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But some advocates for gay rights hold out a slim hope that the matter may eventually come before the United States Supreme Court.

For the moment, the nascent gay rights movement had found a natural home in gay bars.

If Obama said nothing or was plainly indifferent, gay-rights activists might be irked but would not be quite so disappointed.

Even so, gay rights groups called it a major advance for the families of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender individuals.

Peter Tatchell, the prominent gay rights campaigner and founder of the group Pride, said he would march with Mrs Brown.

China has never been a particularly progressive place for gay rights.

For the gay rights movement, Mexico City's law was the result of 30 years of activism.

Lebanese gay-rights organizations have frequently expressed their desire to see the law annulled.

Madonna is not the only famous musician standing up for gay rights in the region.

My own union, the BC Teachers Federation, is an active supporter of the gay rights movement and has published their materials.

In his first imbroglio, the commander in chief found himself trapped between gay-rights activists and his own Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Whilst not on the same level as the suffering of the early gay rights advocates, prejudice is still very much a part of an asexual's life.

Has tried to cast himself as a more conservative alternative, opposing gay rights and abortion rights although he once supported both.

So far only two obscurities have declared themselves, a pizza mogul and a gay-rights activist.

Elton John has paid tribute to gay rights campaigners and urged others around the world to "stand up and speak out" against homophobia.

WOMAN: We're pretty happy to have our own way of doing things. Better health care; gay rights; you name it, we have it all.

Their efforts laid the groundwork for future campaigns for women's liberation, gay rights and political opportunities for the poor.

Now, after years of effort by gay rights groups and others, the law will include sexual orientation.

And the Arab Spring, which many gay-rights organizations hoped would bring greater acceptance, has proved to be an ambivalent blessing.

She said while some suggest that gay rights and human rights are separate and distinct, they are in fact one and the same.

His support for gay rights has been a study in caution, as has his position on gun control.

Dan Zimmerman said the push for gay rights is a grassroots effort led by the people.

In short, the public mood is not one that should have made Mr Obama's position on gay rights a political embarrassment to him.

But when a national gay-rights group tried to place an obit on his behalf, its money was rejected.

They disagreed with me on abortion and gay rights, but they still followed Christ's admonition to love their neighbors.

It was the largest demonstration for gay rights in Washington in nearly a decade.

Like sex, drugs, gay rights, abortion, money, wealth, ambition, criminal activity, and generally too much negativity and hurtful opinions.

The opposition in the black community to equating gay rights with the civil-rights movement is far from universal.

Zimbabwe and Malawi are just part of crackdown on gay rights in much of the developing world, and particularly in Africa.

The big surprise of the night was Sean Penn , winning best actor for his role as gay rights activist Harvey Milk .

Lawyers and activists advocating gay rights have been harassed , and, though many gay websites are accessible, some are blocked.

"Repeal Day" parties have been organised across the country to mark the victory for gay rights.

Obama also addressed those who do not favour advancing gay rights.

She is also well-known for her outspoken support of gay rights, having won the Human Rights Campaign "Ally for Equality" award in 2008.

However gay-rights activists see it as part of an on-again, off-again crackdown on the LGBT community.

I welcome supporters of gay rights to snap your own photo showing your wedding ring on your middle finger.

The former New York Mayor's support of abortion and gay rights conflicts with the traditional values of evangelical conservatives.

Gay rights activists are celebrating the Iowa Supreme Court's decision to strike down the state's ban on same-sex marriage.

"And you know that, " said Morgan. "You quietly know they're all voting against gay rights. "

For now, the pressure has been raised for Obama to make good on his promise to support gay rights in a meaningful way.

The parade, part of the EuroPride gay rights festival, is meant to give a boost to the fledgling gay rights movement in Poland.

Gay rights groups say they will lobby lawmakers to legalize gay marriage, and file lawsuits to try to force the courts to legalize it.

But activists on either side of the gay-rights divide do not have time to hold their breath.

Gay rights supporters have traveled a bumpy road since the first legal U. S. gay marriage was conducted in Massachusetts in 2004.

But Peter Tatchell, a veteran gay-rights campaigner, says the real import into Africa is not homosexuality but politicised homophobia.

Advocacy groups who lobbied hard for repeal hailed the vote as a significant step forward in gay rights.

The gay-rights struggle had given gay men greater freedom and acceptance, and the aids epidemic had made monogamy more appealing.

While some aspects of gay rights remain controversial in the United States, trends favor tolerance and understanding.

Although no strangers to acts of repression, many Chinese gay-rights advocates find Douban's censorship a major frustration.

Maintaining the lesbian mystery kills two birds with one stone: the press writes about both her and gay rights.

The issue of gay rights has polarized nations at the U. N. for years.

To me, gay rights are a part of the Constitution.

Whether it bolsters the gay rights movement, though, remains to be seen.

Candace Gingrich, a youth outreach manager at gay-rights advocates the Human Rights Campaign.

But greed trumps gay rights, and financial industry contributions swung sharply toward the Republicans in the 2010 elections.

On Sunday tens of thousands marched for gay rights in Washington, bellowing calls for rapid, not incremental, change.

At the same time, American groups that defend gay rights have also poured money into Uganda to help the beleaguered gay community.

Gay rights activists want president Obama to deliver on campaign pledges to end discrimination against gays.

Ugandan gay rights activist who was pictured and named in a newspaper article has been killed at his home, outside the capital, Kampala.

Some gay rights activists were carrying banners reading "Russia is not Iran" .

Dustin Lance Black, who won original screenplay for "Milk, " also gave an impassioned speech in favor of gay rights.

Gay rights groups are planning celebrations throughout the country today.

In Manhattan, gay rights advocates gathered at bars and restaurants to watch the vote and celebrate its passage.

Luminaries from the arts and sciences denounced Vatican teachings on gay rights, condom use and abortion.

Barack Obama was a vocal proponent of gay rights during his campaign.

Tentative legislative proposals to expand gay rights have died swift unnoticed deaths.

It aimed to show how the gay-rights movement is undermining religious freedom.

And Mr Obama will be able to claim that a significant step for gay rights has been taken under his leadership.

Mr Cuomo worked closely with gay-rights groups, consolidated this time under the banner "New Yorkers United for Marriage" .

Clinton has made gay rights a focus of the State Department's human rights agenda.

For the Mrs. and Mrs. combo, though, you have to go to the online donation form of the gay-rights group PFLAG.

The CBC produced a documentary about Iran's gay rights movement, but little is mentioned of lesbians.

It is not surprising that gay rights are a relatively low priority.

It is what I call the pro-gay-rights, tough-on-crime position.

The idea that the autism rights movement is similar to the civil rights and gay rights movements is something I will hear again and again.

What do you think this story says about gay rights today?

He ditched his party's hostile views on gay rights and promoted ethnic-minority activists.

Not happy "WE'RE getting impatient, and we're getting concerned, " says Pamela Brown of Marriage Equality USA, a gay-rights organisation.

Russian gay rights activists were joined by campaigners from America and Europe in what has become an annual event.

He worked closely with gay-rights groups who spent millions on the advocacy campaign.

The singer, who celebrates his 60th birthday on Sunday, paid tribute to William Hernandez, a gay rights campaigner.

He is, for want of a better term, a radical liberal: he defends women's emancipation and gay rights.

Gay rights advocates call the vote a major victory in their quest for equality.

[. . . ] She is not a random person whom journalists stopped in the street and asked a question about sexual orientation or gay rights.

The eventual ruling, Lawrence v Texas, is considered a landmark for gay rights.

First, a gay-rights group staged a sit-in at McGovern's hotel and refused to budge until he met with them.

Then Harel mentioned it during a panel discussion in Jerusalem on gay rights.

The initiative to "turn" the penguins and make them mate had prompted a furious response from gay rights groups.

German proto-gay rights activist Karl Maria-Kertbeny took the first stab at a definition in 1868.

That doesn't mean the historic gay-rights legal wins of 2010 are doomed to be Pyrrhic victories.

He became the state's first sitting governor to address a gay-rights group.

award to Harvey Milk, the slain gay rights activist and politician.

Stone is a vocal gay rights advocate and fights to find a cure for the AIDS virus, being a visible presence at many fundraisers and events.

The vote in favour of Proposition 8 prompted a gay rights demonstrations in Los Angeles last night.

You have to tell him gay rights are human rights.

Ugandan man has been sentenced to 30 years in jail for murdering the country's leading gay rights activist David Kato in January.

But they have become markedly more receptive to almost all forms of gay rights.

"We all know that LGBT groups love Douban, " writes Aibai, another Beijing-based gay-rights group, in an open letter to the popular website.

When you're in Africa you think that when you come to Europe there are gay rights.

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Some wonder if a similar backlash may be looming with respect to gay rights.

In formal legal terms, it is a beacon for gay rights, says Mr Tatchell.

Wolfson, a long-time gay-rights activist, is founder and executive director of Freedom to Marry.

It does not look at other factors that play into American political beliefs, such as abortion, gun control and gay rights.

This started the gay rights movement in the US.

Mandy Merck stayed in England and became a journalist and gay-rights advocate.

Anti-gay rights activists predict Proposition 8 will be upheld.

Gay rights campaigners maintain that between 150 and 200 gay men are murdered in Italy every year.

In the last few years, the acceptance of gay rights in America has been seemingly unstoppable.

What's your hope for the future when it comes to gay rights?

She promotes gay rights and celebrates self-expression; she tells her fans that together they can change the world.

But Mr Osborne is more liberal on moral issues such as abortion and gay rights than on law and order.

It is not only on the right to choose abortion, but also on other issues, such AS freedom of religion, disability protection and gay rights.

It is the biggest advance for gay rights in America since Massachusetts legalised gay nuptials in 2003.

The Muslim Brotherhood is saying "that anyone who is talking about gay rights . . . is extreme and ridiculous, " said Littauer.

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