GLBT DIGEST - May 14, 2009

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Obama considering 6 for high court

Pageant official quits over Miss. Calif. decision

White House Accelerates Effort to Fill Justice Slot

Man up, Obama, and shoot down this idea!

Women and Hispanics dominate Obama's list of possible high-court nominees

Former Catholic bishop of Milwaukee says he's gay

Sarah Palin Defends Miss Calif.

Sources: Obama considering 6 for high court

Tenn. nixes marriage of transgender woman, man

Besen: The Conservative implosion

Jonathan Ross 'mortified' over accusations of homophobia

Adoption agency labelled 'Nazis' after calling gay adoption critics 'retarded homophobes'

Row in Canterbury as gay group accuses council of 'ignoring' gay issues

Riga bans Baltic Pride

Exclusive: Jonathan Ross accused of homophobia

Peru bans gays from joining the police

Tennessee trans woman has marriage declared invalid

Apprentice candidates rebrand seaside town of Margate as a gay holiday spot

Gay visitors to Moscow told to expect violence

LGBT asylum seekers 'facing high levels of homelessness and discrimination'


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AP sources: Obama considering 6 for high court
By BEN FELLER
Focusing on specific candidates for the nation's highest court, President Barack Obama is considering a diverse list dominated by women and Hispanics. The six names confirmed as being under review by Obama include three judges, two members of his administration and one governor.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/14/AR2009051400483_pf.html

Pageant official quits over Miss. Calif. decision
By JOHN ROGERS
Former Miss USA Shanna Moakler resigned as co-executive director of the Miss California USA pageant on Wednesday, saying she no longer believes in the organization because of pageant owner Donald Trump's decision to let the state's controversial title holder keep her crown.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/14/AR2009051400872.html

White House Accelerates Effort to Fill Justice Slot
By JONATHAN WEISMAN
President Barack Obama sped up his search for a Supreme Court nominee Wednesday, meeting with key Senate leaders and beginning outreach to the liberal interest groups seeking to do battle on the president's behalf. White House officials said the list of potential nominees is longer than the six to eight names circulating in public. An office has been set up in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House, with White House Counsel Greg Craig taking the lead and Cynthia Hogan, Vice President Joe Biden's counsel, heading the vetting process.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124222274838815257.html

Man up, Obama, and shoot down this idea!
By Gary Stein
It is time for Barack Obama to man up. Enough of the wuss stuff. It is time for him to make a strong statement after the Senate decided this week it would be fine and dandy if gun lovers took their beloved loaded weapons into national parks.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/todaysbuzz/thursday/sfl-obama-guns-national-parks-buzz-stein-m051409,0,18717.htmlstory

Women and Hispanics dominate Obama's list of possible high-court nominees
BEN FELLER
Focusing on specific candidates for the nation's highest court, President Barack Obama is considering a diverse list dominated by women and Hispanics. The six names confirmed as being under review by Obama include three judges, two members of his administration and one governor. Officials familiar with Obama's deliberations say other people are also being discussed, including names that have not triggered public speculation.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/politics/wire/sns-ap-us-obama-supreme-court,0,4741985.story

Former Catholic bishop of Milwaukee says he's gay
Speaks of struggles in upcoming memoir
A Roman Catholic archbishop who resigned in 2002 over a sex and financial scandal involving a man describes his struggles with being gay in an upcoming memoir about his decades serving the church. Archbishop Rembert Weakland, former head of the Milwaukee archdiocese, said in an interview Monday that he wrote about his sexual orientation because he wanted to be candid about "how this came to life in my own self, how I suppressed it, how it resurrected again."
http://www.floridablade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=25433

Sarah Palin Defends Miss Calif.
By Julie Bolcer
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin issued a statement in defense of Miss California on Wednesday, saying that she could relate to the “liberal onslaught of malicious attacks against Carrie Prejean” and framing the controversy as a matter of free speech. “Carrie and I spoke soon after the attacks started; I can relate as a liberal target myself,” said Palin, also a beauty queen before she entered the spotlight as the Republican vice presidential nominee last year.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid84048.asp

Tenn. nixes marriage of transgender woman, man
By The Associated Press
Tennessee authorities have invalidated the 18-month marriage of a transgender woman and a man, saying the state considers them both men.
http://www.365gay.com/news/tenn-nixes-marriage-of-transgender-woman-man/

The Conservative implosion
By Wayne Besen
It was unusually satisfying to watch beauty contestant turned Bible-thumper Carrie Prejean crash and burn. In the bat of an eyelash, she went from Christian role model to wannabe underwear model after racy pictures of her surfaced. “They were quite inappropriate and certainly not photos befitting a beauty queen,” Alicia Jacobs, a Miss USA judge, told NBC’s Today Show.
http://www.365gay.com/opinion/besen-the-conservative-implosion/

Jonathan Ross 'mortified' over accusations of homophobia
Jonathan Ross has spoken out over claims he was homophobic on his BBC Radio 2 show on Saturday. The star had suggested children who appeared to be gay should be adopted before they bring their "partner" home, an exclusive report in PinkNews.co.uk revealed yesterday.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12436.html

Adoption agency labelled 'Nazis' after calling gay adoption critics 'retarded homophobes'
The British Association for Adoption and Fostering has come under fire for describing people who object to gay couples adopting as "retarded homophobes".
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12420.html

Row in Canterbury as gay group accuses council of 'ignoring' gay issues
A gay group called Pride in Canterbury has accused the city council of ignoring gay issues and failing to respond to their complaints.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12405.html

Riga bans Baltic Pride
The planned Baltic Pride march due to take place on Saturday in Riga, Latvia, has been banned by city officials.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12435.html

Exclusive: Jonathan Ross accused of homophobia
Ofcom have received a number of complaints over Jonathan Ross's BBC Radio 2 show on Saturday over alleged homophobia. The presenter suggested that children who appeared to be gay should be adopted.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12406.html

Peru bans gays from joining the police
Peru is planning to ban gays from joining the police, in an attempt to improve the reputation of the institution. Interior Minister Mercedes Cabanillas has proposed a raft of new measures to raise public confidence in the police.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12434.html

Tennessee trans woman has marriage declared invalid
A trans woman in Tennessee has had her marriage declared invalid after the state refused to recognise her female status.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12413.html

Apprentice candidates rebrand seaside town of Margate as a gay holiday spot
Last night's episode of The Apprentice saw candidates attempting to rebrand the seaside town of Margate as a gay holiday destination.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12411.html

LGBT asylum seekers 'facing high levels of homelessness and discrimination'
Gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans asylum seekers are suffering from high levels of discrimination, homelessness and exploitation, a report has claimed.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12403.html


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