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Despite its modern veneer, Muslim-majority Malaysia is a country where it is still illegal - as opposed to merely irreligious - for men of any faith to engage in consensual sex with one another. (Lesbianism is not criminalized but the subject of a religious prohibition, or fatwa.) Kuala Lumpur may boast its share of gay and lesbian bars, and casual visitors can spot scores of transsexuals staffing cafés and department stores. But any open discussion of homosexuality, especially in writing, remains the domain of an enlightened, often foreign-educated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Risky Writing from Gay Malaysians | 11/9/2009 | See Source »

Glassenberg’s study, he said, marks the first time facial preferences for gay men and lesbian women have been examined...

Author: By Janie M. Tankard, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Gay Men Attracted to Masculine Features | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

Last Thursday night, FM hiked over to Science Center D to listen to a stick-up boy, a lesbian cop, and a stool pigeon junkie lead a discussion on the inner city before a crowd of Harvard students...

Author: By MARIETTA M COBURN, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: When it Comes Down to “The Wire,” Community Service Still Comes First | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

...Supporters were left early Wednesday morning looking for silver linings. Eight thousand volunteers manned the campaign to keep same-sex marriage, says Bonauto, and most of those people were not gay. "One way or another, after this vote, the people of Maine are not going to allow gay and lesbian people to remain strangers to the law," she says. "Gays and lesbians have met their non-gay neighbors, and they have introduced their families and their children." In Washington State, voters appeared to have ratified a law that was passed earlier this year giving its 6,000 registered domestic partners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gay-Marriage Activists Look Ahead After Maine Defeat | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

Some examples? E.R. performed an entire episode live in 1997; the camera crew caught in the background was explained away as a PBS documentary crew filming in the hospital. The same year, Ellen DeGeneres came out as a lesbian on her sitcom Ellen, and networks even distributed special glasses around the country and showed some episodes in 3D, an experiment that largely fizzled. (See the 100 best TV shows of all time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sweeps Week | 10/29/2009 | See Source »

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