Report: Life Was Better for Gays Under Saddam

Link Prior to the "big liberation" by US troops, gays and lesbians in Iraq say they weren't out loud and proud -- but they were quietly accepted by society. Since Saddam is gone and chaos is taking over, LGBT Iraqis say they're facing new discrimination and violence.

Lesbian War Protester Bails for Canada

Link Being against the Iraq war/civil war/fustercluck was enough for Skyler James to want to quit the US Army, but when outing herself wasn't enough to get kicked out, she decided to take the classic way out -- heading north to Canada.