http://www.EDGEchicago.com Your life... with an EDGE. en-us 2012 EDGE PUBLICATIONS, INC. editor@edgepublications.com (Managing Editor) webmaster@edgepublications.com (Webmaster) Thu, 17 May 2012 04:03:52 -0400 http://www.EDGEchicago.com/rss Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender/News/chicago http://www.edgechicago.com/?133145 http://www.edgechicago.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=133145 On Monday May 7, the University of Miami hosted the White House LGBT Conference on Aging, bringing together Florida state and local leaders, Washington representatives and policy makers, and a large number of concerned straight and gay citizens. Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgechicago.com/?133121 http://www.edgechicago.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=133121 When the anti-gay One Million Moms targeted JCPenney for their inclusive policies, the resulting backlash ended up being directed against them. Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgechicago.com/?133120 http://www.edgechicago.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=133120 The House is voting on a Republican-written bill to renew the Violence Against Women Act, but the White House has threatened to veto it. Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgechicago.com/?133119 http://www.edgechicago.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=133119 Representatives of dozens of West Coast Presbyterian churches are defying their denomination's highest court by refusing to censure a retired minister who married same-sex couples in 2008. Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgechicago.com/?133118 http://www.edgechicago.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=133118 American consumers may soon be able to test themselves for the virus that causes AIDS in the privacy of their own homes, after a panel of experts on Tuesday recommended approval of the first rapid, over-the-counter HIV test. Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgechicago.com/?133117 http://www.edgechicago.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=133117 Opponents of same-sex unions rallied at the Colorado Capitol on Tuesday as tensions remained high one day after state House Republicans rejected a proposal to provide gay couples rights similar to marriage. Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgechicago.com/?133116 http://www.edgechicago.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=133116 Documents from a clergy-abuse trial show Catholic church officials ignored complaints a Philadelphia priest had molested two boys until they heard he was also running a travel business - and competing with a big donor. Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgechicago.com/?133107 http://www.edgechicago.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=133107 Virginia's House of Delegates rejected the nomination of an openly gay prosecutor to become the General District Court Judge and the state's first openly gay judge. Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgechicago.com/?133059 http://www.edgechicago.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=133059 Chris Hughes, a founder of Facebook, and his partner Sean Eldridge are a powerful political couple in New York that recently donated $100,000 to an LGBT Maine campaign for a measure that would legalize same-sex marriage in the state. Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgechicago.com/?133097 http://www.edgechicago.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=133097 A number of magazine covers turned heads this week including Newsweek's, which called President Obama the country's first gay president. But James Buchanan may beg to differ. Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgechicago.com/?133086 http://www.edgechicago.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=133086 The State of Rhode Island will now officially recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states as the result of an Executive Order signed by Governor Lincoln Chafee. Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgechicago.com/?133067 http://www.edgechicago.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=133067 France's new president Francois Hollande campaigned for the French presidency with some pretty radical promises, including the legalization of gay-marriage. Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgechicago.com/?133066 http://www.edgechicago.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=133066 President Barack Obama says it is "hard to say" whether his new stance supporting same sex marriage will hurt his re-election. Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgechicago.com/?133065 http://www.edgechicago.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=133065 President Barack Obama's shift to support gay marriage is energizing young Hispanic voters who have been working side-by-side with gay activists in their push for immigration reform. Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgechicago.com/?133064 http://www.edgechicago.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=133064 Gay couples who watched as Colorado lawmakers rejected a civil unions measure are taking comfort in the bill sponsor's mantra: It's not a matter of if, but a matter of when civil unions become law. Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgechicago.com/?133063 http://www.edgechicago.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=133063 President Barack Obama on Monday defended his view that gay couples should have the right to marry, saying that the country has never gone wrong when it "expanded rights and responsibilities to everybody." Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgechicago.com/?133062 http://www.edgechicago.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=133062 Several hundred protesters gathered Monday at the New Jersey State House to show support for a former Rutgers student convicted of bias intimidation and to call attention to what they see as injustices in New Jersey's hate-crime laws. Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgechicago.com/?133053 http://www.edgechicago.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=133053 The conservative Southeast Asian nation of Burma is starting slowly starting to accept its LGBT community as gay bars and media become more common. Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgechicago.com/?133007 http://www.edgechicago.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=133007 Does President Obama's admission that he has 'evolved' on gay marriage point to an incremental approach, with civil unions serving as a way station? Or have we waited too long for full equality to accept half a loaf, even temporarily? Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgechicago.com/?133055 http://www.edgechicago.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=133055 Rhode Island's governor on Monday declared that the state will recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere, giving gay couples the same rights as heterosexual ones when it comes to health insurance and a slew of other benefits. Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 EST