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Congratulations to them both! More news of their wedding, what is being called the "highest profile gay marriage" since it became legal in California, can be found here.

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Sexual orientation remains a controversial and emotionally charged issue for some women and men in the United States, as well as in other countries around the world. In part this is fueled by misunderstandings about sexual orientation and people who identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual. In addition, a person’s sexual orientation and how it develops and unfolds throughout life remain a bit mysterious to researchers - we have many questions still left to answer in our quest to understand how people come to feel sexually attracted to or interested in people of their same sex, another sex, or not interested sexually in anyone at all.

Recently a listener asked us this question at Kinsey Confidential:

I’m attracted to both men and women, but slightly more to men. I masturbate to both, but more recently mostly to men. I’ve only had sex with one woman. Does it sound to you like I’m gay?

You can listen to our response here:

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In response to a letter from the Family Equality Council, Barack Obama has described plans to support GLBT-related issues, including rights related to families. John McCain reportedly did not respond to the letter but recently told the New York Times that he did not believe that same-sex couples should adopt children. 

As someone who once worked in connection with the foster care system, and had a chance to see how desperately many children need to be fostered and, in some cases, adopted by loving individuals or couples, it always upsets me when people who have the power to help - sometimes literally - to save or protect a child’s life, fail to do so.

Read the full article here.

[Above image from this site; p.s. don’t they look so in love with, and comforted by, one another?]

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…"little babies", as Jezebel put it. Ha. Check them out at People.com - including an adorable photo of toddler Shiloh with her little baby sister. I also really love this much-discussed (at least, on blogs) photo of Jim Carrey wearing Jenny McCarthy’s bikini. But maybe that’s just because as someone interested in sex and gender issues, I appreciate it when people are flexible with their issues around what is or is not considered "appropriate" for women or men to wear.

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