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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, President Obama signed an expansion of federal law on hate crimes. Such laws provide more investigative resources or longer sentences, or both, for crimes driven by prejudice. Until now, federal
Scouts' Decision on Gays Meets Acceptance in Founder's Hometown OTTAWA, ILLINOIS For years, Boy Scouts from across the United States made an annual pilgrimage to Ottawa, Illinois, which proudly promotes itself as the Home of the Founder of the Boy Sc
On May 15, 2008, the California Supreme Court approved same-sex marriages in the state of California. By a vote of 4 to 3, the court declared that limiting a marriage to a union between a man and a woman violated the state constitution. The courts de
The latest issue of Time Magazine features an article on the film Brokeback Mountain. With this kind of mainstream attention, some are wondering, have gay Americans finally reached a point of acceptance on the big screen? Here is commentator Betty Ba
To anyone who has information about Lauren, what are you waiting for?What are you waiting for?You know, yeah,it's,maybe,its about self-preservation,my husband has said that other people has said that my logical mind,I know that thats correct, I know
A Pentagon report being released this hour says nearly three quarters of service members polled believe that allowing gays to serve openly in the military will have little to no impact, but the report says there is a significant minority that opposes
AS IT IS 2014-10-15 Catholic Bishops Discuss Teachings on Gays, Divorce The Roman Catholic Church has long been critical of love relationships between two people of the same sex. The church has also sharply criticized sexual activity outside of marri
Last week, the Pentagon announced changes in enforcement of a 1993 U.S. law that compels gay service members to hide their sexual orientation. If discovered, homosexuals still face discharge from the military, but the regulations stipulate new rules
African Gays Under Attack as HIV/AIDS Epidemic Turns 30 Thirty years into the HIV/AIDS epidemic, stigma and discrimination continue to slow efforts to prevent and treat the disease. And more and more, gay men are becoming the targets in sub-Saharan A
Fear Drives African Gays to Seek Asylum in US BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Homosexuality is a crime in 38 African countries and new laws in Nigeria and Uganda have increased potential punishments for engaging in gay sex. These strictures have driven some gay
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Our colleague Julie McCarthy has spent years now ranging across India, and we get to follow along. India is a world of its own - the largest democracy, second only to China in population. And also, Julie found a remarkable source
May 29th1953, Climbers Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first to reach the top of the Mount Everest in Asias Himalaya. Years later, Hillary says he would not have made to the summit of the worlds highest peak without his partner. Team wor
Wk 22 (29 May 1953) Mount Everest Is ConqueredThis Week in HistoryEdmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first to climb the world's highest mountain. In 1953, New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first peop
Hours ago, Pope Francis publicly discuss the controversial meeting of big step has just wrapped up, the meeting ended without concensus on what the church should say about gays, or whether they give the communication to divorce or remarry Catholic, s
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Last week President Obama again called for ending a ban against people in the military who are openly homosexual. That was one of his campaign promises. This week America's top military officer expressed su
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 10 August 2007 An Islamic Sharia court in northern Nigeria has ordered 18 men to be kept in prison pending their trial for alleged sodomy. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa reports that the men were arrested for allegedly hosting a
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 12 June 2008 Thousands of same-sex weddings are expected in California after June 16, the day the California Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriages takes effect. VOA's Mike O'Sullivan reports from Los Ang
Should gays be allowed to openly serve in the US military? Recent efforts by the Obama Administration to overturn Dont Ask Dont Tell, a 17-year-old policy that prohibits gays from serving openly, have resulted in a controversial debate. Emily Lause |
1.Gay rights supporters took to the streets of Washington, demanding President Barack Obama keep his promises to allow gays to serve openly in the military. Thousands marched from the White House to the US capital. Activists have planned a 50-state
Anti-gay demonstration in Uganda U.S. President Barack Obama has sharply criticized an anti-gay bill in Uganda that would impose the death penalty in some cases. Other western governments and gay rights activists also have criticized the legislation.