GLBT DIGEST - August 30, 2008

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Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
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-McCain's VP choice reassures evangelicals
John McCain's running mate was raised in a Pentecostal church, has calledherself "as pro-life as any candidate can be" and already has energizedconservative religious leaders who worried the Arizona senator would choosean abortion rights supporter.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/30/AR2008083000402.html

-Diving Into the Mystic Waters of Memory
Shhh. Listen. A half-mile clamber up a steep trail of smooth boulders, atrickle of crystal-clear water spills over a wide, flat rock into a silentpool. The unbroken surface reflects a grove of arching pine trees swaying ina gentle late-summer breeze. The smell is distinctive. Fresh. With a hint ofmud.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082903315.html

-SWING BLOC: An All-Out Battle for Women's Votes Begins
n 1984, Walter Mondale's choice of Geraldine Ferraro as his running mateshattered a glass ceiling as old as the republic, thrilled feminists andhelped create a gender gap among voters that has aided Democrats ever since.That was 24 years before another woman, Sarah Palin, was named to a nationalticket, and this time, it is conservatives who think they have seized thepolitical advantage.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082903611.html


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Steve Rothaus
http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/steve_rothaus/
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-Miami Latin Gay Film Festival to debut week before troubled Miami Gay &Lesbian Film Fest
Jim Dobson, former publicist for the Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival,announces he is organizer and executive director of a new Miami Latin GayFilm Festival. The new four-day festival, April 16-19, is scheduled tocoincide with a planned gay pride festival in South Beach. It also willdebut a week before the scheduled 2009 Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival,which recently fired its longtime executive director, Carol Coombes.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2008/08/miami-latin-gay.html


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South Florida Blade
http://www.floridablade.com/
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-"Gays Gone Wild" opens tonight
Sequel promises to exceed expectations
"Gays Gone Wild," the sequel to the hit gay comedy "Another Gay Movie,"follows four rowdy boys on a Spring Break trip to Fort Lauderdale, wherethey enter a contest to see who can have the most sexual escapades. The filmfeatures cameos by Scott Thompson, "Big Brother alum Will Wikle, dragsensations Lady Bunny and RuPaul, and a bevy of porn superstars.
http://www.floridablade.com/blog/index.cfm#20731


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365Gay.com
http://www.365gay.com/
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-Florida anti-gay amendment faces trouble
A proposed amendment to Florida's constitution that would limit marriage topeople of the opposite-sex could be in for a rough ride at the polls thisNovember a new survey of likely voters shows.
http://www.365gay.com/news/082908-florida-amendment/


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The Advocate
http://advocate.com/
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-Straight Firefighters Sue Over Taunts at Pride Parade
Four straight San Diego firefighters who were required to participate in the2007 San Diego pride parade will soon be able to argue their sexualharassment case in front of a jury. San Diego Fire-Rescue Department captainJohn Ghiotto, engineer Jason Hewett, and firefighters Chad Allison and AlexKane told KGTV that "during the parade, bystanders taunted them withsexually explicit comments and colleagues called to tease them forparticipating in the event."
http://advocate.com/news_detail_ektid60303.asp


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National Gay News
http://nationalgaynews.com/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/
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-Stars Shine at Black Gay Pride
Black Gay Pride comes to the city in full force this weekend with dozens of celebrities to wow the estimated 75,000 people expected to pack the clubsfor the annual fest, considered the largest event of its kind in the world.And after you've spent the day with community and cultural events likesummits and workshops (see related stories, pages 28 & 32), what better wayto heat up Labor Day weekend than with R&B sensation Danity Kane, slated toperform for the women as well as the men?

-Competition Begins at NAGAAA Gay Softball World Series
The competition got underway in Seattle yesterday as teams from across thecountry converged on the city for the 2008 NAGAAA (North American GayAmateur Athletic Association) Softball World Series. It was a beautiful dayfor softball and GaySports.com was on the ground checking in with theplayers and checking up on the action. With registration and check in outof the way, the pool play games got underway Tuesday. While the losses inthe pool play don't count toward elimination, they do help the tournamentorganizers set the brackets for the elimination games, which begin onThursday.


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Pink News - UK
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/
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-Brighton to play host to Euro gay sailing regatta
Gays will be setting sail for the 8th annual Euro Gay Cup next month. The competition returns to Brighton Marina on the 6th and 7th September and issponsored by Barclays Bank and the Sailing and Cruising Association (S&CA),the home of gay sailing in the UK.

-Lesbian senator calls for same-sex marriage in Australia
A new Australian Labour party Senator has used her maiden speech to make apassionate plea for marriage equality. Louise Pratt, the first member ofthe Australian parliament to have a trans partner, also spoke about thediscrimination trans people face.

-Competition and friendship at gay soccer world cup in London
The world's largest gay football event got underway with a series of matcheson Bank Holiday Monday in Regents Park. The International Gay and LesbianFootball Association championship has seen 40 male and female teams fromevery continent, competing in three different leagues; the Men's First andSecond Divison and the Women's Division.


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From Transgender Equality
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-Dallas is in top GEAR for transgender community
Far from the starting line, the Gender, Education, Advocacy &Resources program (GEAR) is now in overdrive. The Resource Center ofDallas program began in March of 2006, with just a handful oftransgender individuals sharing the desire to provide support to thegreater gender community. In just a couple of short years, they havekyrocketed into brand new gender zones.
http://www.edgedallas.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=local&sc2=features&sc3=&id=79625


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Gay.com
http://www.gay.com

-"Dude, you gave me crabs!"
A while after coming out, I got a call from a guy with whom I had gone on afew dates. He said we needed to get together that very same day, though hedidn't sound worried. I went to his house, and he said those inevitable butexcruciating words every sexually active person might hear in his lifetime:"I think you may have given me crabs." D'oh!Isn't the reaction always the same? "Really? I haven't noticed anything."
http://www.gay.com/news/roundups/package.html?sernum=7614&navpath=/channels/health/sexuality/

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