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Gay patients' discrimination fear Gay and lesbian patients are often reluctant to reveal their sexuality to their doctors because they fear their treatment will suffer, a report claims. A British Medical Association report also says some homosexual doctors do not 'come out' to colleagues...

N.Y. suspect arrested for beating gay man Police arrested a 22-year-old ex-con Thursday in the savage beating of a gay Brooklyn man that left him in a coma. Steven Pomie faces an attempted murder charge and two counts of assault as a hate crime. According to the New York Daily News, Dwan...

Canada military hosts first gay wedding Two members of Canada's military have tied the knot in the country's first gay marriage to be recognized by the armed forces. The two unnamed men were married at an airbase in Nova Scotia last month. Same-sex marriages are currently legal in the...

Legally recognizing lesbian and gay relationships could be a key weapon in the fight against sexually transmitted infections, particularly syphilis, research suggests. A study of countries that allow same-sex marriage or offer civil unions to lesbian and gay couples has shown that rates of...

Pope condemns same-sex unions as 'anarchy' In his first pronouncement since his election as pope, Benedict XVI condemned on Monday same-sex unions as fake and threatening to the future of the family. "Today's various forms of dissolution of marriage -- free unions and trial marriages as...