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Contents:
- 2011: AN EXTRAORDARY YEAR FOR GAY RIGHTS
- 2011: A GOOD YEAR TO BE GAY
- LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
- GAY MARRIAGE
- GAY MARRIAGE TIMELE
- SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?
- FOR FIRST TIME, MAJORY OF AMERINS FAVOR LEGAL GAY MARRIAGE
2011: AN EXTRAORDARY YEAR FOR GAY RIGHTS
From marriage equaly to the end of don't ask, don't tell, this has been an extraordary year. Here, Aaron Hickl, edor--chief of Out magaze, looks forward to the end of gay culture * 2011 gay marriage *
After s which gay rights have polarised US opn, the untry barely shgged September when a two- old law prohibg gay men and women om servg openly the ary was fally repealed, promptg thoands of gay soldiers to post g-out vios on YouTube – jt one more example of how the web has transformed gay visibily.
To put that ntext, there are more people livg New York than the Netherlands, which 2001 beme the first untry to legalise same-sex stggle for marriage equaly has been one of the most bterly divisive issu Ameri, but after a seri of feats for gay-rights advot, the ti appears to be shiftg irrevobly their directn. In the 2004 electn, unr the keen enuragement of Karl Rove, no fewer than 11 stat passed ballot iativ banng gay marriage — a cynil get-out-the-vote ploy that helped swell Republin ranks at the pollg perceptn that marriage equaly was a poisoned pk chalice persisted up to the 2008 electn, when even Obama was reful to clarify that he wasn't favour of gay marriage, apparently heedg warngs om Bill Clton to give the issue a wi berth.
2011: A GOOD YEAR TO BE GAY
As Edgars Rkēvičs be the first openly gay print Latvia’s history, here’s a glimpse at other openly gay heads of state om around the world. * 2011 gay marriage *
This was a quantum leap on 1990s shows such as Will & Grace, which the gay characters had the whiff of "nfirmed bachelors", to e the archaic phemism of obuary wrers, rarely prented functng relatnships, much ls young gay men and women today the ia that they will be able to marry and raise kids no longer sounds outlandish or ntroversial.
LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
* 2011 gay marriage *
Most of all, they munite wh a diverse group of iends on Twter and Facebook, where gay and straight teens revel their shared cultural is all a long way om the wdowls gay bar wh the peephole the door Edburgh, where I first learned to socialise wh other gay people durg my first tentative steps out of the closet. A year later, when I beme edor of Out, seemed pertent to ask what functn a gay magaze would serve a world that, if not yet post-gay, seemed to be headg that Europe, many of the old prejudic were rapidly fallg away as one untry after another extend equal rights to their gay cizens.
GAY MARRIAGE
The road to full marriage equaly for same-sex upl the Uned Stat was paved wh setbacks and victori. The landmark 2015 Supreme Court se Obergefell v. Hodg ma gay marriage legal throughout the untry. * 2011 gay marriage *
And while the ter has enabled young gay men and women to nnect as never before, offerg affirmatn and support at the click of a moe, the web has also given rise to new forms of harassment and yet, as more gays e out, has bee harr for their iends, fai and acquatanc to stand the way of their basic rights.
GAY MARRIAGE TIMELE
Realy TV, for all s qutnable ethics, has brought real gay people to the livg rooms of Ameri; 2009, the most popular of those shows, Simon Cowell's Amerin Idol, was seen as a bellwether of changg attus as a young gay nttant, Adam Lambert, eyeler and glter, advanced to the fal.
Lambert's flamboyance nflicted wh the show's notor reluctance to field openly gay nttants: he seemed to be tellg he was gay whout spellg out (until after the fale), and the subsequent nversatn the media, and onle, showed how far we had was also a remr of how cril popular entertament has been challengg attus, and remas the sgle most pellg argument for the annual Out 100, a photo portfol of 100 gay men, women and transgenr people om all walks of life who live their liv openly and whout promise.
The androgyno Atralian mol, Andrej Pejic, who met the Queen October wearg a vtage Versace pencil skirt is as much part of the unfoldg gay narrative as the social secretary of the Whe Hoe (and first gay man to hold the posn), or Gareth Thomas, one of the most pped Welsh gby unn players history.
SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?
”Xavier Bettel Prime Mister of Luxembourg (2013-prent)Luxembourg Prime Mister Xavier Bettel at a news nference Belgra, Serbia, on July Vojovic / APBettel was first elected prime mister of Luxembourg 2013, and 2018 he beme the first openly gay prime mister the world to be re-elected for a send marriage beme legal Luxembourg 2015, and the same year Bettel beme the first servg European Unn lear to marry a same-sex partner, the BBC recently cricized a Hungarian law that bans school tnal materials and TV shows for people unr 18 that are emed to promote LGBTQ ntent, Rters reported.
FOR FIRST TIME, MAJORY OF AMERINS FAVOR LEGAL GAY MARRIAGE
Nathaniel Brooks for The New York TimJune 24, 2011ALBANY — Lawmakers voted late Friday to legalize same-sex marriage, makg New York the largt state where gay and lbian upl will be able to wed and givg the natnal gay-rights movement new momentum om the state where was marriage bill, whose fate was uncerta until moments before the vote, was approved 33 to 29 a packed but hhed Senate chamber.
Nathaniel Brooks for The New York TimThe approval of same-sex marriage reprented a reversal of fortune for gay-rights advot, who jt two years ago suffered a huiatg feat when a same-sex marriage bill was easily rejected by the Senate, which was then ntrolled by Democrats.
Cuomo, a Democrat who pledged last year to support same-sex marriage but whose early months office were domated by tense battl wh lawmakers and some labor unns over spendg Cuomo ma same-sex marriage one of his top prri for the year and ployed his top ai to ordate the efforts of a half-dozen lol gay-rights anizatns whose fdg and disanizatn had part been blamed for the feat two years new aln of same-sex marriage supporters brought one of Mr. Díaz legalizatn of same-sex marriage the Uned Stat is a relatively recent goal of the gay-rights movement, but over the last few years, gay-rights anizers have placed at the center of their agenda, steerg money and mcle to dozens of state pals an often uphill effort to persua New York, passage of the bill reflects rapidly evolvg sentiment about same-sex unns. Many of them were approved the past few years, as same-sex marriage moved to the ont le of the culture war and policians ployed the issue as a tool for energizg their New York uld be a shift: It is now by far the largt state to grant legal regnn to same-sex weddgs, and one that is home to a large, visible and polilly fluential gay muny.