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JAY FISETTE
Vice Chair, Arlington County Board
As governor, will you support and sign legislation to ban workplace discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) public employees, a protection now contained only in an executive order, and will you support health insurance benefits for "other qualified adults" who share a home with a state employee, as many of Virginia's top private employers offer today?
In the past, both candidates have made statements about gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Virginians that they now say they regret. Both now say they oppose discrimination based on sexual orientation. One of these men will soon oversee our state workforce as governor -- with the power to move from words to action.
As attorney general, Robert McDonnell declared that the governor did not have the power by executive order to end discrimination based on sexual orientation in state employment. But he also opined that a state agency (the University of Virginia) did have the authority to offer benefits to other adults living in state employee households. Ninety percent of Virginians support the right of GLBT people to work for our state government without discrimination. Almost two-thirds support the right of GLBT employees to share benefits with their partners. GLBT Virginians and their friends and families deserve to know what our next governor will do.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/11/AR2009091103440_pf.html
'Angels in America'
Fabled Gay Epic Finds New Wings
By Peter Marks
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, September 13, 2009
For sure, as a theater critic, you have a soft spot for the little guy, especially when he's swinging for the fences. So I've reserved the absolutely tenderest place this season for Forum Theatre, which is taking on a monster of a project: a revival of all seven hours of Tony Kushner's sprawling drama "Angels in America."
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Conservatives Gather in Capital
Critics of Obama Policies, Energized by Town-Hall Meetings, Will March Saturday
By MICHAEL M. PHILLIPS and NAFTALI BENDAVID
Conservative activists from around the country are gathering in Washington on Saturday, seeking to continue their momentum in shaping the national debate on everything from health care to White House staffing.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125271384109105225.html
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Federal child welfare officials may step in to help gay adoptive father get financial assistance
By Carol Marbin Miller
As a Miami appeals court ponders the fate of one gay adoptive father, federal child welfare regulators may step in on behalf of another. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services administrators have written an email backing the efforts of Wayne LaRue Smith, the first openly gay person in Florida to legally adopt in decades, who is seeking a federal subsidy given to Floridians who adopt a foster child.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/sfl-miami-gay-adopt-091209,0,3921965.story
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Spanish-language ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ forum to be held in downtown Miami on Monday, Sept. 14 | Main
Father of South African intersex athlete outraged at handling of case
BY STEVE ROTHAUS, srothaus@MiamiHerald.com
As South African running sensation Caster Semenya dropped out of sight Friday following reports that she has hidden male sex organs, her father expressed outrage and confusion -- emotions very often felt by families of intersex children, according to one local expert.
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GAY IN MIAMI: We're off to a `warmer' place
BY CHARLES PEREZ
I've decided to move out of the Sunshine State. It's a bit more chilly here than I had expected. Some may say good riddance, but I'm no longer willing to live in a place where I can't get married, can't adopt children and where there are no state laws to protect me from being fired because I'm gay.
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Discount to Gay Marriage Foes at Holiday Inn
An independently owned Holiday Inn in Augusta, Maine, is offering discounts to marriage equality opponents converging on the city Sunday night for a rally supporting a ballot initiative that could repeal the state's same-sex marriage law.
By Neal Broverman
An independently owned Holiday Inn in Augusta, Maine, is offering discounts to marriage equality opponents converging on the city Sunday night for a rally supporting Question 1, a November 3 ballot initiative that could repeal the state's legislatively passed same-sex marriage law.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/09/11/Discount_to_Gay_Marriage_Foes_at_Holiday_Inn/
Ellen’s Tune Troubles
Talk show producers for eagerly anticipated Idol judge DeGeneres may have to face the music in court.
By Matthew Breen
It’s her first full day in the music industry and already Ellen DeGeneres is hitting a sour note. Immediately following the announcement that DeGeneres will replace Paula Abdul on the upcoming season of American Idol, four major record companies have sued producers of The Ellen DeGeneres Show for unauthorized use of music.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/09/11/Ellen%E2%80%99s_Tune_Troubles/
Trevor Wayne's Pin Up Show
Inked, out, and "alternative," model Trevor Wayne strips down and talks to Advocate.com about challenging gay stereotypes -- and offers up a dozen images from his upcoming mini-mag Pin-Up Show and his collaboration with Clive Barker.
By Duane Wells
If you don’t immediately recognize Trevor Wayne’s face, you might recall catching a glimpse of one of the head-to-toe tattoos that have helped to earn the alternative pop model roles on ER, Mad TV, and Living With Fran in addition to landing him modeling gigs alongside Margaret Cho, Nip/Tuck’s Willam Belli, Project Runway’s Kit Pistol, Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Tom Lenk, and singer Cazwell.
http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/People/Trevor_Wayne__39;s_Pin-Up_Show/
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Nadler, Baldwin and Polis to introduce legislation to repeal DOMA
By 365gay Newswire
From a statement: (Washington, D.C.) Next Tuesday, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) will introduce legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), a law which discriminates against lawfully married same-sex couples.
http://www.365gay.com/news/nadler-baldwin-and-polis-to-introduce-legislation-to-repeal-doma/
Gay-friendly church launches anti-discrimination campaign.
By 365gay Newswire
A liberal church movement based in Texas has launched a campaign that is “designed to ask people whether Jesus would discriminate against others,” according to PinkNews.
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Designer Tom Ford says lack of rights for gay couples is 'disgusting'
Openly gay fashion designer Tom Ford has hit out at the bans on gay marriage and civil partnerships in many parts of the world.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-14041.html
Women and ethnic minorites overrepresented in gay military ban firings
Women and ethnic minorities are more likely than white men to be fired under the US military's ban on openly gay service members, official figures have suggested.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-14037.html
Jodie Foster reportedly splits with lesbian partner
Actress Jodie Foster is reportedly single again after splitting up with the woman she left her long-term partner for. According to reports, her partner Cindy Mort has returned to an old flame.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-14038.html
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Racism is a Tale Told in All Colors
Leonard Pitts Jr. \ Syndicated columnist \ Seattle Times
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
— Martin Luther King Jr.
Your blues, author BeBe Moore Campbell famously wrote, ain’t like mine.
I’ve occasionally borrowed that phrase to explain how bigotry as experienced by majority and minority is not the same: the one has access to levers of power enabling it to express its hatred in public policy, the other has access only to fists and words. But there are times that observation is simultaneously true, and irrelevant. This is one of them.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9892/
40,000 Californians Sign Petition Urging Governor to Sign Milk Bill
Nicole C. Brambila \ The Desert Sun
Equality California has delivered a petition signed by nearly 40,000 Californians, urging Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign the Harvey Milk Day Bill.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9891/
AL: Settlement Reached in Lambda Legal’s Federal Case Against the Mayor and City of Birmingham
Lambda Legal
(Birmingham, AL, September 2, 2009) — Yesterday afternoon, a settlement agreement was reached in Lambda Legal’s federal lawsuit on behalf of Central Alabama Pride (CAP) against the City of Birmingham and its Mayor, Larry Langford, who interfered with their right to free speech last summer.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9890/
BraveNew Films: Robert Reich and Healthcare Coverage Means for Workers
BraveNew Films
Dear Victoria,Watch this video of former Labor Secretary Robert Reich explaining what a public option for healthcare coverage really means for working people. Then pass it on to everyone you know.
We can’t let the insurance companies decide who gets care and who doesn’t.
Yours,
Robert Greenwald
and the Brave New Films team
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9889/
PA: Protest Against Anti-Gay Singer at the Troc
Michael Alan Goldberg | Philadephia Weekly
About a dozen members and supporters of Philadelphia’s LGBT community assembled in the driving rain in front of the Trocadero Theatre Friday morning to denounce the venue’s decision to go forward with a concert Saturday night by controversial Jamaican reggae/dancehall performer Buju Banton, whose anti-gay lyrics have sparked outrage and similar protests around the country. Two weeks ago, concert promoter AEG Live canceled Banton’s U.S. tour due to pressure from various LGBT groups, but Philadelphia promoter Jamaican Dave Productions subsequently negotiated a deal with the Trocadero to go ahead with tomorrow night’s scheduled show.
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Britain Apologizes to Gay Codebreaker Alan Turing
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON (AP) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has apologized for the ''inhumane'' treatment of World War II code-breaker Alan Turing. The mathematician Turing helped crack Nazi Germany's Enigma communications code -- a turning point in the war. But he was later convicted of gross indecency for having sex with a man and forcibly treated with female hormones to reduce his sex drive. Homosexuality was then illegal in Britain.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/09/11/world/AP-EU-Britain-Codebreaker.html?scp=4&sq=gay&st=cse
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Competition Brings Artists Down to Earth
By Michael O'Sullivan
"The Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards" is a dirty show this year. That tongue-in-cheek observation, by Catriona Fraser, whose gallery is hosting the seventh annual showcase, has less to do with the fact that grand prize winner René Treviño's contribution features a bit of male frontal nudity than it does with all the, well, soil in the gallery.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/10/AR2009091001234.html
D.C. Says Votes Aligned for Gay Marriage Bill
By Tim Craig
The District is poised once again to become the battleground for a divisive social issue as the D.C. Council moves a step closer to legalizing same-sex marriage, an action that could force Congress and White House to take sides in the debate.
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Matthew Shepard's murder made his mom an activist: An interview with Judy Shepard
BY STEVE ROTHAUS, srothaus@MiamiHerald.com
Judy Shepard spent eight years digging into her past, recalling the excruciating details of her son Matthew's murder 11 years ago. ``I wasn't sure I could go back to those memories and come back to a good place in the present,'' Shepard says. ``With the help of my family, my husband and my son Logan, it was really hard, but not as hard as it could have been.''
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/09/matthew-shepards-murder-made-his-mom-an-activist-an-interview-with-judy-shepard.html
Rep. Jerrold Nadler will introduce legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act next week
From Advocate.com:
By Kerry Eleveld
The Advocate has learned that Democratic representative Jerrold Nadler of New York will be introducing legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act next Tuesday. A Democratic aide confirmed that a press conference to announce the bill will be held September 15 at 11 a.m. at the House Triangle.
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Gay adoptive dad gets help to receive subsidy
In his battle with Florida child welfare administrators, a gay adoptive father in Key West may now have a new ally: federal regulators.
BY CAROL MARBIN MILLER
As a Miami appeals court ponders the fate of one gay adoptive father, federal child welfare regulators may step in on behalf of another. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services administrators have written an e-mail backing the efforts of Wayne LaRue Smith, the first openly gay person in Florida to legally adopt in decades, who is seeking a federal subsidy given to Floridians who adopt a foster child.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1227794.html
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Missing: Bill Bridger disappears from home
Fort Lauderdale resident worked at Boom Nightclub
By BOB KECSEMETY
A missing person report has been filed with the Fort Lauderdale Police Department for a beloved local club doorman. Bill Bridger worked at Boom, 2232 Wilton Dr. in Wilton Manors, for a little over a year as a doorman and a handyman. Boom is a nightclub inside the Shoppes of Wilton Manors.
http://www.floridablade.com/2009/9-10/news/localnews/6254.cfm
New home for New Divine Mercy Catholic Church
Pro-GLBT priests expand services
By DMITRY RASHNITSOV
Wilton Manors’ only all-inclusive Catholic Church is moving up from their humble beginnings into an expanded worship center. New Divine Mercy Catholic Communities will begin offering Sunday Mass at 1:30 p.m. on September 20 at the Center for Spiritual Living, 1550 NE 26th St., Wilton Manors.
http://www.floridablade.com/2009/9-10/news/localnews/6256.cfm
Coming to the Internet in 2010: ‘.gay’ domain names
By STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
Spotting a gay-friendly business on the Internet might get a lot easier next year if two GLBT groups have their way. Domain names with the ending “.gay” could start appearing as early as 2010. Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the organization that authorizes which domain names may be used for the Internet, has agreed to expand the ending words for websites from the 21 current options to limitless possibilities. Currently, domain names may the two, three, or four letter words, including the most common “.com,” “.net,” and “.org,” as well as newer options “.info,” “.mobi” and “.tv”.
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DOMA Repeal Bill Coming Next Week
Rep. Jerrold Nadler will introduce legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act next week.
By Kerry Eleveld
The Advocate has learned that Democratic representative Jerrold Nadler of New York will be introducing legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act next Tuesday. A Democratic aide confirmed that a press conference to announce the bill will be held September 15 at 11 a.m. at the House Triangle.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/DOMA_Repeal_Bill_Coming_Next_Week/
Back to Laramie
Eleven years after Matthew Shepard’s murder, the creators of The Laramie Project take a look at everything that’s happened in the town since in a new play that will premiere in more than a hundred theaters worldwide on the same night.
By Bruce Shenitz
At first it sounded like the premise for a bizarro-world reality show: Nine New York City actors, several of them gay, journey to Laramie, Wyo., just five weeks after the most notorious antigay crime in memory, the murder of Matthew Shepard. Their goal was to interview townspeople and write a play about the events of that October 1998. Two hundred interviews and a year and a half later, those accounts were melded to create The Laramie Project, “a play that portrays a town in turmoil,” says Moisés Kaufman, founder and artistic director of Tectonic Theater Project, the company that created the play.
http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Theater/Back_to_Laramie/
Sex and the City 2 Casting and Spoilers
The reports and rumors are flying around the second Sex and the City movie, including some very gay script leaks.
By Matthew Breen
The reports and rumors are flying around the second Sex and the City movie, including some very gay script leaks. Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon reprise their roles as Charlotte York Goldenblatt and Miranda Hobbes, respectively, while Jason Lewis will be returning -- for at least one scene, according to various reports -- as Jerry "Smith" Jerrod, ex-beau of Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall), now taking hormone pills, though her new love interest will be played by Max Ryan (Death Race, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen), according to TheHollywood Reporter. The English hunk Ryan will play Rikard, a European architect. Michael Patrick King will once again take the reins as writer and director. Miley Cyrus has been approached for a guest role, according to Life & Style magazine.
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Judge shields signatures in gay rights referendum
By The Associated Press
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the state of Washington to keep shielding the identities of people who signed petitions to force a vote on expanded benefits for gay couples.
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Graham Norton claims its 'rude' to ask salaries of highly-paid BBC stars
Gay BBC presenter Graham Norton has suggested that licence fee payers should not be allowed to know how much television stars are paid, but admitted salaries at the corporation are too high.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-14010.html
Survey: Gays thought to face most discrimination
A US survey has found that people believe gays are the most discriminated-against social group, with Muslims and Hispanics following.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-14011.html
Simon Cowell blasts Beatles
Simon Cowell has blasted The Beatles, claiming they would have failed auditions on The X Factor. The man who once rejected the Spice Girls, the best-selling girl group of all time, says he would have kicked the iconic band off his British TV talent show unless they fired drummer Ringo Starr.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-14014.html
Trade unions meet to tackle homophobia in sport
A fringe meeting to discuss tackling homophobia in sport is to be held at the TUC's annual conference in Liverpool. The meeting is scheduled for next Wednesday and is supported by Liverpool Football Club.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-14013.html
British consul killed in 'homophobic' attack in Jamaica – note on his bed called him a 'batty man'
A British honourary consul has been found murdered at his home in Jamaica, in what police believe is a homophobic attack.
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NOM Under Investigation
Lisa Keen | contributing writer | Bay Windows
The National Organization for Marriage, which formed two years ago to take the lead to oppose equal marriage rights for same-sex couples, is coming under increased scrutiny.Two civil rights groups in Iowa filed a letter with the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board Monday, August 31, requesting an investigation into the National Organization for Marriage (NOM). A pro-gay group in California filed a similar request August 13 with the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Elections Practices. The Iowa groups — One Iowa and the Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund — allege that NOM is violating state laws that require the public disclosure of contributors to political activities in the state. The law kicks in whenever an organization raises more than $750 for a campaign.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9861/
Showdown on the Hill: Congress Tackles Gay Bills
Lisa Keen, Keen News Service | Windy City Times
It’s show time in Washington, D.C.: time to talk turkey and put some money where the mouth is, and time to put the pedal to the metal and the rubber to the road. Read more
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9860/
FL: USF Will Offer Domestic Partner Benefits, School President Says
Richard Danielson, Times Staff Writer | Tampa Bay
The University of South Florida plans to start offering full domestic partner benefits to employees, president Judy Genshaft said Wednesday. Details of the benefits and eligibility requirements still need to be worked out, but administrators said they would cover both heterosexual and same-sex couples.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9858/
SLDN Monthly Update
SLDN
Each success we achieve and every mind we change is possible because of you, our loyal donors and advocates. So we’d like to share with you SLDN’s activities and accomplishments of the past month–made possible only because of your support. During the August congressional recess, our policy and media teams focused their energy at the grassroots level, and our legal team continued its tireless work helping service members around the globe who continue living under the draconian law.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9857/
NCLR: Action Alert: Support Equal Access to Justice–Urge Congress to Rollback Restrictions to Legal Aid for Low-Income People
During these tough times, legal aid is more important than ever to our community. Fortunately Legal Services Corp. (LSC), the single largest provider of legal aid to low-income people, is around to help those who deserve but can’t afford adequate counsel. Funded completely by Congress, LSC is a non-profit organization that assists low-income individuals in times of crisis. Unfortunately, current costly and ineffective restrictions to LSC-funding make it difficult for full legal services to be available to the poor. It’s up to you to make sure that everyone has the same access to the full protection of the law.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9856/
CA: $1.45 Million for Police Sergeant Who Alleged Gay Slurs
City officials have agreed to pay $1.45 million to a Newport Beach police sergeant who won a lawsuit this year regarding discrimination and retaliation. Jurors in March backed allegations by Sgt. Neil Harvey that he was repeatedly denied promotions during a 27-year career because of false rumors he is gay.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9855/
National Anti-Gay Conference to Hit South Florida
DMITRY RASHNITSOV | South Florida Blade
An unlikely pair of conferences is taking over West Palm Beach in November, turning the usually reserved city into a battle for GLBT rights. The National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) is holding their convention and training institute on November 20-22 at the West Palm Beach Marriot, 1001 Okeechobee Blvd. With its theme of “Preventing & Treating Sexual Identity Confusion in the Lives of Children, Teenagers, and Adults,” about 200 professional therapists are expected to gather and discuss how to better equip their practices in treating patients who no longer want to be homosexuals.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9854/
Sunburst: Time for Reflection, Time for Action
Gay & Lesbian Times
There is a sad irony in San Diego’s GLBT community as we recognize National Suicide Prevention Week.
In what is the second incident in just more than two months, yet another young person overdosed at The San Diego LGBT Community Center’s Sunburst Youth Housing Project on Monday. The previous case, on June 29, resulted in the death of a resident. According to residents of the facility, the resident’s drug use was no secret. Heroin and methamphetamine were his drugs of choice.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9853/
Battling Censorship
Mark Sullivan | The Guide
Last month marked the 50th anniversary of one of the most controversial Supreme Court decisions. In a stinging rebuke to the federal government, the high court ruled that Grove Press had every right to send copies of Lady Chatterley’s Lover through the mail. The case began earlier that year when Grove Press sued the US Post Office for confiscating copies of its unabridged version of DH Lawrence’s 1928 novel, which contained graphic sex scenes.
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Britain Apologizes to Gay Codebreaker Alan Turing
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON (AP) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has apologized for the ''inhumane'' treatment of World War II code-breaker Alan Turing. The mathematician Turing helped crack Nazi Germany's Enigma communications code -- a turning point in the war. But he was later convicted of gross indecency for having sex with a man and forcibly treated with female hormones to reduce his sex drive. Homosexuality was then illegal in Britain.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/09/11/world/AP-EU-Britain-Codebreaker.html?scp=4&sq=gay&st=cse
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Competition Brings Artists Down to Earth
By Michael O'Sullivan
"The Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards" is a dirty show this year. That tongue-in-cheek observation, by Catriona Fraser, whose gallery is hosting the seventh annual showcase, has less to do with the fact that grand prize winner René Treviño's contribution features a bit of male frontal nudity than it does with all the, well, soil in the gallery.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/10/AR2009091001234.html
D.C. Says Votes Aligned for Gay Marriage Bill
By Tim Craig
The District is poised once again to become the battleground for a divisive social issue as the D.C. Council moves a step closer to legalizing same-sex marriage, an action that could force Congress and White House to take sides in the debate.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/10/AR2009091004414.html
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Matthew Shepard's murder made his mom an activist: An interview with Judy Shepard
BY STEVE ROTHAUS, srothaus@MiamiHerald.com
Judy Shepard spent eight years digging into her past, recalling the excruciating details of her son Matthew's murder 11 years ago. ``I wasn't sure I could go back to those memories and come back to a good place in the present,'' Shepard says. ``With the help of my family, my husband and my son Logan, it was really hard, but not as hard as it could have been.''
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/09/matthew-shepards-murder-made-his-mom-an-activist-an-interview-with-judy-shepard.html
Rep. Jerrold Nadler will introduce legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act next week
From Advocate.com:
By Kerry Eleveld
The Advocate has learned that Democratic representative Jerrold Nadler of New York will be introducing legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act next Tuesday. A Democratic aide confirmed that a press conference to announce the bill will be held September 15 at 11 a.m. at the House Triangle.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/09/advocatecom-rep-jerrold-nadler-will-introduce-legislation-to-repeal-the-defense-of-marriage-act-next-week.html
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Gay adoptive dad gets help to receive subsidy
In his battle with Florida child welfare administrators, a gay adoptive father in Key West may now have a new ally: federal regulators.
BY CAROL MARBIN MILLER
As a Miami appeals court ponders the fate of one gay adoptive father, federal child welfare regulators may step in on behalf of another. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services administrators have written an e-mail backing the efforts of Wayne LaRue Smith, the first openly gay person in Florida to legally adopt in decades, who is seeking a federal subsidy given to Floridians who adopt a foster child.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1227794.html
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Missing: Bill Bridger disappears from home
Fort Lauderdale resident worked at Boom Nightclub
By BOB KECSEMETY
A missing person report has been filed with the Fort Lauderdale Police Department for a beloved local club doorman. Bill Bridger worked at Boom, 2232 Wilton Dr. in Wilton Manors, for a little over a year as a doorman and a handyman. Boom is a nightclub inside the Shoppes of Wilton Manors.
http://www.floridablade.com/2009/9-10/news/localnews/6254.cfm
New home for New Divine Mercy Catholic Church
Pro-GLBT priests expand services
By DMITRY RASHNITSOV
Wilton Manors’ only all-inclusive Catholic Church is moving up from their humble beginnings into an expanded worship center. New Divine Mercy Catholic Communities will begin offering Sunday Mass at 1:30 p.m. on September 20 at the Center for Spiritual Living, 1550 NE 26th St., Wilton Manors.
http://www.floridablade.com/2009/9-10/news/localnews/6256.cfm
Coming to the Internet in 2010: ‘.gay’ domain names
By STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
Spotting a gay-friendly business on the Internet might get a lot easier next year if two GLBT groups have their way. Domain names with the ending “.gay” could start appearing as early as 2010. Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the organization that authorizes which domain names may be used for the Internet, has agreed to expand the ending words for websites from the 21 current options to limitless possibilities. Currently, domain names may the two, three, or four letter words, including the most common “.com,” “.net,” and “.org,” as well as newer options “.info,” “.mobi” and “.tv”.
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DOMA Repeal Bill Coming Next Week
Rep. Jerrold Nadler will introduce legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act next week.
By Kerry Eleveld
The Advocate has learned that Democratic representative Jerrold Nadler of New York will be introducing legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act next Tuesday. A Democratic aide confirmed that a press conference to announce the bill will be held September 15 at 11 a.m. at the House Triangle.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/DOMA_Repeal_Bill_Coming_Next_Week/
Back to Laramie
Eleven years after Matthew Shepard’s murder, the creators of The Laramie Project take a look at everything that’s happened in the town since in a new play that will premiere in more than a hundred theaters worldwide on the same night.
By Bruce Shenitz
At first it sounded like the premise for a bizarro-world reality show: Nine New York City actors, several of them gay, journey to Laramie, Wyo., just five weeks after the most notorious antigay crime in memory, the murder of Matthew Shepard. Their goal was to interview townspeople and write a play about the events of that October 1998. Two hundred interviews and a year and a half later, those accounts were melded to create The Laramie Project, “a play that portrays a town in turmoil,” says Moisés Kaufman, founder and artistic director of Tectonic Theater Project, the company that created the play.
http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Theater/Back_to_Laramie/
Sex and the City 2 Casting and Spoilers
The reports and rumors are flying around the second Sex and the City movie, including some very gay script leaks.
By Matthew Breen
The reports and rumors are flying around the second Sex and the City movie, including some very gay script leaks. Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon reprise their roles as Charlotte York Goldenblatt and Miranda Hobbes, respectively, while Jason Lewis will be returning -- for at least one scene, according to various reports -- as Jerry "Smith" Jerrod, ex-beau of Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall), now taking hormone pills, though her new love interest will be played by Max Ryan (Death Race, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen), according to TheHollywood Reporter. The English hunk Ryan will play Rikard, a European architect. Michael Patrick King will once again take the reins as writer and director. Miley Cyrus has been approached for a guest role, according to Life & Style magazine.
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Judge shields signatures in gay rights referendum
By The Associated Press
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the state of Washington to keep shielding the identities of people who signed petitions to force a vote on expanded benefits for gay couples.
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Graham Norton claims its 'rude' to ask salaries of highly-paid BBC stars
Gay BBC presenter Graham Norton has suggested that licence fee payers should not be allowed to know how much television stars are paid, but admitted salaries at the corporation are too high.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-14010.html
Survey: Gays thought to face most discrimination
A US survey has found that people believe gays are the most discriminated-against social group, with Muslims and Hispanics following.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-14011.html
Simon Cowell blasts Beatles
Simon Cowell has blasted The Beatles, claiming they would have failed auditions on The X Factor. The man who once rejected the Spice Girls, the best-selling girl group of all time, says he would have kicked the iconic band off his British TV talent show unless they fired drummer Ringo Starr.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-14014.html
Trade unions meet to tackle homophobia in sport
A fringe meeting to discuss tackling homophobia in sport is to be held at the TUC's annual conference in Liverpool. The meeting is scheduled for next Wednesday and is supported by Liverpool Football Club.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-14013.html
British consul killed in 'homophobic' attack in Jamaica – note on his bed called him a 'batty man'
A British honourary consul has been found murdered at his home in Jamaica, in what police believe is a homophobic attack.
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NOM Under Investigation
Lisa Keen | contributing writer | Bay Windows
The National Organization for Marriage, which formed two years ago to take the lead to oppose equal marriage rights for same-sex couples, is coming under increased scrutiny.Two civil rights groups in Iowa filed a letter with the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board Monday, August 31, requesting an investigation into the National Organization for Marriage (NOM). A pro-gay group in California filed a similar request August 13 with the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Elections Practices. The Iowa groups — One Iowa and the Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund — allege that NOM is violating state laws that require the public disclosure of contributors to political activities in the state. The law kicks in whenever an organization raises more than $750 for a campaign.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9861/
Showdown on the Hill: Congress Tackles Gay Bills
Lisa Keen, Keen News Service | Windy City Times
It’s show time in Washington, D.C.: time to talk turkey and put some money where the mouth is, and time to put the pedal to the metal and the rubber to the road. Read more
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9860/
FL: USF Will Offer Domestic Partner Benefits, School President Says
Richard Danielson, Times Staff Writer | Tampa Bay
The University of South Florida plans to start offering full domestic partner benefits to employees, president Judy Genshaft said Wednesday. Details of the benefits and eligibility requirements still need to be worked out, but administrators said they would cover both heterosexual and same-sex couples.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9858/
SLDN Monthly Update
SLDN
Each success we achieve and every mind we change is possible because of you, our loyal donors and advocates. So we’d like to share with you SLDN’s activities and accomplishments of the past month–made possible only because of your support. During the August congressional recess, our policy and media teams focused their energy at the grassroots level, and our legal team continued its tireless work helping service members around the globe who continue living under the draconian law.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9857/
NCLR: Action Alert: Support Equal Access to Justice–Urge Congress to Rollback Restrictions to Legal Aid for Low-Income People
During these tough times, legal aid is more important than ever to our community. Fortunately Legal Services Corp. (LSC), the single largest provider of legal aid to low-income people, is around to help those who deserve but can’t afford adequate counsel. Funded completely by Congress, LSC is a non-profit organization that assists low-income individuals in times of crisis. Unfortunately, current costly and ineffective restrictions to LSC-funding make it difficult for full legal services to be available to the poor. It’s up to you to make sure that everyone has the same access to the full protection of the law.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9856/
CA: $1.45 Million for Police Sergeant Who Alleged Gay Slurs
City officials have agreed to pay $1.45 million to a Newport Beach police sergeant who won a lawsuit this year regarding discrimination and retaliation. Jurors in March backed allegations by Sgt. Neil Harvey that he was repeatedly denied promotions during a 27-year career because of false rumors he is gay.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9855/
National Anti-Gay Conference to Hit South Florida
DMITRY RASHNITSOV | South Florida Blade
An unlikely pair of conferences is taking over West Palm Beach in November, turning the usually reserved city into a battle for GLBT rights. The National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) is holding their convention and training institute on November 20-22 at the West Palm Beach Marriot, 1001 Okeechobee Blvd. With its theme of “Preventing & Treating Sexual Identity Confusion in the Lives of Children, Teenagers, and Adults,” about 200 professional therapists are expected to gather and discuss how to better equip their practices in treating patients who no longer want to be homosexuals.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9854/
Sunburst: Time for Reflection, Time for Action
Gay & Lesbian Times
There is a sad irony in San Diego’s GLBT community as we recognize National Suicide Prevention Week.
In what is the second incident in just more than two months, yet another young person overdosed at The San Diego LGBT Community Center’s Sunburst Youth Housing Project on Monday. The previous case, on June 29, resulted in the death of a resident. According to residents of the facility, the resident’s drug use was no secret. Heroin and methamphetamine were his drugs of choice.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9853/
Battling Censorship
Mark Sullivan | The Guide
Last month marked the 50th anniversary of one of the most controversial Supreme Court decisions. In a stinging rebuke to the federal government, the high court ruled that Grove Press had every right to send copies of Lady Chatterley’s Lover through the mail. The case began earlier that year when Grove Press sued the US Post Office for confiscating copies of its unabridged version of DH Lawrence’s 1928 novel, which contained graphic sex scenes.
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Lawmakers in Uruguay Vote to Allow Gay Couples to Adopt
By REUTERS
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (Reuters) — Lawmakers voted Wednesday to extend adoption rights to gay couples in Uruguay, the latest measure to relax laws on homosexuality that has drawn criticism from church leaders in the country, which is predominantly Roman Catholic.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/world/americas/10uruguay.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse
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Why Are Jews Liberals?
I'm hoping buyer's remorse on Obama will finally cause a Jewish shift to the right.
By NORMAN PODHORETZ
One of the most extraordinary features of Barack Obama's victory over John McCain was his capture of 78% of the Jewish vote. To be sure, there was nothing extraordinary about the number itself. Since 1928, the average Jewish vote for the Democrat in presidential elections has been an amazing 75%—far higher than that of any other ethno-religious group.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203440104574402591116901498.html
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Former anchor Charles Perez to marry in Conn.
By Steve Rothaus
Fired WPLG- ABC 10 news anchor Charles Perez and his boyfriend, Miami accountant Keith Rinehard, are leaving Florida for Connecticut -- where they'll marry on Sept. 27. The Sunshine State is too chilly for a gay couple in love, Perez says.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/sfl-perez-marriage-bn091009,0,160076.story
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Gay adoptions a victory for kids, ACLU of Florida Executive Director Howard Simon writes
An op-ed piece in today’s Miami Herald:
BY HOWARD SIMON, hsaclu@aol.com
Last month, Florida's Third District Court of Appeal heard the state's appeal of the victory the ACLU achieved last November when the Miami-Dade Circuit Court struck down Florida's ban on adoptions by gay men and lesbians.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/09/gay-adoptions-a-victory-for-kids-aclu-of-florida-executive-director-howard-simon-writes.html
Gay & Lesbian Manners: All about Chaz Bono, anti-LGBT jokes, and straights using gay slang
From Steven Petrow’s Gay & Lesbian Manners column at Huffington Post:
Q: I've been reading all these stories about Chaz, previously Chastity, Bono's change of gender identity and I see that Wikipedia already says Cher has "a son ... who was born female." Even as a gay person, I'm a bit confused -- especially about what's the right pronoun to use with a transgender friend? I have a colleague at work, Michael, who is now transitioning to Michelle, and we don't know what to call him (or is it her?)
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/09/gay-lesbian-manners-all-about-chaz-bono-anti-lgbt-jokes-and-straights-using-gay-slang.html
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South Florida Blade
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Episcopal nuns leave over gays, join Catholic Church
By Daniel Burke, Religion News Service
Ten Maryland nuns — almost an entire religious community — converted from the Episcopal Church to Catholicism on Thursday, saying their former denomination had become too liberal in its acceptance of homosexuality.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2009-09-09-episcopal-nuns_N.htm
Gay Latino Americans are 'coming of age'
By John Blake
Perez Hilton is a celebrity blogger who dishes out the latest Hollywood gossip, but there's something about his personal life you may not know. Hilton is a Latino pioneer. He is one of the first Latino public figures in the U.S. to be openly gay. While Latinos have broken ground on the U.S. Supreme Court, in Hollywood and in professional sports, gay Latinos in the nation's public arena remain largely invisible.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/09/09/Latino.gay/
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Ellen Is the Newest Idol Judge
By Matthew Breen
Ellen DeGeneres has been announced as the newest guest judge tapped to fill the still-warm seat of departing America Idol judge Paula Abdul.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/09/09/Ellen_Is_the_Newest_Idol_Judge/
California School Settles Antigay Suit
By Neal Broverman
A high school in conservative Orange County, Calif., has settled a lawsuit accusing it of failing to protect a female student from homophobic and sexist harassment.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/09/09/California_School_Settles_Antigay_Suit/
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Former US Rep. Mark Foley to host talk radio show
By The Associated Press
Former Congressman Mark Foley, who resigned after sending lurid Internet messages to male teens who worked on Capitol Hill, has found new a gig as a talk radio host in Florida.
http://www.365gay.com/news/former-us-rep-mark-foley-to-host-talk-radio-show/
Columnist who outed Rock Hudson as HIV positive, dies
By The Associated Press
Army Archerd, whose breezy column for the entertainment trade publication Daily Variety kept tabs on various Hollywood doings for more than a half-century, has died. He was 87. Archerd’s wife, Selma, said he died Tuesday at UCLA Medical Center of mesothelioma, a cancer of the lungs strongly tied to asbestos exposure. She said the cancer was the result of his time spent in shipyards while serving in the Navy during World War II. She said he had become very ill over the last two years, especially in the last two weeks.
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Comment: We need to speak up against homophobia in music
Several concerts by reggae artist Buju Banton were recently cancelled in America, amid controversy over notoriously homophobic lyrics which incite the murder of gay people. The campaign which led to the cancellations shows gay people need to confront musicians like him.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13998.html
Man accused of murdering lesbian couple escapes jail in a cardboard box
A French man charged with the murder of two lesbian women managed to escape jail in a cardboard box, prison authorities have admitted.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-14007.html
ACLU reaches settlement with California school over alleged homophobia
A California school accused of allowing sexism and homophobia has reached a settlement with the American Civil Liberties Union. It had accused the Newport-Mesa Unified School District of failing to prevent homophobic and sexist bullying at Corona del Mar High School.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-14009.html
Academic warns schools are not doing enough to tackle homophobic bullying
A leading academic has said that schools are not doing enough to tackle issues such as homophobic and cyber bullying. Professor Peter Smith, of Goldsmiths College, said the situation is still not good enough.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-14005.html
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CA: GOP Assemblyman Steps Down; Speaks of Trysts on Open Mic
Wayne Besen | Truth Wins Out
The next time Orange County Assemblyman Michael Duvall wants to turn his life into a sexually explicit joke, I suggest he try open mic night at a comedy club. Instead, Duvall talked about his conquest of two married female lobbyists into an open media microphone. His career as a conservative, anti-gay hypocrite ended before one could mutter “family values”.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9818/
Mullen to Testify before Senate Committee Next Week. Should Get DADT Questions.
Joe Sudbay (DC) at 8:20 AM | Gay American Blog
From Kerry Eleveld, news that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Admiral Mullen, will be testifying before the Senate Armed Service Committee next Tuesday, September 15th — and the topic of the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell should come up:
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9815/
Ted Haggard’s Now ‘A Heterosexual with Very Few Issues’
Pam Spaulding | Pam’s House Blend
Oy. The bad penny with a former penchant for tweaking and man-on-man intimate massage in the name of Jeebus, failed pastor Ted Haggard, has turned up again. He’s told a reporter that he was “a heterosexual with issues” but has now moved to ‘a heterosexual with very few issues.’ He’s also on Twitter answering his critics. I won’t bother spending any more time on this guy.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9814/
NE: 2nd District Candidate White Pledges Independent House Vote
DON WALTON / Lincoln Journal Star
Posted: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 3:25 pm
Describing himself as an independent pragmatist, State Sen. Tom White on Wednesday jumped into Nebraska’s premier 2010 election contest. White will carry the Democratic banner into battle against six-term Republican Rep. Lee Terry in metropolitan Omaha’s 2nd Congressional District.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9811/
NE: Same-Sex Couple Can’t Share Last Name
NANCY HICKS / Lincoln Journal Star
They’re married now, and they want to share a last name. Bambi and Sarah Fentress. It’s that simple on the surface. But Nebraska’s constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and prejudice stand in the way, the two women say.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9810/
LGBT Organizaters Redouble Efforts Against “Killing Gays” Singer
For Press Information: Syd Stevens, 858.414.3337, sydstevens@gayliberation.net
Cancel Buju Banton Website Launched
To Counter Misinformation from His Promoters
It was a short-lived victory for gay rights groups a few weeks ago after concert promoters AEG Live & Live Nation canceled several concerts in large cities by Buju Banton, a performer who gruesomely calls for killing gays in the lyrics of his most well-known song, “Boom Bye Bye.” Some mainstream media outlets wrongly reported that the entire tour was canceled. But Banton’s Gargamel label recently announced that the tour was on with more than 30 cities booked. His MySpace Music page lists canceled shows as TBD, indicating he’s seeking out other venues. In Philadelphia , the first city in the tour, the concert was initially canceled, but then the promoter and venue agreed to have the show anyway. To counter the tour, San Diego gay rights activist Syd Stevens launched http://cancelbujubanton.wetpaint.com/ over the Labor Day weekend. The site not only gives updated information about the tour and how to contact concert venues to protest, it also aims to counter myths peddled by Banton’s business allies.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9808/
Young, Gifted and Intensely Anti-Abortion
Bill Berkowitz | Buzz Flash
Ignacio Reyes and David Schmidt have the look of a boy band; they’re young and flashy, earnest and media-savvy. As leaders of the group Live Action, they’re committed to organizing a corps of young anti-abortion activists. During a town hall meeting hosted by Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), a neatly attired young man rose to ask the congresswoman a question. He identified himself as Ignacio Reyes and he asked Lofgren: “We know that over 90 percent of abortions are purely elective, not medically necessary. Why is this being covered when abortion is not clearly health care?” The question — a fair one, and asked politely — was greeted by a round of applause and cheers from some members of the audience. “Abortion will be covered as a benefit by one or more of the healthcare plans available to Americans, and I think it should be,” Lofgren responded.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9807/
High Court Hears ‘Hillary: The Movie!’ Campaign Finance Case
CNN
The Supreme Court heard new arguments Wednesday in a dramatic case that started with a movie attacking Hillary Clinton — but that could have far-reaching implications for U.S. elections.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9806/
Rude Republican Breaches Protocol
LAURIE KELLMAN | Capitol Hill Blue
Democrats and Republicans alike are denouncing Rep. Joe Wilson for shouting “You lie” at President Barack Obama during his speech to Congress, an extraordinary breach of decorum for which the South Carolina Republican swiftly apologized.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9802/
GLBT History Month October
The GLBT History Month 2009 Web site is now online with a new look, expanded resources and easier navigation. No passwords are needed to access the GLBT History Month 2009 resources. A 2-½ minute overview video showcasing all 31 GLBT Icons is available on the site.
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Lawmakers in Uruguay Vote to Allow Gay Couples to Adopt
By REUTERS
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (Reuters) — Lawmakers voted Wednesday to extend adoption rights to gay couples in Uruguay, the latest measure to relax laws on homosexuality that has drawn criticism from church leaders in the country, which is predominantly Roman Catholic.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/world/americas/10uruguay.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse
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Why Are Jews Liberals?
I'm hoping buyer's remorse on Obama will finally cause a Jewish shift to the right.
By NORMAN PODHORETZ
One of the most extraordinary features of Barack Obama's victory over John McCain was his capture of 78% of the Jewish vote. To be sure, there was nothing extraordinary about the number itself. Since 1928, the average Jewish vote for the Democrat in presidential elections has been an amazing 75%—far higher than that of any other ethno-religious group.
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Former anchor Charles Perez to marry in Conn.
By Steve Rothaus
Fired WPLG- ABC 10 news anchor Charles Perez and his boyfriend, Miami accountant Keith Rinehard, are leaving Florida for Connecticut -- where they'll marry on Sept. 27. The Sunshine State is too chilly for a gay couple in love, Perez says.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/sfl-perez-marriage-bn091009,0,160076.story
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Gay adoptions a victory for kids, ACLU of Florida Executive Director Howard Simon writes
An op-ed piece in today’s Miami Herald:
BY HOWARD SIMON, hsaclu@aol.com
Last month, Florida's Third District Court of Appeal heard the state's appeal of the victory the ACLU achieved last November when the Miami-Dade Circuit Court struck down Florida's ban on adoptions by gay men and lesbians.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/09/gay-adoptions-a-victory-for-kids-aclu-of-florida-executive-director-howard-simon-writes.html
Gay & Lesbian Manners: All about Chaz Bono, anti-LGBT jokes, and straights using gay slang
From Steven Petrow’s Gay & Lesbian Manners column at Huffington Post:
Q: I've been reading all these stories about Chaz, previously Chastity, Bono's change of gender identity and I see that Wikipedia already says Cher has "a son ... who was born female." Even as a gay person, I'm a bit confused -- especially about what's the right pronoun to use with a transgender friend? I have a colleague at work, Michael, who is now transitioning to Michelle, and we don't know what to call him (or is it her?)
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/09/gay-lesbian-manners-all-about-chaz-bono-anti-lgbt-jokes-and-straights-using-gay-slang.html
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Episcopal nuns leave over gays, join Catholic Church
By Daniel Burke, Religion News Service
Ten Maryland nuns — almost an entire religious community — converted from the Episcopal Church to Catholicism on Thursday, saying their former denomination had become too liberal in its acceptance of homosexuality.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2009-09-09-episcopal-nuns_N.htm
Gay Latino Americans are 'coming of age'
By John Blake
Perez Hilton is a celebrity blogger who dishes out the latest Hollywood gossip, but there's something about his personal life you may not know. Hilton is a Latino pioneer. He is one of the first Latino public figures in the U.S. to be openly gay. While Latinos have broken ground on the U.S. Supreme Court, in Hollywood and in professional sports, gay Latinos in the nation's public arena remain largely invisible.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/09/09/Latino.gay/
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Ellen Is the Newest Idol Judge
By Matthew Breen
Ellen DeGeneres has been announced as the newest guest judge tapped to fill the still-warm seat of departing America Idol judge Paula Abdul.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/09/09/Ellen_Is_the_Newest_Idol_Judge/
California School Settles Antigay Suit
By Neal Broverman
A high school in conservative Orange County, Calif., has settled a lawsuit accusing it of failing to protect a female student from homophobic and sexist harassment.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/09/09/California_School_Settles_Antigay_Suit/
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Former US Rep. Mark Foley to host talk radio show
By The Associated Press
Former Congressman Mark Foley, who resigned after sending lurid Internet messages to male teens who worked on Capitol Hill, has found new a gig as a talk radio host in Florida.
http://www.365gay.com/news/former-us-rep-mark-foley-to-host-talk-radio-show/
Columnist who outed Rock Hudson as HIV positive, dies
By The Associated Press
Army Archerd, whose breezy column for the entertainment trade publication Daily Variety kept tabs on various Hollywood doings for more than a half-century, has died. He was 87. Archerd’s wife, Selma, said he died Tuesday at UCLA Medical Center of mesothelioma, a cancer of the lungs strongly tied to asbestos exposure. She said the cancer was the result of his time spent in shipyards while serving in the Navy during World War II. She said he had become very ill over the last two years, especially in the last two weeks.
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Comment: We need to speak up against homophobia in music
Several concerts by reggae artist Buju Banton were recently cancelled in America, amid controversy over notoriously homophobic lyrics which incite the murder of gay people. The campaign which led to the cancellations shows gay people need to confront musicians like him.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13998.html
Man accused of murdering lesbian couple escapes jail in a cardboard box
A French man charged with the murder of two lesbian women managed to escape jail in a cardboard box, prison authorities have admitted.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-14007.html
ACLU reaches settlement with California school over alleged homophobia
A California school accused of allowing sexism and homophobia has reached a settlement with the American Civil Liberties Union. It had accused the Newport-Mesa Unified School District of failing to prevent homophobic and sexist bullying at Corona del Mar High School.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-14009.html
Academic warns schools are not doing enough to tackle homophobic bullying
A leading academic has said that schools are not doing enough to tackle issues such as homophobic and cyber bullying. Professor Peter Smith, of Goldsmiths College, said the situation is still not good enough.
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CA: GOP Assemblyman Steps Down; Speaks of Trysts on Open Mic
Wayne Besen | Truth Wins Out
The next time Orange County Assemblyman Michael Duvall wants to turn his life into a sexually explicit joke, I suggest he try open mic night at a comedy club. Instead, Duvall talked about his conquest of two married female lobbyists into an open media microphone. His career as a conservative, anti-gay hypocrite ended before one could mutter “family values”.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9818/
Mullen to Testify before Senate Committee Next Week. Should Get DADT Questions.
Joe Sudbay (DC) at 8:20 AM | Gay American Blog
From Kerry Eleveld, news that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Admiral Mullen, will be testifying before the Senate Armed Service Committee next Tuesday, September 15th — and the topic of the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell should come up:
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9815/
Ted Haggard’s Now ‘A Heterosexual with Very Few Issues’
Pam Spaulding | Pam’s House Blend
Oy. The bad penny with a former penchant for tweaking and man-on-man intimate massage in the name of Jeebus, failed pastor Ted Haggard, has turned up again. He’s told a reporter that he was “a heterosexual with issues” but has now moved to ‘a heterosexual with very few issues.’ He’s also on Twitter answering his critics. I won’t bother spending any more time on this guy.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9814/
NE: 2nd District Candidate White Pledges Independent House Vote
DON WALTON / Lincoln Journal Star
Posted: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 3:25 pm
Describing himself as an independent pragmatist, State Sen. Tom White on Wednesday jumped into Nebraska’s premier 2010 election contest. White will carry the Democratic banner into battle against six-term Republican Rep. Lee Terry in metropolitan Omaha’s 2nd Congressional District.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9811/
NE: Same-Sex Couple Can’t Share Last Name
NANCY HICKS / Lincoln Journal Star
They’re married now, and they want to share a last name. Bambi and Sarah Fentress. It’s that simple on the surface. But Nebraska’s constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and prejudice stand in the way, the two women say.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9810/
LGBT Organizaters Redouble Efforts Against “Killing Gays” Singer
For Press Information: Syd Stevens, 858.414.3337, sydstevens@gayliberation.net
Cancel Buju Banton Website Launched
To Counter Misinformation from His Promoters
It was a short-lived victory for gay rights groups a few weeks ago after concert promoters AEG Live & Live Nation canceled several concerts in large cities by Buju Banton, a performer who gruesomely calls for killing gays in the lyrics of his most well-known song, “Boom Bye Bye.” Some mainstream media outlets wrongly reported that the entire tour was canceled. But Banton’s Gargamel label recently announced that the tour was on with more than 30 cities booked. His MySpace Music page lists canceled shows as TBD, indicating he’s seeking out other venues. In Philadelphia , the first city in the tour, the concert was initially canceled, but then the promoter and venue agreed to have the show anyway. To counter the tour, San Diego gay rights activist Syd Stevens launched http://cancelbujubanton.wetpaint.com/ over the Labor Day weekend. The site not only gives updated information about the tour and how to contact concert venues to protest, it also aims to counter myths peddled by Banton’s business allies.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9808/
Young, Gifted and Intensely Anti-Abortion
Bill Berkowitz | Buzz Flash
Ignacio Reyes and David Schmidt have the look of a boy band; they’re young and flashy, earnest and media-savvy. As leaders of the group Live Action, they’re committed to organizing a corps of young anti-abortion activists. During a town hall meeting hosted by Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), a neatly attired young man rose to ask the congresswoman a question. He identified himself as Ignacio Reyes and he asked Lofgren: “We know that over 90 percent of abortions are purely elective, not medically necessary. Why is this being covered when abortion is not clearly health care?” The question — a fair one, and asked politely — was greeted by a round of applause and cheers from some members of the audience. “Abortion will be covered as a benefit by one or more of the healthcare plans available to Americans, and I think it should be,” Lofgren responded.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9807/
High Court Hears ‘Hillary: The Movie!’ Campaign Finance Case
CNN
The Supreme Court heard new arguments Wednesday in a dramatic case that started with a movie attacking Hillary Clinton — but that could have far-reaching implications for U.S. elections.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9806/
Rude Republican Breaches Protocol
LAURIE KELLMAN | Capitol Hill Blue
Democrats and Republicans alike are denouncing Rep. Joe Wilson for shouting “You lie” at President Barack Obama during his speech to Congress, an extraordinary breach of decorum for which the South Carolina Republican swiftly apologized.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9802/
GLBT History Month October
The GLBT History Month 2009 Web site is now online with a new look, expanded resources and easier navigation. No passwords are needed to access the GLBT History Month 2009 resources. A 2-½ minute overview video showcasing all 31 GLBT Icons is available on the site.
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Congress needs your story about living with HIV/AIDS
From Michael Rajner and The Bilerico Project:
Are you a person living with HIV/AIDS in Florida and depend on Ryan White funded services? If so, I need you to provide me with a few short paragraphs on how important of a role the Ryan White Programs play in your life. Tomorrow, Congress begins its first hearing on the Ryan White Act and your story could touch the heart of the Members of the subcommittee hearing legislation. Click here to contact me with your story for Congress!
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Lambda Legal condemns stripping of domestic partner benefits by Arizona lawmakers
Lambda Legal has issued an alert that Arizona lawmakers have revoked domestic-partner insurance benefits from state employees as a money-saving measure: "A cruel and cynical ploy by the far right to target and hurt the families of gay and lesbian state employees under the guise of cost-cutting"
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/09/lambda-legal-condemns-stripping-of-domestic-partner-benefits-by-arizona-lawmakers.html
Gay fan strips to boxers, begs George Clooney: ‘Take me, choose me, please. May I kiss you, just once?’
Associated Press
VENICE, Italy -- A fan of actor George Clooney stripped to his boxer shorts in front of the Hollywood star and asked if he could "kiss him, just once." "I am gay, George," the unidentified man said during a news conference at the Venice Film Festival Tuesday. "Take me, choose me George, please. May I kiss you, just once?"
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Washington state judge rejects challenge to vote on gay benefits
By RACHEL LA CORTE, Associated Press
A judge on Tuesday refused to block a proposed ballot initiative on expanded domestic partnership benefits for gay couples in Washington state.
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Queens! NYT Endorses Gay Candidates
By Julie Bolcer
Three candidates from Queens seeking to be among the borough's first openly gay elected officials received the influential endorsement of The New York Times. As the New York City political season enters full swing, three openly gay candidates from Queens have been endorsed by The New York Times in their potentially historic bids for the New York City Council. Democratic candidates Danny Drumm, Lynn Schulman and Jimmy Van Bramer (pictured) each could become among the first openly gay elected officials to represent the city’s second-most populous borough.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/09/09/Queens!_NYT_Endorses_Gay_Candidates/
Hildebrand "Losing Patience" With Obama
By Julie Bolcer
A former top adviser to the Obama campaign expressed his frustration with the pace of gay rights change in an interview with Politico on Tuesday.
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Congress returns - much at stake for gays
By Lisa Keen, Keen News Service
Congress is back for the last three months of the Obama administration’s first year in the White House, and suddenly, every bill is on fire–eight of 12 appropriations bills in the Senate, bills to steady a still wobbly economy facing an almost 10 percent unemployment rate, and bills to address climate change, renew estate tax provisions, and decide whether a government –or public— health insurance option should be part of health care insurance reform
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Is the National Organization for Marriage violating state law?
By Lisa Keen, Keen News Service
The National Organization for Marriage, which formed two years ago to take the lead to oppose equal marriage rights for same-sex couples, is coming under increased scrutiny.
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Two-Thirds of GLBT Americans Think Nation Headed in the Right Direction
By 365gay Newswire
(Washington, DC) American GLBT adults say they are more optimistic for the future than their heterosexual counterparts.
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6 LGBTs to join the DNC
By 365gay Newswire
From the Victory Fund: Six more openly LGBT Democrats are on track to join the 447-member Democratic National Committee as at-large members, including two Victory Fund-endorsed elected officials and two other individuals affliated with the Victory Fund and Leadership Institute.
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Caster Semenya unveils glamorous look as she learns she'll keep gold medal
South African athlete Caster Semenya has learned that she will be entitled to retain her 800-metre gold medal regardless of the results of tests to ascertain whether she is really a man or a woman. She has also taken part in a glamorous magazine shoot.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13981.html
Amnesty sends warning over Lithuania's criminalisation of 'homosexual propaganda'
Human rights charity Amnesty International has condemned plans by Lithuania to criminalise the "promotion" of homosexuality, saying it could lead to increased violence and discrimination against gays and lesbians.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13991.html
Mayor who tried to ban gay pride praises Taliban 'family values'
The Doncaster mayor who tried to ban funding for gay Pride marches has caused shock by claiming people should look to the Taliban as a good example of family values.
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Gay Marriage Bill Plots Comeback in New York
Carlos Santoscoy | On Top Magazine
Published: September 08, 2009
Gay marriage is plotting its comeback in New York but whether senators will bite remains to be seen. Last week, New York Governor David Paterson told gay monthly The Advocate that he would add the gay marriage bill to the agenda of a special session expected to take place in late September.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9748/
Asylum Pitfalls May Await the Transgender Applicant
Victoria Neilson | Visit article original @ On the Issues Magazine
When “Cristina” calls Immigration Equality, where I am the legal director, she’s called the right place for legal representation before the Immigration Court. Immigration Equality is the only national organization that works exclusively for equal rights under the U.S. immigration law for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and HIV-positive (LGBT/H) individuals. She has already filed for asylum based on her transgender identity (MTF, or male-to-female). She has been living as a woman for many years, has taken hormones and has had several surgeries including complete sex reassignment surgery.
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Congress needs your story about living with HIV/AIDS
From Michael Rajner and The Bilerico Project:
Are you a person living with HIV/AIDS in Florida and depend on Ryan White funded services? If so, I need you to provide me with a few short paragraphs on how important of a role the Ryan White Programs play in your life. Tomorrow, Congress begins its first hearing on the Ryan White Act and your story could touch the heart of the Members of the subcommittee hearing legislation. Click here to contact me with your story for Congress!
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/09/congress-needs-your-story-about-living-with-hivaids.html
Lambda Legal condemns stripping of domestic partner benefits by Arizona lawmakers
Lambda Legal has issued an alert that Arizona lawmakers have revoked domestic-partner insurance benefits from state employees as a money-saving measure: "A cruel and cynical ploy by the far right to target and hurt the families of gay and lesbian state employees under the guise of cost-cutting"
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/09/lambda-legal-condemns-stripping-of-domestic-partner-benefits-by-arizona-lawmakers.html
Gay fan strips to boxers, begs George Clooney: ‘Take me, choose me, please. May I kiss you, just once?’
Associated Press
VENICE, Italy -- A fan of actor George Clooney stripped to his boxer shorts in front of the Hollywood star and asked if he could "kiss him, just once." "I am gay, George," the unidentified man said during a news conference at the Venice Film Festival Tuesday. "Take me, choose me George, please. May I kiss you, just once?"
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/09/gay-fan-begs-george-clooney-take-me-choose-me-please-may-i-kiss-you-just-once.html
Washington state judge rejects challenge to vote on gay benefits
By RACHEL LA CORTE, Associated Press
A judge on Tuesday refused to block a proposed ballot initiative on expanded domestic partnership benefits for gay couples in Washington state.
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Queens! NYT Endorses Gay Candidates
By Julie Bolcer
Three candidates from Queens seeking to be among the borough's first openly gay elected officials received the influential endorsement of The New York Times. As the New York City political season enters full swing, three openly gay candidates from Queens have been endorsed by The New York Times in their potentially historic bids for the New York City Council. Democratic candidates Danny Drumm, Lynn Schulman and Jimmy Van Bramer (pictured) each could become among the first openly gay elected officials to represent the city’s second-most populous borough.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/09/09/Queens!_NYT_Endorses_Gay_Candidates/
Hildebrand "Losing Patience" With Obama
By Julie Bolcer
A former top adviser to the Obama campaign expressed his frustration with the pace of gay rights change in an interview with Politico on Tuesday.
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Congress returns - much at stake for gays
By Lisa Keen, Keen News Service
Congress is back for the last three months of the Obama administration’s first year in the White House, and suddenly, every bill is on fire–eight of 12 appropriations bills in the Senate, bills to steady a still wobbly economy facing an almost 10 percent unemployment rate, and bills to address climate change, renew estate tax provisions, and decide whether a government –or public— health insurance option should be part of health care insurance reform
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Is the National Organization for Marriage violating state law?
By Lisa Keen, Keen News Service
The National Organization for Marriage, which formed two years ago to take the lead to oppose equal marriage rights for same-sex couples, is coming under increased scrutiny.
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Two-Thirds of GLBT Americans Think Nation Headed in the Right Direction
By 365gay Newswire
(Washington, DC) American GLBT adults say they are more optimistic for the future than their heterosexual counterparts.
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6 LGBTs to join the DNC
By 365gay Newswire
From the Victory Fund: Six more openly LGBT Democrats are on track to join the 447-member Democratic National Committee as at-large members, including two Victory Fund-endorsed elected officials and two other individuals affliated with the Victory Fund and Leadership Institute.
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Caster Semenya unveils glamorous look as she learns she'll keep gold medal
South African athlete Caster Semenya has learned that she will be entitled to retain her 800-metre gold medal regardless of the results of tests to ascertain whether she is really a man or a woman. She has also taken part in a glamorous magazine shoot.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13981.html
Amnesty sends warning over Lithuania's criminalisation of 'homosexual propaganda'
Human rights charity Amnesty International has condemned plans by Lithuania to criminalise the "promotion" of homosexuality, saying it could lead to increased violence and discrimination against gays and lesbians.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13991.html
Mayor who tried to ban gay pride praises Taliban 'family values'
The Doncaster mayor who tried to ban funding for gay Pride marches has caused shock by claiming people should look to the Taliban as a good example of family values.
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Gay Marriage Bill Plots Comeback in New York
Carlos Santoscoy | On Top Magazine
Published: September 08, 2009
Gay marriage is plotting its comeback in New York but whether senators will bite remains to be seen. Last week, New York Governor David Paterson told gay monthly The Advocate that he would add the gay marriage bill to the agenda of a special session expected to take place in late September.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9748/
Asylum Pitfalls May Await the Transgender Applicant
Victoria Neilson | Visit article original @ On the Issues Magazine
When “Cristina” calls Immigration Equality, where I am the legal director, she’s called the right place for legal representation before the Immigration Court. Immigration Equality is the only national organization that works exclusively for equal rights under the U.S. immigration law for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and HIV-positive (LGBT/H) individuals. She has already filed for asylum based on her transgender identity (MTF, or male-to-female). She has been living as a woman for many years, has taken hormones and has had several surgeries including complete sex reassignment surgery.
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Getting a Leg Up on the Sequined Competition
By JENNIFER 8. LEE
Antoine Ashley, 29, a dancer and model, has worked full time for three years as a drag queen known as Sahara Davenport. Originally from Gaithersburg, Md., he went to college in Dallas, where he started performing in drag before moving to New York. He does shows, but also works for Screaming Queens Entertainment, which hires drag queens out as “ambience girls” for corporate events and bar mitzvahs. Mr. Ashley’s companion also performs as a drag queen, Manila Luzon.
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A Catholic View Of Gay Marriage
As one of the 580,000 Catholics in the Washington Archdiocese, I object to the suggestion by Ronald Jackson, executive director of the D.C. Catholic Conference ["Wuerl Ups Opposition to Gay Marriage," Metro, Sept. 2] that we are all bigots. Many Catholics support the right of all people to marry, whether to a person of the opposite sex or to a person of the same sex. Church authorities should stick to the governance of religious wedding ceremonies and leave to civil authorities the responsibility of granting marriage licenses, a responsibility that should be exercised without discrimination.
MARK F. CLARK
Silver Spring
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Gay women under Don’t Ask Don’t Tell: Auto-Straddle blog interviews Lissa Young
From Auto-Straddle blog:
“After just being cleared to be a professor at West Point, I learned that I was being kicked out under DADT. And after 20 years in the military – from 1982 to 2002 – I was left with absolutely nothing: no pension, no salary, nothing. I wanted to be the dean of West Point, the first female graduate dean; that was my dream.” - Lissa Young, West Point ‘86
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Sidelines Cyclones win at North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance World Series championship
From Jennifer Morales at Sidelines Sports Bar: The Sidelines Cyclones, Sidelines Sports Bar’s sponsored softball team captured the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance (NAGAAA) World Series Championship. The win makes the Cyclones part of an elite few for Fort Lauderdale’s gay softball league as the C-Division’s National Champions! The 15-player team was one of forty-nine (49) C-Division competing teams, the largest amount of C-Division teams to ever compete at a World Series event. During the three-day competition, the Cyclones played like professionals, winning all seven of their games, going undefeated against competitors from Seattle, Austin, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Oklahoma City, Birmingham, Boston, and a coalition team from Norfolk, Richmond, and Greenville NC.
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Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce luncheon to be Thursday at Epic Hotel
From Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce:
MDGLCC FALL Luncheon Speaker Forum will be held on Thursday, September 10th @ the Brand New EPIC Hotel, 270 Biscayne Blvd., Way, Miami, from 11:30am to 1:30pm. Guest speakers include Irwin Jacobs, IBM Program Director of GLBT and International Programs in the Global Supplier Diversity organization; Laurie Overholser-Baad, Director of Taxation and Elder Services at Kane & Company CPA's; and Julien Sharp, M.S., Writer & Social Media Consultant and Founder of Stylo Creative Communications; each will present important information in the areas of Supplier Diversity Certification, US Individual and Corporate Tax Law Changes and, Social Marketing Tips and Strategies respectively. RSVP Required; $35 for members/$45 for potential members - discounted valet parking available.
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Woman Fined for Wearing Pants
An outspoken Sudanese journalist is in jail after refusing to pay a fine for wearing pants in public.
By Julie Bolcer
A Sudanese woman found guilty of violating her country’s decency laws by wearing pants in public was fined the equivalent of $200 on Monday, but a court in Khartoum spared Lubna Huseein (pictured, center) a whipping of 40 lashes.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/09/08/Woman_Fined_for_Wearing_Pants/
SD Charger Accused of Beating Tila Tequila
By Advocate.com Editors
San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman was arrested Sunday and accused of choking and attacking his girlfriend, bisexual reality TV star Tila Tequila, as she tried to leave his home.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/09/07/SD_Charger_Accused_of_Beating_Tila_Tequila/
WaPo Ombudsman: NOM Profile "Fell Short"
By Julie Bolcer
A recent profile of NOM executive director Brian Brown in The Washington Post was unbalanced, says the newspaper's ombudsman, though he claims that the reporter holds no homophobic agenda.
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Transgender activist runs for mayor of Idaho town
By The Associated Press
About a block from a street concert in downtown Nampa, Melissa Sue Robinson strolls with purpose into a trendy coffee shop - the unofficial liberal embassy of this sprawling Republican stronghold in southwest Idaho.
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Davis: Political Lessons from André Bauer
By Ali Davis, Contributing writer
I knew we were all in trouble back in June when André Bauer started to bring up how not gay he is in interviews. Bauer is the Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, and when the news broke that Governor Mark Sanford had taken the longest and steamiest hike on the Appalachian Trail in the history of outdoorsmanship, Bauer began to edge his way into the national limelight.
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Gay man 'reported to police' for questioning MP Iris Robinson's views
Iris Robinson, the Northern Ireland MP who called homosexuality an "abomination", reportedly had a constituent questioned by police after he challenged her views. Click here for full article
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13970.html
Lesbian author Sarah Waters on Booker Prize shortlist
Lesbian author Sarah Waters is one of six authors on the Booker Prize shortlist, which was announced today. Waters is on the list for her novel The Little Stranger. She has been shortlisted twice before, for her works Fingersmith and The Night Watch. Click here for full article
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13974.html
'Gay cure' yoga guru to to set up centre on Scottish island
An Indian yoga guru who claimed the practice could cure homosexuality is to set up a yoga and meditation centre on a remote Scottish island. Swami Baba Ramdev recently said homosexuality was a "disease" but could be cured by yoga. Click here for full article
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A Cure for Love
Squamish Chief
Squamish – There’s a bride, a groom and the usual happy crowd of well-wishers. But this is no ordinary wedding. Ana and Brian are ex-gays – adherents to a controversial evangelical movement that purports to convert gay people into heterosexuals. Cure for Love goes inside the unusual Christian subculture and follows the lives of several young people whose homosexuality is at odds with their religious beliefs to fashion a nuanced critique of 21st century fundamentalism through their moving testimony.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9709/
Brain Plasticity and Sexual Orientation: Just Train It?
Dr. Warren Throckmorton | NARTH| Crosswalk
This article about brain plasticity by Neil and Briar Whitehead posted on Anglican Mainstream caught my attention for several reasons. Some relate to classes I teach but for this post, I am interested in discussion surrounding the main reason the Whiteheads wrote about neuroscience: sexual reorientation. I have a few questions.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9708/
LGBT Press Guide
Every few years I undertake what is an enormous “Labor of Love.” I bring out a directory of the entire world’s GLBT press published by Upstart Press. It is called “The Harris Guide.” (The very first edition which I compiled and edited was published by another company and they insisted on calling it “The Queer Press Guide.” Not much caring for the title and being told that directories worked best with a bland sounding title and having being blessed with the blandest last name imaginable - Harris - it became ”The Harris Guide.”)
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9707/
Coakley Makes It Official
Katie Zezima | The Caucus | New York Times
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley formally announced her candidacy for the Senate on Thursday, becoming the first official contender to enter the race for the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s seat.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9706/
Michigan Chamber Invites Controversial Keynote
BTL Staff | Pride Source
LANSING - Glenn Beck, the keynote speaker at the Michigan Chamber of Commerce’s September annual meeting, has said that he believes President Barack Obama is a “racist” (”Fox and Friends” July 28). It’s a move that is stirring up local activists and politicians, who are questioning the chamber’s choice of speaker in Beck. On “Fox and Friends,” Beck said Obama has “a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture. He has a problem. This guy is, I believe, a racist.” Beck also joked about poisoning House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (YouTube, “Beck Jokes About Putting Poison in Pelosi’s Wine”) and believes Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor is also a racist. “I think she’s a racist,” he said. “I think she has decided things based on race.”
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9702/
With Sharp Satire, Enfant Terrible Challenges Czech Identity
DAN BILEFSKY | New York Times
PRAGUE: DAVID CERNY sends a rude text message to two bronze sculptures of naked, urinating men, which proceed to swivel their hips and move their protruding penises to trace his four-letter words into a pond shaped like a map of the Czech Republic.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9698/
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New York Times
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Getting a Leg Up on the Sequined Competition
By JENNIFER 8. LEE
Antoine Ashley, 29, a dancer and model, has worked full time for three years as a drag queen known as Sahara Davenport. Originally from Gaithersburg, Md., he went to college in Dallas, where he started performing in drag before moving to New York. He does shows, but also works for Screaming Queens Entertainment, which hires drag queens out as “ambience girls” for corporate events and bar mitzvahs. Mr. Ashley’s companion also performs as a drag queen, Manila Luzon.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/08/nyregion/08entry.html?_r=1&scp=7&sq=gay&st=cse
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Washington Post
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A Catholic View Of Gay Marriage
As one of the 580,000 Catholics in the Washington Archdiocese, I object to the suggestion by Ronald Jackson, executive director of the D.C. Catholic Conference ["Wuerl Ups Opposition to Gay Marriage," Metro, Sept. 2] that we are all bigots. Many Catholics support the right of all people to marry, whether to a person of the opposite sex or to a person of the same sex. Church authorities should stick to the governance of religious wedding ceremonies and leave to civil authorities the responsibility of granting marriage licenses, a responsibility that should be exercised without discrimination.
MARK F. CLARK
Silver Spring
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/07/AR2009090702057.html
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Steve Rothaus
http://www.MiamiHerald.com/gay
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Gay women under Don’t Ask Don’t Tell: Auto-Straddle blog interviews Lissa Young
From Auto-Straddle blog:
“After just being cleared to be a professor at West Point, I learned that I was being kicked out under DADT. And after 20 years in the military – from 1982 to 2002 – I was left with absolutely nothing: no pension, no salary, nothing. I wanted to be the dean of West Point, the first female graduate dean; that was my dream.” - Lissa Young, West Point ‘86
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/09/gay-women-under-dont-ask-dont-tell-auto-straddle-blog-interviews-lissa-young.html
Sidelines Cyclones win at North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance World Series championship
From Jennifer Morales at Sidelines Sports Bar: The Sidelines Cyclones, Sidelines Sports Bar’s sponsored softball team captured the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance (NAGAAA) World Series Championship. The win makes the Cyclones part of an elite few for Fort Lauderdale’s gay softball league as the C-Division’s National Champions! The 15-player team was one of forty-nine (49) C-Division competing teams, the largest amount of C-Division teams to ever compete at a World Series event. During the three-day competition, the Cyclones played like professionals, winning all seven of their games, going undefeated against competitors from Seattle, Austin, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Oklahoma City, Birmingham, Boston, and a coalition team from Norfolk, Richmond, and Greenville NC.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/09/sidelines-cyclones-win-at-north-american-gay-amateur-athletic-alliance-world-series-championship.html
Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce luncheon to be Thursday at Epic Hotel
From Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce:
MDGLCC FALL Luncheon Speaker Forum will be held on Thursday, September 10th @ the Brand New EPIC Hotel, 270 Biscayne Blvd., Way, Miami, from 11:30am to 1:30pm. Guest speakers include Irwin Jacobs, IBM Program Director of GLBT and International Programs in the Global Supplier Diversity organization; Laurie Overholser-Baad, Director of Taxation and Elder Services at Kane & Company CPA's; and Julien Sharp, M.S., Writer & Social Media Consultant and Founder of Stylo Creative Communications; each will present important information in the areas of Supplier Diversity Certification, US Individual and Corporate Tax Law Changes and, Social Marketing Tips and Strategies respectively. RSVP Required; $35 for members/$45 for potential members - discounted valet parking available.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/09/miami-dade-gay-lesbian-chamber-of-commerce-luncheon-to-be-thursday-at-epic-hotel.html
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The Advocate
http://advocate.com/
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Woman Fined for Wearing Pants
An outspoken Sudanese journalist is in jail after refusing to pay a fine for wearing pants in public.
By Julie Bolcer
A Sudanese woman found guilty of violating her country’s decency laws by wearing pants in public was fined the equivalent of $200 on Monday, but a court in Khartoum spared Lubna Huseein (pictured, center) a whipping of 40 lashes.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/09/08/Woman_Fined_for_Wearing_Pants/
SD Charger Accused of Beating Tila Tequila
By Advocate.com Editors
San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman was arrested Sunday and accused of choking and attacking his girlfriend, bisexual reality TV star Tila Tequila, as she tried to leave his home.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/09/07/SD_Charger_Accused_of_Beating_Tila_Tequila/
WaPo Ombudsman: NOM Profile "Fell Short"
By Julie Bolcer
A recent profile of NOM executive director Brian Brown in The Washington Post was unbalanced, says the newspaper's ombudsman, though he claims that the reporter holds no homophobic agenda.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/09/07/WaPo_Ombudsman__NOM_Profile_Fell_Short/
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365Gay.com
http://www.365gay.com/
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Transgender activist runs for mayor of Idaho town
By The Associated Press
About a block from a street concert in downtown Nampa, Melissa Sue Robinson strolls with purpose into a trendy coffee shop - the unofficial liberal embassy of this sprawling Republican stronghold in southwest Idaho.
http://www.365gay.com/news/transgender-activist-runs-for-mayor-of-idaho-town/
Davis: Political Lessons from André Bauer
By Ali Davis, Contributing writer
I knew we were all in trouble back in June when André Bauer started to bring up how not gay he is in interviews. Bauer is the Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, and when the news broke that Governor Mark Sanford had taken the longest and steamiest hike on the Appalachian Trail in the history of outdoorsmanship, Bauer began to edge his way into the national limelight.
http://www.365gay.com/opinion/davis-political-lessons-from-andre-bauer/
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Pink News - UK
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/
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Gay man 'reported to police' for questioning MP Iris Robinson's views
Iris Robinson, the Northern Ireland MP who called homosexuality an "abomination", reportedly had a constituent questioned by police after he challenged her views. Click here for full article
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13970.html
Lesbian author Sarah Waters on Booker Prize shortlist
Lesbian author Sarah Waters is one of six authors on the Booker Prize shortlist, which was announced today. Waters is on the list for her novel The Little Stranger. She has been shortlisted twice before, for her works Fingersmith and The Night Watch. Click here for full article
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13974.html
'Gay cure' yoga guru to to set up centre on Scottish island
An Indian yoga guru who claimed the practice could cure homosexuality is to set up a yoga and meditation centre on a remote Scottish island. Swami Baba Ramdev recently said homosexuality was a "disease" but could be cured by yoga. Click here for full article
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13967.html
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Daily Queer News
http://www.dailyqueernews.com
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A Cure for Love
Squamish Chief
Squamish – There’s a bride, a groom and the usual happy crowd of well-wishers. But this is no ordinary wedding. Ana and Brian are ex-gays – adherents to a controversial evangelical movement that purports to convert gay people into heterosexuals. Cure for Love goes inside the unusual Christian subculture and follows the lives of several young people whose homosexuality is at odds with their religious beliefs to fashion a nuanced critique of 21st century fundamentalism through their moving testimony.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9709/
Brain Plasticity and Sexual Orientation: Just Train It?
Dr. Warren Throckmorton | NARTH| Crosswalk
This article about brain plasticity by Neil and Briar Whitehead posted on Anglican Mainstream caught my attention for several reasons. Some relate to classes I teach but for this post, I am interested in discussion surrounding the main reason the Whiteheads wrote about neuroscience: sexual reorientation. I have a few questions.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9708/
LGBT Press Guide
Every few years I undertake what is an enormous “Labor of Love.” I bring out a directory of the entire world’s GLBT press published by Upstart Press. It is called “The Harris Guide.” (The very first edition which I compiled and edited was published by another company and they insisted on calling it “The Queer Press Guide.” Not much caring for the title and being told that directories worked best with a bland sounding title and having being blessed with the blandest last name imaginable - Harris - it became ”The Harris Guide.”)
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9707/
Coakley Makes It Official
Katie Zezima | The Caucus | New York Times
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley formally announced her candidacy for the Senate on Thursday, becoming the first official contender to enter the race for the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s seat.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9706/
Michigan Chamber Invites Controversial Keynote
BTL Staff | Pride Source
LANSING - Glenn Beck, the keynote speaker at the Michigan Chamber of Commerce’s September annual meeting, has said that he believes President Barack Obama is a “racist” (”Fox and Friends” July 28). It’s a move that is stirring up local activists and politicians, who are questioning the chamber’s choice of speaker in Beck. On “Fox and Friends,” Beck said Obama has “a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture. He has a problem. This guy is, I believe, a racist.” Beck also joked about poisoning House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (YouTube, “Beck Jokes About Putting Poison in Pelosi’s Wine”) and believes Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor is also a racist. “I think she’s a racist,” he said. “I think she has decided things based on race.”
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9702/
With Sharp Satire, Enfant Terrible Challenges Czech Identity
DAN BILEFSKY | New York Times
PRAGUE: DAVID CERNY sends a rude text message to two bronze sculptures of naked, urinating men, which proceed to swivel their hips and move their protruding penises to trace his four-letter words into a pond shaped like a map of the Czech Republic.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/9698/
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GLBT DIGEST - September 06, 2009
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New York Times
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Spanish Village of Rainbow Weddings
By ANDREW FERREN
FAR from the hedonistic beaches of Ibiza or the disco nights in Barcelona, the tiny town of Campillo de Ranas — the Little Field of Frogs — is nestled in the rugged hills of Castilla-La Mancha, a 90-minute drive north of Madrid in Guadalajara province. With its squat slate houses barely rising above the rolling hillsides on which they are built, the town’s pretty Romanesque bell tower is the only thing that doesn’t blend into the landscape. The place would appear to be the perfect setting of an open-air staging of “The Flintstones.”
http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/09/06/travel/06journeys.html?scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse
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Washington Post
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'Sanity & a Smile' and an Outpouring of Rage
By Andrew Alexander
The Post recently featured a story by reporter Monica Hesse that ran on the front of the Style section while she was on vacation. The day before returning, she logged on to check e-mails -- and wept.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/04/AR2009090402967.html
Counselors Get at the Heart of Issues for Same-Sex Couples
By Ellen McCarthy
It was a strange summer of heartbreak for Salvatore Garanzini and his partner, Alapaki Yee. They were happy together, but three of the same-sex couples they were closest to underwent painful breakups in quick succession.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/03/AR2009090304270.html
Carolyn Hax
By Carolyn Hax
While I'm away, readers give the advice. On what (not) to do if you think your child is gay:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/03/AR2009090304269.html
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Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
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Oline H. Cogdill: Local Book News
Gay and lesbian mysteries have been making an impact on the genre for years. The boost began in 1970 when Joseph Hansen published Fadeout, his first Dave Brandstetter novel. Hollywood author Neil Plakcy continues that tradition with his series featuring a gay policeman in Hawaii. Plakcy will discuss his latest novel Mahu Vice at 4 p.m. Sept. 13 at Borders, 2240 E. Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, 954-566-6335. For a review of Mahu Vice, go to SunSentinel.com/offthepage.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/sfl-bk-local-book-news-l090609sbsep06,0,6195045.story
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The Advocate
http://advocate.com/
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Sex With Hitler
By Neal Broverman
Public campaigns designed to warn the public about the dangers of AIDS have not shied away from the shocking and salacious. But the latest effort in Germany to preach the gospel of safe sex is employing images of women having sex with tyrants like Josef Stalin, Sadaam Hussein, and, unbelievably, Adolf Hitler.
Campaigns designed to warn the public about the dangers of AIDS have not shied away from the shocking and salacious. But the latest effort in Germany to preach the gospel of safe sex is employing images of women having sex with tyrants like Joseph Stalin, Saddam Hussein, and, unbelievably, Adolf Hitler.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/09/04/Sex_With_Hitler/
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Truth Wins Out - TWO
by Wayne Besen
http://www.truthwinsout.org/
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Patrick McAlvey: 'I Was Harmed By 'Ex-Gay' Therapy
Getting fixed: Patrick McAlvey endured ex-gay therapy. Now, he wants to let
other gay teens know they're not broken
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViaMczTmrkA
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New York Times
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Spanish Village of Rainbow Weddings
By ANDREW FERREN
FAR from the hedonistic beaches of Ibiza or the disco nights in Barcelona, the tiny town of Campillo de Ranas — the Little Field of Frogs — is nestled in the rugged hills of Castilla-La Mancha, a 90-minute drive north of Madrid in Guadalajara province. With its squat slate houses barely rising above the rolling hillsides on which they are built, the town’s pretty Romanesque bell tower is the only thing that doesn’t blend into the landscape. The place would appear to be the perfect setting of an open-air staging of “The Flintstones.”
http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/09/06/travel/06journeys.html?scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse
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Washington Post
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'Sanity & a Smile' and an Outpouring of Rage
By Andrew Alexander
The Post recently featured a story by reporter Monica Hesse that ran on the front of the Style section while she was on vacation. The day before returning, she logged on to check e-mails -- and wept.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/04/AR2009090402967.html
Counselors Get at the Heart of Issues for Same-Sex Couples
By Ellen McCarthy
It was a strange summer of heartbreak for Salvatore Garanzini and his partner, Alapaki Yee. They were happy together, but three of the same-sex couples they were closest to underwent painful breakups in quick succession.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/03/AR2009090304270.html
Carolyn Hax
By Carolyn Hax
While I'm away, readers give the advice. On what (not) to do if you think your child is gay:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/03/AR2009090304269.html
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Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
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Oline H. Cogdill: Local Book News
Gay and lesbian mysteries have been making an impact on the genre for years. The boost began in 1970 when Joseph Hansen published Fadeout, his first Dave Brandstetter novel. Hollywood author Neil Plakcy continues that tradition with his series featuring a gay policeman in Hawaii. Plakcy will discuss his latest novel Mahu Vice at 4 p.m. Sept. 13 at Borders, 2240 E. Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, 954-566-6335. For a review of Mahu Vice, go to SunSentinel.com/offthepage.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/sfl-bk-local-book-news-l090609sbsep06,0,6195045.story
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The Advocate
http://advocate.com/
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Sex With Hitler
By Neal Broverman
Public campaigns designed to warn the public about the dangers of AIDS have not shied away from the shocking and salacious. But the latest effort in Germany to preach the gospel of safe sex is employing images of women having sex with tyrants like Josef Stalin, Sadaam Hussein, and, unbelievably, Adolf Hitler.
Campaigns designed to warn the public about the dangers of AIDS have not shied away from the shocking and salacious. But the latest effort in Germany to preach the gospel of safe sex is employing images of women having sex with tyrants like Joseph Stalin, Saddam Hussein, and, unbelievably, Adolf Hitler.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/09/04/Sex_With_Hitler/
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Truth Wins Out - TWO
by Wayne Besen
http://www.truthwinsout.org/
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Patrick McAlvey: 'I Was Harmed By 'Ex-Gay' Therapy
Getting fixed: Patrick McAlvey endured ex-gay therapy. Now, he wants to let
other gay teens know they're not broken
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViaMczTmrkA
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