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Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
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-Oklahoma's Inhofe on attack again in Senate race
Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe has a reputation for tough campaign tactics, ashis Democratic challenger is finding out the hard way. An Inhofe ad beingcarried on Oklahoma television stations contains anti-gay overtones, showinga wedding cake topped by two plastic grooms and a photo of the Democraticcandidate as a young man, curly haired and wearing a leather jacket.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/18/AR2008091800464.html
-Sex Ed: How Early? How Detailed?
It's a weird world we live in where -- in a time of economic turmoil,foreign wars and a health care system that teeters on the brink -- one ofthe surprise issues of the presidential election season is sexual education.First, there was the brouhaha about what Sarah Palin (or daughter Bristol)thinks about the topic, followed earlier this month by an attack ad notingthat while in the Illinois Senate, Barack Obama supported a bill to providea comprehensive sex ed curriculum for all students, down to kindergartners.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/parenting/?hpid=news-col-blogs
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Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
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-Brad Pitt has donated $100,000 to fight California's November ballotinitiative that would overturn the state Supreme Court decision legalizingsame-sex marriage. It's the first time voters will be asked to ban same-sexmarriage in a state where gay couples already have won the right to wed. Same-sex marriage is legal in Massachusetts and California.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/entertainment/news/sns-ap-people-brad-pitt,0,5000752.story
-Obama, broaching the subject gingerly, tells voters McCain is not amoderate on abortion
Republican John McCain, an abortion rights opponent with a conservativeSenate record on the issue, seems content with the public's perception thathe's more moderate on the subject.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/politics/wire/sns-ap-campaign-abortion,0,6203402.story
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Steve Rothaus
http://www.MiamiHerald.com/gay
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-Kareem Tabsch returns to Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Fest as program director
From Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival: Since our last communication, yourMGLFF/FLGLFF Board has been moving forward to implement the new operatingplans for the 11th Annual Festival in April 2009.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/
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Florida Blade
http://www.floridablade.com/
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-Best and Worst places to be gay
San Francisco, Havana tops list; Jamaica the worst
The Independent, one of the United Kingdom's leading newspapers, recentlypublished a ranking of the best and worst places to live if you're a memberof the GLBT club. On the top side of the list are old standbys, such as NewYork, Paris, and party capital Mykonos. Sadly, South Florida is not on thelist, despite the fact that Wilton Manors has the 3rd highest concentrationof GLBT residents in the U.S. And the writers of this article have obviouslynever been to Georgie's Alibi on a Thursday night for the $3 Long Island IceTea specials. A few of those and you will never be happier to be anywhere.
http://www.floridablade.com/blog/index.cfm#21094
-AIDS conference brings focus to minorities, youth
Infection rates among young minorities spur local activist's commitment
More than 4000 health professionals, AIDS activists and public officialsfrom across the country are expected to attend Fort Lauderdale this week toattend the 12th Annual United States Conference on AIDS.
http://www.floridablade.com/2008/9-18/news/localnews/5076.cfm
-Senate committee to hold hearing on DP bill
Lawmakers criticized for delaying action on measure
http://www.floridablade.com/2008/9-18/news/national/5077.cfm
-Critics want book on gay sex removed from library
Others say library must serve all segments of community
Some library patrons want a book on gay sex removed from the public libraryin Helena. Others say the library must serve all segments of the communityand the book should be kept on the shelves.
http://www.floridablade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=21083
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365Gay.com
http://www.365gay.com/
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-Q&A with Barack Obama
The Gay History Project's Mark Segal has been trying for months to interviewboth Barack Obama and John McCain. McCain has declined participation - theObama interview follows. There were no conditions on the interview.
http://www.365gay.com/news/qa-with-barack-obama/
-Canada anti-hate law should not extend to Internet jokes, critics say
(Oakville, Ontario) Parts of Canada's human-rights legislation are apunitive and gross infringement on free expression that have no place in ademocratic country that prides itself on freedom, critics told a tribunal.
http://www.365gay.com/news/canada-anti-hate-law-should-not-extend-to-internet-jokes-critics-say/
-Withers: Angry black men don't win elections
Here is something every minority has had to deal with: being compared tosome fictional movie character. So if you are gay, at some point you had totell a straight friend why you were not like the queen in the movieMannequin. Once I had to go into deep boring detail on why my suburbanupbringing did not make me a stand in for the characters in Boyz N The Hood.
http://www.365gay.com/blog/091808-obama-race-and-anger/
-Gay tourism cited in Australian HIV spike
(Sydney, Australia) Australia has seen a 50-percent increase in the numberof HIV/AIDS cases over the past eight years, a government report saidWednesday. It points the finger in large part to Australian gays bringingthe virus home with them after vacationing in Asia.
http://www.365gay.com/news/gay-tourism-cited-in-australian-hiv-spike/
-Deadly crash investigation focuses on gay engineer
The investigation into what caused a commuter train to smash into a freightengine Friday in Southern California killing 25 people is focusing on theengineer of the Metrolink train - Robert Sanchez.
http://www.365gay.com/news/deadly-crash-investigation-focuses-on-gay-engineer/
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The Advocate
http://advocate.com/
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-Obama Campaign Holds Policy Briefing on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
Surrogates for Sen. Barack Obama briefed reporters Tuesday on the senator'ssupport for repealing the military's discriminatory policy, saying it isoutmoded and serves as a hindrance to recruiting the best and brightest forthe nation's Armed Services.
http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid61743.asp
-Field Poll Finds California Marriage Ban Trails by 17 Points
A constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage in Californiatrails by a 17-point margin, reports the Sacramento Bee. According to aField Poll, 55 percent of likely voters say they will vote againstProposition 8 while 38 percent support the ballot measure. The latestfigures indicate an increase in opposition for the ban since July when themeasure trailed by nine points. After reports broke early Tuesday morningthat showed the "Yes on 8" campaign had raised 16 million dollars comparedto 11 million for the No on 8 campaign, word of two notable donations inrecent days has motivated the opposition. Brad Pitt announced on Wednesdaythat he's giving $100,000 to the campaign to beat the ballot initiative. InJuly WordPerfect co-founder Bruce Bastian, an openly gay former Mormon, gave$1 million to the Human Right Campaign's "No on Prop. 8" committee.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid61811.asp
-University of Wyoming to Dedicate Bench to Matthew Shepard
The University of Wyoming in Laramie is planning to dedicate a bench inmemory of Matthew Shepard, the UW student who was murdered 10 years ago inan antigay hate crime.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid61707.asp
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Marriage Equality News
http://samesexmarriage.typepad.com/weblog/
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-Utah philanthropist kicks in $1M to fight California gay-marriage ban;Mormons heavy givers to pro side
Link: Salt Lake Tribune
Excerpt: With the LDS Church prodding its members to give of their "meansand time" to help eliminate same-sex marriage in California, many Utahnshave funneled cash to the Golden State's Proposition 8 campaign. And notall of them favor the constitutional amendment. Close to 40 residents andbusinesses in Utah have made donations totaling $120,550 to support themarriage-between-a-man-and-a-woman ballot measure, according to publicfinance records for ProtectMarriage.com, which shows up as a link on theofficial Web site for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
-Canada: Gay rites
Link: Ottawa Citizen
Three years after it was made legal across Canada,
same-sex marriage has dropped off the radar. From a political hot potato,it's on its way to becoming an everyday occurrence -- a happy event forfamily and friends, like the June 21 wedding of Ottawa residents Robert Ryanand Martin Methot. Now that it's legal, gays and lesbians are not gettingmarried for political reasons or to make a statement. Instead, they aretying the knot for the same reasons anyone else does. And as Ryan and Methotdid with the disco routine, they are often putting a distinctive twist onold traditions.
-U.S. law sends some bi-national, same-sex couples into exile
Link: Independent Weekly: Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill
Excerpt: They had planned the move for years, though not willingly. TamaraFetters and Noreen Fagan, who recently moved with their two teenaged sonsfrom Carrboro [North Carolina] to Ottawa, Canada, were forced to make acruel choice: live together in another country, far from friends, familiesand the lives they've built, or separately, by entering into a stressfullong-distance relationship or splitting up for good. Like thousands ofother gay and lesbian couples in this country, and countless more abroad,they were caught in a little-known intersection of two controversial publicpolicy issues: gay rights and immigration.
-CA: Mega A-Gays Missing in Fight Against Prop 8
Link: IN Los Angeles Magazine
by Karen Ocamb
Excerpt: "I'm feeling good. There's a smile on my face, there's a spring inmy step, and there's a ring on my finger. I don't know if you all heard ornot-but I got married," Ellen DeGeneres said Sept. 9 as she opened heraward-winning talk show to a rousing standing ovation. The audience reveledin the discussion of her wedding to actress Portia de Rossi, which DeGenerescalled "the most important day of my life." The cause for marriage equalitycouldn't have asked for better publicity. However, marriage equality is onthe chopping block in November, and close scrutiny of the CaliforniaSecretary of State's Campaign Finance website indicates that DeGeneres hasnot contributed to the fight against Prop 8, the constitutional amendmentthat "eliminate[s] right of same sex couples to marry."
-Media continue to falsely suggest Palin supports benefits for same-sexcouples
Link: Media Matters
Summary: In recent reports, McClatchy News Service and the Las Vegas Sunfalsely suggested that Gov. Sarah Palin supports benefits for same-sexpartners of state employees. In fact, while Palin did veto a bill that wouldhave prevented state officials from granting spousal benefits to same-sexcouples, she stated that she did so because the Alaska attorney general hadadvised her that the bill was unconstitutional, not because she supportedspousal benefits for same-sex couples.
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Pink News - UK
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/
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-Human rights conference to be held alongside Outgames in Copenhagen
The second International Conference on LGBT Human Rights will be held at thesame time as next year's World Outgames. Copenhagen, the capital ofDenmark, will host the three day conference where activists dedicated toeradicating homophobia and injustice will gather.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9040.html
-Australia's new Liberal leader urged to honour gay rights pledge
An MP who represents a constituency with one of the highest gay populationsin Australia has been elected as leader of the Liberal party.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9039.html
-Amnesty calls on authorities to protect Bosnian gay festival
A leading human rights group has said that lesbian, gay, bisexual andtransgender people in Bosnia and Herzegovina are entitled to a climate freeof intimidation.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9036.html
-New guidelines suggest gay men should have annual HIV test
Sexually active gay men should be tested every 12 months, new guidelines onHIV testing have recommended. The UK National Guidelines for HIV Testing2008 aim to increase HIV testing in a wider range of healthcare settings andreduce late diagnosis.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9031.html
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-GLBT History Month October 2008 - Get the Link! October is GLBT HistoryMonth - and it's two weeks away! Each day in October 2008, an Icon isfeatured with a video, biography, bibliography, images and other resources.Our redesigned and enhanced GLBT History Month 2008 Web site is nowcompleteand ready for viewing. Just click on the link below.
http://www.glbthistorymonth.com/glbthistorymonth/2008/
-Campus Pride Launches National Voice & Action Awardto Recognize Young Adult Leaders across the United States
Application process opens now until December 1, 2008 "To be a leader in ourmovement, you do not need to be in charge of a national nonprofitorganization or be on a board of directors raising thousands of dollars.Young adults have always been a force locally in communities and on collegecampuses creating systemic, long term change -- but seldom are theyrecognized for their efforts nationally," said Shane Windmeyer, ExecutiveDirector of Campus Pride. "The Voice & Action Award finally gives visiblenational recognition where it has long been overdue."
http://www.campuspride.org/voiceandaction.asp
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Truth Wins Out
by Wayne Besen
http://www.truthwinsout.org/
The Anchorage Press, wrote a large feature story today
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4793153693356932504&hl=en
-TWO plans to work with local organizations to hold protest rallies at thefollowing venues in 2008. TWO is also placing a national call for volunteersto help us in the cities and regions we are visiting. "We are urgingvolunteers to get involved now to help us at these events and to further ourimportant message," said Wayne Besen, Executive Director, TruthWinsOut.org."We look forward to educating people across America on the ex-gay industryand right wing extremism."
Sept. 21 Dallas Pride
Nov. 7-9 NARTH Conference Denver - Renaissance Denver Hotel
Nov. 8 Protest: Radio Hall of Fame, For Honoring James Dobson The Renaissance Chicago Hotel
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