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Gays and Lesbians can Obtain asylum in US on Grounds of Harassment and Abuse

... Prestreshi. Harassment and abuse of gay men and lesbians is becoming increasingly accepted as grounds for legal asylum in the United States, even at a time of conservative judicial activism, fear about HIV/AIDS transmission and increased scrutiny of asylum seekers. The government does not disclose a breakd...

Gay Pride Attracts Tens of Thousands in Rome

...ns to recognise gay unions. "We are heteros, gays, lesbians and bisexual and we want Romano Prodi to give the ...hat 2007 will be the year when the rights of gays, lesbians and bisexuals are recognised to give us all more peaceful lives." Several government ministers tur...

Germany, Greece Hold Gay Rights Marches

Around 400,000 German gays and lesbians marched through Berlin on Saturday to protest agai...tral Athens against the discrimination of gays and lesbians for the third year running. Demonstrators carried banners saying "Love is indiscriminate, love is a...

Church Weddings for Gays Soon a Reality in Sweden

... opposed. Sweden has since 1995 allowed gays and lesbians the right to civil unions, granting them the same legal status as married couples. But gay and lesbian associations have long been pushing for the last distinction between heterosexual marriages and homosexual unions to be eliminated. The issue t...

Teenage Birthrate Declining in US Both Abstinence and Awareness Called for to Maintain the Trend

...nted pregnancy and STDs. But what about gays and lesbians who may never get to marry? How are they to protect themselves if crucial information is to be withheld from them, ask others. "We need to be very clear with the message of protection, whether young people use it today or in the future," Rodriguez ...

Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals Smoke More Than General Population in California

...nt smokers compared to approximately 29 percent of lesbians and nearly 27 percent of bisexual women, according to Gruskin, a scientist in the research division of Kaiser Permanente Northern California. Among women who have sex with women but do not identify themselves as lesbian or bisexual, 44 percent were...

Hundreds of Thousands Attend Madrid Gay Pride Parade

Hundreds of thousands of gays, lesbians and their supporters from Europe marched in Madrid...h legalised gay marriage in 2005 and gave gays and lesbians the right to adopt children, was a torchbearer on the continent. "We are very proud to receive the...

Hate Crimes Against Gays and Lesbians Rising in US

... Nearly four in 10 gay men and about one in eight lesbians and bisexuals in the United States have been the t...resentative sample of 662 self-identified gay men, lesbians and bisexuals. The study will be published in a future issue of the Journal of Interpersonal Violenc...

Extremist Christian Preacher Dies of Heart Problems

...rtionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American Wayall of them who have tried to secularize AmericaI point the finger in their face and say, You helped this happen. . Following the furore, he retract...

Single Women and Lesbians To Enjoy Full Rights in Donor Child Proposals

... has been quoted. With this, more single women and lesbians could get IVF, but clinics will still have to consider the welfare of any child conceived through fertility treatment. The changes reported in the proposal is likely to affect everything from the right of donor-conceived children to know if they ha...

NHS Fertility Treatment to be extended to Lesbians and Single Women

NHS fertility treatment must be extended to lesbians and single women as heterosexual couples, according to the recommendation by medical chiefs.// This call was made by the British Fertility Society in a series of recommendations to tackle "a wide disparity" on the social criteria used for acceptanc...

Search for Human Pheromone

A study has found that both lesbians and heterosexual men react in a similar way to the...ce in the female urine very differently. About 12 lesbians were asked to smell these two substances and researchers observed blood flow in their brains with PE...

Betterment Of Health In Case Of Gay And Lesbian Civil Partnerships

...ng, less of the sorts of problems that gay men and lesbians sometimes get into. Civil unions support same sex marriage and in the resolution of any problems that arise in their relationships. Annie Bartlett from St George's Hospital Medical School in London says that social inclusion is very important as ...

Viewing Loss Of Virginity As A Social Phenomenon

...22 identified themselves as heterosexual, seven as lesbians and four as bisexual. Among the men 17 of them described themselves as heterosexual, nine as gay and two as bisexual. Growing up in a context of uncertainty, diversity and change, young people benefit from being able to understand virginity loss in w...

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