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That's a far cry from the climate in most of the U.S., where - despite the recent election of Annise Parker, a gay woman, as mayor of Houston, America's fourth largest city - honesty can still end a gay politician's career. Openly gay politicians such as San Francisco supervisor...
By 1997, when Tony Blair's Labour government came to power, the ground was shifting. Chris Smith, the only out MP for 14 years, was named Minister of Culture. "The really astonishing thing was that no one pointed out a gay man had been appointed to the Cabinet," he says...
I appreciate TIME's decision to highlight the 10 most essential stories of 2009 [Dec. 28--Jan. 4]. However, I question the failure to grant a spot on the list to turmoil in Israel. Though the peace negotiations remain stalled, there have been numerous developments throughout the year that have...
Three senior Democratic politicians--Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd, North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan and Colorado Governor Bill Ritter--announced they would not run for re-election this November. Dodd, retiring after 35 years in Congress, said in a press conference on Jan. 6 that there were many reasons for his...
Will the U.S. elect a female President anytime soon? You could be forgiven for saying yes, since Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin came closer to the finish line than any women in history. But you would be wrong, says Washington Post White House reporter Anne E. Kornblut. The 2008 election...