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

I am happy because I don't have to live like a prisoner anymore in a society where no one is allowed to be different," says Gramoz Prestreshi, a slight, nervous man of 22 , originally hailing from Kosovo and now settled in US. He won his asylum case on the ground that as a gay he was being ...

Hate Crimes Against Gays and Lesbians Rising in US

Reputation of liberal attitudes notwithstanding, violent hate crimes on the rise against those with unconventional sexual orientation. Nearly four in 10 gay men and about one in eight lesbians and bisexuals in the United States have been the target of violence or a property crime because o...

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

According to the plans outlined by the Government yesterday, Gay couples are to be given the same parental rights to children born from fertility// treatment as heterosexual partners - most controversial to the legal clause in the past that suggested the doctors to consider the "need for a father" ...

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 acc...

Prop. 8 Challenged in Federal Court; Ted Olson & David Boies to Argue Case

...couples. "This unequal treatment of gays and lesbians denies them the basic liberties and equal protecti...pels the State to discriminate against gay men and lesbians who have the temerity to wish to express their lov...ive is separate and unequal and relegates gays and lesbians to a second class status." In May 2008, the C...

Parents' sexuality influences adoption choices

...teresting and complex than boys, and less physically challenging than boys. lesbians tended to focus on their perceived inability to socialize a child of the op... their own masculine interests. When explaining their preference for a boy, lesbians most frequently mentioned their own atypical gender identities, including t...

Psychoanalysts Approve Position Statement on Homosexuals and Bisexuals Serving in the Military

...esence of gays does not undermine unit cohesion. Tens of thousands of gays, lesbians and bisexuals already do serve openly. Discharging gays, lesbians and bisexuals wastes thousands of highly trained, badly needed troops," com...

Project 515 Proposes Legislation to Ensure Equality During Times of Illness and Death

...lieve the government should not treat people differently because of their sexual orientation, the survey reported. Nearly 70 percent believe "gays and lesbians should have the same rights and responsibilities as everyone else." Yet, a Project 515 study of all Minnesota statutes shows at least 515 curre...

Psychoanalysts Censure California's Vote to Ban Same-Sex Marriage

...riage Resolution. Some relevant statistics and research results are: -- The Kaiser Family Foundation Survey of 2001 found that 68 percent of lesbians and gays considered lesbian and gay marriage to be very important and 25 percent considered it to be somewhat important. -- According to the 20...

Accuracy, efficacy and ethics of abstinence-only programs questioned by public health experts

...include withholding accurate information about prevention of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases and using discriminatory language about gay men and lesbians in abstinence-only programs. Abstinence-only education violates young people's rightsto information, to education, and to health. Leslie Kantor, J...

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Lesbians in Medical Definition

Sexual orientation and medicine

...ce abuse, depression, and suicide. Gay male adolescents are two to three times more likely than their peers to attempt suicide. Some evidence suggests lesbians have higher rates of smoking, overweight, alcohol abuse, and stress than heterosexual women. The issues surrounding personal, family, and social accep...

Lesbians in Medical Dictionary

Insemination

...l ... Learning how to do an at-home insemination is as simple as asking on the ... The use of alternative insemination has added an option for lesbians to become parents. ... 5. Stress - You may find the insemination process stressful. ... Reproductive Endocrinology, Infertility,Artificial Inse...

Lesbians in Biological Dictionary

Kingdom

...onyms. kingdom usage examples and kingdom quotes. ... a realm; domain; sphere the kingdom of poetry ... Breast binders by T-Kingdom for FTMs, lesbians ... "T-Kingdom is an enrichment for the transgender world and it is marvelous that ... Kingdom Fire, a Adventure Game from AddictingGames: Anothe...