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...Civil rights Once the sole provenance of the NAACP et al., this umbrella term now includes gay and lesbian rights groups - all of whom share a fervent opposition to Ashcroft. The former senator is opposed to affirmative action and earned the deep distrust of black leaders by toppling the federal appointment of Missouri Supreme Court judge Ronnie White (who is black, and who will reportedly testify at Ashcroft's confirmation hearing). Gay rights groups aren't pleased with Ashcroft either: During Senate debate on the Defense of Marriage Act, Ashcroft, who supported the bill, argued that gay behavior...
...strange, and ultimately sad, year for iconic lesbian couples. Actresses Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche, above, kept it simple: they laughed, they danced, they broke up. For director Julie Cypher and rocker Melissa Etheridge, things were more complex: they too split, but only after announcing, earlier in the year, that their two kids had been sired with the donated sperm of David Crosby. Bi-sexual tri-partite custody...
...Racicot for the attorney general post puts Oklahoma governor Frank Keating at the top of the list for the job. Racicot, who first came to the nation's attention during the post-election Florida recount, is far less conservative than Keating, having supported legislation in favor of gay and lesbian employment rights...
Other Smith endorsers included Delta Upsilon, the Progressive Jewish Alliance, the Environmental Action Committee, the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA), and the public service organization EMPOWER...
...answer, alas, is celebrity. Winterson is an infamous creature, obsessed with her own ability to shock the British literary world. Her childhood (which was spent in a Pentecostal home where the bible was taken quite literally) and her sexuality (she is an outspoken lesbian who has publicly outed many-a-closeted female of the publishing world) make her an intriguing oddball for the British gossip magazines...