''Dear Earthlings, thank you for your flood of marriage proposals, love letters, business proposals, death threats, and other general correspondence. Whether you are Muslim, Catholic, Atheist, Hindu, or what your world views may be, I implore you to stop bothering my friends or my receptionist. I pray that you will all find love, that which begins with self love, ... [Read]

''I'm passionate and energetic about all things I do. This is not work for me. This is something I enjoy.'' Evan Low, 26, the new mayor of suburban city of Campbell, California. He was voted in by the Campbell's City Council. Now the youngest gay and youngest Asian mayor in America, he is slated to be serve as the mayor ... [Read]

''It is not necessary. I really didn't want to go through that process, so I decided to have the operation... before the law is enforce.... I don't like this part of me because I don't use it. I don't know why I have it. If I had a vagina, I would use it.'' Punlop Tongchai, 27, and a newly post-operative ... [Read]

"In the past the government relied on [non-governmental organizations] to reach out to the gay community.... Now there's a change, in that some local health bureaus feel they are able to reach out to the community themselves.'' Bing Lan, director of outreach organization Aibai, speaking with Reuters about the decision of the government of Dali, a city in China, to ... [Read]