BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP)
The newest inpatient mental health and addiction program at Brattleboro Retreat is the first in New England designed exclusively for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals.
The new unit, which opens Tuesday, will include 16 beds at the 175-year-old psychiatric hospital. Clients will receive the same psychiatric care offered throughout the rest of the hospital, but all the doctors and support staff have specialized training in working with the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities.
The retreat started considering the unit about a year ago. In the coming months, it also plans to in ...
SINGAPORE (AP)
Singapore will keep its ban on gay sex, declining to follow the lead of an Indian court that threw out a similar British colonial-era law last week, a newspaper reported Monday.
The state-owned New Paper quoted Law Minister K. Shanmugam as saying the law will remain becaus e most Singaporeans don't accept homosexuality.
However, Shanmugam pledged the government would not enforce the law.
“We sometimes in these things have to accept a bit of messiness,” Shanmugam told a neighbourhood residents' meeting, according to the paper. “The way the society is going, we don't think it's fair for us to prosec ...
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WASHINGTON (AP)
The nation's top military officer said Sunday he has advised President Barack Obama to move "in a measured way" in changing the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that bans gays from serving openly in the military.
Obama as a candidate pledged to end the ban. As president, he has not said when or how he will take steps to do so, drawing criticism from gay rights activists and others. The president has pointed out that Congress in 1993 made into law a policy begun by President Bill Clinton.
"It's very clear what President Obama's intent here is. He intends to see this law change," Adm. Mike Mull ...
Out and Equal Workplace Advocates, an LGBT-focused business advisory group based in San Francisco, has scored a major get for its annual summit this fall: John Berry, the openly gay director of the Office of Personnel Management.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today picked Ronald E. Albers for a judgeship on the San Francisco County Superior Court.
Theresa Sparks, the transgender woman who has served two terms as president of the city’s police commission, has ruled out running for a third term. When she first won the coveted seat by one vote back in 2007, Sparks became the first transgender person to head a city oversight panel. But her ascension led to [...]
Making the best of time between jobs. From restaurant managers to financial advisers to graphic designers, no one is immune to the possibility of being laid off. But Nashville-based employment analyst Evan Woodson says the important thing is knowing how...
Making the best of time between jobs. From restaurant managers to financial advisers to graphic designers, no one is immune to the possibility of being laid off. But Nashville-based employment analyst Evan Woodson says the important thing is knowing how...
Some gay AAA members say there's no real problem. Stock photo The American Automobile Association (AAA) division that serves members and residents in Florida, Georgia, Middle and West Tennessee, and...
Karma, a posh downtown straight bar, held its first 'gay night' on Wednesday, June 24.
Gay 'Dancing' arrives on the net … for a limited time
Wisconsin lawmakers approved recognition of gay unions with the passage of a domestic partner registry last week
The path to legalizing gay marriage in D.C. begins Tuesday as the city's new gay marriage recognition law takes effect
Gay 'Dancing' arrives on the net … for a limited time
Wisconsin lawmakers approved recognition of gay unions with the passage of a domestic partner registry last week
The path to legalizing gay marriage in D.C. begins Tuesday as the city's new gay marriage recognition law takes effect
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