No boost for Obama from gay marriage decision
President Barack Obama's show of support for gay marriage has inflamed political passions but has not given him a bump in popularity, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed today. Roughly a third of Americans view Obama more favorably and a third less favorably because of his announcement that he supports the right of gay and lesbian couples to wed. Obama said his backing of gay marriage was a personal ...
Head to Head chat excerpts
Pia Lopez and Ben Boychuk squared off in a live chat Thursday after President Barack Obama declared his support for gay marriage. Here are excerpts from the chat.
Ukrainin' Men: How American Men Are Using the Russian Facebook to Find Brides [The Internet]
# theinternet A few weeks ago, I created a profile and logged onto VKontakte , the most popular Russian-language social network. I entered some personal information, uploaded an especially flattering picture of myself, then used the search function to find all single women between 25 and 35 in Ukraine who were online at the moment — around 7:30 p.m. Ukraine time. There were more than 10,000 ...
POWER PLAY: Dems worry about Obama's 2012 bid- Obama's assets valued at $2.6M to $8.3M
“You can be stylish and powerful, too. That's Michelle’s advice.” -- President Obama telling graduates to temper but preserve their interest in clothing during his commencement address at Barnard College, a women-only college of New York’s Columbia University.
Readers on gay nups: All politics
Herald readers saw politics, not idealism, at the core of President Obama's decision this week to embrace same-sex...
Anti-gay doctor falls on sword as religious links mount
A conservative doctor at the centre of a gay marriage storm has resigned from the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission but remains on the public payroll as the state's second most senior psychiatrist. Read more on the blog... ... Read more on the blog...
Mother-daughter sexperts
Susie Bright and her daughter, Aretha, make parental talks about sex look easy -- and fun
Ken Livingstone: 'This isn't a race to elect a chat-show host'
He is a lifelong champion of London's poor and dispossessed. So, with a week to go before the mayoral election, why is he still struggling to get his message across against a millionaire old Etonian? The last time I met Ken Livingstone we had a bit of a row about electoral strategy. He told me that voters respect him because he speaks his mind and refuses to play the media game of placating the ...
DJ Louie XIV: '856 Feet Away...': My Grindr Experiment
It goes without saying that this was one of the most awkward experiences in my already-pretty-awkward life, but I knew right away that I was happy I did it. Mainly, I had achieved one of my main goals with the experience, which was to get a sense of my own sexual boundaries.
Kyle Knight: Patient Courage: A Leader for LGBTI Students in Nepal
Standing in the courtyard at RR Campus in Kathmandu, Roshan Mahato looks relaxed and proud. This, just seven years ago, was the spot where he was teased and harassed so badly by his peers that he transferred to another college. Today he is the president of Nepal's LGBTI Student Forum.