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Singapore couple sue to end sodomy law

Andrew Potts - Gay Star News
December 1st, 2012

A Singaporean gay couple will challenge the country’s rarely enforced sodomy law which they say labels them as criminals.

Gary Lim and Kenneth Chee, who have been partners for 15 years, filed their challenge with Singapore’s High Court after the country’s Court of Appeals dropped a sodomy charge against a man charged with having oral sex with another man in a public toilet and replaced it with a gender non-specific obscenity law.

The man, Tang Eng Hong, had challenged the constitutionality of Singapore’s 377A sodomy law and the couple hope to make use of that landmark ruling.

Male students forced to hold hands as punishment criticized as bullying

LGBTQ Nation Staff Reports
December 1st, 2012

MESA, Ariz. -- Two Arizona high school students were forced to hold hands in front of their classmates as punishment this week for fighting.

Critics are calling the discipline a form of bullying because it subjected the students to taunting and name-calling, and evoked anti-gay sentiments.

Pa. state Rep. Mike Fleck, a Republican, comes out

Keegan Gibson - Managing Editor, Politics PA
December 1st, 2012

State Rep. Mike Fleck (R-Huntingdon) publicly acknowledged Saturday that he is gay, making him the first openly gay lawmaker in Pa. and the only currently sitting openly gay Republican state legislator in the entire country.

In a deeply personal story by the Huntingdon Daily News (subscription), Fleck, a devout Christian, explained the difficult road to his announcement.

History-making: First same-sex wedding today at West Point chapel

SDGLN Staff
December 1st, 2012

WEST POINT, N.Y. -- Brenda S. "Sue" Fulton and Penelope Dara Gnesin will go into the history books today when they get married in the hallowed Cadet Chapel at West Point.

Fulton, 53, graduated from West Point in 1980 in the first class of cadets that included women, another milestone for her. She is the communications director of Outserve, a group representing actively serving gay, lesbian and bisexual troops.

In the face of Prop 8, San Diego couple fly to Massachusetts to tie the knot

Adam Polaski - Freedom to Marry
December 1st, 2012

About a year ago, Corrie Sharp picked Jennifer Tom up from work with a big surprise: Corrie had a dinner reservation at a beautiful restaurant on the bay in San Diego, and she wanted to enjoy a romantic dinner and watch the sunset with Jennifer.

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On World AIDS Day, a history of HIV

Ben Howard - Lead the Way
December 1st, 2012

The term Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, or AIDS, wasn’t coined until the end of 1982 but was a serious problem for the previous decade.

The origin of HIV is still largely a mystery, however, it is thought that the virus was transferred to humans somewhere around 1930. The leading theory is that the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has ancestral basis from the Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV). How the virus was transferred is still unknown.

The Golden Paw Hillcrest has fundraiser, ribbon-cutting on Saturday

SDGLN Staff
November 30th, 2012

SAN DIEGO -- The Golden Paw Hillcrest will be holding its first-ever “Photos with Santa Adoption Event” fundraiser and a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday, Dec 1.

San Diego Councilmember Todd Gloria will lead the ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 am. at the Golden Paw Hillcrest, 3915 Ninth Ave. in San Diego, CA 92103.

Photos with Santa and the adoption event will be from 10:15 am to noon. A donation of $10 is suggested, and all the proceeds will go to Labrador Rescuers of San Diego.

Pita Jungle benefits Meals-on-Wheels and San Diego seniors

SDGLN Staff
November 30th, 2012

SAN DIEGO – Pita Jungle will donate 10% of the proceeds from its Specials Menu to Meals-on-Wheels, effective through Dec. 31.

With items like the Curried Coconut Soup with Chickpeas or the Wood-Fired Cod Salad, Pita Jungle offers a menu to keep warm and healthy during a season that is loaded with casseroles and sweets. Meals-on-Wheels supports San Diego seniors.

No decision today by U.S. Supreme Court on Prop 8/DOMA cases

Ken Williams - SDGLN Editor in Chief
November 30th, 2012

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court did not place any of the gay rights cases on its orders today, adding to the incredible drama that is building up about whether the justices will take up California’s Proposition 8 and the nine DOMA cases.

The high court could also have decided not to take up any of the cases, which would have widespread implications for millions of LGBT Americans. If the justices let lower court rulings stand, Proposition 8 and DOMA would be dead.

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World AIDS Day 2012: "Getting to zero"

Ben Cartwright - SDGLN Staff Writer
November 30th, 2012

SAN DIEGO -- As communities around the globe prepare to mark World AIDS Day on Saturday, Dec. 1, the World Health Organization (WHO) is continuing its focus on the number zero.

With this year’s theme being “Getting to Zero,” the international organization hopes to see a day when there are zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination, and zero AIDS related deaths.