Gay news in the media.http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 20 Nov 2008 1:59:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42097/prop-8-splits-californias-gays-blacks.html?refid=rss_all_defaultCalifornia's narrowly passed ban on gay marriage has divided many of the state's gays and blacks on the issue, the Los Angeles Times reports. Exit polls show that black voters—who turned out in record numbers—backed the ban by around 70%, the biggest margin of any ethnic group. Some African-Americans said they simply didn't see gay rights as a civil rights issue.http://www.newser.com/story/42097/prop-8-splits-californias-gays-blacks.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSat, 08 Nov 2008 3:53:32 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41953/gay-bishop-obama-discuss-dangers-of-being-first.html?refid=rss_all_defaultBarack Obama had three private conversations with the Episcopal Church’s only openly gay bishop during the campaign to discuss what it meant to be "first," the Times of London reports. “The first words out of his mouth were: ‘Well you’re certainly causing a lot of trouble,’" said Bishop Gene Robinson of New Hampshire. "My response to him was: ‘Well that makes two of us.'"http://www.newser.com/story/41953/gay-bishop-obama-discuss-dangers-of-being-first.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 06 Nov 2008 15:18:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41678/greys-axes-lesbian-doc.html?refid=rss_all_defaultABC is ending Callie and Erica's lesbian romance on Grey's Anatomy —and Brooke Smith's role as Dr. Erica Hahn along with it. Though Grey's executive producer said Smith's firing was due to a lack of "magic and chemistry," not her character's sexual orientation, insiders told Entertainment Weekly that ABC execs "had issues" with the explicit direction the relationship was taking.http://www.newser.com/story/41678/greys-axes-lesbian-doc.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 04 Nov 2008 8:40:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41465/secretive-gay-donors-back-candidates-nationwide.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA secretive group of wealthy gay activists who call themselves the Cabinet has been pouring huge sums into defeating anti-gay political candidates across the country, Time reports. The seven members of the Cabinet are estimated to have injected at least $7.8 million into races nationwide since 2004, and have earned a reputation in the gay community as a sort of "homosexual justice league."http://www.newser.com/story/41465/secretive-gay-donors-back-candidates-nationwide.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 31 Oct 2008 23:54:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/40063/allowing-children-to-choose-gender-is-slippery-slope.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFor parents raising boys who profess to be girls and vice versa, puberty blockers may seem a godsend, writes Hanna Rosin in a look at gender—and transgender children—in the Atlantic . Boys will emerge from their teens with no Adam's apple, girls will bypass menstruation, allowing them to live inconspicuously as transgender adults. But has the growing acceptance of nature versus nurture gone too far?http://www.newser.com/story/40063/allowing-children-to-choose-gender-is-slippery-slope.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 17 Oct 2008 17:38:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38972/etheridge-girlfriend-to-wed.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMelissa Etheridge will wed her longtime girlfriend, actress Tammy Lynn Michaels, and they have a deadline: before next month's vote in California on amending the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage. “We have four children and we’re trying to find the right time,” the rocker told Extra this week.http://www.newser.com/story/38972/etheridge-girlfriend-to-wed.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 02 Oct 2008 7:39:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38386/troubled-son-outs-celeb-architect.html?refid=rss_all_defaultCelebrity architect Richard Meier’s son claims his dad locked him up in a mental hospital and is trying to disinherit him for revealing that his 73-year-old dad is gay. Richard Meier's friends insist he's straight, but Joseph Meier plans to write a book "about my tragic experience with a gay father that didn't want to come out of the closet," he told the New York Post .http://www.newser.com/story/38386/troubled-son-outs-celeb-architect.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 25 Sep 2008 9:10:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38253/spielbergs-give-100k-to-bolster-gay-marriage.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSteven Spielberg has weighed in to the tune of $100,000 against the gay marriage ban on California’s ballot this fall, the AP reports. Spielberg and his wife join Brad Pitt—who gave the same amount last week—as major celebrity opponents of the ban. The couple says the ban is discriminatory and “has no place in California’s constitution, or any other.”http://www.newser.com/story/38253/spielbergs-give-100k-to-bolster-gay-marriage.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 24 Sep 2008 13:35:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38264/lilo-to-scary-dad-i-love-sam.html?refid=rss_all_defaultLindsay Lohan is choosing girlfriend Samantha Ronson over her dad, the New York Post reports, after Michael Lohan called the DJ a “dark, hideous and a disgusting representation of humanity” in a weekend email. “My father obviously needs to be on medication to control his moods,” the actress fired back. “He needs to be stopped. This is yet another reason why we aren't speaking.”http://www.newser.com/story/38264/lilo-to-scary-dad-i-love-sam.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 24 Sep 2008 9:22:18 CDT