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http://nationalgaynews.com/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/
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- GMHC Launches Two
New HIV Awareness Campaigns
Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) hosted a press conference this morning to launch two new public-service advertising campaigns to raise awareness about HIV for women of color and young men of color who have sex with men.
http://nationalgaynews.com/content/view/3141/173/
-Mayor Joy rebukes Oklahoman's anti-gay comments
EUREKA SPRINGS - Statements made by Oklahoma State Representative Sally Kern (R), secretly recorded and released on YouTube.com on March 7 brought a rebuke from Mayor Dani Joy at the conclusion of Monday's's city council meeting.
http://www.eurekaspringstimesecho.com/articles/2008/03/21/news/we2.txt
-Sex case dropped against governor's gay aide
Florida prosecutors have decided to drop their case against an aide to the governor of Massachusetts who had been accused of sexual battery against a teenage boy in the steam room of a resort.
http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?2008/03/21/6
-Feds deny passport to married gay man
The U.S. State Department will not issue a new passport to an international AIDS educator under his married name, which is a hyphenate combining his and his partner's surnames, Massachusetts newspaper The Sun Chronicle reported.
-"Lost" gets a gay character ... or gets back one, anyway
Yes, after four seasons and countless plot twists (including one pink herring) it was revealed last night that one of the show's 4,397 characters is a gay homosexual.
http://www.afterelton.com/blog/brianjuergens/lost-gets-gay-character-or-gets-back-one-anyway?&comment=36460
-Feds deny passport to married gay man
The U.S. State Department will not issue a new passport to an international AIDS educator under his married name, which is a hyphenate combining his and his artner's surnames, Massachusetts newspaper The Sun Chronicle reported.
http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?2008/03/21/5
-ABC Wants Gay Children
ABC's Good Morning America is looking for children under 10 who might be gay or "gender variant". You need to be prepared to be profiled on camera for a segment on the show
http://www.generationq.net/news/usa/ABC-Wants-Gay-Children-0001.shtml
-Won't you be my gaybor?
As Oak Cliff is to Oak Lawn, many cities have born satellite gayborhoods.
Over the years, a number of urban neighborhoods around the world have developed ecidedly gay followings. GLBT visitors to San Francisco have long made a beeline or the Castro. Like Cedar Springs, New York's Chelsea, Chicago's Lakeview and San Diego's Hillcrest are famous for having substantial concentrations of gay-popular usinesses.
http://www.dallasvoice.com/artman/publish/article_8401.php
-Reflecting a new image in banking
It will open next summer at Church and Alexander in Toronto's gay village. Why some big banks are investing in Toronto's gay community
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/349252
-Gay Marketing Arm of American Airlines and GLAAD Honour Judy Shepard
NEW YORK, March 20, 2008 - Judy Shepard, mother of Matthew Shepard who was the victim of a brutal homophobic murder ten years ago, was given an informal reception by American Airlines in New York on Monday, before going on to the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Awards ceremony.
-AIDS Patients Evicted from Nepal Hospice Over Anti-Gay Bias
Pressure from anti-gay neighbors prompted the landlord of a building in Nepal housing an AIDS hospice run by the gay activist group Blue Diamond Society and sponsored by the Elton John AIDS foundation to throw 12 men diagnosed with AIDS out on the street. Four of those men, who come mostly from the poor India/Nepal border region called the Terai Plains, are terminally ill and had to be carried because they are unable to walk, IANS reports:
http://www.towleroad.com/2008/03/aids-patients-e.html
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The Advocate
http://advocate.com/
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-The Marrying Man
Four years after he pushed same-sex marriage forward in the national debate, Gavin Newsom is waiting for his answer in the California supreme court. So are we.
http://advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid52869.asp
-Queer Birds Find a Home to Roost
Julius and Big Daddy, the roosters who chose each other as companions, have found a permanent home on a farm in Alabama, reports foster mom Brenda Lee in Los Angeles. The roosters came to L.A.'s A Dog's Life Rescue organization last year as a couple, and continued to eschew "normative chicken social conventions," wrote Lee's partner, Jayna.
http://advocate.com/news_detail_ektid52867.asp-
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Washington Post
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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- The Man, The Brand, The Plan To Rule TV
How Ryan Seacrest Has Turned His Name Into a Household One
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/21/AR2008032100950.html
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Express Gay News
http://www.expressgaynews.com/
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- March 21, 2008National Center for Lesbian Rights works behind the scenes with ESPN
From the National Center for Lesbian Rights:
Dear NCLR Supporter,
As the Sports Project Director at NCLR, I would like to extend a special invitation to our supporters to watch ESPN this Sunday as the topic of negative recruting and perceived sexual orientation is tackled by Outside the Lines.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/
-Idaho Women's Network gets state grant
Group is working to enact employee non-discrimination acts
http://www.expressgaynews.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=17303
-Tax benefits for unwed couples approved by Md. Senate
Senate has already voted to expand medical decision-making powers to partners
http://www.expressgaynews.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=17304
-Stealth mutant HIV could hold key to vaccine
HIV mutates to survive - it's one of the hallmarks of the disease. But it turns out that certain mutated strains are easier to fight off in subsequent infections, and this finding could help design an HIV vaccine.
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/dn13510-stealth-mutant-hiv-could-hold-key-to-vaccine.html?feedId=online-news_rss20
-Lesbian priest says she wants license to minister in ND
A lesbian priest says she wants to start a dialogue with church leaders after the Episcopal bishop of North Dakota refused her request for a licenseto minister in the state.
http://www.grandforksherald.com/ap/index.cfm?page=view&id=D8VHTQP80
-GLAAD should rescind its award to 'ATWT' - and apologize
Not only should GLAAD be publicly denounced for giving an award to "As the World Turns," but it should be pressured to rescind the prize.
http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2008/03/glaad-should-re.html
-Anti-gay literature appears on doorsteps in Milwaukee alderman race
With a looming April 1 general election, Wisconsin's own version of Fred Phelps has begun attacking Milwaukee Common Council candidate Patrick Flaherty. Pilgrim's Covenant Church, headed by Ralph Ovadahl, started dropping hate-filled literature in key areas. The pamphlets are only being dropped off in the precincts within Flaherty's district that have the highest voter turnout.
http://www.gaypolitics.com/?p=364
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365Gay.com
http://www.365gay.com/
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-Gay Playwright Kushner To Be Honored At Guthrie Theater
(Minneapolis, Minnesota) The Guthrie Theater is getting a lot more Kushner into its lineup next season.
-Richardson Endorses Obama
(Portland, Oregon) Bill Richardson, the nation's only Hispanic governor, threw his support behind Barack Obama for president Friday, delivering one of the most coveted and tightly held endorsements in the race for the Democratic nomination.
-Passport Files Of All Three Candidates Breached
(Washington) The passport files of the three presidential candidates - Sens. Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton and John McCain - have been breached, the State Department said Friday.
-Sexually Ambivalent British Writer Denied Entry To US
(London) British writer and self-styled dandy Sebastian Horsley was denied entry to the United States after arriving to promote his memoir of sex, drugs and flamboyant fashion.
-Study: HIV Vaccine Volunteers Need More Support From Researchers
(Toronto, Ontario) When it comes to developing a safe, effective vaccine to stem the global AIDS pandemic, researchers agree there is one component they can't do without - volunteers willing to become human guinea pigs for testing the experimental serums.
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Marriage Equality News
http://samesexmarriage.typepad.com/weblog/
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-While other states in the country are passing Constitutional Amendments to ban same sex marriages, civil unions and even as far as contracts between same sex couples - New England has turned into a bastion of equality and rights. From Massachusetts's landmark decision in Goodridge to Connecticut currently taking up the case if there is a legal difference between civil unions and marriage - why has New England (with the notable exception of Rhode Island) been such a unique place for LGBT equality?
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Pink News - UK
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/
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-Comment: Is Clinton really any different to Obama?
Ann Turner tosses up whether either one of Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton is worthy of her vote in the Democratic primary. Or, if it really matters which one she picks as they both seem so similar.As I stood in line to cast my ballot in the Washington state Democratic caucuses last month, the choice of who to support for the presidential nominee still loomed large in my mind...
click here for the full article
-Greek bloggers fight for gay partnership equality
More than 200 weblogs have joined an initiative called Greek Bloggers Against Discrimination to campaign against proposed new legislation on domestic partnerships that excludes same-sex couples. "This discriminatory project has been widely denounced not just by the LGBT community, but also Greek citizens from all walks of life who believe that it violates the Equality clause enshrined in our constitution, as well as the country's European commitments," the group said.
click here for the full article
-Funding pledged to fight stigma around HIV
UK organisations are being asked to submit plans for innovative programmes that address stigma and shame around HIV/AIDS and the link between those factors and prevention, care and treatment for the disease.
The MAC AIDS Fund is the philanthropic arm of Estée Lauder-owned M·A·C Cosmetics.It has pledged £250,000 in new grant money to fight the problem nationally.
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-Being gay in the Former Yugoslavia
Nearly a decade after the horror of the Balkan Wars of the nineties, whatare the lives of LGBT citizens like in its successor states? With the assistance of an article on Yugoslavia from John Loughran in Gay Times from last year and Wikipedia, I've assembled the following series of profiles: Slovenia: It is the most progressive former republic, perhaps assisted by its distance from conservative Belgrade. It decriminalised homosexuality in1977, passed anti-discrimination laws that included LG Slovenians in 1998,and introduced civil unions in 2006. Croatia: This heavily Catholic former Yugoslav state decriminalised gay sex in 1977, and has a patchwork of isparate anti-discrimination laws that forbid discrimination on the basisof sexual orientation. As well as this,there are domestic partnership partial protections for same-sex relationships, but a private members bill failed to introduce proper civil unions in 2006.
http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/31/article_5731.php
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-On March 18, 2008 the Dutch parliament voted on a resolution to endorse theYogyakarta Principles. The resolution was accepted with a large majority(only the political party led by anti Muslim leader Wilders voted against).
Below you'll find an unofficial translation.
Taking into consideration that in more than in 75 countries in the worldhomosexuality is criminalized and in 7 other countries LGBT-people mightface the death penalty;
Taking into consideration that in November 2006 the so called YogyakartaPrinciples are codified, in which all existing and legally binding humanrights are translated to people with a different sexual orientation orgender identity, while the Principles are accompanied with recommendationsto national governments and other actors how to incorporate them in theirlaws and policies;
Taking into consideration that during the 7th session of the UN Human Rights Council the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs declared on behalf of theDutch Government to fully endorse the Yogyakarta Principles;
Taking into consideration that May 17 is designated as International DayAgainst Homophobia (IDAHO) and that it is of importance to internationalhuman rights organizations such as Human Rights Watch, AmnestyInternational, Global Rights and ILGA that national parliaments will referto the importance of the Yogyakartya Principles in the fight againstdiscrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity;
Declares that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity must be rejected forcefully, while acknowledging that theYogyakarta Principles are thereto a good guidance;
And Requests the President of the House of Representatives of the Dutchparliament to bring the Yogyakarta Principles to the attention of otherparliaments in the context of the International day against Homophobia andrequests the President to ask these parliaments to also endorse theYogyakarta Principles.
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New York Times
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-Bush Silent, but Others Speak Out on Tibet Crackdown
WASHINGTON - China's violent crackdown on protesters in Tibet is havingpowerful political reverberations in Washington, where the White House isweighing how far to go in condemning the Chinese government, even as itdefends President Bush's decision to attend the Summer Olympics in Beijing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/22/world/asia/22prexy.html?_r=1&scp=4&sq=GAY&st=nyt&oref=slogin
-A Dutch Antagonist of Islam Waits for His Premiere
GEERT WILDERS'S bleached-blond hair goes to the root of his character.
For more than two decades, Mr. Wilders, the controversial anti-Islam memberof the Dutch Parliament, has dyed his hair a provocative - some sayextreme - platinum blond.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/22/world/europe/22wilders.html?scp=6&sq=GAY&st=nyt
-Taiwan Vote May Herald Closer Ties With China
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan elected on Saturday its first president who hadcampaigned for closer economic relations with Beijing, paving the way for aconsiderable lessening of tensions in one of Asia's oldest flashpoints.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/22/world/asia/22cnd-taiwan.html?hp
-Donner Party Democrats
When they set out, it all looked so bright - away to the West, to the Denver convention, nothing but blue skies ahead. They had a continent to cross, anation to convince, and they vowed to do it in a way that had never beendone before.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/22/opinion/22egan.html?ref=opinion
-First a Tense Talk With Clinton, Then Richardson Backs Obama
PORTLAND, Ore. - "I talked to Senator Clinton last night," Gov. BillRichardson of New Mexico said on Friday, describing the tense telephone callin which he informed Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton that, despite two monthsof personal entreaties by her and her husband, he would be endorsing SenatorBarack Obama for president.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/22/us/politics/22richardson.html
-No Admission for Evolutionary Biologist at Creationist Film
Two evolutionary biologists tried to attend a screening of the movie"Expelled," which makes the case for intelligent design, but only one wasallowed in.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/science/21expelledw.html
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Washington Post
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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-Dick Cheney's Error
It's Government By the People
For at least six years, as I've become increasingly frustrated by the Bush administration's repeated betrayal of constitutional -- and conservative -- principles, I have defended Vice President Cheney, a man I've known for decades and with whom I served and made common cause in Congress. No longer.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/21/AR2008032102482.html
-Why Obama Stands With His Church
All they wanted to do was pray with the rest of the congregation. But thatwas asking too much.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/21/AR2008032102539.html
-Speech Translation
While Barack Obama's speech on race earlier this week was geared primarilytoward domestic concerns, as an American of Middle Eastern origin, watchingfrom a café in Jordan, I was struck by the possibilities it offered not onlyfor race relations at home, but for our relationship with Arabs and Muslimsabroad.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/21/AR2008032102633.html
-To Keep and Bear Arms
Nearly 135 years ago, the United States experienced what may have been theworst one-day slaughter of blacks by whites in its history. On April 13,1873, in the tiny village of Colfax, La., white paramilitaries attacked alightly armed force of freedmen assembled in a local courthouse. By the timethe Colfax Massacre was over, more than 60 African American men lay shot,burned or stabbed to death. Most were killed after they had surrendered.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/21/AR2008032102540.html
-Insecure About Climate Change
When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in 2005, Americans witnessed whatlooked like an overseas humanitarian-relief operation. The storm destroyedmuch of the city, causing more than $80 billion in damage, killing more than1,800 people, and displacing in excess of 270,000. The country suddenly hadto divert its attention and military resources to respond to a domesticemergency. While scientists do not attribute single events to globalwarming, the storm gave Americans a visual image of what climate change --which scientists believe will likely exacerbate the severity and number ofextreme weather events -- might mean for the future.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/21/AR2008032102631.html
-Better Monitors
New Justice Department rules should improve the system of appointingoverseers for settlements with the government.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/21/AR2008032102783.html
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Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
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- Cell phones become tools for helping detectives find crime suspects
Tracking technology built in originally for 911 callsCell-phone companies
can tell not only where your phone is, but as long as it's on, they cantrace where it's been - whether the phone is in use or not. And thattechnology is becoming a staple of law enforcement investigations.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbphone0322sbmar22,0,5269587.story
-Obama Finds Pulpit in Center of Racial Divide
When Sen. Barack Obama faced the cameras Tuesday in Philadelphia, he wascaught between his roles as politician and parishioner, forced to condemnhis pastor's words as he tried to advance his own campaign for president.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/21/AR2008032102683.html?hpid=sec-religion
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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-Snooping of candidates' passport files probed
The State Department now admits that besides the passport files of Sen.Barack Obama, those of Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. John McCain also havebeen looked into by unauthorized personnel.
http://www.miamiherald.com/457/story/466005.html
-China a reminder of the worst of the Stalinist, Maoist eras
PRAGUE -- The recent events in Tibet and adjoining provinces are causes fordeep concern. Indeed, the dispersal of a peaceful protest march organized byTibetan monks, which led to a wave of unrest that was brutally suppressed bythe Chinese military and police, has caused indignation all over thedemocratic world.
http://www.miamiherald.com/851/story/466031.html
-Why bailouts for huge companies, not homeowners?
I don't know too many economists who get confused with preachers. But thereare times when they talk about virtue and temptation as if they werefree-market holy rollers.
http://www.miamiherald.com/851/story/466029.html
-Just no simple way to end tax breaks
Eliminating sales-tax exemptions could add $12.3 billion to state revenue,but experts say it's more complicated than you think.
http://www.miamiherald.com/457/story/466007.html
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Fort Report
http://www.fortreport.com/
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-Dems crushing McCain in money war
John McCain had his second biggest fundraising month in February, pulling in$11 million mostly after he all but secured the GOP presidential nominationwith a collection of big wins in the Super Tuesday contests on Feb. 5.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/9152.html
-Are Evangelical Voters Abandoning the Republican Establishment?
A new breed of evangelical may provide inroads for progressives in a votingbloc that's long seemed out of reach.
http://www.alternet.org/story/79760/
-Story behind the story: The Clinton myth
One big fact has largely been lost in the recent coverage of the Democraticpresidential race: Hillary Rodham Clinton has virtually no chance ofwinning.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/9149.html
-Wright's gift to the right
Early reactions to Sen. Barack Obama's Big Speech in Philadelphia last weekabout his pastor and spiritual adviser of 20 years, the Rev. Jeremiah A.Wright Jr., sound like a mixed review: "It was a nice speech about race, butwhat about that nutty preacher?"
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-oped0323pagemar23,0,3431090.column
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New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
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-Bush Silent, but Others Speak Out on Tibet Crackdown
WASHINGTON - China's violent crackdown on protesters in Tibet is havingpowerful political reverberations in Washington, where the White House isweighing how far to go in condemning the Chinese government, even as itdefends President Bush's decision to attend the Summer Olympics in Beijing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/22/world/asia/22prexy.html?_r=1&scp=4&sq=GAY&st=nyt&oref=slogin
-A Dutch Antagonist of Islam Waits for His Premiere
GEERT WILDERS'S bleached-blond hair goes to the root of his character.
For more than two decades, Mr. Wilders, the controversial anti-Islam memberof the Dutch Parliament, has dyed his hair a provocative - some sayextreme - platinum blond.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/22/world/europe/22wilders.html?scp=6&sq=GAY&st=nyt
-Taiwan Vote May Herald Closer Ties With China
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan elected on Saturday its first president who hadcampaigned for closer economic relations with Beijing, paving the way for aconsiderable lessening of tensions in one of Asia's oldest flashpoints.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/22/world/asia/22cnd-taiwan.html?hp
-Donner Party Democrats
When they set out, it all looked so bright - away to the West, to the Denver convention, nothing but blue skies ahead. They had a continent to cross, anation to convince, and they vowed to do it in a way that had never beendone before.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/22/opinion/22egan.html?ref=opinion
-First a Tense Talk With Clinton, Then Richardson Backs Obama
PORTLAND, Ore. - "I talked to Senator Clinton last night," Gov. BillRichardson of New Mexico said on Friday, describing the tense telephone callin which he informed Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton that, despite two monthsof personal entreaties by her and her husband, he would be endorsing SenatorBarack Obama for president.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/22/us/politics/22richardson.html
-No Admission for Evolutionary Biologist at Creationist Film
Two evolutionary biologists tried to attend a screening of the movie"Expelled," which makes the case for intelligent design, but only one wasallowed in.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/science/21expelledw.html
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Washington Post
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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-Dick Cheney's Error
It's Government By the People
For at least six years, as I've become increasingly frustrated by the Bush administration's repeated betrayal of constitutional -- and conservative -- principles, I have defended Vice President Cheney, a man I've known for decades and with whom I served and made common cause in Congress. No longer.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/21/AR2008032102482.html
-Why Obama Stands With His Church
All they wanted to do was pray with the rest of the congregation. But thatwas asking too much.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/21/AR2008032102539.html
-Speech Translation
While Barack Obama's speech on race earlier this week was geared primarilytoward domestic concerns, as an American of Middle Eastern origin, watchingfrom a café in Jordan, I was struck by the possibilities it offered not onlyfor race relations at home, but for our relationship with Arabs and Muslimsabroad.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/21/AR2008032102633.html
-To Keep and Bear Arms
Nearly 135 years ago, the United States experienced what may have been theworst one-day slaughter of blacks by whites in its history. On April 13,1873, in the tiny village of Colfax, La., white paramilitaries attacked alightly armed force of freedmen assembled in a local courthouse. By the timethe Colfax Massacre was over, more than 60 African American men lay shot,burned or stabbed to death. Most were killed after they had surrendered.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/21/AR2008032102540.html
-Insecure About Climate Change
When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in 2005, Americans witnessed whatlooked like an overseas humanitarian-relief operation. The storm destroyedmuch of the city, causing more than $80 billion in damage, killing more than1,800 people, and displacing in excess of 270,000. The country suddenly hadto divert its attention and military resources to respond to a domesticemergency. While scientists do not attribute single events to globalwarming, the storm gave Americans a visual image of what climate change --which scientists believe will likely exacerbate the severity and number ofextreme weather events -- might mean for the future.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/21/AR2008032102631.html
-Better Monitors
New Justice Department rules should improve the system of appointingoverseers for settlements with the government.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/21/AR2008032102783.html
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Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
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- Cell phones become tools for helping detectives find crime suspects
Tracking technology built in originally for 911 callsCell-phone companies
can tell not only where your phone is, but as long as it's on, they cantrace where it's been - whether the phone is in use or not. And thattechnology is becoming a staple of law enforcement investigations.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbphone0322sbmar22,0,5269587.story
-Obama Finds Pulpit in Center of Racial Divide
When Sen. Barack Obama faced the cameras Tuesday in Philadelphia, he wascaught between his roles as politician and parishioner, forced to condemnhis pastor's words as he tried to advance his own campaign for president.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/21/AR2008032102683.html?hpid=sec-religion
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-Snooping of candidates' passport files probed
The State Department now admits that besides the passport files of Sen.Barack Obama, those of Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. John McCain also havebeen looked into by unauthorized personnel.
http://www.miamiherald.com/457/story/466005.html
-China a reminder of the worst of the Stalinist, Maoist eras
PRAGUE -- The recent events in Tibet and adjoining provinces are causes fordeep concern. Indeed, the dispersal of a peaceful protest march organized byTibetan monks, which led to a wave of unrest that was brutally suppressed bythe Chinese military and police, has caused indignation all over thedemocratic world.
http://www.miamiherald.com/851/story/466031.html
-Why bailouts for huge companies, not homeowners?
I don't know too many economists who get confused with preachers. But thereare times when they talk about virtue and temptation as if they werefree-market holy rollers.
http://www.miamiherald.com/851/story/466029.html
-Just no simple way to end tax breaks
Eliminating sales-tax exemptions could add $12.3 billion to state revenue,but experts say it's more complicated than you think.
http://www.miamiherald.com/457/story/466007.html
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Fort Report
http://www.fortreport.com/
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-Dems crushing McCain in money war
John McCain had his second biggest fundraising month in February, pulling in$11 million mostly after he all but secured the GOP presidential nominationwith a collection of big wins in the Super Tuesday contests on Feb. 5.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/9152.html
-Are Evangelical Voters Abandoning the Republican Establishment?
A new breed of evangelical may provide inroads for progressives in a votingbloc that's long seemed out of reach.
http://www.alternet.org/story/79760/
-Story behind the story: The Clinton myth
One big fact has largely been lost in the recent coverage of the Democraticpresidential race: Hillary Rodham Clinton has virtually no chance ofwinning.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/9149.html
-Wright's gift to the right
Early reactions to Sen. Barack Obama's Big Speech in Philadelphia last weekabout his pastor and spiritual adviser of 20 years, the Rev. Jeremiah A.Wright Jr., sound like a mixed review: "It was a nice speech about race, butwhat about that nutty preacher?"
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-oped0323pagemar23,0,3431090.column
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FLORIDA DIGEST March 22, 2008
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-Exclusion of whites alleged at Fort Lauderdale political forum
Event at library excluded whites, officials contend
The publisher of a weekly newspaper is under fire over whether he excludedwhite candidates from participating in a political forum he held this monthat the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbforum0322sbmar22,0,672880.story
-Deerfield Beach man, 41, dies after sheriff's deputies use Taser on him
Deputies say he was naked, belligerent, violently resisting arrest outsidecondo
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbtaser0322sbmar22,0,808543.story
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-from Durrell Watkins, Pastor
Easter Sunday, we will celebrate the power of unending life. We are offeringour Easter services at three special times: 8:00 AM, 9:30 AM, and 11:00 AM.We hope that you will worship with us on this most sacred day of the churchyear and that you will be filled with all the hope, joy, and vitality thatEaster offers.
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- BROWARD COUNTY: FIND COMPROMISE ON GOLF COURSE RULE
Broward County Commissioner Ken Keechl likes golf courses for the open spacethey represent in a county at build-out, if not build-up, status. In hisrun-up to defeating former District 4 Commissioner Jim Scott in 2006, Mr.Keechl led the fight in Fort Lauderdale's Coral Ridge neighborhood to stop agolf course from being converted into luxury homes.
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/466022.html
-LEGISLATURE 2008Just no simple way to end tax breaks
Eliminating sales-tax exemptions could add $12.3 billion to state revenue,but experts say it's more complicated than you think.
http://www.miamiherald.com/457/story/466007.html
-Florida's Democrats need a leader
Hillary Clinton says Barack Obama doesn't care about Florida and Michiganvotes counting at the convention.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/beth_reinhard/story/465968.html
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-Bill Clinton speaks at gay fund-raiser in Fort Lauderdale
Event at Trantalis home raises $50,000 for Hillary Clinton's campaignFormer President Bill Clinton spoke at a fund-raiser for his wife's campaignon Sunday, March 16, at the home of Dean Trantalis, a gay attorney andformer Fort Lauderdale city commissioner.
http://www.expressgaynews.com/2008/3-20/news/localnews/4511.cfm
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-Exclusion of whites alleged at Fort Lauderdale political forum
Event at library excluded whites, officials contend
The publisher of a weekly newspaper is under fire over whether he excludedwhite candidates from participating in a political forum he held this monthat the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbforum0322sbmar22,0,672880.story
-Deerfield Beach man, 41, dies after sheriff's deputies use Taser on him
Deputies say he was naked, belligerent, violently resisting arrest outsidecondo
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbtaser0322sbmar22,0,808543.story
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Sunshine Cathedral - Ft. Lauderdale
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-from Durrell Watkins, Pastor
Easter Sunday, we will celebrate the power of unending life. We are offeringour Easter services at three special times: 8:00 AM, 9:30 AM, and 11:00 AM.We hope that you will worship with us on this most sacred day of the churchyear and that you will be filled with all the hope, joy, and vitality thatEaster offers.
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- BROWARD COUNTY: FIND COMPROMISE ON GOLF COURSE RULE
Broward County Commissioner Ken Keechl likes golf courses for the open spacethey represent in a county at build-out, if not build-up, status. In hisrun-up to defeating former District 4 Commissioner Jim Scott in 2006, Mr.Keechl led the fight in Fort Lauderdale's Coral Ridge neighborhood to stop agolf course from being converted into luxury homes.
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/466022.html
-LEGISLATURE 2008Just no simple way to end tax breaks
Eliminating sales-tax exemptions could add $12.3 billion to state revenue,but experts say it's more complicated than you think.
http://www.miamiherald.com/457/story/466007.html
-Florida's Democrats need a leader
Hillary Clinton says Barack Obama doesn't care about Florida and Michiganvotes counting at the convention.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/beth_reinhard/story/465968.html
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-Bill Clinton speaks at gay fund-raiser in Fort Lauderdale
Event at Trantalis home raises $50,000 for Hillary Clinton's campaignFormer President Bill Clinton spoke at a fund-raiser for his wife's campaignon Sunday, March 16, at the home of Dean Trantalis, a gay attorney andformer Fort Lauderdale city commissioner.
http://www.expressgaynews.com/2008/3-20/news/localnews/4511.cfm
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GLBT DIGEST March 21, 2008
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-After the End of the Affair
AS Eliot Spitzer and his wife, Silda, rattle around their Fifth Avenueapartment, it's a pretty safe guess that their life as a couple is hell.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/opinion/21druckerman.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=gay&st=nyt&oref=slogin
-Statehouses Often Look Like Frat Houses
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Of all the wisecracks heard in the marble halls of NewYork's Capitol after Gov. Eliot Spitzer's downfall in a call-girl scandal,one jest enlightened as much as it stung: Spitzer's got to be the only guyin Albany who PAYS for sex.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Sex-And-Politics.html?scp=3&sq=gay&st=nyt
-Gay Ex - Gov Wins Round in Divorce Court
ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) -- Former Gov. Jim McGreevey didn't plan to torment hiswife while they were married, a judge in their divorce case ruled Thursday,while allowing her to continue with a claim of marriage fraud.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Gay-Governor-Divorce.html?scp=7&sq=gay&st=nyt
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- Victimization of gays get little attention in the media By William Butte
"Are you looking at me, you faggot? You know what I do to faggots? I breaktheir necks!" Melbourne Brunner heard this expression of irrationality,fear and hatred just moments before he was attacked by a stranger last monthin front of a restaurant on Fort Lauderdale's toniest street. Brunner'spartner had the temerity to say "Good morning" to the would-be assailantwhen they made eye-contact as he passed by their table.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-forum21buttesbmar21,0,149851.story
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Miami Herald
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- Provocative ideas abound at Obama's church
Jesus is black. Merging Marxism with Christian Gospel may show the way to abetter tomorrow. The white church in America is the antichrist because itsupported slavery and segregation.
http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/464606.html
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Steve Rothaus
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-Immigration Equality on 'Exporting' LGBT Americans from United States
New York, March 20, 2008 - Peter Sprigg, vice president of policy at theFamily Research Council, discussed the group's opposition to the UnitingAmerican Families Act (UAFA) saying "I would much prefer to exporthomosexuals from the United States than to import them into the UnitedStates because we believe homosexuality is destructive to society."
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/
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- Video: British soldier has sex change
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/03/20/simpson.uk.sex.change.soldier.itn
-Immigration Equality and FRC
Peter Sprigg, vice president of policy at the Family Research Council, intalking about the group's opposition to the Uniting American Families Act,said, among other nuggets of homophobia, "I would much prefer to exporthomosexuals from the United States than to import them into the UnitedStates because we believe homosexuality is destructive to society."
http://www.expressgaynews.com/blog/index.cfm?type=blog&start=3/15/08&end=3/22/08#17282
- Obama deserves credit for trying to do the right thing on Wright
Will America indulge candidate's nuanced views on race or blame him forpastor's screeds?
http://www.expressgaynews.com/2008/3-20/view/editorial/4520.cfm
-Republican legislature caused primary mess, but DNC's rules committee canresolve it
(The following letter was mailed to Florida's Democratic Party voters byKaren Thurman, the state party chairperson)
For a year now, the Florida Democratic Party has tried to comply with theDelegate Selection Rules of the Democratic National Committee. We researchedevery potential alternative process - from caucuses to county conventions tomail-in elections - but no plan could come anywhere close to being viable inFlorida. We made a detailed case to the DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee, but wewere denied.
http://www.expressgaynews.com/2008/3-20/view/letters/4525.cfm
- FOE OF THE WEEK Sen. John McCain
While the media obsesses over Barack Obama's relationship with the outspoken Rev. Jeremiah Wright (Fox News reports on it 24/7), John McCain's embrace of ultra-right-wing bigot John Hagee has received little coverage. Hagee, a elevangelist, has stated that Hurricane Katrina was "the judgment of God" against the city of New Orleans for hosting a gay parade the week of the storm. He has also referred to the Catholic Church as "the great whore," "a false cult system" and "the apostate church." He has made statements blaming the Jews for their persecution and accusing them of worshiping idols.
Despite such extreme views, when Hagee endorsed McCain, the Arizona senator told the press that he was "very honored by Pastor John Hagee's endorsement." It was only after McCain got heat from the Catholic Leaguethat the senator issued a cherry-picking repudiation of Hagee's anti-Catholic views.
http://www.expressgaynews.com/2008/3-20/view/friendfoe/4519.cfm
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-Richardson Endorses Obama
(Santa Fe, New Mexico) New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, the nation's onlyHispanic governor, is endorsing Sen. Barack Obama for president, calling hima "once-in-a-lifetime leader" who can unite the nation and restore America'sinternational leadership.
-Investigation Into Obama Passport Breach
(Washington) The State Department says it is trying to determine whetherthree contract workers had a political motive for looking at Democraticpresidential candidate Barack Obama's passport file.
-Gay Ex-Gov Wins Round In Divorce Court
(Elizabeth, New Jersey) Former Gov. Jim McGreevey didn't plan to torment hiswife while they were married, a judge in their divorce case has ruled, whileallowing her to continue with a claim of marriage fraud.
-Study: HIV Vaccine Volunteers Need More Support From Researchers
(Toronto, Ontario) When it comes to developing a safe, effective vaccine tostem the global AIDS pandemic, researchers agree there is one component theycan't do without - volunteers willing to become human guinea pigs fortesting the experimental serums.
-Gay Club Without Students, Judge Rescinds Order
(Okeechobee, Florida) Even though Okeechobee High School's Gay-StraightAlliance no longer has any members, a federal lawsuit by a former GSA memberis continuing.
-Matthew Shepard Story Producer Charged With Stock Fraud
(Los Angeles, California) An Emmy Award-winning television producer wascharged with inflating the revenue and stock price of his publicly tradedproduction company as part of a multimillion dollar stock fraud scheme.
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-Lawyers to Lose Millions in Same-Sex Survivor Benefits Ruling
About 1,500 surviving same-sex partners involved in a landmark class-action lawsuit that won them full access to Canada Pension Plan survivor benefits stand to save millions in litigation costs. That after an unexpected court development that blocks their lawyers ability to collect fees from pension funds, worth about $15 million. A retainer agreement -- approved by an Ontario court four years ago -- called for the class-action lawyers to be paid 50% of certain pension arrears to cover legal fees.
-Gays Seek Immigration Reform
Immigration is always a hot button issue, but it becomes even more controversial when the immigrants seeking legal U.S. citizenship are homosexual. There's a new bill that would make it easier for gay Americans to sponsor their foreign partners' citizenship, but it's been sitting in Congress for months with no hint of progress.
-Macho, Macho Men
If you stopped a San Franciscan on the street (especially Castro Street) and asked him or her to define "bear," the answers would probably have nothing to with the furry beasts found in the wild. Bear culture - the subset of gay men who eschew the gym in favor of cultivating body hair and beer bellies, and favoring lumberjack plaids and denim - has long been a staple of Bay Area life. The Lone Star bar in SoMa, along with the Eagle Tavern, are ground zero for the husky men.
-Phoenix: Vigil, Call For Justice For Alleged Gay Hate Crime
Under a street lamp near 35th and Glenrosa avenues, 40 people gathered Wednesday night to remember Maurice Green. Maurice, also known as Melissa, was a gay, 22 year-old cross-dresser who many in the gay community believe was a victim of a hate crime. The March 21, 2006, killing remains unsolved.
Because police do not know the motive, they do not classify the murder as a bias, or hate crime.At the candlelight vigil, Green's family said they want justice.
-Minnesota: Osseo School District Continues to Fight Gay Student Group
For nearly three years the two students who sued the Osseo School District were only known in the lawsuit by their initials. Wednesday, they made themselves known in the very high school they claim did the discriminating.
-Canada: Former P-FLAG Chair Questions Health Survey Results
People can play stats to fit any stereotype they want, say members of Cornwall's gay and lesbian community, but new data from Statistics Canada shows trends that may reinforce Hollywood portrayals of homosexuals and their relationship with doctors and psychologists, and consequently, their own minds and bodies. Lesbians, often portrayed as tougher than the average woman on the silver screen, were found to have seen a family doctor six percent less than heterosexual woman in the 12 months before the survey.
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-EURO-LETTER - ILGA-Europe's monthly electronic LGBT political and legalnews bulletin
http://www.ilga-europe.org/europe/publications/euro_letter
-Mayors of Riga and Tallinn refused to sign ILGA-Europe's appeal on freedomof assembly and expression for LGBT people in Europe
Last April ILGA-Europe launched a campaign on the freedom of assembly andexpression for LGBT people in Europe. The aim of this campaign is tomobilise as many mayors of European cities as possible to sign ILGA-Europe'sappeal, declaring their support for LGBT people to exercise their right tofreedom of assembly and expression. So far, the 19 mayors of the followingEuropean cities signed the appeal - Paris, Nicosia, Amsterdam, Winterthur,London, Stockholm, Cologne, Barcelona, Venice, Vienna, Bologna, Manchester,Copenhagen, Budapest, Ljubljana, Zürich, Berlin, Dublin and Luxembourg.
Following these promising letters of support, ILGA-Europe has recentlyreceived one letter of refusal and is aware that another mayor is alsorefusing.
-Hate crime conviction in Croatia: 14 months in for attempted assault withMolotov cocktails on Zagreb Pride 2007
We welcome the Court's judgement, but for final conclusion we are waitingfor the legal validity of the judgement. Also, it seems that it is evidentfrom the judicial procedure that there was more than one perpetuator. We arewondering why other perpetuars were not convicted.
-International Conference on LGBT Human Rights Copenhagen 27th -29th July2009
World Outgames 2nd International Conference on LGBT human rights has nowopened a call for proposals for workshops. Please also note that this isonly a call for workshop proposals. All other general information about theconference as well as the registration for World Outgames will be on our newwebsite - in April 2008.
-On 31 May - 2 June 2008 the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions andHuman Rights will organise training for civil society representatives on howto prevent and to respond to hate crimes in Warsaw, Poland. This two and ahalf day training will provide civil society organisations with a menu oftools to build a more effective response to hate violence. Using techniquesmodeled in the training, NGOs will craft and implement strategies tailoredto individual country and community challenges.
www.ilga-europe.org
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- In the early morning of Saturday, 15 March 2008, two gay men - asylumseekers from Kosovo - were victims of violent treatment of the police andthe security staff in the Asylum Center in Ljubljana, Slovenia. They wereharassed and bitten, repeatedly insulted as "fucking Albanians" and"fucking faggots". The incident started in the Asylum Center where theywere first molested by the police in their room, put in handcuffs andtaken to the police station. They were transported to the police stationLjubljana-Vic in their underwear, in separate police vans. At the policestation they were held in separate cells for around 12 hours withoutmedical care and without food. They also didn't get access to theirlawyer. Around 6 p.m. in the evening they were released. On Monday morningthey sought help at SKUC-LL, and were directed to medical examination andto the Ombudsman's Office. Other human rights NGOs and the media wereinformed and the complaints were submitted to the police and to theMinistry of Interior Affairs.
- KATHMANDU: Sexual minorities of an eastern Nepal town,
Itahari kicked off their first election rally wearingcolourful dresses and playing music bands to canvassfor three gay candidates. Dipak Rai and Shrawan Chaudhari, both gay, arecontesting the election under the banner of NepalCommunist Party (United) and while the third,Suryanarayan Chaudhari is contesting as an independentcandidate.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Third_sex_launches_election_campaign_in_east_Nepal/articleshow/2887367.cms
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-From Lambda Legal
Almost 90 percent of people in this country believe workplace discriminationis wrong, but how many have ever been asked to do something about it? Whocan help? You can.
Join us on May 15 for the Clock In Pledge-a-Thon for Workplace Equality.
Whether it's sexual orientation, gender identity or HIV status, workplaceconcerns are still the number one topic for Lambda Legal's Help Deskcallers. Making a pledge is a simple way for you to show your support.
Last year over 240 organizations and another 1,300 individuals participatedin Lambda Legal's first ever national day of action for workplace equality.
This year our goal is to build even more support for workplace equality.
Together, we can get thousands to sign by May 15.
Sign the pledge today. Encourage others to do the same. Let's see how manyof us are truly committed to help combat workplace discrimination!
Sign the Pledge!
http://ga4.org/ct/q7aRFq51DXpY/
- Gay families needed for White House Easter egg roll
A gay family advocacy organization is looking for people to participate inthe annual White House Easter egg roll in a couple of days. Want to be partof this American tradition?
http://mpetrelis.blogspot.com/2008/03/gay-families-needed-for-white-house.htm
- New York: Gay City News for Thu., March 20, 2008
http://gaycitynews.com/site/news.asp?brd=2729&nav_sec=76351
-Equal Justice for All: Working for Trans Protections in MA and CT
Twelve states in the U.S. (and the District of Columbia), including Maine,Rhode Island, and Vermont, have laws explicitly prohibiting discriminationon the basis of gender identity. Efforts are underway to get Connecticut andMassachusetts to join these states in protecting all of their citizens.
http://www.glad.org/email/newsletter_2008_spring.html
- Applications are now being accepted for the second Lambda Literary
Foundation Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBT writers, to be held August10-17, 2008, in Los Angeles.
2008 Workshop Faculty include Elana Dykewomon (Fiction, Regular), RigobertoGonzalez (Creative Nonfiction), Claire McNab (Fiction, Special Genre), and
D.A. Powell (Poetry). Each workshop faculty member will conduct writingworkshops with 8 students. In addition, guest faculty include DorothyAllison, Katherine V. Forrest, Eloise Klein Healy, and John Rechy. Guestfaculty will offer special presentations, lectures, and readings for the retreat community.
Please direct any questions to retreat@lambdaliterary.org.
- Sex Scandal Quiz
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/polls/slanskyquiz/scandal
- Sexual preference affects healthcare
OTTAWA, March 19 (UPI) -- Gay men are more apt to consult a doctor thanheterosexual men, but lesbian women are less likely to see a doctor thanheterosexual women, a study found. The study, published by StatisticsCanada, found healthcare services differ depending on self-identified sexualpreference of gay, lesbian or bisexual independent of other factors such asage, income, education and health status.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Health/2008/03/19/sexual_preference_affects_healthcare/8491/
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-Hillary's Ties to Religious Fundamentalists
There's a reason why Hillary Clinton has remained relatively silent duringthe flap over intemperate remarks by Barack Obama's former pastor, JeremiahWright. When it comes to unsavory religious affiliations, she's a lot morevulnerable than Obama.
http://www.alternet.org/election08/80248/
- Sally Kern: Out of Context? The Complete Transcript
Oklahoma State Rep. Sally Kern has claimed that her anti-gay rant wascarefully edited and taken out of context. Well now we have her entire talk,in context.
http://www.equalrightsproject.com/
- Geraldine Ferraro Fires Back
Former vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro said today that sheobjected to the comparison Sen. Barack Obama drew between her and his formerpastor in his speech on race relations Tuesday.In the speech, Obama soughtto place the inflammatory remarks of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright in a broadercontext, in part by placing them on a continuum with Ferraro's recent remarkto the Daily Breeze that Obama is "lucky" to be black."To equate what I saidwith what this racist bigot has said from the pulpit is unbelievable,"Ferraro said today. "He gave a very good speech on race relations, but hedid not address the fact that this man is up there spewing hatred."
http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/03/20/2925/
- Howard Dean's Gay Headache
As if dealing with a protracted Democratic presidential primary fight andthe Michigan and Florida delegate debacles weren't enough, DemocraticNational Committee Chairman Howard Dean had to spend two days this monthgetting deposed in a nasty lawsuit that has roiled the DNC and the gaycommunity.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2008/03/howard_deans_gay_headache.html
- New NY governor has gay right-hand man
The top aide for newly sworn-in NY Gov. David Paterson is not only a formerJesuit priest and a family friend of the Kennedys - he's also openly gay.
http://www.gaypolitics.com/?p=357
- Michael Guest is a former US Ambassador.
Has anyone out there read the State Department's 2007 Human Rights Report?
According to our own embassies, LGBT individuals in over 100 foreigncountries are being subjected to abuse or discriminatory treatment. Therange of abuses noted - including extrajudicial killings, police violence,extortion, false imprisonment leading to rape, and legal impediments toequality - is nothing short of shocking.
http://www.bilerico.com/2008/03/integrity_the_lgbt_foreign_policy_projec.php
-Retired Miami lawyer ordered to pay Brazilian gay lover thousands depitebeing married to US woman
http://blabbeando.blogspot.com/2008/03/retired-miami-lawyer-ordered-to-pay.html
-Clinton misstates wife's DOMA position
Former president speaks to student journalists
http://www.washblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=17268
-Bigotry on Parade, Again
Compared to those held in the 1990s, the St. Patrick's Day Parade on FifthAvenue March 17 was not nearly as fraught with confrontation betweenexcluded Irish LGBT marchers and the anti-gay organizers from the AncientOrder of Hibernians (AOH).
http://www.gaycitynews.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19409674&BRD=2729&PAG=461&dept_id=568864&rfi=6
-OutCentral announces Nashville Pride as first tenant
Help still needed to finish construction
Nashville Pride has been announced as the first community organization tolease office space inside the new GLBT cultural center, OutCentral, onChurch Street in Nashville. The arrangement will give Nashville Pride aphysical home and immediate access to other community organizations.
http://outandaboutnewspaper.com/article.php?id=2492
- AIDS educator's trip to Africa hindered by DOMA
Jason Hair-Wynn arrived at his Attleboro home on March 13 to find anenvelope from the U.S. Department of State's National Passport Center in NewHampshire that he thought contained his new passport, a necessity for themonth-long trip he'll be taking this summer to do HIV/AIDS and healtheducation with youngsters in Ghana, Africa. Instead, Hair-Wynn's oldpassport fell out of the envelope, along with a letter denying his requestfor a new passport that would reflect the legal name change he made when heand his husband married in Massachusetts. The passport was denied becausethe 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) only recognizes heterosexualmarriages for federal purposes.
http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=local&sc2=features&sc3=&id=71936
-Time interviews Rita Mae Brown: 'I don't understand' gay marriage
No one could ever accuse Rita Mae Brown, 63, of having lived a boring life.
The bestselling author of 37 books is nothing if not versatile: feministactivist, mystery writer, lesbian pioneer, fox hunter, screenwriter,novelist, animal rescuer. She even became a tabloid star during herthree-year relationship with tennis superstar Martina Navratilova. TIME'sAndrea Sachs spoke with Brown, who was in Pennsylvania on tour for herlatest book, The Purrfect Murder (Bantam)
http://seaqwa.com/blogs/qnews/archive/2008/03/20/time-interviews-rita-mae-brown-i-don-t-understand-gay-marriage.aspx
-A Ray of Light
When homophobic rants like those of Sally Kern get a standing ovation fromher House Republican caucus, or when folks like Oregon State Sen. GaryGeorge (R - Newberg) can call gays "perverts" and advise that they just"shut up", it can become discouraging. It does seem as though our nation isdeeply divided along party lines and that we are an easy target in theraging culture wars.
http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/03/20/1660
-New anti-bias rules advance in Colorado senate; Bars discrimination inhousing and more
Landlords, hotels, stores and restaurants in Colorado would be barred fromdiscriminating against gays and lesbians under a bill that passed a Senatecommittee Wednesday.
http://seaqwa.com/blogs/qnews/archive/2008/03/20/new-anti-bias-rules-advance-in-colorado-senate-bars-discrimination-in-housing-and-more.aspx
-Rep. Thatcher: Wants to screw us without 'protection'
Conservatives are of course known for making false statements about ourlives and loves, and what negative impacts those existences supposedly haveon society. And while it's quite enraging anytime they work to deny us ourfull citizenship, it is beyond the pale when they actually try to justifytheir biases by discrediting the notion that gays still face a crapload ofdiscrimination in American society. Especially when most of them can likelycount on one-tenth of a hand how many openly gay friends they have in theirlives.
http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you/2008/03/rep-thatcher-wa.html
-Wright defies convention on gays
Barack Obama and many other parishioners of the Trinity UCC in Chicago havesaid that Rev. Jeremiah Wright has been unfairly caricatured by the briefexcerpts of sermons playing in endless loop on cable TV and YouTube.
http://citizenchris.typepad.com/citizenchris/2008/03/obamas-wright-1.html
-As Acceptance Grows, Gay Synagogues Torn Between the Straight and Narrow
Atlanta - When Gayanne Geurin Weiss and her husband went looking for anAtlanta synagogue to join, they soon found one that had everything theywanted; it was warm, friendly and spiritual. There was just one catch: Itwas for gay men and lesbians, and Weiss and her husband are straight.
http://www.forward.com/articles/12994/
- Hagee: McCain 'sought my endorsement
In the New York Times Magazine this weekend, controversial Pastor John Hageetells Deborah Solomon that, "it's true that [John] McCain's campaign soughtmy endorsement." In the interview, "Hagee refused to discuss his statementthat Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for a gay rights parade in NewOrleans, calling it 'so far off-base.'" "Our church is not hard against thegay people," claimed Hagee.
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/hagee-mccain-sought-my-endorsement/
- Florida: School in Okeechobee doesn't need to allow club to meet
Okeechobee High School no longer needs to allow the Gay-Straight Alliance tomeet on campus while the club's lawsuit is pending, a judge ruled Tuesday. Ajudge originally ordered the high school to allow the club to meet while thecase is pending. Recent court filings in the federal case revealed the clubno longer has any more members at the school and a judge recently agreed totake the club's name off the lawsuit. The suit still continues in the nameof former president Yasmin Gonzalez, though the school district is trying tohave her removed from the case because she already graduated.
http://www.metroweekly.com/gauge/?ak=3320
-When Tradition and Taunts Collide: Gay Hockey Fans Criticize Garden
During the final 10 minutes of many Rangers home games, the spotlights focuson Section 407 as Larry Goodman, a longtime season-ticket holder, pumps upthe crowd with a goofy dance.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/sports/hockey/21fans.html?ex=1206676800&en=4e4be37bb94888b8&ei=5099&partner=TOPIXNEWS
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The Advocate
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-Gov. Bill Richardson To Endorse Obama
Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama ended a rough week on a good note Friday, winning a coveted endorsement after dropping behind rival Hillary Rodham Clinton in the polls.
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GLAAD LAUNCHES "NEWSROOM '08" WEB SITE
Site to serve as resource on election media coverage of gay and transgenderissues
New York, March 20, 2008 - The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
(GLAAD) launched today â?oNewsroom '08,â? a Web site which will serve as aresource on how media talk about issues affecting to the lesbian, gay,bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community as they pertain to the local,state and national elections in November. The national media advocacyorganization's dedicated microsite has a blog, "Read Between the Lines,"where commentary on and analysis of election coverage will be posted, aswell as resources for both community members and media professionals.
http://newsroom08.glaad.org/
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Soulforce
http://www.soulforce.org/
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-Stop Spiritual Violence:
Stand with Soulforce at the United Methodist General Conference
The United Methodist (UM) General Conference will convene in Fort Worth onApril 23 - May 2. At stake are bedrock issues of justice for LGBT people.
Currently: Local UM pastors have the power to deny membership to gay andlesbian Christians. UM pastors are barred from performing marriage or commitment ceremonies for
same-gender couples.
Openly gay and lesbian people are banned from the ministry.
Transgender people face potential exclusion from the ministry.
Gay and lesbian youth are taught that being true to themselves is"incompatible with Christian teaching."
The United Methodist Church is the 2nd largest Protestant denomination inthe U.S. The impact of these exclusionary policies resounds beyond thedenomination and ultimately affects conversations about civil rights. Withyour help, delegates in Fort Worth will have the opportunity to revisitthese policies and to become a more inclusive church.
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Marriage Equality News
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-Some political insiders in Arizona are doubtful that an effort to pass a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage via voter referendum there will succeed this session. Former U.S. Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.), who is gay, is predicting the effort will expire in the legislature - success there is necessary to get it on the November ballot - before it has a chance to reach voters.
-A House committee killed a bill that would have prevented public universities and other government agencies from providing health insurance to unmarried domestic partners.
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Former President Bill Clinton last week suggested his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, would support repealing the full Defense of Marriage Act, an apparent change in position from Hillary Clinton'sprevious position calling for repeal of just one part of the law. But a Hillary Clinton campaign spokesperson told the Blade that President Clinton "misspoke" in the interview. "Hillary Clinton supports only the repeal of section 3 of DOMA," campaign spokesperson Jin Chon said.
-Greece: More than 200 weblogs have joined an initiative called Greek Bloggers Against Discrimination to campaign against proposed new legislation on domestic partnerships that excludes same-sex couples. "This discriminatory project has been widely denounced not just by the LGBT community, but also Greek citizens from all walks of life who believe that it violates the Equality clause enshrined in our constitution, as well as the country's European commitments," the group said.
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Pink News - UK
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-Judge rules that Gay ex-governor didn't torment his wife
The gay former Governor of New Jersey didn't plan on tormenting his wife while married a divorce court judge ruled yesterday. Jim McGreevey's wife, Dina Matos McGreevey claims that was conned into marrying a gay man who only wanted a wife in order to hide his homosexuality in an attempt to boost his political career.The former Governor of New Jersey admitted in 2004 to having an extra-marital affair with his male aide Golan Cipel.
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-Paddick questions whether homophobia hurt his career
The Liberal Democrat candidate for Mayor of London has said if he were straight his career in the Metropolitan police "would have progressed differently." Brian Paddick left the force in May 2007, after 30 years service, at the rank of Deputy Assistant Commissioner. He was the most senior out gay police officer in the country. His autobiography, Line of Fire, was launched in London last night and goes on sale next week.
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-Medical council denies gay fertility discrimination
The regulatory body for the medical professions in the UK has said that doctors cannot discrimate against groups of patients, such as gay men or lesbians. The General Medical Council said that a PinkNews.co.uk report on its new guidelines, entitled Personal Beliefs and Medical Practice, was wrong to give the impression that doctors could decline fertility treatment on the grounds of sexual orientation.
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-Gays get organised in County Down
A new group for lesbian, gay and bisexual people has been launched in Bangor, Co Down. Gay and Lesbian across Down (GLAD) aims to provide a range of events for gay people living in or visiting the county, which is south of Belfast. District Commander Chief Superintendent Graham Shields of the Northern Ireland Police Service used the launch event to present a new initiative designed to increase the reporting of homophobic hate crime.
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-Ken Livingstone invited to Moscow Pride
The organisers of Moscow Pride have invited the Mayors of London, Paris and Berlin to attend this year. Last year's event was banned and gay protesters, ncluding Peter Tatchell and Right Said Fred singer Richard Fairbrass, were hysically attacked by a homophobic mob. In an interview with PinkNews.co.uk last year, London Mayor Ken Livingstone said he may attend Moscow Pride.
click here for the full article
-Greek bloggers fight for gay partnership equality
More than 200 weblogs have joined an initiative called Greek Bloggers Against Discrimination to campaign against proposed new legislation on domestic partnerships that excludes same-sex couples. "This discriminatory project has been widely denounced not just by the LGBT community, but also Greek citizens from all walks of life who believe that it violates the Equality clause enshrined in our constitution, as well as the country's European commitments," the group said.
click here for the full article
-US Presidential candidate visits Downing St
John McCain, the presumptive Republican party nominee for President of the United States, is visiting London today. The Senator from Arizona met with Prime Minister Gordon Brown at Downing St this morning and later had discussions with Conservative leader David Cameron. McCain, 71, is visiting France, Israel, Iraq and Jordan as part of a "fact-finding" mission ahead of the campaign for President.
click here for the full article
-Greek Orthodox church slams rights for unmarried couples
The Greek Othordox Church has spoken out against proposals to allow unmarried heretosexual couples in the country to have their relationships registered. The BBC reports that the Chruch's governing synod described moves by the Greek government to afford unmarried or defacto couples the same legal rights as their married counterparts as a "catastrophic bomb" which threatened Greek society and compared the move to "prostitution."
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Inside Higher Education
-Women's Studies on the Chopping Block
Kim Vaz, chair of the University of South Florida's women's studies department, has been in this position before. She's heard talk that her program, now the only free-standing one of its kind in Florida, would lose its autonomy, face cutbacks, or worse. All of that's on the table again for women's studies, Africana studies and other small programs and centers after a task force of faculty, students and staff released a report this month that calls for major cuts in order to save the university millions of dollars in operating expenses.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/03/21/usf
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-After the End of the Affair
AS Eliot Spitzer and his wife, Silda, rattle around their Fifth Avenueapartment, it's a pretty safe guess that their life as a couple is hell.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/opinion/21druckerman.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=gay&st=nyt&oref=slogin
-Statehouses Often Look Like Frat Houses
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Of all the wisecracks heard in the marble halls of NewYork's Capitol after Gov. Eliot Spitzer's downfall in a call-girl scandal,one jest enlightened as much as it stung: Spitzer's got to be the only guyin Albany who PAYS for sex.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Sex-And-Politics.html?scp=3&sq=gay&st=nyt
-Gay Ex - Gov Wins Round in Divorce Court
ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) -- Former Gov. Jim McGreevey didn't plan to torment hiswife while they were married, a judge in their divorce case ruled Thursday,while allowing her to continue with a claim of marriage fraud.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Gay-Governor-Divorce.html?scp=7&sq=gay&st=nyt
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Sun-Sentinel
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- Victimization of gays get little attention in the media By William Butte
"Are you looking at me, you faggot? You know what I do to faggots? I breaktheir necks!" Melbourne Brunner heard this expression of irrationality,fear and hatred just moments before he was attacked by a stranger last monthin front of a restaurant on Fort Lauderdale's toniest street. Brunner'spartner had the temerity to say "Good morning" to the would-be assailantwhen they made eye-contact as he passed by their table.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-forum21buttesbmar21,0,149851.story
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Miami Herald
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- Provocative ideas abound at Obama's church
Jesus is black. Merging Marxism with Christian Gospel may show the way to abetter tomorrow. The white church in America is the antichrist because itsupported slavery and segregation.
http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/464606.html
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Steve Rothaus
http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/steve_rothaus/
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-Immigration Equality on 'Exporting' LGBT Americans from United States
New York, March 20, 2008 - Peter Sprigg, vice president of policy at theFamily Research Council, discussed the group's opposition to the UnitingAmerican Families Act (UAFA) saying "I would much prefer to exporthomosexuals from the United States than to import them into the UnitedStates because we believe homosexuality is destructive to society."
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/
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Express Gay News
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- Video: British soldier has sex change
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/03/20/simpson.uk.sex.change.soldier.itn
-Immigration Equality and FRC
Peter Sprigg, vice president of policy at the Family Research Council, intalking about the group's opposition to the Uniting American Families Act,said, among other nuggets of homophobia, "I would much prefer to exporthomosexuals from the United States than to import them into the UnitedStates because we believe homosexuality is destructive to society."
http://www.expressgaynews.com/blog/index.cfm?type=blog&start=3/15/08&end=3/22/08#17282
- Obama deserves credit for trying to do the right thing on Wright
Will America indulge candidate's nuanced views on race or blame him forpastor's screeds?
http://www.expressgaynews.com/2008/3-20/view/editorial/4520.cfm
-Republican legislature caused primary mess, but DNC's rules committee canresolve it
(The following letter was mailed to Florida's Democratic Party voters byKaren Thurman, the state party chairperson)
For a year now, the Florida Democratic Party has tried to comply with theDelegate Selection Rules of the Democratic National Committee. We researchedevery potential alternative process - from caucuses to county conventions tomail-in elections - but no plan could come anywhere close to being viable inFlorida. We made a detailed case to the DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee, but wewere denied.
http://www.expressgaynews.com/2008/3-20/view/letters/4525.cfm
- FOE OF THE WEEK Sen. John McCain
While the media obsesses over Barack Obama's relationship with the outspoken Rev. Jeremiah Wright (Fox News reports on it 24/7), John McCain's embrace of ultra-right-wing bigot John Hagee has received little coverage. Hagee, a elevangelist, has stated that Hurricane Katrina was "the judgment of God" against the city of New Orleans for hosting a gay parade the week of the storm. He has also referred to the Catholic Church as "the great whore," "a false cult system" and "the apostate church." He has made statements blaming the Jews for their persecution and accusing them of worshiping idols.
Despite such extreme views, when Hagee endorsed McCain, the Arizona senator told the press that he was "very honored by Pastor John Hagee's endorsement." It was only after McCain got heat from the Catholic Leaguethat the senator issued a cherry-picking repudiation of Hagee's anti-Catholic views.
http://www.expressgaynews.com/2008/3-20/view/friendfoe/4519.cfm
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365Gay.com
http://www.365gay.com/
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-Richardson Endorses Obama
(Santa Fe, New Mexico) New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, the nation's onlyHispanic governor, is endorsing Sen. Barack Obama for president, calling hima "once-in-a-lifetime leader" who can unite the nation and restore America'sinternational leadership.
-Investigation Into Obama Passport Breach
(Washington) The State Department says it is trying to determine whetherthree contract workers had a political motive for looking at Democraticpresidential candidate Barack Obama's passport file.
-Gay Ex-Gov Wins Round In Divorce Court
(Elizabeth, New Jersey) Former Gov. Jim McGreevey didn't plan to torment hiswife while they were married, a judge in their divorce case has ruled, whileallowing her to continue with a claim of marriage fraud.
-Study: HIV Vaccine Volunteers Need More Support From Researchers
(Toronto, Ontario) When it comes to developing a safe, effective vaccine tostem the global AIDS pandemic, researchers agree there is one component theycan't do without - volunteers willing to become human guinea pigs fortesting the experimental serums.
-Gay Club Without Students, Judge Rescinds Order
(Okeechobee, Florida) Even though Okeechobee High School's Gay-StraightAlliance no longer has any members, a federal lawsuit by a former GSA memberis continuing.
-Matthew Shepard Story Producer Charged With Stock Fraud
(Los Angeles, California) An Emmy Award-winning television producer wascharged with inflating the revenue and stock price of his publicly tradedproduction company as part of a multimillion dollar stock fraud scheme.
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National Gay News
http://nationalgaynews.com/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/
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-Lawyers to Lose Millions in Same-Sex Survivor Benefits Ruling
About 1,500 surviving same-sex partners involved in a landmark class-action lawsuit that won them full access to Canada Pension Plan survivor benefits stand to save millions in litigation costs. That after an unexpected court development that blocks their lawyers ability to collect fees from pension funds, worth about $15 million. A retainer agreement -- approved by an Ontario court four years ago -- called for the class-action lawyers to be paid 50% of certain pension arrears to cover legal fees.
-Gays Seek Immigration Reform
Immigration is always a hot button issue, but it becomes even more controversial when the immigrants seeking legal U.S. citizenship are homosexual. There's a new bill that would make it easier for gay Americans to sponsor their foreign partners' citizenship, but it's been sitting in Congress for months with no hint of progress.
-Macho, Macho Men
If you stopped a San Franciscan on the street (especially Castro Street) and asked him or her to define "bear," the answers would probably have nothing to with the furry beasts found in the wild. Bear culture - the subset of gay men who eschew the gym in favor of cultivating body hair and beer bellies, and favoring lumberjack plaids and denim - has long been a staple of Bay Area life. The Lone Star bar in SoMa, along with the Eagle Tavern, are ground zero for the husky men.
-Phoenix: Vigil, Call For Justice For Alleged Gay Hate Crime
Under a street lamp near 35th and Glenrosa avenues, 40 people gathered Wednesday night to remember Maurice Green. Maurice, also known as Melissa, was a gay, 22 year-old cross-dresser who many in the gay community believe was a victim of a hate crime. The March 21, 2006, killing remains unsolved.
Because police do not know the motive, they do not classify the murder as a bias, or hate crime.At the candlelight vigil, Green's family said they want justice.
-Minnesota: Osseo School District Continues to Fight Gay Student Group
For nearly three years the two students who sued the Osseo School District were only known in the lawsuit by their initials. Wednesday, they made themselves known in the very high school they claim did the discriminating.
-Canada: Former P-FLAG Chair Questions Health Survey Results
People can play stats to fit any stereotype they want, say members of Cornwall's gay and lesbian community, but new data from Statistics Canada shows trends that may reinforce Hollywood portrayals of homosexuals and their relationship with doctors and psychologists, and consequently, their own minds and bodies. Lesbians, often portrayed as tougher than the average woman on the silver screen, were found to have seen a family doctor six percent less than heterosexual woman in the 12 months before the survey.
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-EURO-LETTER - ILGA-Europe's monthly electronic LGBT political and legalnews bulletin
http://www.ilga-europe.org/europe/publications/euro_letter
-Mayors of Riga and Tallinn refused to sign ILGA-Europe's appeal on freedomof assembly and expression for LGBT people in Europe
Last April ILGA-Europe launched a campaign on the freedom of assembly andexpression for LGBT people in Europe. The aim of this campaign is tomobilise as many mayors of European cities as possible to sign ILGA-Europe'sappeal, declaring their support for LGBT people to exercise their right tofreedom of assembly and expression. So far, the 19 mayors of the followingEuropean cities signed the appeal - Paris, Nicosia, Amsterdam, Winterthur,London, Stockholm, Cologne, Barcelona, Venice, Vienna, Bologna, Manchester,Copenhagen, Budapest, Ljubljana, Zürich, Berlin, Dublin and Luxembourg.
Following these promising letters of support, ILGA-Europe has recentlyreceived one letter of refusal and is aware that another mayor is alsorefusing.
-Hate crime conviction in Croatia: 14 months in for attempted assault withMolotov cocktails on Zagreb Pride 2007
We welcome the Court's judgement, but for final conclusion we are waitingfor the legal validity of the judgement. Also, it seems that it is evidentfrom the judicial procedure that there was more than one perpetuator. We arewondering why other perpetuars were not convicted.
-International Conference on LGBT Human Rights Copenhagen 27th -29th July2009
World Outgames 2nd International Conference on LGBT human rights has nowopened a call for proposals for workshops. Please also note that this isonly a call for workshop proposals. All other general information about theconference as well as the registration for World Outgames will be on our newwebsite -
-On 31 May - 2 June 2008 the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions andHuman Rights will organise training for civil society representatives on howto prevent and to respond to hate crimes in Warsaw, Poland. This two and ahalf day training will provide civil society organisations with a menu oftools to build a more effective response to hate violence. Using techniquesmodeled in the training, NGOs will craft and implement strategies tailoredto individual country and community challenges.
www.ilga-europe.org
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- In the early morning of Saturday, 15 March 2008, two gay men - asylumseekers from Kosovo - were victims of violent treatment of the police andthe security staff in the Asylum Center in Ljubljana, Slovenia. They wereharassed and bitten, repeatedly insulted as "fucking Albanians" and"fucking faggots". The incident started in the Asylum Center where theywere first molested by the police in their room, put in handcuffs andtaken to the police station. They were transported to the police stationLjubljana-Vic in their underwear, in separate police vans. At the policestation they were held in separate cells for around 12 hours withoutmedical care and without food. They also didn't get access to theirlawyer. Around 6 p.m. in the evening they were released. On Monday morningthey sought help at SKUC-LL, and were directed to medical examination andto the Ombudsman's Office. Other human rights NGOs and the media wereinformed and the complaints were submitted to the police and to theMinistry of Interior Affairs.
- KATHMANDU: Sexual minorities of an eastern Nepal town,
Itahari kicked off their first election rally wearingcolourful dresses and playing music bands to canvassfor three gay candidates. Dipak Rai and Shrawan Chaudhari, both gay, arecontesting the election under the banner of NepalCommunist Party (United) and while the third,Suryanarayan Chaudhari is contesting as an independentcandidate.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Third_sex_launches_election_campaign_in_east_Nepal/articleshow/2887367.cms
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-From Lambda Legal
Almost 90 percent of people in this country believe workplace discriminationis wrong, but how many have ever been asked to do something about it? Whocan help? You can.
Join us on May 15 for the Clock In Pledge-a-Thon for Workplace Equality.
Whether it's sexual orientation, gender identity or HIV status, workplaceconcerns are still the number one topic for Lambda Legal's Help Deskcallers. Making a pledge is a simple way for you to show your support.
Last year over 240 organizations and another 1,300 individuals participatedin Lambda Legal's first ever national day of action for workplace equality.
This year our goal is to build even more support for workplace equality.
Together, we can get thousands to sign by May 15.
Sign the pledge today. Encourage others to do the same. Let's see how manyof us are truly committed to help combat workplace discrimination!
Sign the Pledge!
http://ga4.org/ct/q7aRFq51DXpY/
- Gay families needed for White House Easter egg roll
A gay family advocacy organization is looking for people to participate inthe annual White House Easter egg roll in a couple of days. Want to be partof this American tradition?
http://mpetrelis.blogspot.com/2008/03/gay-families-needed-for-white-house.htm
- New York: Gay City News for Thu., March 20, 2008
http://gaycitynews.com/site/news.asp?brd=2729&nav_sec=76351
-Equal Justice for All: Working for Trans Protections in MA and CT
Twelve states in the U.S. (and the District of Columbia), including Maine,Rhode Island, and Vermont, have laws explicitly prohibiting discriminationon the basis of gender identity. Efforts are underway to get Connecticut andMassachusetts to join these states in protecting all of their citizens.
http://www.glad.org/email/newsletter_2008_spring.html
- Applications are now being accepted for the second Lambda Literary
Foundation Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBT writers, to be held August10-17, 2008, in Los Angeles.
2008 Workshop Faculty include Elana Dykewomon (Fiction, Regular), RigobertoGonzalez (Creative Nonfiction), Claire McNab (Fiction, Special Genre), and
D.A. Powell (Poetry). Each workshop faculty member will conduct writingworkshops with 8 students. In addition, guest faculty include DorothyAllison, Katherine V. Forrest, Eloise Klein Healy, and John Rechy. Guestfaculty will offer special presentations, lectures, and readings for the retreat community.
Please direct any questions to retreat@lambdaliterary.org.
- Sex Scandal Quiz
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/polls/slanskyquiz/scandal
- Sexual preference affects healthcare
OTTAWA, March 19 (UPI) -- Gay men are more apt to consult a doctor thanheterosexual men, but lesbian women are less likely to see a doctor thanheterosexual women, a study found. The study, published by StatisticsCanada, found healthcare services differ depending on self-identified sexualpreference of gay, lesbian or bisexual independent of other factors such asage, income, education and health status.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Health/2008/03/19/sexual_preference_affects_healthcare/8491/
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-Hillary's Ties to Religious Fundamentalists
There's a reason why Hillary Clinton has remained relatively silent duringthe flap over intemperate remarks by Barack Obama's former pastor, JeremiahWright. When it comes to unsavory religious affiliations, she's a lot morevulnerable than Obama.
http://www.alternet.org/election08/80248/
- Sally Kern: Out of Context? The Complete Transcript
Oklahoma State Rep. Sally Kern has claimed that her anti-gay rant wascarefully edited and taken out of context. Well now we have her entire talk,in context.
http://www.equalrightsproject.com/
- Geraldine Ferraro Fires Back
Former vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro said today that sheobjected to the comparison Sen. Barack Obama drew between her and his formerpastor in his speech on race relations Tuesday.In the speech, Obama soughtto place the inflammatory remarks of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright in a broadercontext, in part by placing them on a continuum with Ferraro's recent remarkto the Daily Breeze that Obama is "lucky" to be black."To equate what I saidwith what this racist bigot has said from the pulpit is unbelievable,"Ferraro said today. "He gave a very good speech on race relations, but hedid not address the fact that this man is up there spewing hatred."
http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/03/20/2925/
- Howard Dean's Gay Headache
As if dealing with a protracted Democratic presidential primary fight andthe Michigan and Florida delegate debacles weren't enough, DemocraticNational Committee Chairman Howard Dean had to spend two days this monthgetting deposed in a nasty lawsuit that has roiled the DNC and the gaycommunity.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2008/03/howard_deans_gay_headache.html
- New NY governor has gay right-hand man
The top aide for newly sworn-in NY Gov. David Paterson is not only a formerJesuit priest and a family friend of the Kennedys - he's also openly gay.
http://www.gaypolitics.com/?p=357
- Michael Guest is a former US Ambassador.
Has anyone out there read the State Department's 2007 Human Rights Report?
According to our own embassies, LGBT individuals in over 100 foreigncountries are being subjected to abuse or discriminatory treatment. Therange of abuses noted - including extrajudicial killings, police violence,extortion, false imprisonment leading to rape, and legal impediments toequality - is nothing short of shocking.
http://www.bilerico.com/2008/03/integrity_the_lgbt_foreign_policy_projec.php
-Retired Miami lawyer ordered to pay Brazilian gay lover thousands depitebeing married to US woman
http://blabbeando.blogspot.com/2008/03/retired-miami-lawyer-ordered-to-pay.html
-Clinton misstates wife's DOMA position
Former president speaks to student journalists
http://www.washblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=17268
-Bigotry on Parade, Again
Compared to those held in the 1990s, the St. Patrick's Day Parade on FifthAvenue March 17 was not nearly as fraught with confrontation betweenexcluded Irish LGBT marchers and the anti-gay organizers from the AncientOrder of Hibernians (AOH).
http://www.gaycitynews.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19409674&BRD=2729&PAG=461&dept_id=568864&rfi=6
-OutCentral announces Nashville Pride as first tenant
Help still needed to finish construction
Nashville Pride has been announced as the first community organization tolease office space inside the new GLBT cultural center, OutCentral, onChurch Street in Nashville. The arrangement will give Nashville Pride aphysical home and immediate access to other community organizations.
http://outandaboutnewspaper.com/article.php?id=2492
- AIDS educator's trip to Africa hindered by DOMA
Jason Hair-Wynn arrived at his Attleboro home on March 13 to find anenvelope from the U.S. Department of State's National Passport Center in NewHampshire that he thought contained his new passport, a necessity for themonth-long trip he'll be taking this summer to do HIV/AIDS and healtheducation with youngsters in Ghana, Africa. Instead, Hair-Wynn's oldpassport fell out of the envelope, along with a letter denying his requestfor a new passport that would reflect the legal name change he made when heand his husband married in Massachusetts. The passport was denied becausethe 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) only recognizes heterosexualmarriages for federal purposes.
http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=local&sc2=features&sc3=&id=71936
-Time interviews Rita Mae Brown: 'I don't understand' gay marriage
No one could ever accuse Rita Mae Brown, 63, of having lived a boring life.
The bestselling author of 37 books is nothing if not versatile: feministactivist, mystery writer, lesbian pioneer, fox hunter, screenwriter,novelist, animal rescuer. She even became a tabloid star during herthree-year relationship with tennis superstar Martina Navratilova. TIME'sAndrea Sachs spoke with Brown, who was in Pennsylvania on tour for herlatest book, The Purrfect Murder (Bantam)
http://seaqwa.com/blogs/qnews/archive/2008/03/20/time-interviews-rita-mae-brown-i-don-t-understand-gay-marriage.aspx
-A Ray of Light
When homophobic rants like those of Sally Kern get a standing ovation fromher House Republican caucus, or when folks like Oregon State Sen. GaryGeorge (R - Newberg) can call gays "perverts" and advise that they just"shut up", it can become discouraging. It does seem as though our nation isdeeply divided along party lines and that we are an easy target in theraging culture wars.
http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/03/20/1660
-New anti-bias rules advance in Colorado senate; Bars discrimination inhousing and more
Landlords, hotels, stores and restaurants in Colorado would be barred fromdiscriminating against gays and lesbians under a bill that passed a Senatecommittee Wednesday.
http://seaqwa.com/blogs/qnews/archive/2008/03/20/new-anti-bias-rules-advance-in-colorado-senate-bars-discrimination-in-housing-and-more.aspx
-Rep. Thatcher: Wants to screw us without 'protection'
Conservatives are of course known for making false statements about ourlives and loves, and what negative impacts those existences supposedly haveon society. And while it's quite enraging anytime they work to deny us ourfull citizenship, it is beyond the pale when they actually try to justifytheir biases by discrediting the notion that gays still face a crapload ofdiscrimination in American society. Especially when most of them can likelycount on one-tenth of a hand how many openly gay friends they have in theirlives.
http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you/2008/03/rep-thatcher-wa.html
-Wright defies convention on gays
Barack Obama and many other parishioners of the Trinity UCC in Chicago havesaid that Rev. Jeremiah Wright has been unfairly caricatured by the briefexcerpts of sermons playing in endless loop on cable TV and YouTube.
http://citizenchris.typepad.com/citizenchris/2008/03/obamas-wright-1.html
-As Acceptance Grows, Gay Synagogues Torn Between the Straight and Narrow
Atlanta - When Gayanne Geurin Weiss and her husband went looking for anAtlanta synagogue to join, they soon found one that had everything theywanted; it was warm, friendly and spiritual. There was just one catch: Itwas for gay men and lesbians, and Weiss and her husband are straight.
http://www.forward.com/articles/12994/
- Hagee: McCain 'sought my endorsement
In the New York Times Magazine this weekend, controversial Pastor John Hageetells Deborah Solomon that, "it's true that [John] McCain's campaign soughtmy endorsement." In the interview, "Hagee refused to discuss his statementthat Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for a gay rights parade in NewOrleans, calling it 'so far off-base.'" "Our church is not hard against thegay people," claimed Hagee.
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/20/hagee-mccain-sought-my-endorsement/
- Florida: School in Okeechobee doesn't need to allow club to meet
Okeechobee High School no longer needs to allow the Gay-Straight Alliance tomeet on campus while the club's lawsuit is pending, a judge ruled Tuesday. Ajudge originally ordered the high school to allow the club to meet while thecase is pending. Recent court filings in the federal case revealed the clubno longer has any more members at the school and a judge recently agreed totake the club's name off the lawsuit. The suit still continues in the nameof former president Yasmin Gonzalez, though the school district is trying tohave her removed from the case because she already graduated.
http://www.metroweekly.com/gauge/?ak=3320
-When Tradition and Taunts Collide: Gay Hockey Fans Criticize Garden
During the final 10 minutes of many Rangers home games, the spotlights focuson Section 407 as Larry Goodman, a longtime season-ticket holder, pumps upthe crowd with a goofy dance.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/sports/hockey/21fans.html?ex=1206676800&en=4e4be37bb94888b8&ei=5099&partner=TOPIXNEWS
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The Advocate
http://advocate.com/
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-Gov. Bill Richardson To Endorse Obama
Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama ended a rough week on a good note Friday, winning a coveted endorsement after dropping behind rival Hillary Rodham Clinton in the polls.
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GLAAD LAUNCHES "NEWSROOM '08" WEB SITE
Site to serve as resource on election media coverage of gay and transgenderissues
New York, March 20, 2008 - The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
(GLAAD) launched today â?oNewsroom '08,â? a Web site which will serve as aresource on how media talk about issues affecting to the lesbian, gay,bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community as they pertain to the local,state and national elections in November. The national media advocacyorganization's dedicated microsite has a blog, "Read Between the Lines,"where commentary on and analysis of election coverage will be posted, aswell as resources for both community members and media professionals.
http://newsroom08.glaad.org/
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Soulforce
http://www.soulforce.org/
Contact rays.list@comcast.net for the full article
-Stop Spiritual Violence:
Stand with Soulforce at the United Methodist General Conference
The United Methodist (UM) General Conference will convene in Fort Worth onApril 23 - May 2. At stake are bedrock issues of justice for LGBT people.
Currently: Local UM pastors have the power to deny membership to gay andlesbian Christians. UM pastors are barred from performing marriage or commitment ceremonies for
same-gender couples.
Openly gay and lesbian people are banned from the ministry.
Transgender people face potential exclusion from the ministry.
Gay and lesbian youth are taught that being true to themselves is"incompatible with Christian teaching."
The United Methodist Church is the 2nd largest Protestant denomination inthe U.S. The impact of these exclusionary policies resounds beyond thedenomination and ultimately affects conversations about civil rights. Withyour help, delegates in Fort Worth will have the opportunity to revisitthese policies and to become a more inclusive church.
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Marriage Equality News
http://samesexmarriage.typepad.com/weblog/
Go to this link for the following articles:
-Some political insiders in Arizona are doubtful that an effort to pass a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage via voter referendum there will succeed this session. Former U.S. Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.), who is gay, is predicting the effort will expire in the legislature - success there is necessary to get it on the November ballot - before it has a chance to reach voters.
-A House committee killed a bill that would have prevented public universities and other government agencies from providing health insurance to unmarried domestic partners.
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Former President Bill Clinton last week suggested his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, would support repealing the full Defense of Marriage Act, an apparent change in position from Hillary Clinton'sprevious position calling for repeal of just one part of the law. But a Hillary Clinton campaign spokesperson told the Blade that President Clinton "misspoke" in the interview. "Hillary Clinton supports only the repeal of section 3 of DOMA," campaign spokesperson Jin Chon said.
-Greece: More than 200 weblogs have joined an initiative called Greek Bloggers Against Discrimination to campaign against proposed new legislation on domestic partnerships that excludes same-sex couples. "This discriminatory project has been widely denounced not just by the LGBT community, but also Greek citizens from all walks of life who believe that it violates the Equality clause enshrined in our constitution, as well as the country's European commitments," the group said.
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Pink News - UK
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/
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-Judge rules that Gay ex-governor didn't torment his wife
The gay former Governor of New Jersey didn't plan on tormenting his wife while married a divorce court judge ruled yesterday. Jim McGreevey's wife, Dina Matos McGreevey claims that was conned into marrying a gay man who only wanted a wife in order to hide his homosexuality in an attempt to boost his political career.The former Governor of New Jersey admitted in 2004 to having an extra-marital affair with his male aide Golan Cipel.
click here for the full article
-Paddick questions whether homophobia hurt his career
The Liberal Democrat candidate for Mayor of London has said if he were straight his career in the Metropolitan police "would have progressed differently." Brian Paddick left the force in May 2007, after 30 years service, at the rank of Deputy Assistant Commissioner. He was the most senior out gay police officer in the country. His autobiography, Line of Fire, was launched in London last night and goes on sale next week.
click here for the full article
-Medical council denies gay fertility discrimination
The regulatory body for the medical professions in the UK has said that doctors cannot discrimate against groups of patients, such as gay men or lesbians. The General Medical Council said that a PinkNews.co.uk report on its new guidelines, entitled Personal Beliefs and Medical Practice, was wrong to give the impression that doctors could decline fertility treatment on the grounds of sexual orientation.
click here for the full article
-Gays get organised in County Down
A new group for lesbian, gay and bisexual people has been launched in Bangor, Co Down. Gay and Lesbian across Down (GLAD) aims to provide a range of events for gay people living in or visiting the county, which is south of Belfast. District Commander Chief Superintendent Graham Shields of the Northern Ireland Police Service used the launch event to present a new initiative designed to increase the reporting of homophobic hate crime.
click here for the full article
-Ken Livingstone invited to Moscow Pride
The organisers of Moscow Pride have invited the Mayors of London, Paris and Berlin to attend this year. Last year's event was banned and gay protesters, ncluding Peter Tatchell and Right Said Fred singer Richard Fairbrass, were hysically attacked by a homophobic mob. In an interview with PinkNews.co.uk last year, London Mayor Ken Livingstone said he may attend Moscow Pride.
click here for the full article
-Greek bloggers fight for gay partnership equality
More than 200 weblogs have joined an initiative called Greek Bloggers Against Discrimination to campaign against proposed new legislation on domestic partnerships that excludes same-sex couples. "This discriminatory project has been widely denounced not just by the LGBT community, but also Greek citizens from all walks of life who believe that it violates the Equality clause enshrined in our constitution, as well as the country's European commitments," the group said.
click here for the full article
-US Presidential candidate visits Downing St
John McCain, the presumptive Republican party nominee for President of the United States, is visiting London today. The Senator from Arizona met with Prime Minister Gordon Brown at Downing St this morning and later had discussions with Conservative leader David Cameron. McCain, 71, is visiting France, Israel, Iraq and Jordan as part of a "fact-finding" mission ahead of the campaign for President.
click here for the full article
-Greek Orthodox church slams rights for unmarried couples
The Greek Othordox Church has spoken out against proposals to allow unmarried heretosexual couples in the country to have their relationships registered. The BBC reports that the Chruch's governing synod described moves by the Greek government to afford unmarried or defacto couples the same legal rights as their married counterparts as a "catastrophic bomb" which threatened Greek society and compared the move to "prostitution."
click here for the full article
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Inside Higher Education
-Women's Studies on the Chopping Block
Kim Vaz, chair of the University of South Florida's women's studies department, has been in this position before. She's heard talk that her program, now the only free-standing one of its kind in Florida, would lose its autonomy, face cutbacks, or worse. All of that's on the table again for women's studies, Africana studies and other small programs and centers after a task force of faculty, students and staff released a report this month that calls for major cuts in order to save the university millions of dollars in operating expenses.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/03/21/usf
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Washington Post
http://www.miamiherald.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-Democrats in Stalemate
Voters in Florida and Michigan should not be excluded from the presidential
primary.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/20/AR2008032003022.html
-Another Angry Black Preacher
Let's ask the hard question about the Rev. Jeremiah Wright: Is he as faroutside the African American mainstream as many of us would like to think?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/20/AR2008032003021.html
-An Epidemic No One Wants to Talk About
A much-publicized study from the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionthis month highlighted the high rates of sexually transmitted diseases amongteenage Americans. But for those of us who work in public health, this"news" is already old.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/20/AR2008032003019.html
-Hope in Pakistan
The Problems Are Real, but So Is the Progress.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/20/AR2008032003016.html
-Democrats in Stalemate
Voters in Florida and Michigan should not be excluded from the presidentialprimary.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/20/AR2008032003022.html
-Privately, Bush Presses China Over Crackdown on Tibet
President Bush is avoiding public statements on the intensifying Chinesecrackdown on Tibet, relying instead on private messages to the Chineseleadership, pressing Beijing to show restraint, allow U.S. observers intoTibet and have open trials of people arrested, administration officialssaid.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/20/AR2008032002346.html?hpid=sec-world
-Court Disbars Cheney Ex-Aide
Libby Loses Right To Practice Law
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/20/AR2008032001757.html?hpid=sec-politics
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-NM Gov. Bill Richardson endorsing Obama
SANTA FE, N.M. -- New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, the nation's onlyHispanic governor, is endorsing Sen. Barack Obama for president, calling hima "once-in-a-lifetime leader" who can unite the nation and restore America'sinternational leadership.
http://www.miamiherald.com/692/story/464917.html
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Pew Research center
http://pewresearch.org/
Go to this link for the following articles:
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Fewer Voters Identify with GOP
The balance of party identification in the U.S. electorate now favors theDemocratic Party by a decidedly larger margin than in either of the twoprevious presidential election cycles including in some key swing states.
Read more
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Political Water Cooler Conversation Features Ferraro, Rev. Wright
Not only are Americans closely following news about Obama's preacher andClinton surrogates, but an overwhelming majority (84%) are talking about thecampaign with family and friends. Read more
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Racial Tensions Dominate Media Coverage of Democratic Race
Maybe the good news for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama last week was thatthe problems of another Democrat -- Eliot Spitzer -- generated almost asmuch media attention as they did. Read more
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Iraq: Five Years On
How Public Attitudes About the War Have Shifted: 2003 to 2008
Ratings of how things are going in Iraq have improved over the past year,but a clear majority now say the initial decision to go to war was wrong. Read more
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Public Remains Highly Critical of Government Care for Troops
A year after problems at Walter Reed and other military hospitals made majornews, Americans see no improvement in treatment of soldiers returning fromIraq and Afghanistan. Read more
-
Bad Budgets
States Besieged by Budget Woes
Already, 22 states have a collective budget shortfall of at least $37billion; if the current slowdown follows the path of previous recessions, 35to 40 states could face budget cuts in 2009. Read more
-
Daily Number
17% - Rate US Economy Good or Excellent
Fewer than one-in-five Americans (17%) now rate the US economy as performingwell -- a sharp decline from the already low number (26%) who viewed theeconomy as in good or excellent state in the first month of 2008. Check backevery weekday for another number in the news. Read more
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Fort Report
http://www.fortreport.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-Michigan drops revote bid, weakening Florida's hopes
Michigan lawmakers on Thursday folded plans for a do-over primary, whichcould mean another setback for Florida Democrats.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/state/content/state/epaper/2008/03/21/a10a_xgr_demsprez_0321.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0
-Bill Richardson's tough call, short of endorsement
He came close. Oh, so close. But Bill Richardson stopped just short Mondayof endorsing one of his former competitors for the Democratic presidentialnomination -- a coy game he's played before.
http://weblogs.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/blog/2008/03/bill_richardsons_tough_call_sh.html
-HILLARY TAKES LEAD IN NATIONAL POLLS
March 21, 2008 -- WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton has snatched thenational lead from Barack Obama and built a big advantage in Pennsylvania,where the next primary is being held, according to polls released yesterday.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/03212008/news/nationalnews/hillary_takes_lead_in_national_polls_102895.htm
-Clinton, Obama are Wall Street darlings
WASHINGTON -- Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, who are running forpresident as economic populists, are benefiting handsomely from Wall Streetdonations, easily surpassing Republican John McCain in campaigncontributions from the troubled financial services sector.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-wallstdems21mar21,0,3587484.story
-Popular Indiana senator passionately touts Clinton, sparking VP talk
TERRE HAUTE, IND. - At times Thursday it was hard to tell who was runningfor president in Indiana - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton or the man who neverleft her side, Sen. Evan Bayh, a popular politician and perhaps the formerfirst lady's best hope for winning the state's May 6 primary.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/5637627.html
-Notebook: McCain raised healthy $11 million last month
Sen. John McCain raised $11 million in February and ended it with $8 millionin the bank, according to a new report filed with the Federal ElectionCommission.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/5637468.html
-Voters' views diverge over Obama flap
Leadership on race praised, questioned. HAMMOND, Ind. - Frieda Andersen andTed Skup are both white, both live in northwestern Indiana, and both plan tovote in their state's Democratic presidential primary in May.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/03/21/voters_views_diverge_over_obama_flap/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Front+Page
-Republican Exodus
With Rep. Thomas M. Reynolds (N.Y.), below, announcing his retirementyesterday, all but two of the Republican leaders who controlled the Housebefore Democrats seized power in the 2006 elections are gone or on their wayout. A look at the team, now mostly on the sidelines.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/20/AR2008032003528.html
-Two Fired for Viewing Obama Passport File
State Department Investigating Whether Contractors Broke Law
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/20/AR2008032003422.html?hpid=moreheadlines
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New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-Editorial: Socialized Compensation
How can one feel sorry for James Cayne? The potential losses of the chairmanand former chief executive of Bear Stearns must rank up there with thebiggest in modern history. The value of his stake in Bear Stearns collapsedfrom about $1 billion a year ago to as little as $14 million at the priceJPMorgan Chase offered for the teetering bank on Sunday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/opinion/21fri1.html?ref=opinion
-Public Health Risk Seen as Parents Reject Vaccines
In an unusual outbreak of measles in San Diego, 12 children fell ill; nineof them had not been inoculated against the virus because their parentsobjected
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/us/21vaccine.html
-At Harvard, Students' Muslim Traditions Are a Topic of Debate
The controversy focused on whether the call to prayer should ring out acrossHarvard Yard and whether the university should grant women separate gymhours.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/us/21tolerance.html
-Socialized Compensation
Until bankers face a real risk of losing their shirts, they will keep
ratcheting up risks to collect rewards while letting the rest of us carrythe bag when their punts go bad
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/opinion/21fri1.html?ref=opinion
-Public Health Risk Seen as Parents Reject Vaccines
In an unusual outbreak of measles in San Diego, 12 children fell ill; nineof them had not been inoculated against the virus because their parentsobjected.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/us/21vaccine.html
-At Harvard, Students' Muslim Traditions Are a Topic of Debate
The controversy focused on whether the call to prayer should ring out acrossHarvard Yard and whether the university should grant women separate gymhours.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/us/21tolerance.html
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Washington Post
http://www.miamiherald.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-Democrats in Stalemate
Voters in Florida and Michigan should not be excluded from the presidential
primary.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/20/AR2008032003022.html
-Another Angry Black Preacher
Let's ask the hard question about the Rev. Jeremiah Wright: Is he as faroutside the African American mainstream as many of us would like to think?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/20/AR2008032003021.html
-An Epidemic No One Wants to Talk About
A much-publicized study from the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionthis month highlighted the high rates of sexually transmitted diseases amongteenage Americans. But for those of us who work in public health, this"news" is already old.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/20/AR2008032003019.html
-Hope in Pakistan
The Problems Are Real, but So Is the Progress.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/20/AR2008032003016.html
-Democrats in Stalemate
Voters in Florida and Michigan should not be excluded from the presidentialprimary.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/20/AR2008032003022.html
-Privately, Bush Presses China Over Crackdown on Tibet
President Bush is avoiding public statements on the intensifying Chinesecrackdown on Tibet, relying instead on private messages to the Chineseleadership, pressing Beijing to show restraint, allow U.S. observers intoTibet and have open trials of people arrested, administration officialssaid.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/20/AR2008032002346.html?hpid=sec-world
-Court Disbars Cheney Ex-Aide
Libby Loses Right To Practice Law
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/20/AR2008032001757.html?hpid=sec-politics
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-NM Gov. Bill Richardson endorsing Obama
SANTA FE, N.M. -- New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, the nation's onlyHispanic governor, is endorsing Sen. Barack Obama for president, calling hima "once-in-a-lifetime leader" who can unite the nation and restore America'sinternational leadership.
http://www.miamiherald.com/692/story/464917.html
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Pew Research center
http://pewresearch.org/
Go to this link for the following articles:
-
Fewer Voters Identify with GOP
The balance of party identification in the U.S. electorate now favors theDemocratic Party by a decidedly larger margin than in either of the twoprevious presidential election cycles including in some key swing states.
Read more
-
Political Water Cooler Conversation Features Ferraro, Rev. Wright
Not only are Americans closely following news about Obama's preacher andClinton surrogates, but an overwhelming majority (84%) are talking about thecampaign with family and friends. Read more
-
Racial Tensions Dominate Media Coverage of Democratic Race
Maybe the good news for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama last week was thatthe problems of another Democrat -- Eliot Spitzer -- generated almost asmuch media attention as they did. Read more
-
Iraq: Five Years On
How Public Attitudes About the War Have Shifted: 2003 to 2008
Ratings of how things are going in Iraq have improved over the past year,but a clear majority now say the initial decision to go to war was wrong. Read more
-
Public Remains Highly Critical of Government Care for Troops
A year after problems at Walter Reed and other military hospitals made majornews, Americans see no improvement in treatment of soldiers returning fromIraq and Afghanistan. Read more
-
Bad Budgets
States Besieged by Budget Woes
Already, 22 states have a collective budget shortfall of at least $37billion; if the current slowdown follows the path of previous recessions, 35to 40 states could face budget cuts in 2009. Read more
-
Daily Number
17% - Rate US Economy Good or Excellent
Fewer than one-in-five Americans (17%) now rate the US economy as performingwell -- a sharp decline from the already low number (26%) who viewed theeconomy as in good or excellent state in the first month of 2008. Check backevery weekday for another number in the news. Read more
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Fort Report
http://www.fortreport.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-Michigan drops revote bid, weakening Florida's hopes
Michigan lawmakers on Thursday folded plans for a do-over primary, whichcould mean another setback for Florida Democrats.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/state/content/state/epaper/2008/03/21/a10a_xgr_demsprez_0321.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0
-Bill Richardson's tough call, short of endorsement
He came close. Oh, so close. But Bill Richardson stopped just short Mondayof endorsing one of his former competitors for the Democratic presidentialnomination -- a coy game he's played before.
http://weblogs.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/blog/2008/03/bill_richardsons_tough_call_sh.html
-HILLARY TAKES LEAD IN NATIONAL POLLS
March 21, 2008 -- WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton has snatched thenational lead from Barack Obama and built a big advantage in Pennsylvania,where the next primary is being held, according to polls released yesterday.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/03212008/news/nationalnews/hillary_takes_lead_in_national_polls_102895.htm
-Clinton, Obama are Wall Street darlings
WASHINGTON -- Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, who are running forpresident as economic populists, are benefiting handsomely from Wall Streetdonations, easily surpassing Republican John McCain in campaigncontributions from the troubled financial services sector.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-wallstdems21mar21,0,3587484.story
-Popular Indiana senator passionately touts Clinton, sparking VP talk
TERRE HAUTE, IND. - At times Thursday it was hard to tell who was runningfor president in Indiana - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton or the man who neverleft her side, Sen. Evan Bayh, a popular politician and perhaps the formerfirst lady's best hope for winning the state's May 6 primary.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/5637627.html
-Notebook: McCain raised healthy $11 million last month
Sen. John McCain raised $11 million in February and ended it with $8 millionin the bank, according to a new report filed with the Federal ElectionCommission.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/5637468.html
-Voters' views diverge over Obama flap
Leadership on race praised, questioned. HAMMOND, Ind. - Frieda Andersen andTed Skup are both white, both live in northwestern Indiana, and both plan tovote in their state's Democratic presidential primary in May.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/03/21/voters_views_diverge_over_obama_flap/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Front+Page
-Republican Exodus
With Rep. Thomas M. Reynolds (N.Y.), below, announcing his retirementyesterday, all but two of the Republican leaders who controlled the Housebefore Democrats seized power in the 2006 elections are gone or on their wayout. A look at the team, now mostly on the sidelines.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/20/AR2008032003528.html
-Two Fired for Viewing Obama Passport File
State Department Investigating Whether Contractors Broke Law
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/20/AR2008032003422.html?hpid=moreheadlines
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New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-Editorial: Socialized Compensation
How can one feel sorry for James Cayne? The potential losses of the chairmanand former chief executive of Bear Stearns must rank up there with thebiggest in modern history. The value of his stake in Bear Stearns collapsedfrom about $1 billion a year ago to as little as $14 million at the priceJPMorgan Chase offered for the teetering bank on Sunday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/opinion/21fri1.html?ref=opinion
-Public Health Risk Seen as Parents Reject Vaccines
In an unusual outbreak of measles in San Diego, 12 children fell ill; nineof them had not been inoculated against the virus because their parentsobjected
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/us/21vaccine.html
-At Harvard, Students' Muslim Traditions Are a Topic of Debate
The controversy focused on whether the call to prayer should ring out acrossHarvard Yard and whether the university should grant women separate gymhours.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/us/21tolerance.html
-Socialized Compensation
Until bankers face a real risk of losing their shirts, they will keep
ratcheting up risks to collect rewards while letting the rest of us carrythe bag when their punts go bad
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/opinion/21fri1.html?ref=opinion
-Public Health Risk Seen as Parents Reject Vaccines
In an unusual outbreak of measles in San Diego, 12 children fell ill; nineof them had not been inoculated against the virus because their parentsobjected.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/us/21vaccine.html
-At Harvard, Students' Muslim Traditions Are a Topic of Debate
The controversy focused on whether the call to prayer should ring out acrossHarvard Yard and whether the university should grant women separate gymhours.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/us/21tolerance.html
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Inside Higher Education
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-A STATE SENATOR'S SWEET DEAL
Florida legislator helped create and secure $1 million for aresearch center on a campus. Then the university hired her tohelp get the center off the ground.
http://insidehighered.com/news/2008/03/20/florida
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Okeechobee High School no longer needs to allow the Gay-Straight Alliance tomeet on campus while the club's lawsuit is pending, a judge ruled Tuesday.
Recent court filings in the federal case revealed the club no longer has anymore members at the school and a judge recently agreed to take the club'sname off the lawsuit. The suit still continues in the name of formerpresident Yasmin Gonzalez, though the school district is trying to have herremoved from the case because she already graduated. The American CivilLiberties Union filed the suit on behalf of Gonzalez and the club inNovember 2006 under the Equal Access Act, saying their rightswere violated by not allowing them to meet on campus.
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/mar/20/no-headline---20fbriefs/?partner=yahoo_headlines
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From Transgender Equality
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-Florida gov Charlie Crist: leave ban on adoption rights for gays on thebooks. More than 39-hundred children are in Florida's foster care systemawaiting permanent homes. Rich's bill to repeal the ban has been assigned toa committee headed by Storms who has refused to bring it up for debate or avote.
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Mark's List @ Play : Movie Show Times & Trailers, Weekend Nightclub Guide,
New Photos and our Photo of the Week.
http://jumponmarkslist.com/MSFL/2008/032108.htm
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Sun-Sentinel
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-State law won't require toilet paper in restrooms
TALLAHASSEE - Florida diners, beware: Toilet paper will continue to beoptional in restaurant restrooms - at least as far as state law isconcerned.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/legislature/sfl-flftoiletpaper0321sbmar21,0,7294430.story
-Broward School District looks to toughen policies on bullies
It started at school with name calling. Then he had food dumped on his headand chewed gum stuck down his pants. Once, a classmate threatened him bydrawing his finger across his neck, as if to slit his throat.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbbully0321sbmar21,0,6051430.story
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Miami Herald
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-Obama spends $1.5 million a day
WASHINGTON -- Hillary Rodham Clinton upped the tempo of her fundraising andher spending last month, only to be eclipsed by rival Barack Obama. Atmonth's end, with debts of nearly $9 million, her money was nearly spent andhe was sitting atop $30 million in available cash.
http://www.miamiherald.com/692/story/464415.html
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Express Gay News
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-FRIEND OF THE WEEK Ted Emery, Benefactor
Together with his late partner Bill Beaton, Ted Emery has been a longtimesupporter of the arts and GLBT organizations in South Florida and throughoutthe United States. Over the years, the couple helped raise large sums forStonewall Library & Archives, the Gay & Lesbian Community Center of SouthFlorida and the Dolphin Democrats, among others. This year, Emery, whocelebrated his 85th birthday on March 12, committed to a $50,000 matchinggrant for Lambda Legal. The fund-raising effort raised a record-breaking$270,000 for the gay legal services organization. On March 30, Lambda Legalwill celebrate Emery's generosity at its annual reception at Bonnet House.
http://www.expressgaynews.com/2008/3-20/view/friendfoe/4519.cfm
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Fort Report
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-Chief justice: Budget cuts would be 'suicide' for courts
TALLAHASSEE _ Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice R. Fred Lewis toldlawmakers this morning that a suggested 10 percent budget cut _ $42.1million _ to courts throughout the state would effectively paralyze thejudicial system.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/state/content/state/epaper/2008/03/20/0321xgrcourts.html
-House panel considers ultrasound requirement before abortions
All women seeking an abortion would first have to have an ultrasound and begiven the opportunity to view the results under a measure approved by aFlorida House committee Thursday.
http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/481155.html
-Broward leads resistance to FCAT
Broward School Board members and some state lawmakers want to deemphasizethe FCAT, but poor scores on the state tests still have consequences.
http://www.miamiherald.com/top_stories/story/464579.html
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-American Veterans for Equal Rights is putting together a team toparticipate
in this years Florida AIDS Walk. Most everyone I know has been affected bythis horrible disease and the veterans want to walk to show solidarity inthe fight to find a cure to end this most egregious affliction. This weekwe added two new walkers to our team and raised our total to $375 (25% ofour goal). There is still pleanty of time to either join us on the walk,Sunday, April 27th; or to donate to the team. For more information pleasevisit the Team AVER website at Florida AIDS Walk - Team AVER or contact me.
Thank you,
Mark LaFontaine
http://ahf.convio.net/site/TR?pg=team&fr_id=1030&team_id=1680
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-GLCC Customer Service Coordinator
Job Posting
The Customer Service Coordinator ensures consistently high quality servicefor GLCC visitors, callers and customers. The Coordinator recruits andorganizes the volunteers at the reception/switchboard desk, providingtraining, motivation, reinforcement, support, supervision andaccountability. The Coordinator ensures the effectiveness of the GLCC'sreception/switchboard function. The Coordinator maintains a friendly andprofessional attitude at all times, provides guidance to volunteers, groupsand visitors, and helps maintain a positive, professional, welcoming andorganized environment at reception, switchboard and in all common areas ofthe facility.
Reports to: Projects Manager
Salary Range: $13-15 per hour
Must Apply to: Janet Vargas, Business Manager (JVargas@glccsf.org)
Deadline: April 4, 2008
-GLCC Projects Manager
Job Posting
JOB SUMMARY
The Projects Manager is responsible for the day-to-day operation of theCenter, including but not restricted to the following areas: coordinate andoversee customer service and volunteer activities; facilities; maintain andexpand information technology (IT) resources; assess and respond to emergentsituations; maintain GLCC policies and procedures manuals; assist withfund/membership development, events, marketing and communication; assist theExecutive Director with administrative activities. The Projects Managerworks within budget guidelines and creates annual department level budgetgoals, for approval by the Executive Director; and prepares/submitsperformance reports to the Executive Director.
Reports to: Executive Director
Salary Range: $35,000 to $43,000
Must Apply to: Janet Vargas,Business Mgr(JVargas@glccsf.org)
Deadline: April 4, 2008
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Inside Higher Education
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-A STATE SENATOR'S SWEET DEAL
Florida legislator helped create and secure $1 million for aresearch center on a campus. Then the university hired her tohelp get the center off the ground.
http://insidehighered.com/news/2008/03/20/florida
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Okeechobee High School no longer needs to allow the Gay-Straight Alliance tomeet on campus while the club's lawsuit is pending, a judge ruled Tuesday.
Recent court filings in the federal case revealed the club no longer has anymore members at the school and a judge recently agreed to take the club'sname off the lawsuit. The suit still continues in the name of formerpresident Yasmin Gonzalez, though the school district is trying to have herremoved from the case because she already graduated. The American CivilLiberties Union filed the suit on behalf of Gonzalez and the club inNovember 2006 under the Equal Access Act, saying their rightswere violated by not allowing them to meet on campus.
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/mar/20/no-headline---20fbriefs/?partner=yahoo_headlines
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From Transgender Equality
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-Florida gov Charlie Crist: leave ban on adoption rights for gays on thebooks. More than 39-hundred children are in Florida's foster care systemawaiting permanent homes. Rich's bill to repeal the ban has been assigned toa committee headed by Storms who has refused to bring it up for debate or avote.
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Mark's List @ Play : Movie Show Times & Trailers, Weekend Nightclub Guide,
New Photos and our Photo of the Week.
http://jumponmarkslist.com/MSFL/2008/032108.htm
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Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
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-State law won't require toilet paper in restrooms
TALLAHASSEE - Florida diners, beware: Toilet paper will continue to beoptional in restaurant restrooms - at least as far as state law isconcerned.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/legislature/sfl-flftoiletpaper0321sbmar21,0,7294430.story
-Broward School District looks to toughen policies on bullies
It started at school with name calling. Then he had food dumped on his headand chewed gum stuck down his pants. Once, a classmate threatened him bydrawing his finger across his neck, as if to slit his throat.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbbully0321sbmar21,0,6051430.story
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Miami Herald
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-Obama spends $1.5 million a day
WASHINGTON -- Hillary Rodham Clinton upped the tempo of her fundraising andher spending last month, only to be eclipsed by rival Barack Obama. Atmonth's end, with debts of nearly $9 million, her money was nearly spent andhe was sitting atop $30 million in available cash.
http://www.miamiherald.com/692/story/464415.html
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Express Gay News
http://www.expressgaynews.com/
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-FRIEND OF THE WEEK Ted Emery, Benefactor
Together with his late partner Bill Beaton, Ted Emery has been a longtimesupporter of the arts and GLBT organizations in South Florida and throughoutthe United States. Over the years, the couple helped raise large sums forStonewall Library & Archives, the Gay & Lesbian Community Center of SouthFlorida and the Dolphin Democrats, among others. This year, Emery, whocelebrated his 85th birthday on March 12, committed to a $50,000 matchinggrant for Lambda Legal. The fund-raising effort raised a record-breaking$270,000 for the gay legal services organization. On March 30, Lambda Legalwill celebrate Emery's generosity at its annual reception at Bonnet House.
http://www.expressgaynews.com/2008/3-20/view/friendfoe/4519.cfm
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Fort Report
http://www.fortreport.com/
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-Chief justice: Budget cuts would be 'suicide' for courts
TALLAHASSEE _ Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice R. Fred Lewis toldlawmakers this morning that a suggested 10 percent budget cut _ $42.1million _ to courts throughout the state would effectively paralyze thejudicial system.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/state/content/state/epaper/2008/03/20/0321xgrcourts.html
-House panel considers ultrasound requirement before abortions
All women seeking an abortion would first have to have an ultrasound and begiven the opportunity to view the results under a measure approved by aFlorida House committee Thursday.
http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/481155.html
-Broward leads resistance to FCAT
Broward School Board members and some state lawmakers want to deemphasizethe FCAT, but poor scores on the state tests still have consequences.
http://www.miamiherald.com/top_stories/story/464579.html
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-American Veterans for Equal Rights is putting together a team toparticipate
in this years Florida AIDS Walk. Most everyone I know has been affected bythis horrible disease and the veterans want to walk to show solidarity inthe fight to find a cure to end this most egregious affliction. This weekwe added two new walkers to our team and raised our total to $375 (25% ofour goal). There is still pleanty of time to either join us on the walk,Sunday, April 27th; or to donate to the team. For more information pleasevisit the Team AVER website at Florida AIDS Walk - Team AVER or contact me.
Thank you,
Mark LaFontaine
http://ahf.convio.net/site/TR?pg=team&fr_id=1030&team_id=1680
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-GLCC Customer Service Coordinator
Job Posting
The Customer Service Coordinator ensures consistently high quality servicefor GLCC visitors, callers and customers. The Coordinator recruits andorganizes the volunteers at the reception/switchboard desk, providingtraining, motivation, reinforcement, support, supervision andaccountability. The Coordinator ensures the effectiveness of the GLCC'sreception/switchboard function. The Coordinator maintains a friendly andprofessional attitude at all times, provides guidance to volunteers, groupsand visitors, and helps maintain a positive, professional, welcoming andorganized environment at reception, switchboard and in all common areas ofthe facility.
Reports to: Projects Manager
Salary Range: $13-15 per hour
Must Apply to: Janet Vargas, Business Manager (JVargas@glccsf.org)
Deadline: April 4, 2008
-GLCC Projects Manager
Job Posting
JOB SUMMARY
The Projects Manager is responsible for the day-to-day operation of theCenter, including but not restricted to the following areas: coordinate andoversee customer service and volunteer activities; facilities; maintain andexpand information technology (IT) resources; assess and respond to emergentsituations; maintain GLCC policies and procedures manuals; assist withfund/membership development, events, marketing and communication; assist theExecutive Director with administrative activities. The Projects Managerworks within budget guidelines and creates annual department level budgetgoals, for approval by the Executive Director; and prepares/submitsperformance reports to the Executive Director.
Reports to: Executive Director
Salary Range: $35,000 to $43,000
Must Apply to: Janet Vargas,Business Mgr(JVargas@glccsf.org)
Deadline: April 4, 2008
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GLBT DIGEST March 20, 2008
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New York Times
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Political Fight in Poland Hits Home for Gay Pair
Brendan Fay, a well-known gay activist in New York, has found himself,however improbably, a symbol in a political struggle in Poland over equalrights for gay men and lesbians that could affect the nation's integrationinto the European Union and the balance of political power in Warsaw.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/20/nyregion/20gay.html?scp=2&sq=GAY&st=nyt
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Sun-Sentinel
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All our "education" doesn't seem to eliminate bias
When I vote, I could care less if one is gay or straight, black or white, orwhatever. However, when County Commissioner Ken Keechl states 99.9 percentof his decisions have nothing to do with his gay perspective (and I believehim), why is it the first thing written after his name is his sexualorientation? Or, in fact, after any politician who is openly gay? Then in the same article, "Gay candidates focus on wider agenda," former Fort Lauderdale City Commissioner Dean Trantalis says he doesn't think theanti-gay sentiment is gone, that there "is homophobia" in Fort Lauderdale.
Gee, what a revelation.We can educate, educate, educate, but there will
always be anti-gay,anti-black, anti-Semitism, etc. Not as much as there once was, but it stillexists. We should vote people in on their merits only - but some in oursociety never will.
Bob Marrie
Hollywood
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-brmail985sbmar20,0,97940.story
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Vt. court upholds lesbian's visitation rights
Gay groups laud ruling as in child's best interests
http://www.expressgaynews.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=17257
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Price tags for Md. gay bills disputed
Estimates vary widely on cost of marriage rights
Conflicting reports are claiming that same-sex marriage would cost Maryland$2.3 million per year - or result in a $3.2 million windfall.
http://www.expressgaynews.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=17240
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Rita Mae Brown: Loves Cats, Hates Marriage
No one could ever accuse Rita Mae Brown, 63, of having lived a boring life.
The bestselling author of 37 books is nothing if not versatile: feministactivist, mystery writer, lesbian pioneer, fox hunter, screenwriter,novelist, animal rescuer.
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1723482,00.html?xid=rss-arts
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Spring Break-the-gays'-Spirits
Every year, student's from Lincoln, Illinois' Lincoln Christian College aregiven a list of mission trips towards which they can choose to dedicate aweek of their time. This year, those choices include things like travelingto New Orleans to help Katrina survivors, improving the living conditions inlow-income New England communities, and serving the needs of Lincoln's localelderly. So you know, typical missionary work.
Oh, and there's also another option in which students who want to make amore atypical pilgrimage can travel to Huntington, CT, where they will learnabout homosexuality from professional "ex-gay" Stephen Bennett. We shit younot: .... #12 Huntington, CT Schwartz, Barr $600 Mar 15-22 -This trip was designed specifically for those who have a passionate desireto see the homosexual community come to Christ.
http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you/2008/03/spring-break-th.html
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Bill Clinton on Aids Funding, DOMA and DADT
Bill Clinton spoke to a roundtable of college journalists on Sunday, thefirst installment of mtvU's "Editorial Board," which lets young journalistsask newsmakers about issues that are important to them.
http://visiblevote08.logoonline.com/2008/03/17/bill-clinton-on-aids-funding-doma-and-dadt/
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If Obama can throw his pastor under the bus, what will he do to us?
When the religious narrative you tell about your life to the American publicis revealed to be vastly different than the one you actually lived, you havemore than a credibility problem - you have a dilemma as Obama is findingout.
http://www.bilerico.com/2008/03/if_obama_can_throw_his_pastor_under_the.php
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365Gay.com
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Primary Re-Dos Boil Down To Will
(Detroit, Michigan) Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton bluntly challenged BarackObama to agree to new primaries in Michigan and Florida on Wednesday andsaid it was "wrong, and frankly un-American" not to have the two delegationsseated at the Democratic National Convention.
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Clinton Papers Resurrect Lewinski Affair
(New York City) Newly released schedules from Hillary Rodham Clinton's eightyears in the White House portray an activist first lady who weighed in onpolicy, traveled the globe and won a race for the U.S. Senate.
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Bill Would Ease Fla. Gay Adoption Ban
(Tallahassee, Florida) A state senator has filed legislation to ease athree-decade old ban on gays adopting children in Florida.
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Use Of Health Care Service Differs With Sexuality
(Ottawa) A new study has found the use of health-care services differsdepending on sexuality.
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College Gossip Site Under Scrutiny
(Trenton, New Jersey) New Jersey prosecutors have subpoenaed records of aWeb site that publishes anonymous, often malicious gossip about collegestudents.
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National Gay News
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Florida: Weston Senator Wants To End Gay Adoption Ban
Hoping to reverse a three decades old ban on adoptions by gay and lesbiancouples because of their sexual orientation, state Senator Nan Rich ofWeston has introduced a new bill that would instruct judges to consider thechild's best when placing them in permanent homes. Florida is just one ofthree states that ban gay and lesbian couples from adopting children; theother two are Mississippi and Utah.
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Michael Stipe Comes Out in Order to 'Help Some Kid Somewhere'
R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe has revealed he is gay. The singer has neverfelt the need to publicly discuss his sexuality before, but thinks now isthe right time to do so.He said: "It was super complicated for me in the'80s. I was totally open with the band and my family and my friends andcertainly the people I was sleeping with. I thought it was pretty obvious.
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City Council Passes Gay, Lesbian Protection
Columbia is possibly the first city in South Carolina and one of only ahandful of municipalities in the Southeast to make it illegal todiscriminate against people in housing and public accommodations based ontheir sexual orientation. City Council gave unanimous final approval to theprotection March 5.
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GLAAD to Have Full-Time Presence in San Francisco Area
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) announced today thehiring of Juan Barajas as a Senior Director to be based in the SanFrancisco/Bay Area. In this new role, Barajas will report directly to GLAADPresident Neil G. Giuliano and will be responsible for strengthening GLAAD'smedia advocacy and anti-defamation work in the region in its many forms andcollaborating with other lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) andallied organizations.
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Cruising Outside the Nightclubs
Hello sailor! How many of us have longed to hear or say those words?Sailingconjures up images of uniforms, tropical ports (and a conquest in everyone), rum, freedom of the open ocean, dark cabins and cabin boys, watersport, ropes, discipline on the high seas, floggings at the mast . oh sorry,where was I?
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Walk to Prevent Suicide
Definitive information is currently lacking on whether gay, lesbian,bisexual or transgender persons die by suicide more frequently thanheterosexuals. However, research from several different countries doesindicate that LGBT individuals have elevated rates of suicide attempts, aswell as higher rates of depression and other factors that suggest increasedsuicide risk. Less well understood are the reasons underlying these higherrates, or how LGBT suicide in adolescents, adults and olderadults can be effectively prevented.
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The Advocate
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DP Benefits Still in Play for Arizona State Workers
The Arizona senate defeated a measure on Tuesday that would have preventedstate employees from adding domestic partners and their children to theirbenefits plans. The bill failed on a vote of 16-14, with one of the no votescoming from the bill's sponsor, Sen. Pamela Gorman, in a procedural move tokeep the bill alive, according to a Equality Arizona press release.
http://advocate.com/news_detail_ektid52819.asp
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Democrats Cheer Voter Enthusiasm But Worry About Divisive Convention
Liberals are antsy. They haven't seen Democratic voter enthusiasm like thisin a long time, and they'd rather not wait until the party's Augustconvention to harness it to the party's presidential nominee.
http://advocate.com/news_detail_ektid52810.asp
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Straight-Acting
In this piece written exclusively for The Advocate, Angelo Pezzote - advicecolumnist and author of the new book Straight Acting: Gay Men, Masculinityand Finding True Love - examines the gay community's obsession with the ideaof being "straight-acting" and how destructive it is for gay relationshipsand one's psyche.
http://advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid52793.asp
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Marriage Equality News
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Conflicting reports are claiming that same-sex marriage would cost Maryland$2.3 million per year - or result in a $3.2 million windfall. Fiscalanalyses delivered this month to state lawmakers show that marriage, civilunions or domestic partnerships for Maryland's same-sex couples could drainmore than $2.3 million annually from state coffers. The notes, prepared bythe Maryland Office of Policy Analysis, say the unions would cost $2.2million in health and retirement benefits for state employees. But gayactivists and some state lawmakers are challenging the calculations.
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled 6-1 on March 17 against JoanProcito's bid for unemployment benefits to compensate for leaving her job tofollow her same-sex domestic partner to Florida. Upholding a decision by thestate's Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, the court seemed todeliberately obfuscate the facts of the case in order to avoid reachingconstitutional claims that Procito raised in her appeal, at least accordingto the criticisms that dissenting Judge Rochelle S. Friedman made againstthe majority's view of the case. Procito v. Unemployment Compensation Boardof Review, 2008 WL 696393.
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Uncle Bobby's Wedding, by Massachusetts author and illustrator SarahBrannen, is more than just a good LGBT-inclusive children's book; it is agood children's book, period. It tells the sweet story of Chloe, ananthropomorphic young guinea pig who worries that Uncle Bobby won't keephaving fun with her after he marries his boyfriend Jamie. Uncle Bobbyexplains that their special times together will not end; Chloe will not belosing an uncle, but gaining one. The book ends at the wedding, with Chloeas the enthusiastic flower girl.
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Pink News - UK
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Doctors told to speak up if they object to gay parents
New guidelines from the General Medical Council mean doctors will have toreveal to patients if they object to fertility treatment for lesbian and gaycouples. Personal Beliefs and Medical Practice also covers abortion, thewearing of veils by female doctors and circumcision of male children. Underthe new guidelines, doctors who morally or for religious reasons do not wantto treat same-sex couples seeking fertility treatment must refer them toanother medic.
click here for the full article
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Ken Livingstone invited to Moscow Pride
The organisers of Moscow Pride have invited the Mayors of London, Paris andBerlin to attend this year. Last year's event was banned and gay protesters,including Peter Tatchell and Right Said Fred singer Richard Fairbrass, werephysically attacked by a homophobic mob. In an interview with PinkNews.co.uklast year, London Mayor Ken Livingstone said he may attend Moscow Pride.
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Washington grants new rights to same-sex couples
The US state of Washington has signed into law a Domestic PartnershipExpansion bill that will provide more than 160 new rights andresponsibilities to registered domestic partners. The bill passed the stateSenate on March 4th and the House last month. Governor Chris Gregoire signedthe bill into law yesterday.It builds on a 2007 law, which created adomestic partner registry and provided specific rights and responsibilitiesfor both same-sex and opposite sex couples.
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Gay poet will stay on Ireland's school curriculum
The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) in Ireland hassaid that works by a poet accused of sexually exploiting young men in Nepalwill continue to be taught in schools.Education Minister Mary Hanafin hasbeen advised by the council: "On balance, the Council considered that itsoriginal position on the artistic merit and suitability for study of thework of Cathal O'Searcaigh should stand."The poet has been accused of the"sexual exploitation and grooming" of 16 year old Nepalese boys.
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Greek Orthodox church slams rights for unmarried couples
The Greek Othordox Church has spoken out against proposals to allowunmarried heretosexual couples in the country to have their relationshipsregistered. The BBC reports that the Chruch's governing synod describedmoves by the Greek government to afford unmarried or defacto couples thesame legal rights as their married counterparts as a "catastrophic bomb"which threatened Greek society and compared the move to prostitution."
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Gay dating site helps AIDS fight through grid computing
Computer users can help find a cure for AIDS with the click of amouse.Through the technology known as grid computing, PC users are now ableto assist scientific research halfway across the world, equipped only withtheir computers and their Internet connection.Gay dating site Fitlads.net isasking its members to install a small piece of software, by invitation fromthe research laboratory working on the project as part ofFightAIDS@Home.
click here for the full article
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Amstell's talent recognised by British Academy
The Best Entertainment Performer category at this year's television BAFTAsis dominated by gay men, it has emerged. Nominations for the BritishAcademy of Film and Television Arts TV awards were announced yesterday.
Simon Amstell, host of the rock comedy panel show Never Mind the Buzzcocks,was named as a best entertainer nominee, alongside Alan Carr, who co-hostsThe Friday Night Project, and Stephen Fry for his intellectually-arousinggame show QI.
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Comment: Obama's hit and miss speech on race
In a speech prompted by extensive media coverage of the divisive,racially-tinged sermons of his pastor and 'spiritual mentor' of the lasttwenty years, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama today attempted toaddress concerns over his stance on issues, including race and patriotism,that have dogged his campaign for the last week. Speaking from the NationalConstitution Centre in Philadelphia, Senator Obama's words yesterdaybroadened the context of the debate beyond the firestorm surroundingReverend Wright's comments alone and instead focused on the subject of racein America.
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Tributes paid to private man and sci fi genius
Legendary science fiction author Sir Arthur C. Clarke has died at the age of90 at his home in Sri Lanka. Clarke, who wrote more than 100 books duringhis lifetime, died early yesterday morning from respiratory failure.
Although Clarke was never open about his sexuality, he has long beenbelieved to be one of the most prominent gay writers of the last century.
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Top European Mayors Invited to May's Moscow Gay Pride
Three of Europe's leading mayors, two of them openly gay, have been invitedto attend this year's Moscow Pride, organisers said this morning, days aftera controversial St. Patrick's Day Parade which included nudity. MayorsBertrand Delanoë (Paris), Ken Livingstone (London) and Klaus Wowereit(Berlin) have all been invited to the Gay Pride and associated conferencebeing held in the Russian capital on May 30 and 31.
http://ukgaynews.org.uk/Archive/08/Mar/2001.htm
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There's a report on the terrible situation in Russia online at Human RightsWatch at
http://hrw.org/backgrounder/lgbt/moscow0607/
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I am pleased to announce the Sacramento Pride Committee has confirmedNikolai Alexeyev will be the Grand Marshall of our parade and fair on 21June 2008. Nikolai's appearance is contingent on him being free to travelafter the Moscow Pride celebration/demonstration in Moscow on 31 May.Hopefully he will not be sitting in a Moscow hoosecow or restricted fromtraveling.
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(New York, March 18, 2008) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moonshould seek broad input and ensure transparency in the selection of LouiseArbour's successor as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Human RightsWatch and Amnesty International said in a joint letter released today. Theappointment process should be transparent and include wide consultation withrelevant stakeholders, and the job specifications should be made public, theletter said. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch called on thesecretary-general to make the short list of candidates for the post publicas well, as has been done previously in appointing the UN High Commissionerfor Refugees.
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Bush does not regret Iraq war
US President George W Bush says he has no regrets about the invasion of Iraqfive years ago. In a speech at the Pentagon, Mr Bush said that "removingSaddam Hussein from power was the right decision - and this is a fightAmerica can and must win". The president dismissed what he called"exaggerated estimates" of the war costs.
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Activists Face Charges for Nonviolent Expression
(London, March 19, 2008) - The Indonesian government should order theimmediate release of nine Papua activists arrested for displaying the PapuanMorning Star flag, Human Rights Watch said today. All charges against themshould be dropped. On March 13, police arrested nine people in Manokwari,West Papua, during a demonstration against a 2007 law banning the display ofseparatist symbols, including the Morning Star Flag. One of the nine incustody is reported to be a 16-year-old boy. Indonesia's arrest anddetention of peaceful activists violates the internationally recognizedrights to freedom of expression and assembly.
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President Kaczynski's Scandalous Address to the Nation
On March 17, 2008, the Polish national television station TVP emitted arecorded address to the nation by Lech Kaczynski regarding his unwillingnessto sign the Lisbon Treaty. Standing in front the Polish and EU flags, withpatriotic music in the background, he first detailed the successes of beingin the EU but quickly went on to say "Not everything in the EU is good forPoland". According to the President, the Charter of Fundamental Rights ofthe Lisbon Treaty contains provisions which threaten Poland's sovereigntyand would allow, for example, Germans to sue for property which Polandgained after World War II (images of Angela Merkel meeting with ErikaSteinbach were followed by a black and white map of pre-War Europe).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7303045.stm
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Poland's attempts to ratify the Lisbon Treaty have been thrown into disarrayafter President Lech Kaczynski made a controversial speech to the nationdecrying German influence on the country and gay marriage. Prime MinisterDonald Tusk accused the head of state of trying to scare Poles.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-7172.html
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Join TV Host, Marcellas Reynolds and several hundred Black LGBT, theirStraight allies, family and friends, plus over 50 national experts spanning35 workshops, panel discussions, Q&As and receptions at the Power of UsConference in Baltimore, April 24-25-26, 2008.
http://www.nbjcoalition.org/news/power-of-us-national.html
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Professor On S/M Site Is Cleared
A University of New Mexico administrator has determined that afaculty memberwho posed on a sadomasochism Web site with a graduatestudent should not facea faculty ethics inquiry.In a March 10 letter to English department faculty,Deputy Provost Richard Holder said he thinks associate professor Lisa Chávezusedpoor judgment in participating in the Web site's activities with oneofher students. But, Holder goes on to say, "In my mind this participation didnotrise to the level of calling into question her 'unfitness for duty.'
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This is a summary of references to sexual orientation and gender identityissues from the just-issued US State Department Human Rights Reports for2007, compiled by former Ambassador to Romania Michael Guest and MarkBromley of the LGBT Foreign Policy Project in the US. Activists may findthem useful, depending on the influence of the US in your country and thecredibility its human rights record retains.
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LGBT-Friendly College Fair: Will Your Campus Be There?
http://guest.cvent.com/i.aspx?1Q,P1,7E0E0ED8-361B-4B4E-8703-CB693F462881
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Gender Odyssey is a national conference focused on the thoughtfulexploration of gender. We strive to create an empowering environment wherepeople of all genders can share their experiences and learn from theexperiences of others. Mark your calendars. August 30th - September 1st,2008.
www.genderodyssey.org
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Housing is one of our most basic needs. Yet, the Health Resources andServices Administration (HRSA) wants to limit this human right for manypeople living with AIDS. HRSA has proposed an amendment that would create a24-month lifetime cap onRyan White emergency and transitional housing benefits. For many peopleliving with AIDS, Ryan White CARE Act transitional housing dollars are theonly thing preventing them from being homeless. Not onlydoes the amendment threaten to put people out on the street, it fails toaccount for people who are intermittently homeless and may periodically needthe benefit. And as we all know, our country is in a severe housing crisis -meaning that displaced PWAs would have an even harder time finding a placeto stay if these cuts are allowed to stand. Please call your senators andrepresentative today to demand the withdrawal of this harmful amendment:
http://www.champnetwork.org/
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Victory Fund Training Seeks Gay Candidates of Color
It is no secret that the path to GLBT civil rights runs through the halls oflegislative bodies at the local, state and national levels. Electedofficials say yea or nay to legislation that allows us to adopt children,visit our partners in the hospital, serve in the military and be open andhonest without fear of being fired from our jobs
http://bloggernista.com/2008/03/19/victory-fund-training-seeks-gay-candidates-of-color/
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Sally Kern hooks up with fundie law firm before agreeing to speak to thehomos
The story that will not die, because the bigot is so stubborn. Why doesSally Kern need an attorney before engaging in a discussion with members ofthe LGBT community about her remarks as an elected official?
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=4815
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God Doesn't Love You
Oh those folk at Mercy Ministry are a wacky, crazy bunch. Their website islaced with promises written in soft pink fonts on white backgrounds, and thephotoshopped images of young smiling women may even lead you to believe thatthey mean well.
http://www.samesame.com.au/news/local/2135/God_Doesnt_Love_You
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Pragmatism needed to combat teen STDs
Research indicating that one in four teenage girls in the United States hasa sexually transmitted disease shows changes in policy are needed.
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2008/03/20/opinion/editorial/doc47defb5ee0b76165466654.txt
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LGBT: U.S. invasion has made life worse for Iraqi LGBT community
Iraq has never been a great place to be lesbian, gay, bisexual ortransgender. But since the U.S. invasion began five years ago, it has becomemuch worse, according a gay Iraqi who fled to London two years ago.
http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A43738
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Can you imagine the reaction from the media and critics if Barack Obama hadsimilarly misstated and misunderstood the difference between Sunni and Shiain Iraq, and confused which side Al Qaeda was on? He would have beenridiculed and labeled unfit to be commander in chief. There may well havebeen calls for him to leave the race because of his ignorance of foreignaffairs. Yet this is exactly the error that on at least four occasions Sen.John McCain made on his trip to the Middle East. After repeating his errorfor the third time, McCain was saved by a tap on the shoulder by ConnecticutSen. Joe Lieberman, who whispered that he had the wrong players on the wrongsides. What is going with the double standard here?
http://citizenchris.typepad.com/citizenchris/2008/03/what-if-obama-h.html
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Peter Sprigg - Family Research Council
"I would much prefer to export homosexuals from the United States than toimport them into the United States because we believe homosexuality isdestructive to society."
http://citizenchris.typepad.com/citizenchris/2008/03/say-whaaaa.html
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Rev. Jeremiah Wright, The United Church of Christ and Black LGBTs
There has been some unfair speculation on several LGBT and political blogsthat Rev. Jeremiah Wright- Barack Obama's pastor at Chicago's Trinity UnitedChurch of Christ and the center of the current political firestorm-has madeanti-gay comments. Nothing could be further from the truth.
http://rodonline.typepad.com/rodonline/2008/03/rev-jeremiah-wr.html
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Does Jimmy Kimmel Have a Problem with Gays?
What's up with Jimmy Kimmel and gay people? On one hand, the host of thelate-night ABC talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live has treated his many gay guestswith respect. And since 2002, he has been dating comedian Sarah Silverman,known for her strongly pro-gay views (even telling the Advocate that shedoesn't want to get married until gay people can).
http://www.afterelton.com/TV/2008/3/jimmykimmel
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Obama: From Crisis to Crowning Achievement
It had been a devastating week for Barack Obama. The rationale for hisentire campaign was hope and reconciliation. Yet, for days, his formerpastor, Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, was shown on television delivering rabidand racially insensitive sermons denouncing America. Rightfully sensing hiscandidacy may be history if he did not respond, Obama answered with aspine-tingling, tear-evoking historical speech that was so remarkable, itdrew comparisons to addresses made by Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy.
http://www.waynebesen.com/2008/03/obama-from-crisis-to-crowning.html
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Political Fight in Poland Hits Home for Gay Pair
Brendan Fay, a well-known gay activist in New York, has found himself,however improbably, a symbol in a political struggle in Poland over equalrights for gay men and lesbians that could affect the nation's integrationinto the European Union and the balance of political power in Warsaw.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/20/nyregion/20gay.html?scp=2&sq=GAY&st=nyt
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All our "education" doesn't seem to eliminate bias
When I vote, I could care less if one is gay or straight, black or white, orwhatever. However, when County Commissioner Ken Keechl states 99.9 percentof his decisions have nothing to do with his gay perspective (and I believehim), why is it the first thing written after his name is his sexualorientation? Or, in fact, after any politician who is openly gay? Then in the same article, "Gay candidates focus on wider agenda," former Fort Lauderdale City Commissioner Dean Trantalis says he doesn't think theanti-gay sentiment is gone, that there "is homophobia" in Fort Lauderdale.
Gee, what a revelation.We can educate, educate, educate, but there will
always be anti-gay,anti-black, anti-Semitism, etc. Not as much as there once was, but it stillexists. We should vote people in on their merits only - but some in oursociety never will.
Bob Marrie
Hollywood
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-brmail985sbmar20,0,97940.story
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Vt. court upholds lesbian's visitation rights
Gay groups laud ruling as in child's best interests
http://www.expressgaynews.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=17257
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Price tags for Md. gay bills disputed
Estimates vary widely on cost of marriage rights
Conflicting reports are claiming that same-sex marriage would cost Maryland$2.3 million per year - or result in a $3.2 million windfall.
http://www.expressgaynews.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=17240
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Rita Mae Brown: Loves Cats, Hates Marriage
No one could ever accuse Rita Mae Brown, 63, of having lived a boring life.
The bestselling author of 37 books is nothing if not versatile: feministactivist, mystery writer, lesbian pioneer, fox hunter, screenwriter,novelist, animal rescuer.
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1723482,00.html?xid=rss-arts
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Spring Break-the-gays'-Spirits
Every year, student's from Lincoln, Illinois' Lincoln Christian College aregiven a list of mission trips towards which they can choose to dedicate aweek of their time. This year, those choices include things like travelingto New Orleans to help Katrina survivors, improving the living conditions inlow-income New England communities, and serving the needs of Lincoln's localelderly. So you know, typical missionary work.
Oh, and there's also another option in which students who want to make amore atypical pilgrimage can travel to Huntington, CT, where they will learnabout homosexuality from professional "ex-gay" Stephen Bennett. We shit younot: .... #12 Huntington, CT Schwartz, Barr $600 Mar 15-22 -This trip was designed specifically for those who have a passionate desireto see the homosexual community come to Christ.
http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you/2008/03/spring-break-th.html
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Bill Clinton on Aids Funding, DOMA and DADT
Bill Clinton spoke to a roundtable of college journalists on Sunday, thefirst installment of mtvU's "Editorial Board," which lets young journalistsask newsmakers about issues that are important to them.
http://visiblevote08.logoonline.com/2008/03/17/bill-clinton-on-aids-funding-doma-and-dadt/
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If Obama can throw his pastor under the bus, what will he do to us?
When the religious narrative you tell about your life to the American publicis revealed to be vastly different than the one you actually lived, you havemore than a credibility problem - you have a dilemma as Obama is findingout.
http://www.bilerico.com/2008/03/if_obama_can_throw_his_pastor_under_the.php
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365Gay.com
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Primary Re-Dos Boil Down To Will
(Detroit, Michigan) Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton bluntly challenged BarackObama to agree to new primaries in Michigan and Florida on Wednesday andsaid it was "wrong, and frankly un-American" not to have the two delegationsseated at the Democratic National Convention.
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Clinton Papers Resurrect Lewinski Affair
(New York City) Newly released schedules from Hillary Rodham Clinton's eightyears in the White House portray an activist first lady who weighed in onpolicy, traveled the globe and won a race for the U.S. Senate.
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Bill Would Ease Fla. Gay Adoption Ban
(Tallahassee, Florida) A state senator has filed legislation to ease athree-decade old ban on gays adopting children in Florida.
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Use Of Health Care Service Differs With Sexuality
(Ottawa) A new study has found the use of health-care services differsdepending on sexuality.
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College Gossip Site Under Scrutiny
(Trenton, New Jersey) New Jersey prosecutors have subpoenaed records of aWeb site that publishes anonymous, often malicious gossip about collegestudents.
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National Gay News
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Florida: Weston Senator Wants To End Gay Adoption Ban
Hoping to reverse a three decades old ban on adoptions by gay and lesbiancouples because of their sexual orientation, state Senator Nan Rich ofWeston has introduced a new bill that would instruct judges to consider thechild's best when placing them in permanent homes. Florida is just one ofthree states that ban gay and lesbian couples from adopting children; theother two are Mississippi and Utah.
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Michael Stipe Comes Out in Order to 'Help Some Kid Somewhere'
R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe has revealed he is gay. The singer has neverfelt the need to publicly discuss his sexuality before, but thinks now isthe right time to do so.He said: "It was super complicated for me in the'80s. I was totally open with the band and my family and my friends andcertainly the people I was sleeping with. I thought it was pretty obvious.
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City Council Passes Gay, Lesbian Protection
Columbia is possibly the first city in South Carolina and one of only ahandful of municipalities in the Southeast to make it illegal todiscriminate against people in housing and public accommodations based ontheir sexual orientation. City Council gave unanimous final approval to theprotection March 5.
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GLAAD to Have Full-Time Presence in San Francisco Area
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) announced today thehiring of Juan Barajas as a Senior Director to be based in the SanFrancisco/Bay Area. In this new role, Barajas will report directly to GLAADPresident Neil G. Giuliano and will be responsible for strengthening GLAAD'smedia advocacy and anti-defamation work in the region in its many forms andcollaborating with other lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) andallied organizations.
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Cruising Outside the Nightclubs
Hello sailor! How many of us have longed to hear or say those words?Sailingconjures up images of uniforms, tropical ports (and a conquest in everyone), rum, freedom of the open ocean, dark cabins and cabin boys, watersport, ropes, discipline on the high seas, floggings at the mast . oh sorry,where was I?
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Walk to Prevent Suicide
Definitive information is currently lacking on whether gay, lesbian,bisexual or transgender persons die by suicide more frequently thanheterosexuals. However, research from several different countries doesindicate that LGBT individuals have elevated rates of suicide attempts, aswell as higher rates of depression and other factors that suggest increasedsuicide risk. Less well understood are the reasons underlying these higherrates, or how LGBT suicide in adolescents, adults and olderadults can be effectively prevented.
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DP Benefits Still in Play for Arizona State Workers
The Arizona senate defeated a measure on Tuesday that would have preventedstate employees from adding domestic partners and their children to theirbenefits plans. The bill failed on a vote of 16-14, with one of the no votescoming from the bill's sponsor, Sen. Pamela Gorman, in a procedural move tokeep the bill alive, according to a Equality Arizona press release.
http://advocate.com/news_detail_ektid52819.asp
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Democrats Cheer Voter Enthusiasm But Worry About Divisive Convention
Liberals are antsy. They haven't seen Democratic voter enthusiasm like thisin a long time, and they'd rather not wait until the party's Augustconvention to harness it to the party's presidential nominee.
http://advocate.com/news_detail_ektid52810.asp
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Straight-Acting
In this piece written exclusively for The Advocate, Angelo Pezzote - advicecolumnist and author of the new book Straight Acting: Gay Men, Masculinityand Finding True Love - examines the gay community's obsession with the ideaof being "straight-acting" and how destructive it is for gay relationshipsand one's psyche.
http://advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid52793.asp
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Marriage Equality News
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Conflicting reports are claiming that same-sex marriage would cost Maryland$2.3 million per year - or result in a $3.2 million windfall. Fiscalanalyses delivered this month to state lawmakers show that marriage, civilunions or domestic partnerships for Maryland's same-sex couples could drainmore than $2.3 million annually from state coffers. The notes, prepared bythe Maryland Office of Policy Analysis, say the unions would cost $2.2million in health and retirement benefits for state employees. But gayactivists and some state lawmakers are challenging the calculations.
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled 6-1 on March 17 against JoanProcito's bid for unemployment benefits to compensate for leaving her job tofollow her same-sex domestic partner to Florida. Upholding a decision by thestate's Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, the court seemed todeliberately obfuscate the facts of the case in order to avoid reachingconstitutional claims that Procito raised in her appeal, at least accordingto the criticisms that dissenting Judge Rochelle S. Friedman made againstthe majority's view of the case. Procito v. Unemployment Compensation Boardof Review, 2008 WL 696393.
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Uncle Bobby's Wedding, by Massachusetts author and illustrator SarahBrannen, is more than just a good LGBT-inclusive children's book; it is agood children's book, period. It tells the sweet story of Chloe, ananthropomorphic young guinea pig who worries that Uncle Bobby won't keephaving fun with her after he marries his boyfriend Jamie. Uncle Bobbyexplains that their special times together will not end; Chloe will not belosing an uncle, but gaining one. The book ends at the wedding, with Chloeas the enthusiastic flower girl.
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Doctors told to speak up if they object to gay parents
New guidelines from the General Medical Council mean doctors will have toreveal to patients if they object to fertility treatment for lesbian and gaycouples. Personal Beliefs and Medical Practice also covers abortion, thewearing of veils by female doctors and circumcision of male children. Underthe new guidelines, doctors who morally or for religious reasons do not wantto treat same-sex couples seeking fertility treatment must refer them toanother medic.
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Ken Livingstone invited to Moscow Pride
The organisers of Moscow Pride have invited the Mayors of London, Paris andBerlin to attend this year. Last year's event was banned and gay protesters,including Peter Tatchell and Right Said Fred singer Richard Fairbrass, werephysically attacked by a homophobic mob. In an interview with PinkNews.co.uklast year, London Mayor Ken Livingstone said he may attend Moscow Pride.
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Washington grants new rights to same-sex couples
The US state of Washington has signed into law a Domestic PartnershipExpansion bill that will provide more than 160 new rights andresponsibilities to registered domestic partners. The bill passed the stateSenate on March 4th and the House last month. Governor Chris Gregoire signedthe bill into law yesterday.It builds on a 2007 law, which created adomestic partner registry and provided specific rights and responsibilitiesfor both same-sex and opposite sex couples.
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Gay poet will stay on Ireland's school curriculum
The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) in Ireland hassaid that works by a poet accused of sexually exploiting young men in Nepalwill continue to be taught in schools.Education Minister Mary Hanafin hasbeen advised by the council: "On balance, the Council considered that itsoriginal position on the artistic merit and suitability for study of thework of Cathal O'Searcaigh should stand."The poet has been accused of the"sexual exploitation and grooming" of 16 year old Nepalese boys.
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Greek Orthodox church slams rights for unmarried couples
The Greek Othordox Church has spoken out against proposals to allowunmarried heretosexual couples in the country to have their relationshipsregistered. The BBC reports that the Chruch's governing synod describedmoves by the Greek government to afford unmarried or defacto couples thesame legal rights as their married counterparts as a "catastrophic bomb"which threatened Greek society and compared the move to prostitution."
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Gay dating site helps AIDS fight through grid computing
Computer users can help find a cure for AIDS with the click of amouse.Through the technology known as grid computing, PC users are now ableto assist scientific research halfway across the world, equipped only withtheir computers and their Internet connection.Gay dating site Fitlads.net isasking its members to install a small piece of software, by invitation fromthe research laboratory working on the project as part ofFightAIDS@Home.
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Amstell's talent recognised by British Academy
The Best Entertainment Performer category at this year's television BAFTAsis dominated by gay men, it has emerged. Nominations for the BritishAcademy of Film and Television Arts TV awards were announced yesterday.
Simon Amstell, host of the rock comedy panel show Never Mind the Buzzcocks,was named as a best entertainer nominee, alongside Alan Carr, who co-hostsThe Friday Night Project, and Stephen Fry for his intellectually-arousinggame show QI.
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Comment: Obama's hit and miss speech on race
In a speech prompted by extensive media coverage of the divisive,racially-tinged sermons of his pastor and 'spiritual mentor' of the lasttwenty years, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama today attempted toaddress concerns over his stance on issues, including race and patriotism,that have dogged his campaign for the last week. Speaking from the NationalConstitution Centre in Philadelphia, Senator Obama's words yesterdaybroadened the context of the debate beyond the firestorm surroundingReverend Wright's comments alone and instead focused on the subject of racein America.
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Tributes paid to private man and sci fi genius
Legendary science fiction author Sir Arthur C. Clarke has died at the age of90 at his home in Sri Lanka. Clarke, who wrote more than 100 books duringhis lifetime, died early yesterday morning from respiratory failure.
Although Clarke was never open about his sexuality, he has long beenbelieved to be one of the most prominent gay writers of the last century.
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Top European Mayors Invited to May's Moscow Gay Pride
Three of Europe's leading mayors, two of them openly gay, have been invitedto attend this year's Moscow Pride, organisers said this morning, days aftera controversial St. Patrick's Day Parade which included nudity. MayorsBertrand Delanoë (Paris), Ken Livingstone (London) and Klaus Wowereit(Berlin) have all been invited to the Gay Pride and associated conferencebeing held in the Russian capital on May 30 and 31.
http://ukgaynews.org.uk/Archive/08/Mar/2001.htm
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There's a report on the terrible situation in Russia online at Human RightsWatch at
http://hrw.org/backgrounder/lgbt/moscow0607/
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I am pleased to announce the Sacramento Pride Committee has confirmedNikolai Alexeyev will be the Grand Marshall of our parade and fair on 21June 2008. Nikolai's appearance is contingent on him being free to travelafter the Moscow Pride celebration/demonstration in Moscow on 31 May.Hopefully he will not be sitting in a Moscow hoosecow or restricted fromtraveling.
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(New York, March 18, 2008) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moonshould seek broad input and ensure transparency in the selection of LouiseArbour's successor as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Human RightsWatch and Amnesty International said in a joint letter released today. Theappointment process should be transparent and include wide consultation withrelevant stakeholders, and the job specifications should be made public, theletter said. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch called on thesecretary-general to make the short list of candidates for the post publicas well, as has been done previously in appointing the UN High Commissionerfor Refugees.
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Bush does not regret Iraq war
US President George W Bush says he has no regrets about the invasion of Iraqfive years ago. In a speech at the Pentagon, Mr Bush said that "removingSaddam Hussein from power was the right decision - and this is a fightAmerica can and must win". The president dismissed what he called"exaggerated estimates" of the war costs.
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Activists Face Charges for Nonviolent Expression
(London, March 19, 2008) - The Indonesian government should order theimmediate release of nine Papua activists arrested for displaying the PapuanMorning Star flag, Human Rights Watch said today. All charges against themshould be dropped. On March 13, police arrested nine people in Manokwari,West Papua, during a demonstration against a 2007 law banning the display ofseparatist symbols, including the Morning Star Flag. One of the nine incustody is reported to be a 16-year-old boy. Indonesia's arrest anddetention of peaceful activists violates the internationally recognizedrights to freedom of expression and assembly.
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President Kaczynski's Scandalous Address to the Nation
On March 17, 2008, the Polish national television station TVP emitted arecorded address to the nation by Lech Kaczynski regarding his unwillingnessto sign the Lisbon Treaty. Standing in front the Polish and EU flags, withpatriotic music in the background, he first detailed the successes of beingin the EU but quickly went on to say "Not everything in the EU is good forPoland". According to the President, the Charter of Fundamental Rights ofthe Lisbon Treaty contains provisions which threaten Poland's sovereigntyand would allow, for example, Germans to sue for property which Polandgained after World War II (images of Angela Merkel meeting with ErikaSteinbach were followed by a black and white map of pre-War Europe).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7303045.stm
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Poland's attempts to ratify the Lisbon Treaty have been thrown into disarrayafter President Lech Kaczynski made a controversial speech to the nationdecrying German influence on the country and gay marriage. Prime MinisterDonald Tusk accused the head of state of trying to scare Poles.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-7172.html
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Join TV Host, Marcellas Reynolds and several hundred Black LGBT, theirStraight allies, family and friends, plus over 50 national experts spanning35 workshops, panel discussions, Q&As and receptions at the Power of UsConference in Baltimore, April 24-25-26, 2008.
http://www.nbjcoalition.org/news/power-of-us-national.html
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Professor On S/M Site Is Cleared
A University of New Mexico administrator has determined that afaculty memberwho posed on a sadomasochism Web site with a graduatestudent should not facea faculty ethics inquiry.In a March 10 letter to English department faculty,Deputy Provost Richard Holder said he thinks associate professor Lisa Chávezusedpoor judgment in participating in the Web site's activities with oneofher students. But, Holder goes on to say, "In my mind this participation didnotrise to the level of calling into question her 'unfitness for duty.'
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This is a summary of references to sexual orientation and gender identityissues from the just-issued US State Department Human Rights Reports for2007, compiled by former Ambassador to Romania Michael Guest and MarkBromley of the LGBT Foreign Policy Project in the US. Activists may findthem useful, depending on the influence of the US in your country and thecredibility its human rights record retains.
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LGBT-Friendly College Fair: Will Your Campus Be There?
http://guest.cvent.com/i.aspx?1Q,P1,7E0E0ED8-361B-4B4E-8703-CB693F462881
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Gender Odyssey is a national conference focused on the thoughtfulexploration of gender. We strive to create an empowering environment wherepeople of all genders can share their experiences and learn from theexperiences of others. Mark your calendars. August 30th - September 1st,2008.
www.genderodyssey.org
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Housing is one of our most basic needs. Yet, the Health Resources andServices Administration (HRSA) wants to limit this human right for manypeople living with AIDS. HRSA has proposed an amendment that would create a24-month lifetime cap onRyan White emergency and transitional housing benefits. For many peopleliving with AIDS, Ryan White CARE Act transitional housing dollars are theonly thing preventing them from being homeless. Not onlydoes the amendment threaten to put people out on the street, it fails toaccount for people who are intermittently homeless and may periodically needthe benefit. And as we all know, our country is in a severe housing crisis -meaning that displaced PWAs would have an even harder time finding a placeto stay if these cuts are allowed to stand. Please call your senators andrepresentative today to demand the withdrawal of this harmful amendment:
http://www.champnetwork.org/
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Daily Queer News
dailyqueernews@yahoo.com
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Victory Fund Training Seeks Gay Candidates of Color
It is no secret that the path to GLBT civil rights runs through the halls oflegislative bodies at the local, state and national levels. Electedofficials say yea or nay to legislation that allows us to adopt children,visit our partners in the hospital, serve in the military and be open andhonest without fear of being fired from our jobs
http://bloggernista.com/2008/03/19/victory-fund-training-seeks-gay-candidates-of-color/
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Sally Kern hooks up with fundie law firm before agreeing to speak to thehomos
The story that will not die, because the bigot is so stubborn. Why doesSally Kern need an attorney before engaging in a discussion with members ofthe LGBT community about her remarks as an elected official?
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=4815
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God Doesn't Love You
Oh those folk at Mercy Ministry are a wacky, crazy bunch. Their website islaced with promises written in soft pink fonts on white backgrounds, and thephotoshopped images of young smiling women may even lead you to believe thatthey mean well.
http://www.samesame.com.au/news/local/2135/God_Doesnt_Love_You
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Pragmatism needed to combat teen STDs
Research indicating that one in four teenage girls in the United States hasa sexually transmitted disease shows changes in policy are needed.
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2008/03/20/opinion/editorial/doc47defb5ee0b76165466654.txt
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LGBT: U.S. invasion has made life worse for Iraqi LGBT community
Iraq has never been a great place to be lesbian, gay, bisexual ortransgender. But since the U.S. invasion began five years ago, it has becomemuch worse, according a gay Iraqi who fled to London two years ago.
http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A43738
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Can you imagine the reaction from the media and critics if Barack Obama hadsimilarly misstated and misunderstood the difference between Sunni and Shiain Iraq, and confused which side Al Qaeda was on? He would have beenridiculed and labeled unfit to be commander in chief. There may well havebeen calls for him to leave the race because of his ignorance of foreignaffairs. Yet this is exactly the error that on at least four occasions Sen.John McCain made on his trip to the Middle East. After repeating his errorfor the third time, McCain was saved by a tap on the shoulder by ConnecticutSen. Joe Lieberman, who whispered that he had the wrong players on the wrongsides. What is going with the double standard here?
http://citizenchris.typepad.com/citizenchris/2008/03/what-if-obama-h.html
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Peter Sprigg - Family Research Council
"I would much prefer to export homosexuals from the United States than toimport them into the United States because we believe homosexuality isdestructive to society."
http://citizenchris.typepad.com/citizenchris/2008/03/say-whaaaa.html
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Rev. Jeremiah Wright, The United Church of Christ and Black LGBTs
There has been some unfair speculation on several LGBT and political blogsthat Rev. Jeremiah Wright- Barack Obama's pastor at Chicago's Trinity UnitedChurch of Christ and the center of the current political firestorm-has madeanti-gay comments. Nothing could be further from the truth.
http://rodonline.typepad.com/rodonline/2008/03/rev-jeremiah-wr.html
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Does Jimmy Kimmel Have a Problem with Gays?
What's up with Jimmy Kimmel and gay people? On one hand, the host of thelate-night ABC talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live has treated his many gay guestswith respect. And since 2002, he has been dating comedian Sarah Silverman,known for her strongly pro-gay views (even telling the Advocate that shedoesn't want to get married until gay people can).
http://www.afterelton.com/TV/2008/3/jimmykimmel
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Anything but Straight
http://www.waynebesen.com/
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Obama: From Crisis to Crowning Achievement
It had been a devastating week for Barack Obama. The rationale for hisentire campaign was hope and reconciliation. Yet, for days, his formerpastor, Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, was shown on television delivering rabidand racially insensitive sermons denouncing America. Rightfully sensing hiscandidacy may be history if he did not respond, Obama answered with aspine-tingling, tear-evoking historical speech that was so remarkable, itdrew comparisons to addresses made by Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy.
http://www.waynebesen.com/2008/03/obama-from-crisis-to-crowning.html
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