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Steve Rothaus
http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/steve_rothaus/
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-Video | Gay Log Cabin Republicans president speaks of McCain endorsementFrom GLAAD Video:
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2008/09/video-gay-log-c.html
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365Gay.com
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-Meet Deb Mell - running to be Illinois' first lesbian legislator
Deborah Mell was expecting a peaceful event when she joined hundreds ofdemonstrators in downtown Chicago for a pro-gay marriage rally in March2004. Instead, things got rowdy, and Mell was arrested. A female policeofficer said Mell attacked her, and Mell was taken away in a paddy wagon.
http://www.365gay.com/features/meet-deb-mell-running-to-be-illinois-first-lesbian-legislator/
-Report: French police spy on gays ahead of Papal visit
French police are spying on LGBT and HIV/AIDS group ahead of next week'svisit by Pope Benedict XVI, a prominent Paris newspaper reported onWednesday. Among the groups under surveillance is ACT UP, an outspokencritic of the Vatican's refusal to accept condoms as a means of preventingHIV/AIDS, according to Le Figaro.
http://www.365gay.com/news/report-french-police-spy-on-gays-ahead-of-papal-visit/
-Accused gay basher barred from Boston neighborhood
A man accused of taking part in what police call a homophobic attack on fourpeople has been ordered not to enter Boston's heavily gay South End. FabioBrandao pleaded not guilty to four civil rights violations, four counts ofassault and battery, and three counts of assault and battery with adangerous weapon.
http://www.365gay.com/news/boston-gay-basher-barred/
-Gov. Palin's secret (gay) code
There are over 1.5 million gay teenagers who are experiencing a slow motionnervous breakdown this evening - and many of these teenagers may be sittingin their parents' homes tonight listening to the vice presidentialnomination speech by Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. What will be the messagebehind her choice of words and phrases this evening - genuine love,understanding and respect, or hostility, prejudice and misunderstanding?
http://www.365gay.com/opinion/gov-palins-secret-gay-code/
-Boyfriend joins Palins at convention
The boyfriend of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's unwed, pregnant daughter willjoin the family of the Republican vice presidential candidate at the GOPconvention in St. Paul, Minn. Levi Johnston's mother said her 18-year-oldson left Alaska on Tuesday morning to join the Palin family at theconvention where Sen. John McCain will officially receive the Republicannomination for president. The boy's mother, Sherry Johnston, said there hadbeen no pressure put on her son to marry 17-year-old Bristol Palin and thetwo teens had made plans to wed before it was known she was pregnant.
http://www.365gay.com/news/boyfriend-joins-palins-at-convention/
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National Gay News
http://nationalgaynews.com/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/
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-StudioOUT.com & Vegas, Baby!
StudioOUT.com, Gay Internet Radio, is proud to announce the launch of StudioOUTveGas.com, the network's first local affiliate. StudioOUTveGas.comwill specialize in delivering All Things Gay.in Vegas, to the Lesbian, Gay,Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) communities of Southern Nevada.
StudioOUTveGas.com will carry the StudioOUT.com daily programming, as well
as localized specialty programming.
http://nationalgaynews.com/content/view/4173/173/
-Companies with Top Rating for LBGT Workers Jumps by One-Third
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation today released the seventh annualCorporate Equality Index, which rates 583 businesses on a scale from 0 to100 percent on their treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgenderemployees, consumers and investors. The 2009 edition of the CEI reports 259businesses achieved a perfect score, a one-third increase over last yearwhen the number was 195. The 259 top-rated businesses collectively employmore than 9 million full-time employees. These workers are protected fromemployment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity orexpression because of their employers' policies on diversity & inclusion,training, health care, and domestic partnership benefits.
http://nationalgaynews.com/content/view/4172/173/
-New Gay and Lesbian Magazine in Hawaii
Expression! magazine made its debut in Hawaii August 2008 with the intent ofpromoting a positive and quality resource for the State's Lesbian, Gay, Biand Transgender community. Expression! is locally owned and operated formedby a group of professionals with the vision of propelling its communityforward. "It's time Hawaii has a resource that connects its Gay and Lesbiancommunity in a positive manner with its 'heterosexual counterparts' and wehope to do this by representing our community with professionalism andintegrity", stated Jade Le - President and Founder.
http://nationalgaynews.com/content/view/4171/173/
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Marriage Equality News
http://samesexmarriage.typepad.com/weblog/
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-CA: Bakersfield school board rejects resolution on same-sex marriage
Link: Bakersfield Californian
Excerpt: Mona Twocats lives in Bakersfield with her wife, who she has beenwith for 20 years, and they have sent three children through the Kern HighSchool District. So when she found out a resolution to support Proposition8, which is a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, would bediscussed Tuesday evening, she decided to speak to the KHSD board.
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Pink News - UK
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/
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-Welsh Anglicans unlikely to appoint gay man as bishop
The leaders of the Anglican Church in Wales have played down suggestionsthat a prominent gay man could be selected as the next Bishop of Bangor.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-8904.html
-Christian attempts private prosecution over erect Jesus statue
The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead is facing a privateprosecution after it exhibited a 1ft high statue of Jesus with an erection.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-8902.html
-Sir Cliff Richard reveals identity of his male companion
Legendary pop singer Sir Cliff Richard has revealed that he has shared hislife with a former Roman Catholic priest for the last seven years.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-8900.html
-Straight Pride attracts zero participants
Plans for a so-called "Straight Pride" in New York, promoted by a reggaemusic label, appear to have backfired. The event, due to be held lastweekend, was billed as "a chance for heterosexuals to gather together andproudly embrace their sexuality and celebrate reggae, dancehall and familyin love and unity."
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-8899.html
-France to ask UN for universal decriminalisation of homosexuality
The French minister of human rights and foreign affairs has confirmed thatshe will appeal at the United Nations for the universal decriminalisation ofhomosexuality. Rama Yade also said that the EU wanted to take the lead instopping violence against women worldwide.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-8898.html
-90% of straight Americans OK with gay co-workers
An annual US workplace survey has found that 79% of heterosexual adultsthink gay co-workers should be judged on how they do their job. The 7thnational Out & Equal Workplace Survey also found that 71% of heterosexualsagree that how an employee performs at their job should be the standard forjudging them and not whether or not they are transgender.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-8895.html
-Republicans have nothing to offer gay Americans claims HRC
America's leading gay rights group has accused the Republicans of not havinga positive word to say about LGBT people. Human Rights Campaign's AssociateCounsel Brian Moulton said that the Republican Platform at this week'sNational Convention includes: "Calling us unfit for military service,opposing legal recognition for our relationships and our families,supporting faith-based organisations that would deny us jobs and servicesusing federal dollars, and attacking judges who acknowledge our equalityunder the law."
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-8893.html
-HIV conference told of sexual abuse of youths in Papua New Guinea
A delegate to the Pan Pacific Gathering for HIV+ People has said that atraditional practice in the Pacific country of Papua New Guinea puts youngmales at risk of sexual contact from village elders. GayNZ.com reports thatthe PNG delegate, a transgender woman, spoke out during a closed session atthe Auckland conference.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-8892.html
-Cardiff prepares for Saturday Pride
Wales' capital will celebrate Pride this weekend, replacing the annualCardiff Mardi Gras, which was cancelled due to lack of community andfinancial support. There will be a women's stage, supported by lesbianmagazine Diva, hosting a variety of entertainment aimed at women, while menwill have their own zone.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-8891.html
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Daily Queer News
www.dailyqueernews.com
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-Truth Wins Out is Troubled that Sarah Palin's Church Supports 'Ex-Gay'Ministries
Contact: Wayne Besen
E-Mail: wbesen@truthwinsout.org
Truth Wins Out expressed deep concern today after learning that RepublicanVice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin's church appears to support so-called"ex-gay" ministries. These programs that aim to "pray away the gay" areineffective and have harmed thousands of gay and lesbian people. TWO urgedthe media to ask Palin if she supports such programs and what her views areon this topic. In a background article on Palin, Time Magazine revealedthat Wasilla Bible Church, where the Palins worship, had a Sunday morningprogram insert advertising an upcoming Focus on the Family conference oncuring homosexuality in Anchorage called Love Won Out. Truth Wins Out'sExecutive Director, Wayne Besen, will be in Anchorage next week to opposethis anti-gay symposium.
-McCain: Stop Questions on Palin Background
MSNBC
ST. PAUL, Minn. - John McCain's campaign on Wednesday angrily called for anend to questions about its review of Sarah Palin's background, deriding a"faux media scandal designed to destroy the first female Republican nominee"for vice president. "This nonsense is over," declared senior campaignadviser Steve Schmidt in a written statement. The statement stood out forits admission that Palin is under siege - it condemns "this vettingcontroversy" - and for its attempt to blunt questions about how rigorouslyMcCain and his campaign explored the background of a candidate who may getthe nation's second most powerful job. It also suggested that Palin is avictim of gender bias in the media.
-NYC's School Antibullying Policy Given More Teeth
Advocate
The New York City Department of Education will start training educators thisfall through a new initiative that strengthens the city's existing Respectfor All antibullying policy for the city's schools. The plan was approved byMayor Michael Bloomberg and city schools chancellor Joel Klein, according toTowleRoad.com. The initiative "prohibits students from bullying otherstudents for any reason, including taunting and/or intimidation through theuse of epithets or slurs involving race, color, ethnicity, national origin,religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation ordisability," according to the DOE.
-Palin's Church Supports Ex-Gay Therapy
By Jim Burroway | Box Turtle Bulletin
This comes from Time magazine: "We like to call this the Bible Belt ofAlaska," says Cheryl Metiva, head of the local chamber of commerce. Churchesproliferate in Wasilla today, and among the largest and most influential isthe Wasilla Bible Church, where the Palins worship. At the 11:15 am Sundayservice, hundreds sit in folding chairs, sing along with alt-rock praisesongs, and listen to a 20-minute sermon about the book of Malachi. The onlysign of culture warring in the whole production is an insert in the day'sprogram advertising an upcoming Focus on the Family conference onhomosexuality in Anchorage called Love Won Out. The group promises to teachattendees how to "respond to misinformation in our culture" and help them"overcome" homosexuality.
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-Equality Forum, a national and international gay, lesbian, bisexual andtransgender (GLBT) civil rights organization, reported that 471 (94.2%) ofthe 2008 FORTUNE 500 companies voluntarily include sexual orientation intheir employment nondiscrimination policies. This year marks the fifthanniversary of Equality Forum's FORTUNE 500 project, which is acollaboration with Professor Louis Thomas, Wharton School of the Universityof Pennsylvania, and Ian Ayres, William K. Townsend Professor, Yale LawSchool. "The FORTUNE 500 have overwhelmingly decided that including sexualorientation is in the best corporate interest and helps communicatecorporate values to the estimated $660 billion annual domestic GLBT consumermarket," stated Malcolm Lazin, Executive Director, Equality Forum.
...Noncompliant Companies
AES
Aleris International
Auto-Owners Insurance
BJ Services
Cameron International
Celanese
CHS
Commercial Metals
D.R. Horton
DISH Network
Energy Transfer Equity
Expeditors International of Washington
Exxon Mobil
Fidelity National Financial
Frontier Oil
GMAC
Holly
Huntsman
Jarden
KBR
Leggett & Platt
Perini
Pilgrim's Pride
Plains All American Pipeline
Targa Resources
TRW Automotive Holdings
Universal Health Services
Virgin Media
Western Refining
www.equalityforum.com/fortune500
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