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Morning Skim: Is ‘Brüno’ Bad (for Gays)? and More
By Eric Etheridge
* Salon: David Rakoff says “‘Brüno’ is bad for the gays.”
Brüno is a gay minstrel, in the most literal sense of the word.
* Slate: Dennis Lim says “Brüno” is “good for the gays.”
And are the gays who anxiously anticipate the mocking, hostile reactions of the unenlightened really that blind to Brüno’s obvious counteroffensive strategy, which is to make that mocking, hostile idiocy the subject of his film? The beauty—and perhaps even the moral logic—of Baron Cohen’s method is that those who’re not in on his joke are invariably the butts of the joke.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/morning-skim-is-bruno-bad-for-gays-and-more/?scp=6&sq=gay&st=cse
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Stalemate In N.Y. Appears Resolved
Democratic Senator Rejoins His Caucus
By Keith B. Richburg
A month-long political stalemate in New York's state capital, Albany, appeared resolved Thursday when a defecting state senator rejoined the Democratic caucus, once again giving the party a razor-thin majority in the chamber.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/09/AR2009070902701.html
'Z' Still Thrills 40 Years Later
Forty years ago this summer, a man walked on the moon. Later that year, a series of riots around Greenwich Village's Stonewall Inn gave birth to the gay rights movement. And filmmaker Costa-Gavras released "Z," his landmark political thriller based on the real-life assassination of Greek peace activist Gregoris Lambrakis by right-wing hoods. It went on to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film (the movie is in French and set in an indeterminate locale) and, with its generalized indictment of government corruption everywhere, packed a powerful punch.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/09/AR2009070901605.html
The Dare That Went Too Far
Two men take a sexually charged challenge in ‘Humpday’
By MICHELLE KUNG
Seattle-based filmmaker Lynn Shelton may be a happily-married mother of one, but the 43-year-old writer/director of “Humpday”—a comedy-drama about two childless thirtysomething friends (Mark Duplass, Joshua Leonard) who are drawn into a sexually-charged dare—had no problem identifying with her film’s antsy male protagonists. (The film opens in limited release July 10.)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204556804574261880577664854.html
The Bucks Stop, but Will Colleges Notice?
By ANTHONY PALETTA
The recent news that Harvard was establishing a new chair in Gay Lesbian Transgendered and Queer Studies, in the wake of a 22% drop in the university's endowment value, suggested that nothing could curtail expenditures on the progressive agenda in the modern academy. But this week brought some indication that even Harvard will have to confront the recession. Not only did it lay off almost 300 employees, but it actually suspended the operations of its Office of Sexual Assault, Prevention, and Response for the month of July. The university indicated that the office's services were duplicated elsewhere. This summer, someone else will have to sponsor events it previously offered -- like "Hooking Up: Hot Hints for a Great Sex Life" and "Choose Your Own Sex Adventure."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124719510885021485.html
Rufus Wainwright’s New Aria
The singer-songwriter unveils his first opera in England
By JULIET CHUNG
Since his debut roughly a decade ago, singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright has attracted a following for his lush, romantic pop songs. He ventures into new territory this month with the premiere of his first opera, “Prima Donna.”
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204261704574274202251725342.html
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Movie review | Brüno (R) ***
BY CONNIE OGLE, cogle@MiamiHerald.com
The real genius, if that is what it is, behind Sacha Baron Cohen's crude, shocking and explosively funny Brüno is the fact that the filmmakers actually found enough gullible human targets. Surely they had thinned out after Borat became a hit and introduced Cohen to the cable-free parts of the planet that had never seen his characters torment the unwitting on Da Ali G Show.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/07/movie-review-brno-r.html
This weekend’s Out and About from Give Me a Beat Productions
From George Maiko Coronado, director of Marketing and Business Development for Give Me A Beat Productions:
OUT AND ABOUT
Tonight, Friday, July 10, we are gearing up for another fantastic soiree of music, fashion and entertainment, at the now nationally renowned Living Room Nightclub and the party that everyone is talking about, Liquid Fridays! From the sexiest crowd of South Florida and beyond, to model types, to body painted staff, percussionists, stilt walkers, outrageous performers, recording artists, sultry dancers and the best dance music to ever hit the East Coast, the energy of our party is a spiritual adventure that is almost indescribable, so come join us and experience it tonight! You will love to feel all your senses awakened... www.livingroomnightclub.com
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Find a new church
Re the July 2 story Mennonites protest church exclusion of gays: Gay Mennonites don't like that they are not permitted to worship in Mennonite churches. Big deal. If they really feel a need to be in a church, they should go to another one that will accept them. Prejudice will begin to die away when religious groups realize that their numbers are decreasing because people, gay and straight, are no longer tolerant of bigotry. Leaving and joining another organization, religious or not, is probably the most powerful statement that a gay person can make.
JEFF HALLER, Miami
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Pride of Greater Fort Lauderdale nets nearly $30K
But conflict with former Ed. Dir. slows collections
By DMITRY RASHNITSOV
After a tumultuous couple of months, Pride of Greater Fort Lauderdale is wrapping up the books for the Stonewall Pride Parade and Street Festival, while fighting continues with its now-former executive director over money and merchandise.
http://www.floridablade.com/2009/7-9/news/localnews/6026.cfm
Gay-friendly businesses celebrate milestones
Wilton Manors: Java Boys celebrates anniversary
In today’s economic climate, any business anniversary can be considered a milestone. It’s been a year since the current owners of Java Boys, Nicky and Steve Rose, took over and the future continues to look bright. Over the years, Java Boys has become a meeting place of sorts where small groups continue to gather. “The number one reason for our success is that we value each and every customer, treat them with respect, give them the service and the quality they are looking for,” said Java Boys owner, Nicky Rose. “We also give back to the community by getting involved with very important organizations and activities.”
http://www.floridablade.com/2009/7-9/news/localnews/6028.cfm
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Gay Camaro Ad Not “Vetted” by GM
A viral video featuring men in their underwear washing a Camaro -- which was yanked by General Motors Wednesday morning -- was not vetted through all departments of the company, Travis Parman, who handles LGBT media relations for GM, told Advocate.com Wednesday.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid97223.asp
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Pennsylvania Senators introduce Marriage Equality Bill
By 365gay Newswire
(Harrisburg) Pennsylvania Senator Jim Ferlo has joined in supporting SB 935, the first bill in Pennsylvania to allow gay marriage. The bill, created by Senator Daylin Leach, now has three Pennsylvania senators backing it.
http://www.365gay.com/news/pennsylvania-senators-introduce-marriage-equality-bill/
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House of Lords votes to keep 'free speech' defence in homophobic hatred laws
The House of Lords has voted to keep an amendment that would create a defence of "free speech" in a bill that is designed to criminalise incitement of homophobic hatred.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13179.html
Swedish nursing home may cater specifically for gays
Elderly gays and lesbians in Stockholm may soon be able to live in a special gay-friendly nursing home.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13188.html
Events for older LGBT people to be held in London
Older LGBT people will be able to attend two social networking events in Tower Hamlets and Redbridge this summer. The events are being held by Age Concern and Positive East, an HIV charity.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13189.html
Christian arts festival is 'too gay'
A Christian arts and music festival has been attacked for being too gay by a conservative Anglican pressure group.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13190.html
Mother of boy who committed suicide after gay bullying urges Congress to take action
The mother of Carl Hoover-Walker, the 11-year-old Massachusetts boy who hung himself after homophobic abuse from bullies, has pleaded with Congress to do more to tackle the problem.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13185.html
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MO: Events: PROMO
St. Louis
Wednesday, July 29, 7:30pm-9:30pm
PROMO is proud to host the Equality Federation Summer Meeting July 29-Aug. 2. Equality Federation is a national alliance of state-based LGBT advocacy organizations such as PROMO. The Federation works to achieve equality for LGBT people in every state and territory by building strong and sustainable statewide organizations. PROMO invites you the Summer Meeting Opening Reception on Wednesday, July 29, 7:30pm-9:30pm. For more information or to RSVP, contact PROMO@PROMOonline.org.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8526/
Cured ‘Ex-Gay’ Caught Misbehaving; Banned from Gym; Distrubing Criminal Record
Wayne Besen | Truth Wins Out
‘Ex-Gay’ Activist Supposedly ‘Cured’ From AIDS and Homosexuality, Banned From Gym and Charged After Lewd Incident Occurs
NEW YORK – A new report by the website, “Ex-Gay Watch”, has cast a dark cloud of skepticism over “ex-gay” activist Matthew Manning’s tale of being “delivered” from homosexuality and AIDS. According to the report, Manning has been repeatedly dragged into court for allegations of inappropriate behavior and was even banned from a popular gym after improper sexual advances were made on a 22-year-old heterosexual male. Manning, a frequent television guest and the founder of Lighthouse World Evangelism Inc., based in Santa Rosa, California, has yet to comment on the allegations made in the investigative report.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8525/
IL: Events: Equality Illinois
The Addams Family – A New Musical
The Addams Family, starring two-time Tony Award® winners Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth, is opening in Chicago this Fall before it goes to Broadway. The weird and wonderful family created by New Yorker cartoonist Charles Addams comes to devilishly delightful life in a Broadway musical - and you can see it before the public.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8524/
Gay Minister Supported by His Ex-Wife as He Begins New Job
STEWART PATERSON | The Hearld
Scotland’s first openly gay minister took up his new job yesterday - with his ex-wife and partner sitting in the pews. The Rev Scott Rennie, 37, sparked controversy when he was appointed minister at Queen’s Cross Church in Aberdeen.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8523/
Wounded Ex-Marine Now Fighting a Two-Front War
Sig Christenson - Express-News | My San Antonio
Eric Alva lived and breathed the Marine Corps for 13 years. Then he earned a dubious slice of American history by becoming the first GI injured in the Iraq invasion in 2003. He stepped on a mine three hours after rolling into Iraq, breaking both legs, suffering a badly mangled right arm and being filled with shrapnel from torso to his legs. The picture-perfect Marine, who later lost part of his right leg and still carries 27 pieces of shrapnel, has evolved from a war hero photographed with President George W. Bush to one of the nation’s prominent gay activists after coming out on ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Feb. 27, 2007. Read more
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State Suit Challenges U.S. Defense of Marriage Act
By ABBY GOODNOUGH
The Massachusetts attorney general, Martha Coakley, sued the federal government Wednesday to overturn a section of the law denying federal benefits to spouses in same-sex marriages.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/us/09massachusetts.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse
Do Women Like Men Quite That Cleanshaven?
By CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS
AMERICAN women didn’t shave their armpits en masse until the 1920s, after a perfect storm of sleeveless dresses and a barrage of advertisements by depilatory makers characterized underarm hair as ugly.
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OPM 'Wholeheartedly' Endorses Benefits for Same-Sex Partners
By Joe Davidson
In case there was any lingering doubt from last fall about the government's position on providing full domestic benefits for same-sex partners of federal workers, Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry erased them yesterday. The White House and OPM, he said at the top of his statement to a House hearing, "wholeheartedly endorse passage" of legislation that would provide them with health and retirement coverage.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/08/AR2009070804066.html
Brüno's Wild Pride
Homophobic Antics Bare Universal Truths
By Hank Stuever
Amid the screams of shock and laughter at a packed preview screening of "Brüno" Tuesday night, one could also detect slight sighs of relief.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/08/AR2009070804111.html
Gay legal groups want in on Calif court case
By LISA LEFF
Three gay-friendly legal groups have asked to be part of a federal lawsuit challenging California's same-sex marriage ban - a request that drew an icy reception from the activists behind the case. After publicly questioning the wisdom of the suit and then submitting papers in support of it, the American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal and the National Center for Lesbian Rights said they want to represent gay community groups in the proceedings.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/08/AR2009070804484.html
India Supreme Court steps into gay sex law dispute
By VIJAY JOSHI
NEW DELHI -- India's Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear a petition from a Hindu astrologer who is seeking to annul a recent landmark ruling that decriminalized gay sex.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/09/AR2009070900923.html
O'Malley Says Md. Should Recognize Rights of Gay Couples Married Elsewhere
By Maryland Notebook
During a radio show this week, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) suggested he was open to recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other states -- something he's never said publicly -- with several caveats. "If a person has those rights under another state . . . I think we probably should respect those rights," O'Malley said during an appearance Monday on WTOP radio's "Ask the Governor."
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Task Force Action Fund urges for passage of Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force news release:
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Action Fund has submitted testimony to the United States House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia, which today held a hearing on the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009. The Task Force Action Fund urges passage of this important legislation.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/07/task-force-action-fund-urges-for-passage-of-domestic-partnership-benefits-and-obligations-act.html
Transgender 'pumping party' felon Donnie Hendrix back in a silicone sting
Six years after her conviction in the death of a woman at an illegal Miramar silicone 'pumping party,' Donnie Hendrix is accused of setting up shop again
BY DAVID SMILEY
Standing before a Broward judge in 2003, Donnie ''Viva'' Hendrix said through pouty lips that she wanted to be a ''poster child'' for the dangers of illegal silicone injections. She may get her wish.
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Gay legal groups want in on Calif court case
By LISA LEFF
Three gay-friendly legal groups have asked to be part of a federal lawsuit challenging California's same-sex marriage ban - a request that drew an icy reception from the activists behind the case. After publicly questioning the wisdom of the suit and then submitting papers in support of it, the American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal and the National Center for Lesbian Rights said they want to represent gay community groups in the proceedings.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1133765.html
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El Paso: Two gay men kicked out of Chico's Tacos restaurant for kissing (5:07 a.m.)
By Andrew Kreighbaum and Darren Meritz / For the Sun-News
Two gay men kissed at a Chico's Tacos restaurant, prompting guards to eject them and a police officer to endorse their ouster. Civil-rights lawyers say the security staff was out of line. Police, though, contend that a business such as a restaurant can refuse service to anybody, any time. In all, five men were ordered to leave the restaurant. They say they were forced out by homophobic guards.
http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci_12792370?source=most_viewed
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55K Signatures Against Maine Marriage
A group attempting to overturn Maine's legalization of same-sex marriage said Wednesday that it has collected the signatures necessary to get the issue on the ballot for the November election.
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Mother's letter inspires gay marriage protest outside Irish parliament
A letter sent to the Irish justice minister by the mother of a gay son has inspired a protest today outside the Irish parliament for gay marriage.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13167.html
Guru challenges Indian ruling on gay sex, saying homosexuality 'can be cured by yoga'
A recent judgement by the Delhi high court that homosexuality should be decriminalised is being challenged. Swami Baba Ramdev, a yoga guru, filed the challenge saying homosexuality was a "disease" and could be cured by yoga.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13173.html
Exclusive: Anti-cruising website publishes uncensored photos of faces and car registrations
The Information Commissioner is to investigate an anti-cruising website after an exclusive report by PinkNews.co.uk. The website, set up to raise awareness of the "disgusting" practice of gay men meeting for sex, publishes uncensored images of car registration plates and faces of men allegedly involved.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13168.html
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Another Horrific Tale of “Ex-Gay” Conversion…and How the Internet is Helping Fight Back
Waymon Hudson | Bilerico Project
The request to join a new group came through my Facebook page. The group was called “Friends of Bryce“, which could have been anything, but had a note attached that said “Please Help.” Bryce 1.jpgWhen I clicked over to the group, an all too familiar tale unfolded. Bryce Faulkner, a young gay man from Arkansas, had gone missing after his parents had discovered he was gay. They had gotten into their college-aged son’s email account and discovered messages between Bryce and his boyfriend. The parents then gave Bryce an ultimatum- enter an extensive and severe “therapy” program or lose all their support for college and living expenses. For a young man from a conservative small town whose entire life, including his job, was tied to his parents, who had nowhere to go and no one to turn to, there really was no choice. Bryce was sent to 14 week long conversion therapy camp and has not been heard from again. Read more
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8489/
Why the FBI Squelched an Investigation of a Post-9/11 Meeting Between White Supremacists and Islamic Extremists
Mark Levine, AlterNet
The recent shooting at the Holocaust Museum serves as a stark reminder to us all that murderous racial and religious hatred still endures in America. One would expect the FBI to infiltrate and prosecute individuals and organizations that threaten domestic terrorist acts. But as this investigative report details, the large FBI bureaucracy, from the bottom to the very top, may well be more concerned with covering up its agents’ own illegal misconduct that it is with actually protecting Americans from terrorist attack. Read more
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8486/
PA: Beyond Gay & Lesbian
LAUREN F. FRIEDMAN | Philadelphia Daily News | Philly.com
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WHEN THE Philadelphia Gay and Lesbian Film Festival premiered 15 years ago, “Will and Grace” wasn’t on TV, “Brokeback Mountain” hadn’t won an Oscar, and gay marriage was legal in exactly zero states. Pretty soon though, the community that had at first embraced the festival had a problem. “People complained that it was the ‘gay and lesbian’ film festival instead of the GLBT film festival,” said Raymond Murray, citing the acronym that includes gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. Murray, who founded the festival back in 1995 and remains its artistic director today, is vigilant about selecting a range of films that represent the diversity of the community, but he was reluctant to begin adding letters onto what was already a somewhat unwieldy name. Read more
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8485/
Murphy Takes Up Overturn of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Joelle Farrell | Inquirer Staff Writer | Philadelphia Inquirer | Philly.com
U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, an Iraq War veteran, is taking the lead in Congress to repeal a law that bars openly gay people from serving in the military. At a news conference in Washington today, the Bucks County Democrat plans to announce a renewed effort to overturn the policy known as “don’t ask, don’t tell.” The law, enacted in 1993 during President Bill Clinton’s first term, has led to the discharge of nearly 13,000 gay service members. Read more
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8484/
AK: Assembly Hears Another Round of Gay Rights Testimony
DON HUNTER | dhunter@adn.com | Anchorage Daily News
The Anchorage Assembly worked its way through another round of public testimony Tuesday night on the controversial proposal to ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, and Assemblyman Matt Claman barely got the three votes he needed to introduce the idea of putting the question on the ballot at next spring’s city election. Claman’s latest move, which is a separate effort from the proposed ordinance that has been getting public comment for weeks now, would ask voters to change the city’s charter to add sexual orientation to the list of characteristics protected under the charter’s bill of rights and equal protection sections. It will need support from eight of the 11 Assembly members to reach the ballot, but Claman conceded he had a hard time even finding a third vote just to set it for a public hearing. Claman originally said he thought sending the question to voters might short-circuit the Assembly’s protracted consideration of three related versions of the anti-discrimination ordinance this summer. Tuesday night, however, he said he now expects the Assembly to conclude public hearings on the anti-discrimination ordinances and vote on them. Read more
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State Suit Challenges U.S. Defense of Marriage Act
By ABBY GOODNOUGH
The Massachusetts attorney general, Martha Coakley, sued the federal government Wednesday to overturn a section of the law denying federal benefits to spouses in same-sex marriages.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/us/09massachusetts.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse
Do Women Like Men Quite That Cleanshaven?
By CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS
AMERICAN women didn’t shave their armpits en masse until the 1920s, after a perfect storm of sleeveless dresses and a barrage of advertisements by depilatory makers characterized underarm hair as ugly.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/fashion/09Skin.html?scp=3&sq=gay&st=cse
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OPM 'Wholeheartedly' Endorses Benefits for Same-Sex Partners
By Joe Davidson
In case there was any lingering doubt from last fall about the government's position on providing full domestic benefits for same-sex partners of federal workers, Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry erased them yesterday. The White House and OPM, he said at the top of his statement to a House hearing, "wholeheartedly endorse passage" of legislation that would provide them with health and retirement coverage.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/08/AR2009070804066.html
Brüno's Wild Pride
Homophobic Antics Bare Universal Truths
By Hank Stuever
Amid the screams of shock and laughter at a packed preview screening of "Brüno" Tuesday night, one could also detect slight sighs of relief.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/08/AR2009070804111.html
Gay legal groups want in on Calif court case
By LISA LEFF
Three gay-friendly legal groups have asked to be part of a federal lawsuit challenging California's same-sex marriage ban - a request that drew an icy reception from the activists behind the case. After publicly questioning the wisdom of the suit and then submitting papers in support of it, the American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal and the National Center for Lesbian Rights said they want to represent gay community groups in the proceedings.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/08/AR2009070804484.html
India Supreme Court steps into gay sex law dispute
By VIJAY JOSHI
NEW DELHI -- India's Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear a petition from a Hindu astrologer who is seeking to annul a recent landmark ruling that decriminalized gay sex.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/09/AR2009070900923.html
O'Malley Says Md. Should Recognize Rights of Gay Couples Married Elsewhere
By Maryland Notebook
During a radio show this week, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) suggested he was open to recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other states -- something he's never said publicly -- with several caveats. "If a person has those rights under another state . . . I think we probably should respect those rights," O'Malley said during an appearance Monday on WTOP radio's "Ask the Governor."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/07/AR2009070702501.html
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Task Force Action Fund urges for passage of Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force news release:
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Action Fund has submitted testimony to the United States House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia, which today held a hearing on the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009. The Task Force Action Fund urges passage of this important legislation.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/07/task-force-action-fund-urges-for-passage-of-domestic-partnership-benefits-and-obligations-act.html
Transgender 'pumping party' felon Donnie Hendrix back in a silicone sting
Six years after her conviction in the death of a woman at an illegal Miramar silicone 'pumping party,' Donnie Hendrix is accused of setting up shop again
BY DAVID SMILEY
Standing before a Broward judge in 2003, Donnie ''Viva'' Hendrix said through pouty lips that she wanted to be a ''poster child'' for the dangers of illegal silicone injections. She may get her wish.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/07/pumping-party-felon-back-in-a-silicone-sting.html
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Miami Herald
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Gay legal groups want in on Calif court case
By LISA LEFF
Three gay-friendly legal groups have asked to be part of a federal lawsuit challenging California's same-sex marriage ban - a request that drew an icy reception from the activists behind the case. After publicly questioning the wisdom of the suit and then submitting papers in support of it, the American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal and the National Center for Lesbian Rights said they want to represent gay community groups in the proceedings.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1133765.html
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El Paso: Two gay men kicked out of Chico's Tacos restaurant for kissing (5:07 a.m.)
By Andrew Kreighbaum and Darren Meritz / For the Sun-News
Two gay men kissed at a Chico's Tacos restaurant, prompting guards to eject them and a police officer to endorse their ouster. Civil-rights lawyers say the security staff was out of line. Police, though, contend that a business such as a restaurant can refuse service to anybody, any time. In all, five men were ordered to leave the restaurant. They say they were forced out by homophobic guards.
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55K Signatures Against Maine Marriage
A group attempting to overturn Maine's legalization of same-sex marriage said Wednesday that it has collected the signatures necessary to get the issue on the ballot for the November election.
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Mother's letter inspires gay marriage protest outside Irish parliament
A letter sent to the Irish justice minister by the mother of a gay son has inspired a protest today outside the Irish parliament for gay marriage.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13167.html
Guru challenges Indian ruling on gay sex, saying homosexuality 'can be cured by yoga'
A recent judgement by the Delhi high court that homosexuality should be decriminalised is being challenged. Swami Baba Ramdev, a yoga guru, filed the challenge saying homosexuality was a "disease" and could be cured by yoga.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13173.html
Exclusive: Anti-cruising website publishes uncensored photos of faces and car registrations
The Information Commissioner is to investigate an anti-cruising website after an exclusive report by PinkNews.co.uk. The website, set up to raise awareness of the "disgusting" practice of gay men meeting for sex, publishes uncensored images of car registration plates and faces of men allegedly involved.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13168.html
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Another Horrific Tale of “Ex-Gay” Conversion…and How the Internet is Helping Fight Back
Waymon Hudson | Bilerico Project
The request to join a new group came through my Facebook page. The group was called “Friends of Bryce“, which could have been anything, but had a note attached that said “Please Help.” Bryce 1.jpgWhen I clicked over to the group, an all too familiar tale unfolded. Bryce Faulkner, a young gay man from Arkansas, had gone missing after his parents had discovered he was gay. They had gotten into their college-aged son’s email account and discovered messages between Bryce and his boyfriend. The parents then gave Bryce an ultimatum- enter an extensive and severe “therapy” program or lose all their support for college and living expenses. For a young man from a conservative small town whose entire life, including his job, was tied to his parents, who had nowhere to go and no one to turn to, there really was no choice. Bryce was sent to 14 week long conversion therapy camp and has not been heard from again. Read more
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8489/
Why the FBI Squelched an Investigation of a Post-9/11 Meeting Between White Supremacists and Islamic Extremists
Mark Levine, AlterNet
The recent shooting at the Holocaust Museum serves as a stark reminder to us all that murderous racial and religious hatred still endures in America. One would expect the FBI to infiltrate and prosecute individuals and organizations that threaten domestic terrorist acts. But as this investigative report details, the large FBI bureaucracy, from the bottom to the very top, may well be more concerned with covering up its agents’ own illegal misconduct that it is with actually protecting Americans from terrorist attack. Read more
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8486/
PA: Beyond Gay & Lesbian
LAUREN F. FRIEDMAN | Philadelphia Daily News | Philly.com
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WHEN THE Philadelphia Gay and Lesbian Film Festival premiered 15 years ago, “Will and Grace” wasn’t on TV, “Brokeback Mountain” hadn’t won an Oscar, and gay marriage was legal in exactly zero states. Pretty soon though, the community that had at first embraced the festival had a problem. “People complained that it was the ‘gay and lesbian’ film festival instead of the GLBT film festival,” said Raymond Murray, citing the acronym that includes gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. Murray, who founded the festival back in 1995 and remains its artistic director today, is vigilant about selecting a range of films that represent the diversity of the community, but he was reluctant to begin adding letters onto what was already a somewhat unwieldy name. Read more
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8485/
Murphy Takes Up Overturn of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Joelle Farrell | Inquirer Staff Writer | Philadelphia Inquirer | Philly.com
U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, an Iraq War veteran, is taking the lead in Congress to repeal a law that bars openly gay people from serving in the military. At a news conference in Washington today, the Bucks County Democrat plans to announce a renewed effort to overturn the policy known as “don’t ask, don’t tell.” The law, enacted in 1993 during President Bill Clinton’s first term, has led to the discharge of nearly 13,000 gay service members. Read more
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8484/
AK: Assembly Hears Another Round of Gay Rights Testimony
DON HUNTER | dhunter@adn.com | Anchorage Daily News
The Anchorage Assembly worked its way through another round of public testimony Tuesday night on the controversial proposal to ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, and Assemblyman Matt Claman barely got the three votes he needed to introduce the idea of putting the question on the ballot at next spring’s city election. Claman’s latest move, which is a separate effort from the proposed ordinance that has been getting public comment for weeks now, would ask voters to change the city’s charter to add sexual orientation to the list of characteristics protected under the charter’s bill of rights and equal protection sections. It will need support from eight of the 11 Assembly members to reach the ballot, but Claman conceded he had a hard time even finding a third vote just to set it for a public hearing. Claman originally said he thought sending the question to voters might short-circuit the Assembly’s protracted consideration of three related versions of the anti-discrimination ordinance this summer. Tuesday night, however, he said he now expects the Assembly to conclude public hearings on the anti-discrimination ordinances and vote on them. Read more
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Indian Court Overturns Gay Sex Ban
By HEATHER TIMMONS and HARI KUMAR
NEW DELHI —In a landmark ruling Thursday that could usher in an era of greater freedom for gay men and lesbians in India, New Delhi’s highest court decriminalized homosexuality.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/03/world/asia/03india.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse
New York Gay Newspaper Suspends Publication
By JENNIFER 8. LEE
The New York Blade, one of the two major gay and lesbian newspapers in New York City, has laid off its editor in chief and suspended publication, the chief executive of its publishing company said on Wednesday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/02/nyregion/02gay.html?scp=4&sq=gay&st=cse
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How Gay Marriage Recognition Works
At 12:01 a.m. today, under a law approved in May, the District began recognizing the marriages of same-sex couples performed in other jurisdictions. Here's a Q&A to help couples navigate the changes.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/06/AR2009070602913.html?sub=AR
Gay marriage bill takes effect in nation's capital
The Associated Press
A law recognizing same-sex marriages performed elsewhere has gone into effect in the District of Columbia.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/07/AR2009070701536.html
Mass. sues feds over definition of marriage
By DENISE LAVOIE
Massachusetts is suing the federal government over a law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. State Attorney General Martha Coakley filed the lawsuit Wednesday in federal court in Boston. It says the federal Defense of Marriage Act interferes with the right of Massachusetts to define marriage as it sees fit.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/08/AR2009070801974.html
Pope Criticizes World Economic System, Urges Social Responsibility
By Jacqueline L. Salmon
Pope Benedict XVI criticized the international economic system yesterday and called for a new global structure based on social responsibility, concern for the dignity of the worker and a respect for ethics.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/07/AR2009070700656.html
Massachusetts, 1st gay marriage state, challenges federal definition of man-woman marriage
DENISE LAVOIE AP
Massachusetts, the first state to legalize gay marriage, sued the U.S. government Wednesday over a federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
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Working on Your Marriage — at Work
By Rachel Emma Silverman
People often complain they are married to their jobs. In recent years, some companies have been helping employees work on their marriages, on the job.
http://blogs.wsj.com/juggle/2009/07/07/working-on-your-marriage-at-work/
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Fort Lauderdale town hall meeting to discuss hate crimes laws
A coalition of civic groups is meeting tonight with law enforcement and political leaders to discuss hate crimes. The town hall meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Gay & Lesbian Community Center, 1717 N. Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fort-lauderdale/sfl-homeless-hate-crime-box-070709,0,1176108.story
Death-row inmate, Louisiana settle religious access issue
The Associated Press
A state lawmaker who made national headlines by claiming homosexuality is a greater threat to the United States than terrorism was heckled by protesters as she launched a campaign for a morality proclamation that opponents said promotes an atmosphere of hate.
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Miami Gay Men’s Chorus ensemble Insignia to hold free concert July 14 at Miami Beach Community Church
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/07/miami-gay-mens-chorus-ensemble-insignia-to-hold-free-concert-july-14-at-miami-beach-community-church.html
Broward sheriff, public officials to discuss hate crimes Wednesday night at gay community center
By DAVID SMILEY, dsmiley@MiamiHerald.com
Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti, state Rep. Ari Porth and other public officials are expected to attend a town hall meeting in Fort Lauderdale Wednesday night to discuss Florida's hate crimes laws.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/07/broward-sheriff-public-officials-to-discuss-hate-crimes-wednesday-night-at-gay-community-center.html
Ros-Lehtinen to co-sponsor bill requiring health insurance plans to cover routine HIV tests
News release from U.S. Rep Ileana Ros-Lehtinen:
Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a senior member of the Florida congressional delegation, is pleased to co-sponsor the “Routine HIV Screening Coverage Act” that would require health insurance companies to cover routine HIV tests. Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen believes that this bill will help control the spread of HIV and she is working on getting other co-sponsors.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/07/ros-lehtinen-to-co-sponsor-bill-requiring-health-insurance-plans-to-cover-routine-hiv-tests.html
Bilerico Project: Another horrific tale of ‘ex-gay’ conversion ... and how the Internet is helping fight back
Waymon Hudson of Oakland Park wrote this essay for The Bilerico Project:
The request to join a new group came through my Facebook page. The group was called "Friends of Bryce", which could have been anything, but had a note attached that said "Please Help."
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/07/bilerico-project-another-horrific-tale-of-ex-gay-conversion-and-how-the-internet-is-helping-fight-back.html
Cuba vs. Homophobia: What Arises, What There is, and What Remains to be Done
From Walter Lippmann:
Click here to read a discussion of World Anti-Homophobia Day in Cuba, written by Norge Espinosa Mendoza, a man who headed up the day’s activities for UNEAC, the artists and writers union.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/07/commentary-cuba-vs-homophobia-what-arises-what-there-is-and-what-remains-to-be-done.html
Gays in the Military: Does a Sailor's Murder Signal Deeper Problems?
From Time.com:
By Mark Thompson / Washington
Even as Pentagon lawyers begin trying to ease the "Don't ask, don't tell" prohibition on gays serving openly in the U.S. military, the murder last week of an apparently gay sailor at California's Camp Pendleton has raised new questions over the readiness of the armed forces to accept openly homosexual personnel.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/07/timecom-gays-in-the-military-does-a-sailors-murder-signal-deeper-problems.html
Summer Fest ‘09 and second Equality Florida Bar Crawl to be July 31 through Aug. 2
Thomas Barker, editor and publisher of The Wire, has asked me to help spread the word about Summer Fest ‘09 and the Equality Florida Bar Crawl from Friday, July 31, to Sunday, August 2. All proceeds go to the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and Equality Florida, Barker says.
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Religion news in brief
Okla. lawmaker heckled by protesters as she promotes proclamation for morality at rally
A state lawmaker who made national headlines by claiming homosexuality is a greater threat to the United States than terrorism was heckled by protesters as she launched a campaign for a morality proclamation that opponents said promotes an atmosphere of hate.
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Carl Walker-Hoover's mother testifies before House subcommittees
First hearing takes place on Safe Schools Improvement Act
Sirdeaner Walker, the mother of 11-year-old Carl Walker-Hoover, who committed suicide in April after enduring persistent anti-gay bullying at school, testified today in front of the House Subcommittees on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education and Healthy Familes and Communities in support of the Safe Schools Improvement Act, according to a press release from the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network.
http://www.floridablade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=26112
Wilton Manors sponsors repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
City becomes first in Florida to call for Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009
By BOB KECSEMETY
Wilton Manors is the first Florida city to sponsor a resolution calling for the United States Congress to adopt the Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009, which eliminates the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy and adopts a policy of non-discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation within the United States Armed Forces.
http://www.floridablade.com/2009/7-2/news/localnews/6006.cfm
Queer leaders who are ‘salted peanuts’
Buying the LGBT community for the price of a cocktail
By TONY ADAMS
In “All About Eve”, Bette Davis as Margo Channing says “I'm still not to be had for the price of a cocktail, like a salted peanut." On Tuesday, June 29, 2009, at a White House reception that supposedly commemorated the Stonewall riots, some of our most prominent LGBT leaders and activists were had for the price of a cocktail.
http://www.floridablade.com/2009/7-2/view/editorial/6009.cfm
Without federal appeal, asylum for gay Filipino professor becomes final
By Jessie Mangaliman
The federal government has decided not to appeal the political asylum granted a gay Filipino professor who claimed in immigration court that he was repeatedly abused as a child in the Philippines.
http://www.mercurynews.com/valley/ci_12770297?nclick_check=1
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Tourism Official Demoted for Funding Pride?
By Julie Bolcer
A Canadian member of parliament alleges that a tourism minister was removed from her responsibilities because her decision to direct federal funds toward a gay pride event shocked members of her Conservative party caucus, reports the Toronto Star.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid96709.asp
W.Va. Lawmakers Study Marriage Ban
By Julie Bolcer
West Virginia lawmakers plan to hold a hearing on Tuesday to discuss a proposal to amend the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage, reports the Charleston Gazette.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid96669.asp
Jackson-Lee: Investigate Gay Sailor's Death
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee is planning to demand a congressional inquiry into the death of a Houston sailor whose body was found in a guard shack at Oceanside, Calif.'s Camp Pendleton military base last week. Family members of August Provost say they suspect he was killed because he was gay, but the Navy says there's no evidence to suggest that was the reason.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid96560.asp
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Mullen advises ‘measured’ approach to gay policy
By The Associated Press
The nation’s top military officer said Sunday he has advised President Barack Obama to move “in a measured way” in changing the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that bans gays from serving openly in the military.
http://www.365gay.com/news/mullen-advises-measured-approach-to-gay-policy/
Church of England bishop says gays should ‘repent’
By The Associated Press
(London) A senior Church of England bishop has angered gay-rights campaigners by saying homosexuals should repent.
http://www.365gay.com/news/church-of-england-bishop-says-gays-should-repent/
Forth Worth resident breaks his silence about Rainbow Lounge raid
By 365gay Newswire
Chad Gibson, a Fort Worth resident who was allegedly hurt the worst during a police raid of the gay club the Rainbow Lounge, is finally speaking out about his arrest.
http://www.365gay.com/news/forth-worth-resident-breaks-his-silence-about-rainbow-lounge-raid/
Former D.C. mayor arrested for stalking
By 365gay Newswire
Former D.C. mayor Marion Barry was arrested Saturday on charges of stalking a female acquaintance. Barry is scheduled to appear in court this Thursday.
http://www.365gay.com/news/former-dc-mayor-arrested-for-stalking/
T-shirt retailers using homophobia to make money
By Michael Jensen, AfterElton.com
Thanks to Chicago Sun-Times columnist and film critic Richard Roeper, a very ugly practice has come to light. T-shirt companies trying to make a buck off of the cross town rivalry between the Chicago White Sox and the Chicago Cubs baseball teams have resorted to homophobia and racism to stimulate sales.
http://www.365gay.com/blog/t-shirt-retailers-using-homophobia-to-make-money/
From Haiti, a surprise: good news about AIDS
By The Associated Press
(Blanchard, Haiti) When Micheline Leon was diagnosed with HIV, her parents told her they would fit her for a coffin. Fifteen years later, she walks around her two-room concrete house on Haiti’s central plateau, watching her four children play under the plantain trees. She looks healthy, her belly amply filling a gray, secondhand T-shirt. Her three sons and one daughter were born after she was diagnosed. None has the virus.
http://www.365gay.com/news/from-haiti-a-surprise-good-news-about-aids/
Out-of-state gay marriages now recognized in D.C.
By Jennifer Vanasco
As of 12:01 this morning, gays and lesbians who are married in Iowa, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine or Vermont now also have their marriages recognized in Washington, D.C.
http://www.365gay.com/blog/out-of-state-gay-marriages-now-recognized-in-dc/
Franken sworn in as Minnesota senator
By The Associated Press
Al Franken became a senator on Tuesday, completing the transformation from comedian to politician.
http://www.365gay.com/news/franken-sworn-in-as-minnesota-senator/
Appeals court rules for Abbott in AIDS drug case
By The Associated Press
A federal appeals court has rejected a lawsuit accusing Abbott Laboratories of antitrust violations over a sudden 400-percent price hike of a popular AIDS drug.
http://www.365gay.com/news/appeals-court-rules-for-abbott-in-aids-drug-case/
NEA calls for LGBT rights
By Jennifer Vanasco
The National Education Association adopted two resolutions calling for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights at its annual conference last week. The resolutions say that the organization opposes the “discriminatory treatment of same-sex couples and its belief that such couples should have the same legal rights and benefits as similarly-situated heterosexual couples.” They also call for the “passage of a federal statute prohibiting federal discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression.” The NEA also committed itself to supporting the enactment of LGBT equality at local, state and federal levels.
http://www.365gay.com/news/nea-calls-for-lgbt-rights/
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Mother of gay son berates Irish minister over civil partnerships
When Declan Doody wrote to Irish justice minister Dermot Ahern about the inequality of civil partnerships, he was dismayed to receive no response. However, when he posted a copy of the letter on his Facebook, his mother Helen was spurred into action to write her own.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13151.html
Polish Law and Justice Party MEP: 'Our views on gays haven't changed'
A Polish Law and Justice Party (PiS) MEP has refuted statements made by former Tory leader William Hague that the party has changed its views on gay rights.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13160.html
Technical issues mean 2010 US census may not count gay married couples
The US census scheduled for next year may not be able to count gay married couples due to technical issues in collecting data.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13159.html
Massachusetts senator reveals he's gay
Massachusetts senator Stan Rosenberg has revealed he is gay in an Independence Day editorial. Writing in the Daily Hampshire Gazette last weekend, he quietly revealed his sexuality about halfway down his column.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13157.html
Peter Tatchell: 'Bruno will make both bigots and gays squirm'
Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has said that Sacha Baron-Cohen's latest film Bruno is likely to cause discomfort to both straight homophobes and gay men.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13155.html
Catholic adoption agency allowed to appeal over gay parents
The Charity Tribunal has given permission for a Catholic adoption agency to appeal against a ruling which said it could not discriminate against gay couples.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13152.html
Swedish study finds gay brains resemble those of opposite sex
Swedish scientists have suggested that brains of gay people may share similar physical attributes to those of the opposite sex.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13156.html
Out-of-state gay marriages become legal in DC
A law allowing the recognition of gay marriages performed in other states has come into effect in Washington DC today.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13146.html
Lesbian policewomen guilty over insurance fraud crash
A lesbian couple who worked as police officers have been convicted of deception after lying about who was driving in a car crash.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13143.html
Gay killing 'was self-defence'
A teenager who beat a gay man to death was acting in self-defence, the Old Bailey heard yesterday. Mossab Belhocine, 19, of Forest Road, Walthamstow, admitted punching and kicking David Cooper, 28, but denied murdering him, claiming he was trying to protect himself from rape.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13141.html
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Homophobes Caught Lying About Kevin Jennings
Alex Blaze | Bilerico Project
GLSEN has jennings.JPG created a web form to thank the Education Department for appointing Kevin Jennings as the Assistant Deputy Secretary of Education for the Department’s Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools. I posted about how the FRC started a campaign against Jennings this past week, going so far as to take a full page ad out in the Washington Examiner full of misleading quotations from Jennings, without context and chopped down to look more damning. ThinkProgress and GoodAsYou have been trying to set the record straight on FRC’s lies.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8470/
Should Wisconsin Have a More Inclusive Partner Registry?
Nancy Polikoff | Bilerico Project
Wisconsin made history last week with the passage of its domestic partner registry because it is the first state with a “super DOMA” to take such a step. A word about “super DOMAs.” These are the constitutional amendments passed by states that reject not only marriage for same-sex couples but legal protections for or recognition of unmarried couples of any sexual orientation. Because of such a DOMA, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled last year that its public employers (like the University of Michigan) could not provide domestic partner benefits.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8469/
Why Are LGBT People Less Healthy?
Alex Blaze | Bilerico Project
Empire State Pride Agenda has put out an interesting study of 3500 LGBT people who live in New York State and their access to health care. LGBT people generally receive less health care, and it’s not just because of a lack of marriage or DP benefits. The number one reason is homelessness:
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8468/
We Are Only a Few Senators Away from Much Better Health Care
Paul Krugman, The New York Times | AlterNet
The Congressional Budget Office has looked at the future of American health insurance, and it works. A few weeks ago there was a furor when the budget office “scored” two incomplete Senate health reform proposals — that is, estimated their costs and likely impacts over the next 10 years. One proposal came in more expensive than expected; the other didn’t cover enough people. Health reform, it seemed, was in trouble. But last week the budget office scored the full proposed legislation from the Senate committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP). And the news — which got far less play in the media than the downbeat earlier analysis — was very, very good. Yes, we can reform health care.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8467/
No Drama, No Soul?
Phil Bronstein | San Francisco Chronicle
President Obama’s relationship with the gay community is as confused as South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s relationship with love, the truth and just how much tolerance to expect from a scorned partner. Like the governor stuck in his own marital Chinese finger trap, Obama, courting with promises during his presidential campaign, then straying on several real-time policy questions, talks as though he wants to fall in love with gay people all over again. “Trust me,” the president basically told a White House meeting of gay and lesbian leaders last week. By the time he’s out of office, he said, “I think you guys will have a pretty good feeling about the Obama administration.” Gals, too? Read more
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8459/
MI: Kalamazoo Passes Protection for Gay, Lesbian and Transgender People
Phil Dawson | WZZM13.com
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WZZM) - It’s now illegal for landlords and employers in Kalamazoo to discriminate against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. “I have a hard time understanding why anyone has the need to discriminate against others,” said City Commissioner Sean McCann before voting for the ordinance Monday night.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8456/
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Indian Court Overturns Gay Sex Ban
By HEATHER TIMMONS and HARI KUMAR
NEW DELHI —In a landmark ruling Thursday that could usher in an era of greater freedom for gay men and lesbians in India, New Delhi’s highest court decriminalized homosexuality.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/03/world/asia/03india.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse
New York Gay Newspaper Suspends Publication
By JENNIFER 8. LEE
The New York Blade, one of the two major gay and lesbian newspapers in New York City, has laid off its editor in chief and suspended publication, the chief executive of its publishing company said on Wednesday.
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How Gay Marriage Recognition Works
At 12:01 a.m. today, under a law approved in May, the District began recognizing the marriages of same-sex couples performed in other jurisdictions. Here's a Q&A to help couples navigate the changes.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/06/AR2009070602913.html?sub=AR
Gay marriage bill takes effect in nation's capital
The Associated Press
A law recognizing same-sex marriages performed elsewhere has gone into effect in the District of Columbia.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/07/AR2009070701536.html
Mass. sues feds over definition of marriage
By DENISE LAVOIE
Massachusetts is suing the federal government over a law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. State Attorney General Martha Coakley filed the lawsuit Wednesday in federal court in Boston. It says the federal Defense of Marriage Act interferes with the right of Massachusetts to define marriage as it sees fit.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/08/AR2009070801974.html
Pope Criticizes World Economic System, Urges Social Responsibility
By Jacqueline L. Salmon
Pope Benedict XVI criticized the international economic system yesterday and called for a new global structure based on social responsibility, concern for the dignity of the worker and a respect for ethics.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/07/AR2009070700656.html
Massachusetts, 1st gay marriage state, challenges federal definition of man-woman marriage
DENISE LAVOIE AP
Massachusetts, the first state to legalize gay marriage, sued the U.S. government Wednesday over a federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
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Working on Your Marriage — at Work
By Rachel Emma Silverman
People often complain they are married to their jobs. In recent years, some companies have been helping employees work on their marriages, on the job.
http://blogs.wsj.com/juggle/2009/07/07/working-on-your-marriage-at-work/
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Fort Lauderdale town hall meeting to discuss hate crimes laws
A coalition of civic groups is meeting tonight with law enforcement and political leaders to discuss hate crimes. The town hall meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Gay & Lesbian Community Center, 1717 N. Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fort-lauderdale/sfl-homeless-hate-crime-box-070709,0,1176108.story
Death-row inmate, Louisiana settle religious access issue
The Associated Press
A state lawmaker who made national headlines by claiming homosexuality is a greater threat to the United States than terrorism was heckled by protesters as she launched a campaign for a morality proclamation that opponents said promotes an atmosphere of hate.
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Miami Gay Men’s Chorus ensemble Insignia to hold free concert July 14 at Miami Beach Community Church
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/07/miami-gay-mens-chorus-ensemble-insignia-to-hold-free-concert-july-14-at-miami-beach-community-church.html
Broward sheriff, public officials to discuss hate crimes Wednesday night at gay community center
By DAVID SMILEY, dsmiley@MiamiHerald.com
Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti, state Rep. Ari Porth and other public officials are expected to attend a town hall meeting in Fort Lauderdale Wednesday night to discuss Florida's hate crimes laws.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/07/broward-sheriff-public-officials-to-discuss-hate-crimes-wednesday-night-at-gay-community-center.html
Ros-Lehtinen to co-sponsor bill requiring health insurance plans to cover routine HIV tests
News release from U.S. Rep Ileana Ros-Lehtinen:
Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a senior member of the Florida congressional delegation, is pleased to co-sponsor the “Routine HIV Screening Coverage Act” that would require health insurance companies to cover routine HIV tests. Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen believes that this bill will help control the spread of HIV and she is working on getting other co-sponsors.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/07/ros-lehtinen-to-co-sponsor-bill-requiring-health-insurance-plans-to-cover-routine-hiv-tests.html
Bilerico Project: Another horrific tale of ‘ex-gay’ conversion ... and how the Internet is helping fight back
Waymon Hudson of Oakland Park wrote this essay for The Bilerico Project:
The request to join a new group came through my Facebook page. The group was called "Friends of Bryce", which could have been anything, but had a note attached that said "Please Help."
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/07/bilerico-project-another-horrific-tale-of-ex-gay-conversion-and-how-the-internet-is-helping-fight-back.html
Cuba vs. Homophobia: What Arises, What There is, and What Remains to be Done
From Walter Lippmann:
Click here to read a discussion of World Anti-Homophobia Day in Cuba, written by Norge Espinosa Mendoza, a man who headed up the day’s activities for UNEAC, the artists and writers union.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/07/commentary-cuba-vs-homophobia-what-arises-what-there-is-and-what-remains-to-be-done.html
Gays in the Military: Does a Sailor's Murder Signal Deeper Problems?
From Time.com:
By Mark Thompson / Washington
Even as Pentagon lawyers begin trying to ease the "Don't ask, don't tell" prohibition on gays serving openly in the U.S. military, the murder last week of an apparently gay sailor at California's Camp Pendleton has raised new questions over the readiness of the armed forces to accept openly homosexual personnel.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/07/timecom-gays-in-the-military-does-a-sailors-murder-signal-deeper-problems.html
Summer Fest ‘09 and second Equality Florida Bar Crawl to be July 31 through Aug. 2
Thomas Barker, editor and publisher of The Wire, has asked me to help spread the word about Summer Fest ‘09 and the Equality Florida Bar Crawl from Friday, July 31, to Sunday, August 2. All proceeds go to the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and Equality Florida, Barker says.
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Religion news in brief
Okla. lawmaker heckled by protesters as she promotes proclamation for morality at rally
A state lawmaker who made national headlines by claiming homosexuality is a greater threat to the United States than terrorism was heckled by protesters as she launched a campaign for a morality proclamation that opponents said promotes an atmosphere of hate.
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Carl Walker-Hoover's mother testifies before House subcommittees
First hearing takes place on Safe Schools Improvement Act
Sirdeaner Walker, the mother of 11-year-old Carl Walker-Hoover, who committed suicide in April after enduring persistent anti-gay bullying at school, testified today in front of the House Subcommittees on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education and Healthy Familes and Communities in support of the Safe Schools Improvement Act, according to a press release from the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network.
http://www.floridablade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=26112
Wilton Manors sponsors repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
City becomes first in Florida to call for Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009
By BOB KECSEMETY
Wilton Manors is the first Florida city to sponsor a resolution calling for the United States Congress to adopt the Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009, which eliminates the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy and adopts a policy of non-discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation within the United States Armed Forces.
http://www.floridablade.com/2009/7-2/news/localnews/6006.cfm
Queer leaders who are ‘salted peanuts’
Buying the LGBT community for the price of a cocktail
By TONY ADAMS
In “All About Eve”, Bette Davis as Margo Channing says “I'm still not to be had for the price of a cocktail, like a salted peanut." On Tuesday, June 29, 2009, at a White House reception that supposedly commemorated the Stonewall riots, some of our most prominent LGBT leaders and activists were had for the price of a cocktail.
http://www.floridablade.com/2009/7-2/view/editorial/6009.cfm
Without federal appeal, asylum for gay Filipino professor becomes final
By Jessie Mangaliman
The federal government has decided not to appeal the political asylum granted a gay Filipino professor who claimed in immigration court that he was repeatedly abused as a child in the Philippines.
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Tourism Official Demoted for Funding Pride?
By Julie Bolcer
A Canadian member of parliament alleges that a tourism minister was removed from her responsibilities because her decision to direct federal funds toward a gay pride event shocked members of her Conservative party caucus, reports the Toronto Star.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid96709.asp
W.Va. Lawmakers Study Marriage Ban
By Julie Bolcer
West Virginia lawmakers plan to hold a hearing on Tuesday to discuss a proposal to amend the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage, reports the Charleston Gazette.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid96669.asp
Jackson-Lee: Investigate Gay Sailor's Death
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee is planning to demand a congressional inquiry into the death of a Houston sailor whose body was found in a guard shack at Oceanside, Calif.'s Camp Pendleton military base last week. Family members of August Provost say they suspect he was killed because he was gay, but the Navy says there's no evidence to suggest that was the reason.
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Mullen advises ‘measured’ approach to gay policy
By The Associated Press
The nation’s top military officer said Sunday he has advised President Barack Obama to move “in a measured way” in changing the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that bans gays from serving openly in the military.
http://www.365gay.com/news/mullen-advises-measured-approach-to-gay-policy/
Church of England bishop says gays should ‘repent’
By The Associated Press
(London) A senior Church of England bishop has angered gay-rights campaigners by saying homosexuals should repent.
http://www.365gay.com/news/church-of-england-bishop-says-gays-should-repent/
Forth Worth resident breaks his silence about Rainbow Lounge raid
By 365gay Newswire
Chad Gibson, a Fort Worth resident who was allegedly hurt the worst during a police raid of the gay club the Rainbow Lounge, is finally speaking out about his arrest.
http://www.365gay.com/news/forth-worth-resident-breaks-his-silence-about-rainbow-lounge-raid/
Former D.C. mayor arrested for stalking
By 365gay Newswire
Former D.C. mayor Marion Barry was arrested Saturday on charges of stalking a female acquaintance. Barry is scheduled to appear in court this Thursday.
http://www.365gay.com/news/former-dc-mayor-arrested-for-stalking/
T-shirt retailers using homophobia to make money
By Michael Jensen, AfterElton.com
Thanks to Chicago Sun-Times columnist and film critic Richard Roeper, a very ugly practice has come to light. T-shirt companies trying to make a buck off of the cross town rivalry between the Chicago White Sox and the Chicago Cubs baseball teams have resorted to homophobia and racism to stimulate sales.
http://www.365gay.com/blog/t-shirt-retailers-using-homophobia-to-make-money/
From Haiti, a surprise: good news about AIDS
By The Associated Press
(Blanchard, Haiti) When Micheline Leon was diagnosed with HIV, her parents told her they would fit her for a coffin. Fifteen years later, she walks around her two-room concrete house on Haiti’s central plateau, watching her four children play under the plantain trees. She looks healthy, her belly amply filling a gray, secondhand T-shirt. Her three sons and one daughter were born after she was diagnosed. None has the virus.
http://www.365gay.com/news/from-haiti-a-surprise-good-news-about-aids/
Out-of-state gay marriages now recognized in D.C.
By Jennifer Vanasco
As of 12:01 this morning, gays and lesbians who are married in Iowa, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine or Vermont now also have their marriages recognized in Washington, D.C.
http://www.365gay.com/blog/out-of-state-gay-marriages-now-recognized-in-dc/
Franken sworn in as Minnesota senator
By The Associated Press
Al Franken became a senator on Tuesday, completing the transformation from comedian to politician.
http://www.365gay.com/news/franken-sworn-in-as-minnesota-senator/
Appeals court rules for Abbott in AIDS drug case
By The Associated Press
A federal appeals court has rejected a lawsuit accusing Abbott Laboratories of antitrust violations over a sudden 400-percent price hike of a popular AIDS drug.
http://www.365gay.com/news/appeals-court-rules-for-abbott-in-aids-drug-case/
NEA calls for LGBT rights
By Jennifer Vanasco
The National Education Association adopted two resolutions calling for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights at its annual conference last week. The resolutions say that the organization opposes the “discriminatory treatment of same-sex couples and its belief that such couples should have the same legal rights and benefits as similarly-situated heterosexual couples.” They also call for the “passage of a federal statute prohibiting federal discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression.” The NEA also committed itself to supporting the enactment of LGBT equality at local, state and federal levels.
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Mother of gay son berates Irish minister over civil partnerships
When Declan Doody wrote to Irish justice minister Dermot Ahern about the inequality of civil partnerships, he was dismayed to receive no response. However, when he posted a copy of the letter on his Facebook, his mother Helen was spurred into action to write her own.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13151.html
Polish Law and Justice Party MEP: 'Our views on gays haven't changed'
A Polish Law and Justice Party (PiS) MEP has refuted statements made by former Tory leader William Hague that the party has changed its views on gay rights.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13160.html
Technical issues mean 2010 US census may not count gay married couples
The US census scheduled for next year may not be able to count gay married couples due to technical issues in collecting data.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13159.html
Massachusetts senator reveals he's gay
Massachusetts senator Stan Rosenberg has revealed he is gay in an Independence Day editorial. Writing in the Daily Hampshire Gazette last weekend, he quietly revealed his sexuality about halfway down his column.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13157.html
Peter Tatchell: 'Bruno will make both bigots and gays squirm'
Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has said that Sacha Baron-Cohen's latest film Bruno is likely to cause discomfort to both straight homophobes and gay men.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13155.html
Catholic adoption agency allowed to appeal over gay parents
The Charity Tribunal has given permission for a Catholic adoption agency to appeal against a ruling which said it could not discriminate against gay couples.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13152.html
Swedish study finds gay brains resemble those of opposite sex
Swedish scientists have suggested that brains of gay people may share similar physical attributes to those of the opposite sex.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13156.html
Out-of-state gay marriages become legal in DC
A law allowing the recognition of gay marriages performed in other states has come into effect in Washington DC today.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13146.html
Lesbian policewomen guilty over insurance fraud crash
A lesbian couple who worked as police officers have been convicted of deception after lying about who was driving in a car crash.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13143.html
Gay killing 'was self-defence'
A teenager who beat a gay man to death was acting in self-defence, the Old Bailey heard yesterday. Mossab Belhocine, 19, of Forest Road, Walthamstow, admitted punching and kicking David Cooper, 28, but denied murdering him, claiming he was trying to protect himself from rape.
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Homophobes Caught Lying About Kevin Jennings
Alex Blaze | Bilerico Project
GLSEN has jennings.JPG created a web form to thank the Education Department for appointing Kevin Jennings as the Assistant Deputy Secretary of Education for the Department’s Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools. I posted about how the FRC started a campaign against Jennings this past week, going so far as to take a full page ad out in the Washington Examiner full of misleading quotations from Jennings, without context and chopped down to look more damning. ThinkProgress and GoodAsYou have been trying to set the record straight on FRC’s lies.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8470/
Should Wisconsin Have a More Inclusive Partner Registry?
Nancy Polikoff | Bilerico Project
Wisconsin made history last week with the passage of its domestic partner registry because it is the first state with a “super DOMA” to take such a step. A word about “super DOMAs.” These are the constitutional amendments passed by states that reject not only marriage for same-sex couples but legal protections for or recognition of unmarried couples of any sexual orientation. Because of such a DOMA, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled last year that its public employers (like the University of Michigan) could not provide domestic partner benefits.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8469/
Why Are LGBT People Less Healthy?
Alex Blaze | Bilerico Project
Empire State Pride Agenda has put out an interesting study of 3500 LGBT people who live in New York State and their access to health care. LGBT people generally receive less health care, and it’s not just because of a lack of marriage or DP benefits. The number one reason is homelessness:
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8468/
We Are Only a Few Senators Away from Much Better Health Care
Paul Krugman, The New York Times | AlterNet
The Congressional Budget Office has looked at the future of American health insurance, and it works. A few weeks ago there was a furor when the budget office “scored” two incomplete Senate health reform proposals — that is, estimated their costs and likely impacts over the next 10 years. One proposal came in more expensive than expected; the other didn’t cover enough people. Health reform, it seemed, was in trouble. But last week the budget office scored the full proposed legislation from the Senate committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP). And the news — which got far less play in the media than the downbeat earlier analysis — was very, very good. Yes, we can reform health care.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8467/
No Drama, No Soul?
Phil Bronstein | San Francisco Chronicle
President Obama’s relationship with the gay community is as confused as South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s relationship with love, the truth and just how much tolerance to expect from a scorned partner. Like the governor stuck in his own marital Chinese finger trap, Obama, courting with promises during his presidential campaign, then straying on several real-time policy questions, talks as though he wants to fall in love with gay people all over again. “Trust me,” the president basically told a White House meeting of gay and lesbian leaders last week. By the time he’s out of office, he said, “I think you guys will have a pretty good feeling about the Obama administration.” Gals, too? Read more
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8459/
MI: Kalamazoo Passes Protection for Gay, Lesbian and Transgender People
Phil Dawson | WZZM13.com
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WZZM) - It’s now illegal for landlords and employers in Kalamazoo to discriminate against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. “I have a hard time understanding why anyone has the need to discriminate against others,” said City Commissioner Sean McCann before voting for the ordinance Monday night.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8456/
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Coup attempt leaves NY state Senate in disarray
(Reuters) - New York state Senate Republicans and two rogue Democrats said they wrested control of the Senate from the Democratic leadership on Monday in an unresolved dispute that had both sides claiming victory. The chaos threatened to throw a range of pending bills into disarray, including pension reform, New York City's mayoral control of the schools, and gay marriage.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/09/AR2009060900084_pf.html
Court Ties Campaign Largess to Judicial Bias
By Robert Barnes
The Supreme Court yesterday ruled for the first time that excessive campaign contributions to a judge create an unconstitutional threat to a fair trial, a decision that could have a nationwide impact on whether judges must recuse themselves in cases involving their political benefactors.
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iTunes celebrates Gay Pride Month
This month, iTunes features gay movies, music and podcasts:
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GLSEN Founder, Kevin Jennings, Smeared
By William McGuinness
The appointment of Kevin Jennings to federal office has not come without controversy. U.S. Department of Education secretary Arne Duncan announced nine appointments on May 19, including Jennings, founder and former executive director of the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network. Jennings was named assistant deputy secretary of the Office of Safe & Drug Free Schools. Those opposed to his placement took occasion to levy the expected accusations against him, warning that Jennings will use his office to “promote the homosexual agenda.”
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid88830.asp
KRXQ to Apologize, 11 Ads Pulled
By Michelle Garcia
Management at KRXQ radio in Sacramento, Calif., have agreed to welcome a transgender person and the parent of a transgender kid as on-air guests after the hosts of a morning talk show made violent, transphobic remarks in May.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid88973.asp
Lambert Honored at Hollywood Life Awards
Adam Lambert was honored at Hollywood Life’s Young Hollywood Awards in Santa Monica, Calif., last night. The singer joined fellow honorees Catherine Hardwicke, Evan Rachel Wood, Ed Westwick, Shawn Johnson, and others for the company’s 11th annual award ceremony. The ceremony was long and the night ended with Lambert accepting his award from American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi. Lambert commented on what a wild ride it has been, from recently living in a small apartment in West Hollywood and dreaming that one day he could get into Teddy’s.
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RachelWatch: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Me You’re Fierce
By Ali Davis, Contributing writer
Fierce Advocate?
Rachel led off with the story that the Supreme Court has declined to hear the case of Captain James Pietrangelo, who after 13 years of service was fired for being gay under the monumentally stupid Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell law.
http://www.365gay.com/living/rachelwatch-don%E2%80%99t-ask-don%E2%80%99t-tell-me-you%E2%80%99re-fierce/
Vanasco: Uproar in NY Senate - gay marriage gone?
By Jennifer Vanasco, editor in chief, 365gay.com
The New York Times is reporting that the Democrats have suddenly - and unexpectedly - lost control of the NYS Senate after two Democrats defected. This comes after gay marriage advocates were fairly confidently predicting that New York State would have gay marriage by Pride. The State Assembly has already voted in favor; the governor has said he’d sign.
http://www.365gay.com/news/vanasco-uproar-in-ny-senate-gay-marriage-gone/
DC pride festival honors gay rights pioneer Kameny
By The Associated Press
Fresh off his doctorate from Harvard, Franklin Kameny had been a government astronomer for just five months when he was asked to meet with federal investigators. They said they had information that he was a homosexual. He was promptly fired.
http://www.365gay.com/living/dc-pride-festival-honors-gay-rights-pioneer-kameny/
Ads pulled over radio hosts’ transgender remarks
By The Associated Press
Bank of America, Verizon, Chipotle and other companies have pulled advertising from a Sacramento radio station after talk show hosts referred to transgender people as “freaks” with mental disorders.
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Woman launches legal battle after son is placed with gay foster parents
A Catholic woman whose son was placed with a gay foster couple after she was unable to look after him is taking legal action over the case, saying the child could be "encouraged" into a lifestyle which is against her beliefs.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12757.html
Whosigned.org plans to publish online the details of voters who oppose equality measures
Groups threaten to publish names of US gay rights opponents
Two groups are threatening to publish the names of Washington voters who oppose a new law granting same-sex couples many of the benefits received by straight married couples.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12761.html
US gay advocates call for national march
Gay rights activists in the US are calling for a national march on Washington to coincide with National Coming Out Day on October 11th.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12760.html
Peter Davies has vowed to cut funding for Doncaster Pride
New mayor of Doncaster cuts funding for Pride
The newly-elected mayor of Doncaster has vowed to cut funding for the town's annual gay Pride event. Peter Davies, an English Democrat, has said: "My policy on gays and lesbians is very simple. I don't think councils should be spending money on them parading through town advertising their sexuality."
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12746.html
Bristol radio station censured by Ofcom over 'hostile' homophobic comments
A Bristol radio station has been forced to apologise after a presenter called homosexuality a "pestilence" and claimed that "right thinking" people thought it was unnatural. The segment was broadcast in March on Ujima Radio, a community station serving Bristol's black community.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12751.html
Public support for repealing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' is rising
Poll finds rising support for gay US troops
A poll has found rising support for repealing the US ban on openly gay military personnel. The Gallup-conducted research found the biggest increases in support among conservatives and weekly churchgoers - up 12 and 11 percentage points respectively.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12756.html
Gordon Ramsay calls journalist a 'lesbian pig'
TV chef Gordon Ramsay has been condemned after calling a leading Australian journalist a "lesbian pig". He made the comment while giving a demonstration at a food show in Melbourne.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12745.html
Ron deHarte was attacked at the Equality Torch Relay
Video: San Diego Pride organiser attacked at equality event
The organiser of San Diego Pride, Ron deHarte, was attacked on Saturday at the city's annual Equality Torch Relay. Kenyatta Mitchell was arrested after taunting deHarte with homophobic slurs, kicking out at him and trying to take his Pride flag.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12762.html
Russian activists plan picket for Obama's visit to Moscow
Gay rights campaigners are planning to stage a picket during US President Barack Obama's visit to Moscow in July to highlight his pledge to increase rights for same-sex couples.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12753.html
BNP wins two seats in European elections
The British National Party won two seats in last week's European elections, with one seat in the north-west going to party leader Nick Griffin. The other, in Yorkshire and the Humber, was won by Andrew Brons, a former National Front chairman.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12748.html
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The Civil Rights Challenge of Our Time
Star Parker | Kitsap Sun
An incensed Andrew Sullivan — homosexual journalist and activist — told CNN anchor Anderson Cooper the other night that Barack Obama is ducking the “core civil rights challenge of his time.” For once, I find myself on the same page with Sullivan. But he and I have very different ideas about what that “core civil rights challenge” is.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8025/
FL: Family Tree Helps American Legion Help Homeless Vets
The Family Tree Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center has paired with the American Legion Post 13 at Lake Ella to help collect household items that will be used in an apartment complex for homeless veterans. Items needed include kitchen wares, bathroom wares, rugs, lamps, decorative items and toiletries. Donations can be dropped off at 310 Blount Street, Suite 205. Small items can be dropped off at the Family Tree booth at Tom Brown Park during the city’s Fourth of July celebration.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8024/
OK: Court Removes Couple from Lawsuit Challenging Ban on Same-Sex Marriage
Marie Price | The Journal Record
A Tulsa couple vow to continue their effort to have same-sex marriage recognized in Oklahoma, despite a federal appeals court decision Friday that essentially removed them from a lawsuit challenging Oklahoma’s ban on such unions. On Monday, Sharon Baldwin noted that the weekend had marked the 2009 Pride celebration for Tulsa’s gay community.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8023/
Both Black and Gay: Internal Rights Fight
It was already challenging enough for Cornelius Jones Jr. to grow up being black in the racially-tense South. But facing the prejudices of the people outside the African American community wouldn’t be the hardest struggle of his life. Even from the young age of 5, Jones had a sense of the obstacles he would face on the inside.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8022/
An Interview with Alex Ortega, A Director of the National Marriage Boycott
Patrick Sauer | Huffington Post
A few weeks back, I wrote a tongue-in-cheek piece about how I would be getting an (Un)legal Divorce until same-sex marriages becomes the law of the land. I was contacted by Alexis Ortega, a student at Stanford and a director of the National Marriage Boycott. The organization calls on President Obama to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and encourages straight married couples to wear an “equality ring” as a sign of support. Here is an email exchange I had with Ortega.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8020/
Gay and Lesbian Adults More Likely to Read Blogs and Use Social Networking Tools
Business Wire
New online study also shows gay and lesbian adults are more likely to be members of Facebook and MySpace
ROCHESTER, N.Y. & WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–According to a recent national survey conducted by Harris Interactive®, a small majority of gay and lesbian adults online today are reading blogs (a familiar, and abbreviated term for online commentary known as a weblog). More than half (55%) of gay and lesbian respondents reported reading some type of blog, compared with only 38% of heterosexuals. This represents a small increase from March 2008 when 51% of gay and lesbian respondents reported reading some type of blog. A similar question was asked in November 2006 and only 32% of gay and lesbian adults then reported reading blogs.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8018/
First Out Gay Man in Colorado Senate Sworn In
Gay Politics
Sen. Pat Steadman, a former lobbyist, says his constituents are now his only clients, according to the Colorado Statesman newspaper. The first out gay man sworn in as a Colorado state senator last week was elected by a vacancy committee to fill the seat of former Sen. Jennifer Veiga, an out lesbian who resigned earlier this year to move to Australia with her partner.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8017/
119 Million Americans Want a Public Health Option–Why Aren’t Politicians Listening
Robert Parry, Consortium News | AlterNet
As the health insurance industry and its defenders in Congress lay out their case against permitting a public option in a reform bill, perhaps their most curious argument is that some 119 million Americans are ready to dump their private plans and jump to something more like Medicare – and that’s why the choice can’t be permitted. In other words, the industry and its backers are acknowledging that more than one-third of the American people are so dissatisfied with their private health insurance that they trust the U.S. government to give them a fairer shake on health care. The industry says its allies in Congress must prevent that.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8014/
Gay or Not, Marriage Limiting
Philadelphia Inquirer | Philly.com
Mikaya Heart is the author of “With the Sun in My Eyes”
I am the kind of person who holds radical views, but the issue of gay marriage is an odd one for me. I came out as a lesbian in 1977 in England. A wave of feminism was sweeping through the Western World, and a lot of women woke up. For me and many others, coming out and recognizing how traditional male dominance kept us down were one and the same thing. We didn’t just climb out of the box made for us; we leapt out. Discovering that we could have great sex without men was only the beginning. We were going to live our own lives, do what we wanted, and be independent. We certainly weren’t going to get married - to anyone. Marriage was all about being in that limiting little box. Wedding bells sounded too much like chains clanking.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8013/
Around 50,000 Turn Up at Gay Festival Europride in Zurich
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ZURICH (AFP) — Around 50,000 people turned out for the European gay and lesbian parade Europride’s annual festival in the Swiss city of Zurich on Saturday, organiser Michael Rueegg said. The festival, which was held for the first time in London in 1993, takes place in a different European city every year, attracting participants from all over the continent. This year’s Europride coincides with the 40th anniversary of the first gay rights movements in the United States.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8012/
Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil, India’s Gay Royal Prince
He types awkwardly, his fingers scrunched on the keyboard, back hunched over and elbows bent outward. I’m guessing he’s rarely done it. “Never mind typing, I’ve never had to bathe myself,” he says, turning his attention back to a gay men’s Web site.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8011/
Carrying the Torch for Gay Marriage
Jeanette Steele, Union-Tribune Staff Writer | Sign on San Diego
A handful of “marriage equality torches” were carried on foot, in cars and even on a unicycle to city halls around the county yesterday by people protesting Proposition 8, the November state ballot initiative that stripped gays and lesbians of the right to marry.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8010/
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Coup attempt leaves NY state Senate in disarray
(Reuters) - New York state Senate Republicans and two rogue Democrats said they wrested control of the Senate from the Democratic leadership on Monday in an unresolved dispute that had both sides claiming victory. The chaos threatened to throw a range of pending bills into disarray, including pension reform, New York City's mayoral control of the schools, and gay marriage.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/09/AR2009060900084_pf.html
Court Ties Campaign Largess to Judicial Bias
By Robert Barnes
The Supreme Court yesterday ruled for the first time that excessive campaign contributions to a judge create an unconstitutional threat to a fair trial, a decision that could have a nationwide impact on whether judges must recuse themselves in cases involving their political benefactors.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/08/AR2009060801366.html
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iTunes celebrates Gay Pride Month
This month, iTunes features gay movies, music and podcasts:
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GLSEN Founder, Kevin Jennings, Smeared
By William McGuinness
The appointment of Kevin Jennings to federal office has not come without controversy. U.S. Department of Education secretary Arne Duncan announced nine appointments on May 19, including Jennings, founder and former executive director of the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network. Jennings was named assistant deputy secretary of the Office of Safe & Drug Free Schools. Those opposed to his placement took occasion to levy the expected accusations against him, warning that Jennings will use his office to “promote the homosexual agenda.”
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid88830.asp
KRXQ to Apologize, 11 Ads Pulled
By Michelle Garcia
Management at KRXQ radio in Sacramento, Calif., have agreed to welcome a transgender person and the parent of a transgender kid as on-air guests after the hosts of a morning talk show made violent, transphobic remarks in May.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid88973.asp
Lambert Honored at Hollywood Life Awards
Adam Lambert was honored at Hollywood Life’s Young Hollywood Awards in Santa Monica, Calif., last night. The singer joined fellow honorees Catherine Hardwicke, Evan Rachel Wood, Ed Westwick, Shawn Johnson, and others for the company’s 11th annual award ceremony. The ceremony was long and the night ended with Lambert accepting his award from American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi. Lambert commented on what a wild ride it has been, from recently living in a small apartment in West Hollywood and dreaming that one day he could get into Teddy’s.
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RachelWatch: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Me You’re Fierce
By Ali Davis, Contributing writer
Fierce Advocate?
Rachel led off with the story that the Supreme Court has declined to hear the case of Captain James Pietrangelo, who after 13 years of service was fired for being gay under the monumentally stupid Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell law.
http://www.365gay.com/living/rachelwatch-don%E2%80%99t-ask-don%E2%80%99t-tell-me-you%E2%80%99re-fierce/
Vanasco: Uproar in NY Senate - gay marriage gone?
By Jennifer Vanasco, editor in chief, 365gay.com
The New York Times is reporting that the Democrats have suddenly - and unexpectedly - lost control of the NYS Senate after two Democrats defected. This comes after gay marriage advocates were fairly confidently predicting that New York State would have gay marriage by Pride. The State Assembly has already voted in favor; the governor has said he’d sign.
http://www.365gay.com/news/vanasco-uproar-in-ny-senate-gay-marriage-gone/
DC pride festival honors gay rights pioneer Kameny
By The Associated Press
Fresh off his doctorate from Harvard, Franklin Kameny had been a government astronomer for just five months when he was asked to meet with federal investigators. They said they had information that he was a homosexual. He was promptly fired.
http://www.365gay.com/living/dc-pride-festival-honors-gay-rights-pioneer-kameny/
Ads pulled over radio hosts’ transgender remarks
By The Associated Press
Bank of America, Verizon, Chipotle and other companies have pulled advertising from a Sacramento radio station after talk show hosts referred to transgender people as “freaks” with mental disorders.
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Woman launches legal battle after son is placed with gay foster parents
A Catholic woman whose son was placed with a gay foster couple after she was unable to look after him is taking legal action over the case, saying the child could be "encouraged" into a lifestyle which is against her beliefs.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12757.html
Whosigned.org plans to publish online the details of voters who oppose equality measures
Groups threaten to publish names of US gay rights opponents
Two groups are threatening to publish the names of Washington voters who oppose a new law granting same-sex couples many of the benefits received by straight married couples.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12761.html
US gay advocates call for national march
Gay rights activists in the US are calling for a national march on Washington to coincide with National Coming Out Day on October 11th.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12760.html
Peter Davies has vowed to cut funding for Doncaster Pride
New mayor of Doncaster cuts funding for Pride
The newly-elected mayor of Doncaster has vowed to cut funding for the town's annual gay Pride event. Peter Davies, an English Democrat, has said: "My policy on gays and lesbians is very simple. I don't think councils should be spending money on them parading through town advertising their sexuality."
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12746.html
Bristol radio station censured by Ofcom over 'hostile' homophobic comments
A Bristol radio station has been forced to apologise after a presenter called homosexuality a "pestilence" and claimed that "right thinking" people thought it was unnatural. The segment was broadcast in March on Ujima Radio, a community station serving Bristol's black community.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12751.html
Public support for repealing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' is rising
Poll finds rising support for gay US troops
A poll has found rising support for repealing the US ban on openly gay military personnel. The Gallup-conducted research found the biggest increases in support among conservatives and weekly churchgoers - up 12 and 11 percentage points respectively.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12756.html
Gordon Ramsay calls journalist a 'lesbian pig'
TV chef Gordon Ramsay has been condemned after calling a leading Australian journalist a "lesbian pig". He made the comment while giving a demonstration at a food show in Melbourne.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12745.html
Ron deHarte was attacked at the Equality Torch Relay
Video: San Diego Pride organiser attacked at equality event
The organiser of San Diego Pride, Ron deHarte, was attacked on Saturday at the city's annual Equality Torch Relay. Kenyatta Mitchell was arrested after taunting deHarte with homophobic slurs, kicking out at him and trying to take his Pride flag.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12762.html
Russian activists plan picket for Obama's visit to Moscow
Gay rights campaigners are planning to stage a picket during US President Barack Obama's visit to Moscow in July to highlight his pledge to increase rights for same-sex couples.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12753.html
BNP wins two seats in European elections
The British National Party won two seats in last week's European elections, with one seat in the north-west going to party leader Nick Griffin. The other, in Yorkshire and the Humber, was won by Andrew Brons, a former National Front chairman.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12748.html
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The Civil Rights Challenge of Our Time
Star Parker | Kitsap Sun
An incensed Andrew Sullivan — homosexual journalist and activist — told CNN anchor Anderson Cooper the other night that Barack Obama is ducking the “core civil rights challenge of his time.” For once, I find myself on the same page with Sullivan. But he and I have very different ideas about what that “core civil rights challenge” is.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8025/
FL: Family Tree Helps American Legion Help Homeless Vets
The Family Tree Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center has paired with the American Legion Post 13 at Lake Ella to help collect household items that will be used in an apartment complex for homeless veterans. Items needed include kitchen wares, bathroom wares, rugs, lamps, decorative items and toiletries. Donations can be dropped off at 310 Blount Street, Suite 205. Small items can be dropped off at the Family Tree booth at Tom Brown Park during the city’s Fourth of July celebration.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8024/
OK: Court Removes Couple from Lawsuit Challenging Ban on Same-Sex Marriage
Marie Price | The Journal Record
A Tulsa couple vow to continue their effort to have same-sex marriage recognized in Oklahoma, despite a federal appeals court decision Friday that essentially removed them from a lawsuit challenging Oklahoma’s ban on such unions. On Monday, Sharon Baldwin noted that the weekend had marked the 2009 Pride celebration for Tulsa’s gay community.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8023/
Both Black and Gay: Internal Rights Fight
It was already challenging enough for Cornelius Jones Jr. to grow up being black in the racially-tense South. But facing the prejudices of the people outside the African American community wouldn’t be the hardest struggle of his life. Even from the young age of 5, Jones had a sense of the obstacles he would face on the inside.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8022/
An Interview with Alex Ortega, A Director of the National Marriage Boycott
Patrick Sauer | Huffington Post
A few weeks back, I wrote a tongue-in-cheek piece about how I would be getting an (Un)legal Divorce until same-sex marriages becomes the law of the land. I was contacted by Alexis Ortega, a student at Stanford and a director of the National Marriage Boycott. The organization calls on President Obama to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and encourages straight married couples to wear an “equality ring” as a sign of support. Here is an email exchange I had with Ortega.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8020/
Gay and Lesbian Adults More Likely to Read Blogs and Use Social Networking Tools
Business Wire
New online study also shows gay and lesbian adults are more likely to be members of Facebook and MySpace
ROCHESTER, N.Y. & WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–According to a recent national survey conducted by Harris Interactive®, a small majority of gay and lesbian adults online today are reading blogs (a familiar, and abbreviated term for online commentary known as a weblog). More than half (55%) of gay and lesbian respondents reported reading some type of blog, compared with only 38% of heterosexuals. This represents a small increase from March 2008 when 51% of gay and lesbian respondents reported reading some type of blog. A similar question was asked in November 2006 and only 32% of gay and lesbian adults then reported reading blogs.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8018/
First Out Gay Man in Colorado Senate Sworn In
Gay Politics
Sen. Pat Steadman, a former lobbyist, says his constituents are now his only clients, according to the Colorado Statesman newspaper. The first out gay man sworn in as a Colorado state senator last week was elected by a vacancy committee to fill the seat of former Sen. Jennifer Veiga, an out lesbian who resigned earlier this year to move to Australia with her partner.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8017/
119 Million Americans Want a Public Health Option–Why Aren’t Politicians Listening
Robert Parry, Consortium News | AlterNet
As the health insurance industry and its defenders in Congress lay out their case against permitting a public option in a reform bill, perhaps their most curious argument is that some 119 million Americans are ready to dump their private plans and jump to something more like Medicare – and that’s why the choice can’t be permitted. In other words, the industry and its backers are acknowledging that more than one-third of the American people are so dissatisfied with their private health insurance that they trust the U.S. government to give them a fairer shake on health care. The industry says its allies in Congress must prevent that.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8014/
Gay or Not, Marriage Limiting
Philadelphia Inquirer | Philly.com
Mikaya Heart is the author of “With the Sun in My Eyes”
I am the kind of person who holds radical views, but the issue of gay marriage is an odd one for me. I came out as a lesbian in 1977 in England. A wave of feminism was sweeping through the Western World, and a lot of women woke up. For me and many others, coming out and recognizing how traditional male dominance kept us down were one and the same thing. We didn’t just climb out of the box made for us; we leapt out. Discovering that we could have great sex without men was only the beginning. We were going to live our own lives, do what we wanted, and be independent. We certainly weren’t going to get married - to anyone. Marriage was all about being in that limiting little box. Wedding bells sounded too much like chains clanking.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8013/
Around 50,000 Turn Up at Gay Festival Europride in Zurich
ZURICH (AFP) — Around 50,000 people turned out for the European gay and lesbian parade Europride’s annual festival in the Swiss city of Zurich on Saturday, organiser Michael Rueegg said. The festival, which was held for the first time in London in 1993, takes place in a different European city every year, attracting participants from all over the continent. This year’s Europride coincides with the 40th anniversary of the first gay rights movements in the United States.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8012/
Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil, India’s Gay Royal Prince
He types awkwardly, his fingers scrunched on the keyboard, back hunched over and elbows bent outward. I’m guessing he’s rarely done it. “Never mind typing, I’ve never had to bathe myself,” he says, turning his attention back to a gay men’s Web site.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8011/
Carrying the Torch for Gay Marriage
Jeanette Steele, Union-Tribune Staff Writer | Sign on San Diego
A handful of “marriage equality torches” were carried on foot, in cars and even on a unicycle to city halls around the county yesterday by people protesting Proposition 8, the November state ballot initiative that stripped gays and lesbians of the right to marry.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/8010/
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A Big Night for Broadway, and Especially for Billy
By PATRICK HEALY
Broadway productions with roots in the London theater dominated the 63rd annual Tony Awards on Sunday, with “Billy Elliot” winning best musical and nine other awards and “God of Carnage” picking up honors for best play, best director and best actress.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/08/theater/theaterspecial/08tony.html?_r=1&scp=8&sq=gay&st=cse
A Deception, and a Reluctance to Ask Questions
By DAN FROSCH and JAMES DAO
The thick-muscled man with close-cropped hair who called himself Rick Duncan seemed right out of central casting as a prop for a Democratic candidate running against Bush administration policies last fall. A former Marine Corps captain who suffered brain trauma from a roadside bomb in Iraq and was at the Pentagon during the Sept. 11 attacks. An advocate for veterans rights who opposed the war. An Annapolis graduate who was proudly gay. With his gold-plated credentials, he commanded the respect and attention of not just politicians, but also police chiefs, reporters and veterans advocates for the better part of two years.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/08/us/08phony.html?scp=6&sq=gay&st=cse
Footnotes
Compiled by STEVEN McELROY
The New York Neo-Futurists (nyneofuturists.org), the company behind the fast-paced production “Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind,” will present its third annual gay-pride show, “30 Gay Plays in 60 Straight Minutes.” This rapid-fire event will be performed on June 26 and 27 at the Kraine Theater in the East Village. Proceeds will benefit Marriage Equality New York to support that group’s efforts on behalf of gay marriage. ... “Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words,” the recurring show at the Triad Theater (158 West 72nd Street in Manhattan) presents actors and comedians reading from the memoirs of people including Elizabeth Taylor and Miley Cyrus.http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/08/arts/08arts-006.html?scp=4&sq=gay&st=cse
Revisiting 1969 and the Start of Gay Liberation
By Sewell Chan
On Friday afternoon, officials from the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising and also to honor Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month.
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Bette Midler marks her 100th show in Las Vegas
By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY
The Associated Press
Bette Midler admits it takes a little work to keep her Las Vegas Strip show fresh - especially now that it's hit its 100th performance. The entertainer marked the 100th milestone of "The Showgirl Must Go On" at the Caesars Palace Colosseum on Sunday. In a recent interview, she said focus was the key to keeping her song-and-sass act from "becoming a little like groundhog day, not a lot like groundhog day, but a little."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/08/AR2009060801604.html
Activists Plan March On D.C. for Oct. 11
An activist who worked alongside slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk announced plans for a march on Washington this fall to demand that Congress establish equality and marriage rights for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/07/AR2009060702550_2.html
Supreme Court Turns Down 'Don't Ask' Challenge
By William Branigin
The Supreme Court today declined to hear a constitutional challenge to the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy banning openly gay people from serving in the U.S. military, a move that could effectively leave it to the Obama administration to resolve the long-controversial issue.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/08/AR2009060801368.html
Court rejects challenge to 'don't ask, don't tell'
By LARA JAKES
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed with the Obama administration and upheld Pentagon policy barring gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/08/AR2009060801769.html
DC pride festival honors gay rights pioneer Kameny
By GILLIAN GAYNAIR
Fresh off his doctorate from Harvard, Franklin Kameny had been a government astronomer for just five months when he was asked to meet with federal investigators. They said they had information that he was a homosexual. He was promptly fired.
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New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. today released the 2009 edition of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Directory of Services and Resources for the New York Metropolitan area.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/06/new-york-city-issues-2009-lgbt-directory-of-services-and-resources.html
In macho culture, gays find acceptance in Mexico City district
By MAIRYS JOAQUIN, McClatchy Newspapers
MEXICO CITY -- Bright neon lights twinkle from bars and clubs on the otherwise dimly lit streets of the Mexican capital's trendy Zona Rosa district. Same-sex couples embrace lovingly in public or hold hands without drawing so much as a raised eyebrow. Only one word describes this place, 21-year-old Antonio Flores said: freedom.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/06/in-macho-culture-gays-find-acceptance-in-mexico-city-district.html
Vermont program helps students explore gender
By WILSON RING
Like plenty of other high school students, a group of about a dozen Vermont teenagers trundled into a youth center one day every week this spring to participate in an after-school program. But their program was different; it focused on gender.
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Supreme Court actions on Monday
The Associated Press
On Monday, the Supreme Court:
- Ruled that judges must step aside from cases when large campaign contributions from interested parties create the appearance of bias. The high court on a 5-4 vote sent back to the West Virginia Supreme Court a case where a judge remained involved in a lawsuit filed against the company of the most generous supporter of his election.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1087550.html
Britain's far right wins first 2 seats in EU vote
By JILL LAWLESS
LONDON -- A British far-right party won its first-ever parliamentary seats in European Union elections as the extreme right advanced in several countries across the continent on a volatile mix of apathy, anger and economic uncertainty.
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Gay Homeowners in Pride Flag Dispute
By Julie Bolcer
An Arizona couple in dispute with their property owners association charges that homophobia lies behind an order to remove a gay pride flag from their home, according to the Associated Press. Steven and Zeniff Vanderran, residents of Queen Creek southeast of Phoenix, say they were told to remove the rainbow flag from their home in August, after receiving a complaint from the Cambria Ocotillo Home Owners Association. They say that their previous management company approved the same flag for display in 2003.
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RachelWatch: All Hail to the Queen
By Ali Davis, Contributing writer
Feds Step Up
Rachel started us off with an update on the investigation of Dr. George Tiller’s murder, then noted that the American Life League was commemorating the sanctity of all human life in their own superclassy special way: By planning national birth control protests on the day of Tiller’s memorial service.
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Gordon Brown's reshuffle results in three openly gay cabinet figures
Openly gay MP Ben Bradshaw has been appointed as the new culture secretary, replacing Andy Burnham, who is to become health secretary. The latest reshuffle means that there will be three openly gay figures in the cabinet.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12734.html
LGBT group claims Iraq is waging a 'campaign of violence and murder' against gays
An Iraqi gay group has said it has evidence the Iraqi government is involved with militia groups advocating violence and murder towards gays. Iraqi LGBT also described a statement from the Baghdad US Embassy as "offensive and insulting".
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It’s Good to be Able to Relate to Others
LEONARD PITTS JR. | lpitts@miamiherald.com | Miami Herald
A few words about identity politics. That’s the knock on Sonia Sotomayor, who was nominated to the Supreme Court last week by President Obama. If confirmed, Sotomayor, who is Puerto Rican, will be the first Hispanic to sit on the nation’s highest tribunal.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/7980/
Homosexual in Charge of School ‘Safety’ Draws Opposition
World Net Daily
A coalition of Christian organizations has launched an effort to have Kevin Jennings, the founder of the pro-homosexual GLSEN organization who has been appointed in president Obama’s administration to oversee the nation’s “safe schools” program, booted from office. “The American Family Association of Pennsylvania is repulsed by the idea that Jennings, who has a twisted idea of safety, will help make official policy for our nation’s school children,” the organization said. “Parents should be VERY concerned with Kevin Jennings’ appointment.”
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/7979/
Opinions on Same-Sex Marriage Shifting in Michigan
Ed Brayton | Michgan Messenger
6/8/09 12:35 AM
The Detroit Free Press reports on a new poll that shows a remarkable and significant shift in public opinion in Michigan over the issue of same-sex marriage. In 2004, a state constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage passed with 59% of the vote, but if that vote were held today it would be much closer:
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/7977/
HIV Challenge African-American Community
Peggy O’Farrell | pofarrell@enquirer.com | Cincinnati.com
Bishop Victor Couzens knows people don’t expect to hear about some things in church come Sunday morning. Like sex, for example, and condoms and the importance of HIV testing.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/7976/
Is Rick Warren Scared of George Stephanopoulos?
Time
ABC’s “This Week” began Sunday with this announcement from a slightly miffed George Stephanopoulos: “For those of you tuning in this morning expecting to hear from Pastor Rick Warren, we were too. But the pastor’s representatives canceled moments before the scheduled interview, saying that Mr. Warren is sick from exhaustion.”
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/7975/
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A Big Night for Broadway, and Especially for Billy
By PATRICK HEALY
Broadway productions with roots in the London theater dominated the 63rd annual Tony Awards on Sunday, with “Billy Elliot” winning best musical and nine other awards and “God of Carnage” picking up honors for best play, best director and best actress.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/08/theater/theaterspecial/08tony.html?_r=1&scp=8&sq=gay&st=cse
A Deception, and a Reluctance to Ask Questions
By DAN FROSCH and JAMES DAO
The thick-muscled man with close-cropped hair who called himself Rick Duncan seemed right out of central casting as a prop for a Democratic candidate running against Bush administration policies last fall. A former Marine Corps captain who suffered brain trauma from a roadside bomb in Iraq and was at the Pentagon during the Sept. 11 attacks. An advocate for veterans rights who opposed the war. An Annapolis graduate who was proudly gay. With his gold-plated credentials, he commanded the respect and attention of not just politicians, but also police chiefs, reporters and veterans advocates for the better part of two years.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/08/us/08phony.html?scp=6&sq=gay&st=cse
Footnotes
Compiled by STEVEN McELROY
The New York Neo-Futurists (nyneofuturists.org), the company behind the fast-paced production “Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind,” will present its third annual gay-pride show, “30 Gay Plays in 60 Straight Minutes.” This rapid-fire event will be performed on June 26 and 27 at the Kraine Theater in the East Village. Proceeds will benefit Marriage Equality New York to support that group’s efforts on behalf of gay marriage. ... “Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words,” the recurring show at the Triad Theater (158 West 72nd Street in Manhattan) presents actors and comedians reading from the memoirs of people including Elizabeth Taylor and Miley Cyrus.http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/08/arts/08arts-006.html?scp=4&sq=gay&st=cse
Revisiting 1969 and the Start of Gay Liberation
By Sewell Chan
On Friday afternoon, officials from the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising and also to honor Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month.
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/08/nypl-stonewall-post/?scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse
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Bette Midler marks her 100th show in Las Vegas
By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY
The Associated Press
Bette Midler admits it takes a little work to keep her Las Vegas Strip show fresh - especially now that it's hit its 100th performance. The entertainer marked the 100th milestone of "The Showgirl Must Go On" at the Caesars Palace Colosseum on Sunday. In a recent interview, she said focus was the key to keeping her song-and-sass act from "becoming a little like groundhog day, not a lot like groundhog day, but a little."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/08/AR2009060801604.html
Activists Plan March On D.C. for Oct. 11
An activist who worked alongside slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk announced plans for a march on Washington this fall to demand that Congress establish equality and marriage rights for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/07/AR2009060702550_2.html
Supreme Court Turns Down 'Don't Ask' Challenge
By William Branigin
The Supreme Court today declined to hear a constitutional challenge to the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy banning openly gay people from serving in the U.S. military, a move that could effectively leave it to the Obama administration to resolve the long-controversial issue.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/08/AR2009060801368.html
Court rejects challenge to 'don't ask, don't tell'
By LARA JAKES
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed with the Obama administration and upheld Pentagon policy barring gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/08/AR2009060801769.html
DC pride festival honors gay rights pioneer Kameny
By GILLIAN GAYNAIR
Fresh off his doctorate from Harvard, Franklin Kameny had been a government astronomer for just five months when he was asked to meet with federal investigators. They said they had information that he was a homosexual. He was promptly fired.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/08/AR2009060800899.html
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New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. today released the 2009 edition of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Directory of Services and Resources for the New York Metropolitan area.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/06/new-york-city-issues-2009-lgbt-directory-of-services-and-resources.html
In macho culture, gays find acceptance in Mexico City district
By MAIRYS JOAQUIN, McClatchy Newspapers
MEXICO CITY -- Bright neon lights twinkle from bars and clubs on the otherwise dimly lit streets of the Mexican capital's trendy Zona Rosa district. Same-sex couples embrace lovingly in public or hold hands without drawing so much as a raised eyebrow. Only one word describes this place, 21-year-old Antonio Flores said: freedom.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/06/in-macho-culture-gays-find-acceptance-in-mexico-city-district.html
Vermont program helps students explore gender
By WILSON RING
Like plenty of other high school students, a group of about a dozen Vermont teenagers trundled into a youth center one day every week this spring to participate in an after-school program. But their program was different; it focused on gender.
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Supreme Court actions on Monday
The Associated Press
On Monday, the Supreme Court:
- Ruled that judges must step aside from cases when large campaign contributions from interested parties create the appearance of bias. The high court on a 5-4 vote sent back to the West Virginia Supreme Court a case where a judge remained involved in a lawsuit filed against the company of the most generous supporter of his election.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1087550.html
Britain's far right wins first 2 seats in EU vote
By JILL LAWLESS
LONDON -- A British far-right party won its first-ever parliamentary seats in European Union elections as the extreme right advanced in several countries across the continent on a volatile mix of apathy, anger and economic uncertainty.
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Gay Homeowners in Pride Flag Dispute
By Julie Bolcer
An Arizona couple in dispute with their property owners association charges that homophobia lies behind an order to remove a gay pride flag from their home, according to the Associated Press. Steven and Zeniff Vanderran, residents of Queen Creek southeast of Phoenix, say they were told to remove the rainbow flag from their home in August, after receiving a complaint from the Cambria Ocotillo Home Owners Association. They say that their previous management company approved the same flag for display in 2003.
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RachelWatch: All Hail to the Queen
By Ali Davis, Contributing writer
Feds Step Up
Rachel started us off with an update on the investigation of Dr. George Tiller’s murder, then noted that the American Life League was commemorating the sanctity of all human life in their own superclassy special way: By planning national birth control protests on the day of Tiller’s memorial service.
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Gordon Brown's reshuffle results in three openly gay cabinet figures
Openly gay MP Ben Bradshaw has been appointed as the new culture secretary, replacing Andy Burnham, who is to become health secretary. The latest reshuffle means that there will be three openly gay figures in the cabinet.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12734.html
LGBT group claims Iraq is waging a 'campaign of violence and murder' against gays
An Iraqi gay group has said it has evidence the Iraqi government is involved with militia groups advocating violence and murder towards gays. Iraqi LGBT also described a statement from the Baghdad US Embassy as "offensive and insulting".
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It’s Good to be Able to Relate to Others
LEONARD PITTS JR. | lpitts@miamiherald.com | Miami Herald
A few words about identity politics. That’s the knock on Sonia Sotomayor, who was nominated to the Supreme Court last week by President Obama. If confirmed, Sotomayor, who is Puerto Rican, will be the first Hispanic to sit on the nation’s highest tribunal.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/7980/
Homosexual in Charge of School ‘Safety’ Draws Opposition
World Net Daily
A coalition of Christian organizations has launched an effort to have Kevin Jennings, the founder of the pro-homosexual GLSEN organization who has been appointed in president Obama’s administration to oversee the nation’s “safe schools” program, booted from office. “The American Family Association of Pennsylvania is repulsed by the idea that Jennings, who has a twisted idea of safety, will help make official policy for our nation’s school children,” the organization said. “Parents should be VERY concerned with Kevin Jennings’ appointment.”
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/7979/
Opinions on Same-Sex Marriage Shifting in Michigan
Ed Brayton | Michgan Messenger
6/8/09 12:35 AM
The Detroit Free Press reports on a new poll that shows a remarkable and significant shift in public opinion in Michigan over the issue of same-sex marriage. In 2004, a state constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage passed with 59% of the vote, but if that vote were held today it would be much closer:
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/7977/
HIV Challenge African-American Community
Peggy O’Farrell | pofarrell@enquirer.com | Cincinnati.com
Bishop Victor Couzens knows people don’t expect to hear about some things in church come Sunday morning. Like sex, for example, and condoms and the importance of HIV testing.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/7976/
Is Rick Warren Scared of George Stephanopoulos?
Time
ABC’s “This Week” began Sunday with this announcement from a slightly miffed George Stephanopoulos: “For those of you tuning in this morning expecting to hear from Pastor Rick Warren, we were too. But the pastor’s representatives canceled moments before the scheduled interview, saying that Mr. Warren is sick from exhaustion.”
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/7975/
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The Right to Divorce
By MARCELLE S. FISCHLER
WHEN C. C. married C. M. in Massachusetts in 2005, they expected the marriage to be forever. The lesbian couple, who lived together on the Upper East Side, had been in a relationship for five years.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/fashion/weddings/07FIELD.html?scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse
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Mural memorializes victims of anti-gay crimes
FALLAN PATTERSON
In March 2007, Scott Hall watched as a news report flashed across his television screen about the murder of 25-year-old Polk County resident Ryan Skipper, who was targeted by two men for being homosexual. Hall later discovered that crimes like this were all too common, and he vowed to find a way to honor the memories of victims, those specifically targeted because of their sexual orientation. His work resulted in the formation of the nonprofit Gay American Heroes Foundation, based in Fort Lauderdale. Through the organization, Hall has designed a traveling memorial more than 7 feet high and 75 feet long made up of about 700 star-shaped metal plaques memorializing the names, ages and geographical information of hate-crime victims by attaching them to color panels. Photos corresponding to the names will appear on alternating panels. "When you murder a gay [person], he may have been the firefighter that saved your mother's life or the hairdresser who did your sister's hair for prom," Hall said. "If they were killing any other group of people — nuns, Harvard graduates — there would be a public outcry. This is our public outcry."
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/community/news/fort_lauderdale/sfl-flhrbheroes0521esbmay21,0,1030444.story
Sotomayor would be court's sixth Catholic
By Rachel Zoll
If Judge Sonia Sotomayor is confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court, she will be the sixth Roman Catholic of the nine justices. But far from forming any unified bloc, the justices would represent the vast diversity of American Catholics, from weekly churchgoers to the occasional attendee.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/lifestyle/sfl-religion-fv-justicesbjun07,0,5008856.story
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Want to get married? Here’s how.
By Cory Stottlemyer
Equal marriage has been on a roller coaster this year. Yes in Iowa, Vermont, Maine and - just this week - New Hampshire, which join granddaddy Massachusetts. A big NO in California. Requirements for marriage licenses vary from state to state, and couples determining where to get married can find it baffling. Here’s a state-by-state equal marriage guide:
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Gays Push for Partner Immigration Rights
Matthew B. Stannard,Tyche Hendricks, Chronicle Staff Writer | San Francisco Chronicle
As Congress and immigrant advocacy groups gear up for the annual tussle over comprehensive immigration reform, a proposal by San Jose Rep. Mike Honda is opening up a new angle on the debate - one that some groups warn could overshadow years of effort at building consensus. Honda’s Reuniting Families Act, introduced Thursday, would extend to “permanent partners” the same naturalization rights accorded to spouses under the bill, allowing gay and lesbian Americans to seek legal residency for their immigrant same-sex partners.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/7940/
PA: Lutheran Northeast Synod Assembly Votes in Reading to Back Proposal for Gay, Lesbian Pastors
John W. Smith | Reading Eagle
Northeastern Pennsylvania Lutherans voted overwhelming support Saturday for a proposal that would allow gay and lesbian pastors in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The margins were even more decisive than in preliminary votes Friday night at the annual synod assembly in the Sovereign Performing Arts Center in Reading.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/7939/
HomoQuotable–Chris Crain
Joe. My. God
“Don’t say I didn’t warn you. HRC and the Democrats have been promising (with no plan to deliver) passage of a hate crime law and Employment Non-Discrimination Act for more than a decade, including before the 2006 election, and yet we are still expected to be satisfied by these same civil rights crumbs for the entire first year that Democrats are firmly in control of Washington. “In some ways, delay is somewhat more justifiable on DADT than other gay rights measures, given the implementation steps to be taken in the midst of two foreign wars. But make no mistake: if DADT waits until 2010, then relationship recognition — whether repeal of DOMA or a federal civil unions law — won’t get touched until after the midterm elections, if then.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/7938/
WA: Gay-Rights Strategy Raises Issue of Privacy in Democratic Process
Lornet Turnbull | Seattle Times staff reporter | Seattle Times
Across the country, thousands who contributed to a campaign banning gay marriage in California — including some people in the Seattle area — have had their names and addresses permanently ascribed to an Internet site, along with the amount they gave and their place of employment. Last week, a Seattle gay man said he will do something similar: post and make searchable online the names and addresses of all who sign a referendum petition to recall legislation giving gay couples in Washington the benefits of marriage, except the name.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/7937/
NV: How Speaker Corralled the Final Vote for Partnerships
David McGrath Schwartz (contact) | Las Vegas Sun
Sun, Jun 7, 2009 (2 a.m.)
Once the governor’s veto of the domestic partnership bill was overridden in the Senate, observers assumed that the legislation would easily make it out of the Assembly — even though the bill had been approved originally without enough votes to override. No one doubted that Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley would find the additional two votes she needed.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/7936/
Ketner Apologizes for ‘Outing’ S.C. Republicans
Matt Comer | Q-Notes
June 6th, 2009
Linda Ketner, an openly lesbian 2008 South Carolina Democratic candidate for Congress, issued an apology on Friday, June 5, for comments she made claiming three Palmetto State Republicans were closeted gays. The bombshell statements were made in a FireDogLake interview on June 1.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/7935/
AK: Ordiance is Simply About the Basics of Living Your Life
DON HUNTER | dhunter@adn.com | Anchorage Daily news
The following are excerpts from a recent interview with Jackie Buckley of Equality Works on the proposed city law to ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Equality Works asked that the ordinance be proposed. Read more
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/7934/
AK: Gay Rights Go Before Assembly Once Again
DON HUNTER | dhunter@adn.com | Anchorage Daily News
The longest, bitterest argument in Anchorage’s social and political experience returns to center stage Tuesday before the municipal Assembly. For the third time in little more than 30 years, a proposal to ban discrimination against gays, lesbians and bisexuals is up for public hearing and action. It arrives at the request of Acting Mayor Matt Claman, who said he was happy to sponsor it when asked to do so by members of an organization called Equality Works. The change would add “sexual orientation” to a list of characteristics — race, color, religion, age, marital status and so on — for which it is illegal to discriminate in employment, property sales or rental, education, financing and public accommodations. Read more
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/7932/
NY: Brooklyn Cops Beat Us, Say 2 Lesbians
Rachel Monahan and Wil Cruz | DAILY NEWS WRITERS | New York Daily News
Two lesbians Saturday accused cops of beating them with nightsticks while hurling anti-gay slurs at them outside of a Brooklyn lounge. The women, Jeannette Grey and Tiffany Jimenez, said five officers threw them to the ground May 17 in front of IFE Lounge in Crown Heights about 3:30 a.m. “All of a sudden cops are pushing,” Jimenez, 19, said in front of the 77th Precinct stationhouse. “I was on the floor. I had no shoes and they threw me on my back. “They’re yelling at me, ‘B—, get down!’” she added. “I’m screaming and crying. I was shocked and angry and scared.” “Tiffany and I were brutally beaten,” Grey, 31, claimed. Read more
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/7930/
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The Right to Divorce
By MARCELLE S. FISCHLER
WHEN C. C. married C. M. in Massachusetts in 2005, they expected the marriage to be forever. The lesbian couple, who lived together on the Upper East Side, had been in a relationship for five years.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/fashion/weddings/07FIELD.html?scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse
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Mural memorializes victims of anti-gay crimes
FALLAN PATTERSON
In March 2007, Scott Hall watched as a news report flashed across his television screen about the murder of 25-year-old Polk County resident Ryan Skipper, who was targeted by two men for being homosexual. Hall later discovered that crimes like this were all too common, and he vowed to find a way to honor the memories of victims, those specifically targeted because of their sexual orientation. His work resulted in the formation of the nonprofit Gay American Heroes Foundation, based in Fort Lauderdale. Through the organization, Hall has designed a traveling memorial more than 7 feet high and 75 feet long made up of about 700 star-shaped metal plaques memorializing the names, ages and geographical information of hate-crime victims by attaching them to color panels. Photos corresponding to the names will appear on alternating panels. "When you murder a gay [person], he may have been the firefighter that saved your mother's life or the hairdresser who did your sister's hair for prom," Hall said. "If they were killing any other group of people — nuns, Harvard graduates — there would be a public outcry. This is our public outcry."
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/community/news/fort_lauderdale/sfl-flhrbheroes0521esbmay21,0,1030444.story
Sotomayor would be court's sixth Catholic
By Rachel Zoll
If Judge Sonia Sotomayor is confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court, she will be the sixth Roman Catholic of the nine justices. But far from forming any unified bloc, the justices would represent the vast diversity of American Catholics, from weekly churchgoers to the occasional attendee.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/lifestyle/sfl-religion-fv-justicesbjun07,0,5008856.story
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Want to get married? Here’s how.
By Cory Stottlemyer
Equal marriage has been on a roller coaster this year. Yes in Iowa, Vermont, Maine and - just this week - New Hampshire, which join granddaddy Massachusetts. A big NO in California. Requirements for marriage licenses vary from state to state, and couples determining where to get married can find it baffling. Here’s a state-by-state equal marriage guide:
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Gays Push for Partner Immigration Rights
Matthew B. Stannard,Tyche Hendricks, Chronicle Staff Writer | San Francisco Chronicle
As Congress and immigrant advocacy groups gear up for the annual tussle over comprehensive immigration reform, a proposal by San Jose Rep. Mike Honda is opening up a new angle on the debate - one that some groups warn could overshadow years of effort at building consensus. Honda’s Reuniting Families Act, introduced Thursday, would extend to “permanent partners” the same naturalization rights accorded to spouses under the bill, allowing gay and lesbian Americans to seek legal residency for their immigrant same-sex partners.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/7940/
PA: Lutheran Northeast Synod Assembly Votes in Reading to Back Proposal for Gay, Lesbian Pastors
John W. Smith | Reading Eagle
Northeastern Pennsylvania Lutherans voted overwhelming support Saturday for a proposal that would allow gay and lesbian pastors in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The margins were even more decisive than in preliminary votes Friday night at the annual synod assembly in the Sovereign Performing Arts Center in Reading.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/7939/
HomoQuotable–Chris Crain
Joe. My. God
“Don’t say I didn’t warn you. HRC and the Democrats have been promising (with no plan to deliver) passage of a hate crime law and Employment Non-Discrimination Act for more than a decade, including before the 2006 election, and yet we are still expected to be satisfied by these same civil rights crumbs for the entire first year that Democrats are firmly in control of Washington. “In some ways, delay is somewhat more justifiable on DADT than other gay rights measures, given the implementation steps to be taken in the midst of two foreign wars. But make no mistake: if DADT waits until 2010, then relationship recognition — whether repeal of DOMA or a federal civil unions law — won’t get touched until after the midterm elections, if then.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/7938/
WA: Gay-Rights Strategy Raises Issue of Privacy in Democratic Process
Lornet Turnbull | Seattle Times staff reporter | Seattle Times
Across the country, thousands who contributed to a campaign banning gay marriage in California — including some people in the Seattle area — have had their names and addresses permanently ascribed to an Internet site, along with the amount they gave and their place of employment. Last week, a Seattle gay man said he will do something similar: post and make searchable online the names and addresses of all who sign a referendum petition to recall legislation giving gay couples in Washington the benefits of marriage, except the name.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/7937/
NV: How Speaker Corralled the Final Vote for Partnerships
David McGrath Schwartz (contact) | Las Vegas Sun
Sun, Jun 7, 2009 (2 a.m.)
Once the governor’s veto of the domestic partnership bill was overridden in the Senate, observers assumed that the legislation would easily make it out of the Assembly — even though the bill had been approved originally without enough votes to override. No one doubted that Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley would find the additional two votes she needed.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/7936/
Ketner Apologizes for ‘Outing’ S.C. Republicans
Matt Comer | Q-Notes
June 6th, 2009
Linda Ketner, an openly lesbian 2008 South Carolina Democratic candidate for Congress, issued an apology on Friday, June 5, for comments she made claiming three Palmetto State Republicans were closeted gays. The bombshell statements were made in a FireDogLake interview on June 1.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/7935/
AK: Ordiance is Simply About the Basics of Living Your Life
DON HUNTER | dhunter@adn.com | Anchorage Daily news
The following are excerpts from a recent interview with Jackie Buckley of Equality Works on the proposed city law to ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Equality Works asked that the ordinance be proposed. Read more
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/7934/
AK: Gay Rights Go Before Assembly Once Again
DON HUNTER | dhunter@adn.com | Anchorage Daily News
The longest, bitterest argument in Anchorage’s social and political experience returns to center stage Tuesday before the municipal Assembly. For the third time in little more than 30 years, a proposal to ban discrimination against gays, lesbians and bisexuals is up for public hearing and action. It arrives at the request of Acting Mayor Matt Claman, who said he was happy to sponsor it when asked to do so by members of an organization called Equality Works. The change would add “sexual orientation” to a list of characteristics — race, color, religion, age, marital status and so on — for which it is illegal to discriminate in employment, property sales or rental, education, financing and public accommodations. Read more
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/7932/
NY: Brooklyn Cops Beat Us, Say 2 Lesbians
Rachel Monahan and Wil Cruz | DAILY NEWS WRITERS | New York Daily News
Two lesbians Saturday accused cops of beating them with nightsticks while hurling anti-gay slurs at them outside of a Brooklyn lounge. The women, Jeannette Grey and Tiffany Jimenez, said five officers threw them to the ground May 17 in front of IFE Lounge in Crown Heights about 3:30 a.m. “All of a sudden cops are pushing,” Jimenez, 19, said in front of the 77th Precinct stationhouse. “I was on the floor. I had no shoes and they threw me on my back. “They’re yelling at me, ‘B—, get down!’” she added. “I’m screaming and crying. I was shocked and angry and scared.” “Tiffany and I were brutally beaten,” Grey, 31, claimed. Read more
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/7930/
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"No Excuses. No Delays." Do we really mean it?
by Nadine Smith, Executive Director
At a recent speaking engagement, I asked a group of people, "What would the world be like if, from the day you were born, prejudice had never touched your lives?" No homophobic bullying in school. Supportive families at homes No trans-bashing humor on TV. No workplace discrimination. Equal treatment of all families regardless or orientation or gender identity. No closet, ever, because you had never, ever needed one. Most of the people responded by talking about new laws that would be in effect but they struggled to name the deeper, more personal impact on the texture of their daily lives.
A few talked about what they would no longer fear but struggled to articulate what affirmative would replace those fears. [Contact Ray's List for the full article.]
Come Celebrate Stonewall Street Festival
with Equality Florida!
As a member of our Stonewall Pride Team you will have the opportunity to talk to all sorts of the fun and friendly people. Here's your chance to take a stand and get a tan. Take a stand for equality and have fun in the sun with family and friends. We're looking for enthusiastic volunteers who care about equality and who are willing to share their enthusiasm with others. Volunteer shifts typically last three hours, and involve engaging passers-by, signing up new members, and spreading the word about Equality Florida’s work. The work is easy and fun, and one of the best ways to get others involved! WE NEED YOUR HELP - Just click the link to sign up as a volunteer - Stonewall Street Festival June 20-21
https://indigo501.wufoo.com/forms/stonewall-street-festival/
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PRIDE SOUTH FLORIDA ANNOUNCES 2009 GRANT AWARDS
2009 Grant Recipients
Fort Lauderdale, Florida – June 1, 2009 – Pride South Florida, Inc., the 501 © 3 non-profit organization run by unpaid volunteers that supports a variety of groups who work to promote charitable activities, educational programs, and cultural arts for the GLBT community, is delighted to announce their 2009 Grant Award recipients. As a result of this year's successful “Destination Pride” festival, fifteen (15) qualifying grant requests/proposals were submitted to PSF. After careful consideration and an equitable election process, its Board of Directors selected ten groups for funding for over $24,000. The organizations, awarded dollar amounts, and their grant's missions are listed below.
**2009 Pride Grants
1- Red Hispana Florida – $1,500 - To preserve GLBT pre-AIDS era films which also serve as documentary of our lifestyles.
2- Tuesday's Angels - $2,500 – To provide emergency assistance in the form of eyeglasses to financially needy people with HIV/AIDS.
3- KP Productions - $2,500 – To continue the outreach program providing live musical entertainment to the GLBT community and seniors in our community.
4- Arts United - $2,500 – Sponsorship for Art Explosion 2010. 5- The Names Project South Florida (The Aids Memorial Quilt) - $2,500 – To preserve, care, and use the AIDS Memorial Quilt to foster healing, heighten awareness, and inspire in the struggle against HIV and AIDS.
6- Transgender Equality Rights Initiatives (TERI) - $2,500 – To provide educational, social support and outreach.
7- Sunshine Cathedral /MCC - $2,500 – to purchase follow spotlights for use at community concerts and events held at Sunshine Cathedral.
8- South Florida Musical Guild Inc. - $2,500 - To support the South Florida Pride Wind Ensemble Fall Concert entitled “Incantations”.
9- Church of The Holy Spirit Song - $2,500 – To fund the COHSS food pantry.
10- Fort Lauderdale Gay Men's Chorus - $2,500 – To assist with four concert series during the upcoming season.
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Florida Democratic Party
Karen Thurman Honors PRIDE Month; Reaffirms Democrats' Commitment To GLBT Equality
Tallahassee, FL - As Floridians honor the contributions on the of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) Community by celebrating PRIDE Month, Florida Democratic Party Chair Karen Thurman released the following statement: "During this month-long celebration of PRIDE and throughout the year, Florida Democrats are fighting for equality and civil rights for all residents of the Sunshine State. "As the Party of inclusion, Democrats know that all are created equal and we have fought against discrimination based on race, sex, ethnicity, national origin, language, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, and disability. "Over the past several years, Democrats stood up to change Washington. In doing so, the cause of ending discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans has taken a giant leap forward. [Contact Ray's List for the full article.]
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Stonewall Library & Archives - Ft. Lauderdale
We need you!
Stonewall will be participating in this year's Stonewall Street Festival
Pride of Greater Fort Lauderdale 0 June 20 and 21
Stonewall will have a contingent in the evening parade, Saturday, June 20, 7:00 PM, and we will have an information/membership booth on Sunday, June 21, Noon -7:00 PM.
If you would like to join in the festivities and are able to volunteer your time please let me know.
jack-rutland@stonewall-library.org
954-763-8565
http://www.stonewall-library.org/
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From Transgender Equality
Contact rays.list@comcast.net for the full article
In commemoration of the one year anniversary of Broward County adding Gender Identity and Expression as a protected class to Broward County's Human Rights Bill, TERI, the Transgender Equality Rights Initiatives has announced the recipient of it inaugural college scholarship. The winner of the 2009 TERI scholarship is Alexandra Vivas of Davie, FL. Ms Vivas is a junior at FIU, working towards a degree in Social Work. Her focus is in advocating for the international transgender community, especially in Spanish speaking countries, which have shown a reduced tolerance for the transgender population. The scholarship was open to transgender individuals and allies to the transgender community. Priority was given to transgender students, but students pursuing medicine, law, social work, psychology, education, public health, etc. and who want to work specifically with the transgender population, advocating on their behalf and providing comprehensive services were encouraged to apply. The scholarship is for future (new students beginning summer semester), current Broward College students, and BC alumni who are pursuing a Bachelor's degree at a University. The scholarship will be for Summer Semester 2009. The award amount is $500 and was given in its entirety to one student. TERI funding for this scholarship was made possible by a grant from PRIDE South Florida. (PRIDEFEST)
EDITOR MICHAEL MONTLACK TO SPEAK ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK MY DIVA
AT STONEWALL LIBRARY & ARCHIVES
Saturday, June 13, 2:00 PM
On Saturday, June 13, at 2:00 PM, Stonewall will welcome editor Michael Montlack who will be reading from his new book, "My Diva: 65 Gay Men on the Women Who Inspire Them." The essayists encompass a wide swath of experience, from poets and professors to novelists and activists. The range of the subjects of their adoration are no less varied.Please join us on Saturday, June 13 at 2:00 PM for this chance to hear Michael Montlack read selections from his book. The event will include light refreshments and is free and open to the public. Stonewall is located at 1300 East Sunrise Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304.
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Dolphin Democrats - Ft. Lauderdale
The Dolphin Democrats Host “Presidential Pride Reception”
Event to Feature the Current and Former Presidents of the GLBT Democratic Club
WILTON MANORS, FL—The Dolphin Democrats, Florida’s largest and oldest Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) Democratic Club, is hosting its annual “Presidential Pride Reception” on Sunday, June 7th at 5pm. With over 400 members, the Dolphin Democrats is the largest GLBT political club in Florida and one of the strongest in the nation. Please join us as we celebrate our success, honor our leaders, and plan for the future in this year of renaissance for the Dolphin Democrats.
Sunday, June 7th, 2009 - 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
At the Home of - Julie Carson and Susan Pierce
1500 NE 24th Street - Wilton Manors, Florida
Member $10.00 • Non Member $20.00
FREE Entry with $30.00 Membership Renewal
Press is welcome to attend.
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Stonewall Street Festival - Wilton Manors
Stonewall Street Festival - 40th Anniversary
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, which is internationally recognized as the catalyst for the modern gay rights movement. We send out the call to everyone to join us in honoring this historic event. The Stonewall Committee needs volunteers for this wonderful event. If you are interested, please contact Marc Hanson at marc@stonewallstreetfestival.com
~~FLORIDA GENERAL NEWS~~
Fort Report
http://www.fortreport.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
Crist leading over Rubio for US Senate seat, poll shows
Florida Today - 06/06/09
Crist's high court pick puts him in political center
Miami Herald - 06/06/09
On offshore oil, a cracked door
Florida Today - 06/06/09
FLORIDA DMS HEADING TOWARD MAJOR PRIMARY
St. Petersburg Times - 06/05/09
A Brief History of the Radical, Violent Right: How Racist Hate Groups Joined up With Abortion Terrorists
AlterNet - 06/06/09
Florida's fourth black Supreme Court justice sworn in
Sun-Sentinel - 06/06/09
Obama's 2012 Florida strategy
Miami Herald - 06/06/09
Lower medical costs will boost economy
Miami Herald - 06/06/09
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[Send your comments about articles to Rays.List@Comcast.net ]
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~~FLORIDA GLBT NEWS~~
Equality Florida
http://eqfl.org/
"No Excuses. No Delays." Do we really mean it?
by Nadine Smith, Executive Director
At a recent speaking engagement, I asked a group of people, "What would the world be like if, from the day you were born, prejudice had never touched your lives?" No homophobic bullying in school. Supportive families at homes No trans-bashing humor on TV. No workplace discrimination. Equal treatment of all families regardless or orientation or gender identity. No closet, ever, because you had never, ever needed one. Most of the people responded by talking about new laws that would be in effect but they struggled to name the deeper, more personal impact on the texture of their daily lives.
A few talked about what they would no longer fear but struggled to articulate what affirmative would replace those fears. [Contact Ray's List for the full article.]
Come Celebrate Stonewall Street Festival
with Equality Florida!
As a member of our Stonewall Pride Team you will have the opportunity to talk to all sorts of the fun and friendly people. Here's your chance to take a stand and get a tan. Take a stand for equality and have fun in the sun with family and friends. We're looking for enthusiastic volunteers who care about equality and who are willing to share their enthusiasm with others. Volunteer shifts typically last three hours, and involve engaging passers-by, signing up new members, and spreading the word about Equality Florida’s work. The work is easy and fun, and one of the best ways to get others involved! WE NEED YOUR HELP - Just click the link to sign up as a volunteer - Stonewall Street Festival June 20-21
https://indigo501.wufoo.com/forms/stonewall-street-festival/
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PRIDE SOUTH FLORIDA ANNOUNCES 2009 GRANT AWARDS
2009 Grant Recipients
Fort Lauderdale, Florida – June 1, 2009 – Pride South Florida, Inc., the 501 © 3 non-profit organization run by unpaid volunteers that supports a variety of groups who work to promote charitable activities, educational programs, and cultural arts for the GLBT community, is delighted to announce their 2009 Grant Award recipients. As a result of this year's successful “Destination Pride” festival, fifteen (15) qualifying grant requests/proposals were submitted to PSF. After careful consideration and an equitable election process, its Board of Directors selected ten groups for funding for over $24,000. The organizations, awarded dollar amounts, and their grant's missions are listed below.
**2009 Pride Grants
1- Red Hispana Florida – $1,500 - To preserve GLBT pre-AIDS era films which also serve as documentary of our lifestyles.
2- Tuesday's Angels - $2,500 – To provide emergency assistance in the form of eyeglasses to financially needy people with HIV/AIDS.
3- KP Productions - $2,500 – To continue the outreach program providing live musical entertainment to the GLBT community and seniors in our community.
4- Arts United - $2,500 – Sponsorship for Art Explosion 2010. 5- The Names Project South Florida (The Aids Memorial Quilt) - $2,500 – To preserve, care, and use the AIDS Memorial Quilt to foster healing, heighten awareness, and inspire in the struggle against HIV and AIDS.
6- Transgender Equality Rights Initiatives (TERI) - $2,500 – To provide educational, social support and outreach.
7- Sunshine Cathedral /MCC - $2,500 – to purchase follow spotlights for use at community concerts and events held at Sunshine Cathedral.
8- South Florida Musical Guild Inc. - $2,500 - To support the South Florida Pride Wind Ensemble Fall Concert entitled “Incantations”.
9- Church of The Holy Spirit Song - $2,500 – To fund the COHSS food pantry.
10- Fort Lauderdale Gay Men's Chorus - $2,500 – To assist with four concert series during the upcoming season.
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Florida Democratic Party
Karen Thurman Honors PRIDE Month; Reaffirms Democrats' Commitment To GLBT Equality
Tallahassee, FL - As Floridians honor the contributions on the of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) Community by celebrating PRIDE Month, Florida Democratic Party Chair Karen Thurman released the following statement: "During this month-long celebration of PRIDE and throughout the year, Florida Democrats are fighting for equality and civil rights for all residents of the Sunshine State. "As the Party of inclusion, Democrats know that all are created equal and we have fought against discrimination based on race, sex, ethnicity, national origin, language, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, and disability. "Over the past several years, Democrats stood up to change Washington. In doing so, the cause of ending discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans has taken a giant leap forward. [Contact Ray's List for the full article.]
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Stonewall Library & Archives - Ft. Lauderdale
We need you!
Stonewall will be participating in this year's Stonewall Street Festival
Pride of Greater Fort Lauderdale 0 June 20 and 21
Stonewall will have a contingent in the evening parade, Saturday, June 20, 7:00 PM, and we will have an information/membership booth on Sunday, June 21, Noon -7:00 PM.
If you would like to join in the festivities and are able to volunteer your time please let me know.
jack-rutland@stonewall-library.org
954-763-8565
http://www.stonewall-library.org/
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From Transgender Equality
Contact rays.list@comcast.net for the full article
In commemoration of the one year anniversary of Broward County adding Gender Identity and Expression as a protected class to Broward County's Human Rights Bill, TERI, the Transgender Equality Rights Initiatives has announced the recipient of it inaugural college scholarship. The winner of the 2009 TERI scholarship is Alexandra Vivas of Davie, FL. Ms Vivas is a junior at FIU, working towards a degree in Social Work. Her focus is in advocating for the international transgender community, especially in Spanish speaking countries, which have shown a reduced tolerance for the transgender population. The scholarship was open to transgender individuals and allies to the transgender community. Priority was given to transgender students, but students pursuing medicine, law, social work, psychology, education, public health, etc. and who want to work specifically with the transgender population, advocating on their behalf and providing comprehensive services were encouraged to apply. The scholarship is for future (new students beginning summer semester), current Broward College students, and BC alumni who are pursuing a Bachelor's degree at a University. The scholarship will be for Summer Semester 2009. The award amount is $500 and was given in its entirety to one student. TERI funding for this scholarship was made possible by a grant from PRIDE South Florida. (PRIDEFEST)
EDITOR MICHAEL MONTLACK TO SPEAK ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK MY DIVA
AT STONEWALL LIBRARY & ARCHIVES
Saturday, June 13, 2:00 PM
On Saturday, June 13, at 2:00 PM, Stonewall will welcome editor Michael Montlack who will be reading from his new book, "My Diva: 65 Gay Men on the Women Who Inspire Them." The essayists encompass a wide swath of experience, from poets and professors to novelists and activists. The range of the subjects of their adoration are no less varied.Please join us on Saturday, June 13 at 2:00 PM for this chance to hear Michael Montlack read selections from his book. The event will include light refreshments and is free and open to the public. Stonewall is located at 1300 East Sunrise Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304.
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Dolphin Democrats - Ft. Lauderdale
The Dolphin Democrats Host “Presidential Pride Reception”
Event to Feature the Current and Former Presidents of the GLBT Democratic Club
WILTON MANORS, FL—The Dolphin Democrats, Florida’s largest and oldest Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) Democratic Club, is hosting its annual “Presidential Pride Reception” on Sunday, June 7th at 5pm. With over 400 members, the Dolphin Democrats is the largest GLBT political club in Florida and one of the strongest in the nation. Please join us as we celebrate our success, honor our leaders, and plan for the future in this year of renaissance for the Dolphin Democrats.
Sunday, June 7th, 2009 - 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
At the Home of - Julie Carson and Susan Pierce
1500 NE 24th Street - Wilton Manors, Florida
Member $10.00 • Non Member $20.00
FREE Entry with $30.00 Membership Renewal
Press is welcome to attend.
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Stonewall Street Festival - Wilton Manors
Stonewall Street Festival - 40th Anniversary
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, which is internationally recognized as the catalyst for the modern gay rights movement. We send out the call to everyone to join us in honoring this historic event. The Stonewall Committee needs volunteers for this wonderful event. If you are interested, please contact Marc Hanson at marc@stonewallstreetfestival.com
~~FLORIDA GENERAL NEWS~~
Fort Report
http://www.fortreport.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
Crist leading over Rubio for US Senate seat, poll shows
Florida Today - 06/06/09
Crist's high court pick puts him in political center
Miami Herald - 06/06/09
On offshore oil, a cracked door
Florida Today - 06/06/09
FLORIDA DMS HEADING TOWARD MAJOR PRIMARY
St. Petersburg Times - 06/05/09
A Brief History of the Radical, Violent Right: How Racist Hate Groups Joined up With Abortion Terrorists
AlterNet - 06/06/09
Florida's fourth black Supreme Court justice sworn in
Sun-Sentinel - 06/06/09
Obama's 2012 Florida strategy
Miami Herald - 06/06/09
Lower medical costs will boost economy
Miami Herald - 06/06/09
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