednesday Words, NewsFeed highlights intriguing and controversial terms that have been in the news.
Is Canada Invalidating Same-Sex Marriages for Non-Canadians?
A denied divorce in Toronto has thousands of gay couples wondering if their marriages are suddenly null and void.
Iowa Same-Sex Couple Fights for Names on Daughter’s Birth Certificate
Iowa may have joined the handful of states recognizing same-sex marriage, but gay couples are still fighting for recognition. A gay couple sued the state after the Iowa Department of Public Health refused to list both women on …
A First for Gay Couples: 131,729 Reported in Census That They’re Married
Last year’s U.S. Census was the first time gay respondents could report themselves as married to a same-sex husband or wife.
New Jersey Bridal Shop Refuses to Sell Wedding Gown to Lesbian Bride
Today in discrimination: the manager of a bridal shop on the Jersey Shore has made it perfectly clear that her store is called Here Comes The Bride, and not Here Come The Brides.
Petition Calls for Sesame Street’s Bert and Ernie to Be Married
Although Sesame Street‘s creators have never said the two characters are gay, viewers have long speculated that roommates Bert and Ernie are more than just friends.
‘Pop-Up Chapel’ Will Host 24 Same-Sex Weddings in New York City
It’s not quite The Boathouse, but at least you’re in the park.
New York City Hopes to Cash In on Gay-Marriage Tourism
The wedding industry boasts some of the most lucrative enterprises in the United States, and New York City’s newly-engaged clientele just got bigger.
Reading While Eating For June 27: Born This Way
Today’s links are about pride: the gay pride that comes from New York’s vote Friday to legalize same-sex marriage, the motherly pride that comes from a little boy calling his Mom from Obama’s limo, and the hometown pride that …
Barbara Bush, in a Split from Her Father, Endorses Same-Sex Marriage
In a break from her father’s politics, Barbara Bush, daughter of Republican President George W. Bush, has publicly expressed her support for gay marriage.
Will ‘E-Marriages’ Be The Next Big Thing For Same-Sex Couples?
A same sex couple in Texas wasn’t letting a silly thing like state law keep them from marrying one another.