GLBT DIGEST - June 08, 2008

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New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
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-Qaeda Defendant and Gay Marriage
BRIEFS A blogger spent a few hundred words dissecting Khalid Shaikh
Mohammed's rationale for rejecting his American lawyers: same-sex marriage laws in the U.S. "Do you think we ought to tell KSM that same sex marriage is only legal on the hippie coasts-and may be overturned in California come ovember?"
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/06/qaeda-defendant-and-gay-marriage/?scp=1&sq=gay&st=cse


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Washington Post
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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-Calif. Battle Over Gay Marriage Raises Novel Legal Questions
Court Legalized Unions, but Ballot Measure Would Ban Them
Two things are certain in California's mounting legal showdown over same-sexmarriage: Gay couples will wed this month, and, come November, voters willdecide whether the state's constitution should exclude them from suchunions.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/07/AR2008060701531.html

-Jamaica: The Poster Girl Who Was Cut Out of the Picture
Early last year, Annesha Taylor's face was plastered on billboards, postersand flyers across Jamaica. Dancing and smiling brightly, she looked vibrantin her yellow blouse. The caption told her story: She was living with HIV,taking her medication, eating well and, above all, "getting on with life."
There were television spots as well, and radio ads. In a blitz organized bythe Jamaican Ministry of Health, Annesha became the poster child for thecountry's fight against HIV/AIDS. Some people assumed that the 27-year-oldwas an actress. (How could such a beautiful woman be living with such anugly disease?) Others took her apparent well-being as evidence that HIVisn't so dangerous after all.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/06/AR2008060603499.html


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Sun-Sentinel
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-Despite victory, gay marriages on hold
Drew Snyder and William Ballentine had a commitment ceremony with all the trimmings four years ago, the closest they could get to a wedding at the time. Now that California's highest court has held that two men may be legally married starting later this month, friends want to know when the Los Angeles couple plan to take their relationship to the next level. The answer: Not anytime soon.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/sfl-flagaywed0608sbjun08,0,2089412.story

-Think twice before dumping old car for gas-miser
With gas prices skyrocketing, you may be contemplating dumping your old gas guzzler for something much more efficient. But think before you rush, especially if you are financing your car and have owned it for three years or less, says Consumer Reports. The costs associated with buying a new car (price tag, taxes, new financing, etc.) could end up much higher than the savings you'll recoup in a new Prius or other gas-miser, said Consumer Reports.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/sfl-flzdaniel0608sbjun08,0,6244522.story

-Despite victory, gay marriages on hold
Drew Snyder and William Ballentine had a commitment ceremony with all thetrimmings four years ago, the closest they could get to a wedding at thetime. Now that California's highest court has held that two men may belegally married starting later this month, friends want to know when theLos Angeles couple plan to take their relationship to the next level. Theanswer: Not anytime soon.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/sfl-flagaywed0608sbjun08,0,2089412.story


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Miami Herald
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-NH gay bishop, partner joined in civil union
The first openly gay Episcopal bishop and his partner of 20 years have been united in a private civil union.
The Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson was legally joined to Mark Andrew, his partner of 20 years, in a civil ceremony Saturday, the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced.
http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/562615.html


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365Gay.com
http://www.365gay.com/
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-Nevada Moves To Give Public Workers Domestic Partner Benefits
The same-sex partners of workers in the civil service in Nevada could soonhave health and insurance benefits.

-Study: Programs Succeed In Reducing Risky Sex Among HIV-Pos. Minority GayMen
Research has shown that HIV-positive African American and Hispanic men whowere sexually abused as children are particularly vulnerable to engaging inhigh-risk sex and experiencing depressive symptoms. Yet few HIV interventionprograms exist to help them.

-Catholic Group Denounces Homoerotic Religious Art
A Roman Catholic watchdog group is protesting a student art exhibition inwhich religious symbols including a crucifix and rosary are depicted insexually explicit paintings.

-Court: Vt. Ruling In Lesbian Custody Case Stands
The Virginia Supreme Court said Friday that a Vermont court's ruling shouldstand in a child visitation dispute between two former lesbian partners.


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Express Gay News
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-Italy gay pride march protests against government and Church Some 10,000 dancing and singing homosexuals and gay-rights supporters marched through Rome on Saturday, many of them chanting slogans against the Vatican and Italy's conservative new government. The yearly Gay Pride march took on added political significance because city officials denied a request for the march to end with a rally near theBasilica of St John's in Lateran, the pope's cathedral in his capacity as bishop of Rome.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080607/wl_nm/italy_gays_dc_1


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National Gay News
http://nationalgaynews.com/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/
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- CDC Misses Mark With HIV Prevention Programs, Critics Say
Gay and bisexual men have been at the epicenter of the domestic AIDS crisissince the first cases were reported in 1981. But over the past few years theCenters for Disease Control & Prevention created funding structures thatdramatically reduced the number of HIV/AIDS prevention programs targetingthe population that has always been and continues to be at highest risk forcontracting HIV in America.

-Philippines: American Files Petition For Annulment vs Gay 'Bride'
An American national filed a petition to annul his marriage after findingout on his honeymoon that he and his "wife" were both men. The 50-year oldAmerican said he learned that he had married a homosexual only on hiswedding night.
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/news/view/20080607-141314/American-files-petition-for-annulment-vs-gay-bride


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Pink News - UK
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/
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-Homosexuality a destructive sin, claims "caring" Russian Orthodox Church
A senior Russian Archpriest has said the country's Orthodox Church cares forgay and lesbian people and accepts them, but their sexual orientation is a"destructive sin."

-We never said Clinton had sex with actress claims Vanity Fair
Magazine Vanity Fair has come underfire from both former US President BillClinton and gay and lesbian icon Gina Gershon for an article alleging herfriendship with him might have gone to the next level.


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Forwarded from Euro-Queer
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-2,000 parade for gay rights in Warsaw
WARSAW (AFP) - Some 2,000 people paraded Saturday through the streets ofPoland's capital in support of gay rights, as an opinion poll showed thedeeply Catholic country largely hostile to homosexuality. Police were outin force to prevent feared attacks by extreme-right groups as a processionof floats passed through Warsaw's main avenues to the soundof dance music.
Homosexuals are generally viewed in Poland as being perverted, sick or atbest sinners.
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gIyE0Ype_iOHhmLWb1iV40BdFy_Q

-Compassion to gays makes the Church condemn unisexual relations - theMoscow Patriarchate
The Church condemns the sin of unisexual love because it cares for the people who suffer from this sin, the deputy head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin said.
"The Church lovingly accepts everyone, including those who have passion for the people of the same s ex. But just because she loves them, she says:
unisexual love is a sin. A destructive sin," Fr. Vsevolod said answering the questions of the Komsomolskaya Pravda daily readers. He is convinced that those who tell about "happy, joyful homosexual life" are mistaken.
http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=4774

-Gay Pride held in Athens, Warsaw and Rome
Gay Pride parades were held in Athens, Rome and Warsaw on Saturday. Tens of thousands turned out to witness the annual event which advocates equalrights for homosexuals. In Athens, the parade was headed by one of the fournewly-weds married last Tuesday by the Mayor of the island of Tilos, whotook advantage of a legal loophole. Dozens of extreme right sympathisersdisrupted the parade in the Greek capital and police had to intervene to disperse the group.
http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/5821171/Gay-Pride-held-in-Athens-Warsaw-and-Rome

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