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A Duke University official is accused of offering his 5-year-old adopted son for sex on the Internet, according to the FBI and court documents in the case. Frank M. Lombard is the associate director of Duke University's Center for Health Policy. Frank M. Lombard is the associate director of Duke University's Center for Health Policy. Frank M. Lombard, 42, was arrested last week at his home in Durham, North Carolina. During an Internet chat, Lombard allegedly offered the child to the person he was chatting with, who was a task force officer from Washington's Metropolitan Police, the FBI said in...

AMERICA'S most famous homosexual community is grappling with a perplexing situation — how to become family-friendly and still retain its legendary spirit of sexual freedom. The Castro district of San Francisco has been a magnet for homosexuals since the 1967 "Summer of Love", drawing people from across world with its gay pride parades. But things are changing thanks, in part, to the so-called "gayby boom", the increasing number of same-sex couples becoming parents. In California nearly 60,000 children are being raised by same-sex couples. In addition, heterosexual families with children are choosing to live there. The shift has resulted in...

Weeks after rejecting accusations their event posed an HIV risk, Chicago Gay Games organisers are facing fresh criticism from conservatives – this time over the staging of a rowing event. Gay Games officials want to hold their rowing competition in Crystal Lake, a small community about 80 kilometres from Chicago. But some Crystal Lake residents – who call their area a “G-rated place” with a “family-values kind of atmosphere” – have other ideas.

TORY chairman Francis Maude yesterday accused Margaret Thatcher's governments of hounding his gay brother into his grave. He blamed homophobic Tory policies for driving gay men into ghettos. Charles Maude died, aged 42, from an Aids-related illness in 1993. Francis said: "If the government had been more willing to recognise gays...a lot of people like my brother would not have succumbed to HIV and lost their lives."

Many of you have heard conservative traditionalists rant about "The Gay Agenda." But no one really knows what that agenda is. Well, I've discovered a copy, and I will summarize it for you: 8am - Protein shake 9am - Work out at the gym 10am - Rape straight men, give pornography to children, bulldoze all churches and destroy the sanctity of marriage (or what's left of it after Fox's "Married By America.") Hey, wait a minute... Some of the most important people in my life are gay men and lesbian women. And I can assure you, being gay does not...

MIDI - WOLVERTON MOUNTAIN -- a MIDI is embedded on the site; scroll down for Wolverton Mountain, click, and it will open in your player They say don't go on Brokenbutt Mountain We must warn you if you're straight You'll see Heath Ledger and a momma's boy sissy What they are doing, will make you regurgitate Heath says his lips are sweeter than honey Friends, Brokenbutt Mountain will make you ill It may just surprise you...up on that mountain What they've learned to do with a rope If you get stuck...up on Brokenbutt Mountain Let's hope your missus learns...

I was all wrong about "Narnia." Which is to say, about six months ago in this space I was hell-bent on the white-hot idea that Hollywood and the Christian-right group/billionaire that helped produce the tepid and saccharine flick would absolutely ruin "The Chronicles of Narnia" books, ruin the deep magic and the astounding sense of wonder these books held for millions of children (including this writer) by regurgitating them as a slick, dumbed-down, poorly acted smarm-fest full of ham-fisted Jesus allusions and excessive special effects, all from the director who brought you, ahem, "Shrek 2." Things did not, shall we...

Gay males undertaking risky sexual activity are fueling two disturbing trends in sexually transmitted diseases: a sharp increase in the incidence of syphilis and a smaller but concerning rise in the transmission of gonorrhea resistant to commonly used antibiotics, federal researchers said today. Those increases come at a time when STD rates among historically important risk groups, especially women and minorities, have declined, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

LAKELAND, Florida, October 17, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A homosexual man has been charged with arson and insurance fraud after setting fire to a home that both he and his homosexual lover lived in. Christopher Michael Robertson, 23, made the arson appear to be a hate crime, by spray painting “die fag” on the home’s steps before setting the building ablaze. The derogation was an apparent attempt to scare the man’s homosexual partner, Paul Day, away.

Canada Legalizes Gay Marriage Posted: July 20, 2005 at 3:10 p.m. Updated: July 20, 2005 at 3:15 p.m. TORONTO (AP) -- Canada legalized gay marriage Wednesday, becoming the world's fourth nation to grant full legal rights to same-sex couples. Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin signed the legislation making it law, hours after it was approved by the Senate late Tuesday night despite strong opposition from Conservatives and religious leaders. The bill grants same-sex couples legal rights equal to those in traditional unions between a man and a woman, something already legal in eight of Canada's 10 provinces and in...

Local legislators and delegates say the move to change the official party stance on the issue during the party's annual state convention in Lowell this month is the work of liberal “extremists” within the party who have taken over the conventions and could easily harm more moderate candidates for state and local office. Party leaders are expecting between 2,500 and 3,000 people at the one-day convention, which will also feature speeches by Sen. Edward Kennedy, National Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean, and three potential candidates for governor.

"BoBo? It's Syndee. You ready, girl? The convention starts in an hour, and the senators are salivating!" "Hi, Syn! Almost ready! Just finishing my makeup. Hey, which outfit you think I should wear tonight? My red, white, and blue glitter spandex halter with the peekaboo panties, or the red vinyl skirt with the Velcro tear-away crotch and the big picture of the M-1 tank on the butt?" "Oooh, I'd go with the tank, Bo. This is the GOP convention, girl! These Republicans love their war, you know? It's all about big phallic missiles and manly howitzers and 'weapons of ass...

When last we left our sneering caped crusaders, Rummy had testified under oath that he didn't really know who ordered what at Abu "Tortures R' Us" Grhraib prison, and George "Wha Happun?" Bush was mumbling into his hand puppet about how he was utterly shocked and aapalled, and was blaming the whole thing on "a coupla bad apples" and gul-dangit, he weren't gunna stan' fer it. And while he still loved Rumsfeld like a drunken frat brother and swore Rummy was doing a "superb job" and stood by him 'til or impeachment they do part, something must be done and...