The Westboro Baptist Church has decided to do one of the most disrespectful and tasteless things one human can do to another: it is protesting Heath Ledger’s memorial services because of his portrayal of a gay cowboy in “Brokeback Mountain.”

Arabic Lecturer Uri Horesh began a hunger strike Monday in response to his denied complaint against the University’s non-discrimination policy, which does not include health benefits for same-sex couples.
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It’s 2008, and our society still has made few strides to accepting everyone irrespective of their sexual orientation.

During one of the last times I saw my gay friend before he died, we started talking about politics and briefly discussed the presidential candidates we liked so far. He lamented that none of the frontrunners had taken a positive stance on marriage for gay and lesbian couples, and that he didn’t think this would change. Our conversation helped me realize that the matter of gay marriage and more broadly, gay rights, is one of the most subtly important issues in the upcoming presidential race.

Last month, a transgender student at Southern Utah University was turned away from the all-male dorm residence hall where he wanted to live. Born a female, Kourt Osbourn identifies himself as a male and has had hormone treatments, but not a surgical procedure to complete the transition. As a result of the university’s decision, Osborn has gone public with his case and filed a grievance.

Gay men are more likely to be Left-handed than heterosexuals. Gay individuals are more likely than straight men to have the hair at the back of their head grow in a counterclockwise direction. These are just a few of the findings Cal State Fullerton professor Richard Lippa has discovered over past years while researching the differences among gay and straight men.