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    ::    For the first time in Australia , a same-sex commitment ceremony was held in a synagogue in Sydney . The ceremony follows a decision in May 2007 by the Council of Progressive Rabbis of Asia, Australia and New Zealand to allow its rabbis to officiate at same-sex commitment...

Source: Associated Press , BBC , GLAAD press release Portia De Rossi and Ellen Degeneres at last night's GLAAD awards. Degeneres presented the group's Vanguard Award to Janet Jackson. photo via EvilBeetGossip Bravo's Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List won an award last night for outstanding...

Source: San Diego Union Tribune , GLAAD press release GLAAD -- the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation -- won't participate in a scheduled "Pride Rocks" event at a hotel in San Diego this summer because the hotel's owner is helping fund an initiative to limit marriage rights...

Source: Monsters & Critics , Starpulse Janet Jackson photo by Kenny Rogers via CelebrityGossipz.com Janet Jackson will be honored by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) during the organization's 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards on April 26th. Gay comedienne and TV personality...

Source: Vallejo Times Herald When Mary Dwyer retired after 30 years of federal government service, she and her lesbian partner got a rude awakening. Despite different city and state laws for domestic partnership, Dwyer's partner was ineligible for benefits that would have been available for a spouse...

Source: San Francisco Chronicle A San Francisco motorcycle club gained long-sought legal approval Monday for its trademark of the name "Dykes on Bikes" when the U.S. Supreme Court turned away a challenge from a lawyer who said the term denigrated men. Without comment, the justices denied review...

Source: San Francisco Chronicle Jim Nickoff, who was key in the financial success of gay civil rights organizations and several political campaigns, died at his ranch in Woodside on Dec. 16. He was 44 years old. Mr. Nickoff was a founding board member of Equality California, one of the most successful...