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Texas Battle on Gay Marriage Looms
By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr.
A judge in Texas paved the way for a court battle over the state’s ban on same-sex marriage when she ruled this week that two men married in another state can get divorced in Dallas.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/03/us/03texas.html?scp=4&sq=gay&st=cse
The High Price of Being a Gay Couple
By TARA SIEGEL BERNARD and RON LIEBER
From health care and pensions to family planning, life is more expensive for same-sex couples. Share your thoughts on this article and read replies from Tara Siegel Bernard and Ron Lieber.
http://community.nytimes.com/comments/www.nytimes.com/2009/10/03/your-money/03money.html?scp=3&sq=gay&st=cse
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Miami Herald
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Survey: Gay market still strong
Gay and lesbian consumers are showing more optimism -- and spending more freely -- than heterosexuals in a down economy, according to a national survey.
BY TOLUSE OLORUNNIPA
After months of rising unemployment and sinking profits, recession-weary businesses in South Florida may have forgotten what a confident consumer looks like.
http://www.miamiherald.com/business/economy/story/1264541.html
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The Advocate
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Virulent Homophobe Behind Palin Memoir
By Neal Broverman
Sarah Palin's soon-to-be-released memoir was mostly written by Lynn Vincent, a woman blogger Andrew Sullivan calls a "fanatical homophobe."
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/02/Virulent_Homophobe_Behind_Palin_Memoir/
Lesbian Arrested for $6 Mil Embezzlement
By Michelle Garcia
A gay rights activist from Des Moines has been accused of embezzling nearly $6 million from her employer Aviva, a global insurance company.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/02/Lesbian_Arrested_for_$6_Mil_Embezzlement/
Castro Espín a Gay-Friendly Communist
COMMENTARY: Mariela Castro Espín, the daughter of Cuban president Raul Castro, is devoted to improving the status of gay people in Cuba. But whatever pleasant sounding pieties she mouths, Espín is still a communist.
By James Kirchick
Over the past few years, the government of Cuba has earned praise for an unlikely development: a campaign to improve the status of the island’s gays. Standing at the forefront of this effort has been an even unlikelier figure: Mariela Castro Espín, the daughter of Raul Castro, who officially assumed the Cuban presidency last year after his brother Fidel fell ill. The latest entry in this narrative was a largely laudatory profile of Espín in The Advocate, which described her as a “champion” of the island’s “gay and transgender community.” Espín is director of the Cuban National Center for Sex Education, an organization which, according to its website, promotes “the development of a culture of sexuality that is full, pleasurable, and responsible, as well as to promote the full exercise of sexual rights.”
http://www.advocate.com/Politics/Commentary/Castro_Espin_a_Gay_Friendly_Communist/
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365Gay.com
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Will California recognize pre-Prop-8, out-of-state marriages?
By Jennifer Vanasco, editor in chief, 365gay.com
Equality California needs help. And you can make the difference. More . . .
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Saturday, October 03, 2009
Friday, October 02, 2009
GLBT DIGEST - October 02, 2009
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New York Times
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The Courts and Privacy
Published: October 2, 2009
To the delight of headline writers, the Alabama Supreme Court recently decided the case of 1568 Montgomery Highway Inc. — also known as Love Stuff — v. the City of Hoover. In a 7-to-2 ruling, it upheld a state law banning the sale of sex toys. The dispute may seem a bit frivolous, but it rests on a fundamental question: After the Supreme Court’s 2003 ruling striking down sodomy laws, how free is the majority to impose its morality through the law?http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/chicago-mourns-and-new-york-empathizes/?scp=12&sq=gay&st=cse
Study Finds Gay Roles Up on Broadcast TV
Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF
The number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender characters has grown in recent years on prime-time network television but decreased on cable, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation said. For its “Where We Are on TV” study, the alliance reviewed 79 scripted comedies and dramas announced for the broadcast networks during the 2009-10 season. It found that of 600 regulars on these shows, 18 are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. The study said that ABC has the most such characters, with 8 out of 168 total series regulars; Fox has 4 (including cartoon characters on “The Simpsons” and “American Dad”), NBC has 3, CW has 2 and CBS, none. In its review of mainstream cable channels, including HBO, Showtime, Comedy Central, AMC and others, the alliance found that the number of series regulars who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender decreased this year, to 25 from 32 last year. When the gay-oriented cable channels here! and Logo were included, the study said, 27 gay characters were added to the tally.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/arts/television/02arts-STUDYFINDSGA_BRF.html?scp=3&sq=gay&st=cse
A Baby for the Gay Authors Behind the Daddy Penguins
By Jennifer 8. Lee
It’s yet another example of life imitating art, or at least humans imitating animals. Ever since “And Tango Makes Three,” a children’s book detailing the story of two male penguins and the baby chick they hatched, has been published, in 2005, more people have requested the book’s removal each year from schools and libraries than any other book in the United States, according to the American Library Association.
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/a-baby-for-the-gay-authors-behind-the-daddy-penguins/?scp=3&sq=gay&st=cse
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Wall Street Journal
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Waking Up a Tired Genre
Fall offers two smart, funny takes on the family comedy
By DOROTHY RABINOWITZ
All television announces its quality early, but it's been awhile since any half-hour comedy came blazing out of the gate to declare itself with such speed and so many layers of pure seduction as "Modern Family" (Wednesdays, 9-9:30 p.m. Eastern, on ABC). Of all TV genres, comedy is the form quickest to show its stuff for good or ill—viewers know what they're in for in two to three minutes—and since it's mostly for ill, the exceptions come as something of a miracle every time. No miracles are involved, of course. The thrusting wit, the roaring confidence that distinguishes "Modern Family" emerges from the well-honed skills of its creators, Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd, both with an imposing list of credits to their names, including "Frasier."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471504574445651992041382.html
Dallas Judge Shoots Down Texas’ Ban on Gay Marriage
By Ashby Jones
The gay-marriage issue started in states that have voted solidly blue in the last handful of presidential elections: Massachusetts and California. But slowly — and perhaps inexorably — the issue moved to states more violet than indigo, like Iowa. Now the issue has landed in the lap of voters in the most solidly red of all the big states in the country: Texas.
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2009/10/02/dallas-judge-shoots-down-texas-ban-on-gay-marriage/
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Sun-Sentinel
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Fort Lauderdale beach guide
By Tom Swick
Fort Lauderdale has successfully shed its image as a Spring Break circus and become a more tranquil family resort. But something of the old song Where the Boys Are still applies, as the city is regularly voted one of the top vacation destinations for gays. In recent years tall buildings have sprouted -- luxury hotels on the beach, luxury condos downtown -- but they haven't totally altered the beach town feel. And now, in addition to salt water, you get a few more urban pleasures.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/travel/wsfl-fort-lauderdale-guide,0,2860967.story
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Steve Rothaus
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‘Fiddler’ tour tosses tradition: Male actor from Miami plays the butcher’s dead wife, Fruma Sarah
BY STEVE ROTHAUS, srothaus@MiamiHerald.com
Un-traditional casting: Miami Springs native Sean Patrick Doyle plays the role of Fruma Sarah -- the butcher's dead wife -- in the national revival of Fiddler on the Roof running Tuesday through Oct. 18 at Broward Center for the Performing Arts.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/fiddler-tour-tosses-tradition-male-actor-from-miami-plays-the-butchers-dead-wife-fruma-sarah.html
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South Florida Blade
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First renderings of G Resort
Development scheduled to open within two years
By STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
Renderings have been released for G Resort, a luxury hotel and timeshare property proposed for a 6.04-acre site at NE 24 Street and NE 13th Avenue, near Dixie Highway in Wilton Manors. These drawings depict the main entrance to the 172-unit building and the poollounge area. Last week the Wilton Manors City Commission approved resort plans on first vote. Residents will have a chance to weigh in on G Resorts plans in front of city commissioners before the final approval votes take place. If everything goes as planned by the developers, the G Resort should open in about two years.
http://www.floridablade.com/2009/10-1/news/localnews/6327.cfm
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The Advocate
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"Christian Coalition 2.0" Hits Florida
By Julie Bolcer
Ralph Reed, former head of the Christian Coalition, formalized plans last week to open an affiliate of his new Faith and Freedom Coalition in Florida, with the goal of energizing social conservatives and financing Republican state campaigns.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/01/Christian_Coalition_2_0_Hits_Florida/
LDS-Owned Paper Rejects Gay Ad
By Julie Bolcer
A newspaper owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints rejected an advertisement for a memorial service in Salt Lake City this weekend in honor of gay Mormons who have committed suicide.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/01/LDS-Owned_Paper_Rejects_Gay_Ad/
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365Gay.com
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DC councilman to introduce gay marriage bill
By The Associated Press
A Washington, D.C., councilman says he’ll introduce a bill next week to allow same-sex couples to wed.
http://www.365gay.com/news/dc-councilman-to-introduce-gay-marriage-bill/
Will California recognize pre-Prop-8, out-of-state marriages?
By Jennifer Vanasco
Equality California needs help.
I hope you are well. The heat is still on here in California, as we’re waiting for Governor Schwarzenegger to sign the bills the legislature just passed.
http://www.365gay.com/news/vanasco-will-california-recognize-pre-prop-8-out-of-state-marriages/
Domestic partnership certificates issued in Nevada
By The Associated Press
Nevada’s secretary of state issued domestic partnership certificate No. 1 at the state Capitol on Thursday as a state law providing many of the same legal rights as marriage to gay and straight partners went into effect.
http://www.365gay.com/news/domestic-partnership-certificates-issued-in-nevada/
Texas judge clears way for gay divorce
By The Associated Press
(Dallas) A Texas judge cleared the way for two Dallas men to get a divorce, ruling Thursday that Texas’ ban on same-sex marriage violates the constitutional guarantee to equal protection under the law.
http://www.365gay.com/news/texas-judge-clears-way-for-gay-divorce/
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Pink News - UK
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Anti-gay National Organisation for Marriage to have finances probed
A group campaigning against gay marriage in Maine is to have its finances investigated over accusations of fraud.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/02/anti-gay-national-organisation-for-marriage-to-have-finances-probed/
Tatchell 'ignored' over Equality Bill concerns
Peter Tatchell has complained that the Equality Bill is discriminatory and that the government has failed to respond to his concerns about harassment protection for gays.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/02/tatchell-ignored-over-equality-bill-concerns/
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Daily Queer News
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Can Gay Officials Respect the Rights of Heterosexuals
Contact: Regina Griggs, Executive Director, Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX), 804-453-4737, PFOX@pfox.orgARLINGTON, VA, Oct. 1 /Christian Newswire/ — The following is submitted by David Elliott: When staffing the Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX) exhibit booth at the Arlington County fair last month, I spotted Jay Fisette, my elected county representative who self-identifies as gay. Two years ago at this fair, a gay man had assaulted me because he was upset with my ex-gay story of hope and change from a homosexual identity. Because I did not press assault charges, some gay activists and Fisette falsely claimed the assault never occurred.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10309/
Hong Kong at Risk of Losing Its Only Gay Community Center
Sylvia Tan \ Fridae
Rainbow of Hong Kong, the only LGBT-community centre in the territory, faces an uncertain future due to lack of funding and is appealing to the community for donations to keep it going. Rainbow of Hong Kong (香港彩虹), a LGBT-community centre located at the busy junction of Nathan and Jordan Roads in Kowloon, is finding itself in a precarious situation and is at risk of having to shut down if its hope to raise additional funds doesn’t materialise.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10307/
Marriage Equality Bill Introduced in Illinois Senate: Matches House Version
Phil Reese \ Bilerico Project
And we’re off! The race to marriage equality for the fifth largest state in the Union was kicked off this morning when State Senator Heather Steans became the first Illinois Senator to introduce a marriage equality bill - SB2468 the Equal Marriage Act - in that chamber. Illinois - which promises to have the eyes on the world on it if it is chosen to host the 2016 Olympic Games - is one of the most progressive states in the Midwest. It is the state that President Barack Obama calls home and where he honed his leadership credentials.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10305/
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JustNews.com
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Hundreds Leave Fla. Megachurch
Ft. Lauderdale: Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church
Church Splits After New Pastor Begins
Hundreds of congregants have left a pioneering megachurch in Florida to form their own congregation because they were unhappy with leadership at the church that's seen as a bedrock of the religious right. The action by the unhappy members at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church was the culmination of a feud between loyalists to an evangelical luminary, the Rev. D. James Kennedy, and his replacement as pastor, the Rev. Tullian Tchividjian, a grandson of the Rev. Billy Graham.
http://www.justnews.com/news/21173633/detail.html?treets=mia&tid=2655619429813&tml=mia_dailyforecast&tmi=mia_dailyforecast_1_04000110022009&ts=H
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New York Times
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The Courts and Privacy
Published: October 2, 2009
To the delight of headline writers, the Alabama Supreme Court recently decided the case of 1568 Montgomery Highway Inc. — also known as Love Stuff — v. the City of Hoover. In a 7-to-2 ruling, it upheld a state law banning the sale of sex toys. The dispute may seem a bit frivolous, but it rests on a fundamental question: After the Supreme Court’s 2003 ruling striking down sodomy laws, how free is the majority to impose its morality through the law?http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/chicago-mourns-and-new-york-empathizes/?scp=12&sq=gay&st=cse
Study Finds Gay Roles Up on Broadcast TV
Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF
The number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender characters has grown in recent years on prime-time network television but decreased on cable, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation said. For its “Where We Are on TV” study, the alliance reviewed 79 scripted comedies and dramas announced for the broadcast networks during the 2009-10 season. It found that of 600 regulars on these shows, 18 are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. The study said that ABC has the most such characters, with 8 out of 168 total series regulars; Fox has 4 (including cartoon characters on “The Simpsons” and “American Dad”), NBC has 3, CW has 2 and CBS, none. In its review of mainstream cable channels, including HBO, Showtime, Comedy Central, AMC and others, the alliance found that the number of series regulars who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender decreased this year, to 25 from 32 last year. When the gay-oriented cable channels here! and Logo were included, the study said, 27 gay characters were added to the tally.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/arts/television/02arts-STUDYFINDSGA_BRF.html?scp=3&sq=gay&st=cse
A Baby for the Gay Authors Behind the Daddy Penguins
By Jennifer 8. Lee
It’s yet another example of life imitating art, or at least humans imitating animals. Ever since “And Tango Makes Three,” a children’s book detailing the story of two male penguins and the baby chick they hatched, has been published, in 2005, more people have requested the book’s removal each year from schools and libraries than any other book in the United States, according to the American Library Association.
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/a-baby-for-the-gay-authors-behind-the-daddy-penguins/?scp=3&sq=gay&st=cse
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Wall Street Journal
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Waking Up a Tired Genre
Fall offers two smart, funny takes on the family comedy
By DOROTHY RABINOWITZ
All television announces its quality early, but it's been awhile since any half-hour comedy came blazing out of the gate to declare itself with such speed and so many layers of pure seduction as "Modern Family" (Wednesdays, 9-9:30 p.m. Eastern, on ABC). Of all TV genres, comedy is the form quickest to show its stuff for good or ill—viewers know what they're in for in two to three minutes—and since it's mostly for ill, the exceptions come as something of a miracle every time. No miracles are involved, of course. The thrusting wit, the roaring confidence that distinguishes "Modern Family" emerges from the well-honed skills of its creators, Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd, both with an imposing list of credits to their names, including "Frasier."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471504574445651992041382.html
Dallas Judge Shoots Down Texas’ Ban on Gay Marriage
By Ashby Jones
The gay-marriage issue started in states that have voted solidly blue in the last handful of presidential elections: Massachusetts and California. But slowly — and perhaps inexorably — the issue moved to states more violet than indigo, like Iowa. Now the issue has landed in the lap of voters in the most solidly red of all the big states in the country: Texas.
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2009/10/02/dallas-judge-shoots-down-texas-ban-on-gay-marriage/
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Sun-Sentinel
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Fort Lauderdale beach guide
By Tom Swick
Fort Lauderdale has successfully shed its image as a Spring Break circus and become a more tranquil family resort. But something of the old song Where the Boys Are still applies, as the city is regularly voted one of the top vacation destinations for gays. In recent years tall buildings have sprouted -- luxury hotels on the beach, luxury condos downtown -- but they haven't totally altered the beach town feel. And now, in addition to salt water, you get a few more urban pleasures.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/travel/wsfl-fort-lauderdale-guide,0,2860967.story
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Steve Rothaus
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‘Fiddler’ tour tosses tradition: Male actor from Miami plays the butcher’s dead wife, Fruma Sarah
BY STEVE ROTHAUS, srothaus@MiamiHerald.com
Un-traditional casting: Miami Springs native Sean Patrick Doyle plays the role of Fruma Sarah -- the butcher's dead wife -- in the national revival of Fiddler on the Roof running Tuesday through Oct. 18 at Broward Center for the Performing Arts.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/fiddler-tour-tosses-tradition-male-actor-from-miami-plays-the-butchers-dead-wife-fruma-sarah.html
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South Florida Blade
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First renderings of G Resort
Development scheduled to open within two years
By STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
Renderings have been released for G Resort, a luxury hotel and timeshare property proposed for a 6.04-acre site at NE 24 Street and NE 13th Avenue, near Dixie Highway in Wilton Manors. These drawings depict the main entrance to the 172-unit building and the poollounge area. Last week the Wilton Manors City Commission approved resort plans on first vote. Residents will have a chance to weigh in on G Resorts plans in front of city commissioners before the final approval votes take place. If everything goes as planned by the developers, the G Resort should open in about two years.
http://www.floridablade.com/2009/10-1/news/localnews/6327.cfm
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The Advocate
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"Christian Coalition 2.0" Hits Florida
By Julie Bolcer
Ralph Reed, former head of the Christian Coalition, formalized plans last week to open an affiliate of his new Faith and Freedom Coalition in Florida, with the goal of energizing social conservatives and financing Republican state campaigns.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/01/Christian_Coalition_2_0_Hits_Florida/
LDS-Owned Paper Rejects Gay Ad
By Julie Bolcer
A newspaper owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints rejected an advertisement for a memorial service in Salt Lake City this weekend in honor of gay Mormons who have committed suicide.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/01/LDS-Owned_Paper_Rejects_Gay_Ad/
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365Gay.com
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DC councilman to introduce gay marriage bill
By The Associated Press
A Washington, D.C., councilman says he’ll introduce a bill next week to allow same-sex couples to wed.
http://www.365gay.com/news/dc-councilman-to-introduce-gay-marriage-bill/
Will California recognize pre-Prop-8, out-of-state marriages?
By Jennifer Vanasco
Equality California needs help.
I hope you are well. The heat is still on here in California, as we’re waiting for Governor Schwarzenegger to sign the bills the legislature just passed.
http://www.365gay.com/news/vanasco-will-california-recognize-pre-prop-8-out-of-state-marriages/
Domestic partnership certificates issued in Nevada
By The Associated Press
Nevada’s secretary of state issued domestic partnership certificate No. 1 at the state Capitol on Thursday as a state law providing many of the same legal rights as marriage to gay and straight partners went into effect.
http://www.365gay.com/news/domestic-partnership-certificates-issued-in-nevada/
Texas judge clears way for gay divorce
By The Associated Press
(Dallas) A Texas judge cleared the way for two Dallas men to get a divorce, ruling Thursday that Texas’ ban on same-sex marriage violates the constitutional guarantee to equal protection under the law.
http://www.365gay.com/news/texas-judge-clears-way-for-gay-divorce/
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Pink News - UK
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Anti-gay National Organisation for Marriage to have finances probed
A group campaigning against gay marriage in Maine is to have its finances investigated over accusations of fraud.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/02/anti-gay-national-organisation-for-marriage-to-have-finances-probed/
Tatchell 'ignored' over Equality Bill concerns
Peter Tatchell has complained that the Equality Bill is discriminatory and that the government has failed to respond to his concerns about harassment protection for gays.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/02/tatchell-ignored-over-equality-bill-concerns/
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Daily Queer News
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Can Gay Officials Respect the Rights of Heterosexuals
Contact: Regina Griggs, Executive Director, Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX), 804-453-4737, PFOX@pfox.orgARLINGTON, VA, Oct. 1 /Christian Newswire/ — The following is submitted by David Elliott: When staffing the Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX) exhibit booth at the Arlington County fair last month, I spotted Jay Fisette, my elected county representative who self-identifies as gay. Two years ago at this fair, a gay man had assaulted me because he was upset with my ex-gay story of hope and change from a homosexual identity. Because I did not press assault charges, some gay activists and Fisette falsely claimed the assault never occurred.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10309/
Hong Kong at Risk of Losing Its Only Gay Community Center
Sylvia Tan \ Fridae
Rainbow of Hong Kong, the only LGBT-community centre in the territory, faces an uncertain future due to lack of funding and is appealing to the community for donations to keep it going. Rainbow of Hong Kong (香港彩虹), a LGBT-community centre located at the busy junction of Nathan and Jordan Roads in Kowloon, is finding itself in a precarious situation and is at risk of having to shut down if its hope to raise additional funds doesn’t materialise.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10307/
Marriage Equality Bill Introduced in Illinois Senate: Matches House Version
Phil Reese \ Bilerico Project
And we’re off! The race to marriage equality for the fifth largest state in the Union was kicked off this morning when State Senator Heather Steans became the first Illinois Senator to introduce a marriage equality bill - SB2468 the Equal Marriage Act - in that chamber. Illinois - which promises to have the eyes on the world on it if it is chosen to host the 2016 Olympic Games - is one of the most progressive states in the Midwest. It is the state that President Barack Obama calls home and where he honed his leadership credentials.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10305/
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JustNews.com
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Hundreds Leave Fla. Megachurch
Ft. Lauderdale: Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church
Church Splits After New Pastor Begins
Hundreds of congregants have left a pioneering megachurch in Florida to form their own congregation because they were unhappy with leadership at the church that's seen as a bedrock of the religious right. The action by the unhappy members at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church was the culmination of a feud between loyalists to an evangelical luminary, the Rev. D. James Kennedy, and his replacement as pastor, the Rev. Tullian Tchividjian, a grandson of the Rev. Billy Graham.
http://www.justnews.com/news/21173633/detail.html?treets=mia&tid=2655619429813&tml=mia_dailyforecast&tmi=mia_dailyforecast_1_04000110022009&ts=H
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Thursday, October 01, 2009
GLBT DIGEST - October 01, 2009
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New York Times
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Germany's No. 2 Looks to the Spotlight
By JUDY DEMPSEY
BERLIN — There is a great boon to being Germany’s foreign minister. Within a short time, the minister usually becomes one of the country’s most popular politicians.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/world/europe/01iht-letter.html?scp=7&sq=gay&st=cse
Rare Source of Attack on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
By ELISABETH BUMILLER
In an unusual show of support for allowing gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the armed forces, an article in an official military journal argues forcefully for repealing the “don’t ask, don’t tell” law, which requires homosexuals in the services to keep their sexual orientation secret.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/us/01pentagon.html?scp=4&sq=gay&st=cse
Study Finds More Gay Characters on Network TV
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The number of gay and bisexual characters on prime-time network TV is up slightly this season to 18 out of a total of 600 roles, according to the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. The increase over 2008 fell well short of the more than twofold percentage jump in the '08 season compared to 2007, according to the group.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/10/01/arts/AP-US-TV-Gay-Characters.html?scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse
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Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
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Obama Official Regrets Advice to Student
The Obama administration defended an Education Department official over advice he gave a gay student about sex 21 years ago. The official, Kevin Jennings, says he should have handled the situation differently when he told the boy that he hoped he had used a condom during a sexual encounter with an older man. Jennings, who now heads the department's Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, has been under fire from conservatives and right-wing groups for not reporting the incident to authorities or to the boy's parents.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/30/AR2009093005295_pf.html
Justices to Decide if State Gun Laws Violate Rights
Court, Which Reversed D.C. Ban, Will Look to Local Level in 2nd Amendment Case
By Robert Barnes
The Supreme Court set up a historic decision on gun control Wednesday, saying it will rule on whether restrictive state and local laws violate the Second Amendment right to gun ownership that it recognized last year.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/30/AR2009093001723.html
Catania: Gay Marriage Bill Will Debut Tuesday
The waiting game is over. After months of buildup, D.C. Council member David A. Catania (I-At large) announced Wednesday evening he would introduce his proposal to legalize same-sex marriage in the District at Tuesday's council meeting.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dc/2009/10/catania_gay_marriage_bill_will.html
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Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
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Empty lots raise crime and drug concerns
By Don Crinklaw
The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of South Florida is moving from its rented home on North Andrews Avenue to a new site at 2204 N. Dixie Highway, and some in the South Middle River neighborhood of Fort Lauderdale are wondering what opportunities the void will bring.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fort-lauderdale/sfl-flesbglbuilding1001hrboct01,0,1247695.story
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Steve Rothaus
http://www.MiamiHerald.com/gay/
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University of Miami SPECTRUM newsletter gets new Perspective after gay students object to name
BY STEVE ROTHAUS
A gay student group at the University of Miami has taught UM's School of Education a lesson: Don't mess with our name.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/09/university-of-miami-spectrum-newsletter-gets-new-perspective-after-gay-students-object-to-name.html
Miami Gay Men's Chorus to host engagement party Oct. 11 for Jon & Juan's Wedding
From the Miami Gay Men's Chorus:
The boys are getting engaged...
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/miami-gay-mens-chorus-to-host-engagement-party-oct-11-for-jon-juans-wedding.html
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The Advocate
http://advocate.com/
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Bishop Wanted on Child Porn Charges
Raymond Lahey, who resigned as bishop on Saturday, is sought by police.
By Julie Bolcer
Police in Ottawa are seeking a Roman Catholic bishop from Nova Scotia wanted on child pornography charges filed on September 25.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/01/Catholic_Bishop_Wanted_on_Child_Porn_Charges/
New Signs Warn Mormon Plaza Visitors
Visitors to the Mormon Church Plaza in Salt Lake City will be greeted with private property warnings.
By Julie Bolcer
New signs installed on the LDS Church Plaza in Salt Lake City attempt to clarify that the area is private property, following a July incident in which a gay couple was detained for kissing on the plaza.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/01/New_Signs_Warn_Mormon_Plaza_Visitors/
Roundup: New Mexico, Dennis Hopper, Reggae
Bill Richardson wants domestic partnerships for New Mexico, gay activist Urvashi Vaid talks, and more.
By Julie Bolcer
Last stand: New Mexico governor Bill Richardson vowed to get domestic-partnership legislation passed during his last year in office. In defense of homophobia: A group of Jamaicans in Miami have launched a petition asking that controversial reggae artists Beenie Man and Buju Banton (pictured) be allowed to perform in the city on October 31.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/09/30/Roundup__New_Mexico,_Dennis_Hopper,_Reggae/
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365Gay.com
http://www.365gay.com/
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Duffy: Suicide – the soldiers left behind
By Michael Duffy, 365gay blogger
The rate of suicide by gays and lesbians is higher than that of the general population. Military gay personnel are still subject to those same problems as the rest of the homosexual population, but gays and lesbians have fewer opportunities to deal with these problems. While overseas or home, “don’t ask don’t tell” greatly harms the ability of a soldier to get the care he needs.
http://www.365gay.com/opinion/duffy-suicide-the-soldiers-left-behind/
Ky. church ordains sex offender as minister
By The Associated Press
A tiny Louisville church’s newest minister is a gifted music leader and popular among its three dozen members. Mark Hourigan is also a sex offender. Almost a decade ago, long before he joined the flock at the City of Refuge Worship Center, he was convicted of sexually abusing an 11-year-old boy in central Kentucky. Hourigan served a five-year sentence and the 41-year-old was placed on Kentucky’s sex offender registry for the rest of his life.
http://www.365gay.com/news/ky-church-ordains-sex-offender-as-minister/
Doctors settle case for denying lesbian treatment
By The Associated Press
A California woman has settled a lawsuit against her former doctors who denied her artificial insemination based on her sexual orientation, attorneys for both sides said Tuesday.
http://www.365gay.com/news/doctors-settle-case-for-denying-lesbian-treatment/
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Pink News - UK
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/
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Catholic church sex abuse 'caused by homosexuals, not paedophiles'
A Vatican official has said that the child sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church was caused by gay men preying on teenage boys, rather than paedophilia.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/01/catholic-church-sex-abuse-caused-by-homosexuals-not-paedophiles/
Iain Dale condemns Daily Mail for 'homophobic attack'
Political blogger Iain Dale has made an official complaint over a Daily Mail article which called him "overtly gay".
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/01/iain-dale-condemns-daily-mail-for-homophobic-attack/
Melissa Etheridge considers lesbian coalition
Lesbian rock icon Melissa Etheridge has discussed the possibility of forming a sisterly coalition with other female gay celebrity activists.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/01/melissa-etheridge-considers-lesbian-coalition/
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Daily Queer News
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/
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One Bill On the Hill?
Wayne Besen
Last week, the House Education and Labor Committee held a full hearing on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, (ENDA) which would ban job discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. ENDA is the crown jewel of an incremental strategy that has dominated the GLBT movement in Washington. The idea is to cut up gay rights into a series of small legislative bites that are digestible to moderate Democrats and Republicans (at least the few left) in swing districts.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10264/
Reflection on Yom Kippur and Homosexuality Within Judaism
Benjamin Cohen \ Pink News
PinkNews.co.uk founder Benjamin Cohen reflects back on yesterday’s Jewish festival of Yom Kippur and what it means for an openly gay Jew. Two years ago, I wrote about my experiences in Synagogue over Yom Kippur, the day of atonement when according to Judaism, all men and women are judged and God decides whether to write them into the book of life for the following year, who will die at his allotted time and who before. It’s also the day that God decides who will have a good year and who will have a year of struggle. As I left yesterday’s service, I felt that it would be apt to update the original article. As I sat in Synagogue yesterday during Yom Kippur I once again regretted that I’m still an attendee of the United Synagogue.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10263/
Gay MEP Michael Cashman Criticizes UN General Assembly President’s ‘Unacceptable’ Anti-Gay Views
Jessica Geen \ Pink News
Gay MEP Michael Cashman has condemned homophobic comments made by the new United Nations General Assembly president. As PinkNews.co.uk reported last week, Ali Abdussalam Treki said that homosexuality is “not really acceptable”.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10262/
New Archbishop of Birmingham Helped Organize Gay Masses
Jessica Geen \ Pink News
The man tipped to be named as the new Archbishop of Birmingham today has played a strong part in reaching out to gay Catholics. In 2007, Rt Rev Bernard Longley, currently the Auxillary Bishop of Westminster, helped integrate the Soho Masses Pastoral Council into the diocese. The group puts on special Masses for gays and lesbians. He also helped the group write a statement on ministering to gay Catholics which, while following Catholic teaching on homosexuality, recognised that gay and lesbian believers wanted to be involved with the church. Read more
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10261/
Equality Illinois Update
Equality Illinois
1) SIGN ON – Equality Illinois Needs YOUR help
We need your support right now to advance and expand our assertive agenda for full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Illinois. To build on our momentum, we need at least 10,000 new members this month!
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New York Times
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Germany's No. 2 Looks to the Spotlight
By JUDY DEMPSEY
BERLIN — There is a great boon to being Germany’s foreign minister. Within a short time, the minister usually becomes one of the country’s most popular politicians.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/world/europe/01iht-letter.html?scp=7&sq=gay&st=cse
Rare Source of Attack on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
By ELISABETH BUMILLER
In an unusual show of support for allowing gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the armed forces, an article in an official military journal argues forcefully for repealing the “don’t ask, don’t tell” law, which requires homosexuals in the services to keep their sexual orientation secret.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/us/01pentagon.html?scp=4&sq=gay&st=cse
Study Finds More Gay Characters on Network TV
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The number of gay and bisexual characters on prime-time network TV is up slightly this season to 18 out of a total of 600 roles, according to the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. The increase over 2008 fell well short of the more than twofold percentage jump in the '08 season compared to 2007, according to the group.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/10/01/arts/AP-US-TV-Gay-Characters.html?scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse
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Washington Post
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Obama Official Regrets Advice to Student
The Obama administration defended an Education Department official over advice he gave a gay student about sex 21 years ago. The official, Kevin Jennings, says he should have handled the situation differently when he told the boy that he hoped he had used a condom during a sexual encounter with an older man. Jennings, who now heads the department's Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, has been under fire from conservatives and right-wing groups for not reporting the incident to authorities or to the boy's parents.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/30/AR2009093005295_pf.html
Justices to Decide if State Gun Laws Violate Rights
Court, Which Reversed D.C. Ban, Will Look to Local Level in 2nd Amendment Case
By Robert Barnes
The Supreme Court set up a historic decision on gun control Wednesday, saying it will rule on whether restrictive state and local laws violate the Second Amendment right to gun ownership that it recognized last year.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/30/AR2009093001723.html
Catania: Gay Marriage Bill Will Debut Tuesday
The waiting game is over. After months of buildup, D.C. Council member David A. Catania (I-At large) announced Wednesday evening he would introduce his proposal to legalize same-sex marriage in the District at Tuesday's council meeting.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dc/2009/10/catania_gay_marriage_bill_will.html
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Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
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Empty lots raise crime and drug concerns
By Don Crinklaw
The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of South Florida is moving from its rented home on North Andrews Avenue to a new site at 2204 N. Dixie Highway, and some in the South Middle River neighborhood of Fort Lauderdale are wondering what opportunities the void will bring.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fort-lauderdale/sfl-flesbglbuilding1001hrboct01,0,1247695.story
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Steve Rothaus
http://www.MiamiHerald.com/gay/
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University of Miami SPECTRUM newsletter gets new Perspective after gay students object to name
BY STEVE ROTHAUS
A gay student group at the University of Miami has taught UM's School of Education a lesson: Don't mess with our name.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/09/university-of-miami-spectrum-newsletter-gets-new-perspective-after-gay-students-object-to-name.html
Miami Gay Men's Chorus to host engagement party Oct. 11 for Jon & Juan's Wedding
From the Miami Gay Men's Chorus:
The boys are getting engaged...
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/miami-gay-mens-chorus-to-host-engagement-party-oct-11-for-jon-juans-wedding.html
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The Advocate
http://advocate.com/
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Bishop Wanted on Child Porn Charges
Raymond Lahey, who resigned as bishop on Saturday, is sought by police.
By Julie Bolcer
Police in Ottawa are seeking a Roman Catholic bishop from Nova Scotia wanted on child pornography charges filed on September 25.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/01/Catholic_Bishop_Wanted_on_Child_Porn_Charges/
New Signs Warn Mormon Plaza Visitors
Visitors to the Mormon Church Plaza in Salt Lake City will be greeted with private property warnings.
By Julie Bolcer
New signs installed on the LDS Church Plaza in Salt Lake City attempt to clarify that the area is private property, following a July incident in which a gay couple was detained for kissing on the plaza.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/01/New_Signs_Warn_Mormon_Plaza_Visitors/
Roundup: New Mexico, Dennis Hopper, Reggae
Bill Richardson wants domestic partnerships for New Mexico, gay activist Urvashi Vaid talks, and more.
By Julie Bolcer
Last stand: New Mexico governor Bill Richardson vowed to get domestic-partnership legislation passed during his last year in office. In defense of homophobia: A group of Jamaicans in Miami have launched a petition asking that controversial reggae artists Beenie Man and Buju Banton (pictured) be allowed to perform in the city on October 31.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/09/30/Roundup__New_Mexico,_Dennis_Hopper,_Reggae/
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365Gay.com
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Duffy: Suicide – the soldiers left behind
By Michael Duffy, 365gay blogger
The rate of suicide by gays and lesbians is higher than that of the general population. Military gay personnel are still subject to those same problems as the rest of the homosexual population, but gays and lesbians have fewer opportunities to deal with these problems. While overseas or home, “don’t ask don’t tell” greatly harms the ability of a soldier to get the care he needs.
http://www.365gay.com/opinion/duffy-suicide-the-soldiers-left-behind/
Ky. church ordains sex offender as minister
By The Associated Press
A tiny Louisville church’s newest minister is a gifted music leader and popular among its three dozen members. Mark Hourigan is also a sex offender. Almost a decade ago, long before he joined the flock at the City of Refuge Worship Center, he was convicted of sexually abusing an 11-year-old boy in central Kentucky. Hourigan served a five-year sentence and the 41-year-old was placed on Kentucky’s sex offender registry for the rest of his life.
http://www.365gay.com/news/ky-church-ordains-sex-offender-as-minister/
Doctors settle case for denying lesbian treatment
By The Associated Press
A California woman has settled a lawsuit against her former doctors who denied her artificial insemination based on her sexual orientation, attorneys for both sides said Tuesday.
http://www.365gay.com/news/doctors-settle-case-for-denying-lesbian-treatment/
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Pink News - UK
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/
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Catholic church sex abuse 'caused by homosexuals, not paedophiles'
A Vatican official has said that the child sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church was caused by gay men preying on teenage boys, rather than paedophilia.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/01/catholic-church-sex-abuse-caused-by-homosexuals-not-paedophiles/
Iain Dale condemns Daily Mail for 'homophobic attack'
Political blogger Iain Dale has made an official complaint over a Daily Mail article which called him "overtly gay".
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/01/iain-dale-condemns-daily-mail-for-homophobic-attack/
Melissa Etheridge considers lesbian coalition
Lesbian rock icon Melissa Etheridge has discussed the possibility of forming a sisterly coalition with other female gay celebrity activists.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/01/melissa-etheridge-considers-lesbian-coalition/
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Daily Queer News
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/
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One Bill On the Hill?
Wayne Besen
Last week, the House Education and Labor Committee held a full hearing on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, (ENDA) which would ban job discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. ENDA is the crown jewel of an incremental strategy that has dominated the GLBT movement in Washington. The idea is to cut up gay rights into a series of small legislative bites that are digestible to moderate Democrats and Republicans (at least the few left) in swing districts.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10264/
Reflection on Yom Kippur and Homosexuality Within Judaism
Benjamin Cohen \ Pink News
PinkNews.co.uk founder Benjamin Cohen reflects back on yesterday’s Jewish festival of Yom Kippur and what it means for an openly gay Jew. Two years ago, I wrote about my experiences in Synagogue over Yom Kippur, the day of atonement when according to Judaism, all men and women are judged and God decides whether to write them into the book of life for the following year, who will die at his allotted time and who before. It’s also the day that God decides who will have a good year and who will have a year of struggle. As I left yesterday’s service, I felt that it would be apt to update the original article. As I sat in Synagogue yesterday during Yom Kippur I once again regretted that I’m still an attendee of the United Synagogue.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10263/
Gay MEP Michael Cashman Criticizes UN General Assembly President’s ‘Unacceptable’ Anti-Gay Views
Jessica Geen \ Pink News
Gay MEP Michael Cashman has condemned homophobic comments made by the new United Nations General Assembly president. As PinkNews.co.uk reported last week, Ali Abdussalam Treki said that homosexuality is “not really acceptable”.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10262/
New Archbishop of Birmingham Helped Organize Gay Masses
Jessica Geen \ Pink News
The man tipped to be named as the new Archbishop of Birmingham today has played a strong part in reaching out to gay Catholics. In 2007, Rt Rev Bernard Longley, currently the Auxillary Bishop of Westminster, helped integrate the Soho Masses Pastoral Council into the diocese. The group puts on special Masses for gays and lesbians. He also helped the group write a statement on ministering to gay Catholics which, while following Catholic teaching on homosexuality, recognised that gay and lesbian believers wanted to be involved with the church. Read more
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10261/
Equality Illinois Update
Equality Illinois
1) SIGN ON – Equality Illinois Needs YOUR help
We need your support right now to advance and expand our assertive agenda for full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Illinois. To build on our momentum, we need at least 10,000 new members this month!
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
GLBT DIGEST - September 30, 2009
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New York Times
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‘Hair’ Closes for One Day So Cast Can March in Rally
By PATRICIA COHEN
Playwrights and producers have used scathing commentary, heartbreaking drama and sharp satire to score political points about war, torture, presidents, AIDS, race relations and women’s rights with New York theater audiences. Now the Broadway musical “Hair” is expanding the concept of stage activism by taking to the streets and urging audiences to follow. The producers canceled a Sunday matinee so that the cast and crew could attend and perform at a march for gay rights in Washington on Oct. 11.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/theater/30hair.html?_r=1&scp=6&sq=gay&st=cse
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Washington Post
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D.C. Won't Get to Host Gay Games
District government officials traveled to Cologne, Germany, to get bad news: The Federation of Gay Games will hold its Gay Games in Cleveland, not the District, in 2014. D.C. Council member David A. Catania (I-At Large) was in the D.C. contingent in Germany on Tuesday when the federation chose Cleveland. Boston was also finalist. -- Nikita Stewart
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/29/AR2009092903645_pf.html
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Steve Rothaus
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Court dismisses suit by lesbian who couldn’t see dying partner at Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital
BY STEVE ROTHAUS
A federal court in Miami has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Washington state lesbian who was not allowed to visit her dying partner at Jackson Memorial Hospital.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/09/court-dismisses-suit-by-lesbian-who-couldnt-see-dying-partner-at-miamis-jackson-memorial-hospital.html
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Pink News - UK
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Exclusive: Man fired from Christian radio station for revealing he was gay
A man who was fired after six years of volunteering at a Christian radio station lost his job because he admitted he was gay.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/29/exclusive-man-fired-from-christian-radio-station-for-revealing-he-was-gay/
Gay couple forced to leave home after homophobic abuse
A gay couple in Kent have spoken of how they had to flee their home after suffering weeks of homophobic abuse. Keith Stepney and John Mead said they began to fear for their lives during the campaign by local youths in Northfleet.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/30/gay-couple-forced-to-leave-home-after-homophobic-abuse/
Re-elected Portuguese prime minister promised to allow gay marriage
Gay couples in Portugal are waiting to see whether their re-elected prime minister will follow through with his campaign promise for gay marriage.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/30/re-elected-portuguese-prime-minister-promised-to-allow-gay-marriage/
German minister apologises for homophobic slur against gay party leader
A German minister has been forced to apologise after making an anti-gay slur against the man tipped to be the country's next foreign minister.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/30/german-minister-apologises-for-homophobic-slur-against-gay-party-leader/
Tasmania to give gay couples official ceremonies
Gay couples in the Australian state of Tasmania will soon be able to have an official ceremony in which to register their relationships.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/30/tasmania-to-give-gay-couples-official-ceremonies/
Gay groups to compensate bar which cancelled homophobic gig
A coalition of gay groups is working to compensate a bar which cancelled a gig by homophobic Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/29/gay-groups-to-compensate-bar-which-cancelled-homophobic-gig/
Comment: Reflections on Yom Kippur and homosexuality within Judaism
PinkNews.co.uk founder Benjamin Cohen reflects back on yesterday's Jewish festival of Yom Kippur and what it means for an openly gay Jew.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/29/comment-reflections-on-yom-kippur-and-homosexuality-within-judaism/
False rape allegation forces gay US soldier to out himself
A gay US Air Force officer was forced to reveal his sexuality in order to clear himself of a false rape allegation, an admission which cost him his job.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/29/false-rape-allegation-forces-gay-us-soldier-to-out-himself/
Gay political blogger Iain Dale on shortlist for Tory parliamentary candidate
Iain Dale, the openly gay political blogger and broadcaster, has reached the final stage of parliamentary selection for Bracknell.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/29/gay-political-blogger-on-shortlist-for-tory-parliamentary-candidate/
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Daily Queer News
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WA: Approval of Referendum 71 Attracts Broad Community Support
Seattle Times
THE campaign to affirm the legal rights and responsibilities of all Washington families has attracted an impressive coalition of support. Approval of Referendum 71 has been endorsed by the region’s largest employers, civic groups, a spectrum of religious organizations, business and professional associations, labor unions and good-government groups.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10225/
New Book on Barney Frank Set to Be Released
Associated Press \ Boston Herald
BOSTON — A book on Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank is set to hit book stores. “Barney Frank: The Story of America’s Only Left-Handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman” is scheduled to be released Tuesday and is based on interviews with more the 150 people, including Frank.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10224/
GA: Mayoral Candidates Lobby for Gay Vote
Eric Stirgus \ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Within hours of an Atlanta police raid of a popular gay Midtown bar this month, the news releases came in rapid-fire succession. All four leading mayoral candidates — Lisa Borders, Mary Norwood, Kasim Reed and Jesse Spikes — sent statements urging city officials to conduct a fair investigation into the Sept. 10 raid at the Atlanta Eagle and punish any police officers found to have violated the bar patrons’ civil rights.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10222/
Gay Activist As School Safety Czar?!
Rudi Stettner \ Rant Rave
President Obama has appointed more “czars” than I can keep track of. One of them is a “safe school’s ” czar, whose name is Kevin Jennings. Jennings has been a teacher and a writer on educational issues from a “gay friendly” point of view. There is no law against a homosexual being a teacher. Those who uphold the laws of the jurisdiction in which they teach have the protection of the law for their personal lives. The Washington Times reports that Jennings has had serious difficulties in upholding state laws governing reporting of abuse when he was a teacher. The Washington Times reports as follows.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10220/
Ex-Gay Group Calls Hate Crime Laws “Anti-Ex-Gay”
Amanda Hess \ The Sexist \ Washington City Paper
Remember Parents & Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX), that rag-tag group of heterosexual activists that just can’t seem to find many “ex-gay” people to advocate for? Last we heard from PFOX, the group was celebrating a court decision which said that “ex-gays”—people who were once gay, but are now totally heterosexual—should be covered under the District’s sexual orientation protections. PFOX was psyched with the ruling, because it meant that the group could begin to capitalize on protections that have been afforded to the LGBT community (hate crime legislation, anti-discrimination policies, etc.) and open up the possibility of suing on behalf of persecuted “ex-gays.”
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10219/
Pentagon Airs Criticism of ‘Don’t Ask’
Bryan Bender, Globe Staff | September 30, 2009
An article in the Pentagon’s top scholarly journal calls in unambiguous terms for lifting the ban on gays serving openly in the armed forces, arguing that the military is essentially forcing thousands of gay men and women to lead dishonest lives in an organization that emphasizes integrity as a fundamental tenet.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10218/
UT: LDS Church Post Tougher Signs on Plaza
Rosemary Winters \ The Salt Lake Tribune
New signs have gone up on downtown Salt Lake City’s Main Street Plaza. Visitors now are on notice: “The [LDS] Church reserves the right to refuse access to any person for any reason.”
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10217/
Senators Introduce Bill to Repeal Telecom Wiretapping Immunity
John Byrne \ Raw Story
Four Democratic senators have introduced a bill that would, if passed, repeal the legal immunity afforded the telecommunications industry for their participation in President George W. Bush’s warrantless wiretapping program.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10215/
Senior Official in Bush Domestic Propaganda Program Remains Obama’s Pentagon Spokesman
Brad Jacobson \ Raw Story
A key senior figure in a Bush administration covert Pentagon program, which used retired military analysts to produce positive wartime news coverage, remains in the same position today as a chief Obama Defense Department spokesman and the agency’s head of all media operations.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10214/
Hanging Citizen Journalists Out to Dry: Shield-Law Amendment Excludes Unpaid Bloggers
Pam Spaudling \ Bilerico Project
This may seem like a little inside baseball, but bear with me, because it will directly affect some of your favorite blogs. At the Blend we have inboxes overflowing with emails asking us to cover this story or that event — from advocacy organizations, tips from readers, PR firms, and the news media. It’s pretty clear that the equality rights movement is highly dependent on blogs and citizen journalism to analyze, report and advocate in the unique way that we do.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10213/
The US and Europe Have Propped Up So Many Corrupt “Democracies” That the Word Is Losing Meaning
Arundhati Roy \ Tomdispatch.com \ AlterNet
While we’re still arguing about whether there’s life after death, can we add another question to the cart? Is there life after democracy? What sort of life will it be? By “democracy” I don’t mean democracy as an ideal or an aspiration. I mean the working model: Western liberal democracy, and its variants, such as they are.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10211/
Right Wing Media Send Their Mobs of Crazy Fans to Go After Private Citizens–Including Kids
Eric Boehlert \ Media Matters for America \ AlterNet
Last week, a Washington Times blogger posted a call to arms, beseeching readers to help the newspaper dig up more information regarding a long list of arts organization representatives who took part in a conference call with the White House on August 10. The call was part of a National Endowment for the Arts initiative, and it’s a conference call that was secretly taped and has been wildly overhyped in conservative media circles as some sort of linchpin in a larger criminal enterprise being run out of the White House to politicize the arts. (There’s no evidence the August 10 conference call broke any laws.)
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10210/
Home-State Role Models Show Lawmakers the Way
Deb Price \ Creators
When U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, pointed out that providing benefits to the partners of gay employees would be a smart way for Uncle Sam to attract and keep talented workers, she explained why she’s sure: The strategy is a success in her home state.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10209/
NJ: GOP Renews Call for Amendment to Ban Gay Unions
MARY FUCHS \ The Record \ NorthJersey.com \ STATE HOUSE BUREAU
Republican lawmakers and socially conservative activists renewed their push Monday for a constitutional amendment so that voters — rather than lawmakers — would decide whether gay marriage should be legal in New Jersey.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10208/
President Obama Must Speak Out on Maine Now
David Mixner
Time is running out in Maine. Soon people will begin to request their absentee ballots and start voting. The time for President Obama to make clear that he opposes the ballot measure in that state is now. If he waits any longer, the Maggie Gallagher brigade against human rights will use his opposition to marriage to prove that he supports the proposition. During his presidential campaign, then-Senator Obama was quite clear that he opposed all such measures, despite his opposition to marriage equality.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10206/
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‘Hair’ Closes for One Day So Cast Can March in Rally
By PATRICIA COHEN
Playwrights and producers have used scathing commentary, heartbreaking drama and sharp satire to score political points about war, torture, presidents, AIDS, race relations and women’s rights with New York theater audiences. Now the Broadway musical “Hair” is expanding the concept of stage activism by taking to the streets and urging audiences to follow. The producers canceled a Sunday matinee so that the cast and crew could attend and perform at a march for gay rights in Washington on Oct. 11.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/theater/30hair.html?_r=1&scp=6&sq=gay&st=cse
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D.C. Won't Get to Host Gay Games
District government officials traveled to Cologne, Germany, to get bad news: The Federation of Gay Games will hold its Gay Games in Cleveland, not the District, in 2014. D.C. Council member David A. Catania (I-At Large) was in the D.C. contingent in Germany on Tuesday when the federation chose Cleveland. Boston was also finalist. -- Nikita Stewart
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/29/AR2009092903645_pf.html
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Court dismisses suit by lesbian who couldn’t see dying partner at Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital
BY STEVE ROTHAUS
A federal court in Miami has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Washington state lesbian who was not allowed to visit her dying partner at Jackson Memorial Hospital.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/09/court-dismisses-suit-by-lesbian-who-couldnt-see-dying-partner-at-miamis-jackson-memorial-hospital.html
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Exclusive: Man fired from Christian radio station for revealing he was gay
A man who was fired after six years of volunteering at a Christian radio station lost his job because he admitted he was gay.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/29/exclusive-man-fired-from-christian-radio-station-for-revealing-he-was-gay/
Gay couple forced to leave home after homophobic abuse
A gay couple in Kent have spoken of how they had to flee their home after suffering weeks of homophobic abuse. Keith Stepney and John Mead said they began to fear for their lives during the campaign by local youths in Northfleet.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/30/gay-couple-forced-to-leave-home-after-homophobic-abuse/
Re-elected Portuguese prime minister promised to allow gay marriage
Gay couples in Portugal are waiting to see whether their re-elected prime minister will follow through with his campaign promise for gay marriage.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/30/re-elected-portuguese-prime-minister-promised-to-allow-gay-marriage/
German minister apologises for homophobic slur against gay party leader
A German minister has been forced to apologise after making an anti-gay slur against the man tipped to be the country's next foreign minister.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/30/german-minister-apologises-for-homophobic-slur-against-gay-party-leader/
Tasmania to give gay couples official ceremonies
Gay couples in the Australian state of Tasmania will soon be able to have an official ceremony in which to register their relationships.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/30/tasmania-to-give-gay-couples-official-ceremonies/
Gay groups to compensate bar which cancelled homophobic gig
A coalition of gay groups is working to compensate a bar which cancelled a gig by homophobic Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/29/gay-groups-to-compensate-bar-which-cancelled-homophobic-gig/
Comment: Reflections on Yom Kippur and homosexuality within Judaism
PinkNews.co.uk founder Benjamin Cohen reflects back on yesterday's Jewish festival of Yom Kippur and what it means for an openly gay Jew.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/29/comment-reflections-on-yom-kippur-and-homosexuality-within-judaism/
False rape allegation forces gay US soldier to out himself
A gay US Air Force officer was forced to reveal his sexuality in order to clear himself of a false rape allegation, an admission which cost him his job.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/29/false-rape-allegation-forces-gay-us-soldier-to-out-himself/
Gay political blogger Iain Dale on shortlist for Tory parliamentary candidate
Iain Dale, the openly gay political blogger and broadcaster, has reached the final stage of parliamentary selection for Bracknell.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/29/gay-political-blogger-on-shortlist-for-tory-parliamentary-candidate/
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WA: Approval of Referendum 71 Attracts Broad Community Support
Seattle Times
THE campaign to affirm the legal rights and responsibilities of all Washington families has attracted an impressive coalition of support. Approval of Referendum 71 has been endorsed by the region’s largest employers, civic groups, a spectrum of religious organizations, business and professional associations, labor unions and good-government groups.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10225/
New Book on Barney Frank Set to Be Released
Associated Press \ Boston Herald
BOSTON — A book on Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank is set to hit book stores. “Barney Frank: The Story of America’s Only Left-Handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman” is scheduled to be released Tuesday and is based on interviews with more the 150 people, including Frank.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10224/
GA: Mayoral Candidates Lobby for Gay Vote
Eric Stirgus \ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Within hours of an Atlanta police raid of a popular gay Midtown bar this month, the news releases came in rapid-fire succession. All four leading mayoral candidates — Lisa Borders, Mary Norwood, Kasim Reed and Jesse Spikes — sent statements urging city officials to conduct a fair investigation into the Sept. 10 raid at the Atlanta Eagle and punish any police officers found to have violated the bar patrons’ civil rights.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10222/
Gay Activist As School Safety Czar?!
Rudi Stettner \ Rant Rave
President Obama has appointed more “czars” than I can keep track of. One of them is a “safe school’s ” czar, whose name is Kevin Jennings. Jennings has been a teacher and a writer on educational issues from a “gay friendly” point of view. There is no law against a homosexual being a teacher. Those who uphold the laws of the jurisdiction in which they teach have the protection of the law for their personal lives. The Washington Times reports that Jennings has had serious difficulties in upholding state laws governing reporting of abuse when he was a teacher. The Washington Times reports as follows.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10220/
Ex-Gay Group Calls Hate Crime Laws “Anti-Ex-Gay”
Amanda Hess \ The Sexist \ Washington City Paper
Remember Parents & Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX), that rag-tag group of heterosexual activists that just can’t seem to find many “ex-gay” people to advocate for? Last we heard from PFOX, the group was celebrating a court decision which said that “ex-gays”—people who were once gay, but are now totally heterosexual—should be covered under the District’s sexual orientation protections. PFOX was psyched with the ruling, because it meant that the group could begin to capitalize on protections that have been afforded to the LGBT community (hate crime legislation, anti-discrimination policies, etc.) and open up the possibility of suing on behalf of persecuted “ex-gays.”
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10219/
Pentagon Airs Criticism of ‘Don’t Ask’
Bryan Bender, Globe Staff | September 30, 2009
An article in the Pentagon’s top scholarly journal calls in unambiguous terms for lifting the ban on gays serving openly in the armed forces, arguing that the military is essentially forcing thousands of gay men and women to lead dishonest lives in an organization that emphasizes integrity as a fundamental tenet.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10218/
UT: LDS Church Post Tougher Signs on Plaza
Rosemary Winters \ The Salt Lake Tribune
New signs have gone up on downtown Salt Lake City’s Main Street Plaza. Visitors now are on notice: “The [LDS] Church reserves the right to refuse access to any person for any reason.”
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10217/
Senators Introduce Bill to Repeal Telecom Wiretapping Immunity
John Byrne \ Raw Story
Four Democratic senators have introduced a bill that would, if passed, repeal the legal immunity afforded the telecommunications industry for their participation in President George W. Bush’s warrantless wiretapping program.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10215/
Senior Official in Bush Domestic Propaganda Program Remains Obama’s Pentagon Spokesman
Brad Jacobson \ Raw Story
A key senior figure in a Bush administration covert Pentagon program, which used retired military analysts to produce positive wartime news coverage, remains in the same position today as a chief Obama Defense Department spokesman and the agency’s head of all media operations.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10214/
Hanging Citizen Journalists Out to Dry: Shield-Law Amendment Excludes Unpaid Bloggers
Pam Spaudling \ Bilerico Project
This may seem like a little inside baseball, but bear with me, because it will directly affect some of your favorite blogs. At the Blend we have inboxes overflowing with emails asking us to cover this story or that event — from advocacy organizations, tips from readers, PR firms, and the news media. It’s pretty clear that the equality rights movement is highly dependent on blogs and citizen journalism to analyze, report and advocate in the unique way that we do.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10213/
The US and Europe Have Propped Up So Many Corrupt “Democracies” That the Word Is Losing Meaning
Arundhati Roy \ Tomdispatch.com \ AlterNet
While we’re still arguing about whether there’s life after death, can we add another question to the cart? Is there life after democracy? What sort of life will it be? By “democracy” I don’t mean democracy as an ideal or an aspiration. I mean the working model: Western liberal democracy, and its variants, such as they are.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10211/
Right Wing Media Send Their Mobs of Crazy Fans to Go After Private Citizens–Including Kids
Eric Boehlert \ Media Matters for America \ AlterNet
Last week, a Washington Times blogger posted a call to arms, beseeching readers to help the newspaper dig up more information regarding a long list of arts organization representatives who took part in a conference call with the White House on August 10. The call was part of a National Endowment for the Arts initiative, and it’s a conference call that was secretly taped and has been wildly overhyped in conservative media circles as some sort of linchpin in a larger criminal enterprise being run out of the White House to politicize the arts. (There’s no evidence the August 10 conference call broke any laws.)
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10210/
Home-State Role Models Show Lawmakers the Way
Deb Price \ Creators
When U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, pointed out that providing benefits to the partners of gay employees would be a smart way for Uncle Sam to attract and keep talented workers, she explained why she’s sure: The strategy is a success in her home state.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10209/
NJ: GOP Renews Call for Amendment to Ban Gay Unions
MARY FUCHS \ The Record \ NorthJersey.com \ STATE HOUSE BUREAU
Republican lawmakers and socially conservative activists renewed their push Monday for a constitutional amendment so that voters — rather than lawmakers — would decide whether gay marriage should be legal in New Jersey.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10208/
President Obama Must Speak Out on Maine Now
David Mixner
Time is running out in Maine. Soon people will begin to request their absentee ballots and start voting. The time for President Obama to make clear that he opposes the ballot measure in that state is now. If he waits any longer, the Maggie Gallagher brigade against human rights will use his opposition to marriage to prove that he supports the proposition. During his presidential campaign, then-Senator Obama was quite clear that he opposed all such measures, despite his opposition to marriage equality.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10206/
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New York Times
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French Soccer Fan Attacked in Belgrade Dies
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) -- A 28-year-old French soccer fan who was brutally attacked in Belgrade by Serbian hooligans earlier this month died Tuesday in a hospital.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/09/29/sports/AP-SOC-Serbia-French-Fan-Dies.html?_r=1&scp=10&sq=gay&st=cse
Germany's Likely Next Foreign Minister Openly Gay
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BERLIN (AP) -- Guido Westerwelle and his gay partner are Germany's new ''power couple'' -- at least according to the nation's leading daily, which splashed a photo of the pair hugging on election night on the front-page above the fold in Tuesday's paper.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/09/29/world/AP-EU-Germany-Westerwelle-Gay.html?scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse
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Washington Post
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7,000 Gay Men Help Study AIDS
Effort to Beat Disease Began 25 Years Ago
By Lori Aratani
It was the early 1980s, and an unknown disease was spreading throughout the gay community. "We were all scared back then," said Walter Smalling, a photographer who lives in the District. "In the beginning, it was a death sentence. Nothing could be done."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/28/AR2009092802881.html
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Steve Rothaus
http://www.MiamiHerald.com/gay
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Tips-Q: Washington Times slimes GLSEN founder Kevin Jennings
From Tips-Q:
Submitted by David Hart:
In May, Kevin Jennings was appointed Assistant Deputy Secretary for the Department of Education’s Office of Safe & Drug Free Schools. Since then, every fundamentalist nut job has taken a whack at Jennings. The reason that they are attacking Jennings is simple; He is gay. Furthermore, the right wing is doing anything that they can to undermine President Obama. They are trying to get Obama to terminate Jennings as a desperate show of (waning) force.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/09/tips-q-washington-times-slimes-glsen-founder-kevin-jennings.html
Play's sequel gives voice to Matthew Shepard's killer
By DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer
A decade after "The Laramie Project" became a theatrical phenomenon, its creators are back with an epilogue highlighted by a riveting prison interview with the killer of gay college student Matthew Shepard - depicting him as candid but not remorseful over the murder.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/09/plays-sequel-gives-voice-to-matthew-shepards-killer.html
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The Advocate
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Dr. Drew Poses for NOH8 Campaign
Dr. Drew dispenses his advice on marriage equality and Proposition 8 with the NOH8 Campaign.
By Julie Bolcer
Loveline guru Dr. Drew Pinsky recently posed for the NOH8 campaign in support of marriage equality.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/09/29/Dr__Drew_Poses_for_NOH8_Campaign/
Castro Espín a Gay-Friendly Communist
COMMENTARY: Mariela Castro Espín, the daughter of Cuban president Raul Castro, is devoted to improving the status of gay people in Cuba. But whatever pleasant sounding pieties she mouths, Espín is still a communist.
By James Kirchick
Over the past few years, the government of Cuba has earned praise for an unlikely development: a campaign to improve the status of the island’s gays. Standing at the forefront of this effort has been an even unlikelier figure: Mariela Castro Espín, the daughter of Raul Castro, who officially assumed the Cuban presidency last year after his brother Fidel fell ill. The latest entry in this narrative was a largely laudatory profile of Espín in The Advocate, which described her as a “champion” of the island’s “gay and transgender community.” Espín is director of the Cuban National Center for Sex Education, an organization which, according to its website, promotes “the development of a culture of sexuality that is full, pleasurable, and responsible, as well as to promote the full exercise of sexual rights.”
http://www.advocate.com/Politics/Commentary/Castro_Esp%C3%ADn_a_Gay_Friendly_Communist/
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365Gay.com
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New temporary Mass. senator is likely a GLBT supporter
By Lisa Keen
Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Paul Kirk was sworn in yesterday to the seat vacated last month when Massachusetts’ Senator Ted Kennedy died of brain cancer.
http://www.365gay.com/news/new-temporary-mass-senator-is-likely-a-glbt-supporter/
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Pink News - UK
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Holidaymaker jailed after drunken homophobic slur
A holidaymaker who got drunk and called an air steward a "poof" has been jailed for ten and a half months. Grant Smith, 36, was drinking heavily aboard the New Year's Eve flight to the Dominican Republic.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/29/holidaymaker-jailed-after-drunken-homophobic-slur/
Bruno banned in Malaysia
The film Bruno, about a gay fashion journalist, has been banned in Malaysia for its gay sex scenes. Starring Sacha Baron Cohen, the film has already been banned in Ukraine for the same reason.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/29/bruno-banned-in-malaysia/
Gay humanist group to protest against Pope's visit at Labour Conference
The Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association (GALHA) has organised a protest against Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the UK to be held at the Labour Party's annual conference this week.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/28/gay-humanist-group-to-protest-against-popes-visit-at-labour-conference/
New York governor David Paterson confirms plans to run again in 2010
New York governor David Paterson, a strong gay rights ally, has confirmed he plans to run for re-election in 2010.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/28/new-york-governor-david-paterson-confirms-plans-to-run-again-in-2010/
Terrence Higgins Trust offers HIV detection test four weeks after exposure
Sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) is now offering an HIV test which can be used four weeks after infection. Usually, tests can only be carried out three months after the date of suspected transmission.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/28/terrence-higgins-trust-offers-hiv-detection-test-four-weeks-after-exposure/
London's gay art festival announces 2009 line-up
The programme for GFest, London's lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans art festival, has been announced. The event, now in its third year, is due to take place between November 9th and 22nd and will be held at various venues across the capital.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/28/londons-gay-art-festival-announces-2009-line-up/
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More School: Obama Would Curtail Summer Vacation
Associated Press \ Education Week
Students beware: The summer vacation you just enjoyed could be sharply curtailed if President Barack Obama gets his way. Obama says American kids spend too little time in school, putting them at a disadvantage with other students around the globe.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10161/
What Do You Stand For?
Affirmation.org
Dale Barton, chair of the 2010 Affirmation ConferenceSeptember 28, 2009
We are excited to announce that the 2010 Affirmation Conference will be held in the beautiful city by the bay… SAN FRANCISCO! We welcome everyone to join us over the Columbus Day Weekend, October 8-10, 2010 in the Gay Mecca of the world to Stand Up and make a difference.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10160/
Religious Life Won’t Be the Same After Downturn
RACHEL ZOLL \ The Associated Press \ Washington Post
Organized religion was already in trouble before the fall of 2008. Denominations were stagnating or shrinking, and congregations across faith groups were fretting about their finances.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10159/
Defense Bill, Lauded by White House, Contains Billions in Earmarks
R. Jeffrey Smith \ Washington Post Staff Writer \ Washington Post
Sen. Thad Cochran’s most recent reelection campaign collected more than $10,000 from University of Southern Mississippi professors and staff members, including three who work at the school’s center for research on polymers. To a defense spending bill slated to be on the Senate floor Tuesday, the Mississippi Republican has added $10.8 million in military grants earmarked for the school’s polymer research.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10156/
Celebrating Banned Books!
Dana Rudolph \ Bilerico Project
It’s the start of Banned Books Week here in the U.S., “an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. . . . Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted bannings of books across the United States.”
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10155/
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French Soccer Fan Attacked in Belgrade Dies
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) -- A 28-year-old French soccer fan who was brutally attacked in Belgrade by Serbian hooligans earlier this month died Tuesday in a hospital.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/09/29/sports/AP-SOC-Serbia-French-Fan-Dies.html?_r=1&scp=10&sq=gay&st=cse
Germany's Likely Next Foreign Minister Openly Gay
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BERLIN (AP) -- Guido Westerwelle and his gay partner are Germany's new ''power couple'' -- at least according to the nation's leading daily, which splashed a photo of the pair hugging on election night on the front-page above the fold in Tuesday's paper.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/09/29/world/AP-EU-Germany-Westerwelle-Gay.html?scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse
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Washington Post
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7,000 Gay Men Help Study AIDS
Effort to Beat Disease Began 25 Years Ago
By Lori Aratani
It was the early 1980s, and an unknown disease was spreading throughout the gay community. "We were all scared back then," said Walter Smalling, a photographer who lives in the District. "In the beginning, it was a death sentence. Nothing could be done."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/28/AR2009092802881.html
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Steve Rothaus
http://www.MiamiHerald.com/gay
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Tips-Q: Washington Times slimes GLSEN founder Kevin Jennings
From Tips-Q:
Submitted by David Hart:
In May, Kevin Jennings was appointed Assistant Deputy Secretary for the Department of Education’s Office of Safe & Drug Free Schools. Since then, every fundamentalist nut job has taken a whack at Jennings. The reason that they are attacking Jennings is simple; He is gay. Furthermore, the right wing is doing anything that they can to undermine President Obama. They are trying to get Obama to terminate Jennings as a desperate show of (waning) force.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/09/tips-q-washington-times-slimes-glsen-founder-kevin-jennings.html
Play's sequel gives voice to Matthew Shepard's killer
By DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer
A decade after "The Laramie Project" became a theatrical phenomenon, its creators are back with an epilogue highlighted by a riveting prison interview with the killer of gay college student Matthew Shepard - depicting him as candid but not remorseful over the murder.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/09/plays-sequel-gives-voice-to-matthew-shepards-killer.html
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The Advocate
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Dr. Drew Poses for NOH8 Campaign
Dr. Drew dispenses his advice on marriage equality and Proposition 8 with the NOH8 Campaign.
By Julie Bolcer
Loveline guru Dr. Drew Pinsky recently posed for the NOH8 campaign in support of marriage equality.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/09/29/Dr__Drew_Poses_for_NOH8_Campaign/
Castro Espín a Gay-Friendly Communist
COMMENTARY: Mariela Castro Espín, the daughter of Cuban president Raul Castro, is devoted to improving the status of gay people in Cuba. But whatever pleasant sounding pieties she mouths, Espín is still a communist.
By James Kirchick
Over the past few years, the government of Cuba has earned praise for an unlikely development: a campaign to improve the status of the island’s gays. Standing at the forefront of this effort has been an even unlikelier figure: Mariela Castro Espín, the daughter of Raul Castro, who officially assumed the Cuban presidency last year after his brother Fidel fell ill. The latest entry in this narrative was a largely laudatory profile of Espín in The Advocate, which described her as a “champion” of the island’s “gay and transgender community.” Espín is director of the Cuban National Center for Sex Education, an organization which, according to its website, promotes “the development of a culture of sexuality that is full, pleasurable, and responsible, as well as to promote the full exercise of sexual rights.”
http://www.advocate.com/Politics/Commentary/Castro_Esp%C3%ADn_a_Gay_Friendly_Communist/
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New temporary Mass. senator is likely a GLBT supporter
By Lisa Keen
Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Paul Kirk was sworn in yesterday to the seat vacated last month when Massachusetts’ Senator Ted Kennedy died of brain cancer.
http://www.365gay.com/news/new-temporary-mass-senator-is-likely-a-glbt-supporter/
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Holidaymaker jailed after drunken homophobic slur
A holidaymaker who got drunk and called an air steward a "poof" has been jailed for ten and a half months. Grant Smith, 36, was drinking heavily aboard the New Year's Eve flight to the Dominican Republic.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/29/holidaymaker-jailed-after-drunken-homophobic-slur/
Bruno banned in Malaysia
The film Bruno, about a gay fashion journalist, has been banned in Malaysia for its gay sex scenes. Starring Sacha Baron Cohen, the film has already been banned in Ukraine for the same reason.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/29/bruno-banned-in-malaysia/
Gay humanist group to protest against Pope's visit at Labour Conference
The Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association (GALHA) has organised a protest against Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the UK to be held at the Labour Party's annual conference this week.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/28/gay-humanist-group-to-protest-against-popes-visit-at-labour-conference/
New York governor David Paterson confirms plans to run again in 2010
New York governor David Paterson, a strong gay rights ally, has confirmed he plans to run for re-election in 2010.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/28/new-york-governor-david-paterson-confirms-plans-to-run-again-in-2010/
Terrence Higgins Trust offers HIV detection test four weeks after exposure
Sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) is now offering an HIV test which can be used four weeks after infection. Usually, tests can only be carried out three months after the date of suspected transmission.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/28/terrence-higgins-trust-offers-hiv-detection-test-four-weeks-after-exposure/
London's gay art festival announces 2009 line-up
The programme for GFest, London's lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans art festival, has been announced. The event, now in its third year, is due to take place between November 9th and 22nd and will be held at various venues across the capital.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/28/londons-gay-art-festival-announces-2009-line-up/
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More School: Obama Would Curtail Summer Vacation
Associated Press \ Education Week
Students beware: The summer vacation you just enjoyed could be sharply curtailed if President Barack Obama gets his way. Obama says American kids spend too little time in school, putting them at a disadvantage with other students around the globe.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10161/
What Do You Stand For?
Affirmation.org
Dale Barton, chair of the 2010 Affirmation ConferenceSeptember 28, 2009
We are excited to announce that the 2010 Affirmation Conference will be held in the beautiful city by the bay… SAN FRANCISCO! We welcome everyone to join us over the Columbus Day Weekend, October 8-10, 2010 in the Gay Mecca of the world to Stand Up and make a difference.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10160/
Religious Life Won’t Be the Same After Downturn
RACHEL ZOLL \ The Associated Press \ Washington Post
Organized religion was already in trouble before the fall of 2008. Denominations were stagnating or shrinking, and congregations across faith groups were fretting about their finances.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10159/
Defense Bill, Lauded by White House, Contains Billions in Earmarks
R. Jeffrey Smith \ Washington Post Staff Writer \ Washington Post
Sen. Thad Cochran’s most recent reelection campaign collected more than $10,000 from University of Southern Mississippi professors and staff members, including three who work at the school’s center for research on polymers. To a defense spending bill slated to be on the Senate floor Tuesday, the Mississippi Republican has added $10.8 million in military grants earmarked for the school’s polymer research.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10156/
Celebrating Banned Books!
Dana Rudolph \ Bilerico Project
It’s the start of Banned Books Week here in the U.S., “an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. . . . Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted bannings of books across the United States.”
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10155/
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If AIDS Went the Way of Smallpox
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
What would an AIDS vaccine mean to the world? In some ways, it would outshine a cure for the common cold. After all, even if the cold and its stealth wingman, pneumonia, kill more people, they don’t do it quite so grimly.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/weekinreview/27mcneil.html?scp=12&sq=gay&st=cse
Navy Reviewing Abuse of Gay Dog Handler in Bahrain
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Navy is reviewing how it handled the case of a gay sailor abused by fellow servicemen in Bahrain for two years until he sought a discharge by coming out to his commanding officer, a military spokesman said Tuesday.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/09/22/us/AP-US-Gays-Military-Hazing.html?scp=8&sq=gay&st=cse
Census: 150,000 Gay Couples Report They're Married
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nearly 150,000 same-sex couples reported being in marriage relationships last year, many more than the number of actual weddings and civil unions, according to the first U.S. census figures released on same-sex marriages.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/09/22/us/politics/AP-US-Census-Gay-Marriage.html?scp=6&sq=gay&st=cse
Students Turn Out — And Westboro Leaves
By Alison Bowen
The Westboro protest ended earlier than planned. As school let out this afternoon, picketers from Westboro Baptist Church, a scabrously anti-gay group from Topeka, gathered outside Brooklyn Tech to spread the gospel found on their site godhatesfags.com and, according to their schedule (since updated), to “teach the rebels of Brooklyn what good looks like, and you had better behave.”
http://fort-greene.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/24/students-turn-out-and-westboro-leaves/?scp=5&sq=gay&st=cse
Gay Rights Measures on the Ballot in Three States
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nearly a year after California voters overturned same-sex marriage, voters in three other states will weigh in this fall on whether to reverse gay rights initiatives ranging from anti-discrimination measures to marriage benefits.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/09/26/us/AP-US-Gay-Ballot-Measures.html?scp=4&sq=gay&st=cse
‘Bush Secretly Supports Gay Marriage’
At last night’s Dallas Cowboys game, President Bush was spotted sitting next to John Madden. Well, actually, a lot of people were spotted sitting next to John Madden. Large man. Speaking of former President Bush, according to a new book that’s coming out, former President Bush secretly supports gay marriage. Bush said, “If Bert and Ernie can make it work, anyone can.”
http://laughlines.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/president-bush-secretly-supports-gay-marriage/?scp=3&sq=gay&st=cse
Coming Out in Middle School
By BENOIT DENIZET-LEWIS
Austin didn’t know what to wear to his first gay dance last spring. It was bad enough that the gangly 13-year-old from Sand Springs, Okla., had to go without his boyfriend at the time, a 14-year-old star athlete at another middle school, but there were also laundry issues. “I don’t have any clean clothes!” he complained to me by text message, his favored method of communication.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/magazine/27out-t.html?sq=gay&st=cse&adxnnl=1&scp=2&adxnnlx=1254153700-3Jw9VgOVsT+sfw/jY0f4pQ
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Washington Post
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Conservative Lutherans organize after vote on gays
By KEN KUSMER
Conservative members of the nation's largest Lutheran denomination voted Saturday to spend the next 12 months deciding whether to split from the church after it liberalized its stance on gay clergy.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/26/AR2009092601636.html
An Interview With Barney Frank
By Ezra Klein
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) has had a big year. The acid-tongued chair of the House Financial Services Committee has been Congress's point person throughout the financial crisis and is now crafting the regulatory reform package that could reshape Wall Street. He's also the subject of a new biography, one that covers a lot in the subtitle alone -- Stuart Weisberg's "Barney Frank: The Story of America's Only Left-Handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman." The Washington Post's Ezra Klein spoke with Frank about financial regulation, yelling back at town hall protesters and whether the banks still have power on Capitol Hill. Are we lucky that we're not in a second depression? Not lucky -- it took a lot of hard work. There was a three-step process. From last September to spring of this year, we were just trying to dig out of that hole. We have avoided a worse disaster. You don't get reelected by saying, "Things would've been worse without me." Now we're in the phases of making things better and putting down rules so it doesn't happen again.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2009/09/an_interview_with_barney_frank.html
"We Found This . . . Middle Ground"
Lawrence Jacobs and Steven Snapp
By Ellen McCarthy
After 10 years, two renovated homes, one canceled wedding and more hours in lighting stores than either of them cares to remember, Lawrence Jacobs and Steven Snapp finally got married.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/25/AR2009092502371.html
How They Voted on God, Guns And Gays
Deeds, McDonnell on Schools, Taxes, Too
By Anita Kumar
Voters elected Democrat R. Creigh Deeds and Republican Robert F. McDonnell to the General Assembly in the same year, 1991. For the next 14 years, the future candidates for Virginia governor were divided on the most contentious issues of the day.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/26/AR2009092602516.html
What Lutherans Are About
Jacqueline L. Salmon's Sept. 25 news story "Decision on Gay Clergy Shakes Unity of Lutheran Denomination" focused primarily on one aspect of a larger story. If you visit congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) in the D.C. area on weekends, you will find them running shelters and food pantries, providing transportation for seniors, forming community among young adults, teaching children, worshiping, and praying. People who support the ELCA decision on the inclusion of gay clergy and those who are troubled by it work, worship and pray side by side. Why? Because this is what it means to us to be the church. I think that you will find that most Lutherans are too busy living out the Gospel to take time out to fight over the interpretation of it.
MEREDITH KESELEY
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/27/AR2009092703033.html
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Korn/Ferry Faces Gay-Bias Suit
Former Partner Goes to Court Over Firing; Consulting Firm Denies Claims
BY SARAH E. NEEDLEMAN
A former senior client partner for Korn/Ferry International Inc. is suing the executive-search and consulting firm for allegedly firing her because she is gay. The lawsuit, filed in March by Marti Smye in Los Angeles County Superior Court, claims that Korn/Ferry breached her employment contract by dismissing her last year and not paying her nearly $4 million she earned in bonuses. The case is set for trial on March 1.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125348565361626169.html
Lochner and Liberty
Dissecting the Supreme Court case that unites the new regulatory czar and his conservative critics.
By DAMON W. ROOT
From Reason Magazine
Last week, the Senate voted 57-40 to confirm Harvard and University of Chicago law professor Cass Sunstein as the new head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. This narrow vote brought an end to months of overheated and frequently misguided attacks on the would-be "regulatory czar," including a sensationalistic website operated by the American Conservative Union that falsely painted Sunstein as an out-of-control radical.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204488304574427193229878748.html
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Sun-Sentinel
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Internal Prop 8 campaign memos become issue in lawsuit to overturn Calif. gay marriage ban
By Associated Press
A federal judge is considering whether to order the sponsors of California's voter-approved gay marriage ban to produce their internal campaign records to lawyers now suing to overturn the law.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-us-gay-marriage-federal,0,2635734.story
Maine, Wash., Mich. voters to weigh in on gay rights, ranging from marriage to discrimination
By Rachel La Corte
Nearly a year after California voters overturned same-sex marriage, voters in three other states will weigh in this fall on whether to reverse gay rights initiatives ranging from anti-discrimination measures to marriage benefits.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-us-gay-ballot-measures,0,815708.story
The Rev. Rebecca Steen, First Congregational Church, Fort Lauderdale
Why did you shift from the United Methodist Church to the United Church of Christ?
I wanted to be with a denomination that was more open and affirming, especially toward the [gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender] community.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fort-lauderdale/sfl-religion-profile-fv-qa-steensbsep27,0,1464837.story
Imagine if Rifqa Bary were Julie Johnson
by Scott Maxwell
Taking Names
Maybe you've already formed a strong opinion about teenage runway Rifqa Bary. But imagine if the family that helped her run away from Ohio weren't a Christian one here in Orlando. Imagine, just for a moment, that the circumstances were reversed.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/florida/orl-scott-maxwell-rifqa-bary-092709,0,237072.column
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Steve Rothaus
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GOProud op-ed: Expanding government-run health insurance means expanding discrimination against gays
By Jimmy LaSalvia
The conventional wisdom says that gays and lesbians should support Democrats’ efforts to expand the federal government’s role in healthcare. After all, in 2008 more than 70 percent of gay voters supported Barack Obama for president, and Democrats up and down the ballot count on gay dollars to fuel their campaigns and advocacy work. The Democrats would never push healthcare reform that actually hurts gay and lesbian Americans, right? Wrong.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/09/goproud-op-ed-expanding-government-run-health-insurance-means-expanding-discrimination-against-gays.html
Measure submitted by Love Honor Cherish group to dump California gay marriage ban
By LISA LEFF, Associated Press
A group pushed ahead Thursday with a campaign to repeal California's same-sex marriage ban, even though some other gay rights organizations think it's too soon for another expensive ballot fight. Los Angeles-based Love Honor Cherish proposed ballot language to strike the ban approved by state voters in November as Proposition 8.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/09/measure-submitted-by-love-honor-cherish-group-to-dump-california-gay-marriage-ban.html
UM researcher Dr. Margaret Fischl preparing vaccination to fight HIV
BY FRED TASKER, ftasker@MiamiHerald.com
As an HIV vaccine breakthrough in Thailand stirs interest and hope, a pioneering AIDS researcher at the University of Miami Medical School says she is preparing to start human trials for a new vaccine that would fight the deadly virus.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/09/um-researcher-dr-margaret-fischl-preparing-vaccination-to-fight-hiv.html
Greg Louganis, Ryan White’s mom welcomed at the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale
Olympic gold medal winner Greg Louganis and Jeanne White-Ginder (Ryan White’s mother) recently appeared at the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale. Here’s a Broward County news release about the event:
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/09/greg-louganis-ryan-whites-mom-welcomed-at-the-international-swimming-hall-of-fame-in-fort-lauderdale.html
David Leddick to host Q&A after Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival screening of ‘An Englishman in New York’
News release from David Leddick:
The Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival is presenting a one night only screening of the new film “An Englishman in New York.” This sequel is about the years spent in New York by gay icon Quentin Crisp. It stars John Hurt. It is to be presented at the Colony Theatre on Lincoln Rd. in Miami Beach on Tuesday night, September 29, at 7:30 PM. An added feature will be a question and answer period after the film with David Leddick, known locally for his one-man musical “Quentin and I.” This musical is about his twenty year friendship with Quentin Crisp in the same time period as the film.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/09/david-leddick-to-host-qa-after-miami-gay-lesbian-film-festival-screening-of-an-englishman-in-new-york.html
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South Florida Blade
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Tampa appoints openly lesbian police chief
Castor also first female to head city department
By DMITRY RASHNITSOV
In addition to being the first woman appointed to head the Tampa Police Department, 49-year-old Jane Castor is breaking ground as the first openly lesbian police chief in Florida. On October 1, Castor, a mother of two, will take over for outgoing Chief Steve Hogue, who served in his position for nearly three decades. The lanky six-foot-tall woman began her Tampa police career 25 years ago and served as a liaison to the GLBT community during most of that time.
http://www.floridablade.com/2009/9-24/news/localnews/6304.cfm
Gay Resort wins first approval from city council
Development plan receives unanimous vote of approval
By DMITRY RASHNITSOV
A luxury hotel and timeshare property development is on the fast track to breaking ground after Wilton Manors city commissioners unanimously approved the rezoning of a 6.04 acre property located at the corner of NE 24th St. and NE 13th Ave. between Dixie Highway and NE 15th St.
http://www.floridablade.com/2009/9-24/news/localnews/6302.cfm
Lt. Dan Choi to speak at national AVER convention
Openly gay Army National Guardsman coming to Fort Lauderdale in October
By DMITRY RASHNITSOV
The newest and recently most visibly vocal opponent to the United States military ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military is bringing his message to South Florida. Army National Guardsman and Arabic translator Lt. Dan Choi, who came out on national television in March, will be one of the presenters during the 2009 American Veterans for Equal Rights (AVER) National Convention, October 14-18 in Fort Lauderdale.
http://www.floridablade.com/2009/9-24/news/localnews/6301.cfm
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The Advocate
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Clinton: I Was Wrong About Gay Marriage
Former president Bill Clinton says he was wrong about same-sex marriage and that his position was "untenable."
By Kerry Eleveld
Bill Clinton on Friday told CNN's Anderson Cooper that he had changed his position on same-sex marriage, a move that some LGBT advocates say will push the discussion forward nationally.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/09/25/Clinton__I_Was_Wrong_About_Gay_Marriage/
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Maine Pediatricians Urge Voters to Reject Question 1
By 365gay Newswire
From a press release: (Portland, Maine) Citing child welfare and their commitment to support what is best for children, physicians from the Maine Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatricians (AAP) today announced their support for the NO on 1/Protect Maine Equality campaign.
http://www.365gay.com/news/maine-pediatricians-urge-voters-to-reject-question-1/
Texas liquor cops rarely disciplined
By The Associated Press
The Texas policing agency that’s under fire for its raid at a gay bar rarely disciplines its officers for misconduct, and records show many investigations into those allegations are headed by the officers’ supervisors, which experts say increases the likelihood of flawed inquiries.
http://www.365gay.com/news/texas-liquor-cops-rarely-disciplined/
Gay bar has new ID rule for cross-dressers
By The Associated Press
(Elk Grove Village, Ill.) A gay bar in the Chicago suburb of Elk Grove Village says cross-dressers who wish to drink there will now have to show a valid photo ID that matches the gender they are dressed as.
http://www.365gay.com/news/gay-bar-has-new-id-rule-for-cross-dressers/
Spanish matador to advertise gay drink on cape
By The Associated Press
(Madrid) A little-known Spanish matador is breaking with a sacred tradition, agreeing to advertise on his cape while slaying bulls and endorse a soft drink that caters to gays.
http://www.365gay.com/news/spanish-matador-to-advertise-gay-drink-on-cape/
Divorce in America: Ind., Fla. counties are tops
By The Associated Press
It’s easy to see why bookkeeper Linda Mortimer moved to the Florida Keys 20 years ago: the impossibly blue water, the year-round sunshine, a lifestyle so laid-back that every day is like a Jimmy Buffett lyric. What Mortimer didn’t anticipate was falling in love – and then getting divorced less than two years after taking her wedding vows.
http://www.365gay.com/news/divorce-in-america-ind-fla-counties-are-tops/
GOP Thinks Gay Marriage is Socialist
U.S. Representative Steve King (R-IA) made an interesting comment on a Conservative talk show yesterday: They want public affirmation. They want access to public funds and resources. Eventually all those resources will be pooled because that’s the direction we’re going. And not only is it a radical social idea, it is a purely socialist concept in the final analysis.
http://www.365gay.com/blog/ruby-sachs-gop-thinks-gay-marriage-is-socialist/
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Pink News - UK
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Gay actor John Barrowman told by TV bosses to stay in the closet
Torchwood star John Barrowman has revealed his anger at being told by his bosses he should keep his sexuality a secret. The openly gay actor says he was told he should pretend to be straight in order to reach success.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/28/gay-actor-john-barrowman-told-by-tv-bosses-to-stay-in-the-closet/
London's gay art festival announces 2009 line-up
The programme for GFest, London's lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans art festival, has been announced. The event, now in its third year, is due to take place between November 9th and 22nd and will be held at various venues across the capital.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/28/londons-gay-art-festival-announces-2009-line-up/
Graham Norton warned over lesbian joke
Gay TV presenter Graham Norton and his production team received a warning over a lesbian joke he made on his show in March. One viewer complained about a comment he made.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/28/graham-norton-warned-over-lesbian-joke/
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Same-Sex Marriages: What’s the Big Deal?
Brendon Ayanbadejo \ Huffington Post
First and foremost, church and state are supposed to be completely separated when it comes to the rule of law in the United States. So the religious argument that God meant for only man and woman to be together has no bearing here! America is not Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Mormon, Catholic, or any other religion that is out there. And the pantheon of gods can attest that there are hundreds of them. We are a secular capitalistic democracy. That’s it.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10127/
Tea Parties and Religious Right Court at Values Voters Summit
Sarah Posner \ Religion Dispatches
It started with an homage to the notorious CNBC ranter Rick Santelli, the lesser god of the tea party movement. But at the values Voter Summit workshop on how to grow tea parties last weekend, the faux-populist Santelli was quickly eclipsed by a higher power. “We have been put in this country to do this for such a time as this,” exhorted Viviana Hernandez, a self-identified chaplain from Brooklyn, as the microphone was passed around the audience. “This [the tea party movement] is being birthed by the Almighty. Because He started this nation, and He does not want to turn it over to those who are godless, to those who would take our children, and just use them and abuse them and destroy their destiny.”
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10126/
Bishop Harry Jackson Worried That Right Wing Racism Hurts His Anti-Gay Crusade
People for the American Way
Bishop Harry Jackson, who is leading a campaign to prevent same-sex couples in the District of Columbia from being able to legally marry, is employing increasingly divisive rhetoric designed to push a wedge between the District’s African Americans and supporters of gay rights in the city. In his weekend speech to national Religious Right activists at the Values Voter Summit and in a recent column, Jackson ignores African American LGBT people and portrays the gay community as enemies and oppressors of poor black single mothers. In his Values Voter Summit remarks on Saturday, Jackson urged attendees to be more careful about attacks on President Obama that might sound racist, because it was making it harder for him to convince black pastors to join his anti-gay crusade.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10125/
Gay v. Gay Custody Battles
Camilla Taylor \ Senior Staff Attorney \ Lambda Legal
Child custody cases are among the most tragic on our docket. Each involves a child or children whose world has turned upside down while parents battle with each other over issues such as child support or visitation. Regardless of whether a case involves gay or non-gay parents, children often suffer terribly when parents go to court because they cannot agree on how to resolve their dispute over child custody.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10124/
Beyond Ex-Gay Community Website
now has a community site where ex-gay survivors can set-up a profile and connect with other ex-gay survivors. The Beyond Ex-Gay
Community site is a web community for ex-gay survivors ONLY. This would include LGBT person who at one point attempted to suppress or change their orientation or gender differences. This may have been done on their own, with the help of someone or ex-gay group or both.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10123/
Women at Arms–Mothers at War, Torn Between Country and Children
LIZETTE ALVAREZ \ New York Times
When Specialist Jaymie Holschlag returned home after 12 months in Iraq, a new set of children awaited her.
Her son, Seth, 10, who had moved in with his grandfather, switching towns and schools, was angry and depressed. His grades had plummeted and his weight had ballooned by 60 pounds. Her 4-year-old daughter, Celeste, scarcely knew her. And in Specialist Holschlag’s absence, new rules had taken hold — chocolate syrup on waffles, Mountain Dew with dinner. Any hint of a return to the old order met with tirades and tantrums.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10122/
Federally Funded Charities Must Play by the Rules
Washington Post
Below is an excerpt from “On Faith,” an Internet feature sponsored by The Washington Post and Newsweek. Each week, more than 50 figures from the world of faith engage in a conversation about an aspect of religion. This week’s question: Dozens of major religious groups and denominations are urging Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to renounce a Bush-era memo that allows faith-based charities that receive federal funding to discriminate in hiring. Should religious charities that receive federal grant money be allowed to discriminate in hiring?
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10119/
Analysis: Strains in Debate on Afghan Troops
ANNE GEARAN
The Potomac River is a physical as well as a figurative divide between the White House and the Pentagon, and occupants of each building often refer to the other address as a slightly foreign place “across the river.”
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10118/
LGBT Vets convention Oct 14-18 Ft. Lauderdale; info on Gay Military Signal, now on-line
The October 2009 edition of Gay Military Signal is now on-line featuring information and articles on the upcoming LGBT veterans’ convention in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. American Veterans for Equal Rights 2009 Convention, Oct 14-18 in Ft. Lauderdale, features Nathaniel Frank (author of Unfriendly Fire), Lt. Dan Choi, a Military Ball, PTSD and legislative workshops, and much more.
See it all on Gay Military Signal
http://www.gaymilitarysignal.com
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http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10116/
Gay Man Tipped as German Foreign Minister
Jessica Geen \ Pink News
An openly gay man has been tipped to become Germany’s foreign minister. Guido Westerwelle, the leader of the Free Democrat Party, may form a coalition government with Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats after Sunday’s elections, if the polls prove to be correct.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10111/
Equal Adoption Rights for Scottish Gay Couples Begins Today
Pink News
From today, gay and unmarried couples in Scotland will now have the same adoption rights as straight married couples. This brings Scotland into line with England and Wales.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10110/
Thousands Protest in Rome Against Homophobic Attacks
Jessica Geen \ Pink News
An estimated 30,000 people turned out onto the streets of Rome last week to protest against a spate of homophobic attacks in Italy. Gay groups and politicians from all the main political parties joined the demonstration, held last Thursday.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10109/
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If AIDS Went the Way of Smallpox
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
What would an AIDS vaccine mean to the world? In some ways, it would outshine a cure for the common cold. After all, even if the cold and its stealth wingman, pneumonia, kill more people, they don’t do it quite so grimly.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/weekinreview/27mcneil.html?scp=12&sq=gay&st=cse
Navy Reviewing Abuse of Gay Dog Handler in Bahrain
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Navy is reviewing how it handled the case of a gay sailor abused by fellow servicemen in Bahrain for two years until he sought a discharge by coming out to his commanding officer, a military spokesman said Tuesday.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/09/22/us/AP-US-Gays-Military-Hazing.html?scp=8&sq=gay&st=cse
Census: 150,000 Gay Couples Report They're Married
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nearly 150,000 same-sex couples reported being in marriage relationships last year, many more than the number of actual weddings and civil unions, according to the first U.S. census figures released on same-sex marriages.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/09/22/us/politics/AP-US-Census-Gay-Marriage.html?scp=6&sq=gay&st=cse
Students Turn Out — And Westboro Leaves
By Alison Bowen
The Westboro protest ended earlier than planned. As school let out this afternoon, picketers from Westboro Baptist Church, a scabrously anti-gay group from Topeka, gathered outside Brooklyn Tech to spread the gospel found on their site godhatesfags.com and, according to their schedule (since updated), to “teach the rebels of Brooklyn what good looks like, and you had better behave.”
http://fort-greene.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/24/students-turn-out-and-westboro-leaves/?scp=5&sq=gay&st=cse
Gay Rights Measures on the Ballot in Three States
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nearly a year after California voters overturned same-sex marriage, voters in three other states will weigh in this fall on whether to reverse gay rights initiatives ranging from anti-discrimination measures to marriage benefits.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/09/26/us/AP-US-Gay-Ballot-Measures.html?scp=4&sq=gay&st=cse
‘Bush Secretly Supports Gay Marriage’
At last night’s Dallas Cowboys game, President Bush was spotted sitting next to John Madden. Well, actually, a lot of people were spotted sitting next to John Madden. Large man. Speaking of former President Bush, according to a new book that’s coming out, former President Bush secretly supports gay marriage. Bush said, “If Bert and Ernie can make it work, anyone can.”
http://laughlines.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/president-bush-secretly-supports-gay-marriage/?scp=3&sq=gay&st=cse
Coming Out in Middle School
By BENOIT DENIZET-LEWIS
Austin didn’t know what to wear to his first gay dance last spring. It was bad enough that the gangly 13-year-old from Sand Springs, Okla., had to go without his boyfriend at the time, a 14-year-old star athlete at another middle school, but there were also laundry issues. “I don’t have any clean clothes!” he complained to me by text message, his favored method of communication.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/magazine/27out-t.html?sq=gay&st=cse&adxnnl=1&scp=2&adxnnlx=1254153700-3Jw9VgOVsT+sfw/jY0f4pQ
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Conservative Lutherans organize after vote on gays
By KEN KUSMER
Conservative members of the nation's largest Lutheran denomination voted Saturday to spend the next 12 months deciding whether to split from the church after it liberalized its stance on gay clergy.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/26/AR2009092601636.html
An Interview With Barney Frank
By Ezra Klein
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) has had a big year. The acid-tongued chair of the House Financial Services Committee has been Congress's point person throughout the financial crisis and is now crafting the regulatory reform package that could reshape Wall Street. He's also the subject of a new biography, one that covers a lot in the subtitle alone -- Stuart Weisberg's "Barney Frank: The Story of America's Only Left-Handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman." The Washington Post's Ezra Klein spoke with Frank about financial regulation, yelling back at town hall protesters and whether the banks still have power on Capitol Hill. Are we lucky that we're not in a second depression? Not lucky -- it took a lot of hard work. There was a three-step process. From last September to spring of this year, we were just trying to dig out of that hole. We have avoided a worse disaster. You don't get reelected by saying, "Things would've been worse without me." Now we're in the phases of making things better and putting down rules so it doesn't happen again.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2009/09/an_interview_with_barney_frank.html
"We Found This . . . Middle Ground"
Lawrence Jacobs and Steven Snapp
By Ellen McCarthy
After 10 years, two renovated homes, one canceled wedding and more hours in lighting stores than either of them cares to remember, Lawrence Jacobs and Steven Snapp finally got married.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/25/AR2009092502371.html
How They Voted on God, Guns And Gays
Deeds, McDonnell on Schools, Taxes, Too
By Anita Kumar
Voters elected Democrat R. Creigh Deeds and Republican Robert F. McDonnell to the General Assembly in the same year, 1991. For the next 14 years, the future candidates for Virginia governor were divided on the most contentious issues of the day.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/26/AR2009092602516.html
What Lutherans Are About
Jacqueline L. Salmon's Sept. 25 news story "Decision on Gay Clergy Shakes Unity of Lutheran Denomination" focused primarily on one aspect of a larger story. If you visit congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) in the D.C. area on weekends, you will find them running shelters and food pantries, providing transportation for seniors, forming community among young adults, teaching children, worshiping, and praying. People who support the ELCA decision on the inclusion of gay clergy and those who are troubled by it work, worship and pray side by side. Why? Because this is what it means to us to be the church. I think that you will find that most Lutherans are too busy living out the Gospel to take time out to fight over the interpretation of it.
MEREDITH KESELEY
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/27/AR2009092703033.html
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Korn/Ferry Faces Gay-Bias Suit
Former Partner Goes to Court Over Firing; Consulting Firm Denies Claims
BY SARAH E. NEEDLEMAN
A former senior client partner for Korn/Ferry International Inc. is suing the executive-search and consulting firm for allegedly firing her because she is gay. The lawsuit, filed in March by Marti Smye in Los Angeles County Superior Court, claims that Korn/Ferry breached her employment contract by dismissing her last year and not paying her nearly $4 million she earned in bonuses. The case is set for trial on March 1.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125348565361626169.html
Lochner and Liberty
Dissecting the Supreme Court case that unites the new regulatory czar and his conservative critics.
By DAMON W. ROOT
From Reason Magazine
Last week, the Senate voted 57-40 to confirm Harvard and University of Chicago law professor Cass Sunstein as the new head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. This narrow vote brought an end to months of overheated and frequently misguided attacks on the would-be "regulatory czar," including a sensationalistic website operated by the American Conservative Union that falsely painted Sunstein as an out-of-control radical.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204488304574427193229878748.html
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Sun-Sentinel
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Internal Prop 8 campaign memos become issue in lawsuit to overturn Calif. gay marriage ban
By Associated Press
A federal judge is considering whether to order the sponsors of California's voter-approved gay marriage ban to produce their internal campaign records to lawyers now suing to overturn the law.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-us-gay-marriage-federal,0,2635734.story
Maine, Wash., Mich. voters to weigh in on gay rights, ranging from marriage to discrimination
By Rachel La Corte
Nearly a year after California voters overturned same-sex marriage, voters in three other states will weigh in this fall on whether to reverse gay rights initiatives ranging from anti-discrimination measures to marriage benefits.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-us-gay-ballot-measures,0,815708.story
The Rev. Rebecca Steen, First Congregational Church, Fort Lauderdale
Why did you shift from the United Methodist Church to the United Church of Christ?
I wanted to be with a denomination that was more open and affirming, especially toward the [gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender] community.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fort-lauderdale/sfl-religion-profile-fv-qa-steensbsep27,0,1464837.story
Imagine if Rifqa Bary were Julie Johnson
by Scott Maxwell
Taking Names
Maybe you've already formed a strong opinion about teenage runway Rifqa Bary. But imagine if the family that helped her run away from Ohio weren't a Christian one here in Orlando. Imagine, just for a moment, that the circumstances were reversed.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/florida/orl-scott-maxwell-rifqa-bary-092709,0,237072.column
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GOProud op-ed: Expanding government-run health insurance means expanding discrimination against gays
By Jimmy LaSalvia
The conventional wisdom says that gays and lesbians should support Democrats’ efforts to expand the federal government’s role in healthcare. After all, in 2008 more than 70 percent of gay voters supported Barack Obama for president, and Democrats up and down the ballot count on gay dollars to fuel their campaigns and advocacy work. The Democrats would never push healthcare reform that actually hurts gay and lesbian Americans, right? Wrong.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/09/goproud-op-ed-expanding-government-run-health-insurance-means-expanding-discrimination-against-gays.html
Measure submitted by Love Honor Cherish group to dump California gay marriage ban
By LISA LEFF, Associated Press
A group pushed ahead Thursday with a campaign to repeal California's same-sex marriage ban, even though some other gay rights organizations think it's too soon for another expensive ballot fight. Los Angeles-based Love Honor Cherish proposed ballot language to strike the ban approved by state voters in November as Proposition 8.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/09/measure-submitted-by-love-honor-cherish-group-to-dump-california-gay-marriage-ban.html
UM researcher Dr. Margaret Fischl preparing vaccination to fight HIV
BY FRED TASKER, ftasker@MiamiHerald.com
As an HIV vaccine breakthrough in Thailand stirs interest and hope, a pioneering AIDS researcher at the University of Miami Medical School says she is preparing to start human trials for a new vaccine that would fight the deadly virus.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/09/um-researcher-dr-margaret-fischl-preparing-vaccination-to-fight-hiv.html
Greg Louganis, Ryan White’s mom welcomed at the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale
Olympic gold medal winner Greg Louganis and Jeanne White-Ginder (Ryan White’s mother) recently appeared at the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale. Here’s a Broward County news release about the event:
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/09/greg-louganis-ryan-whites-mom-welcomed-at-the-international-swimming-hall-of-fame-in-fort-lauderdale.html
David Leddick to host Q&A after Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival screening of ‘An Englishman in New York’
News release from David Leddick:
The Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival is presenting a one night only screening of the new film “An Englishman in New York.” This sequel is about the years spent in New York by gay icon Quentin Crisp. It stars John Hurt. It is to be presented at the Colony Theatre on Lincoln Rd. in Miami Beach on Tuesday night, September 29, at 7:30 PM. An added feature will be a question and answer period after the film with David Leddick, known locally for his one-man musical “Quentin and I.” This musical is about his twenty year friendship with Quentin Crisp in the same time period as the film.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/09/david-leddick-to-host-qa-after-miami-gay-lesbian-film-festival-screening-of-an-englishman-in-new-york.html
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South Florida Blade
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Tampa appoints openly lesbian police chief
Castor also first female to head city department
By DMITRY RASHNITSOV
In addition to being the first woman appointed to head the Tampa Police Department, 49-year-old Jane Castor is breaking ground as the first openly lesbian police chief in Florida. On October 1, Castor, a mother of two, will take over for outgoing Chief Steve Hogue, who served in his position for nearly three decades. The lanky six-foot-tall woman began her Tampa police career 25 years ago and served as a liaison to the GLBT community during most of that time.
http://www.floridablade.com/2009/9-24/news/localnews/6304.cfm
Gay Resort wins first approval from city council
Development plan receives unanimous vote of approval
By DMITRY RASHNITSOV
A luxury hotel and timeshare property development is on the fast track to breaking ground after Wilton Manors city commissioners unanimously approved the rezoning of a 6.04 acre property located at the corner of NE 24th St. and NE 13th Ave. between Dixie Highway and NE 15th St.
http://www.floridablade.com/2009/9-24/news/localnews/6302.cfm
Lt. Dan Choi to speak at national AVER convention
Openly gay Army National Guardsman coming to Fort Lauderdale in October
By DMITRY RASHNITSOV
The newest and recently most visibly vocal opponent to the United States military ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military is bringing his message to South Florida. Army National Guardsman and Arabic translator Lt. Dan Choi, who came out on national television in March, will be one of the presenters during the 2009 American Veterans for Equal Rights (AVER) National Convention, October 14-18 in Fort Lauderdale.
http://www.floridablade.com/2009/9-24/news/localnews/6301.cfm
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Clinton: I Was Wrong About Gay Marriage
Former president Bill Clinton says he was wrong about same-sex marriage and that his position was "untenable."
By Kerry Eleveld
Bill Clinton on Friday told CNN's Anderson Cooper that he had changed his position on same-sex marriage, a move that some LGBT advocates say will push the discussion forward nationally.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/09/25/Clinton__I_Was_Wrong_About_Gay_Marriage/
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365Gay.com
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Maine Pediatricians Urge Voters to Reject Question 1
By 365gay Newswire
From a press release: (Portland, Maine) Citing child welfare and their commitment to support what is best for children, physicians from the Maine Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatricians (AAP) today announced their support for the NO on 1/Protect Maine Equality campaign.
http://www.365gay.com/news/maine-pediatricians-urge-voters-to-reject-question-1/
Texas liquor cops rarely disciplined
By The Associated Press
The Texas policing agency that’s under fire for its raid at a gay bar rarely disciplines its officers for misconduct, and records show many investigations into those allegations are headed by the officers’ supervisors, which experts say increases the likelihood of flawed inquiries.
http://www.365gay.com/news/texas-liquor-cops-rarely-disciplined/
Gay bar has new ID rule for cross-dressers
By The Associated Press
(Elk Grove Village, Ill.) A gay bar in the Chicago suburb of Elk Grove Village says cross-dressers who wish to drink there will now have to show a valid photo ID that matches the gender they are dressed as.
http://www.365gay.com/news/gay-bar-has-new-id-rule-for-cross-dressers/
Spanish matador to advertise gay drink on cape
By The Associated Press
(Madrid) A little-known Spanish matador is breaking with a sacred tradition, agreeing to advertise on his cape while slaying bulls and endorse a soft drink that caters to gays.
http://www.365gay.com/news/spanish-matador-to-advertise-gay-drink-on-cape/
Divorce in America: Ind., Fla. counties are tops
By The Associated Press
It’s easy to see why bookkeeper Linda Mortimer moved to the Florida Keys 20 years ago: the impossibly blue water, the year-round sunshine, a lifestyle so laid-back that every day is like a Jimmy Buffett lyric. What Mortimer didn’t anticipate was falling in love – and then getting divorced less than two years after taking her wedding vows.
http://www.365gay.com/news/divorce-in-america-ind-fla-counties-are-tops/
GOP Thinks Gay Marriage is Socialist
U.S. Representative Steve King (R-IA) made an interesting comment on a Conservative talk show yesterday: They want public affirmation. They want access to public funds and resources. Eventually all those resources will be pooled because that’s the direction we’re going. And not only is it a radical social idea, it is a purely socialist concept in the final analysis.
http://www.365gay.com/blog/ruby-sachs-gop-thinks-gay-marriage-is-socialist/
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Gay actor John Barrowman told by TV bosses to stay in the closet
Torchwood star John Barrowman has revealed his anger at being told by his bosses he should keep his sexuality a secret. The openly gay actor says he was told he should pretend to be straight in order to reach success.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/28/gay-actor-john-barrowman-told-by-tv-bosses-to-stay-in-the-closet/
London's gay art festival announces 2009 line-up
The programme for GFest, London's lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans art festival, has been announced. The event, now in its third year, is due to take place between November 9th and 22nd and will be held at various venues across the capital.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/28/londons-gay-art-festival-announces-2009-line-up/
Graham Norton warned over lesbian joke
Gay TV presenter Graham Norton and his production team received a warning over a lesbian joke he made on his show in March. One viewer complained about a comment he made.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/09/28/graham-norton-warned-over-lesbian-joke/
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Same-Sex Marriages: What’s the Big Deal?
Brendon Ayanbadejo \ Huffington Post
First and foremost, church and state are supposed to be completely separated when it comes to the rule of law in the United States. So the religious argument that God meant for only man and woman to be together has no bearing here! America is not Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Mormon, Catholic, or any other religion that is out there. And the pantheon of gods can attest that there are hundreds of them. We are a secular capitalistic democracy. That’s it.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10127/
Tea Parties and Religious Right Court at Values Voters Summit
Sarah Posner \ Religion Dispatches
It started with an homage to the notorious CNBC ranter Rick Santelli, the lesser god of the tea party movement. But at the values Voter Summit workshop on how to grow tea parties last weekend, the faux-populist Santelli was quickly eclipsed by a higher power. “We have been put in this country to do this for such a time as this,” exhorted Viviana Hernandez, a self-identified chaplain from Brooklyn, as the microphone was passed around the audience. “This [the tea party movement] is being birthed by the Almighty. Because He started this nation, and He does not want to turn it over to those who are godless, to those who would take our children, and just use them and abuse them and destroy their destiny.”
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10126/
Bishop Harry Jackson Worried That Right Wing Racism Hurts His Anti-Gay Crusade
People for the American Way
Bishop Harry Jackson, who is leading a campaign to prevent same-sex couples in the District of Columbia from being able to legally marry, is employing increasingly divisive rhetoric designed to push a wedge between the District’s African Americans and supporters of gay rights in the city. In his weekend speech to national Religious Right activists at the Values Voter Summit and in a recent column, Jackson ignores African American LGBT people and portrays the gay community as enemies and oppressors of poor black single mothers. In his Values Voter Summit remarks on Saturday, Jackson urged attendees to be more careful about attacks on President Obama that might sound racist, because it was making it harder for him to convince black pastors to join his anti-gay crusade.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10125/
Gay v. Gay Custody Battles
Camilla Taylor \ Senior Staff Attorney \ Lambda Legal
Child custody cases are among the most tragic on our docket. Each involves a child or children whose world has turned upside down while parents battle with each other over issues such as child support or visitation. Regardless of whether a case involves gay or non-gay parents, children often suffer terribly when parents go to court because they cannot agree on how to resolve their dispute over child custody.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10124/
Beyond Ex-Gay Community Website
now has a community site where ex-gay survivors can set-up a profile and connect with other ex-gay survivors. The Beyond Ex-Gay
Community site is a web community for ex-gay survivors ONLY. This would include LGBT person who at one point attempted to suppress or change their orientation or gender differences. This may have been done on their own, with the help of someone or ex-gay group or both.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10123/
Women at Arms–Mothers at War, Torn Between Country and Children
LIZETTE ALVAREZ \ New York Times
When Specialist Jaymie Holschlag returned home after 12 months in Iraq, a new set of children awaited her.
Her son, Seth, 10, who had moved in with his grandfather, switching towns and schools, was angry and depressed. His grades had plummeted and his weight had ballooned by 60 pounds. Her 4-year-old daughter, Celeste, scarcely knew her. And in Specialist Holschlag’s absence, new rules had taken hold — chocolate syrup on waffles, Mountain Dew with dinner. Any hint of a return to the old order met with tirades and tantrums.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10122/
Federally Funded Charities Must Play by the Rules
Washington Post
Below is an excerpt from “On Faith,” an Internet feature sponsored by The Washington Post and Newsweek. Each week, more than 50 figures from the world of faith engage in a conversation about an aspect of religion. This week’s question: Dozens of major religious groups and denominations are urging Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to renounce a Bush-era memo that allows faith-based charities that receive federal funding to discriminate in hiring. Should religious charities that receive federal grant money be allowed to discriminate in hiring?
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10119/
Analysis: Strains in Debate on Afghan Troops
ANNE GEARAN
The Potomac River is a physical as well as a figurative divide between the White House and the Pentagon, and occupants of each building often refer to the other address as a slightly foreign place “across the river.”
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10118/
LGBT Vets convention Oct 14-18 Ft. Lauderdale; info on Gay Military Signal, now on-line
The October 2009 edition of Gay Military Signal is now on-line featuring information and articles on the upcoming LGBT veterans’ convention in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. American Veterans for Equal Rights 2009 Convention, Oct 14-18 in Ft. Lauderdale, features Nathaniel Frank (author of Unfriendly Fire), Lt. Dan Choi, a Military Ball, PTSD and legislative workshops, and much more.
See it all on Gay Military Signal
http://www.gaymilitarysignal.com
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http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10116/
Gay Man Tipped as German Foreign Minister
Jessica Geen \ Pink News
An openly gay man has been tipped to become Germany’s foreign minister. Guido Westerwelle, the leader of the Free Democrat Party, may form a coalition government with Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats after Sunday’s elections, if the polls prove to be correct.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10111/
Equal Adoption Rights for Scottish Gay Couples Begins Today
Pink News
From today, gay and unmarried couples in Scotland will now have the same adoption rights as straight married couples. This brings Scotland into line with England and Wales.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10110/
Thousands Protest in Rome Against Homophobic Attacks
Jessica Geen \ Pink News
An estimated 30,000 people turned out onto the streets of Rome last week to protest against a spate of homophobic attacks in Italy. Gay groups and politicians from all the main political parties joined the demonstration, held last Thursday.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10109/
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