ISLAMABAD — It’s never been easy being a sexual minority in Pakistan, but transgender citizens, known here as eunuchs or “hijras,” are getting a surprising amount of judicial protection and newfound civil rights. Read full article > >

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For transgender Pakistanis, newfound rights

Could be seventh state to legalize same-sex marriage.

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WA Passes Gay Marriage Bill

Conservative MPs call for Labour’s candidate for London mayor, Ken Livingstone, to apologise for saying their party is “riddled” with homosexuals.

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Livingstone in ‘gay Tories’ row

Washington was poised to become the seventh state to legalize same-sex marriage, with the State House expected to give final passage on Wednesday night.

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Washington State Set to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage

More than you wanted to know? A new book shares explicit details about a 50-year-old presidential sex scandal between JFK and a White House intern. “Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath,” by Mimi Beardsley Alford , chronicles the 18-month relationship that ended when Kennedy died in 1963. The memoir is getting a lot of advance buzz — including a prime-time NBC interview Wednesday with Meredith Vieira — because of Alford’s credibility and her graphic descriptions of encounters with the dazzling Womanizer-in-Chief, whom she always called “Mr. President” and never kissed on the lips. Read full article > >

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JFK intern Mimi Alford shares story of her affair with Kennedy in new book. Relevant? Historian Robert Dallek says yes

RICHMOND — Virginia will likely become the second state in the nation — after North Dakota — to allow private adoption agencies to turn away parents based on sexual orientation or religious and moral beliefs. Read full article > >

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Virginia adding ‘conscience clause’ to adoption laws

Michael Fassbender wins the best actor prize at the Evening Standard British film awards for his roles in sex addiction drama Shame and Jane Eyre.

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Fassbender scoops Standard award

Gerard Depardieu is to star in a movie about the sex scandal that caused IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn to resign.

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Depardieu to star as Strauss-Kahn

A third person is charged with murder after a man was found dead in his flat in Essex.

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Three on flat death murder charge

Basildon District Council spent about £4.8m on clearing the Dale Farm travellers’ site in Essex, it is revealed.

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Council Dale Farm bill tops £4.8m

You’d think the political process had turned into one big, sexy GoDaddy Super Bowl ad , with all the focus on breasts, bellies and even butts this week. Let me explain how our political discourse had gone all T & A on us. Read full article > >

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The big backlash against bullying women

Same-sex marriage supporters, including Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, squared off Tuesday in a lengthy legislative hearing against ministers and others who urged that the state not abandon its tradition of limiting nuptials to one man and one woman. Read full article > >

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Supporters, opponents of same-sex marriage bill square off at Md. legislative hearing

A new translation of the original Kama Sutra, like the original manuscript, has no drawings but much detail and advice on sexuality and society.

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Books of The Times: The Kama Sutra, Newly Translated

Network Rail admits health and safety breaches over the deaths of two teenage girls at a level crossing in Essex in 2005.

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Guilty plea over rail death girls

Half of Maryland residents now favor the legalization of same-sex marriage, but support varies significantly along the sensitive lines of race, religion and age, a Washington Post poll has found. Overall, the Post poll found that 50 percent of Marylanders support allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry while 44 percent are opposed. Read full article > >

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Half of Maryland residents back legalizing same-sex marriage