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Peace Corps to Allow Gay Couples to Serve Together

May 23
While the Defense of Marriage Act still defines marriage as the union between a man and a woman for federal purposes, the Peace Corps announced it would extend benefits to gay couples to allow them to serve as volunteers together overseas.

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Ill. Gay Marriage Bill Sponsor: It Will Pass

By Jason St. Amand | May 21
The sponsor of Illinois’ gay marriage bill says the gay marriage will be legalized by the end of the month, which would make the state the 13th in the nation to recognize same-sex marriage.

Black Churches Key to Illinois Gay Marriage Debate

May 15
Black churches are deeply divided over their support for same-sex marriage and are central to the Illinois measure’s passage, which awaits a House vote as early as this week.

Vote on Gay Scouts Comes at Emotional Moment

NATIONAL | By David Crary and Nomaan Merchant | May 23
The Boy Scouts of America’s national leadership will vote Thursday whether to allow openly gay Scouts in its ranks, a critical and emotionally charged moment for one of the nation’s oldest youth organizations and its millions of members.

Court Cancels Ukraine’s First Gay Pride Rally

INTERNATIONAL | May 23
A court has banned what would have been Ukraine’s first gay-pride demonstration.

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Henry VIII

By Christine Malcom | May 14
Chicago Shakespeare Theater stages the Shakespeare classic about the years of Henry VIII’s reign.

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark

By Rebecca Sarwate | May 10
The Goodman Theatre premiers Pulitzer Prize-winning Lynn Nottage’s new play about a headstrong African American actress whose fledgling film career begins in the 1930s.
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Debbie Reynolds: We All Knew Liberace was Gay

CELEBRITIES | By Michael Cidoni Lennox | May 23
Actress Debbie Reynolds reveals what it was like to star in the new HBO film about Liberace, "Behind the Candelabra"

Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby in director Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby

The Rise and Fall of Jay Gatsby

MOVIES | By David Lamble | May 23
I’m a sucker for director Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby, filmed on Aussie locations, scored by Jay-Z, and starring real-life best friends Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby and Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway.

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The Importance of Being Inverted: Gay Days at Amusement Parks, Part 1

By Tony Phillips | May 22
From castle crashing to bible thumping, EDGE writer Tony Phillips explores the ins, outs, ups and downs of the multi-billion dollar amusement park ind…

Dems Criticize GOP Support of DOMA

By Jim Abrams | Mar 29
The cost to taxpayers for a House Republican decision to fund the legal team supporting DOMA has climbed from $500,000 to as much as $3 million, Democ…

EDGE Goes Social

Hellmann’s Whips Up Campaign for Centennial

FOOD/DRINK | By Mae Anderson | May 23
Your favorite condiment is celebrating its centennial - so slather on the mayo (on a sandwich, that is) in honor of Hellmann’s 100th birthday.

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Workers are seen at the construction site of a new housing complex, in Trenton, N.J.

US New Home Sales Up 2.3 Percent in April

FINANCE | By Martin Crutsinger | May 23
U.S. sales of new homes rose in April and nearly matched the fastest pace in five years, driving the median price to a record high. The gains suggest the housing recovery is strengthening.

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Watch: NASA Captures Okla. Tornado from Space

SCIENCE | May 23
NASA’s GOES-13 satellite captured images of the storm system that sparked tornadoes in the middle of the country. The video includes images of the twister left dozens of people dead in Moore, Okla.

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The Importance of Being Inverted: Gay Days at Amusement Parks, Part 1

By Tony Phillips | May 22
From castle crashing to bible thumping, EDGE writer Tony Phillips explores the ins, outs, ups and downs of the multi-billion dollar amusement park industry that is still trying to find its niche in the LGBT community. Part 1 of a 2-part series.

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Doctor: Cancer Test Cost Outrageous Because of Monopoly

HEALTH | May 23
CBS News contributor Dr. David Agus, director of the Westside Cancer Center at the University of Southern California, talks to the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts about why the cost for a genetic test for breast cancer is so high.

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