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June 18, 2013
Sally Ride became first American woman to fly in space 30 years ago today

Late astronaut was revealed to be a lesbian after her death last year

It was 30 years ago today that Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly in space.

At the time, it was not known that she was also the first lesbian to do so.

It was on 18 June, 1983 that Ride was on the space shuttle Challenger. She also flew on Challenger in 1984.

'I never went into physics or the astronaut corps to become a role model,' Ride told The Harvard Business Review shortly before her death last year. 'But after my first flight, it became clear to me that I was one. And I began to understand the importance of that to people.'

May 9, 2013
Keynes critic Niall Ferguson: ‘One of my best friends is gay’

The historian has lashed out at internet critics who have dubbed him a 'gay basher'

A Harvard historian who was accused of homophobia row over his critique of bisexual economist John Maynard Keynes has attempted to clear his name in a letter to his university’s newspaper.

May 8, 2013
Ferguson says gay Keynes was biased at Versailles because he fancied a German diplomat

UK news agency Reuters have uncovered an 18 year-old article where Ferguson said Keynes was inspired by his attraction to Carl Melchior

A Harvard professor, who had to apologize for saying economist John Maynard Keynes helped cause the recession because he was gay, has previously accused him of being biased at Versailles because he had a crush on a German diplomat.

July 4, 2012
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes marries Sean Eldridge

Marriage of Hughes and Eldridge fuses young gay power couple influential in US politics

Co-founder of Facebook Chris Hughes married Sean Eldridge at their home in Garrison, New York state on Saturday (30 June).

Hughes (28) co-founded Facebook with college friends Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz and Eduardo Saverin at Harvard in 2004. Zuckerberg attended Saturday’s wedding with his newly-wed wife Priscilla Chan.

Hughes and Eldridge met in November 2005 through friends at Harvard.

March 21, 2012
Senate candidate urges Obama to finish evolving on gay marriage

Elizabeth Warren, leading in polls for Massachusetts seat, wants marriage equality included in Democratic Party platform

President Barack Obama's stance that he is still 'evolving' on the issue of gay marriage as he officially remains against is no longer flying with some prominant members of his own Democratic party.

Elizabeth Warren, the Harvard Law School professor who is leading in some polls to unseat incumbent Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown, is calling on Obama to end his evolution once and for all.