Homosexuality

“You have to think about where you invest your time and your energy and your love, because you don’t want to waste it,” says Omar Solis, a gay American student in Mexico trying to figure out how to live openly. “But that’s what it takes.”

Ugandan gay rights activist John Abdallah Wambere faced death threats after he was outed in his own country. Now the US has granted him political asylum, and he’s celebrating — but still dreaming of walking safely with his daughter in the streets of his hometown.

“Homophobia” is pejorative enough that even anti-gay activists in Jamaica are trying to avoid being labeled homophobes. But commentators on the island say they shouldn’t be able to dodge the term.”Homophobia” is pejorative enough that even anti-gay activists in Jamaica are trying to avoid being labeled homophobes. But commentators on the island say they shouldn’t be able to dodge the term.

On Tuesday, the Pentagon’s top leaders said the 17-year-old “don’t ask, don’t tell” law, which prohibits gay and lesbian armed forces members from openly admitting their sexuality, would not pose a problem if scrapped. Todd Zwillich reports.

Twenty years ago this week, the World Health Organization ceased to categorize homosexuality as a pathology, but is it still considered one socially in the workplace? For this week’s work segment, we look at the issue of being openly gay at work.