Recent LGBT news selected by Sara Boesser in Juneau, Alaska.

1) Historic anti-DOMA hearing at the Senate airs pro-, anti-gay sides
Washington, 365Gay.com, July 23, 2011

2) Transgender people to be recognised in law
Ireland, Irish Times, July 15, 2011

3) Lesbian Couples Boosting Gay Marriage Numbers
NPR, July 11, 2011

4) Up, Up and Out of the Closet: DC Comics introduces several gay superheroes including Batwoman, The Question, and Voodoo in its new line of comic books
Advocate, July 18, 2011

5) Obama Nominates Another Gay Man for Federal Bench
Washington, Advocate, July 21, 2011

6) Alaska sued in transgender driver’s license case
Juneau, Alaska, Sacramento Bee, July 18, 2011

7) Queer theologian makes the case for (radical) love ~ God as ‘Divine Top’ and other surefire feather rufflers
Gay City News, June 29, 2011

8) One-third of Methodist clergy in New England would break rules on same-sex marriages
New England, Providence Journal, July 18, 2011

9) Clay Aiken on Being a Gay Teen in the South
North Carolina, Advocate, July 22, 2011

10) NY’s ‘First Lesbian’ of Bronx ready for wedding
New York, AFP, July 22, 2011

11) North Carolina Is in for a Fight on Marriage
North Carolina, Advocate, July 1, 2011

12) Researchers Discover Sex-Change Gene
Advocate, July 21, 2011

13) N.Y. Marriage Windfall: $155M
New York, Advocate, July 23, 2011

14) Let the Outgames begin
Vancouver, Canada, Yahoo News, July 21, 2011

15) Couples wed on 1st day gay marriage is legal in NY
New York (AP), Yahoo News, July 24, 2011