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MUSLIMS IN CONGRESS
Second One Elected to House
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/14/AR2008031403426.html
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UCC Is Happily Riding Obama's Coattails
Candidate's Church Of Inclusion Enjoying Renewed Interest
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/14/AR2008031403431.html
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Britain Halts Deportation Move Against Gay Iranian
19-Year-Old Fears Execution at Home
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/13/AR2008031303792.html
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Norway Proposes Gay Marriage Measure
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/14/AR2008031402557.html
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Okla. Pol's Screed Vs. Gays Sparks Furor
OKLAHOMA CITY -- A YouTube audio clip of a state lawmaker's screed againsthomosexuality, which she called a bigger threat than terrorism, has outragedgay activists and brought death threats rolling in.
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Oklahoma lawmaker's son denies reports he is gay
Kern, who said he is affiliated with the Des Moines School of Metaphysics,said that he chooses to be celibate, but he is not homosexual. "First ofall, no one's sexuality is anyone's business. It is not even my mother'sbusiness," he said. "I practice celibacy to give to my God," he said.
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Court hears reappeal in lesbian custody case
Panel could decide as early as Friday
A Virginia woman asked the Vermont Supreme Court again Thursday to bar herformer lesbian partner from visiting a 5-year-old girl born when the twowere still together.An attorney for Lisa Miller-Jenkins told a three-judgepanel that the full court's 2006 decision in the same case was wrong becauseit was based on the assumption that a couple from Virginia could be bound byVermont's civil union law.
http://www.expressgaynews.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=17176
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Gay groups protest at Naugle's 'prayer breakfast'
Fort Lauderdale mayor hosts anti-gay leader of Focus on the Family
Carrying picket signs with images of men and women who were killed becausethey were gay or transgendered and bearing placards that called for an endto hate speech by public officials, about 20 GLBT supporters protested theMarch 13 prayer breakfast hosted by Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle at theBroward County Convention Center. The group marched silently during theearly morning commute along the entrance to the convention center, hoping tocatch the eye of passing motorists. The featured speaker at the prayerbreakfast, Jim Daly, president of the right-wing religious organizationFocus on the Family, is among the most aggressive opponents of the gayrights movement. Daly's organization is one of the primary backers of ananti-gay marriage amendment that goes before voters in November.
http://www.expressgaynews.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=17172
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Plays about gay Mormons attracting audiences outside Utah
Two new dramas about gay members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daySaints - one that played to sold-out houses last month at the University ofIowa and another produced in a well-attended workshop in New York City -suggest there's still artful vigor left in mining the painful collision offaith and homosexuality.
http://www.sltrib.com/faith/ci_8574767
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Same-sex marriages, death and taxes
In a ruling that could prove pivotal, a state appeals court last monthdecided that legal same-sex marriages established elsewhere must berespected by all public and private entities here, even though New YorkState does not license the marriages of gay couples (unless one is a gay manand the other is a lesbian woman).
http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/civilrights/20080314/3/2463/
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Ellen, you go girl! by Kevin Naff
Ellen DeGeneres must be feeling secure in her job these days, because she'staking on gay rights issues on her show with some regularity. What arefreshing turn of events.
http://www.expressgaynews.com/blog/index.cfm?type=blog&start=3/9/08&end=3/16/08#17138
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Need proof that hairgel addict Gavin Newsom is, as the San FranciscoChronicle reports, setting up a run for Governor of California? Read theopinion piece he posted at Daily Kos last week advocating gay marriage.
Newsom says it's too early to talk about any plans, but Chron investigativereporters put their union paychecks to use to uncover Newsom'sbehind-the-scenes groundwork. The pro-business Democrat diverges fromSchwarzenegger Republicans on three issues: Legalized gay marriage,universal health care, and protection for illegal immigrants would -- atleast so far -- be part of his platform. Throw in medical cough marijuana,Gav, and you'll sweep the Bay Area vote.
http://valleywag.com/368061/confirmed-mayor-mcdreamy-plans-run-for-governor
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Activists from the GLBT organizations Fight Out Loud and Gay AmericanHeroes, as well as supporters from several Fort Lauderdale churches, saidDaly's appearance at the breakfast is a further example of Naugle'sintolerance and animosity toward the gay community.
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Australian State Moves Closer To Gay Partner Registry
(Melbourne, Australia) Legislation to create a domestic partner registry forsame-sex couples in Victoria state has swept through the lower house ofParliament on a 54 - 24 vote.
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Vt. High Court Declines To Review Contentious Lesbian Visitation Case
(Montpelier, Vermont) Vermont's Supreme Court declined Friday to review itsearlier ruling in a nasty four year battle between two women over visitationrights to the young daughter of one of the women.
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Mich. Dems Agree To June 3 Re-Do Vote
(Washington) Michigan Democrats agreed Friday to push a do-over primary inearly June to give them a say in the close presidential race between Sens.Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama.
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Fla. Presidential Re-Do Considered Unlikely
(Tallahassee, Florida) The head of Florida's Democratic Party says theproposed vote-by-mail presidential primary is unlikely to go forward becauseof strong opposition and concerns about conducting the vote.
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Insults And Tender Sensibilities On The Campaign Trail
(Washington) If the presidential campaign were kindergarten, rude peoplecould be sent for a time-out or made to write "hope and change" on theblackboard until they are nice.
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Obama Tries To Allay Jewish Concerns
(Cleveland, Ohio) Barack Obama is facing unease among some Jewish voters andis moving to quell fears.
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Norway Moves To Legalize Gay Marriage
(Oslo) The Norwegian government on Friday introduced legislation allowingsame-sex couples to marry and have joint custody over children.
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Gay Input Sought for 'Healthy People 2020'
As federal health officials gear up to set the next decade of nationalhealth objectives, a coalition of advocacy groups wants to make sure thatconcerns specific to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people don't getleft out.The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services issues nationalhealth objectives every 10 years through its "Healthy People" project.
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Miami Beach Mayor to Create Gay Business Development Committee
Miami Beach Mayor Matti H. Bower's first initiative of 2008 is to create aGay Business Development Ad Hoc Committee to address a variety of issuescritical to the future and welfare of Miami Beach's gay business andresidential communities.
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The mission of the committee will be to bring recommendations to the Mayorand City Commission on how to enhance the gay identity of Miami Beach, andhow to make it more attractive and supportive of gay businesses, residentsand tourists.
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A Safe, Gay Refuge For Retirement
Years after Bill Stein came out to friends and colleagues, he moved nearfamily in Portland and went back into hiding. If a resident of his westsideretirement home makes an anti-gay slur, Stein, 86, says nothing. "I'm, bynature, chicken," the retired anthropology professor said. " If you don'tsay, 'I'm gay,' you pass. I'm pretty well closeted."
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Lutheran Draft Report Sidesteps Judgment on Gay Marriage
A task force drafting a long-awaited statement on sexuality for the nation'slargest Lutheran denomination has recommended that the church continue todefine marriage as a union between a woman and a man. The panel, in apreliminary report released Thursday, said that the Evangelical LutheranChurch in America, despite years of study, had yet to reach consensus onsame-sex unions. The draft, which did not condemn such unions, alsoexpressed regret that historical Lutheran teachings on homosexuality hadsometimes been used to hurt gays and lesbians.
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Does Gay 'Diversity' Require New Terms?
Have you ever partied at one of Atlanta's many urning nightclubs or attendeda tribade rights rally? Even if you didn't realize it, the odds are highthat you have - especially since you're reading a homophile newspaper.
Since the time of Sodom and Gomorrah, there has been a continuous evolutionof terms used to describe men who love men, who were coined "urnings" byGerman researcher Karl Ulrich in the 1860s, and women who are attracted towomen, who used to be known as "tribades" during the 17th century.
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HIV Rates Jump 80% Among Young Black Men
The rates of HIV among young African-American men who have sex with men haveskyrocketed, reported the Centers for Disease Control on Thursday.
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The Norwegian government put forth a long-expected gay marriage bill onFriday, clearing the way for homosexual couples to secure the same marriagerights as heterosexuals. Norway already has a so-called "partnership law"that has allowed homosexuals to form legal domestic partnerships. Now theylikely will be able to marry, with all the rights that entails, since thegovernment has a majority in parliament and the law is expected to winapproval.
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Iranian gays still facing deportation from UK
Gay activists have told PinkNews.co.uk that the government need toreconsider the cases of other gay asylum seekers following the reprieve ofIranian teenager Mehdi Kazemi's. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announcedyesterday that in the light of "new circumstances" gay Iranian Mehdi Kazemishould have his case reconsidered upon his return from the Netherlands,where he fled when his first application was denied. The 19-year old, whohas lived in Britain since 2005, was facing deportation and possibleexecution in Iran, where homosexuality is illegal.
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Homophobic bishop branded un-Christian by MSP
A Labour member of the Scottish Parliament has echoed comments from gayequality organisation Stonewall and branded the Bishop of Motherwell asun-Christian. George Foulkes MSP tabled a motion condemning Bishop JosephDevine's comments that gay people attend Holocaust memorial events in orderto "create for themselves the image of a group of people under persecution"as "unfortunate, outdated and un-Christian." Gay equality organisationStonewall also criticised the Roman Catholic leader.
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Lesbian couple delighted at birth of quads
A lesbian couple who work at the Irvine Police Department in Orange County, California have become the parents to quadruplets.Cristine Gaiennie andPatsy Lovell, who have a 2-year old son from the same anonymous sperm donor,conceived after seven failed attempts at artificial insemination. Gaiennie,39, who carried the babies, underwent ovulation induction to stimulate eggproduction before successfully giving birth to two boys and two girlsearlier this month.
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Trans meeting will attract activists from across Europe
The second meeting of the European Transgender Council is to be held thisyear in Germany, it was announced today. The council, comprised ofTransgender Europe (TGEU), the Transgender Network Berlin (TGNB) andTransInterQueer Berlin (TrIQ) will be meeting in Berlinfrom 2nd to 4th May,following their last successful event held in Vienna in 2005. The programmewill feature representatives from international activists and experts suchas Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.
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CPS want Royal blackmail trial in private
The Crown Prosecution Service has requested that the trial of two mencharged with attempting to blackmail a member of the Royal Family be heldwithout the public being allowed into court. Ian Strachan, 30, and SeanMcGuigan, 40, pleaded not guilty to making demands with menaces, contrary tothe Theft Act 1968, at the Old Bailey in December. They were arrested inOctober after police mounted a sting operation.
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Gay group shocked at ignorance among Euro politicians
Last week's meeting of the Legal Affairs Committee of the ParliamentaryAssembly of the Council of Europe exposed some members' ignorance about gay,lesbian, bisexual and trans people, according to the International Lesbianand Gay Association (ILGA). The committee was holding its first hearing on areport on LGBT rights in the member states. The 47-member Council of Europepromotes and protects democracy, educational and sporting co-operation andcreated the European Court of Human Rights.
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Galloway claims Iran executes sex offenders, not gays
Outspoken London MP George Galloway has said that the boyfriend of Iranianasylum seeker Mehdi Kazemi was executed for sex crimes. The Respectpolitician made his claims on Channel Five show The Wright Stuff yesterdaymorning. Mr Kazemi is claiming asylum in the UK. He claims his boyfriend wasarrested by police in Iran for being homosexual, forced to reveal the namesof men he had relationships with, and executed.
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New rules on HIV prosecutions released
New guidelines on how prosecutors should deal with cases involving theintentional or reckless transmission of STIs have been published by theCrown Prosecution Service (CPS) today.
The CPS has devised a public policy and guidance statement that covers theCode for Crown Prosecutors and how it should be implemented in all cases.Theguide also outlines offences the CPS will consider in relation to cases ofthe intentional or reckless sexual transmission of infection.
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Pedophile priest jailed for three years in Germany
The 40-year-old clergyman pleaded guilty to 22 counts of abuse over athree-year period starting when the boy was 10. Regensburg, Germany -- Apriest who sexually molested an altar boy after his bishop reassigned him toa new parish following a previous conviction for pedophilia was jailed forthree years on Thursday. The 40-year-old clergyman pleaded guilty to 22counts of abuse over a three-year period starting when the boy was 10.
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Hundreds of protesters swarmed Tibet's capital Friday, clashing with policeand setting fire to shops and cars in a spasm of violence worse than anythere in nearly 20 years. Ten people were confirmed dead, and doctorsreported dozens of injured streaming into hospitals as Lhasa descended intowhat one witness called "a state of siege."
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"If there is any consolation in this sad, sad situation surrounding GovernorSpitzer, it's that David Paterson is the staunchest ally our New Yorkcommunity has ever had. We know we can count on him to continue hisdecades-long commitment to winning full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexualand transgender New Yorkers." .. Task Force Executive Director Matt Foreman
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Greetings from the Lambda Literary Foundation -- it's Award Season -- notthe Golden Globes, not the Oscars, not the Grammys -- but the 20TH ANNUALLAMMYS. For the 20th year, the Lambda Literary Awards are set to recognizethe best in LGBT literature and literary achievement. SAVE THE DATE:THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2008 Today, we are pleased to announce the 107 finalistsin 21 categories.
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Kansas to try again with anti-funeral-picket law
A clause of Kansas' new anti-funeral-picketing law that was meant to headoff legal challenges has been found to be unconstitutional by the state'shigh court. The justices ruled the clause, which stipulated the law wouldnot take effect unless it passed muster with a state or federal court,violated the separation of powers. The House Federal and State AffairsCommittee is expected to take up new version of the bill, which bansdemonstrations within 150 feet of a funeral, next week. The TopekaCapital-Journal (Kan.) (3/11)
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Group: Lawsuit planned to stop ballot question on Md. county's trans-biaslaw
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"Project Runway" shows the benefits of being "out"
Blogger Eddy Evans lauds Bravo reality competition "Project Runway" for"being unapologetic" in presenting a range of out contestants, as well asco-host Tim Gunn and judge Michael Kors. "I am sure there will be manyyounger viewers in particular, both gay and straight, who will takeinspiration from the show and recognize that you don't have to fit a certain[mold] if you are gay even if you are into fashion," he writes.
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Judge Calls Immigration Officials' Decision "Beyond Cruel"
The ruling says a detainee who later died of penile cancer was denied abiopsy of a lesion though several doctors said the procedure was urgentlyneeded. His family will be allowed to seek damages. In a stinging ruling,a Los Angeles federal judge said immigration officials' alleged decision towithhold a critical medical test and other treatment from a detainee wholater died of cancer was "beyond cruel and unusual" punishment. Contact Rays.List for the entire article.
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A safe, gay refuge for retirement
Seniors experience bias from their age group, yet a rare, gay-friendlyretirement home is underused
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Parents oppose vigil against anti-gay violence, but insist they're notanti-gay
Holmen, Wisc. -- A few parents in this Wisconsin town near Lacrosse objectedat a Monday school board meeting to a proposed vigil to honor victims ofanti-gay violence, including 15-year-old Larry King, who was murdered in hisOxnard, Calif. classroom because he was gay.
http://seaqwa.com/blogs/qnews/archive/2008/03/13/parents-oppose-anti-gay-violence-vigil-but-insist-they-re-not-anti-gay.aspx
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Arraignment for openly gay Patrick appointee postponed
http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=71559
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beijing lesbian group wins ''she changes the world'' award
Changing the world might take more than 5,000 euros. But it's a start forBeijing-based lesbian group Common Language, the prize winner of the MamaCash awards.
http://www.fridae.com/newsfeatures/article.php?articleid=2186&viewarticle=1
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John Hagee, McCain's choice to oversee the National Weather Service
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=4765
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Did DNC Lawyers Try to Intimidate Gay Media?
Just when you thought the anti-gay discrimination lawsuit against the DNCcouldn't get any messier, it is.
http://bloggernista.com/2008/03/13/did-dnc-lawyers-try-to-intimidate-gay-media/
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The other L word, What is so bad about liberal?
Conservatives have managed to make 'liberal' such a dirty word that evenliberals have started calling themselves progressive
http://www.dallasvoice.com/artman/publish/article_8321.php
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Beyond partners
Ending civil marriage would be a terrible mistake
http://www.worldmag.com/articles/13847
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The Heritage Foundation's thirty-five year smackdown of liberalism
Washington, D.C.-based tax-exempt "non-partisan" Republican think tankcelebrating three-plus decades of saying no to government and yes toprivatization, deregulation, wars, intervention and 'traditional familyvalues'
http://www.talk2action.org/story/2008/3/10/14412/1798
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"McCain Leaves Social Conservatives Cold"
http://www.interstateq.com/archives/2635/
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More Response from Ford to AFA's "Boycott Victory"
http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/03/13/1631
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Aberdeen teen gets 7 days in jail for online bullying
Aberdeen, Wash. -- An Aberdeen High School senior who threatened a classmateon a MySpace web site will serve seven days in jail for harassment.
"You are young," the judge told Brandon Peterman, "but you're old enough toknow better."
Peterman, 19, pleaded guilty Tuesday to harassment -- a reduced charge fromfelony malicious harassment -- for an online "joke" threatening to hang a17-year-old black student. The message included profanity and a racial slur.
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Democratic race might break pattern of racial history
The presence of a major black candidate makes race a natural factor in theDemocratic contest.
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Michigan, Florida try to resolve primary standoff
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in Michigan and Florida on Friday floatednew plans to resolve the disputed state primaries that threaten to dividethe party and its two presidential candidates well into the summer.
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1443196620080314
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Dem fight conflicts some women, blacks
WASHINGTON - The passion fueling the Democrats' history-making presidentialcampaign is putting two of the party's most important constituencies - womenand African-Americans - on what could be a collision course.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-03-13-InsideDems_N.htm?csp=34
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Bob Graham: Iraq War Vote Was Commander In Chief Test
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/14/bob-graham-iraq-war-vote_n_91524.html
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On My Faith and My Church
The pastor of my church, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who recently preached hislast sermon and is in the process of retiring, has touched off a firestormover the last few days. He's drawn attention as the result of someinflammatory and appalling remarks he made about our country, our politics,and my political opponents.
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Bear Rescue Plan: A Wall St. Domino Theory
The Federal Reserve's unusual decision to provide emergency assistance toBear Stearns underscores a long-building concern that one failure couldspread across the financial system.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/15/business/15risk.html?hp
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Leaving Musharraf Behind
Parliamentary elections in Pakistan last month delivered a verdict that wasjust clean enough to be credible - a stern rout of President PervezMusharraf's party. Now, rivals Asif Ali Zardari and Nawaz Sharif, theleading opposition politicians, have further defied expectations by joiningforces in a deal that could force Mr. Musharraf from office.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/15/opinion/15sat1.html?ref=opinion
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The Winds of Albany
David Paterson was just about to unwrap his lunch, a curried chicken dishdelivered to his Statehouse office from a local restaurant, when thegovernor's office called.
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House Passes a Surveillance Bill Not to Bush's Liking
A deeply divided House approved its latest version of terrorist surveillance legislation yesterday, rebuffing President Bush's demand for a bill thatwould grant telecommunications firms retroactive immunity for theircooperation in past warrantless wiretapping and deepening an impasse on afundamental national security issue.
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Democratic race might break pattern of racial history
The presence of a major black candidate makes race a natural factor in theDemocratic contest.
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Michigan, Florida try to resolve primary standoff
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in Michigan and Florida on Friday floatednew plans to resolve the disputed state primaries that threaten to dividethe party and its two presidential candidates well into the summer.
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1443196620080314
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Dem fight conflicts some women, blacks
WASHINGTON - The passion fueling the Democrats' history-making presidentialcampaign is putting two of the party's most important constituencies - womenand African-Americans - on what could be a collision course.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-03-13-InsideDems_N.htm?csp=34
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Bob Graham: Iraq War Vote Was Commander In Chief Test
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/14/bob-graham-iraq-war-vote_n_91524.html
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On My Faith and My Church
The pastor of my church, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who recently preached hislast sermon and is in the process of retiring, has touched off a firestormover the last few days. He's drawn attention as the result of someinflammatory and appalling remarks he made about our country, our politics,and my political opponents.
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Bear Rescue Plan: A Wall St. Domino Theory
The Federal Reserve's unusual decision to provide emergency assistance toBear Stearns underscores a long-building concern that one failure couldspread across the financial system.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/15/business/15risk.html?hp
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Leaving Musharraf Behind
Parliamentary elections in Pakistan last month delivered a verdict that wasjust clean enough to be credible - a stern rout of President PervezMusharraf's party. Now, rivals Asif Ali Zardari and Nawaz Sharif, theleading opposition politicians, have further defied expectations by joiningforces in a deal that could force Mr. Musharraf from office.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/15/opinion/15sat1.html?ref=opinion
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The Winds of Albany
David Paterson was just about to unwrap his lunch, a curried chicken dishdelivered to his Statehouse office from a local restaurant, when thegovernor's office called.
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House Passes a Surveillance Bill Not to Bush's Liking
A deeply divided House approved its latest version of terrorist surveillance legislation yesterday, rebuffing President Bush's demand for a bill thatwould grant telecommunications firms retroactive immunity for theircooperation in past warrantless wiretapping and deepening an impasse on afundamental national security issue.
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2 teens get 2 years in prison in homeless man's beating
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Seminars on Theatre
Among the free events are 7 p.m. seminars on three kinds of theater. Asession on gay and lesbian theater takes place at Fort Lauderdale's ArtServeMarch 25; one on ethnic theater is set for April 22 at New Theatre in CoralGables, and a Yiddish theater seminar takes place May 5 at New Vista Theatrein Boca Raton.
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Mail-in voting sparks disenfranchisement fears
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2008/03/15/m1a_votebymail_0315.html
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Explaining the Democrats' two-state delegate debacle
Now that the race between Clinton and Obama has tightened, questions aboundon what to do with the key states and their disqualified delegates.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-qna14mar14,1,3787596.story?track=rss
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2 teens get 2 years in prison in homeless man's beating
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbhomeless0315sbmar15,0,7991118.story
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Miami Herald
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Seminars on Theatre
Among the free events are 7 p.m. seminars on three kinds of theater. Asession on gay and lesbian theater takes place at Fort Lauderdale's ArtServeMarch 25; one on ethnic theater is set for April 22 at New Theatre in CoralGables, and a Yiddish theater seminar takes place May 5 at New Vista Theatrein Boca Raton.
http://www.miamiherald.com/tropical_life/story/456037.html
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Fort Report
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Mail-in voting sparks disenfranchisement fears
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2008/03/15/m1a_votebymail_0315.html
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Explaining the Democrats' two-state delegate debacle
Now that the race between Clinton and Obama has tightened, questions aboundon what to do with the key states and their disqualified delegates.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-qna14mar14,1,3787596.story?track=rss
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GLBT DIGEST March 14, 2008
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New York Times
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Lutheran Group Addresses Marriage Issue ET
NEW YORK (AP) -- A task force drafting a statement on sexuality for thenation's largest Lutheran group said Thursday that the church shouldcontinue defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Lutherans-Gays.html?scp=4&sq=gay&st=nyt
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Washington Post
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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It Wasn't Her Place
The Spotlight Spitzer Should Have Faced Alone
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/13/AR2008031303172.html
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Catholic College Leaders Expect Pope to Deliver Stern Message
After years of Vatican frustration over what it views as the failure of manyU.S. Catholic colleges to adhere to church teachings, school leaders areintently watching for a rebuke from Pope Benedict XVI during his Washingtonvisit next month.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/13/AR2008031304176.html
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Religion News in Brief
FORT WORTH, Texas -- The senior pastor of a Baptist church embroiled in adebate over putting photos of its gay members in a church directory will beallowed to keep his pulpit.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/13/AR2008031302045.html
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Express Gay News
http://www.expressgaynews.com/
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Senate panel approves repeal of HIV travel and immigration ban
Measure could go to full Senate after Easter recess
The influential Senate Foreign Relations Committee today voted 18 to 3 toapprove legislation calling for repeal of a controversial travel andimmigration ban on people who test positive for HIV.
http://www.expressgaynews.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=17160
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Gay group aims to halt referendum on trans law
Equality Maryland questions validity of petition's signatures
http://www.expressgaynews.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=17158
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Va. governor signs medical rights bill
Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine (D) recently signed into law a bill that would setup a medical registry giving gay couples more authority in making decisionsfor partners in case of medical emergencies. Kaine signed the bill, HouseBill 805, on March 4. The law is expected to go into effect July 1.
http://www.expressgaynews.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=17149
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How to Cope in the Closet By Dan Savage
I'm in my final year of high school and I decided to come out as a lesbian-avery foolish move as I live in a small town that's not exactly brimming withtolerant people. But I know there are other closeted people at my school andI figured if none of us ever take the first step, it won't ever get anybetter around here. But the response from my peers was worse than Iexpected.
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove
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I'm a 16-year-old gay boy. I grew up in an evangelical Christian home. Beingthe intelligent chap I am, I forgot to clear the history off the computerafter looking at pornography one day last October. I got yelled at until Icried that night, and again the next morning, and every day for two weeks. Iwasn't allowed to use the computer for a year, and I was forced to attendchurch nightly.
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove
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Four months ago, my mom walked in on me messing around with my boyfriend inour garage. I'm also a boy, age 15, and I hadn't gotten around to coming outto my parents yet. I felt bad that my mom had to find out by seeing what shesaw. I stayed in my room crying until my father came home. They called medown to the kitchen and told me they loved me and that they were very, verysorry if they had ever done or said anything that made me feel like Icouldn't be open with them about who I am.
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove
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Washington, DC: April 28 - 30, 2008
Online Registration is open for AIDSWatch 2008. Come to Washington April28-30 and tell Congress to Do the Right Thing. We invite you to joinhundreds of AIDS advocates from across the country who will be traveling tothe nation's capital to speak to their elected officials with a strong voice, united in support of a solid federal commitment to AIDS programs. Be a part ofthe exciting advocacy training, rally and hill visits we are planning!
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365Gay.com
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Greek Lesbian Couple To Test Marriage Law
(Athens) A lesbian couple will become the first same-sex couple in Greece tomarry when they exchange vows in a civil ceremony next week in an Athenssuburb.
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Bill To Repeal HIV Immigration Ban Wins Key Committee Approval
(Washington) The Senate Foreign Relations committee on Thursday approvedlegislation that would repeal a travel and immigration ban on people withHIV. The measure now moves to a full vote on the Senate floor.
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Gay Deaths At Hands Of Nazi's A Political Ploy Says Catholic Bishop
(Edinburgh) Claims by a Catholic bishop that gays use the Holocaust tofurther their political objectives have sparked outrage in the Scottishcapital.
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Lutheran Group Addresses Gay Marriage
New York City) A task force drafting a statement on sexuality for thenation's largest Lutheran group said Thursday that the church shouldcontinue defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
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Gay-Friendly Texas Pastor To Keep Job
Fort Worth, Texas) The senior pastor of a Baptist church embroiled in adebate over putting photos of its gay members in a church directory will beallowed to keep his pulpit.
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Hellfire Preacher Stirs Up Campuses
Tuscaloosa, Alabama) Bible in hand, Micah Armstrong strides into the middleof a small group of students at the University of Alabama and startspreaching.
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Wa. Gov. Signs Expanded Domestic Partner Law
Olympia, Washington) Gov. Christine Gregoire has signed legislationexpanding the state's domestic partnership law to provide for more than 170additional rights and responsibilities which married couples already have.
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National Gay News
http://nationalgaynews.com/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/
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Public Service Announcement in Honour of Lawrence King
In what seems to be the straw that broke the camel's back, the homophobicattack that lead to Lawrence King's death has sparked more action fromcelebrities in the US. The 15-year-old was shot in the head at the E.O.Green School in Oxnard, California on February 12 - reportedly for being ahomosexual.
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'American Idol' Axes First Finalist -- the Ex-Stripper
A juicy backstory wasn't enough to keep David Hernandez on "American Idol."
The 24-year-old ex-stripper from Glendale, Ariz., was dismissed Wednesday,leaving 11 aspiring singers to vie for the "Idol" title and a recordcontract. "Honestly, things happen for a reason," Hernandez said beforeleaving the stage. "I think we all have a plan. ... This isn't it for me."
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Pink Pistols: Can Guns Protect Gays?
Just over two years ago, Jacob Robida, a troubled 18-year-old who lived in aroom filled with weapons, Nazi flags, and anti-Semitic writings, walked intoPuzzles Lounge, a gay bar in New Bedford, Massachusetts. After presenting afake ID to the bartender and finishing off a drink, he asked if it was a gaybar. Upon learning that it was, he ordered a second drink. Then he went tothe back of the bar and started swinging a hatchet at bar patrons, strikingtwo. When others tried to wrestle him to the ground, he pulled out a gun andshot one person in the face, another in the head (twice), and a third personin the abdomen.
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Homophobic Politician Gets a Call From Lesbian Icon
Hi! It's Ellen DeGeneres. The gay one." The sitcom star turned chat showhost turned her satirical sights on Oklahoma state representative Sally Kernearlier this week, in response to comments that gay people are"infiltrating" the US government.
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Anti-Meth Campaign Aimed at Gay Men
California drug officials launched an $11-million barrage of billboards, buswraps, cable TV ads and a website Thursday aimed at discouraging gay menfrom using methamphetamine, an illegal stimulant linked to risky sexualbehavior and the spread of HIV.
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Bishop's Shameful Attack on Gay People Has No Place in Modern Scottish Life
Anyone concerned for social justice in Scotland should take Bishop JosephDevine's latest hate speech (your report, 13 March) as a spur to keepfighting for honesty, fairness and truth in the politics of this country.
There is nothing more dangerous than the injection of irrational,self-proclaimed morality into the "national conversation".
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The Advocate
http://advocate.com/
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State Investigates Kern's Threatening E-mails
The Oklahoma State Board of Investigation is examining the 7,000 e-mails andvoice-mail messages that Rep. Sally Kern received after a recording wasreleased of a speech she made that called homosexuality worse thanterrorism. The audio, by the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, has had 827,000hits on YouTube as of Thursday afternoon. While it was initially reportedthat some correspondence she has received has contained death threats,investigators are finding that the actual messages have been embellished,according to the Tulsa World newspaper.
http://advocate.com/news_detail_ektid52694.asp
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Marriage Equality News
http://samesexmarriage.typepad.com/weblog/
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Pennsylvania: In proposing a constitutional ban on gay marriage, can wetake state Sen. Mike Brubaker at his word? On a recent radio program,Brubaker, a Republican from Warwick Township, said that although he issponsoring a bill to make sure gays can't marry, he has "no negativefeeling" regarding homosexuals. Certainly, none of Brubaker's comments wasovertly derogatory, which comes as no surprise.
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Saying they won't take up any gay marriage bills this year, Marylandsenators have begun debate on a measure to allow same-sex couples to makemedical decisions for each other. But the medical proposal has detractors onboth sides - conservatives who oppose conferring rights of marriage to gaycouples, and gay-rights activists who call measures like the decision-makingbill attempts to avoid allowing same-sex couples to marry.
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A lesbian couple will become the first same-sex couple in Greece to marrywhen they exchange vows in a civil ceremony next week in an Athens suburb.
The LGBT rights group OLKE said Thursday it had found a loophole in a 26year old update of the Greek civil marriage law that refers only toparticipating "persons," without specifying gender. OLKE said that by notnaming gender the law, albeit inadvertently, allows same-sex marriage. Theorganization did not name the lesbians
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Couples in domestic partnerships in Washington state will enjoy a bevy ofnew rights and responsibilities thanks to a bill signed into law by thestate's governor. Gov. Chris Gregoire signed the domestic partnership billat a public ceremony on Wednesday. "This bill strengthens Washington bystrengthening families," Gregoire said at the ceremony. "It strengthensfamilies by providing domestic partners with rights and responsibilitiesthey need to maintain stable, loving relationships for them and theirchildren."
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Pink News - UK
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/
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Gay community "right" to recall Nazi persecution
The chair of the Holocaust Educational Trust has defended the right of gaypeople to commemorate the Holocaust.Lord Janner's comments follow theremarks of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Motherwell, who said earlier thisweek that the "homosexual lobby" attend Holocaust memorial events to createfor themselves the image of a group of people under persecution."BishopJoseph Devine's extremist views have been widely criticised.Between 5,000and 15,000 gay men were held in concentration camps by the Nazis as membersof an "anti-social group."
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Religious Russians target cartoon channel
Protestant groups in Moscow are urging for the closure of a cartoon channelthey claim promotes homosexuality and religious intolerance. Channel 2x2,which broadcasts Western cartoons such as South Park, has been accused ofpromoting "homosexual propaganda". It is the second time in a week that thenetwork, owned by Vladimir Potanin's Prof-Media Group, has come under firefor its contents.
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Bigot bishop's comments raised in parliament
The Bishop of Motherwell's recent outburst about gay people and theHolocaust could be debated in the Scottish Parliament. Patrick Harvie, theGreen party MSP for Glasgow Region, was so incensed by the bishop's commentsthat he has tabled a motion condemning his comments. Bishop Joseph Devine,speaking at an event on Tuesday, accused the gay community of "aligningitself with minority groups. It is ever present at the service each year forthe Holocaust memorial, as if to create for themselves the image of a groupof people under persecution."
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2nd EUROPEAN TRANSGENDER COUNCIL
May 2nd-4th 2008
Berlin, Germany
www.tgeu.org/council2008
After the inspiring first Transgender Council held in Vienna in 2005,Transgender Europe (TGEU), the Transgender Network Berlin (TGNB) andTransInterQueer Berlin (TrIQ) are very pleased to invite you to the2nd Transgender Council: Make Human Rights Work ....This year's Counciloffers a full program featuring representatives from Transgender Europe(TGEU), the Committee for Human Rights - Council of Europe, Human RightsWatch, Amnesty International and many other international activists andexperts who will share their first hand experience in the field of humanrights and Transgender related work.
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The Moroccan Association for Human Rights and Human Rights Watch ask foryour help. You can send a message to Moroccan authorities to respect allhuman rights for all, by signing the petition below. Sx men are imprisonedin Morocco under a law criminalizing sexual conduct between people of thesame sex. Their conviction violates the right to a fair trial, and the lawunder which they were tried violates the right to privacy.
Send an e-mail to petitionmaroc@hrw.org by letting us know you will sign on.
Give us your NAME, COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, and any other identifying informationyou want included. Please also let us know if you are signing on as anindividual or an organization.
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To say that homosexuals are safe as long as they are discreet and live theirlives in private, is to say that Ann Franks was safe from the Nazis in WWIIas long as she hid in her attic. here is No difference, he Islamic humanrights lawyers and religious leaders in Iran expressed the true stance takenby the government. Hmosexuality is not accepted and the state kills andpunishes those guilty of being gay.
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Forwarded from Gay Asalyum - UK
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British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced a temporary stay onMadhi's deportation. "Following representations made on behalf of MahdiKazemi, and in the light of new circumstances since the original decisionwas made, I have decided that Mr Kazemi's case should be reconsidered on hisreturn to the UK from the Netherlands." The "new circumstances" is thecampaign for Madhi but he is not safe yet. Please continue to make yourfeelings known, British government policy which allows this has not changed.
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D.C. Lobby Day: April 14-15, 2008
Sponsored by the National Center for Transgender Equality and theTransgender Law Center
One month from today we'll be gathering in Washington, DC for the NCTE andTLC Lobby Day 2008 -- and you don't want to miss it. We're happy toannounce a great deal on hotel rates that we've arranged to make it easierfor you to come. Click to register
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Washington, DC-New research by political scientists concludes that directmail campaigns which include a social pressure aspect are more effective atincreasing voter turnout and are cheaper than other forms of votermobilization, including door-to-door or telephone canvassing. Conducted bypolitical scientists Alan S. Gerber (Yale University), Donald P. Green (YaleUniversity), and Christopher W. Larimer (University ofNorthern Iowa), these findings are presented in an article entitled "SocialPressure and Voter Turnout: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment."
The complete article appears in the February issue of the American PoliticalScience Review, a journal of the American Political Science Association(APSA), and is available online at
http://www.apsanet.org/imgtest/APSRFeb08Gerberetal.pdf
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With progressive challenger, Kerry's opposition to marriage equality softensIn the midst of a re-election challenge from the left in the DemocraticPrimary this September, Sen. John Kerry has softened his longstandingopposition to same-sex marriage. In a statement to Bay Windows Kerry saidthat civil marriage rights for same-sex couples are established law inMassachusetts and should remain so. He has also touted his work to swaystate legislators to vote against the anti-gay marriage constitutionalamendment at last June's constitutional convention, as proof of his support.
http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=71563
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New York Times
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Lutheran Group Addresses Marriage Issue ET
NEW YORK (AP) -- A task force drafting a statement on sexuality for thenation's largest Lutheran group said Thursday that the church shouldcontinue defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Lutherans-Gays.html?scp=4&sq=gay&st=nyt
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Washington Post
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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It Wasn't Her Place
The Spotlight Spitzer Should Have Faced Alone
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/13/AR2008031303172.html
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Catholic College Leaders Expect Pope to Deliver Stern Message
After years of Vatican frustration over what it views as the failure of manyU.S. Catholic colleges to adhere to church teachings, school leaders areintently watching for a rebuke from Pope Benedict XVI during his Washingtonvisit next month.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/13/AR2008031304176.html
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Religion News in Brief
FORT WORTH, Texas -- The senior pastor of a Baptist church embroiled in adebate over putting photos of its gay members in a church directory will beallowed to keep his pulpit.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/13/AR2008031302045.html
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Express Gay News
http://www.expressgaynews.com/
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Senate panel approves repeal of HIV travel and immigration ban
Measure could go to full Senate after Easter recess
The influential Senate Foreign Relations Committee today voted 18 to 3 toapprove legislation calling for repeal of a controversial travel andimmigration ban on people who test positive for HIV.
http://www.expressgaynews.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=17160
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Gay group aims to halt referendum on trans law
Equality Maryland questions validity of petition's signatures
http://www.expressgaynews.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=17158
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Va. governor signs medical rights bill
Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine (D) recently signed into law a bill that would setup a medical registry giving gay couples more authority in making decisionsfor partners in case of medical emergencies. Kaine signed the bill, HouseBill 805, on March 4. The law is expected to go into effect July 1.
http://www.expressgaynews.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=17149
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How to Cope in the Closet By Dan Savage
I'm in my final year of high school and I decided to come out as a lesbian-avery foolish move as I live in a small town that's not exactly brimming withtolerant people. But I know there are other closeted people at my school andI figured if none of us ever take the first step, it won't ever get anybetter around here. But the response from my peers was worse than Iexpected.
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove
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I'm a 16-year-old gay boy. I grew up in an evangelical Christian home. Beingthe intelligent chap I am, I forgot to clear the history off the computerafter looking at pornography one day last October. I got yelled at until Icried that night, and again the next morning, and every day for two weeks. Iwasn't allowed to use the computer for a year, and I was forced to attendchurch nightly.
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove
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Four months ago, my mom walked in on me messing around with my boyfriend inour garage. I'm also a boy, age 15, and I hadn't gotten around to coming outto my parents yet. I felt bad that my mom had to find out by seeing what shesaw. I stayed in my room crying until my father came home. They called medown to the kitchen and told me they loved me and that they were very, verysorry if they had ever done or said anything that made me feel like Icouldn't be open with them about who I am.
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove
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Washington, DC: April 28 - 30, 2008
Online Registration is open for AIDSWatch 2008. Come to Washington April28-30 and tell Congress to Do the Right Thing. We invite you to joinhundreds of AIDS advocates from across the country who will be traveling tothe nation's capital to speak to their elected officials with a strong voice, united in support of a solid federal commitment to AIDS programs. Be a part ofthe exciting advocacy training, rally and hill visits we are planning!
Go to http://napwa.org/aidswatch/ to learn more and register today!
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365Gay.com
http://www.365gay.com/
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Greek Lesbian Couple To Test Marriage Law
(Athens) A lesbian couple will become the first same-sex couple in Greece tomarry when they exchange vows in a civil ceremony next week in an Athenssuburb.
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Bill To Repeal HIV Immigration Ban Wins Key Committee Approval
(Washington) The Senate Foreign Relations committee on Thursday approvedlegislation that would repeal a travel and immigration ban on people withHIV. The measure now moves to a full vote on the Senate floor.
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Gay Deaths At Hands Of Nazi's A Political Ploy Says Catholic Bishop
(Edinburgh) Claims by a Catholic bishop that gays use the Holocaust tofurther their political objectives have sparked outrage in the Scottishcapital.
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Lutheran Group Addresses Gay Marriage
New York City) A task force drafting a statement on sexuality for thenation's largest Lutheran group said Thursday that the church shouldcontinue defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
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Gay-Friendly Texas Pastor To Keep Job
Fort Worth, Texas) The senior pastor of a Baptist church embroiled in adebate over putting photos of its gay members in a church directory will beallowed to keep his pulpit.
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Hellfire Preacher Stirs Up Campuses
Tuscaloosa, Alabama) Bible in hand, Micah Armstrong strides into the middleof a small group of students at the University of Alabama and startspreaching.
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Wa. Gov. Signs Expanded Domestic Partner Law
Olympia, Washington) Gov. Christine Gregoire has signed legislationexpanding the state's domestic partnership law to provide for more than 170additional rights and responsibilities which married couples already have.
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National Gay News
http://nationalgaynews.com/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/
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Public Service Announcement in Honour of Lawrence King
In what seems to be the straw that broke the camel's back, the homophobicattack that lead to Lawrence King's death has sparked more action fromcelebrities in the US. The 15-year-old was shot in the head at the E.O.Green School in Oxnard, California on February 12 - reportedly for being ahomosexual.
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'American Idol' Axes First Finalist -- the Ex-Stripper
A juicy backstory wasn't enough to keep David Hernandez on "American Idol."
The 24-year-old ex-stripper from Glendale, Ariz., was dismissed Wednesday,leaving 11 aspiring singers to vie for the "Idol" title and a recordcontract. "Honestly, things happen for a reason," Hernandez said beforeleaving the stage. "I think we all have a plan. ... This isn't it for me."
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Pink Pistols: Can Guns Protect Gays?
Just over two years ago, Jacob Robida, a troubled 18-year-old who lived in aroom filled with weapons, Nazi flags, and anti-Semitic writings, walked intoPuzzles Lounge, a gay bar in New Bedford, Massachusetts. After presenting afake ID to the bartender and finishing off a drink, he asked if it was a gaybar. Upon learning that it was, he ordered a second drink. Then he went tothe back of the bar and started swinging a hatchet at bar patrons, strikingtwo. When others tried to wrestle him to the ground, he pulled out a gun andshot one person in the face, another in the head (twice), and a third personin the abdomen.
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Homophobic Politician Gets a Call From Lesbian Icon
Hi! It's Ellen DeGeneres. The gay one." The sitcom star turned chat showhost turned her satirical sights on Oklahoma state representative Sally Kernearlier this week, in response to comments that gay people are"infiltrating" the US government.
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Anti-Meth Campaign Aimed at Gay Men
California drug officials launched an $11-million barrage of billboards, buswraps, cable TV ads and a website Thursday aimed at discouraging gay menfrom using methamphetamine, an illegal stimulant linked to risky sexualbehavior and the spread of HIV.
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Bishop's Shameful Attack on Gay People Has No Place in Modern Scottish Life
Anyone concerned for social justice in Scotland should take Bishop JosephDevine's latest hate speech (your report, 13 March) as a spur to keepfighting for honesty, fairness and truth in the politics of this country.
There is nothing more dangerous than the injection of irrational,self-proclaimed morality into the "national conversation".
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The Advocate
http://advocate.com/
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State Investigates Kern's Threatening E-mails
The Oklahoma State Board of Investigation is examining the 7,000 e-mails andvoice-mail messages that Rep. Sally Kern received after a recording wasreleased of a speech she made that called homosexuality worse thanterrorism. The audio, by the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, has had 827,000hits on YouTube as of Thursday afternoon. While it was initially reportedthat some correspondence she has received has contained death threats,investigators are finding that the actual messages have been embellished,according to the Tulsa World newspaper.
http://advocate.com/news_detail_ektid52694.asp
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Marriage Equality News
http://samesexmarriage.typepad.com/weblog/
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Pennsylvania: In proposing a constitutional ban on gay marriage, can wetake state Sen. Mike Brubaker at his word? On a recent radio program,Brubaker, a Republican from Warwick Township, said that although he issponsoring a bill to make sure gays can't marry, he has "no negativefeeling" regarding homosexuals. Certainly, none of Brubaker's comments wasovertly derogatory, which comes as no surprise.
-
Saying they won't take up any gay marriage bills this year, Marylandsenators have begun debate on a measure to allow same-sex couples to makemedical decisions for each other. But the medical proposal has detractors onboth sides - conservatives who oppose conferring rights of marriage to gaycouples, and gay-rights activists who call measures like the decision-makingbill attempts to avoid allowing same-sex couples to marry.
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A lesbian couple will become the first same-sex couple in Greece to marrywhen they exchange vows in a civil ceremony next week in an Athens suburb.
The LGBT rights group OLKE said Thursday it had found a loophole in a 26year old update of the Greek civil marriage law that refers only toparticipating "persons," without specifying gender. OLKE said that by notnaming gender the law, albeit inadvertently, allows same-sex marriage. Theorganization did not name the lesbians
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Couples in domestic partnerships in Washington state will enjoy a bevy ofnew rights and responsibilities thanks to a bill signed into law by thestate's governor. Gov. Chris Gregoire signed the domestic partnership billat a public ceremony on Wednesday. "This bill strengthens Washington bystrengthening families," Gregoire said at the ceremony. "It strengthensfamilies by providing domestic partners with rights and responsibilitiesthey need to maintain stable, loving relationships for them and theirchildren."
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Pink News - UK
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Gay community "right" to recall Nazi persecution
The chair of the Holocaust Educational Trust has defended the right of gaypeople to commemorate the Holocaust.Lord Janner's comments follow theremarks of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Motherwell, who said earlier thisweek that the "homosexual lobby" attend Holocaust memorial events to createfor themselves the image of a group of people under persecution."BishopJoseph Devine's extremist views have been widely criticised.Between 5,000and 15,000 gay men were held in concentration camps by the Nazis as membersof an "anti-social group."
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Religious Russians target cartoon channel
Protestant groups in Moscow are urging for the closure of a cartoon channelthey claim promotes homosexuality and religious intolerance. Channel 2x2,which broadcasts Western cartoons such as South Park, has been accused ofpromoting "homosexual propaganda". It is the second time in a week that thenetwork, owned by Vladimir Potanin's Prof-Media Group, has come under firefor its contents.
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Bigot bishop's comments raised in parliament
The Bishop of Motherwell's recent outburst about gay people and theHolocaust could be debated in the Scottish Parliament. Patrick Harvie, theGreen party MSP for Glasgow Region, was so incensed by the bishop's commentsthat he has tabled a motion condemning his comments. Bishop Joseph Devine,speaking at an event on Tuesday, accused the gay community of "aligningitself with minority groups. It is ever present at the service each year forthe Holocaust memorial, as if to create for themselves the image of a groupof people under persecution."
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2nd EUROPEAN TRANSGENDER COUNCIL
May 2nd-4th 2008
Berlin, Germany
www.tgeu.org/council2008
After the inspiring first Transgender Council held in Vienna in 2005,Transgender Europe (TGEU), the Transgender Network Berlin (TGNB) andTransInterQueer Berlin (TrIQ) are very pleased to invite you to the2nd Transgender Council: Make Human Rights Work ....This year's Counciloffers a full program featuring representatives from Transgender Europe(TGEU), the Committee for Human Rights - Council of Europe, Human RightsWatch, Amnesty International and many other international activists andexperts who will share their first hand experience in the field of humanrights and Transgender related work.
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The Moroccan Association for Human Rights and Human Rights Watch ask foryour help. You can send a message to Moroccan authorities to respect allhuman rights for all, by signing the petition below. Sx men are imprisonedin Morocco under a law criminalizing sexual conduct between people of thesame sex. Their conviction violates the right to a fair trial, and the lawunder which they were tried violates the right to privacy.
Send an e-mail to petitionmaroc@hrw.org by letting us know you will sign on.
Give us your NAME, COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, and any other identifying informationyou want included. Please also let us know if you are signing on as anindividual or an organization.
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To say that homosexuals are safe as long as they are discreet and live theirlives in private, is to say that Ann Franks was safe from the Nazis in WWIIas long as she hid in her attic. here is No difference, he Islamic humanrights lawyers and religious leaders in Iran expressed the true stance takenby the government. Hmosexuality is not accepted and the state kills andpunishes those guilty of being gay.
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Forwarded from Gay Asalyum - UK
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British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced a temporary stay onMadhi's deportation. "Following representations made on behalf of MahdiKazemi, and in the light of new circumstances since the original decisionwas made, I have decided that Mr Kazemi's case should be reconsidered on hisreturn to the UK from the Netherlands." The "new circumstances" is thecampaign for Madhi but he is not safe yet. Please continue to make yourfeelings known, British government policy which allows this has not changed.
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D.C. Lobby Day: April 14-15, 2008
Sponsored by the National Center for Transgender Equality and theTransgender Law Center
One month from today we'll be gathering in Washington, DC for the NCTE andTLC Lobby Day 2008 -- and you don't want to miss it. We're happy toannounce a great deal on hotel rates that we've arranged to make it easierfor you to come. Click to register
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Washington, DC-New research by political scientists concludes that directmail campaigns which include a social pressure aspect are more effective atincreasing voter turnout and are cheaper than other forms of votermobilization, including door-to-door or telephone canvassing. Conducted bypolitical scientists Alan S. Gerber (Yale University), Donald P. Green (YaleUniversity), and Christopher W. Larimer (University ofNorthern Iowa), these findings are presented in an article entitled "SocialPressure and Voter Turnout: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment."
The complete article appears in the February issue of the American PoliticalScience Review, a journal of the American Political Science Association(APSA), and is available online at
http://www.apsanet.org/imgtest/APSRFeb08Gerberetal.pdf
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With progressive challenger, Kerry's opposition to marriage equality softensIn the midst of a re-election challenge from the left in the DemocraticPrimary this September, Sen. John Kerry has softened his longstandingopposition to same-sex marriage. In a statement to Bay Windows Kerry saidthat civil marriage rights for same-sex couples are established law inMassachusetts and should remain so. He has also touted his work to swaystate legislators to vote against the anti-gay marriage constitutionalamendment at last June's constitutional convention, as proof of his support.
http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=71563
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New York Times
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Preventing Another Genocide
The world's failure to end the killing in Darfur may soon be compounded byrenewed fighting in southern Sudan. Another genocide cannot be allowed tohappen.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/15/world/asia/15tibet.html?hp
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Preventing Another Genocide
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/14/opinion/14fri2.html?ref=opinion
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A Sermon's Echoes Threaten Obama
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/a-sermon-echoing-around-obama/index.html?ref=opinion
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Washington Post
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Adventures In Identity Politics
Elections can be about policy, personality or identity. The race betweenBarack Obama and Hillary Clinton is surely not about policy. The differencesbetween the two are microscopic.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/13/AR2008031303168.html
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Chrysler Plans To Shut Down Company for Two Weeks
Employees Encouraged To Take Vacation in July
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/13/AR2008031303545.html?hpid=sec-business
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Sun-Sentinel
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DNA indicates Indians in America all descended from six women
Nearly all of today's American Indians in North, Central and South Americacan trace part of their ancestry to six women whose descendants immigratedaround 20,000 years ago, a DNA study suggests.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/health/sfl-fladna0314sbmar14,0,6868874.story
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Miami Herald
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Wrong decision on waterboarding
President Bush had a chance last weekend to sign legislation that would makeit clear once and for all that the interrogation technique known aswaterboarding is a crime. Yet instead of enacting a law that would imitinterrogations to only those techniques outlined in a U.S. Army manual, hevetoed the proposal, sending it back to a Congress that on Tuesday tried butfailed to override him. Once again, Mr. Bush made the wrong decision.
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/456016.html
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Fort Report
http://www.fortreport.com/
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The controversial, race-based comments of former vice presidential candidateGeraldine Ferraro and of retired South Side pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr.are of genuine importance to the selection of a Democratic presidentialnominee. Although not for the reasons that have unduly exercised many U.S.voters in recent days.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0314edit1mar14,0,1043933.story
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Ferraro's Obama Remarks Leave A Tainted Legacy
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/13/politics/uwire/main3937378.shtml
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New York Times
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Preventing Another Genocide
The world's failure to end the killing in Darfur may soon be compounded byrenewed fighting in southern Sudan. Another genocide cannot be allowed tohappen.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/15/world/asia/15tibet.html?hp
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Preventing Another Genocide
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/14/opinion/14fri2.html?ref=opinion
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A Sermon's Echoes Threaten Obama
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/a-sermon-echoing-around-obama/index.html?ref=opinion
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Washington Post
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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Adventures In Identity Politics
Elections can be about policy, personality or identity. The race betweenBarack Obama and Hillary Clinton is surely not about policy. The differencesbetween the two are microscopic.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/13/AR2008031303168.html
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Chrysler Plans To Shut Down Company for Two Weeks
Employees Encouraged To Take Vacation in July
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/13/AR2008031303545.html?hpid=sec-business
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Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
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DNA indicates Indians in America all descended from six women
Nearly all of today's American Indians in North, Central and South Americacan trace part of their ancestry to six women whose descendants immigratedaround 20,000 years ago, a DNA study suggests.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/health/sfl-fladna0314sbmar14,0,6868874.story
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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Wrong decision on waterboarding
President Bush had a chance last weekend to sign legislation that would makeit clear once and for all that the interrogation technique known aswaterboarding is a crime. Yet instead of enacting a law that would imitinterrogations to only those techniques outlined in a U.S. Army manual, hevetoed the proposal, sending it back to a Congress that on Tuesday tried butfailed to override him. Once again, Mr. Bush made the wrong decision.
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/456016.html
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Fort Report
http://www.fortreport.com/
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The controversial, race-based comments of former vice presidential candidateGeraldine Ferraro and of retired South Side pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr.are of genuine importance to the selection of a Democratic presidentialnominee. Although not for the reasons that have unduly exercised many U.S.voters in recent days.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0314edit1mar14,0,1043933.story
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Ferraro's Obama Remarks Leave A Tainted Legacy
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/13/politics/uwire/main3937378.shtml
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News from the GLCC - Ft. Lauderdale
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Let's Get B.U.S.Y! (Benefiting Under Served Youth)
The GLCC community is encouraged to assist underserved youth by volunteeringat Thurgood Marshall Elementary School. Located at the corner of PowerlineRoad and NW 13th Street, Thurgood Marshall's students and staff wouldbenefit from supervised classroom volunteer assistance. Ideally--volunteers will visit the school for short increments of time (up to onehour) a few times per week, to develop rapport with students and staff, andto reinforce reading and other skills with small groups of students.
Training and orientation will be provided, as will classroom supervision byfaculty. The easy, on-line Broward County School Board volunteerapplication process includes consent to a criminal background check. As acommunity-minded neighbor, the GLCC aims to recruit volunteers, in order tohave a positive impact during the current academic year. For informationplease contact Paul Hyman, Executive Director at phyman@glccsf.org.
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Senior Health Fair - Saturday, March 15 ~ 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
This FREE health Fair is presented by S.A.G.E. (Senior Action in a GayEvironment) and the GLCC at 1717 N. Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale ~
954.463.9005.
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Sun-Sentinel
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HIV-free young people work to lessen AIDS spread in Broward County
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flrndaids0316sbmar14,0,7492084.story
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School Boundary Battle Brewing In Broward
Parents Concerned About Sending Kids Farther Away
http://www.local10.com/education/15586108/detail.html?treets=mia&tid=2655619429813&tml=mia_dailyforecast&tmi=mia_dailyforecast_1_04000203142008&ts=H
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Miami Herald
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Okeechobee School Board seeks dismissal of gay-straight club order
The Gay-Straight Alliance of Okeechobee High School isn't active anymore andis no longer a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the Okeechobee County SchoolBoard. Now attorneys for the school district want the judge to drop an orderthat forced the school to allow the club to meet on campus. In a courtdocument filed Wednesday, school board attorney David Gibbs said it is"inequitable" to force the school to permit a club "that has no members, noofficers, no meetings and no events." Former Gay-Straight Alliancepresident Yasmin Gonzalez, who has graduated from Okeechobee High School,remains a plaintiff in the lawsuit, which claims the school districtviolated the federal Equal Access Act by allowing other clubs to meet oncampus but banning the Gay-Straight Alliance.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/
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Homeless beating suspects to be sentenced
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/456333.html
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Board approves new boundaries
After a meeting that lasted into Friday morning, Broward School Boardmembers approved boundaries for a new high school on the western edge ofPembroke Pines..
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/456272.html
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Naked politics
News item from MiamiHerald.com: ``A bill to punish students who wear theirdroopy drawers exposing their back ends or sexual organs passed the SenateThursday 28-11.''
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/456015.html
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Express Gay News
http://www.expressgaynews.com/
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Fla. gay delegates making plans despite uncertainty
GLBT Democratic group nominates Keechl, Trantalis at conferenceFlorida's GLBT Democrats are not waiting for the dust to clear about thetenuous status of the state's delegates at the Democratic NationalConvention in Denver this August. At the Florida GLBT Democratic CaucusConference March 8 in West Palm Beach, more than 100 caucus members talkedstrategy and nominated delegates to represent gay interests in what isshaping up to be a historic, heated presidential election. Nine GLBTdelegates have already been chosen from Florida, according to Ron Mills, amember of the Florida GLBT Democratic Caucus.
http://www.expressgaynews.com/2008/3-13/news/localnews/4501.cfm
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Gay attorney is running for Fort Lauderdale commission
Prewitt emphasizes public safety and smart development
Fort Lauderdale attorney Coleman Prewitt announced this week that he isrunning for a seat on the Fort Lauderdale City Commission. Prewitt is openlygay and has been active with the Dolphin Democrats and the Gay & LesbianCommunity Center of South Florida as well as with the local activist groupUnite Fort Lauderdale.
http://www.expressgaynews.com/2008/3-13/news/localnews/4495.cfm
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Florida Legislature shuns gay bills
Safe Schools bill has a chance, but others will likely die without hearingsFour gay-friendly bills are ready to make their way through the FloridaLegislature, which opened its 2008 session on March 3. Collectively thebills would ban employment and housing discrimination against gays, lesbiansand transgendered people, protect kids from school-yard bullying, providebenefits to domestic partners of state employees and recognize the rights ofunmarried partners in cases of medical emergency.
http://www.expressgaynews.com/2008/3-13/news/localnews/4507.cfm
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Crist's poor judgment is primarily responsible for primary mess by PhilLaPadula
Mail-in revote is best option to restore confidence in electoral processHOW MUCH IS democracy and a fair election worth? Apparently not much toHoward Dean, Gov. Charlie Crist and the South Florida Sun- Sentinel.
http://www.expressgaynews.com/2008/3-13/view/editorial/4497.cfm
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Fort Report
http://www.fortreport.com/
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Florida Democrats outline mail-vote plan
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_dade/story/454408.html
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Mail-in revote improbable, but DNC appeal in works
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/state/epaper/2008/03/14/m1a_dem_prez_0314.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0
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Our position: Obama, Clinton and Democratic bosses should put voters first
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/orl-ed14108mar14,0,7420398.story
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Critics: Dean too quiet on Florida's delegates
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/elections/article416406.ece
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Florida play by the rules? No we can't!
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/local_news/epaper/2008/03/14/s1c_bino_0314.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=76
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Florida tops in mortgage fraud
http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/455935.html
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True Colors Tour
Today is the last day to purchase your pre-sale tickets for True Colors 2008 with Cyndi Lauper and other special guests. What are you waiting for? Get your tickets today before they sell out.
In addition to having an extraordinary lineup, this tour also has an extraordinary mission: to support gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender equality. In fact, HRC will receive a portion of the proceeds from every ticket sold from the True Colors Fund to help us continue our work for equality. Tickets are selling fast everywhere, so be sure to get yours today. These concerts are a true celebration of our community and these will definitely be 25 incredible evenings.
To learn more, go to www.hrc.org/truecolors and get your tickets today!
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Saving Lives: America's Efforts to Combat HIV/AIDS
Event - Sunday, March 16 11 am - 12 pm
Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen Event - Mar. 16th
Ambassador Mark Dybul - U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator
Christopher H. Bates - Acting Director, Office of HIV/AIDS Policy
The Biltmore Hotel, the Aragon Room
1200 Anastasia Ave
Coral Gables, FL 33134
(305) 445-1926
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News from the GLCC - Ft. Lauderdale
www.glccsf.org
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Let's Get B.U.S.Y! (Benefiting Under Served Youth)
The GLCC community is encouraged to assist underserved youth by volunteeringat Thurgood Marshall Elementary School. Located at the corner of PowerlineRoad and NW 13th Street, Thurgood Marshall's students and staff wouldbenefit from supervised classroom volunteer assistance. Ideally--volunteers will visit the school for short increments of time (up to onehour) a few times per week, to develop rapport with students and staff, andto reinforce reading and other skills with small groups of students.
Training and orientation will be provided, as will classroom supervision byfaculty. The easy, on-line Broward County School Board volunteerapplication process includes consent to a criminal background check. As acommunity-minded neighbor, the GLCC aims to recruit volunteers, in order tohave a positive impact during the current academic year. For informationplease contact Paul Hyman, Executive Director at phyman@glccsf.org.
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Senior Health Fair - Saturday, March 15 ~ 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
This FREE health Fair is presented by S.A.G.E. (Senior Action in a GayEvironment) and the GLCC at 1717 N. Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale ~
954.463.9005.
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Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
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HIV-free young people work to lessen AIDS spread in Broward County
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flrndaids0316sbmar14,0,7492084.story
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School Boundary Battle Brewing In Broward
Parents Concerned About Sending Kids Farther Away
http://www.local10.com/education/15586108/detail.html?treets=mia&tid=2655619429813&tml=mia_dailyforecast&tmi=mia_dailyforecast_1_04000203142008&ts=H
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
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Okeechobee School Board seeks dismissal of gay-straight club order
The Gay-Straight Alliance of Okeechobee High School isn't active anymore andis no longer a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the Okeechobee County SchoolBoard. Now attorneys for the school district want the judge to drop an orderthat forced the school to allow the club to meet on campus. In a courtdocument filed Wednesday, school board attorney David Gibbs said it is"inequitable" to force the school to permit a club "that has no members, noofficers, no meetings and no events." Former Gay-Straight Alliancepresident Yasmin Gonzalez, who has graduated from Okeechobee High School,remains a plaintiff in the lawsuit, which claims the school districtviolated the federal Equal Access Act by allowing other clubs to meet oncampus but banning the Gay-Straight Alliance.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/
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Homeless beating suspects to be sentenced
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/456333.html
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Board approves new boundaries
After a meeting that lasted into Friday morning, Broward School Boardmembers approved boundaries for a new high school on the western edge ofPembroke Pines..
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/456272.html
-
Naked politics
News item from MiamiHerald.com: ``A bill to punish students who wear theirdroopy drawers exposing their back ends or sexual organs passed the SenateThursday 28-11.''
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/456015.html
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Express Gay News
http://www.expressgaynews.com/
Go to this link for the following articles:
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Fla. gay delegates making plans despite uncertainty
GLBT Democratic group nominates Keechl, Trantalis at conferenceFlorida's GLBT Democrats are not waiting for the dust to clear about thetenuous status of the state's delegates at the Democratic NationalConvention in Denver this August. At the Florida GLBT Democratic CaucusConference March 8 in West Palm Beach, more than 100 caucus members talkedstrategy and nominated delegates to represent gay interests in what isshaping up to be a historic, heated presidential election. Nine GLBTdelegates have already been chosen from Florida, according to Ron Mills, amember of the Florida GLBT Democratic Caucus.
http://www.expressgaynews.com/2008/3-13/news/localnews/4501.cfm
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Gay attorney is running for Fort Lauderdale commission
Prewitt emphasizes public safety and smart development
Fort Lauderdale attorney Coleman Prewitt announced this week that he isrunning for a seat on the Fort Lauderdale City Commission. Prewitt is openlygay and has been active with the Dolphin Democrats and the Gay & LesbianCommunity Center of South Florida as well as with the local activist groupUnite Fort Lauderdale.
http://www.expressgaynews.com/2008/3-13/news/localnews/4495.cfm
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Florida Legislature shuns gay bills
Safe Schools bill has a chance, but others will likely die without hearingsFour gay-friendly bills are ready to make their way through the FloridaLegislature, which opened its 2008 session on March 3. Collectively thebills would ban employment and housing discrimination against gays, lesbiansand transgendered people, protect kids from school-yard bullying, providebenefits to domestic partners of state employees and recognize the rights ofunmarried partners in cases of medical emergency.
http://www.expressgaynews.com/2008/3-13/news/localnews/4507.cfm
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Crist's poor judgment is primarily responsible for primary mess by PhilLaPadula
Mail-in revote is best option to restore confidence in electoral processHOW MUCH IS democracy and a fair election worth? Apparently not much toHoward Dean, Gov. Charlie Crist and the South Florida Sun- Sentinel.
http://www.expressgaynews.com/2008/3-13/view/editorial/4497.cfm
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Fort Report
http://www.fortreport.com/
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Florida Democrats outline mail-vote plan
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_dade/story/454408.html
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Mail-in revote improbable, but DNC appeal in works
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/state/epaper/2008/03/14/m1a_dem_prez_0314.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0
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Our position: Obama, Clinton and Democratic bosses should put voters first
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/orl-ed14108mar14,0,7420398.story
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Critics: Dean too quiet on Florida's delegates
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/elections/article416406.ece
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Florida play by the rules? No we can't!
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/local_news/epaper/2008/03/14/s1c_bino_0314.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=76
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Florida tops in mortgage fraud
http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/455935.html
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True Colors Tour
Today is the last day to purchase your pre-sale tickets for True Colors 2008 with Cyndi Lauper and other special guests. What are you waiting for? Get your tickets today before they sell out.
In addition to having an extraordinary lineup, this tour also has an extraordinary mission: to support gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender equality. In fact, HRC will receive a portion of the proceeds from every ticket sold from the True Colors Fund to help us continue our work for equality. Tickets are selling fast everywhere, so be sure to get yours today. These concerts are a true celebration of our community and these will definitely be 25 incredible evenings.
To learn more, go to www.hrc.org/truecolors and get your tickets today!
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Saving Lives: America's Efforts to Combat HIV/AIDS
Event - Sunday, March 16 11 am - 12 pm
Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen Event - Mar. 16th
Ambassador Mark Dybul - U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator
Christopher H. Bates - Acting Director, Office of HIV/AIDS Policy
The Biltmore Hotel, the Aragon Room
1200 Anastasia Ave
Coral Gables, FL 33134
(305) 445-1926
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
GLBT DIGEST March 13, 2008
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New York Times
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Sex Diseases in Many Gay Men Go Unfound, Experts Say
Many cases of sexually transmitted diseases are escaping detection becausegay men are not being tested each year as advised, federal health officialssaid Wednesday. And if the men do show up, the officials added, many doctorsand clinics are not following screening recommendations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/health/13std.html?_r=1&sq=GAY&st=nyt&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&scp=2&adxnnlx=1205413403-/G2mbs+ebxhuGchYlkqDPw
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US Syphilis Up for Seventh Straight Year
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Syphilis-Increases.html?scp=3&sq=GAY&st=nyt
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Liberals, Islamists Clash Over Morocco "Gay Wedding"
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/lifestyle-rights-morocco.html?scp=5&sq=GAY&st=nyt
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Another Speeding Wreck
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/nyregion/13towns.html?scp=7&sq=GAY&st=nyt
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Breakaway Episcopal Bishop Defrocked
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Episcopalians-Secession.html?scp=10&sq=GAY&st=nyt
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Express Gay News
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Psychoanalysts Support Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Marriage
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20080312/pl_usnw/psychoanalysts_support_legal_recognition_of_same_sex_marriage
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365Gay.com
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Clinton Apologizes To Black Voters
(Washington) Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton did something Wednesday night thatshe almost never does. She apologized. And once she started, she didn't seemable to stop.
-
Bush: McCain A Tough Competitor
(Washington) President Bush said Wednesday that he intends to finish hispresidency with his "head held high" and expects to hand the keys to theWhite House to John McCain, the GOP nominee-in-waiting.
-
Dr. Death Runs For Congress
(Washington) Assisted-suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian plans to run forCongress, complicating a Michigan race that is expected to be among the mostcompetitive in the nation.
-
Reports: Meth Use Down
(Washington) Two studies released Wednesday suggest the use ofmethamphetamine is declining in nearly every part of the country. However,HIV/AIDS organizations say it is too early to determine if there has beenany impact on the correlation between meth use and risky sex.
-
Egypt: New Indictments In HIV Crackdown
(New York City) The Egyptian government has handed down indictments againstfive more men who are HIV-positive.
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No Censure For OK GOP Lawmaker Homophobic Remarks
(Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) Oklahoma state Republicans are refusing to condemnRep. Sally Kern (R) for saying gays are more dangerous than terrorists.
-
U Hawaii Agrees To Gay Couple Housing
(Honolulu, Hawaii) A day after a same-sex couple filed a lawsuit accusingthe University of Hawaii of discrimination for refusing to allow the coupleto live in housing for married students the school says it will createaccommodation for gay and lesbian pairs.
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National Gay News
http://nationalgaynews.com/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/
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D.C.: Church Serving LGBT Community Shot Up
Congregants consider homophobia as a possible reason behind a shooting atthe Metropolitan Community Church in Shaw on Friday evening, WJLA reports.
MCC serves a predominantly LGBT congregation, and this marks the second timein recent history that the church was the victim of gunfire.
-
Melbourne Radio Goes Gay
"I'm Dan Watson, and I'm a homosexual". This is not a meeting of GayAnonymous, rather the introduction to The Stick Shift, a two-hour gay-themedradio show on Melbourne's Nova 100 hosted by said homosexual, Dan Watson. Asthe only gay-themed show on commercial airwaves, The Stick Shift is in aunique position.Watson is a self-confessed "big personality" and successfully launched the show after several years of self-promotion. That's not a criticism, more thestandard fare of radio word progression.
-
Top Colleges Come Out to Recruit Gay and Lesbian High School Youth
What do Princeton University, Emory University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Southern California and University of Utah have in common?
Well, they all want to recruit out lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender(LGBT) youth and are a few of the colleges to be in attendance at theupcoming Campus Pride College Admission Fair on Friday, April 11 in SanDiego, California.
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New York's New Governor is Gay Rights Advocate
The resignation of Eliot Spitzer as Governor of New York today, after he waslinked to a prostitution ring, has pushed David Paterson into the limelight.
From Monday Mr Paterson will become the first African-American to beGovernor of the state and the first blind Governor in US history.
-
Australia: Victoria to Recognise Gay Couples
Gay and de facto couples will be able to formally register theirrelationships in Victoria after the Legislative Assembly last night passedhistoric legislation that split the Coalition. Liberal leader Ted Baillieusupported the Government bill, which will allow couples to record theirrelationships with the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriage.
-
Gay Hate Crime Bill Moves Forward in Lords
An amendment to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill that would make itan offence to link homosexuality to paedophilia was discussed in the Houseof Lords last week. The bill seeks to create a new offence of incitement tohatred on the grounds of sexual orientation.
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The Advocate
http://advocate.com/
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Ferraro Leaves Clinton Campaign Post
Geraldine Ferraro stepped down Wednesday from an honorary post in HillaryRodham Clinton's presidential campaign amid a controversy regarding hercomments that Barack Obama wouldn't be succeeding in the race for the WhiteHouse if he weren't black.
http://advocate.com/news_detail_ektid52670.asp
-
Open for Business
While the initial generation of gay activism was ignited in the streets, theup-and-coming set of business students are sharpening the skills needed topropel the movement further In 1994, Kevin Jennings left his teaching career to establish the Gay,Lesbian and Straight Education Network and become its executive director.
Two and a half years into his tenure, the president of GLSEN's board ofdirectors asked the Harvard graduate if he would be willing to go back toschool for his master of business administration, better known as an MBA. Heenrolled at New York University and graduated in 1999.
http://advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid52613.asp
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Marriage Equality News
http://samesexmarriage.typepad.com/weblog/
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Unable to overcome a key roadblock, gay activists are pessimistic aboutwinning marriage rights from Maryland lawmakers this year. Carrie Evans,policy director at Equality Maryland, said same-sex marriage supporters willstill push a bill to grant gay and lesbian couples the right to marry, butshe doesn't envision it passing this session. "We're going to get marriage," she said during a March 7 interview. "Are we going to get itthis year? No."
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Lt. Gov. David Paterson, who Monday will assume the responsibilities ofgovernor of New York, is viewed by gay and trans activists alike as thestaunchest of supporters for the LGBT community. Bumped to the top spot bythe resignation of Gov. Eliot Spitzer over a prostitution scandal, Patersonwill be the first African-American and first legally blind governor of thestate. "He has been there in every critical fight over the last twodecades," said Matt Foreman, executive director of the National Gay andLesbian Task Force, naming hate-crimes legislation, the Sexual OrientationNondiscrimination Act, passed in 2002, and the ongoing fight for same-sexmarriage.
-
The California Supreme Court is the most influential state court in thenation.
That's not just talk. The numbers back it up. A new study counted up thenumber of times the decisions of state high courts were followed in otherstates - in other words, how often one state's decision played a direct rolein shaping a decision elsewhere. That sort of citation analysis is a commonmeasure of influence, and there is a cottage industry of rankings forjudges, law professors, law reviews, law faculties and the like.
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Pink News - UK
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Charity calls for HPV vaccines for boys
The UK's leading dental charity is appealing to the government to includemales in a planned vaccination programme to guard against the sexuallytransmitted HPV virus.The British Dental Health Foundation's appeal was inresponse to a new large scale US study of 46,000 mouth cancer cases.It foundthat the number of deaths caused by the sexually transmitted HPV virus hasincreased by a third over the last 30 years and is now the highest it hasever been.
click here for the full article
-
Bishop says gays use Holocaust memorials for "sympathy"
The Roman Catholic Bishop of Motherwell has claimed that the "gay lobby"attends Holocaust memorials "to create for themselves the image of a groupof people under persecution." The Right Reverend Joseph Devine was giving alecture entitled Sectarianism and Secularism: Bugbears for the CatholicChurch in Scotland on Tuesday night when he made his comments. The bishopsaid there is a "giant conspiracy" going on and claimed he is taking on theforces of secularism.
click here for the full article
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Clinton pushes for Florida and Michigan votes to be counted
New York Senator Hillary Clinton is calling on the Democratic NationalCommittee to either seat delegates from Florida and Michigan or hold newprimaries in the states. Both states were stripped of delegates for movingtheir primaries up on this year's election calendar. DNC chairman HowardDean is in favour of holding new primaries, but says the party will not payfor them. Barack Obama's campaign has concerns, however, about proposedmail-in caucuses.
click here for the full article
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Obama faces tough questions from the press pack
Despite pulling off a handy win in Wyoming and running well ahead inMississippi, the Obama campaign is still dogged by the kind of questions theSenator is said to be growing increasingly weary of answering. According tothe Jack McCormick's The Swamp column in the Baltimore-Sun, Barack Obama hasbeen testy ever since suffering stinging defeats in Ohio, Texas and RhodeIsland. In recent days he has reportedly avoided talking with the presscorps on his plane, ducked answering questions when pressed and scoldedreporters who badgered him.
click here for the full article
-
Jodie Foster stalked linked to bomb threat
More than two decades ago, a crazed fan of Oscar winner Jodie Foster allegedhe shot president Ronald Reagan on behalf of his favourite actress. Now,another "fan" of Foster has mailed a bomb threat to a Los Angeles airport,and mentioned her by name in the letter. Michael Smegal was busted yesterdayfor mailing a bomb threat to Van Nuys Airport back in December, according toE! Online. This is after he promised postal inspectors he'd kick a year-longhabit of mailing anonymous letters to Foster back in 2005.
click here for the full article
-
Tory MP hostile to gay rights is sacked from party
A Conservative MP who has attempted to fight gay rights laws is at thecentre of a bizarre series of events in the Commons today. Bob Spink has hadthe whip withdrawn after threatening the Chief Whip with resignation. Heaccused the party of not doing enough to stop him from being deselected fromhis Castle Point seat. Since entering the Commons in 1992 Mr Spink hasconsistently opposed gay rights.
click here for the full article
-
New York's new Governor is gay rights advocate
The resignation of Eliot Spitzer as Governor of New York today, after he waslinked to a prostitution ring, has pushed David Paterson into the limelight.
From Monday Mr Paterson will become the first African-American to beGovernor of the state and the first blind Governor in US history. He hasbeen actively fighting for gay rights for more than two decades. "DavidPaterson is a terrific, progressive guy, extremely LGBT-friendly," EthanGeto, a Democratic analyst and LGBT activist, told The Advocate.
click here for the full article
-
Darling hits bars and cars in first budget
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling delivered his budgetearlier today. Among other measures, he announced an increase in duty on alcohol and high polluting cars. Like the rest of the drinking industry, the gay scene will be hit by a sixper cent increa se in alcohol tax with a two percent rise each year until2012.
click here for the full article
-
US ban on HIV+ travellers challenged by MEPs and Senators
The Lib Dems are calling on EU members states to raise the current Americanpolicy on HIV+ visitors to the United States at tomorrow's meeting ofjustice and security ministers. On Friday the same issue will be raised inthe US Senate. The Committee on Foreign Relations is due to discuss the banafter Senators John Kerry and Republican Gordon Smith added a provision torepeal the ban to Senate legislation to reauthorising PEPFAR, thePresident's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
click here for the full article
-
G-A-Y venue cannot be saved says Ken
A report from the Mayor of London released today has confirmed that Londonvenue The Astoria will close as part of a redevelopment of the TottenhamCourt Road area. The Astoria is best known as a live music venue and thehome of popular club night G-A-Y. Despite protests from famous musicians andpetitions signed by tens of thousands of people, the building will be pulleddown as part of the construction of the new Crossrail project.
click here for the full article
-
EU criticised over 'pass the parcel' asylum policy
A London MEP has called for an end to the "shameful shuffling" of gay andother asylum-seekers between EU member states. Tomorrow the EuropeanParliament will vote on an emergency resolution calling for an Iranianteenager currently in Holland not to be sent back to the UK. 19-year-oldMehdi Kazemi had unsuccessfully applied for asylum in the United Kingdom,following the execution of his partner by Iranian authorities after beingfound guilty of sodomy.
click here for the full article
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Gay hate crime bill moves forward in Lords
An amendment to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill that would make itan offence to link homosexuality to paedophilia was discussed in the Houseof Lords last week. The bill seeks to create a new offence of incitement tohatred on the grounds of sexual orientation. Liberal Democrat peer LordThomas of Gresford told the House: "We are concerned about the suggestionvery frequently made by the British National Party and others thathomosexuality and paedophilia are directly connected and that a person whois homosexual has a propensity to be a paedophile."
click here for the full article
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Candidates looking forward to gay hustings
Two men vying to become the next Mayor of London have said they are lookingforward to the Stonewall hustings event next month. The hustings, onSaturday 19th April, will give the capital's gay and lesbian community anopportunity to question the candidates ahead of polling day on May 1st.
PinkNews.co.uk is proud to be the media partner for the Stonewall hustings,which will be held at the BFI Southbank.
click here for the full article
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Gay bishop rejects restricted invite to Lambeth
Bishop V. Gene Robinson has announced he will not officially participate ina planned summer conference of world Anglican leaders. He declined aninvitation to events at the once-a-decade Lambeth conference this summerbecause of restrictions organisers placed on him if he were to appear.
Robinson said the limited offer caused him "considerable pain" and he wouldreject the "non-offer" to be part of the conference.
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Son of Oklahoma City bombing addresses Kern
http://www.gaypolitics.com/?p=342
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Where are all the gays going?
A look into the diminishing GLBT scene in Nashville.
http://outandaboutnewspaper.com/article.php?id=2465
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Colorado lawmakers consider broader ban on anti-gay discrimination
http://seaqwa.com/blogs/qnews/archive/2008/03/12/colorado-lawmakers-consider-broader-ban-on-anti-gay-discrimination.aspx
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Legislators unveil bill to protect gay rights
http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/03/11/ddn031108gayweb.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=16
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Dems Don't Fake It
http://jasmynecannick.typepad.com/jasmynecannickcom/2008/03/dems-dont-fake.html
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We're Here, We're Queer...We're Moral!
http://www.indegayforum.org/news/show/31473.html
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Pink Pistols: Can Guns Protect Gays?
http://pajamasmedia.com/2008/03/gun_laws_and_gay_rights.php
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David S. Broder: Hillary-Obama ticket unlikely
http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/781323.html
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Upcoming gay and lesbian cruises through February 2010
http://www.gay.com/travel/article.html?sernum=9500&navpath=/channels/travel/cruises
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New York Times
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Sex Diseases in Many Gay Men Go Unfound, Experts Say
Many cases of sexually transmitted diseases are escaping detection becausegay men are not being tested each year as advised, federal health officialssaid Wednesday. And if the men do show up, the officials added, many doctorsand clinics are not following screening recommendations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/health/13std.html?_r=1&sq=GAY&st=nyt&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&scp=2&adxnnlx=1205413403-/G2mbs+ebxhuGchYlkqDPw
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US Syphilis Up for Seventh Straight Year
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Syphilis-Increases.html?scp=3&sq=GAY&st=nyt
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Liberals, Islamists Clash Over Morocco "Gay Wedding"
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/lifestyle-rights-morocco.html?scp=5&sq=GAY&st=nyt
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Another Speeding Wreck
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/nyregion/13towns.html?scp=7&sq=GAY&st=nyt
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Breakaway Episcopal Bishop Defrocked
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Episcopalians-Secession.html?scp=10&sq=GAY&st=nyt
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Express Gay News
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Psychoanalysts Support Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Marriage
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20080312/pl_usnw/psychoanalysts_support_legal_recognition_of_same_sex_marriage
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365Gay.com
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Clinton Apologizes To Black Voters
(Washington) Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton did something Wednesday night thatshe almost never does. She apologized. And once she started, she didn't seemable to stop.
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Bush: McCain A Tough Competitor
(Washington) President Bush said Wednesday that he intends to finish hispresidency with his "head held high" and expects to hand the keys to theWhite House to John McCain, the GOP nominee-in-waiting.
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Dr. Death Runs For Congress
(Washington) Assisted-suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian plans to run forCongress, complicating a Michigan race that is expected to be among the mostcompetitive in the nation.
-
Reports: Meth Use Down
(Washington) Two studies released Wednesday suggest the use ofmethamphetamine is declining in nearly every part of the country. However,HIV/AIDS organizations say it is too early to determine if there has beenany impact on the correlation between meth use and risky sex.
-
Egypt: New Indictments In HIV Crackdown
(New York City) The Egyptian government has handed down indictments againstfive more men who are HIV-positive.
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No Censure For OK GOP Lawmaker Homophobic Remarks
(Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) Oklahoma state Republicans are refusing to condemnRep. Sally Kern (R) for saying gays are more dangerous than terrorists.
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U Hawaii Agrees To Gay Couple Housing
(Honolulu, Hawaii) A day after a same-sex couple filed a lawsuit accusingthe University of Hawaii of discrimination for refusing to allow the coupleto live in housing for married students the school says it will createaccommodation for gay and lesbian pairs.
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National Gay News
http://nationalgaynews.com/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/
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D.C.: Church Serving LGBT Community Shot Up
Congregants consider homophobia as a possible reason behind a shooting atthe Metropolitan Community Church in Shaw on Friday evening, WJLA reports.
MCC serves a predominantly LGBT congregation, and this marks the second timein recent history that the church was the victim of gunfire.
-
Melbourne Radio Goes Gay
"I'm Dan Watson, and I'm a homosexual". This is not a meeting of GayAnonymous, rather the introduction to The Stick Shift, a two-hour gay-themedradio show on Melbourne's Nova 100 hosted by said homosexual, Dan Watson. Asthe only gay-themed show on commercial airwaves, The Stick Shift is in aunique position.Watson is a self-confessed "big personality" and successfully launched the show after several years of self-promotion. That's not a criticism, more thestandard fare of radio word progression.
-
Top Colleges Come Out to Recruit Gay and Lesbian High School Youth
What do Princeton University, Emory University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Southern California and University of Utah have in common?
Well, they all want to recruit out lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender(LGBT) youth and are a few of the colleges to be in attendance at theupcoming Campus Pride College Admission Fair on Friday, April 11 in SanDiego, California.
-
New York's New Governor is Gay Rights Advocate
The resignation of Eliot Spitzer as Governor of New York today, after he waslinked to a prostitution ring, has pushed David Paterson into the limelight.
From Monday Mr Paterson will become the first African-American to beGovernor of the state and the first blind Governor in US history.
-
Australia: Victoria to Recognise Gay Couples
Gay and de facto couples will be able to formally register theirrelationships in Victoria after the Legislative Assembly last night passedhistoric legislation that split the Coalition. Liberal leader Ted Baillieusupported the Government bill, which will allow couples to record theirrelationships with the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriage.
-
Gay Hate Crime Bill Moves Forward in Lords
An amendment to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill that would make itan offence to link homosexuality to paedophilia was discussed in the Houseof Lords last week. The bill seeks to create a new offence of incitement tohatred on the grounds of sexual orientation.
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The Advocate
http://advocate.com/
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Ferraro Leaves Clinton Campaign Post
Geraldine Ferraro stepped down Wednesday from an honorary post in HillaryRodham Clinton's presidential campaign amid a controversy regarding hercomments that Barack Obama wouldn't be succeeding in the race for the WhiteHouse if he weren't black.
http://advocate.com/news_detail_ektid52670.asp
-
Open for Business
While the initial generation of gay activism was ignited in the streets, theup-and-coming set of business students are sharpening the skills needed topropel the movement further In 1994, Kevin Jennings left his teaching career to establish the Gay,Lesbian and Straight Education Network and become its executive director.
Two and a half years into his tenure, the president of GLSEN's board ofdirectors asked the Harvard graduate if he would be willing to go back toschool for his master of business administration, better known as an MBA. Heenrolled at New York University and graduated in 1999.
http://advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid52613.asp
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Marriage Equality News
http://samesexmarriage.typepad.com/weblog/
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Unable to overcome a key roadblock, gay activists are pessimistic aboutwinning marriage rights from Maryland lawmakers this year. Carrie Evans,policy director at Equality Maryland, said same-sex marriage supporters willstill push a bill to grant gay and lesbian couples the right to marry, butshe doesn't envision it passing this session. "We're going to get marriage," she said during a March 7 interview. "Are we going to get itthis year? No."
-
Lt. Gov. David Paterson, who Monday will assume the responsibilities ofgovernor of New York, is viewed by gay and trans activists alike as thestaunchest of supporters for the LGBT community. Bumped to the top spot bythe resignation of Gov. Eliot Spitzer over a prostitution scandal, Patersonwill be the first African-American and first legally blind governor of thestate. "He has been there in every critical fight over the last twodecades," said Matt Foreman, executive director of the National Gay andLesbian Task Force, naming hate-crimes legislation, the Sexual OrientationNondiscrimination Act, passed in 2002, and the ongoing fight for same-sexmarriage.
-
The California Supreme Court is the most influential state court in thenation.
That's not just talk. The numbers back it up. A new study counted up thenumber of times the decisions of state high courts were followed in otherstates - in other words, how often one state's decision played a direct rolein shaping a decision elsewhere. That sort of citation analysis is a commonmeasure of influence, and there is a cottage industry of rankings forjudges, law professors, law reviews, law faculties and the like.
-
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Pink News - UK
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Charity calls for HPV vaccines for boys
The UK's leading dental charity is appealing to the government to includemales in a planned vaccination programme to guard against the sexuallytransmitted HPV virus.The British Dental Health Foundation's appeal was inresponse to a new large scale US study of 46,000 mouth cancer cases.It foundthat the number of deaths caused by the sexually transmitted HPV virus hasincreased by a third over the last 30 years and is now the highest it hasever been.
click here for the full article
-
Bishop says gays use Holocaust memorials for "sympathy"
The Roman Catholic Bishop of Motherwell has claimed that the "gay lobby"attends Holocaust memorials "to create for themselves the image of a groupof people under persecution." The Right Reverend Joseph Devine was giving alecture entitled Sectarianism and Secularism: Bugbears for the CatholicChurch in Scotland on Tuesday night when he made his comments. The bishopsaid there is a "giant conspiracy" going on and claimed he is taking on theforces of secularism.
click here for the full article
-
Clinton pushes for Florida and Michigan votes to be counted
New York Senator Hillary Clinton is calling on the Democratic NationalCommittee to either seat delegates from Florida and Michigan or hold newprimaries in the states. Both states were stripped of delegates for movingtheir primaries up on this year's election calendar. DNC chairman HowardDean is in favour of holding new primaries, but says the party will not payfor them. Barack Obama's campaign has concerns, however, about proposedmail-in caucuses.
click here for the full article
-
Obama faces tough questions from the press pack
Despite pulling off a handy win in Wyoming and running well ahead inMississippi, the Obama campaign is still dogged by the kind of questions theSenator is said to be growing increasingly weary of answering. According tothe Jack McCormick's The Swamp column in the Baltimore-Sun, Barack Obama hasbeen testy ever since suffering stinging defeats in Ohio, Texas and RhodeIsland. In recent days he has reportedly avoided talking with the presscorps on his plane, ducked answering questions when pressed and scoldedreporters who badgered him.
click here for the full article
-
Jodie Foster stalked linked to bomb threat
More than two decades ago, a crazed fan of Oscar winner Jodie Foster allegedhe shot president Ronald Reagan on behalf of his favourite actress. Now,another "fan" of Foster has mailed a bomb threat to a Los Angeles airport,and mentioned her by name in the letter. Michael Smegal was busted yesterdayfor mailing a bomb threat to Van Nuys Airport back in December, according toE! Online. This is after he promised postal inspectors he'd kick a year-longhabit of mailing anonymous letters to Foster back in 2005.
click here for the full article
-
Tory MP hostile to gay rights is sacked from party
A Conservative MP who has attempted to fight gay rights laws is at thecentre of a bizarre series of events in the Commons today. Bob Spink has hadthe whip withdrawn after threatening the Chief Whip with resignation. Heaccused the party of not doing enough to stop him from being deselected fromhis Castle Point seat. Since entering the Commons in 1992 Mr Spink hasconsistently opposed gay rights.
click here for the full article
-
New York's new Governor is gay rights advocate
The resignation of Eliot Spitzer as Governor of New York today, after he waslinked to a prostitution ring, has pushed David Paterson into the limelight.
From Monday Mr Paterson will become the first African-American to beGovernor of the state and the first blind Governor in US history. He hasbeen actively fighting for gay rights for more than two decades. "DavidPaterson is a terrific, progressive guy, extremely LGBT-friendly," EthanGeto, a Democratic analyst and LGBT activist, told The Advocate.
click here for the full article
-
Darling hits bars and cars in first budget
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling delivered his budgetearlier today. Among other measures, he announced an increase in duty on alcohol and high polluting cars. Like the rest of the drinking industry, the gay scene will be hit by a sixper cent increa se in alcohol tax with a two percent rise each year until2012.
click here for the full article
-
US ban on HIV+ travellers challenged by MEPs and Senators
The Lib Dems are calling on EU members states to raise the current Americanpolicy on HIV+ visitors to the United States at tomorrow's meeting ofjustice and security ministers. On Friday the same issue will be raised inthe US Senate. The Committee on Foreign Relations is due to discuss the banafter Senators John Kerry and Republican Gordon Smith added a provision torepeal the ban to Senate legislation to reauthorising PEPFAR, thePresident's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
click here for the full article
-
G-A-Y venue cannot be saved says Ken
A report from the Mayor of London released today has confirmed that Londonvenue The Astoria will close as part of a redevelopment of the TottenhamCourt Road area. The Astoria is best known as a live music venue and thehome of popular club night G-A-Y. Despite protests from famous musicians andpetitions signed by tens of thousands of people, the building will be pulleddown as part of the construction of the new Crossrail project.
click here for the full article
-
EU criticised over 'pass the parcel' asylum policy
A London MEP has called for an end to the "shameful shuffling" of gay andother asylum-seekers between EU member states. Tomorrow the EuropeanParliament will vote on an emergency resolution calling for an Iranianteenager currently in Holland not to be sent back to the UK. 19-year-oldMehdi Kazemi had unsuccessfully applied for asylum in the United Kingdom,following the execution of his partner by Iranian authorities after beingfound guilty of sodomy.
click here for the full article
-
Gay hate crime bill moves forward in Lords
An amendment to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill that would make itan offence to link homosexuality to paedophilia was discussed in the Houseof Lords last week. The bill seeks to create a new offence of incitement tohatred on the grounds of sexual orientation. Liberal Democrat peer LordThomas of Gresford told the House: "We are concerned about the suggestionvery frequently made by the British National Party and others thathomosexuality and paedophilia are directly connected and that a person whois homosexual has a propensity to be a paedophile."
click here for the full article
-
Candidates looking forward to gay hustings
Two men vying to become the next Mayor of London have said they are lookingforward to the Stonewall hustings event next month. The hustings, onSaturday 19th April, will give the capital's gay and lesbian community anopportunity to question the candidates ahead of polling day on May 1st.
PinkNews.co.uk is proud to be the media partner for the Stonewall hustings,which will be held at the BFI Southbank.
click here for the full article
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Gay bishop rejects restricted invite to Lambeth
Bishop V. Gene Robinson has announced he will not officially participate ina planned summer conference of world Anglican leaders. He declined aninvitation to events at the once-a-decade Lambeth conference this summerbecause of restrictions organisers placed on him if he were to appear.
Robinson said the limited offer caused him "considerable pain" and he wouldreject the "non-offer" to be part of the conference.
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Daily Queer News
dailyqueernews@yahoo.com
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Son of Oklahoma City bombing addresses Kern
http://www.gaypolitics.com/?p=342
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Where are all the gays going?
A look into the diminishing GLBT scene in Nashville.
http://outandaboutnewspaper.com/article.php?id=2465
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Colorado lawmakers consider broader ban on anti-gay discrimination
http://seaqwa.com/blogs/qnews/archive/2008/03/12/colorado-lawmakers-consider-broader-ban-on-anti-gay-discrimination.aspx
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Legislators unveil bill to protect gay rights
http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/03/11/ddn031108gayweb.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=16
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Dems Don't Fake It
http://jasmynecannick.typepad.com/jasmynecannickcom/2008/03/dems-dont-fake.html
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We're Here, We're Queer...We're Moral!
http://www.indegayforum.org/news/show/31473.html
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Pink Pistols: Can Guns Protect Gays?
http://pajamasmedia.com/2008/03/gun_laws_and_gay_rights.php
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David S. Broder: Hillary-Obama ticket unlikely
http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/781323.html
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Upcoming gay and lesbian cruises through February 2010
http://www.gay.com/travel/article.html?sernum=9500&navpath=/channels/travel/cruises
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Pew Research center
http://pewresearch.org/
Go to this link for the following articles:
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Test of Political Knowledge
Awareness of Iraq War Fatalities Plummets
Public awareness of the number of American military killed in Iraq hasdeclined sharply since last August along with news coverage of the war. Anew Pew News IQ survey provides an updated look at the public's knowledge ofpolitical and world affairs. Read more
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How Much Do You Know?
Test your own knowledge of current affairs against that of the broaderpublic before you read the report. Take the test
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Primary Watching Clinton Gets Media to Turn Back the Clock
In a strong week for Hillary, the narrative turned on questions about Obama's toughness and speculation about a hopelessly deadlocked contest decided bysuperdelegates. Read more
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Down the Ballot
Presidential Primaries May Boost Turnout in Key Governors' Races
Voters in the Tar Heel and Hoosier states will be the first to considergubernatorial contenders at the same time they make their presidentialpreferences. Read more
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The Daily Number
80% vs. 36% - Partisan Gap Over Progress in Iraq
A huge partisan gap divides Americans on the question of whether the U.S. ismaking progress in defeating the insurgency in Iraq with 80% of Republicanssaying that it is, but only 36% of Democrats agreeing.
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Fort Report
http://www.fortreport.com/
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Ferraro cries reverse racism
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/9008.html
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Race emerges as issue in Democratic campaign
http://weblogs.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/blog/2008/03/race_emerges_as_issue_in_democ.html
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Challenges await incoming NY governor
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/03/13/challenges_await_incoming_ny_governor/
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Where Clinton's 'experience' push hits its limits
HILLARY CLINTON is a remarkable woman whose place in history is alreadyassured; however, the "experience" credentials that she claims to have arequestionable at best. While she had a noteworthy legal career and lived in the White House, she has limited experience as an elected official or executive with ultimatedecision-making powers.
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2008/03/13/where_clintons_experience_push_hits_its_limits/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Today%27s+paper+A+to+Z
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New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
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As Gold Hits $1,000, Stocks Take a Tumble
Stock markets dropped sharply on Thursday as investors grappled with aprecipitous decline in the dollar, poor retail sales, and an uneasymilestone: $1,000 gold.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/business/worldbusiness/13cnd-stox.html?hp
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New Hope for the Rich
Although Americans are getting poorer, in the Senate, Republicans are readyto do battle on behalf of America's wealthiest families.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/opinion/13thu3.html?ref=opinion
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Kicking and Screaming Toward Reform
Effective oversight by credible professionals may help repair the tatteredreputation of the House ethics committee.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/opinion/13thu4.html?ref=opinion
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Bush Warns House on Surveillance
With the House poised to vote today on electronic surveillance legislationthat the White House has said falls far short of its requirements, PresidentBush warned legislators strongly Thursday morning against passing what hecalled "a partisan bill that will undermine American security."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/washington/13cnd-fisa.html?hp
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Kidnapped Iraqi Archbishop Is Dead
The body of the Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Mosul, Paulos Faraj Rahho,who was kidnapped by gunmen in Mosul in northern Iraq late last month as hedrove home after afternoon Mass, was discovered Thursday in an area south ofthe city, church officials and Iraqi police said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/14/world/middleeast/14iraq.html?hp
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Pentagon Cites Tapes Showing Interrogations
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/washington/13intel.html
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Washington Post
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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Gun Battle at the White House? By Robert D. Novak
In preparation for oral arguments Tuesday on the extent of gun rightsguaranteed by the Second Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court has before it abrief signed by Vice President Cheney opposing the Bush administration'sstance. Even more remarkably, Cheney is faithfully reflecting the views ofPresident Bush.
The government position filed with the Supreme Court by U.S. SolicitorGeneral Paul Clement stunned gun advocates by opposing the breadth of anappellate court's affirmation of individual ownership rights.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/12/AR2008031203396.html
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A Commander - Who Will Be Missed
Adm. William Fallon was a headstrong blowtorch of a man who spoke truth topower.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/12/AR2008031203395.html
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Paulson Urges Tighter Oversight
Treasury secretary says mortgage system that put global economy at risk willbe overhauled.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/13/AR2008031301887.html?hpid=topnews
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Polish Priest Wins $1.6M Religion Prize
The Rev. Michael Heller, a prolific Polish scientist, author and RomanCatholic priest who bridges disciplines to explore the origins of theuniverse, was named Wednesday as winner of a religion award billed as theworld's richest annual prize given to an individual.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/12/AR2008031201917.html?hpid=sec-religion
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Pew Research center
http://pewresearch.org/
Go to this link for the following articles:
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Test of Political Knowledge
Awareness of Iraq War Fatalities Plummets
Public awareness of the number of American military killed in Iraq hasdeclined sharply since last August along with news coverage of the war. Anew Pew News IQ survey provides an updated look at the public's knowledge ofpolitical and world affairs. Read more
-
How Much Do You Know?
Test your own knowledge of current affairs against that of the broaderpublic before you read the report. Take the test
-
Primary Watching Clinton Gets Media to Turn Back the Clock
In a strong week for Hillary, the narrative turned on questions about Obama's toughness and speculation about a hopelessly deadlocked contest decided bysuperdelegates. Read more
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Down the Ballot
Presidential Primaries May Boost Turnout in Key Governors' Races
Voters in the Tar Heel and Hoosier states will be the first to considergubernatorial contenders at the same time they make their presidentialpreferences. Read more
-
The Daily Number
80% vs. 36% - Partisan Gap Over Progress in Iraq
A huge partisan gap divides Americans on the question of whether the U.S. ismaking progress in defeating the insurgency in Iraq with 80% of Republicanssaying that it is, but only 36% of Democrats agreeing.
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Fort Report
http://www.fortreport.com/
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Ferraro cries reverse racism
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/9008.html
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Race emerges as issue in Democratic campaign
http://weblogs.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/blog/2008/03/race_emerges_as_issue_in_democ.html
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Challenges await incoming NY governor
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/03/13/challenges_await_incoming_ny_governor/
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Where Clinton's 'experience' push hits its limits
HILLARY CLINTON is a remarkable woman whose place in history is alreadyassured; however, the "experience" credentials that she claims to have arequestionable at best. While she had a noteworthy legal career and lived in the White House, she has limited experience as an elected official or executive with ultimatedecision-making powers.
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2008/03/13/where_clintons_experience_push_hits_its_limits/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Today%27s+paper+A+to+Z
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New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
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As Gold Hits $1,000, Stocks Take a Tumble
Stock markets dropped sharply on Thursday as investors grappled with aprecipitous decline in the dollar, poor retail sales, and an uneasymilestone: $1,000 gold.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/business/worldbusiness/13cnd-stox.html?hp
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New Hope for the Rich
Although Americans are getting poorer, in the Senate, Republicans are readyto do battle on behalf of America's wealthiest families.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/opinion/13thu3.html?ref=opinion
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Kicking and Screaming Toward Reform
Effective oversight by credible professionals may help repair the tatteredreputation of the House ethics committee.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/opinion/13thu4.html?ref=opinion
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Bush Warns House on Surveillance
With the House poised to vote today on electronic surveillance legislationthat the White House has said falls far short of its requirements, PresidentBush warned legislators strongly Thursday morning against passing what hecalled "a partisan bill that will undermine American security."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/washington/13cnd-fisa.html?hp
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Kidnapped Iraqi Archbishop Is Dead
The body of the Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Mosul, Paulos Faraj Rahho,who was kidnapped by gunmen in Mosul in northern Iraq late last month as hedrove home after afternoon Mass, was discovered Thursday in an area south ofthe city, church officials and Iraqi police said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/14/world/middleeast/14iraq.html?hp
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Pentagon Cites Tapes Showing Interrogations
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/washington/13intel.html
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Washington Post
http://www.miamiherald.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
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Gun Battle at the White House? By Robert D. Novak
In preparation for oral arguments Tuesday on the extent of gun rightsguaranteed by the Second Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court has before it abrief signed by Vice President Cheney opposing the Bush administration'sstance. Even more remarkably, Cheney is faithfully reflecting the views ofPresident Bush.
The government position filed with the Supreme Court by U.S. SolicitorGeneral Paul Clement stunned gun advocates by opposing the breadth of anappellate court's affirmation of individual ownership rights.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/12/AR2008031203396.html
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A Commander - Who Will Be Missed
Adm. William Fallon was a headstrong blowtorch of a man who spoke truth topower.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/12/AR2008031203395.html
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Paulson Urges Tighter Oversight
Treasury secretary says mortgage system that put global economy at risk willbe overhauled.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/13/AR2008031301887.html?hpid=topnews
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Polish Priest Wins $1.6M Religion Prize
The Rev. Michael Heller, a prolific Polish scientist, author and RomanCatholic priest who bridges disciplines to explore the origins of theuniverse, was named Wednesday as winner of a religion award billed as theworld's richest annual prize given to an individual.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/12/AR2008031201917.html?hpid=sec-religion
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SayNo2!
The campaign to defeat Amendment 2 - the "marriage" amendment - has a newname.
Today, Florida Red and Blue is announcing the creation of SayNo2!
We hope SayNo2 will be easy to remember and reinforce how dangerous
Amendment 2 is to all Floridians. With SayNo2, our message will be simple:
Say No 2 taking away existing benefits and legal protections.
Say No 2 hurting Florida's seniors who are unmarried by choice.
Say No 2 eliminating shared health care and pension benefits.
Say No 2 someone else deciding who can visit you in the hospital.
Say No 2 more government intrusion into our private lives.
With a new name comes a new Internet home: www.SayNo2.com.
Visitors to www.SayNo2.com will find an expanding and welcoming resourceon the "marriage protection" amendment, including facts and stats on theamendment and the campaign, the experience of other states, how to getinvolved, how to contribute, and media resources - including the nine majornewspapers in Florida that have already opposed the amendment.
The Say No 2 campaign's new website, www.SayNo2.com, is a companion toRed and Blue's www.FloridaRedandBlue.com.
Say No 2 urges voters to Vote No on Amendment 2, which will be on theNovember ballot. Amendment 2 is also known as the "same sex marriage ban"amendment, but it's really a benefits ban that will harm ALL unmarriedcouples in Florida, whether they're gay or not.
Don't worry - Florida Red and Blue isn't going anywhere. We'll be behindthe scenes reminding Floridians to SayNo2.
The Say No 2 campaign, as you've come to expect from Florida Red andBlue, is a complete statewide grassroots and media effort, based on in-depthpublic opinion research and strong bipartisan support.
Most importantly, both Say No 2 and Red and Blue are run by you. Werely on your support to tell Floridians about Amendment 2. If you haven'tsigned-up to volunteer, you can do that right now by clicking on the link inthe Quick Links box.
Or if you have not made a contribution to support our new campaign, orwould like to help us again, you can do that right now on our securedonation page by clicking on the link in the Quick Links box.
Thank you for your continued support of Red and Blue and Say No 2. Withyour continued help, that's exactly what Florida will do: Say No 2.
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Stonewall Library and Archives invites you back to Woodstock
Join us on Tuesday, April 1, 6:30 pm, at Fort Lauderdale's Cinema Paradiso(503 SE 6th St) for an intimate cocktail reception with Elliott Tiber, "thegay man who helped give birth to the Woodstock Nation."
We also encourage you to stay for the 8:00screening of his docu-comedy film "Woodstock: Ticket to Freedom"... thestory of how a gay Jewish man from Brooklyn went on to become one of thismost influential figures of the Woodstock nation. Mr. Tiber will alsodiscuss and be signing copies of his new book "Taking Woodstock."
Tickets for the reception are limited and are $20 for members, $25 fornon-members. Tickets for the film screening are $8.00 General Admission /$7.00 Students and Seniors / $5.00 FLIFF members. Cinema Paradiso hasgenerously offered to donate a portion of the ticket sales for thisscreening to Stonewall.
For cocktail reception reservations, please contact:
Jack Rutland, Executive Director
Stonewall Library & Archives
954-763-8565
Jack-rutland@stonewall-library.org
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From Palm Beach Human Rights Council
www.pbchrc.org
Good News, Good News, Bad News
The first good news is that, thanks in great part to your participation inyesterday's elections, all three of PBCHRC's endorsed candidates werere-elected by landslides in yesterday's municipal elections.
Congratulations to West Palm Beach City Commissioners Molly Douglas and BillMoss, and to Palm Beach City Council Member Jody Barnett! Keep up the greatwork.
The second item of good news comes to us from Seacoast Utility Authority(SUA), which provides services to the City of Palm Beach Gardens, theVillage of North Palm Beach, the Towns of Lake Park and Juno Beach. Lastweek, an SUA employee asked PBCHRC to meet with the Authority's Director ofAdministrative Services to discuss domestic partner benefits. The meetingtook place this afternoon and I feel very optimistic that by year's end, SUAwill implement domestic partner benefits for their employees..
Now for the bad news.
At yesterday's meeting of the Palm Beach County Board of County Commission,by a 6-1 vote, the Commissioners declined to expand the County's familymedical leave policy to allow employees to take unpaid time off work to carefor their domestic partners in the same manner as married employees may dofor their spouses. The problem was more with family medical leave in generalthan it was with domestic partnership benefits. County staff felt stronglythat there is significant abuse with this federally mandated policy.
Therefore staff urged the Commissioners to vote against the proposal, whichwas made by Commissioner Jeff Koons on behalf of PBCHRC.
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DOLPHIN DEMOCRATS CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
NEEDS YOU TO MAKE SURE IT WILL HAPPEN AND IT WILL HAPPEN ONLY IF YOU GETINVOLVED.
WHERE: MEETING @ GLCC 1717 N.ANDREWS AVE.
WHEN: MARCH 19TH - TIME: 7:30 PM
ANY QUESTIONS- CONTACT MICHAEL ALBETTA-
CHAIRPERSON@FLAGLBTDEM1@BELLSOUTH.NET
954-390-6537
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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Lambda Legal's annual reception honors Beaton & Emery
Over $270,000 Raised One Month Prior to Reception; Kevin Cathcart, ExecutiveDirector of Lambda Legal, will be Guest Speaker
This year's Lambda Legal in Fort Lauderdale 2008 Annual Reception will beheld on March 30, 2008 and will honor Bill Beaton and Ted Emery, long timesupporters of the arts and LGBT organizations. Their local involvementincluded supporting political candidates, The Museum of Art, StonewallLibrary & Archives, GLCC, Arts United, Dolphin Democrats, Broward CountyLibrary, Lambda Legal and many others. It was the couple's strength andsense of purpose that earned them the friendship of so many. After Bill diedalmost 3 years ago, community members helped Ted through some of the pain,but Bill continues to play a role in Ted's life. "Bill is still taking careof me from upstairs".
Courage and determination have always been a way of life for Ted Emery,(pictured) a long time Lambda Legal supporter.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/
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Mail-in election has many challenges
How is this for bitter irony? The Florida Legislature, with the support ofDemocrats, leapfrogged other states by moving its primary election up toJan. 29; but the tactic has backfired, and now the state Democratic partywants to have a do-over election with mail-in ballots. So, instead of beingamong the first states voting, Florida now is desperately trying to be oneof the last.
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/454653.html
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Express Gay News
http://www.expressgaynews.com/
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Fla. politicians coy on amendment stance
Will conservative Sen. Martinez oppose anti-gay measure?
http://www.expressgaynews.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=17122
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Fort Report
http://www.fortreport.com/
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Florida Democrats send 'do-over' plan to DNC
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/state/content/state/epaper/2008/03/12/0313demsprez.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0
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CLINTON AND OBAMA DISAGREE ON FLORIDA, MICHIGAN REVOTE
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080312/pl_nm/usa_politics_revote_dc;_ylt=AnQpGhMKpSxUzkTBR060m5Qb.3QA
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Florida Democrats make plea to candidates for vote-by-mail plan
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/elections/article415082.ece
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Half-billion in budget cuts approved
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/state/content/state/epaper/2008/03/13/a14a_xgr_budget_0313.html
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Florida House committee endorses weapons-at-work bill
The National Rifle Association isn't giving up.
After failing for two years to pass a law allowing employees to carry gunsto work, the NRA won an early victory in the Florida House on Wednesday.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/state/article415034.ece
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Droopy Pants Ban Debated in State Senate
http://www.theledger.com/article/20080313/NEWS/803130584/1004
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Lawmakers try to save land-buy program in lean financial times
http://floridacapitalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080313/CAPITOLNEWS/803130322
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Intelligent Design could slip into science class
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/454417.html
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SayNo2!
The campaign to defeat Amendment 2 - the "marriage" amendment - has a newname.
Today, Florida Red and Blue is announcing the creation of SayNo2!
We hope SayNo2 will be easy to remember and reinforce how dangerous
Amendment 2 is to all Floridians. With SayNo2, our message will be simple:
Say No 2 taking away existing benefits and legal protections.
Say No 2 hurting Florida's seniors who are unmarried by choice.
Say No 2 eliminating shared health care and pension benefits.
Say No 2 someone else deciding who can visit you in the hospital.
Say No 2 more government intrusion into our private lives.
With a new name comes a new Internet home: www.SayNo2.com.
Visitors to www.SayNo2.com will find an expanding and welcoming resourceon the "marriage protection" amendment, including facts and stats on theamendment and the campaign, the experience of other states, how to getinvolved, how to contribute, and media resources - including the nine majornewspapers in Florida that have already opposed the amendment.
The Say No 2 campaign's new website, www.SayNo2.com, is a companion toRed and Blue's www.FloridaRedandBlue.com.
Say No 2 urges voters to Vote No on Amendment 2, which will be on theNovember ballot. Amendment 2 is also known as the "same sex marriage ban"amendment, but it's really a benefits ban that will harm ALL unmarriedcouples in Florida, whether they're gay or not.
Don't worry - Florida Red and Blue isn't going anywhere. We'll be behindthe scenes reminding Floridians to SayNo2.
The Say No 2 campaign, as you've come to expect from Florida Red andBlue, is a complete statewide grassroots and media effort, based on in-depthpublic opinion research and strong bipartisan support.
Most importantly, both Say No 2 and Red and Blue are run by you. Werely on your support to tell Floridians about Amendment 2. If you haven'tsigned-up to volunteer, you can do that right now by clicking on the link inthe Quick Links box.
Or if you have not made a contribution to support our new campaign, orwould like to help us again, you can do that right now on our securedonation page by clicking on the link in the Quick Links box.
Thank you for your continued support of Red and Blue and Say No 2. Withyour continued help, that's exactly what Florida will do: Say No 2.
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Stonewall Library and Archives invites you back to Woodstock
Join us on Tuesday, April 1, 6:30 pm, at Fort Lauderdale's Cinema Paradiso(503 SE 6th St) for an intimate cocktail reception with Elliott Tiber, "thegay man who helped give birth to the Woodstock Nation."
We also encourage you to stay for the 8:00screening of his docu-comedy film "Woodstock: Ticket to Freedom"... thestory of how a gay Jewish man from Brooklyn went on to become one of thismost influential figures of the Woodstock nation. Mr. Tiber will alsodiscuss and be signing copies of his new book "Taking Woodstock."
Tickets for the reception are limited and are $20 for members, $25 fornon-members. Tickets for the film screening are $8.00 General Admission /$7.00 Students and Seniors / $5.00 FLIFF members. Cinema Paradiso hasgenerously offered to donate a portion of the ticket sales for thisscreening to Stonewall.
For cocktail reception reservations, please contact:
Jack Rutland, Executive Director
Stonewall Library & Archives
954-763-8565
Jack-rutland@stonewall-library.org
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From Palm Beach Human Rights Council
www.pbchrc.org
Good News, Good News, Bad News
The first good news is that, thanks in great part to your participation inyesterday's elections, all three of PBCHRC's endorsed candidates werere-elected by landslides in yesterday's municipal elections.
Congratulations to West Palm Beach City Commissioners Molly Douglas and BillMoss, and to Palm Beach City Council Member Jody Barnett! Keep up the greatwork.
The second item of good news comes to us from Seacoast Utility Authority(SUA), which provides services to the City of Palm Beach Gardens, theVillage of North Palm Beach, the Towns of Lake Park and Juno Beach. Lastweek, an SUA employee asked PBCHRC to meet with the Authority's Director ofAdministrative Services to discuss domestic partner benefits. The meetingtook place this afternoon and I feel very optimistic that by year's end, SUAwill implement domestic partner benefits for their employees..
Now for the bad news.
At yesterday's meeting of the Palm Beach County Board of County Commission,by a 6-1 vote, the Commissioners declined to expand the County's familymedical leave policy to allow employees to take unpaid time off work to carefor their domestic partners in the same manner as married employees may dofor their spouses. The problem was more with family medical leave in generalthan it was with domestic partnership benefits. County staff felt stronglythat there is significant abuse with this federally mandated policy.
Therefore staff urged the Commissioners to vote against the proposal, whichwas made by Commissioner Jeff Koons on behalf of PBCHRC.
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DOLPHIN DEMOCRATS CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
NEEDS YOU TO MAKE SURE IT WILL HAPPEN AND IT WILL HAPPEN ONLY IF YOU GETINVOLVED.
WHERE: MEETING @ GLCC 1717 N.ANDREWS AVE.
WHEN: MARCH 19TH - TIME: 7:30 PM
ANY QUESTIONS- CONTACT MICHAEL ALBETTA-
CHAIRPERSON@FLAGLBTDEM1@BELLSOUTH.NET
954-390-6537
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
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Lambda Legal's annual reception honors Beaton & Emery
Over $270,000 Raised One Month Prior to Reception; Kevin Cathcart, ExecutiveDirector of Lambda Legal, will be Guest Speaker
This year's Lambda Legal in Fort Lauderdale 2008 Annual Reception will beheld on March 30, 2008 and will honor Bill Beaton and Ted Emery, long timesupporters of the arts and LGBT organizations. Their local involvementincluded supporting political candidates, The Museum of Art, StonewallLibrary & Archives, GLCC, Arts United, Dolphin Democrats, Broward CountyLibrary, Lambda Legal and many others. It was the couple's strength andsense of purpose that earned them the friendship of so many. After Bill diedalmost 3 years ago, community members helped Ted through some of the pain,but Bill continues to play a role in Ted's life. "Bill is still taking careof me from upstairs".
Courage and determination have always been a way of life for Ted Emery,(pictured) a long time Lambda Legal supporter.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/
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Mail-in election has many challenges
How is this for bitter irony? The Florida Legislature, with the support ofDemocrats, leapfrogged other states by moving its primary election up toJan. 29; but the tactic has backfired, and now the state Democratic partywants to have a do-over election with mail-in ballots. So, instead of beingamong the first states voting, Florida now is desperately trying to be oneof the last.
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Fla. politicians coy on amendment stance
Will conservative Sen. Martinez oppose anti-gay measure?
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Florida Democrats send 'do-over' plan to DNC
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/state/content/state/epaper/2008/03/12/0313demsprez.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0
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CLINTON AND OBAMA DISAGREE ON FLORIDA, MICHIGAN REVOTE
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080312/pl_nm/usa_politics_revote_dc;_ylt=AnQpGhMKpSxUzkTBR060m5Qb.3QA
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Florida Democrats make plea to candidates for vote-by-mail plan
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/elections/article415082.ece
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Half-billion in budget cuts approved
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/state/content/state/epaper/2008/03/13/a14a_xgr_budget_0313.html
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Florida House committee endorses weapons-at-work bill
The National Rifle Association isn't giving up.
After failing for two years to pass a law allowing employees to carry gunsto work, the NRA won an early victory in the Florida House on Wednesday.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/state/article415034.ece
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Droopy Pants Ban Debated in State Senate
http://www.theledger.com/article/20080313/NEWS/803130584/1004
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Lawmakers try to save land-buy program in lean financial times
http://floridacapitalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080313/CAPITOLNEWS/803130322
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Intelligent Design could slip into science class
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Marriage Equality News
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A University of Hawai'i official today said UH is in the process ofaccommodating same-sex couples in family housing. The statement by FranciscoHernandez, vice chancellor for students, came after Lambda Legal yesterdaysaid it intends to sue UH on behalf of a gay couple it says was not allowedto move back into family housing after living there for a year.
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NY: Could [Governor] Spitzer's Woes Have a Silver Lining?
Revelations jump-started by a story in The New York Times that New Yorkgovernor Eliot Spitzer had been tied to a prostitution ring surged throughthe LGBT community Monday afternoon. Spitzer campaigned in 2006 on a pledgethat he would sponsor a same-sex marriage bill and sign that bill into lawshould it reach his desk.
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A judge in Middlesex County who is also training to become a Roman Catholicdeacon eased som e lawmakers' concerns Monday but may raise the ire of thechurch after saying he is willing to perform civil unions in his position onthe bench. John A. Jorgensen, a municipal court judge for the past 15 yearsemployed by South Plainfield and Woodbridge, had worried gay-rightsactivists because he has refused to perform civil unions, which are intendedto provide same-sex couples the rights of marriage.
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New research into US Census Bureau data has revealed that 1,200 Irish-borngay men and lesbians are living with a same-sex partner in America.
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It might be easy to view the marriage equality case heard by the CaliforniaSupreme Court last week as just another in a long string of similarchallenges across the US. After all, we've seen this show many times before,from New England and the Mid-Atlantic to the Midwest and the West Coast.
This case, however, differs in a significant way that might suggest anemerging trajectory for marriage challenges: procreation and pa renting werebarely mentioned until a whole three hours into the oral argument. It tookthe presentations of private social conservative advocacy groups to putarguments based on procreation and childrearing before the court.
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Iranian gay teen loses appeal against deportation to the UK
A 19-year-old gay man from Iran who was refused asylum in Britain and fledto Holland will be deported back to the UK, according to gay rightsactivists connected with his case. Mehdi Kazemi had unsuccessfully appliedfor asylum in the United Kingdom following the execution of his partner byIranian authorities after being found guilty of sodomy. He faces possibleexecution by stoning if he returns to Iran. Activists have pledged to takehis case the EU courts.
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Gay peer speaks out against deportations to Iran
A gay member of the House of Lords has demanded the government take actionto stop a gay teenager being deported back to Iran where he could face thedeath penalty.Today it was revealed that 19-year-old Mehdi Kazemi, who wasrefused asylum in Britain and fled to Holland, will be deported back to theUK. He had unsuccessfully applied for asylum in the United Kingdom followingthe execution of his partner by Iranian authorities after being found guiltyof sodomy.
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Prodi to step down from Italian politics
Romano Prodi has announced that he is "finished" with politics in Italy. Hehas served twice as Prime Minister and heads the interim government in placeuntil the country holds a general election next month. Mr Prodi, who alsoserved as President of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004, lost thesupport of parliament in January after a nine-party coalition government hewas leading fell apart.
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Tribunal hearing over civil partnerships on forms
An employment tribunal has ruled that a Catholic couple from Scotland canpursue their claim of sexual and religious discrimination againstStrathclyde Police over its definition of the term 'marital status.' DevoutCatholics Lucille and Frank McQuade claim that Scotland's largest policeforce is guilty of religious discrimination after altering its civilianemployee records to change their status from "married" to "married/civilpartnership." Mr McQuade, 49, a communications officer with the force, saidthat no slur was intended on the gay community.
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JK Rowling: Homophobia is a fear of people loving
The author of the best-selling Harry Potter novels has given a wide-ranginginterview to a student newspaper in which she defends her gay characterAlbus Dumbledore. JK Rowling also spoke out against fundamentalistChristians in the United States who are trying to ban her work. Speakingto Edinburgh University's Student newspaper Rowling, whose successful seriesof novels have made her the richest women in Britain, defended her decisionto out Dumbledore last year.
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Mehdi's deportation to be raised in Euro Parliament
MEP Michael Cashman has said he will raise the case of Mehdi Kazemi in theEuropean Parliament in Strasbourg this week. The 19-year-old Iranian iscurrently being held in H olland and is fighting legal moves to return himto the UK, where he is likely to face deportation to his homeland. He hadunsuccessfully applied for asylum in the United Kingdom following theexecution of his partner by Iranian authorities after being found guilty ofsodomy.
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I am not gay says Welsh Olympian
Former Olympic athlete Colin Jackson has denied he is gay, but said he doesnot mind what people say about him. Jackson, 41, told The Voice newspaperthat persistent rumours about his sexuality are "strange and bizarre." Theformer hurdler appeared on BBC show Strictly Come Dancing in 2005 and 2006.
He has just released a book, Life's New Hurdles. He won a silver medal inthe 100m Hurdles at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
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Baywatch star praised for coming out
Jaason Simmons, known to millions across the world as hunky lifeguard LoganFowler in beach soap opera Bay watch, has come out to an Australianmagazine. The 37-year-old actor plans to marry his partner, Irish actor JohnO'Callaghan. The couple, who have been together for eight months, have alsoadopted a six-year-old Ugandan boy. The decision to go public about theirrelationship has been praised by gay rights advocates. click here for thefull article
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Egypt: New Indictments in HIV Crackdown
Persecuting People Living With HIV/AIDS Feeds the Epidemic
The Egyptian government's new indictments against several men arrestedapparently on suspicion of having HIV violate their basic rights and deeplyundermine Egypt's fight against HIV/AIDS, Amnesty International and HumanRights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty Internationalcalled on Egyptian officials to quash the indictments and overturn theconvictions of four others who were sentenced in F ebruary 2008 to one-yearprison terms. On March 4, 2008, Cairo prosecutors handed down indictmentsagainst five men on charges of "habitual practice of debauchery," a termused under Egyptian law to prosecute consensual sexual acts between men.
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We have just been informed that the Dutch court has ruled against Madhi pleafor non deportation. They have agreed that the IND can deport back Madhi to the UK . This has now been confirmed by official sources but we shall update as soon as weknow the actual judgment and what happened today. The Fight is not yet over.
The case and decision shall be taken to the EU human court of Appeals,irrespective of where Madhi, is physically in the Netherlands or the UK . Ayou can imagine this is a bitter defeat and the deportation back to Iranmust be stopped at any cost.
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Journalist to be executed in Iran
Iranian journalist and civil rights campaigner Yaghub Mehrnehad faces
imminent execution after an unfair trial By Peter Tatchell
An Iranian Baluch journalist and civil rights campaigner, YaghubMehrnehad, aged 28, has been sentenced to death for an unknownoffence, after a torture and an unfair trial conducted behind closeddoors, according to Amnesty International.
http://www.isavelives.be/en/node/918
His execution is imminent. He is likely to be hanged in public, usingthe barbaric slow strangulation method favoured by the Tehran regime.
It is deliberately designed to maximise the pain and prolong thesuffering of the victim.
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Bill Maher Cuts Through Clinton's Spin
Bill Maher calls "bullshit" on Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffespin to justify Clinton crossing the line when Clinton says McCain is morequalified to be president than Democratic frontrunner Barack Obama. Clintonhas been pushing a short-sighted strategy saying that she and McCain have alifetime of experience and that all Obama has is a speech from 2005. Inother words Clinton is saying that if she doesn't get the Democraticnomination, then the next best choice is the Republican McCain.
http://bloggernista.com/2008/03/09/bill-maher-cuts-through-clintons-spin/
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Obama, Islam and the bigots by Chris Crain
There's plenty I agree with in Nicholas Kristof's column in today's New YorkTimes about the use of Muslim rumors as a "slur" against Barack Obama.
Kristof is surely right, for example, that "the most monstrous bigotry inthis election isn't about either race or sex. It's about religion. Thewhispering campaigns allege tha t Mr. Obama is a secret Muslim planning toimpose Islamic law on the country." Apparently there are even rumors thatthe Illinois senator is the Antichrist. How repugnant.
http://citizenchris.typepad.com/citizenchris/2008/03/kristof-obama-a.html
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AFA & Ford: Someone's gots some splainin' to do
Earlier this morning, we showed you how the American Family Assocation hascalled off their boycott of the Ford Motor Company amidst cries of victory.
And even though we are highly skeptical that Ford has capitulated to theAFA's demands (and also letting the automaker know that they are about toexperience a HUGE GAY BACKLASH if they did), the folks on the far right arecertainly starting to carry out the "WE WON" meme. Here is a blip that'srunning on MassResistance:
http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you/2008/03/afa-ford-someon.html
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Day of Silence vs Day of Truth
In America, the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network - otherwiseknown as GLSEN, are pr omoting April 25 as a day of silence againsthomophobic violence in schools. However, not everybody plans to keep quiet.
In light of the recent murder of teenage student Lawrence King, you'd thinkthat a day devoted to raising awareness of the bullying and harassment thatsome kids face in schools could only be considered a good thing. Howevercertain church leaders don't agree.
http://www.samesame.com.au/news/international/2081/Day-Of-Silence-Vs-Day-Of-Truth.htm
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Rural Kentucky High School Student Fights for GSA
http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/03/10/1610
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Martina Navratilova Gets Passport on Rebound
Martina Navratilova, the former world number one tennis star, said yesterday
that she had regained her Czech nationality more than 30 years after fleeingits communist rule to live in the US.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3528622.ece
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Oklahoma politician's anti-gay rant caught on tape
A video of anti-gay remarks made by an Oklahoma lawmaker and posted onYouTube.com by The Victory Fund has been viewed more than 500,000 times asof this writing. Republican state Rep. Sally Kern, in a speech to a GOPclub, called gays a "bigger threat, even more so than terrorists or Islam,"and accused gays of trying to "destroy this nation." The Dallas MorningNews/Associated Press (3/10) , Advocate.com (3/11)
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Kern defends remarks: In an interview with Oklahoma City station News9,Oklahoma House Rep. Sally Kern defended her anti-gay remarks, saying, "Thereare indisputable facts that show it's a deadly lifestyle." In an e-mail sentto the blog Pam's House Blend, Kern said that she does not dispute anyone'sright to be gay, but she added, "But I do not have to agree with it andspeaking against it is not hate speech." Read the full text of Kern's letterhere. GayWired.com (3/10)
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Conference-goers stunned by Kern's comments: The video of Oklahoma stateRep. Sally Kern's anti-gay remarks stunned attendees at a Sexual Identityand Spirituality Conference at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond.
The Rev. Scott Jones of Cathedral of Hope said, "What she's saying isoutrageous, and completely a betrayal of the public trust for someone who iselected to a public office." News9.com (Okla.) (3/11)
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Senate may lift immigration ban for people with HIV
A bipartisan measure introduced in the U.S. Senate on Friday would boostfunding for global AIDS relief efforts from $30 billion to $50 billion andalso lift a 15-year-old ban on foreign visitors and immigrants with HIVentering the country. The end to the immigration prohibition was attached tothe funding authorization because of many lawmakers' commitment to AIDSrelief efforts, according to this article. Washington Blade (3/8)
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Voters to have say on Maryland county's transgender-bias law
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Editorial: Ruling for equal marriage rights would be "just"
The Los Angeles Times, in an editorial, calls on the California SupremeCourt to do the right thing and rule in favor of equal marriage rights. "In1948, the court was accused of thwarting the will of the people when itstruck down the ban on interracial marriage; it would face similarcondemnation if it ruled that 'equal protection of the laws' requires thesame treatment for heterosexual and same-sex couples," the Times writes."But, as in 1948, the result would be the just one." Los Angeles Times (freeregistration) (3/8)
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Blogger: Did anti-gay group's Ford boycott work?
The American Family Association is saying its boycott of Ford, over itsgay-friendly marketing policies, is a success, with the automaker caving toits demands, but blogger Pam Spaulding has her doubts. "I hardly think theHomosexual Agenda has control over Ford's busines s plans," she writes. Fordhad no comment, according to this post. Read more at Pam's House Blend.
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LOGO PSA on Hate Crimes
This morning, Logo launched a new public service announcement that we willair on-line and on-air as well as make available to our sister brands acrossMTV Networks. The spot is a call to action against hate crimes and featuresa number of artists, actors and performers, including Janet Jackson, T.R.Knight, Portia de Rossi and Andre 3000.
To see the spot, go to http://www.LOGOonline.com
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Dobson: Christian Right Needs Leadership
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Dobson-Evangelical.html?scp=5&sq=GAY&st=nyt
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Women Ponder Why Spitzer's Wife Stood By
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Spitzer-Political-Spouses.html?scp=10&sq=GAY&st=nyt
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The Myth of the Victimless Crime
Whose theory is it that prostitution is victimless? It's the men who buyprostitutes who spew the myths that women choose prostitution.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/12/opinion/12farley.html?ref=opinion
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Sex Infections Found in Quarter of Teenage Girls
Rates are particularly high among young African-Americans, according to newfederal data.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/12/science/12std.html?hp
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The Netherlands' highest court on Tuesday rejected a gay Iranian'slast-ditch appeal to avoid deportation to Britain, where he fearsauthorities will send him back to Tehran and possible execution.
Mehdi Kazemi, 19, traveled to Britain to study in 2005 and applied there forasylum after learning that his male lover in Iran had been executed forsodomy. After British authorities rejected Kazemi's application, he fled andapplied for asylum in the Netherlands.
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Dutch Court Nixes Gay Asylum Seeker Bid
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/11/AR2008031102272.html
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The AIDS Relief Miracle
How a last-minute, late-night outbreak of sanity saved funding for AIDSrelief in Africa.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/11/AR2008031102460.html
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UMC church attended by Clintons to hold same-sex union ceremonies
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Kansas funeral picketing law struck down
http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/526028.html
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Dutch court nixes gay asylum seeker bid
Mehdi Kazemi faces deportation to Britain, possible return to Tehran
The Netherlands' highest court on Tuesday rejected a gay Iranian'slast-ditch appeal to avoid deportation to Britain, where he fearsauthorities will send him back to Tehran and possible execution. MehdiKazemi, 19, traveled to Britain to study in 2005 and applied there forasylum after learning that his male lover in Iran had been executed forsodomy. After British authorities rejected Kazemi's application, he fled andapplied for asylum in the Netherlands. Upholding a ruling by the Dutchgovernment, the Council of State said Britain is responsible for Kazemi'scase because he applied for asylum there first. European Union rules say themember state where an asylum seeker first enters the bloc is responsible forprocessing that person's claim.
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New Evangelical Leaders Said Less Interested In Battling Gay Rights
(Nashville, Tennessee) With a generation of Christian right leaders dead oraging, the founder of the conservative evangelical group Focus on the Familysays he's concerned about the movement's future leadership.
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Official: Spitzer To Resign Monday
(New York City) A top state official says New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer hasdecided to resign amid a prostitution scandal.
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Clinton, Obama Look To Pa. And Beyond
(Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania) Facing a revived Hillary Rodham Clinton,Democrat Barack Obama has dropped a tenet of his early strategy that seemedvital to his January successes: the conviction that he can win almostanywhere if he has enough time to engage voters.
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Deep Dem Divisions On How To Count Florida
(Washington) Florida's congressional delegation said Tuesday it opposesholding a Democratic presidential vote by mail, and Barack Obama expressedconcerns about the fairness of that option.
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Obama Takes Mississippi But Wins Scant Support From Whites
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Group Says Iraq Video Proves Claims Of Increasing Violence Against Gays
(London) A group of gay Iraqi exiles said Tuesday it has obtained videoevidence of mounting attacks on gays and is calling on the US and Britain tointervene.
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Gay Rights Bill Introduced In Ohio
(Columbus, Ohio) Legislation to bar discrimination in employment, housing orpublic accommodation on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identitywas introduced Tuesday in the Ohio legislature.
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LGBT Businesses Added To UPS Diversity Plan
(Atlanta, Georgia) UPS Inc., the world's largest shipping carrier, isstepping up its supplier diversity efforts to include gay, lesbian, bisexualand transgender-owned businesses.
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Obama Rolls Out More LGBT Supporters
Sen. Barack Obama's campaign rolled out a new swath of 40 national LGBTsupporters, adding to the original list of about 60 queer supporters theyannounced last year. (The new list is available at the end of this article).
"This continues to show the momentum that the Obama camp is demonstrating inall different slices of the electorate," said Eric Stern, who has beenactively courting gays and lesbians to join the Obama team.
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Where Are All The Gays Going?
What's happening to gay life in Nashville? We've had what six or seven barsand our local gay coffee shop close in the past year. Just this past weekwhat was one of our strongest gay organizations, the Music City Bears,announced they were closing. The much heralded GLBT community center, OutCentral, still hasn't opened and is apparently several months behindschedule. Is the community just not supporting itself like it used to? Isthis important or have "gays" become so much part of the mainstream that wedon't need an identity or community of our own?
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Helping Trans Kids Out of the Shadows
"How does a 14 year old shoot a 15 year old in the back of the head becausehe's wearing high heels?" Trans activist Jenn Burleton sits across a smalltable outside one of Portland's ubiquitous coffee houses, musing on theschoolground murder of a Southern California gender nonconforming child.
"More than any other source of childhood abuse, teasing, and bullying;femininity in male children kills. It scars."
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Winter Party 2008, A Dance Against Hate
While thousands of revelers from around the world celebrated the 15th AnnualWinter Party Beach Festival under picture perfect Miami weather, in thehearts of many, the party took a much more serious meaning. Coincidentally,the week-long fundraiser that has come to be known as the Winter PartyFestival was held in the wake of two violent crimes in Ft. Lauderdale, bothsuspected of being gay bashings--one that turned deadly for a 17-year-oldyouth.
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'Celluloid Closet' Documentary Highlights Stories Between Lines
Deep in the heart of the "Bible Belt," discussion that emphasizes thediversity of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender experiences, is seen asa rarity by some. However, Monday night, the continuation of a documentaryseries tackled just that, with the viewing of "The Celluloid Closet."
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A University of Hawai'i official today said UH is in the process ofaccommodating same-sex couples in family housing. The statement by FranciscoHernandez, vice chancellor for students, came after Lambda Legal yesterdaysaid it intends to sue UH on behalf of a gay couple it says was not allowedto move back into family housing after living there for a year.
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NY: Could [Governor] Spitzer's Woes Have a Silver Lining?
Revelations jump-started by a story in The New York Times that New Yorkgovernor Eliot Spitzer had been tied to a prostitution ring surged throughthe LGBT community Monday afternoon. Spitzer campaigned in 2006 on a pledgethat he would sponsor a same-sex marriage bill and sign that bill into lawshould it reach his desk.
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A judge in Middlesex County who is also training to become a Roman Catholicdeacon eased som e lawmakers' concerns Monday but may raise the ire of thechurch after saying he is willing to perform civil unions in his position onthe bench. John A. Jorgensen, a municipal court judge for the past 15 yearsemployed by South Plainfield and Woodbridge, had worried gay-rightsactivists because he has refused to perform civil unions, which are intendedto provide same-sex couples the rights of marriage.
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New research into US Census Bureau data has revealed that 1,200 Irish-borngay men and lesbians are living with a same-sex partner in America.
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It might be easy to view the marriage equality case heard by the CaliforniaSupreme Court last week as just another in a long string of similarchallenges across the US. After all, we've seen this show many times before,from New England and the Mid-Atlantic to the Midwest and the West Coast.
This case, however, differs in a significant way that might suggest anemerging trajectory for marriage challenges: procreation and pa renting werebarely mentioned until a whole three hours into the oral argument. It tookthe presentations of private social conservative advocacy groups to putarguments based on procreation and childrearing before the court.
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Iranian gay teen loses appeal against deportation to the UK
A 19-year-old gay man from Iran who was refused asylum in Britain and fledto Holland will be deported back to the UK, according to gay rightsactivists connected with his case. Mehdi Kazemi had unsuccessfully appliedfor asylum in the United Kingdom following the execution of his partner byIranian authorities after being found guilty of sodomy. He faces possibleexecution by stoning if he returns to Iran. Activists have pledged to takehis case the EU courts.
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Gay peer speaks out against deportations to Iran
A gay member of the House of Lords has demanded the government take actionto stop a gay teenager being deported back to Iran where he could face thedeath penalty.Today it was revealed that 19-year-old Mehdi Kazemi, who wasrefused asylum in Britain and fled to Holland, will be deported back to theUK. He had unsuccessfully applied for asylum in the United Kingdom followingthe execution of his partner by Iranian authorities after being found guiltyof sodomy.
click here for the full article
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Prodi to step down from Italian politics
Romano Prodi has announced that he is "finished" with politics in Italy. Hehas served twice as Prime Minister and heads the interim government in placeuntil the country holds a general election next month. Mr Prodi, who alsoserved as President of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004, lost thesupport of parliament in January after a nine-party coalition government hewas leading fell apart.
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Tribunal hearing over civil partnerships on forms
An employment tribunal has ruled that a Catholic couple from Scotland canpursue their claim of sexual and religious discrimination againstStrathclyde Police over its definition of the term 'marital status.' DevoutCatholics Lucille and Frank McQuade claim that Scotland's largest policeforce is guilty of religious discrimination after altering its civilianemployee records to change their status from "married" to "married/civilpartnership." Mr McQuade, 49, a communications officer with the force, saidthat no slur was intended on the gay community.
click here for the full article
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JK Rowling: Homophobia is a fear of people loving
The author of the best-selling Harry Potter novels has given a wide-ranginginterview to a student newspaper in which she defends her gay characterAlbus Dumbledore. JK Rowling also spoke out against fundamentalistChristians in the United States who are trying to ban her work. Speakingto Edinburgh University's Student newspaper Rowling, whose successful seriesof novels have made her the richest women in Britain, defended her decisionto out Dumbledore last year.
click here for the full article
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Mehdi's deportation to be raised in Euro Parliament
MEP Michael Cashman has said he will raise the case of Mehdi Kazemi in theEuropean Parliament in Strasbourg this week. The 19-year-old Iranian iscurrently being held in H olland and is fighting legal moves to return himto the UK, where he is likely to face deportation to his homeland. He hadunsuccessfully applied for asylum in the United Kingdom following theexecution of his partner by Iranian authorities after being found guilty ofsodomy.
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I am not gay says Welsh Olympian
Former Olympic athlete Colin Jackson has denied he is gay, but said he doesnot mind what people say about him. Jackson, 41, told The Voice newspaperthat persistent rumours about his sexuality are "strange and bizarre." Theformer hurdler appeared on BBC show Strictly Come Dancing in 2005 and 2006.
He has just released a book, Life's New Hurdles. He won a silver medal inthe 100m Hurdles at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
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Baywatch star praised for coming out
Jaason Simmons, known to millions across the world as hunky lifeguard LoganFowler in beach soap opera Bay watch, has come out to an Australianmagazine. The 37-year-old actor plans to marry his partner, Irish actor JohnO'Callaghan. The couple, who have been together for eight months, have alsoadopted a six-year-old Ugandan boy. The decision to go public about theirrelationship has been praised by gay rights advocates. click here for thefull article
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Egypt: New Indictments in HIV Crackdown
Persecuting People Living With HIV/AIDS Feeds the Epidemic
The Egyptian government's new indictments against several men arrestedapparently on suspicion of having HIV violate their basic rights and deeplyundermine Egypt's fight against HIV/AIDS, Amnesty International and HumanRights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty Internationalcalled on Egyptian officials to quash the indictments and overturn theconvictions of four others who were sentenced in F ebruary 2008 to one-yearprison terms. On March 4, 2008, Cairo prosecutors handed down indictmentsagainst five men on charges of "habitual practice of debauchery," a termused under Egyptian law to prosecute consensual sexual acts between men.
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Forwarded from Gay Asalyum - UK
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We have just been informed that the Dutch court has ruled against Madhi pleafor non deportation. They have agreed that the IND can deport back Madhi to the UK . This has now been confirmed by official sources but we shall update as soon as weknow the actual judgment and what happened today. The Fight is not yet over.
The case and decision shall be taken to the EU human court of Appeals,irrespective of where Madhi, is physically in the Netherlands or the UK . Ayou can imagine this is a bitter defeat and the deportation back to Iranmust be stopped at any cost.
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Journalist to be executed in Iran
Iranian journalist and civil rights campaigner Yaghub Mehrnehad faces
imminent execution after an unfair trial By Peter Tatchell
An Iranian Baluch journalist and civil rights campaigner, YaghubMehrnehad, aged 28, has been sentenced to death for an unknownoffence, after a torture and an unfair trial conducted behind closeddoors, according to Amnesty International.
http://www.isavelives.be/en/node/918
His execution is imminent. He is likely to be hanged in public, usingthe barbaric slow strangulation method favoured by the Tehran regime.
It is deliberately designed to maximise the pain and prolong thesuffering of the victim.
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/peter_tatchell/2008/03/journalist_to_be_executed_in_i.html
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Bill Maher Cuts Through Clinton's Spin
Bill Maher calls "bullshit" on Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffespin to justify Clinton crossing the line when Clinton says McCain is morequalified to be president than Democratic frontrunner Barack Obama. Clintonhas been pushing a short-sighted strategy saying that she and McCain have alifetime of experience and that all Obama has is a speech from 2005. Inother words Clinton is saying that if she doesn't get the Democraticnomination, then the next best choice is the Republican McCain.
http://bloggernista.com/2008/03/09/bill-maher-cuts-through-clintons-spin/
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Obama, Islam and the bigots by Chris Crain
There's plenty I agree with in Nicholas Kristof's column in today's New YorkTimes about the use of Muslim rumors as a "slur" against Barack Obama.
Kristof is surely right, for example, that "the most monstrous bigotry inthis election isn't about either race or sex. It's about religion. Thewhispering campaigns allege tha t Mr. Obama is a secret Muslim planning toimpose Islamic law on the country." Apparently there are even rumors thatthe Illinois senator is the Antichrist. How repugnant.
http://citizenchris.typepad.com/citizenchris/2008/03/kristof-obama-a.html
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AFA & Ford: Someone's gots some splainin' to do
Earlier this morning, we showed you how the American Family Assocation hascalled off their boycott of the Ford Motor Company amidst cries of victory.
And even though we are highly skeptical that Ford has capitulated to theAFA's demands (and also letting the automaker know that they are about toexperience a HUGE GAY BACKLASH if they did), the folks on the far right arecertainly starting to carry out the "WE WON" meme. Here is a blip that'srunning on MassResistance:
http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you/2008/03/afa-ford-someon.html
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Day of Silence vs Day of Truth
In America, the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network - otherwiseknown as GLSEN, are pr omoting April 25 as a day of silence againsthomophobic violence in schools. However, not everybody plans to keep quiet.
In light of the recent murder of teenage student Lawrence King, you'd thinkthat a day devoted to raising awareness of the bullying and harassment thatsome kids face in schools could only be considered a good thing. Howevercertain church leaders don't agree.
http://www.samesame.com.au/news/international/2081/Day-Of-Silence-Vs-Day-Of-Truth.htm
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Rural Kentucky High School Student Fights for GSA
http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/03/10/1610
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Martina Navratilova Gets Passport on Rebound
Martina Navratilova, the former world number one tennis star, said yesterday
that she had regained her Czech nationality more than 30 years after fleeingits communist rule to live in the US.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3528622.ece
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Oklahoma politician's anti-gay rant caught on tape
A video of anti-gay remarks made by an Oklahoma lawmaker and posted onYouTube.com by The Victory Fund has been viewed more than 500,000 times asof this writing. Republican state Rep. Sally Kern, in a speech to a GOPclub, called gays a "bigger threat, even more so than terrorists or Islam,"and accused gays of trying to "destroy this nation." The Dallas MorningNews/Associated Press (3/10) , Advocate.com (3/11)
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Kern defends remarks: In an interview with Oklahoma City station News9,Oklahoma House Rep. Sally Kern defended her anti-gay remarks, saying, "Thereare indisputable facts that show it's a deadly lifestyle." In an e-mail sentto the blog Pam's House Blend, Kern said that she does not dispute anyone'sright to be gay, but she added, "But I do not have to agree with it andspeaking against it is not hate speech." Read the full text of Kern's letterhere. GayWired.com (3/10)
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Conference-goers stunned by Kern's comments: The video of Oklahoma stateRep. Sally Kern's anti-gay remarks stunned attendees at a Sexual Identityand Spirituality Conference at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond.
The Rev. Scott Jones of Cathedral of Hope said, "What she's saying isoutrageous, and completely a betrayal of the public trust for someone who iselected to a public office." News9.com (Okla.) (3/11)
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Senate may lift immigration ban for people with HIV
A bipartisan measure introduced in the U.S. Senate on Friday would boostfunding for global AIDS relief efforts from $30 billion to $50 billion andalso lift a 15-year-old ban on foreign visitors and immigrants with HIVentering the country. The end to the immigration prohibition was attached tothe funding authorization because of many lawmakers' commitment to AIDSrelief efforts, according to this article. Washington Blade (3/8)
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Voters to have say on Maryland county's transgender-bias law
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Editorial: Ruling for equal marriage rights would be "just"
The Los Angeles Times, in an editorial, calls on the California SupremeCourt to do the right thing and rule in favor of equal marriage rights. "In1948, the court was accused of thwarting the will of the people when itstruck down the ban on interracial marriage; it would face similarcondemnation if it ruled that 'equal protection of the laws' requires thesame treatment for heterosexual and same-sex couples," the Times writes."But, as in 1948, the result would be the just one." Los Angeles Times (freeregistration) (3/8)
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Blogger: Did anti-gay group's Ford boycott work?
The American Family Association is saying its boycott of Ford, over itsgay-friendly marketing policies, is a success, with the automaker caving toits demands, but blogger Pam Spaulding has her doubts. "I hardly think theHomosexual Agenda has control over Ford's busines s plans," she writes. Fordhad no comment, according to this post. Read more at Pam's House Blend.
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LOGO PSA on Hate Crimes
This morning, Logo launched a new public service announcement that we willair on-line and on-air as well as make available to our sister brands acrossMTV Networks. The spot is a call to action against hate crimes and featuresa number of artists, actors and performers, including Janet Jackson, T.R.Knight, Portia de Rossi and Andre 3000.
To see the spot, go to http://www.LOGOonline.com
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New York Times
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Dobson: Christian Right Needs Leadership
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Dobson-Evangelical.html?scp=5&sq=GAY&st=nyt
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Women Ponder Why Spitzer's Wife Stood By
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Spitzer-Political-Spouses.html?scp=10&sq=GAY&st=nyt
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The Myth of the Victimless Crime
Whose theory is it that prostitution is victimless? It's the men who buyprostitutes who spew the myths that women choose prostitution.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/12/opinion/12farley.html?ref=opinion
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Sex Infections Found in Quarter of Teenage Girls
Rates are particularly high among young African-Americans, according to newfederal data.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/12/science/12std.html?hp
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Washington Post
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The Netherlands' highest court on Tuesday rejected a gay Iranian'slast-ditch appeal to avoid deportation to Britain, where he fearsauthorities will send him back to Tehran and possible execution.
Mehdi Kazemi, 19, traveled to Britain to study in 2005 and applied there forasylum after learning that his male lover in Iran had been executed forsodomy. After British authorities rejected Kazemi's application, he fled andapplied for asylum in the Netherlands.
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Dutch Court Nixes Gay Asylum Seeker Bid
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/11/AR2008031102272.html
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The AIDS Relief Miracle
How a last-minute, late-night outbreak of sanity saved funding for AIDSrelief in Africa.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/11/AR2008031102460.html
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Express Gay News
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UMC church attended by Clintons to hold same-sex union ceremonies
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Kansas funeral picketing law struck down
http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/526028.html
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Dutch court nixes gay asylum seeker bid
Mehdi Kazemi faces deportation to Britain, possible return to Tehran
The Netherlands' highest court on Tuesday rejected a gay Iranian'slast-ditch appeal to avoid deportation to Britain, where he fearsauthorities will send him back to Tehran and possible execution. MehdiKazemi, 19, traveled to Britain to study in 2005 and applied there forasylum after learning that his male lover in Iran had been executed forsodomy. After British authorities rejected Kazemi's application, he fled andapplied for asylum in the Netherlands. Upholding a ruling by the Dutchgovernment, the Council of State said Britain is responsible for Kazemi'scase because he applied for asylum there first. European Union rules say themember state where an asylum seeker first enters the bloc is responsible forprocessing that person's claim.
http://www.expressgaynews.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=17096
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New Evangelical Leaders Said Less Interested In Battling Gay Rights
(Nashville, Tennessee) With a generation of Christian right leaders dead oraging, the founder of the conservative evangelical group Focus on the Familysays he's concerned about the movement's future leadership.
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Official: Spitzer To Resign Monday
(New York City) A top state official says New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer hasdecided to resign amid a prostitution scandal.
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Clinton, Obama Look To Pa. And Beyond
(Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania) Facing a revived Hillary Rodham Clinton,Democrat Barack Obama has dropped a tenet of his early strategy that seemedvital to his January successes: the conviction that he can win almostanywhere if he has enough time to engage voters.
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Deep Dem Divisions On How To Count Florida
(Washington) Florida's congressional delegation said Tuesday it opposesholding a Democratic presidential vote by mail, and Barack Obama expressedconcerns about the fairness of that option.
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Obama Takes Mississippi But Wins Scant Support From Whites
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Group Says Iraq Video Proves Claims Of Increasing Violence Against Gays
(London) A group of gay Iraqi exiles said Tuesday it has obtained videoevidence of mounting attacks on gays and is calling on the US and Britain tointervene.
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Gay Rights Bill Introduced In Ohio
(Columbus, Ohio) Legislation to bar discrimination in employment, housing orpublic accommodation on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identitywas introduced Tuesday in the Ohio legislature.
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LGBT Businesses Added To UPS Diversity Plan
(Atlanta, Georgia) UPS Inc., the world's largest shipping carrier, isstepping up its supplier diversity efforts to include gay, lesbian, bisexualand transgender-owned businesses.
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Obama Rolls Out More LGBT Supporters
Sen. Barack Obama's campaign rolled out a new swath of 40 national LGBTsupporters, adding to the original list of about 60 queer supporters theyannounced last year. (The new list is available at the end of this article).
"This continues to show the momentum that the Obama camp is demonstrating inall different slices of the electorate," said Eric Stern, who has beenactively courting gays and lesbians to join the Obama team.
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Where Are All The Gays Going?
What's happening to gay life in Nashville? We've had what six or seven barsand our local gay coffee shop close in the past year. Just this past weekwhat was one of our strongest gay organizations, the Music City Bears,announced they were closing. The much heralded GLBT community center, OutCentral, still hasn't opened and is apparently several months behindschedule. Is the community just not supporting itself like it used to? Isthis important or have "gays" become so much part of the mainstream that wedon't need an identity or community of our own?
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Helping Trans Kids Out of the Shadows
"How does a 14 year old shoot a 15 year old in the back of the head becausehe's wearing high heels?" Trans activist Jenn Burleton sits across a smalltable outside one of Portland's ubiquitous coffee houses, musing on theschoolground murder of a Southern California gender nonconforming child.
"More than any other source of childhood abuse, teasing, and bullying;femininity in male children kills. It scars."
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Winter Party 2008, A Dance Against Hate
While thousands of revelers from around the world celebrated the 15th AnnualWinter Party Beach Festival under picture perfect Miami weather, in thehearts of many, the party took a much more serious meaning. Coincidentally,the week-long fundraiser that has come to be known as the Winter PartyFestival was held in the wake of two violent crimes in Ft. Lauderdale, bothsuspected of being gay bashings--one that turned deadly for a 17-year-oldyouth.
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'Celluloid Closet' Documentary Highlights Stories Between Lines
Deep in the heart of the "Bible Belt," discussion that emphasizes thediversity of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender experiences, is seen asa rarity by some. However, Monday night, the continuation of a documentaryseries tackled just that, with the viewing of "The Celluloid Closet."
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