GLBT DIGEST - July 26, 2008

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Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
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-AIDS Funding Binds the Health of Millions to U.S.
Bush's plan to commit nation to spending roughly $40B over five years tofight epidemic overseas carries implicit promise of indefinite foreign aid.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/25/AR2008072503350.html?hpid=topnews

-Gay Bishop Attends Conference
He wasn't invited to the Anglican Communion in Canterbury, but U.S. bishopgoes anyway.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/25/AR2008072502828.html?hpid=topnews


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Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
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-Lawyer: Gay bias might have role in police shooting male dancer afterSan Diego Bay rescue
To police, Steven Hirschfield was violent and out of control when heclambered aboard a patrol boat sent to rescue him in the San Diego Bayduring a gay pride party. The 37-year-old bodybuilder, shirtless andwearing sneakers, seized an officer's stun gun and beat him in the face,they say, before he was fatally shot while reaching for the officer'sweapon.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-overboard-shooting,0,3895875.story


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Steve Rothaus
http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/steve_rothaus/
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-Miami Gay Film Festival fires director Carol Coombes
The Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival -- about $50,000 in debt -- on Fridayfired its flamboyant festival director, Carol Coombes. Now, she may bedeported. "Carol is British and in 60 days she might have to leave thecountry," said Harvey Burstein, a festival founder and former board member.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/

-Nike to drop Hyperdunk ads some see as homophobic
Nike said Friday it would pull its ads for its Hyperdunk basketball shoes,responding to criticism that they fed homophobic views. Nike previouslydefended the ads, but said it would withdraw them as quickly as possible "tounderline our ongoing commitment to supporting diversity in sport and theworkplace," The Oregonian reported. The ads were created by Portland'sWieden+Kennedy agency and titled "That Ain't Right," "Isn't That Cute," and"Punks Jump Up."
http://www.miamiherald.com/business/AP/story/618809.html


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Express Gay News
http://www.expressgaynews.com/
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-A Deck of Closeted Hypocrites
by Michelangelo Signorile
Producer David Guggenheim and I met some enterprising young men at Netroots Nation in Austin who produced a fabulous deck of playing cards: GayRepublican Hypocrites. Page-crazy Mark Foley is the Ace of Hearts. BJ BobAllen is the Ten of Clubs. Toe-tapping Larry Craig is the King of Spades. Onthe show today we played my interview with one of the creators of the deck,Austin college student Nathan Moore. Below is a short video clip of thatinterview. Nathan and his friends came up with the idea one night while they"got a little drunk on some beers." These guys have now sold over 2000 ofthese decks of cards. You can buy a deck too at http://www.gayrepublicancards.com/ for $8.95. A portion of the proceedsgoes to Equality Texas, the statewide LGBT group. The rest of the money,says Moore, goes to "buying us some more beers." I think they certainlydeserve it.
http://signorile2003.blogspot.com/2008/07/deck-of-closeted-hypocrites.html


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365Gay.com
http://www.365gay.com/
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-Lawrence King Case Gets Worse
A judge ruled the 14 year old boy accused of killing Lawrence King can betried as an adult. Brandon McInerney allegedly shot King as the child, whohad told friends he was gay, was writing an assignment for his Englishclass. The February crime occurred in a school in Oxnard, California, astate that has what's called Proposition 21. Passed by California voters in2000, this law gives state prosecutors more leeway on charging children 14and older with adult crimes without having the permission of a judge.McInerney is charged with first-degree murder and a hate crime.
http://www.365gay.com/blog/lawrence-king-case-gets-worse/


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The Advocate
http://advocate.com/
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-Rewording of Prop. 8 Could Help Its Defeat
The California secretary of state has changed language in the ballotinitiative that would ban same-sex marriage in California. [...] The newlanguage says that the initiative "Changes California Constitution toeliminate right of same-sex couples to marry." It further explains thatbanning gay marriage could prevent the state from gaining tens of millionsof dollars in potential sales tax revenue.
http://advocate.com/news_detail_ektid58344.asp

-Snickers Ad Pulled Under Pressure From HRC
Mars Inc. has pulled its newest television commercial for Snickers candybars after communication with the Human Rights Campaign. "Followingconversations between the Human Rights Campaign and senior Marsrepresentatives, the company has agreed to pull its most recent ad usingstereotypes of gay men to sell its Snickers product line," HRC workplacedirector Daryl Herrschaft said in a press release.
http://advocate.com/news_detail_ektid58293.asp


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National Gay News
http://nationalgaynews.com/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/
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-New Book Sheds Light on Gay Life in the Muslim World
Following thirty-three people in twenty-two countries, Afdhere Jama paints acomplicated picture in "Illegal Citizens", subtitled "Queer Lives in theMuslim World." "I set out to tell the stories of people sufferingeverywhere," says Jama, who is the editor of Huriyah, a queer Muslimmagazine. "Instead, I was confronted with diverse lives including happyones--sometimes in places I never imagined."

-"Ratings Magnet"
Rosie O'Donnell Ready for Primetime
Forget the N-word. If you really want to see Elisabeth Hasselbeck cry, tryuttering the R-word - especially in this next context. Multiple sourcesconfirm to me exclusively that Hasselbeck's former View nemesis, RosieO'Donnell, is in active talks with NBC to return to television with her ownweekly primetime variety show.


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Marriage Equality News
http://samesexmarriage.typepad.com/weblog/
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-CA: "Tourism Bureau Launches Gay Marriage Sweepstakes"
Link: NBC Sandiego.com
San Diego's official tourism and convention bureau is staging a "Here Comesthe Pride" give away aimed at same sex couples. The San Diego Convention andVisitors Bureau is offering free airline tickets, a five-night hotel stayand complimentary meals at some of San Diego's finest restaurants to thecouple who submits the best essay describing why they want to get married inSan Diego.

-"N.J. group makes waves in Calif. gay marriage debate"
Link: Southern Voice
Opponents of gay marriage say their easiest political work is done: Moststates have passed laws or constitutional amendments banning recognition ofsame-sex unions. Now they say their task is getting more difficult: Seekingto ban same-sex marriage in some of the nation's most gay-friendly states. APrinceton-based group, the National Organization for Marriage, is targetingits message against gay marriage in California, one of two states thatcurrently allow it, and a handful of other states that might consider it inthe next few years.


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Pink News - UK
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/
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-Gay.com owner has lost $100 million since launch
Gay.com parent company PlanetOut Inc has lost $100 million (£50 m) since itwas founded. The figure was revealed in the company's most recent stockfilings to the Nasdaq market in New York.


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Forwarded from Gays Without Borders
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-Mexico: A Den of Sin or a Beacon of Liberty?
The serenading mariachis, the vast pots of tacos and the drunkensalsadancing made the May wedding look like any other Mexicannuptialcelebration. What was different, of course, were the genders ofthehappy couple. [...] The new laws give residents rights longdenied bysocially conservative governments heavily influenced by theCatholic Church,they argue. "People here are tired of repressivevalues," says Victor HugoCirigo, leader of the city assembly's majorityleftist Party of theDemocratic Revolution (PRD). "They want to live ina modern age and havetheir rights. We are giving our constituentsconcrete gains."
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1826308,00.html


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Forwarded from Euro-Queer
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-Gearing up for Europride: the best of Stockholm's gay scene
Stockholm will turn itself into Europe's semi-official gay capital at theendof this month, as the Europride festival hits town. Visitors will find acitythat does gay in its own, understated way, James Savage reports.On paper,Stockholm should be one of the gayest cities on earth: it is notonlyachingly fashion-conscious and home to Abba, but also a capital of acountryproud of its record of tolerance. Next week, Stockholm willtemporarily beelevated to the status of Europe's gay capital, as it hostsEuropride, a kindof ambulating cocktail of parties, parades and politics. This means thecity's bars, clubs and restaurants are gearing up for a gayinvasion.
http://www.thelocal.se/13282/

-Belfast gay pride parade gets go-ahead
The organisers of a gay pride parade in Belfast were today urged to ensurethat there will be no repeat of the controversy surrounding last year'sevent when a participant displayed a placard suggesting Jesus was ahomosexual. The Northern Ireland Parades Commission, which rules oncontentious marches in the region, has decided not to place any restrictionson next weekend's event in Belfast city centre despite a significant numberof objections from the public. The commission will not restrict thereligious protests expected to be staged along the parade route either.


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Forwarded from Kenneth Sherrill - Ken's List
Kenneth.Sherrill@hunter.cuny.edu
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-This Week in Washington Blade!
http://www.washblade.com/

-The Bilerico Project Report
http://www.bilerico.com/
Anti-queer violence & spiritual/community protection I work part-time at aqueer non-profit that does activism and outreach around issues ofspirituality, religion, ministry, and LGBTQ communities. I just had a big"this is why I do the work that I do" moment. An older, disabled queer manwho lives in a poor city on the outskirts of the Bay Area just called theoffice. His life was threatened this weekend, in part because he is queer.He's trying to get a restraining order against the person in question, andhe went to the police. He was basically told that because the threat washomophobic, the police "can't do anything." He's scared, vulnerable, andvery isolated.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BilericoProject/~3/345043056/antiqueer_violence_spiritualcommunity_pr.php

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