Lembo is the first openly gay individual to be elected to statewide office in Connecticut.

Japan has no laws against homosexual activity, and has some legal protections for gay individuals.

If the gay individual has come to terms with his or her inclinations and is happy in them, there seems little reason to interfere.

As with all pre-modern societies, traditional Malay culture did not contain the idea or the figure of the modern gay individual.

Israel is one of 24 nations that allow openly gay individuals to serve in the military.

Weingarten is now the first openly gay individual to be elected president of a national American labor union.

This debate is not about the worth of gay individuals.

If gay individuals live together with a partner, such arrangements are usually hidden from relatives, friends and other people.