GLBT DIGEST - July 22, 2008

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365Gay.com
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-Texas County Debates Use of Needle Exchange
Bill Day is a familiar face out under the San Antonio viaducts, where skinnyaddicts shoot drugs into their bruised arms.
http://www.365gay.com/news/texas-county-debates-use-of-needle-exchange/

-Appeals Court Urged To Uphold Calif. Gay Bullying Law
Joey Ramelli and Megan Donovan were students at Poway High School, a schoolin the Poway Unified School District in northern San Diego County. Over thecourse of their junior year other students relentlessly taunted them withantigay slurs and Joey was even physically assaulted and his car wasvandalized. The two students found the harassment so brutal that they bothhad to drop out of Poway High School and completed studies toward their highschool diploma at home.
http://www.365gay.com/news/appeals-court-urged-to-uphold-calif-gay-bullying-law/

-Aussie Developer Plans Gay Retirement Village
(Melbourne, Australia) People over the age of 65 will soon be the majorityand an aging gay population in Australia will soon have its own retirementvillage to be built near Melbourne.
http://www.365gay.com/news/aussie-developer-plans-gay-retirement-village/

-Anglican Confab Unlikely To Resolve Differences Over Gays
(Canterbury, England) The leader of the Anglican Communion said Sunday thatthe global fellowship faces "one of the most severe challenges" in itshistory, and he urged bishops at their once-a-decade Lambeth Conference todo the hard work of finding solutions.
http://www.365gay.com/news/anglican-confab-unlikely-to-resolve-differences-over-gays/


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The Advocate
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-Poll: Obama Leads McCain by 46 Points Among GLBT Adults
According to Harris Interactive, in a four-way race, Barack Obama leads JohnMcCain among registered voters 44% to 35%, while Bob Barr, the Libertariancandidate, and Ralph Nader each receive 2%. Sixteen percent of registeredvoters are not sure whom they will vote for yet.
http://advocate.com/news_detail_ektid58069.asp

-Calif.'s Prop. 8: It's Not Over Till It's Over
Even if California voters pass the antigay marriage amendment in November,marriage equality could still prevail. California's one last hope forkilling Proposition 8 -- the ballot initiative that would reverse the rightof same-sex couples to marry by amending the state constitution -- died thisweek when the California supreme court, without comment, refused to hear alegal challenge to the measure put forth by the National Center for LesbianRights, Lambda Legal, the ACLU and others before the November election.
http://advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid57945.asp


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National Gay News
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-75 Percent of Americans Oppose "Don't Ask"
Seventy-five percent of Americans believe that gay men and lesbians shouldbe allowed to serve openly in the U.S. military, according to a newWashington Post-ABC News poll. The number of Americans who support gays inthe military is up from 62 percent in 2001 and 44 percent in 1993, theWashington Post reported.

-Showtime Orders New Series With Gay Content
During Friday's Television Critics Association conference in Los Angeles,Robert Greenblatt, President of Entertainment for Showtime announced thecable network was ordering two pilots to series, both with significant gaycontent. The first announced was the tentatively titled thirty minute darkcomedy Nurse Jackie, starring The Sopranos' Edie Falco as an iconoclastic,opinionated, self-medicating nurse in New York City.

-Michigan Womyn's Music Festival is Back for its 33rd Year
So how do forty performances, a film festival, an artisan/craft show and afull roster of workshops, parties and dances are all slated for one gloriousweek in August on 650 lush green acres in wilds of Northern Michigan soundgood to you? The Michigan Womyn's Music Festival is back for its 33rd year,August 5th thru 10th.


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Pink News - UK
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-Lesbos islanders lose court case over use of "lesbian"
A court in Athens today rejected a law suit from a small group of residentsof the island of Lesbos that attempted to stop homosexual women from usingthe term 'lesbian' to define themselves.

-Activists plan next Moscow Pride on day of Eurovision final
Despite bans on the event every year, the organisers of Moscow Pride haveannounced their plans for 2009. Russia won the Eurovision Song Contestearlier this year for the first time.

-Man overboard on gay cruise rescued, then shot, by police
A man who fell overboard from a gay cruise yacht was shot dead when hefought the police officers who had rescued him.

-Concern for AIDS experts detained in Iran
Two brothers who are pioneers in the prevention of HIV transmission in Iranhave been held by the authorities without charge for nearly a month.

-Black protests mark end of Pope's trip to Australia
Thousands of gay rights protesters across Australia joined a black parade inprotest over the Pope's visit to the country.

-Man flees Turkey after "honour killing" of his gay activist boyfriend
The partner of murdered gay student Ahmet Yildiz has been forced to fleeTurkey in fear of his life. Yildiz, a 26-year-old physics student, was shotleaving a cafe on the Bosphorus strait during the weekend.


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Forwarded from Euro-Queer
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-Germany: Frankfurt Pride Lesbians - foto gallery
http://www.lesben.org/bildergalerie/CSD_Frankfurt_2008/html/


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Forwarded from Kenneth Sherrill - Ken's List
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-Writing Outside The Margins - "Canada's Festival of Queer Literary Arts"
Featured Authors John Cameron Mitchell, Michelle Tea and Kinnie StarrJuly 17, 2008 - Toronto - Canada's Festival of Queer Literary Arts returnsto the streets of Toronto on Sunday August 24th, after the incrediblesuccess of the 2007 inaugural event. This all day festival features an arrayof activities for everyone, including panel discussions, an open mic stage,a poetry slam, children's area, and exclusive readings by all confirmedauthors. Once again Church Street will become a pedestrian-only zone whereLGBT readers and writers will join forces to participate in a day-longinteractive celebration of queer literary arts. This year provides acompletely different roster of over a dozen authors soliciting a summersensory exploration. As well, after the popularity of last year, there willbe an expanded Pink Ink Open Mic series, where anyone can garner their 15minutes of fame. The three featured authors bring a wealth of creativeinflux representative of their home towns New York City, San Francisco andVancouver.
www.writingoutsidethemargins.ca


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Anything but Straight
http://www.waynebesen.com/

-Anything But Straight
Exodus: A 'Loving' Call To Battle
Sporting a fog machine for its smoke and mirrors routine and an extravagantstage that would make The Rolling Stones blush, the "ex-gay" group ExodusInternational held its glitzy annual conference in Asheville, NorthCarolina. I was in town all week to partner with regional and stateorganizations to oppose the meeting and its dizzying array of distortions. Adark cloud hovered over the Exodus event, with violent hate crimesunsettling the local GLBT community. At the very moment ex-gaytelevangelists were railing against homosexuals in the foothills, news brokeof an 18-year old boy in Anderson, South Carolina whose father, "yelled,cursed, swung a baseball bat, prayed and tried to cast the demon ofhomosexuality out of him."
http://www.waynebesen.com/2008/07/exodus-loving-call-to-battle.html

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