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Although some scholars no longer see a place for feminist theory in analyses of sexuality, this article shows that there are lessons to be learned by examining queer theory through [...]

ARTHUR S. LEONARD In the twenty-one years since the Stonewall uprising in New York City, legal battles have produced major changes in the status of gay men and lesbians. The [...]

IN Lawrence v. Texas the Supreme Court invalidated Texas's anti-homosexual sodomy law by invoking a constitutional right to privacy. But it also indicated that constitutional equal protection doctrines would have [...]

Hefty cash awards in recent bias cases could be a sign that juries are looking beyond a plaintiff's sexual orientation For a few hours this spring, Pinkerton Security and Investigation [...]

Garner and Lawrence may change the law How the zeal of Texan policemen may change discrimination laws forever HOUSTON's police were taking no chances. A panicky neighbour had just called […]

After being postponed twice, the trial of 52 Egyptian men accused of having gay sex began August 29 in Cairo amid heated international criticism. Although homosexuality is not specifically outlawed [...]

Homosexuality constitutes a security threat. Certain homosexual characteristics -- instability, willing self-deceit, defiance towards society and a tendency to surround himself with other homosexuals -- do not inspire confidence.Conclusions of [...]

FOR 21 YEARS I've been an ever more out dyke. For almost 10 years, I've been engaged in legal advocacy -- first on behalf of prisoners, pornographers, and various others [...]

Since William Rehnquist became Chief Justice of the United States, the Supreme Court has decided only three cases dealing with gay rights, and in all of them the Court has [...]

Christian and Muslim leaders in Nigeria welcomed a controversial law that bans same-sex marriages and imposes a 14-year jail term for homosexual relations. On January 13, President Goodluck Jonathan signed [...]

Defame Me Not 'Another Victory(?) For Gay Rights' read the ambivalent headline about a recent judicial ruling. The high-profile case involves one Howard K. Stern, whose fifteen minutes of fame [...]

Silence Won't Protect You The Puerto Rico supreme court has stripped protections for gay men and lesbians from the U.S. territory's domestic-violence laws, arguing that abuse protections are designed to [...]

DIED: Artist Frank C. Moore II, 48, of complications from AIDS, in New York, April 21, In 1991, Moore helped create the red ribbon as an international symbol for AIDS [...]

Seven gays and lesbians are suing Arkansas, charging that the state's sodomy law is unconstitutional. Arkansas is one of six states that outlaw the consensual sexual relations of only lesbian [...]

The eight days of testimony heard during the Amendment 2 trial in Denver were a rare, in-depth examination of the basis for legal limits on protection of homosexual behavior. Denver [...]

Far from 1984 IF FEDERALISM means anything, it means the right of states to make unjust laws. Or, to put a finer point on it, states have the right to [...]