http://www.EDGEboston.com Your life... with an EDGE. en-us 2009 EDGE PUBLICATIONS, INC. editor@edgepublications.com (Managing Editor) webmaster@edgepublications.com (Webmaster) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:00:02 -0500 http://www.EDGEboston.com/rss Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender/News/boston http://www.edgeboston.com/?99293 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=99293 Canada's Federal Court says the country's refugee board must reconsider the case of a lesbian who deserted the U.S. Army and fled to Canada. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?99280 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=99280 A federal judge ordered the Obama administration to abide by his ruling and provide health benefits for the female spouse of a lesbian federal employee. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?99274 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=99274 Beginning in 2010, gay and lesbian families in the conservative country Austria will be able to enter into civil unions--although the new status they will enjoy falls short of marriage equality. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?99272 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=99272 A lesbian activist faces a trial for allegedly embezzling nearly $6 million from her employer, Aviva USA; her spouse, also on trial, has denied knowingly spending ill-gotten cash. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?99257 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=99257 The Miss California USA pageant director who became embroiled in a war of words with former title holder Carrie Prejean has donated 30-seconds of free ad time to the state's largest gay rights group. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?99256 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=99256 More than 150 Christian leaders, most of them conservative evangelicals and traditionalist Roman Catholics, issued a joint declaration Friday reaffirming their opposition to abortion and gay marriage and pledging to protect religious freedoms. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?99250 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=99250 The Archbishop of Canterbury sought Thursday to downplay the implications of the Vatican's unprecedented invitation for Anglicans to join the Catholic Church as he arrived in Rome for his first talks with the pope on the new policy. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?99246 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=99246 A Web site seeks the skinny on sexually active gay and straight D.C.-area priests in order to "end the hypocrisy." Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?99245 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=99245 A new poll shows that a majority of New Jersey residents support marriage equality of the state's gay and lesbian families, but the state's political realities don't hold much promise out to same sex couples. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?99235 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=99235 Mary Cheney and her partner Heather Poe welcomed their second child, daughter Sarah Lynne Cheney, on Nov. 18. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?99222 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=99222 New York's top court on Thursday rejected a Christian legal group's challenge to some government benefits provided to same-sex couples legally married elsewhere and now living in New York. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?99221 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=99221 Chaz Bono says beginning the sex-change process to turn him from a woman to a man is "the best decision I've ever made." Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?99220 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=99220 Prosecutors charged Juan MartAnez Matos with first-degree murder and a variety of weapons offenses in connection with Jorge Steven LApez's brutal death near Caguas late last week. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?99205 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=99205 A Philippine gay rights group is waging a legal battle to be allowed to run in next year's polls after the Elections Commission ruled it cannot register as a political party on grounds that it advocates immorality. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?99202 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=99202 Former Florida House speaker Marco Rubio continues to gain traction against Republican Gov. Charlie Crist as the two men seek to succeed U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?99200 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=99200 Black Eyed Peas manager Liborio Molina apologized to celebrity blogger Perez Hilton as part of an agreement allowing assault charges against him to be dropped, lawyers said Wednesday. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?99198 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=99198 A decision by the country's largest Lutheran denomination to allow gay pastors to serve as clergy is leading a conservative opposition group to try to form an alternate Lutheran church body. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?99197 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=99197 Hate is everywhere, but the fundamental question of why one person can hate another has never been adequately studied, contends Jim Mohr of Gonzaga University, who is developing a new academic field of hate studies. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?99191 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=99191 Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's mixed record and changing stance overt the years has got openly gay New York pol Jon Cooper thinking about a campaign to win her seat. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?99187 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=99187 New York Congressman JosA Serrano has joined a growing list of activists and other officials who continue to urge authorities to prosecute Jorge Steven LApez's alleged killer under the newly passed federal hate crime law. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST