Gauge: As a child, Brian Picone would run around in the park winding his arm like a propeller.
''Brian was a force of nature,'' Picone's father Mike Picone said during a memorial service for his 22-year-old gay son, who died of cardiac arrest on Monday, Oct. 26.
''He would run up to us with a big grin on his face, vibrating with energy.... The first word that he and (his twin brother) Scott learned was 'go,''' Picone said to soft laughter. ...more
''Brian was a force of nature,'' Picone's father Mike Picone said during a memorial service for his 22-year-old gay son, who died of cardiac arrest on Monday, Oct. 26.
''He would run up to us with a big grin on his face, vibrating with energy.... The first word that he and (his twin brother) Scott learned was 'go,''' Picone said to soft laughter. ...more
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)Gay marriage opponents pulled off another victory at the ballot box this week by using a tried-and-tested argument: Approve it and children will be taught homosexuality in school.
Voters seemed to be swayed by the message, both in Maine and in last year's gay marriage battle in California. And it has become an important part of the ever-evolving playbook of gay marriage opponents, who have now won 31 consecutive statewide ballot measures against the issue.
In Maine and California, voters were besieged with ad images of what would supposedly happen if same-sex marriage were legal: students going on a field trip to a l ...
By CHRIS JOHNSON, Washington BladeA Senate hearing Thursday for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act alternated between tales of discrimination and wrangling over the bill's exemptions for religious groups.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee heard testimony on the bill that would bar job bias throughout the country against LGBT people in the workforce. It was the first Senate hearing on ENDA since 2002.
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), the sponsor of the legislation in the Senate, said during the hearing that ENDA is necessary to ensure equal opportunity for all Americans in the workforce.
"We are on the path t ...
ALBANY (AP)New York Gov. David Paterson is calling the Legislature back to Albany for a special session to cut the budget and possibly vote on legalizing same-sex marriage.
Paterson wants the Senate to give final legislative approval to same-sex marriage. But there's no guarantee there are enough votes to carry the measure, which has already passed in the Assembly.
While the Legislature must attend the extraordinary session called by Patersonfor Tuesday, lawmakers don't have to act on his agenda.
That agenda includes addressing a deficit of more than $3 billion with midyear cuts to school aid and health care, ...
It's blogger versus DNC treasurer in an online war. 
With A Single Man being touted as the most notable gay movie of the year, the film's poster is curious -- there’s no hint of a gay storyline in the ad. 
Just in time for the holidays, Oprah and Ellen revealed the big magazine cover they’ve been talking about for months -- on today's Ellen and on Oprah's website. 
Backers of gay marriage in New Jersey are calling on lawmakers to approve a gay marriage bill during a lame-duck session
Bloggers attempt to make some sense of Maine's gay marriage repeal
Police informant says Las Vegas 19-year-old was 'driving force' behind celebrity burglary case
Backers of gay marriage in New Jersey are calling on lawmakers to approve a gay marriage bill during a lame-duck session
Bloggers attempt to make some sense of Maine's gay marriage repeal
Police informant says Las Vegas 19-year-old was 'driving force' behind celebrity burglary case
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