International Business News - Gay http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A Vermont legislator plans to introduce a bill to allow gay marriage in the state that first approved civil unions for same-sex couples. State Sen. John Campbell, a Democrat, says he will sponsor the bill in the legislative session beginning in January. He acknowledges it is unlikely to gain ground unless Gov. Jim Douglas signals support. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/vermont-legislator-plans-push-for-gay-marriage.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:07:23 EST Amsterdam faces an ingrained problem of violence against gay men, despite its reputation as a haven of tolerance, according to a study released Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/anti-gay-violence-is-a-problem-in-amsterdam.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:45:41 EST As far as Miguel Garcia is concerned, Chicago already has a gay high school. Jones College Prep, where the 16-year-old is a junior, has the city's largest Gay Straight Alliance, an organization of more than 100 students that he and other members say wields considerable influence at their downtown campus. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/178561-gay-high-school.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/gay-advocates-upset-at-shelving-of-chicago-school.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/gay-advocates-upset-at-shelving-of-chicago-school.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:41:09 EST California's highest court agreed Wednesday to hear several legal challenges to the state's new ban on same-sex marriage but refused to allow gay couples to resume marrying before it rules. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/178494-gay-marriage-protest.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/calif-supreme-court-to-take-up-gay-marriage-ban.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/calif-supreme-court-to-take-up-gay-marriage-ban.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:17:36 EST California's highest court agreed Wednesday to hear several legal challenges to the state's new ban on same-sex marriage but refused to allow gay couples to resume marrying before it rules. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/178444-gay-marriage-protest.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/calif-supreme-court-to-take-up-gay-marriage-ban.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/calif-supreme-court-to-take-up-gay-marriage-ban.htm Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:13:59 EST The state attorney general and sponsors of the ballot initiative that banned same-sex marriage in California urged its Supreme Court to hear a series of lawsuits seeking to overturn the ban, saying the matter is too urgent to be unsettled. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/calif-high-court-asked-to-hear-gay-marriage-cases.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:01:40 EST Gay rights supporters waving rainbow colors marched, chanted and danced in cities coast to coast Saturday to protest the vote that banned gay marriage in California and to urge supporters not to quit the fight for the right to wed. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081116/gay-advocates-protest-marriage-ban-across-nation.htm Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:30:11 EST Gay rights supporters waving rainbow colors marched, chanted and danced in cities coast to coast Saturday to protest the vote that banned gay marriage in California and to urge supporters not to quit the fight for the right to wed. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081115/mormon-church-condemns-gay-activists-for-attacks.htm Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:20:38 EST The Mormon church on Friday blamed opponents of California's gay marriage ban for sending hoax mailings containing white powder to temples, while a group that also supported the measure condemned "acts of domestic terrorism against our supporters." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/174824-gay-marriage-protest.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081114/calif-clerks-when-does-gay-marriage-ban-begin.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081114/calif-clerks-when-does-gay-marriage-ban-begin.htm Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:31:11 EST A California gay rights activist filed a complaint Thursday accusing the Mormon church of failing to report the full value of the work it did to support the state's new ban on same-sex marriage. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081113/mormon-aid-on-gay-marriage-ban-generates-complaint.htm Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:23:15 EST Carrying signs reading "Love not H8" and "Did you cast a ballot or a stone?", a large crowd of gay-marriage supporters gathered outside a Mormon temple to protest the church's endorsement of a same-sex marriage ban in California. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/174276-gay-marriage.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081113/after-calif-loss-gays-get-right-to-wed-in-conn.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081113/after-calif-loss-gays-get-right-to-wed-in-conn.htm Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:28:38 EST The artistic director at California's largest nonprofit musical theater company resigned Wednesday amid protests over his donation to a campaign to ban gay marriage in the state. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081112/theater-official-quits-over-anti-gay-donation.htm Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:15:21 EST Same-sex couples exchanged vows Wednesday for the first time in Connecticut amid cheers and tears of joy, while gay activists planned protests across the country over the vote that took away their right to marry in California. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/173782-aptopix-gay-marriage.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081112/gay-couples-to-start-to-marry-in-connecticut.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081112/gay-couples-to-start-to-marry-in-connecticut.htm Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:19:40 EST California's gay-rights movement has been beset by infighting and finger-pointing since the defeat of gay marriage at the ballot box, with some activists questioning the campaign's mild tactics, including the decision not to show same-sex couples in ads. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/173122-gay-marriage-blame-game.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/criticism-mounts-among-gays-over-calif-ban.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/criticism-mounts-among-gays-over-calif-ban.htm Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:08:05 EST Connecticut state Rep. Beth Bye and Tracey Wilson hope to become the first gay couple to marry legally in their town of West Hartford on Wednesday. For Wilson, it's both a personal and professional milestone. She's the town's historian. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/gay-marriages-set-for-wednesday-in-connecticut.htm Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:23:15 EST Gay-rights activists see opportunities for their cause in Utah thanks to Mormon church officials, who strongly supported California's proposition denying same-sex couples the right to marry but said they did not object to granting those couples certain other rights. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/mormon-comments-give-gays-hope-for-new-utah-laws.htm Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:24:09 EST On the first Sunday after a gay marriage ban passed in California, activists rallied in defiance, including hundreds of protesters outside an Orange County megachurch whose pastor brought Barack Obama and John McCain together last summer for a "faith forum." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/171895-gay-marriage-marches.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081109/protests-sweep-across-calif-on-post-prop-8-sunday.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081109/protests-sweep-across-calif-on-post-prop-8-sunday.htm Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:55:46 EST As many as 10,000 people took to the streets in San Diego and similar numbers marched in Los Angeles Saturday to protest passage of an anti-gay marriage ballot initiative, authorities said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/171443-gay-marriage-marches.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081109/gay-marriage-supporters-march-in-socal.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081109/gay-marriage-supporters-march-in-socal.htm Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:44:09 EST Even as voters in California banned same-sex marriage in a tight referendum, Tuesday's election opened the door for the same debate in New York. The pending shift in state Senate control away from Republicans removes one clear obstacle to legalizing gay marriage in New York, though opponents aren't conceding anything yet and advocates say they have work to do. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/170754-gay-marriage.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081108/ny-eyes-allowing-gay-marriage-opponents-vow-fight.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081108/ny-eyes-allowing-gay-marriage-opponents-vow-fight.htm Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:26:47 EST Thousands of protesters angered by the passage of a state measure banning gay marriage took to the streets Friday in San Francisco and Long Beach, while thousands more protested outside the headquarters of the Mormon church in Salt Lake City. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/170742-mormons-gay-marriage.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081108/gay-marriage-supporters-march-in-sf-socal.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081108/gay-marriage-supporters-march-in-sf-socal.htm Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:26:26 EST