New York Court Rules Gay Couples Entitled to Some Benefits New York’s top court ruled Thursday that gay couples legally married elsewhere are entitled to some government benefits, boosting stalled legislative efforts to legalize same-sex marriage. The Court of Appeals rejected a Christian legal...

TORONTO — Canada’s first openly gay Catholic priest is to mark another milestone. Father Karl Clemens is getting married Saturday to his partner Nick. He says he’ll be the first man of the Catholic cloth to enter into a same-sex marriage in Canada, and maybe even in North America. “I’m...

MONTREAL – Chris already has manly muscles, facial hair, a baritone voice and was accepted years ago by family and friends as a man. But he’s been told he cannot work for the Canadian military until he also gets a penis. The story of this transgendered applicant to the Canadian Forces suggests...

Gay and lesbian Olympic athletes from countries consumed with conflict or that have laws against homosexuality will have a safe place to seek refugee status during the 2010 Winter Games, says the creator of Pride House, which will have locations in Vancouver and Whistler. Pride House creator Dean Nelson...