Vietnam May Legalize Same-Sex Marriage
Talk.Onevietnam.org, News Report, Posted: Jul 30, 2012
Once a country that condemned homosexuality, Vietnam is now considering legalizing same-sex marriage.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, International Affairs, Politics & Governance
Tags: equality, gay, gender, homosexual, legalization, marriage, relations, vietnam
Women Muralists Return to Chicano Park
La Prensa-San Diego, News Report, Posted: Jul 29, 2012
Women artists who originally painted their murals in the 1970s are returning to San Diego to repaint their work 40 years later.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Ethnic Media Network, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino, Top Stories
Tags: chicanopark, sandiegomural, womenmuralists
Beyond the Celluloid Closet -- Mosquita y Mari
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 28, 2012
A new film -- the first to successfully raise $80,000 on Kickstarter -- is a queer love story without a coming-out scene.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Latino, Original NAM Content
Tags: kickstarter, MosquitayMari, mym, queerfilm
Why Canonize Sally Ride as a Gay Hero?
Firstpost.com, Commentary, Posted: Jul 27, 2012
In death Sally Ride came out twice -- as a cancer patient and as someone who had been in a lesbian relationship.
Categories: Featured Columnists, Gender & Sexuality, Living, Science & Technology, Top Stories
Tags: astronaut, bisexuality, celebrity, gay, identity, lesbian, nasa, orbit, out, ride, sally, shuttle
Dear Boy Scouts of America: I'm Returning My Eagle Scout Medal
New America Media, First Person, Posted: Jul 26, 2012
It’s not an issue of admitting people of different sexual orientations into the organization – it’s admitting that they're already there.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Living, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: american, bias, bigotry, boyscout, bsa, discrimination, eagle, fairness, gay, medal
More Tolerance in Southeast Asia for Gay Marriage
Nguoi Viet, News Report, Posted: Jul 25, 2012
The Ministry of Justice is currently polling public opinion on the legalization of same-sex marriages as it drafts amendments to prevailing marriage laws.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Living
Tags: asian, gay, lgbt, same sex marriage, southeast asia, thailand, vietnam, vietnamese
Mother Loses Battle for Custody of Her Son
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Jul 24, 2012
Parents who are apprehended on immigration grounds are rarely given an opportunity to make care arrangements for their children.
Categories: Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content
Tags: encarnacionbailromero, familyseparation, parentalincarceration, parentalrights
Why Vietnamese Women Marry Foreigners
Talk.Onevietnam.org, News Report, Posted: Jul 17, 2012
Roughly 40,000 Vietnamese citizens married foreigners, including overseas Vietnamese or Viet Kieu, between 2005-2008 according to the statistics provided by the justice department of Ho Chi Minh City.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Headlines, Ethnic Media in the News, Gender & Sexuality
Tags: foreigners, gender, inequality, marriage, overseas, sex, sexism, vietnamese, women
Gay or Not: The Real Cost of The Gandhi Auction That Never Was
Firstpost.com, News Analysis, Posted: Jul 17, 2012
The Indian government recently coughed up the asking price of $1.28 million for 40 years of documents, telegrams and letters between Mahatma Gandhi and the German Jewish bodybuilder and lifelong friend Hermann Kallenbach before it made the auction block. Was it to keep the halo around the Mahatma's head from dimming?
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, International Affairs, Living, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: bodybuilder Hermann Kallenbach, Indian government buys, letters, mahatma gandhi, pricetag of $1.28 million, Sotheby's
Supreme Court Health Care Ruling: Victory for Transgender Americans
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Jul 05, 2012
Getting adequate health care is a struggle for too many of us, and transgender people face a host of additional challenges.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Health, Health Care Reform, Living, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: aca, fundings, health, healthcare, ruling, sex, supreme court, transexuals, transgender
Egypt's First Lady Represents New Image
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jul 03, 2012
"I want to be called the president’s wife,” she told AP. “Who said that the president’s wife is the first lady anyways?”
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Gender & Sexuality, Middle Eastern, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: brotherhood, egypt, election, feminism, first lady, hijab, islam, muslim, president, women
LULAC Supports Marriage Equality
LULAC, News Report, Posted: Jul 02, 2012
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) passed a resolution today at its 83rd Annual Convention in favor of same sex unions.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino
Tags: LULAC, LULACgaymarriage, LULACsamesexmarriage, NAACPgaymarriage
HIV Still Rampant Among Low-Income Black Women in D.C
Washington Informer, News Report, Posted: Jul 01, 2012
Despite efforts to quell the number of new cases, infections among heterosexual black women in D.C. have nearly doubled since 2008.
Categories: African American, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Top Stories
Tags: blacksandhiv, hivamongblacks, hivdeathsindc