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Tea-Party Activists Complicate Republican Comeback Strategy
By NAFTALI BENDAVID
The rise of conservative "tea party" activists around the country has created a dilemma for Republicans. They are breathing life into the party's quest to regain power. But they're also waging war on some candidates hand-picked by GOP leaders as the most likely to win.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125564976279388879.html/
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Sun-Sentinel
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Gay veterans tackle "don't ask, don't tell"
By Anthony Man
At age 20, Mark LaFontaine found himself in the western Pacific as a seaman apprentice aboard the Coast Guard cutter Basswood. And then his shipmates figured out he was gay. LaFontaine said he was discharged after a months-long journey through the military justice system.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fort-lauderdale/sfl-gays-military-dontask-101609,0,6626128.story/
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Miami Herald
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Let policy stand
What is President Obama going to change about the policy regarding gays and lesbians in the military? They are allowed to serve as long as they follow the rules. President Clinton did the right thing by ordering ``don't ask-don't tell.'' They can serve in the military as long as they don't advertise their sexual orientation.
So what do gays and lesbians want? And what is Obama going to give them?
PRUDENCIO SOSA, Homestead
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/letters/story/1286840.html/
Don't ask, tell or legitimize
BY CAL THOMAS
tmseditors@tribune.com
I am sympathetic to the story told by Joseph Rocha, who claims in a Washington Post opinion column that he was discharged from the Navy because he is gay, though he says he never told anyone. Rocha says his male colleagues concluded he was gay when he wouldn't laugh at their dirty jokes about women or visit prostitutes with them.
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1286835.html/
Judgmental kin stymie gay couple's family plan
By SHIRLEY C. MALOVE
Q: My partner, Jason, and I were foster fathers to Juan, who unfortunately got into trouble, was diagnosed with schizophrenia and placed in a residential setting. The adoption never happened. Now Jason's sister (with addiction problems) is pregnant and wants us to raise the baby. I know my family will be very negative. They considered Juan ``damaged goods'' and will see this baby similarly. Any suggestions?
A: It is commendable that you and Jason opened your hearts and home to a child in the foster care system. Intending to adopt Juan demonstrated your heartfelt dedication to parenthood. The unfortunate turn of events must have been terribly disappointing for everyone.
http://www.miamiherald.com/925/story/1285297.html/
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The Advocate
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Communities of Color Endorse R-71
By Michelle Garcia
Thirty-one Washington-based organizations representing communities of color have endorsed Referendum-71, which if approved in November would keep the state's expanded domestic-partnership law intact.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/16/Communities_of_Color_Endorse_R-71/
White House Says No to Antigay Referenda
By Kerry Eleveld
In response to an inquiry from The Advocate, the White House sent the following statement regarding President Barack Obama’s position on same-sex relationship recognition voter referenda in Maine and Washington.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/16/White_House_Issues_Statement_on_Maine_Washington/
Lindsey Graham Asked About Gay Rumors
By Advocate.com Editors
During the Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor, Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, had some questions about Sotomayor's rumored temper, claiming that his questions were valid even though there was no evidence that the rumors were true.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/16/Lindsey_Graham_Asked_About_Gay_Rumors/
What’s the Story, John Stamos?
Former Full House star and Advocate coverboy John Stamos puts on a happy face for the Broadway revival of Bye Bye Birdie and gives the word, hummingbird, on his gay fans and gay icon girlfriends.
By Brandon Voss
When John Stamos suited up for the cover of The Advocate in 2006, he was playing doctor on ER and promoting his role as a gay wedding planner striking for marriage equality rights in the A&E original movie Wedding Wars. The former General Hospital heartthrob best known as Uncle Jesse on the hit family sitcom Full House is now performing to full houses as mama’s boy Albert Peterson in the first Broadway revival of the Tony-winning 1960 musical Bye Bye Birdie, which opened October 15 at Henry Miller’s Theatre. The eternally youthful 46-year-old called Advocate.com to confess his campy obsession with Birdie costar Gina Gershon and the boozy truth behind that now-infamous Australian morning show interview.
http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Theater/Whats_the_Story_John_Stamos/
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365Gay.com
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Fla. gay org works for patient visitation rights
By 365gay Newswire
press release from SAVE Dade: Despite the recent United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida ruling that Jackson Memorial Hospital had no obligation to allow visitors to see patients, and that that there was no obligation to provide patients’ families, healthcare surrogates, or visitors with access to patients in their trauma unit, SAVE Dade continues to work with the hospital to review and enhance its visitation policies.
http://www.365gay.com/news/fla-gay-org-works-for-patient-visitation-rights/
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Gay man jailed for attacking woman after sex proposal
A former soldier who attacked a woman after she invited him home for sex has been jailed for three years. Mark Wardley, of Crosthwaite Court, Workington, bit the woman's chest and crashed her car into a wall.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/16/gay-man-jailed-for-attacking-woman-after-sex-proposal/
Man admits robbing men he met on gay chatlines
A man has admitted using gay chatlines to find men to rob. Adil Zahid, 27, from Walthamstow, pleaded guilty to four counts of robbery, one of false imprisonment and one theft of a motor vehicle.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/16/man-admits-robbing-men-he-met-on-gay-chatlines/
Daily Mail columnist Jan Moir blames 'orchestrated campaign' for gay backlash
Jan Moir, the Daily Mail columnist who suggested that gay Boyzone star Stephen Gately's death was "unnatural", has blamed an "orchestrated campaign" for the backlash against her.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/16/daily-mail-columnist-jan-moir-blames-orchestrated-campaign-for-gay-backlash/
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New York Times
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In New Orleans, Obama Fires Back At Critics
By REUTERS
U.S. President Barack Obama fired back on Thursday at critics who say he has few accomplishments of note in his nine months in office and declared he was just getting started. In recent weeks, Obama has faced criticism both from liberals who want him to do more to advance causes such as gay rights, and conservatives who accuse him of taking too long to decide whether to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/10/16/us/politics/politics-us-obama.html?_r=1&scp=5&sq=gay&st=cse/
53 Republicans Seek Ouster of Obama Schools Official
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
Fifty-three House Republicans have signed a letter to the Obama administration asking for the ouster of Kevin Jennings, an official charged with promoting school safety, because of his career as an advocate of teaching tolerance of homosexuality.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/16/us/politics/16jennings.html?scp=4&sq=gay&st=cse/
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People for the American Way
Kevin Jennings under attack: Tell the White House: Don't Be Bullied!
Right-wing media personalities and members of Congress have been bullying both the White House and the Democratic congressional leadership into inaction and, in some cases, submission. The only way to deal with bullies is to stand up to them. And it's fitting that the latest bullying is around the person in charge of keeping schools safe: Kevin Jennings, who heads the Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools.
Jennings has been targeted since he was appointed. First, it was by the Religious Right (spearheaded by the Family Research Council) who continues to oppose Jennings' position based on his sexual orientation and his role with GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) in helping to ensure that all students are safe in school, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. Now, Sean Hannity and others smell blood in the water after Van Jones was forced to step down from his role leading the charge to create green jobs because of pressure from demagogues like Glenn Beck. The Right's attacks on Jennings have been thoroughly debunked. But, of course, lies are not a new weapon in the Right’s arsenal. A wave of NeoMcCarthyism is sweeping Washington with the Far Right targeting Obama administration officials and others with witch hunts. The broad goals are to obstruct progress and damage President Obama politically via "guilt by association." The President must call their bluff and stand up to these people. Call the White House now to help firm up the administration's backbone and shore up its support for Kevin Jennings. White House: 202-456-1111
http://site.pfaw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=media_2009_10_right_wing_attacks_against_jennings
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Washington Post
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'Survivor' star Hatch ends federal tax sentence
By MICHELLE R. SMITH
"Survivor" winner Richard Hatch was released from a Massachusetts jail early Friday after completing a federal sentence for evading taxes on the $1 million he won during the CBS reality show's first season.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/16/AR2009101600835.html/
'Cool' Jobs and Same-Sex Benefits
By Ed O'Keefe
Remember when President Obama said he wanted to make working for the federal government "cool again"? The government's chief human resources officer told lawmakers Thursday that they need to approve a bill that extends full benefits to the domestic partners of gay and lesbian federal employees to ensure that the government remains competitive with the private sector.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/15/AR2009101503670.html/
Standing Up for Gay Rights
In 1989, as commanding officer of a Navy carrier-based squadron, I used my authority to block attempts by my executive officer to demean and prosecute a man because he thought the sailor was gay. I would not allow such harassment. The sailor in question had an outstanding performance record and was serving his country with honor. What possible difference did it make whom he loved? It's time for the people of this country to show some courage in the face of the bigots who would shame, condemn, abuse or demean gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender citizens. As Americans, we are all pledged to uphold the Constitution of the United States. Accordingly we are legally and morally bound to enact legislation that ensures the law shall be applied equally to all of us, regardless of our differences and especially if those differences incite prejudice in others. Anything less is gay-bashing. I hope the citizens of this country do not continue to dishonor my military service by continuing to permit gay-bashing.
ROBERT J. McNAMARA
Hilliard, Ohio
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/15/AR2009101503609.html/
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Wall Street Journal
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Tea-Party Activists Complicate Republican Comeback Strategy
By NAFTALI BENDAVID
The rise of conservative "tea party" activists around the country has created a dilemma for Republicans. They are breathing life into the party's quest to regain power. But they're also waging war on some candidates hand-picked by GOP leaders as the most likely to win.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125564976279388879.html/
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Sun-Sentinel
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Jason Ricci is much more than blues
By Deborah Ramirez
Jason Ricci is one of the best blues harmonica players of his generation. He's seen the awards, and the hard times, including a stretch in a drug detention center in Delray Beach. But traditionalists beware. Onstage, where you'll find Ricci on Sunday with his band New Blood at the eighth annual Hollywood Beach Clambake, he may be sporting orange hair, worn in punky spikes, along with skin-tight clothes and heavy-metal accessories. He's openly gay in a rather macho genre and defiant about stereotypes, musical and otherwise.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/sfl-ppl-jason-ricci-a101509sboct16,0,4799217.story/
Now Texas fights same-sex divorce
BOSTON - I suppose there is something charming about watching conservative politicians in Texas trying so ardently to preserve a same-sex marriage. How else can you explain their passionate opposition to a court ruling last week that would allow a couple legally wed in Massachusetts to be divorced in their state?
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-16goodmansboct16,0,1090240.story/
Conservative women can rejuvenate GOP
As the Republican Party continues its pilgrimage through the desert, its leaders may be missing the oasis for the vale of tears. The answer to the party's woes won't be found in the sudden realization that 83 percent of young people 18 to 24 have an online profile — or other late-breaking revelations that merely reinforce the perception of the GOP as woefully behind the curve.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-16parkersboct16,0,5969771.story/
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Steve Rothaus
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Stellaaahhh!!! Festival honors Tennessee Williams
By SHELIA BYRD, Associated Press
Fans of the playwright Tennessee Williams will be shouting for Stella this weekend in Clarksdale, Miss.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/stellaaahhh-festival-honors-tennessee-williams.html/
Italian couple sue shipping line because they were not told their holiday was a gay cruise
From Daily Mail Online:
By Nick Pisa
An Italian couple are suing a shipping line for £2,800 after claiming they were not told a relaxing holiday they had booked was in fact on board a ship hosting Italy's first gay cruise.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/italian-couple-sue-shipping-line-because-they-were-not-told-their-holiday-was-a-gay-cruise.html/
SAVE Dade: Miami Beach passes first reading of improved Human Rights Ordinance, 7-0
News release from SAVE Dade:
Miami Beach, October 14, 2009 - The City of Miami Beach today unanimously passed the first reading of a Human Rights Ordinance revision designed to strengthen and improve its original Human Rights Ordinance, first passed in 1992.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/save-dade-miami-beach-passes-first-reading-of-improved-human-rights-ordinance-7-0.html/
Lesbian student in Miss. fights for tuxedo photo
By SHELIA BYRD, Associated Press
Everyone at Wesson Attendance Center knows 17-year-old Ceara Sturgis is gay because she's never tried to hide it.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/lesbian-student-in-miss-fights-for-tuxedo-photo.html/
California gay marriage advocates to launch public education campaign
By Torey Van Oot, The Sacramento Bee
A coalition led by gay-rights group Equality California announced today plans to invest more than $15 million in an educational campaign to build support for same-sex marriage.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/california-gay-marriage-advocates-to-launch-public-education-campaign.html/
SAVE Dade Action PAC Endorsements - Miami
From SAVE Dade Action PAC:
City of Miami Candidate Endorsements
In connection with the November 3, 2009 City of Miami General Municipal Election, the SAVE Dade Action PAC endorses the following candidates:
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/save-dade-action-pac-endorsements---miami.html/
'No end to the war between me and the gays,' Buju Banton tells talk show host in Jamaica
From today’s Jamaica Observer:
By Steven Jackson Observer writer
Friday, October 16, 2009
International reggae artiste Buju Banton, who this week met with gay activists in San Francisco, says he will not "surrender" to the group's philanthropy proposals as they would contradict his religion and culture.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/no-end-to-the-war-between-me-and-the-gays-buju-banton-tells-talk-show-host-in-jamaica.html/
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South Florida Blade
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Ft. Lauderdale: Pride group fined for not filing taxes
By JASON MICHAELS
When the new Board of Directors of Pride of Greater Fort Lauderdale took office in early September, they had only two months to organize the annual “Wicked Manors” Halloween party for Wilton Drive. But as they started their term of office, they discovered the organization owed the International Revenue Service thousands of dollars—a major obstacle for the non-profit organization already facing budget shortfalls.
http://www.floridablade.com/2009/10-15/news/localnews/6369.cfm/
Island City Art Walk Nov. 20 on Wilton Drive
Organizers promises event will be bigger and better
By BOB KECSEMETY
The original Island City Art Walk will continue again this year starting on Friday, November 20 from 7 to 10:00 p.m. This will be the fourth year of the Art Walk that has grown exponentially each year in both participants and guests. According to Mary Ellen Charapko, founder and organizer of the Island City Art Walk, this year’s Art Walk, which operates under the original organization, Island City, Inc., will be bigger and better than ever and will run the third Friday of each month starting in November and ending in April. Ms. Charapko also owns a gallery on Wilton Drive. Each participating gallery and store on Wilton Drive plans their own exhibits and events for the evening which draws large crowds especially during the holiday season.
http://www.floridablade.com/2009/10-15/news/localnews/6376.cfm/
Wilton Manors: Halloween: the new ‘GLBT Pride’ for SoFla
Why Wicked Manors means more than just dressing up
By DAN RENZI
What are your plans for Halloween? It’s a big deal in South Florida. I am among the gay men in America who have informally adopted Halloween as our own Pride celebration. Like “gay pride,” Halloween is a chance to liberate oneself, come out of the closet as the naughty nurse or dominatrix you want to be, and march through the streets just to make everyone appreciate how great you are. Slutty costume? I will squeeze into it somehow, with pride, showing off myself in embarrassing ways I wouldn’t otherwise dream of while in my own home with the curtains closed. (I have a good one this year, but I’m not telling yet.)
http://www.floridablade.com/2009/10-15/view/editorial/6377.cfm/
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The Advocate
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Family Refused Country Club Membership
By Julie Bolcer
A country club in Norfolk, Virginia voted last week to allow two married women to join, but only as individuals, and not a family.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/16/Family_Refused_Country_Club_Membership/
NAACP Leader Backs Vander Plaats
The head of the NAACP in Iowa backed Bob Vander Plaats, a staunch opponent of marriage equality.
By Julie Bolcer
The president of the Iowa-Nebraska chapter of the NAACP endorsed Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats in Iowa this week, calling his opposition to same-sex marriage an “important factor.”
http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=100139/
Joy Behar: Isn't Janet Napolitano Gay?
By Advocate.com Editors
Quickly becoming second only to The Rachel Maddow Show as prime time’s most gay-centric news talk show, The Joy Behar Show has been generating a lot of press for its coverage of “don’t ask, don’t tell” and the National Equality March. But this Monday, an exchange between Behar and guest Dan Savage that was largely overlooked by the press had her wondering if Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano is openly gay. http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/15/Joy_Behar_Isnt_Janet_Napolitano_Gay_/
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365Gay.com
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Straight interracial couple denied marriage license in La.
By The Associated Press
A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to a heterosexual interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have.
http://www.365gay.com/news/straight-interracial-couple-denied-marriage-license-in-la/
Court allows release of domestic partner petitions
By The Associated Press
Washington’s secretary of state can release the names and addresses of people who signed petitions calling for a public vote on the state’s expanded benefits for domestic partners, a federal appeals court said Thursday.
http://www.365gay.com/news/court-allows-release-of-domestic-partner-petitions/
Evangelicals step up for marriage equality
By 365gay Newswire
From a press release from American Progress: Brent Childers used to call himself a “Jesse Helms Republican” who justified his homophobic beliefs through biblical interpretation. But last weekend, as he marched in the Equality March in Washington, D.C., he stood alongside his lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender friends in support of their full human rights.
http://www.365gay.com/news/evangelicals-step-up-for-marriage-equality/
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Pink News - UK
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Updated: Twitter storm over 'vile' Daily Mail column on gay singer Stephen Gately
A Daily Mail column by writer Jan Moir has provoked a storm of anger on the internet for apparently suggesting that Boyzone singer Stephen Gately died because he was gay.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/16/twitter-storm-over-vile-daily-mail-column-on-gay-singer-stephen-gately/
Two girls and a boy arrested over murder of gay man
Police hunting for the killers of a 62-year-old gay man who was beaten to death in Trafalgar Square have arrested two 17-year-old girls and one 18-year-old boy.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/16/two-girls-and-a-boy-arrested-over-murder-of-gay-man/
Gay man jailed for attacking woman after sex proposal
A former soldier who attacked a woman after she invited him home for sex has been jailed for three years. Mark Wardley, of Crosthwaite Court, Workington, bit the woman's chest and crashed her car into a wall.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/16/gay-man-jailed-for-attacking-woman-after-sex-proposal/
'LGBT sex club' gets the go-ahead
A sex club for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people in Gloucester is to open despite local councillors voting against it. Opponents said the club would turn the city into "Sodom and Gomorrah".
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/16/lgbt-sex-club-gets-the-go-ahead/
Vigil planned for gay man murdered in Trafalgar Square
A vigil has been organised to pay tribute to Ian Baynham, the gay man who died this week after being attacked in London's Trafalgar Square.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/16/vigil-planned-for-gay-man-murdered-in-trafalgar-square/
Section 28 MP forced to stand down over expenses
The MP responsible for creating Section 28 is being forced to stand down at the next election after claims he abused his expenses.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/16/section-28-mp-forced-to-stand-down-over-expenses/
Lesbian barred from school yearbook for wearing a tux
A lesbian student in Mississippi is challenging her school's decision to bar her from the yearbook for wearing a tuxedo. She was told she would have to wear a dress to appear in the book.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/16/lesbian-barred-from-school-yearbook-for-wearing-a-tux/
Man jailed for 27 years for murder of gay shop assistant
A man who knifed a gay man to death before stealing his jewellery has been jailed for a minimum of 27 years.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/15/man-jailed-for-27-years-for-murder-of-gay-shop-assistant/
Ugandan MP proposes that gays should be executed
A Ugandan MP has proposed that lawmakers should create a new crime of "aggravated homosexuality", which would be punishable by death.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/15/ugandan-mp-proposes-that-gays-should-be-executed/
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Daily Queer News
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United, We Can Stop HIV and Prevent AIDS
Gay & Lesbian Times
National Latino AIDS Awareness Day is recognized on Oct. 15. On this day, we all must take stock and take action to prevent HIV from continuing its toll on Latino communities across the United States.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10758/
IL: Gay Senate Candidate in Boystown
Chasse Rehwickel \ Windy City Times
Jacob Meister, the openly gay candidate for Roland Burris’ U.S. Senate seat, made a two-hour appearance at Halsted’s, 3441 N. Halsted, on Oct. 8 to rally support for his campaign.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10757/
IL: EQIL Event: Annual Matthew Shepard March Oct 17th
In 1998, death of Matthew Shepard, a 21 year-old student at the University of Wyoming, thrust violence against LGBT people into national and world spotlights. The severity and brutality of Matthew’s murder – beaten, tied to a fence, and left to die outside of Laramie, Wyoming – underscores the importance of proactively combating hate crimes and building a society that values dignity of every human being.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10756/
Marriage Equality in California: Why We Can’t Wait Until 2012
Love Honor Cherish \ AlterNet
Editor’s Note: Yesterday we ran a story by Troy Perry and Hans Johnson that argues for waiting until 2012 to take on the same-sex marriage fight in California. You can read that commentary here. Proposition 8 passes every day, until it’s repealed.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10755/
FL: City of Miami Beach Passes First Reading of Improved Human Rights Ordinance, 7-0
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City of Miami Beach passes first reading of improved Human Rights Ordinance, 7-0
The City of Miami Beach today unanimously passed the first reading of a Human Rights Ordinance revision designed to strengthen and improve its original Human Rights Ordinance, first passed in 1992.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10754/
One Iowa Looking for Public Forum Speakers
One Iowa is going to be holding a series of public forums throughout
Iowa. Each forum is going to have a panel of five or six people who
will speak briefly and then help answer questions submitted by forum
attendees. They are looking for people willing to speak from the
following perspectives: a person of faith, legal, a same-sex couple,
business/economic, and a straight ally.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10753/
TX: Ordained, Gay, and Black
TOM HOLMES \ Contributing Reporter \ Austin Weekly News
On the book at issue in the recent Buzz Café cancellation, the Rev. Benjamin Reynolds has a particularly informed take. He is a gay black man who, as a pastor, has paid the price of coming out. This spring, he arrived as transitional pastor at Pilgrim Congregational Church in Oak Park. Three years ago, in Colorado, the congregation he grew up in dismissed him when he spoke up about his sexual orientation. Cornelius Williams’ book Transition: From Homosexual to Preacher concerns Reynolds. Regarding his personal struggle, “ex-gay” isn’t an option. Reynolds says some religions that condemn gay people do so largely on the basis of a literal reading of the Bible. Similar methods of interpretation, he noted, have even justified slavery and oppressing women’s rights.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10752/
TX: An ‘Ex-Gay’ Speaks Out
ROBERT FELTON \ Contributing Reporter \ Austin Weekly News
Cornelius Williams remembers being 5 years old and dressing up in his mother’s wigs and wearing her lipstick. He recalls that and other stories from his youth to adulthood in his memoir: Transition: From Homosexual to Preacher. That early experience was the first glimpse of sexual confusion that Williams, now a pastor, would encounter throughout his adolescence.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10751/
Interview with Cleve Jones at National Equality March
Bil Browning \ Bilerico Project
We shot so much video that we’re still finishing up some of the interviews. I think today will just about wrap it up. This interview with Cleve Jones happened during one of the first speeches on stage as marchers were still pouring onto the Capital lawn. The audio is a bit hard to hear clearly on this one so the video is captioned.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10750/
Sen. Kay Hagan to Transgenders: I Will Have To “Carefully Consider” Your “Impacts”
Dr. Jillian T. Weiss \ Bilerico Project
Senator Kay Hagan has been sending out letters to constituents who inquire about ENDA, and they suggest she’s not at this point in favor of a bill that includes “gender identity.” I’m feeling very 2007.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10749/
New Tools to Push for LGBT Equality Now
Juan and Ken Ahonen-Jover \ Bilerico Project
We are pleased to announce a new set of tools that we believe will greatly help to accelerate reaching LGBT legal equality. These tools are web-based, integrated with each other, are super easy to use, and are available to both individuals and organizations at no charge. They are guided by The Dallas Principles and emphasize the importance of taking action now to achieve full legal equality for our community. You can see them at www.ActOnPrinciples.org.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10748/
A Movement Moving Forward
Bilerico Project
Editors’ Note: Guest blogger Rea Carey is the Executive Director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
The National Equality March held in Washington, D.C., last weekend resonated and refreshed lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and our straight allies with new energy and new momentum for progressive and positive change as thousands gathered to demand action on our equality agenda. With our feet, signs and voices, we recommitted ourselves to act on behalf of LGBT aspirations for full legal equality.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10747/
Exiled From School, HIV Infected Orphans Learn a Bitter Lesson
SETH MYDANS \ New York Times
AN NHON TAY, Vietnam — The first day of school was a special one last month for the 15 children from the Mai Hoa orphanage here. They are infected with H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS, and for the first time they would be allowed to attend the local primary school.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10746/
Gay Activists Highlight Debate Over US Military Policies
Adam Phillips \ VOA News
During Oc. 12 demonstrations in the nation’s capital, some current and former service members urged U.S. lawmakers to repeal both a 1993 “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy that prevents openly homosexual men and women from serving in the armed forces and a stricter legal ban.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10745/
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Lots of Ex's Live in Texas
States of Marriage & Divorce
Men and women marry young in Arkansas and Oklahoma. They also marry often. It's the opposite state of affairs in Massachusetts and New York. An analysis of new Census data reveals some interesting patterns about marriage, remarriage and divorce and their relationships to education, income, religion and politics. Read more
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1380/marriage-and-divorce-by-state/
Marriage & Divorce: A 50-State Interactive Tour
Interactive maps allow you to explore state-by-state marriage and divorce
patterns and discover how your state measures up.Most Still Oppose Gay Marriage, but Support for Civil Unions Continues to Rise Continuing a trend, support for civil unions has risen to 57% of the public; but a majority still opposes same-sex marriage with sharp divisions among religious and political groups. Read more
http://pewsocialtrends.org/assets/flash/marriage/
Opinion Matters: But What Do the Polls Show?
Perhaps the best way to think about public opinion and its relationship to politics and policymaking is that the public is typically short on facts, but long on judgment. Read more
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1379/polling-history-influence-policymaking-politics/
Global Outlook: Obama's Nobel Prize
News that the president won the Nobel Peace Prize is another sign of his international appeal; his election turned around America's negative image in many countries. Read more
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1376/obama-nobel-prize-global-opinion/
Daily Number: 29% - Say Press is Generally Accurate
Just 29% of Americans say that news organizations generally get the facts straight, while 63% say that news stories are often inaccurate. Check back every weekday for another number in the news. Read more
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In New Orleans, Obama Fires Back At Critics
By REUTERS
U.S. President Barack Obama fired back on Thursday at critics who say he has few accomplishments of note in his nine months in office and declared he was just getting started. In recent weeks, Obama has faced criticism both from liberals who want him to do more to advance causes such as gay rights, and conservatives who accuse him of taking too long to decide whether to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/10/16/us/politics/politics-us-obama.html?_r=1&scp=5&sq=gay&st=cse/
53 Republicans Seek Ouster of Obama Schools Official
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
Fifty-three House Republicans have signed a letter to the Obama administration asking for the ouster of Kevin Jennings, an official charged with promoting school safety, because of his career as an advocate of teaching tolerance of homosexuality.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/16/us/politics/16jennings.html?scp=4&sq=gay&st=cse/
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People for the American Way
Kevin Jennings under attack: Tell the White House: Don't Be Bullied!
Right-wing media personalities and members of Congress have been bullying both the White House and the Democratic congressional leadership into inaction and, in some cases, submission. The only way to deal with bullies is to stand up to them. And it's fitting that the latest bullying is around the person in charge of keeping schools safe: Kevin Jennings, who heads the Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools.
Jennings has been targeted since he was appointed. First, it was by the Religious Right (spearheaded by the Family Research Council) who continues to oppose Jennings' position based on his sexual orientation and his role with GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) in helping to ensure that all students are safe in school, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. Now, Sean Hannity and others smell blood in the water after Van Jones was forced to step down from his role leading the charge to create green jobs because of pressure from demagogues like Glenn Beck. The Right's attacks on Jennings have been thoroughly debunked. But, of course, lies are not a new weapon in the Right’s arsenal. A wave of NeoMcCarthyism is sweeping Washington with the Far Right targeting Obama administration officials and others with witch hunts. The broad goals are to obstruct progress and damage President Obama politically via "guilt by association." The President must call their bluff and stand up to these people. Call the White House now to help firm up the administration's backbone and shore up its support for Kevin Jennings. White House: 202-456-1111
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'Survivor' star Hatch ends federal tax sentence
By MICHELLE R. SMITH
"Survivor" winner Richard Hatch was released from a Massachusetts jail early Friday after completing a federal sentence for evading taxes on the $1 million he won during the CBS reality show's first season.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/16/AR2009101600835.html/
'Cool' Jobs and Same-Sex Benefits
By Ed O'Keefe
Remember when President Obama said he wanted to make working for the federal government "cool again"? The government's chief human resources officer told lawmakers Thursday that they need to approve a bill that extends full benefits to the domestic partners of gay and lesbian federal employees to ensure that the government remains competitive with the private sector.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/15/AR2009101503670.html/
Standing Up for Gay Rights
In 1989, as commanding officer of a Navy carrier-based squadron, I used my authority to block attempts by my executive officer to demean and prosecute a man because he thought the sailor was gay. I would not allow such harassment. The sailor in question had an outstanding performance record and was serving his country with honor. What possible difference did it make whom he loved? It's time for the people of this country to show some courage in the face of the bigots who would shame, condemn, abuse or demean gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender citizens. As Americans, we are all pledged to uphold the Constitution of the United States. Accordingly we are legally and morally bound to enact legislation that ensures the law shall be applied equally to all of us, regardless of our differences and especially if those differences incite prejudice in others. Anything less is gay-bashing. I hope the citizens of this country do not continue to dishonor my military service by continuing to permit gay-bashing.
ROBERT J. McNAMARA
Hilliard, Ohio
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/15/AR2009101503609.html/
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Tea-Party Activists Complicate Republican Comeback Strategy
By NAFTALI BENDAVID
The rise of conservative "tea party" activists around the country has created a dilemma for Republicans. They are breathing life into the party's quest to regain power. But they're also waging war on some candidates hand-picked by GOP leaders as the most likely to win.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125564976279388879.html/
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Sun-Sentinel
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Jason Ricci is much more than blues
By Deborah Ramirez
Jason Ricci is one of the best blues harmonica players of his generation. He's seen the awards, and the hard times, including a stretch in a drug detention center in Delray Beach. But traditionalists beware. Onstage, where you'll find Ricci on Sunday with his band New Blood at the eighth annual Hollywood Beach Clambake, he may be sporting orange hair, worn in punky spikes, along with skin-tight clothes and heavy-metal accessories. He's openly gay in a rather macho genre and defiant about stereotypes, musical and otherwise.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/sfl-ppl-jason-ricci-a101509sboct16,0,4799217.story/
Now Texas fights same-sex divorce
BOSTON - I suppose there is something charming about watching conservative politicians in Texas trying so ardently to preserve a same-sex marriage. How else can you explain their passionate opposition to a court ruling last week that would allow a couple legally wed in Massachusetts to be divorced in their state?
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-16goodmansboct16,0,1090240.story/
Conservative women can rejuvenate GOP
As the Republican Party continues its pilgrimage through the desert, its leaders may be missing the oasis for the vale of tears. The answer to the party's woes won't be found in the sudden realization that 83 percent of young people 18 to 24 have an online profile — or other late-breaking revelations that merely reinforce the perception of the GOP as woefully behind the curve.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-16parkersboct16,0,5969771.story/
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Stellaaahhh!!! Festival honors Tennessee Williams
By SHELIA BYRD, Associated Press
Fans of the playwright Tennessee Williams will be shouting for Stella this weekend in Clarksdale, Miss.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/stellaaahhh-festival-honors-tennessee-williams.html/
Italian couple sue shipping line because they were not told their holiday was a gay cruise
From Daily Mail Online:
By Nick Pisa
An Italian couple are suing a shipping line for £2,800 after claiming they were not told a relaxing holiday they had booked was in fact on board a ship hosting Italy's first gay cruise.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/italian-couple-sue-shipping-line-because-they-were-not-told-their-holiday-was-a-gay-cruise.html/
SAVE Dade: Miami Beach passes first reading of improved Human Rights Ordinance, 7-0
News release from SAVE Dade:
Miami Beach, October 14, 2009 - The City of Miami Beach today unanimously passed the first reading of a Human Rights Ordinance revision designed to strengthen and improve its original Human Rights Ordinance, first passed in 1992.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/save-dade-miami-beach-passes-first-reading-of-improved-human-rights-ordinance-7-0.html/
Lesbian student in Miss. fights for tuxedo photo
By SHELIA BYRD, Associated Press
Everyone at Wesson Attendance Center knows 17-year-old Ceara Sturgis is gay because she's never tried to hide it.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/lesbian-student-in-miss-fights-for-tuxedo-photo.html/
California gay marriage advocates to launch public education campaign
By Torey Van Oot, The Sacramento Bee
A coalition led by gay-rights group Equality California announced today plans to invest more than $15 million in an educational campaign to build support for same-sex marriage.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/california-gay-marriage-advocates-to-launch-public-education-campaign.html/
SAVE Dade Action PAC Endorsements - Miami
From SAVE Dade Action PAC:
City of Miami Candidate Endorsements
In connection with the November 3, 2009 City of Miami General Municipal Election, the SAVE Dade Action PAC endorses the following candidates:
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/save-dade-action-pac-endorsements---miami.html/
'No end to the war between me and the gays,' Buju Banton tells talk show host in Jamaica
From today’s Jamaica Observer:
By Steven Jackson Observer writer
Friday, October 16, 2009
International reggae artiste Buju Banton, who this week met with gay activists in San Francisco, says he will not "surrender" to the group's philanthropy proposals as they would contradict his religion and culture.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/no-end-to-the-war-between-me-and-the-gays-buju-banton-tells-talk-show-host-in-jamaica.html/
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South Florida Blade
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Ft. Lauderdale: Pride group fined for not filing taxes
By JASON MICHAELS
When the new Board of Directors of Pride of Greater Fort Lauderdale took office in early September, they had only two months to organize the annual “Wicked Manors” Halloween party for Wilton Drive. But as they started their term of office, they discovered the organization owed the International Revenue Service thousands of dollars—a major obstacle for the non-profit organization already facing budget shortfalls.
http://www.floridablade.com/2009/10-15/news/localnews/6369.cfm/
Island City Art Walk Nov. 20 on Wilton Drive
Organizers promises event will be bigger and better
By BOB KECSEMETY
The original Island City Art Walk will continue again this year starting on Friday, November 20 from 7 to 10:00 p.m. This will be the fourth year of the Art Walk that has grown exponentially each year in both participants and guests. According to Mary Ellen Charapko, founder and organizer of the Island City Art Walk, this year’s Art Walk, which operates under the original organization, Island City, Inc., will be bigger and better than ever and will run the third Friday of each month starting in November and ending in April. Ms. Charapko also owns a gallery on Wilton Drive. Each participating gallery and store on Wilton Drive plans their own exhibits and events for the evening which draws large crowds especially during the holiday season.
http://www.floridablade.com/2009/10-15/news/localnews/6376.cfm/
Wilton Manors: Halloween: the new ‘GLBT Pride’ for SoFla
Why Wicked Manors means more than just dressing up
By DAN RENZI
What are your plans for Halloween? It’s a big deal in South Florida. I am among the gay men in America who have informally adopted Halloween as our own Pride celebration. Like “gay pride,” Halloween is a chance to liberate oneself, come out of the closet as the naughty nurse or dominatrix you want to be, and march through the streets just to make everyone appreciate how great you are. Slutty costume? I will squeeze into it somehow, with pride, showing off myself in embarrassing ways I wouldn’t otherwise dream of while in my own home with the curtains closed. (I have a good one this year, but I’m not telling yet.)
http://www.floridablade.com/2009/10-15/view/editorial/6377.cfm/
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The Advocate
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Family Refused Country Club Membership
By Julie Bolcer
A country club in Norfolk, Virginia voted last week to allow two married women to join, but only as individuals, and not a family.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/16/Family_Refused_Country_Club_Membership/
NAACP Leader Backs Vander Plaats
The head of the NAACP in Iowa backed Bob Vander Plaats, a staunch opponent of marriage equality.
By Julie Bolcer
The president of the Iowa-Nebraska chapter of the NAACP endorsed Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats in Iowa this week, calling his opposition to same-sex marriage an “important factor.”
http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=100139/
Joy Behar: Isn't Janet Napolitano Gay?
By Advocate.com Editors
Quickly becoming second only to The Rachel Maddow Show as prime time’s most gay-centric news talk show, The Joy Behar Show has been generating a lot of press for its coverage of “don’t ask, don’t tell” and the National Equality March. But this Monday, an exchange between Behar and guest Dan Savage that was largely overlooked by the press had her wondering if Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano is openly gay. http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/15/Joy_Behar_Isnt_Janet_Napolitano_Gay_/
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Straight interracial couple denied marriage license in La.
By The Associated Press
A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to a heterosexual interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have.
http://www.365gay.com/news/straight-interracial-couple-denied-marriage-license-in-la/
Court allows release of domestic partner petitions
By The Associated Press
Washington’s secretary of state can release the names and addresses of people who signed petitions calling for a public vote on the state’s expanded benefits for domestic partners, a federal appeals court said Thursday.
http://www.365gay.com/news/court-allows-release-of-domestic-partner-petitions/
Evangelicals step up for marriage equality
By 365gay Newswire
From a press release from American Progress: Brent Childers used to call himself a “Jesse Helms Republican” who justified his homophobic beliefs through biblical interpretation. But last weekend, as he marched in the Equality March in Washington, D.C., he stood alongside his lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender friends in support of their full human rights.
http://www.365gay.com/news/evangelicals-step-up-for-marriage-equality/
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Pink News - UK
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Updated: Twitter storm over 'vile' Daily Mail column on gay singer Stephen Gately
A Daily Mail column by writer Jan Moir has provoked a storm of anger on the internet for apparently suggesting that Boyzone singer Stephen Gately died because he was gay.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/16/twitter-storm-over-vile-daily-mail-column-on-gay-singer-stephen-gately/
Two girls and a boy arrested over murder of gay man
Police hunting for the killers of a 62-year-old gay man who was beaten to death in Trafalgar Square have arrested two 17-year-old girls and one 18-year-old boy.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/16/two-girls-and-a-boy-arrested-over-murder-of-gay-man/
Gay man jailed for attacking woman after sex proposal
A former soldier who attacked a woman after she invited him home for sex has been jailed for three years. Mark Wardley, of Crosthwaite Court, Workington, bit the woman's chest and crashed her car into a wall.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/16/gay-man-jailed-for-attacking-woman-after-sex-proposal/
'LGBT sex club' gets the go-ahead
A sex club for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people in Gloucester is to open despite local councillors voting against it. Opponents said the club would turn the city into "Sodom and Gomorrah".
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/16/lgbt-sex-club-gets-the-go-ahead/
Vigil planned for gay man murdered in Trafalgar Square
A vigil has been organised to pay tribute to Ian Baynham, the gay man who died this week after being attacked in London's Trafalgar Square.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/16/vigil-planned-for-gay-man-murdered-in-trafalgar-square/
Section 28 MP forced to stand down over expenses
The MP responsible for creating Section 28 is being forced to stand down at the next election after claims he abused his expenses.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/16/section-28-mp-forced-to-stand-down-over-expenses/
Lesbian barred from school yearbook for wearing a tux
A lesbian student in Mississippi is challenging her school's decision to bar her from the yearbook for wearing a tuxedo. She was told she would have to wear a dress to appear in the book.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/16/lesbian-barred-from-school-yearbook-for-wearing-a-tux/
Man jailed for 27 years for murder of gay shop assistant
A man who knifed a gay man to death before stealing his jewellery has been jailed for a minimum of 27 years.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/15/man-jailed-for-27-years-for-murder-of-gay-shop-assistant/
Ugandan MP proposes that gays should be executed
A Ugandan MP has proposed that lawmakers should create a new crime of "aggravated homosexuality", which would be punishable by death.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/15/ugandan-mp-proposes-that-gays-should-be-executed/
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United, We Can Stop HIV and Prevent AIDS
Gay & Lesbian Times
National Latino AIDS Awareness Day is recognized on Oct. 15. On this day, we all must take stock and take action to prevent HIV from continuing its toll on Latino communities across the United States.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10758/
IL: Gay Senate Candidate in Boystown
Chasse Rehwickel \ Windy City Times
Jacob Meister, the openly gay candidate for Roland Burris’ U.S. Senate seat, made a two-hour appearance at Halsted’s, 3441 N. Halsted, on Oct. 8 to rally support for his campaign.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10757/
IL: EQIL Event: Annual Matthew Shepard March Oct 17th
In 1998, death of Matthew Shepard, a 21 year-old student at the University of Wyoming, thrust violence against LGBT people into national and world spotlights. The severity and brutality of Matthew’s murder – beaten, tied to a fence, and left to die outside of Laramie, Wyoming – underscores the importance of proactively combating hate crimes and building a society that values dignity of every human being.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10756/
Marriage Equality in California: Why We Can’t Wait Until 2012
Love Honor Cherish \ AlterNet
Editor’s Note: Yesterday we ran a story by Troy Perry and Hans Johnson that argues for waiting until 2012 to take on the same-sex marriage fight in California. You can read that commentary here. Proposition 8 passes every day, until it’s repealed.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10755/
FL: City of Miami Beach Passes First Reading of Improved Human Rights Ordinance, 7-0
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City of Miami Beach passes first reading of improved Human Rights Ordinance, 7-0
The City of Miami Beach today unanimously passed the first reading of a Human Rights Ordinance revision designed to strengthen and improve its original Human Rights Ordinance, first passed in 1992.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10754/
One Iowa Looking for Public Forum Speakers
One Iowa is going to be holding a series of public forums throughout
Iowa. Each forum is going to have a panel of five or six people who
will speak briefly and then help answer questions submitted by forum
attendees. They are looking for people willing to speak from the
following perspectives: a person of faith, legal, a same-sex couple,
business/economic, and a straight ally.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10753/
TX: Ordained, Gay, and Black
TOM HOLMES \ Contributing Reporter \ Austin Weekly News
On the book at issue in the recent Buzz Café cancellation, the Rev. Benjamin Reynolds has a particularly informed take. He is a gay black man who, as a pastor, has paid the price of coming out. This spring, he arrived as transitional pastor at Pilgrim Congregational Church in Oak Park. Three years ago, in Colorado, the congregation he grew up in dismissed him when he spoke up about his sexual orientation. Cornelius Williams’ book Transition: From Homosexual to Preacher concerns Reynolds. Regarding his personal struggle, “ex-gay” isn’t an option. Reynolds says some religions that condemn gay people do so largely on the basis of a literal reading of the Bible. Similar methods of interpretation, he noted, have even justified slavery and oppressing women’s rights.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10752/
TX: An ‘Ex-Gay’ Speaks Out
ROBERT FELTON \ Contributing Reporter \ Austin Weekly News
Cornelius Williams remembers being 5 years old and dressing up in his mother’s wigs and wearing her lipstick. He recalls that and other stories from his youth to adulthood in his memoir: Transition: From Homosexual to Preacher. That early experience was the first glimpse of sexual confusion that Williams, now a pastor, would encounter throughout his adolescence.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10751/
Interview with Cleve Jones at National Equality March
Bil Browning \ Bilerico Project
We shot so much video that we’re still finishing up some of the interviews. I think today will just about wrap it up. This interview with Cleve Jones happened during one of the first speeches on stage as marchers were still pouring onto the Capital lawn. The audio is a bit hard to hear clearly on this one so the video is captioned.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10750/
Sen. Kay Hagan to Transgenders: I Will Have To “Carefully Consider” Your “Impacts”
Dr. Jillian T. Weiss \ Bilerico Project
Senator Kay Hagan has been sending out letters to constituents who inquire about ENDA, and they suggest she’s not at this point in favor of a bill that includes “gender identity.” I’m feeling very 2007.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10749/
New Tools to Push for LGBT Equality Now
Juan and Ken Ahonen-Jover \ Bilerico Project
We are pleased to announce a new set of tools that we believe will greatly help to accelerate reaching LGBT legal equality. These tools are web-based, integrated with each other, are super easy to use, and are available to both individuals and organizations at no charge. They are guided by The Dallas Principles and emphasize the importance of taking action now to achieve full legal equality for our community. You can see them at www.ActOnPrinciples.org.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10748/
A Movement Moving Forward
Bilerico Project
Editors’ Note: Guest blogger Rea Carey is the Executive Director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
The National Equality March held in Washington, D.C., last weekend resonated and refreshed lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and our straight allies with new energy and new momentum for progressive and positive change as thousands gathered to demand action on our equality agenda. With our feet, signs and voices, we recommitted ourselves to act on behalf of LGBT aspirations for full legal equality.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10747/
Exiled From School, HIV Infected Orphans Learn a Bitter Lesson
SETH MYDANS \ New York Times
AN NHON TAY, Vietnam — The first day of school was a special one last month for the 15 children from the Mai Hoa orphanage here. They are infected with H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS, and for the first time they would be allowed to attend the local primary school.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10746/
Gay Activists Highlight Debate Over US Military Policies
Adam Phillips \ VOA News
During Oc. 12 demonstrations in the nation’s capital, some current and former service members urged U.S. lawmakers to repeal both a 1993 “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy that prevents openly homosexual men and women from serving in the armed forces and a stricter legal ban.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10745/
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Pew Research center
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Lots of Ex's Live in Texas
States of Marriage & Divorce
Men and women marry young in Arkansas and Oklahoma. They also marry often. It's the opposite state of affairs in Massachusetts and New York. An analysis of new Census data reveals some interesting patterns about marriage, remarriage and divorce and their relationships to education, income, religion and politics. Read more
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1380/marriage-and-divorce-by-state/
Marriage & Divorce: A 50-State Interactive Tour
Interactive maps allow you to explore state-by-state marriage and divorce
patterns and discover how your state measures up.Most Still Oppose Gay Marriage, but Support for Civil Unions Continues to Rise Continuing a trend, support for civil unions has risen to 57% of the public; but a majority still opposes same-sex marriage with sharp divisions among religious and political groups. Read more
http://pewsocialtrends.org/assets/flash/marriage/
Opinion Matters: But What Do the Polls Show?
Perhaps the best way to think about public opinion and its relationship to politics and policymaking is that the public is typically short on facts, but long on judgment. Read more
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1379/polling-history-influence-policymaking-politics/
Global Outlook: Obama's Nobel Prize
News that the president won the Nobel Peace Prize is another sign of his international appeal; his election turned around America's negative image in many countries. Read more
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1376/obama-nobel-prize-global-opinion/
Daily Number: 29% - Say Press is Generally Accurate
Just 29% of Americans say that news organizations generally get the facts straight, while 63% say that news stories are often inaccurate. Check back every weekday for another number in the news. Read more
http://pewresearch.org/databank/dailynumber/?NumberID=866/
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A note from Ray - unrelated to GLBT: I have had an awful experience with my Chase BP credit card. I won't go into the details (unless you individually ask me), but Chase BP does not abide by their stated promo offers regarding interest charges. I have never had a problem with a credit card company. But, my experience with Chase is disgusting. My advice - DON'T USE CHASE CREDIT CARDS!!!!
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Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
Two Republicans Stand By Same-Sex Marriage
By Tim Craig
Two leading Republicans in the District have announced their support for efforts to legalize same-sex marriage in the city.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/14/AR2009101401594.html/
Man Gets 6 Months in Assault Near Gay Bar
By Keith L. Alexander
A District man who punched a Maryland man outside a gay nightclub in Northwest Washington was sentenced Wednesday to six months in jail. The victim later died from his injuries, and the reduced charges sparked outrage among gay rights advocates.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/14/AR2009101402489.html/
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Steve Rothaus
http://www.MiamiHerald.com/gay/
Go to this link for the following articles:
Peter Tatchell: ‘Stunned’ that U.S. gay activists got nothing from Buju Banton, ‘not even promises’
British gay-rights advocate Peter Tatchell sent me the following message for San Francisco activists who met on Monday with reggae star Buju Banton:
Hi SF LGBT Activists, Thanks for your efforts. I don't doubt the good intentions of the LGBT activists who attended the meeting with Buju Banton in San Francisco, but they appear to have come away with nothing from Banton. Not even promises.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/peter-tatchell-stunned-that-us-gay-activists-got-nothing-from-buju-banton-not-even-promises.html/
Jerry Chasen, Daniel M. Pye to hold seminar, 'Wealth Planning for Domestic Partners, on Oct. 20 in Fort Lauderdale
Attorney Jerry Chasen and financial planner Daniel M. Pye, a Morgan Stanley vice president, will hold a seminar, 'Wealth Planning for Domestic Partners,' on Oct. 20 at the GLCC Pride Center in Fort Lauderdale.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/jerry-chasen-daniel-m-pye-to-hold-seminar-wealth-planning-for-domestic-partners-on-oct-20-in-fort-la.html/
Teen arrested in death of Craig Cohen, a Broward gay man beaten six months ago
BY JENNIFER LEBOVICH, jlebovich@MiamiHerald.com
An 18-year-old was arrested Tuesday in the beating death of an Oakland Park man, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/teen-arrested-in-death-of-craig-cohen-a-broward-gay-man-beaten-six-months-ago.html/
Muslim soccer club banned after refusing to play gay team
Associated Press
PARIS -- A soccer club was permanently banned from the French amateur league on Wednesday after refusing to play a match against a gay team. Last week, Paris Foot Gay said its members were victims of homophobia when Creteil Bebel, a team of Muslim players, refused to play them this month.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/muslim-team-banned-after-refusing-to-play-gay-team.html/
HRC President Joe Solmonese: ‘The last thing we should do is wait’
From HRC’s Back Story blog:
The following post is from HRC President Joe Solmonese:
Between President Obama’s speech at the HRC National Dinner on Saturday night and the inspiring crowd of pro-equality marchers who gathered at the Capitol on Sunday, it was quite a weekend. In my mind, it all reflected the undeniable fact that we in the LGBT community and our allies have a new-found energy and focus on what needs to be done to achieve the equality we’ve been promised and that we deserve. Of course, we are not a community that sees everything through the same lens (and thank goodness for that!), so there have been nearly as many different views of what really went down this weekend as there were people marching past the White House. With this in mind, I want to address some of the issues people have been discussing and talk about how I see us all moving forward.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/hrc-president-joe-solmonese-the-last-thing-we-should-do-is-wait.html/
Comic Kevin Meaney shuts door on his closet life
By MADELEINE MARR, mmarr@miamiherald.com
Kevin Meaney is out and proud, but it wasn't always this way. The 52-year-old standup comedian -- who got his break on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in the '80s -- was married for 10 years. He and ex-wife Mary Ann had a daughter, with whom he currently lives in New York.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/comic-kevin-meaney-shuts-door-on-his-closet-life.html/
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
Let women take the lead
BY KATHLEEN PARKER; kathleenparker@washpost.com
As the Republican Party continues its pilgrimage through the desert, its leaders may be missing the oasis for the vale of tears.
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1283505.html/
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South Florida Blade
http://www.floridablade.com/
Go to this link for the following articles:
Lieberman in 'Don't Ask' discussions
Senator speaking with administration officials on repeal
By CHRIS JOHNSON, Washington Blade
A spokesperson for Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) has confirmed the senator has been in discussions with Obama administration officials on the proposed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal.
http://www.floridablade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=27620/
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The Advocate
http://advocate.com/
Go to this link for the following articles:
Fatality Shutters Sex Club in D.C.
By Julie Bolcer
A sex club in the Logan Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. closed last week after what appears to be an accidental death at the establishment.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/15/Fatality_Shutters_Sex_Club_in_D_C_/
"Yes" Ad for Kalamazoo Ordinance Debuts
By Julie Bolcer
One Kalamazoo, the group urging voters to support the city’s LGBT non-discrimination ordinance on the November ballot, debuted its first ad. The 30-second spot focuses on the theme of “equality for all families.”
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/15/Yes_Ad_for_Kalamazoo_Ordinance_Debuts/
Mormons Are the New Black?
By Christopher Mangum
In a speech at Brigham Young University–Idaho on Tuesday, Elder Ballin H. Oaks suggested that Mormons are facing the same type of intimidation that Southern blacks had to endure from Reconstruction to the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/14/Mormons_are_the_New_Black_/
Boehner: Protect the Religious, Not Gays
By Michelle Garcia
House Minority Leader John Boehner says that hate-crimes protections should not be extended to LGBT people -- though he supports existing federal protections extended on the basis of "immutable" characteristics, like religion.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/14/Boehner__Protect_the_Religious,_Not_Gays/
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365Gay.com
http://www.365gay.com/
Go to this link for the following articles:
Judge refuses to dismiss gay marriage ban lawsuit
By The Associated Press
A federal judge in San Francisco has refused to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to overturn California’s same-sex marriage ban.
http://www.365gay.com/news/judge-refuses-to-dismiss-gay-marriage-ban-lawsuit/
Gay partnership foes, backers in WA await ruling
By The Associated Press
Supporters and foes of gay domestic partnerships await a federal ruling from a three-judge panel on whether petitions for Washington states’s Referendum 71 should be made public.
http://www.365gay.com/news/gay-partnership-foes-backers-in-wa-await-ruling/
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Pink News - UK
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/
Go to this link for the following articles:
Girls who killed man in Trafalgar Square 'had been screaming homophobic abuse'
The two girls being sought by police for the murder of 62-year-old gay man Ian Baynham had been screaming homophobic abuse at him before they kicked him to death.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/15/girls-who-killed-man-in-trafalgar-square-had-been-screaming-homophobic-abuse/
Anti-gay groups asked to prove how gay marriage threatens traditional unions
A judge presiding over a legal challenge to California's gay marriage ban has asked anti-gay groups to prove how it affects heterosexual marriage.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/15/anti-gay-groups-asked-to-prove-how-gay-marriage-threatens-traditional-unions/
Almost 4,000 people complain over Dannii Minogue's 'bisexual' comment
Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom received 3,885 complaints over comments X Factor judge Dannii Minogue made about a bisexual contestant.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/15/almost-4000-people-complain-over-dannii-minogues-bisexual-comment/
Liverpool gay club denies allegations of violence and underage sex
A gay club in Liverpool's city centre has denied police claims of violence, disorder and indecency. Police want to temporarily close Pink nightclub after almost 40 alleged incidents in just 12 months.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/14/liverpool-gay-club-denies-allegations-of-violence-and-underage-sex/
Paul O'Grady set to return to ITV for peak-time chatshow
Gay TV presenter Paul O'Grady is reportedly about to sign a contract with ITV after saying he would never work with the broadcaster again.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/14/paul-ogrady-set-to-return-to-itv-for-peak-time-chatshow/
Catholic adoption charity to challenge gay ruling in the High Court
Religious adoption agency Catholic Care is to argue its case for banning gay people from its services in the High Court early next year.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/14/catholic-adoption-charity-to-challenge-gay-ruling-in-the-high-court/
Man found guilty of stabbing gay shopkeeper to death
A man has been found guilty of stabbing a gay shopkeeper after the man made sexual advances to him. Sami Mahmoud Salama, 37, knifed Dilip Unadkat, 48, five times in the chest at Unadkat's home in Empire Way, Wembley, last November.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/14/man-found-guilty-of-stabbing-gay-shopkeeper-to-death/
Controversial Daily Mail journalist addresses gay event
Daily Mail columnist Melanie Phillips spoke last night about the danger of “criminalising religious beliefs” at an event debating the conflict between LGBT equality and freedom of speech.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/14/controversial-daily-mail-journalist-addresses-gay-event/
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Daily Queer News
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
Domestic Partnership Legislation Demeans Marriage and Undermines Federal Law
Today the Senate will hold a hearing on special federal privileges for “same-sex partners.” The Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009 allows any federal employee who claims a “same-sex domestic partner” to be entitled to the same employment benefits that are currently available only to married federal employees and their spouses.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10729/
The Barney Frank Story
Doug Ireland \ In These Times
When Barney Frank discussed his sexual orientation with the Boston Globe in May 1987, he entered history as the first member of Congress—among dozens of same-sexers in the House and Senate—to voluntarily disclose that he was gay. Frank’s politically risky, extraordinarily courageous coming out, was a long time coming—he was 47-years-old, and would later admit, “One of the stupidest things I ever did was to wait so long … What I thought was going to be a very tough time turned out to be a surprisingly easy one.”
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10726/
Rahim Mohammadi Executed in Iran for A Homosexual Act - Lavat
Iranian Queer Railroad
On October 6, 2009, Rahim Mohammadi was executed in Tabriz, a city in northwest Iran, after being convicted of sexual abuse and rape during sexual relations between males (a homosexual act called Lavat). According to Rahim’s lawyer, Mr. Mohammad Mostafayi, there was not enough evidence presented to the court to prove such accusations; the court nevertheless decided that once a person is convicted of Lavat, he must be executed. Mostafayi, who had not been informed of the court’s decision once it was handed down - and was only contacted after his client Rahim had been executed - wrote a letter of further explanation to the authorities. You can read Ramin’s full story at www.irqr.net
—————————————
Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees - IRQR
www . irqr . net
info @ irqr . net
(001) 416-548-4171
414-477 Sherbourne St.
Toronto, On - M4X 1K5
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10723/
Two NC Reps Co-Sign Call for Jennings Removal
Matt Comer | Q-Notes
Right-wing groups have taken aim at an openly gay Obama Administration official after conservative media and several activists and pundits chastised the official over sex advice he gave a gay student in 1988. The attacks culminated Wednesday in a call from 26 U.S. House members for President Barack Obama to remove Kevin Jennings, an assistant deputy secretary in the Department of Education and director of the department’s Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10722/
ND: Ex-Gay Ministry Holds Conference in GF Church
Stephen J. Lee \ Grand Forks Herald
Can, or should, homosexuals try to change their sexual orientation? That’s the controversial question two Christian ministers who once lived, then left, homosexual lifestyles will address today in a conference in Hope Evangelical Covenant Church in the Grand Cities Mall, 1601 17th Ave. S.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10721/
Former Miss California Carrie Prejean Took a Stand When Her Pastor Gave Her an Out
MEDIA ADVISORY
Carrie Prejean made headlines last April in the Miss USA pageant when she famously responded in the question period that she believed marriage is between a man and a woman. The question came from celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton, and two days later Prejean was in New York appearing on the Today Show.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10720/
Judge Refuses to Toss Suit Challenging Prop 8
Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer \ San Francisco Chronicle
A federal judge in San Francisco refused Wednesday to dismiss a lawsuit challenging California’s Proposition 8, the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, and ordered a trial on whether the measure denies fundamental rights to gays and lesbians.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10719/
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A note from Ray - unrelated to GLBT: I have had an awful experience with my Chase BP credit card. I won't go into the details (unless you individually ask me), but Chase BP does not abide by their stated promo offers regarding interest charges. I have never had a problem with a credit card company. But, my experience with Chase is disgusting. My advice - DON'T USE CHASE CREDIT CARDS!!!!
=
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
Two Republicans Stand By Same-Sex Marriage
By Tim Craig
Two leading Republicans in the District have announced their support for efforts to legalize same-sex marriage in the city.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/14/AR2009101401594.html/
Man Gets 6 Months in Assault Near Gay Bar
By Keith L. Alexander
A District man who punched a Maryland man outside a gay nightclub in Northwest Washington was sentenced Wednesday to six months in jail. The victim later died from his injuries, and the reduced charges sparked outrage among gay rights advocates.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/14/AR2009101402489.html/
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Steve Rothaus
http://www.MiamiHerald.com/gay/
Go to this link for the following articles:
Peter Tatchell: ‘Stunned’ that U.S. gay activists got nothing from Buju Banton, ‘not even promises’
British gay-rights advocate Peter Tatchell sent me the following message for San Francisco activists who met on Monday with reggae star Buju Banton:
Hi SF LGBT Activists, Thanks for your efforts. I don't doubt the good intentions of the LGBT activists who attended the meeting with Buju Banton in San Francisco, but they appear to have come away with nothing from Banton. Not even promises.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/peter-tatchell-stunned-that-us-gay-activists-got-nothing-from-buju-banton-not-even-promises.html/
Jerry Chasen, Daniel M. Pye to hold seminar, 'Wealth Planning for Domestic Partners, on Oct. 20 in Fort Lauderdale
Attorney Jerry Chasen and financial planner Daniel M. Pye, a Morgan Stanley vice president, will hold a seminar, 'Wealth Planning for Domestic Partners,' on Oct. 20 at the GLCC Pride Center in Fort Lauderdale.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/jerry-chasen-daniel-m-pye-to-hold-seminar-wealth-planning-for-domestic-partners-on-oct-20-in-fort-la.html/
Teen arrested in death of Craig Cohen, a Broward gay man beaten six months ago
BY JENNIFER LEBOVICH, jlebovich@MiamiHerald.com
An 18-year-old was arrested Tuesday in the beating death of an Oakland Park man, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/teen-arrested-in-death-of-craig-cohen-a-broward-gay-man-beaten-six-months-ago.html/
Muslim soccer club banned after refusing to play gay team
Associated Press
PARIS -- A soccer club was permanently banned from the French amateur league on Wednesday after refusing to play a match against a gay team. Last week, Paris Foot Gay said its members were victims of homophobia when Creteil Bebel, a team of Muslim players, refused to play them this month.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/muslim-team-banned-after-refusing-to-play-gay-team.html/
HRC President Joe Solmonese: ‘The last thing we should do is wait’
From HRC’s Back Story blog:
The following post is from HRC President Joe Solmonese:
Between President Obama’s speech at the HRC National Dinner on Saturday night and the inspiring crowd of pro-equality marchers who gathered at the Capitol on Sunday, it was quite a weekend. In my mind, it all reflected the undeniable fact that we in the LGBT community and our allies have a new-found energy and focus on what needs to be done to achieve the equality we’ve been promised and that we deserve. Of course, we are not a community that sees everything through the same lens (and thank goodness for that!), so there have been nearly as many different views of what really went down this weekend as there were people marching past the White House. With this in mind, I want to address some of the issues people have been discussing and talk about how I see us all moving forward.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/hrc-president-joe-solmonese-the-last-thing-we-should-do-is-wait.html/
Comic Kevin Meaney shuts door on his closet life
By MADELEINE MARR, mmarr@miamiherald.com
Kevin Meaney is out and proud, but it wasn't always this way. The 52-year-old standup comedian -- who got his break on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in the '80s -- was married for 10 years. He and ex-wife Mary Ann had a daughter, with whom he currently lives in New York.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/comic-kevin-meaney-shuts-door-on-his-closet-life.html/
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
Let women take the lead
BY KATHLEEN PARKER; kathleenparker@washpost.com
As the Republican Party continues its pilgrimage through the desert, its leaders may be missing the oasis for the vale of tears.
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1283505.html/
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South Florida Blade
http://www.floridablade.com/
Go to this link for the following articles:
Lieberman in 'Don't Ask' discussions
Senator speaking with administration officials on repeal
By CHRIS JOHNSON, Washington Blade
A spokesperson for Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) has confirmed the senator has been in discussions with Obama administration officials on the proposed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal.
http://www.floridablade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=27620/
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The Advocate
http://advocate.com/
Go to this link for the following articles:
Fatality Shutters Sex Club in D.C.
By Julie Bolcer
A sex club in the Logan Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. closed last week after what appears to be an accidental death at the establishment.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/15/Fatality_Shutters_Sex_Club_in_D_C_/
"Yes" Ad for Kalamazoo Ordinance Debuts
By Julie Bolcer
One Kalamazoo, the group urging voters to support the city’s LGBT non-discrimination ordinance on the November ballot, debuted its first ad. The 30-second spot focuses on the theme of “equality for all families.”
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/15/Yes_Ad_for_Kalamazoo_Ordinance_Debuts/
Mormons Are the New Black?
By Christopher Mangum
In a speech at Brigham Young University–Idaho on Tuesday, Elder Ballin H. Oaks suggested that Mormons are facing the same type of intimidation that Southern blacks had to endure from Reconstruction to the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/14/Mormons_are_the_New_Black_/
Boehner: Protect the Religious, Not Gays
By Michelle Garcia
House Minority Leader John Boehner says that hate-crimes protections should not be extended to LGBT people -- though he supports existing federal protections extended on the basis of "immutable" characteristics, like religion.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/14/Boehner__Protect_the_Religious,_Not_Gays/
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365Gay.com
http://www.365gay.com/
Go to this link for the following articles:
Judge refuses to dismiss gay marriage ban lawsuit
By The Associated Press
A federal judge in San Francisco has refused to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to overturn California’s same-sex marriage ban.
http://www.365gay.com/news/judge-refuses-to-dismiss-gay-marriage-ban-lawsuit/
Gay partnership foes, backers in WA await ruling
By The Associated Press
Supporters and foes of gay domestic partnerships await a federal ruling from a three-judge panel on whether petitions for Washington states’s Referendum 71 should be made public.
http://www.365gay.com/news/gay-partnership-foes-backers-in-wa-await-ruling/
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Pink News - UK
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/
Go to this link for the following articles:
Girls who killed man in Trafalgar Square 'had been screaming homophobic abuse'
The two girls being sought by police for the murder of 62-year-old gay man Ian Baynham had been screaming homophobic abuse at him before they kicked him to death.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/15/girls-who-killed-man-in-trafalgar-square-had-been-screaming-homophobic-abuse/
Anti-gay groups asked to prove how gay marriage threatens traditional unions
A judge presiding over a legal challenge to California's gay marriage ban has asked anti-gay groups to prove how it affects heterosexual marriage.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/15/anti-gay-groups-asked-to-prove-how-gay-marriage-threatens-traditional-unions/
Almost 4,000 people complain over Dannii Minogue's 'bisexual' comment
Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom received 3,885 complaints over comments X Factor judge Dannii Minogue made about a bisexual contestant.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/15/almost-4000-people-complain-over-dannii-minogues-bisexual-comment/
Liverpool gay club denies allegations of violence and underage sex
A gay club in Liverpool's city centre has denied police claims of violence, disorder and indecency. Police want to temporarily close Pink nightclub after almost 40 alleged incidents in just 12 months.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/14/liverpool-gay-club-denies-allegations-of-violence-and-underage-sex/
Paul O'Grady set to return to ITV for peak-time chatshow
Gay TV presenter Paul O'Grady is reportedly about to sign a contract with ITV after saying he would never work with the broadcaster again.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/14/paul-ogrady-set-to-return-to-itv-for-peak-time-chatshow/
Catholic adoption charity to challenge gay ruling in the High Court
Religious adoption agency Catholic Care is to argue its case for banning gay people from its services in the High Court early next year.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/14/catholic-adoption-charity-to-challenge-gay-ruling-in-the-high-court/
Man found guilty of stabbing gay shopkeeper to death
A man has been found guilty of stabbing a gay shopkeeper after the man made sexual advances to him. Sami Mahmoud Salama, 37, knifed Dilip Unadkat, 48, five times in the chest at Unadkat's home in Empire Way, Wembley, last November.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/14/man-found-guilty-of-stabbing-gay-shopkeeper-to-death/
Controversial Daily Mail journalist addresses gay event
Daily Mail columnist Melanie Phillips spoke last night about the danger of “criminalising religious beliefs” at an event debating the conflict between LGBT equality and freedom of speech.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/14/controversial-daily-mail-journalist-addresses-gay-event/
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Daily Queer News
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
Domestic Partnership Legislation Demeans Marriage and Undermines Federal Law
Today the Senate will hold a hearing on special federal privileges for “same-sex partners.” The Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009 allows any federal employee who claims a “same-sex domestic partner” to be entitled to the same employment benefits that are currently available only to married federal employees and their spouses.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10729/
The Barney Frank Story
Doug Ireland \ In These Times
When Barney Frank discussed his sexual orientation with the Boston Globe in May 1987, he entered history as the first member of Congress—among dozens of same-sexers in the House and Senate—to voluntarily disclose that he was gay. Frank’s politically risky, extraordinarily courageous coming out, was a long time coming—he was 47-years-old, and would later admit, “One of the stupidest things I ever did was to wait so long … What I thought was going to be a very tough time turned out to be a surprisingly easy one.”
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10726/
Rahim Mohammadi Executed in Iran for A Homosexual Act - Lavat
Iranian Queer Railroad
On October 6, 2009, Rahim Mohammadi was executed in Tabriz, a city in northwest Iran, after being convicted of sexual abuse and rape during sexual relations between males (a homosexual act called Lavat). According to Rahim’s lawyer, Mr. Mohammad Mostafayi, there was not enough evidence presented to the court to prove such accusations; the court nevertheless decided that once a person is convicted of Lavat, he must be executed. Mostafayi, who had not been informed of the court’s decision once it was handed down - and was only contacted after his client Rahim had been executed - wrote a letter of further explanation to the authorities. You can read Ramin’s full story at www.irqr.net
—————————————
Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees - IRQR
www . irqr . net
info @ irqr . net
(001) 416-548-4171
414-477 Sherbourne St.
Toronto, On - M4X 1K5
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10723/
Two NC Reps Co-Sign Call for Jennings Removal
Matt Comer | Q-Notes
Right-wing groups have taken aim at an openly gay Obama Administration official after conservative media and several activists and pundits chastised the official over sex advice he gave a gay student in 1988. The attacks culminated Wednesday in a call from 26 U.S. House members for President Barack Obama to remove Kevin Jennings, an assistant deputy secretary in the Department of Education and director of the department’s Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10722/
ND: Ex-Gay Ministry Holds Conference in GF Church
Stephen J. Lee \ Grand Forks Herald
Can, or should, homosexuals try to change their sexual orientation? That’s the controversial question two Christian ministers who once lived, then left, homosexual lifestyles will address today in a conference in Hope Evangelical Covenant Church in the Grand Cities Mall, 1601 17th Ave. S.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10721/
Former Miss California Carrie Prejean Took a Stand When Her Pastor Gave Her an Out
MEDIA ADVISORY
Carrie Prejean made headlines last April in the Miss USA pageant when she famously responded in the question period that she believed marriage is between a man and a woman. The question came from celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton, and two days later Prejean was in New York appearing on the Today Show.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10720/
Judge Refuses to Toss Suit Challenging Prop 8
Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer \ San Francisco Chronicle
A federal judge in San Francisco refused Wednesday to dismiss a lawsuit challenging California’s Proposition 8, the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, and ordered a trial on whether the measure denies fundamental rights to gays and lesbians.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10719/
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Gay American Heroes - Action Alert
Wilton Manors: Candle Light Vigil for Craig Cohen
Thursday October 15, 2009
Please Help... Remember and Honor, Craig Cohen
It is with great sadness that I have to inform you that Craig Cohen age 47, has died as a result of the brutal attack that occurred on April 6, 2009. We believe it to be a hate crime, and that the perpetrators will be charged with murder. The Gay American Heroes and the Craig Cohen Animal Advocacy Project, Etz Chaim, South Florida Sisters along with local groups and businesses are planning a candle light vigil and walk in Wilton Manors on Thursday Oct 15, 2009 starting 6:30pm in the parking lot of Georgie's Alibi 2266 Wilton Drive. Wilton Manors, FL 33305. There will be a short presentation with Craig's family, co-workers and community leaders, followed by candle light walk down Wilton Dr, starting in Georgie's Alibi parking lot and will proceed to the New Moon, where we cross the street to Rosie's and then back to Bills and cross the street back to Georgie's where we will all gather for a moment of silence to remember and celebrate the life of Craig Cohen... a son, a brother, a parent, a friend So please join us and stand united to say that violence towards LGBTQ Community, MUST STOP TODAY! It's time to show the world...Our HEROES...because our family and friends are being stolen from us because of hate and those who teach it. We should not, and will not, live in fear. We will face the ongoing violence against Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender people head on and fight those who want to enslave us in their beliefs. So, until we are given the same rights, freedoms, and protections as every other American, we will be united in this fight for respect, dignity, and protections under the law. We will win this fight through awareness, education, and perseverance for the good of all humanity. WE ALL ARE IN THIS TOGETHER...AND MUST STAND TOGETHER. Please bring a candle to light in honor of Craig and for you to carry. If you have any questions and / or would like to hold a gathering in your community please email GayAmericanHeroes@yahoo.com or call 321-506-8738.
www.GayAmericanHeroes.com
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Washington Post
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Liberal Lament
By Howard Kurtz
I'll get to the big Senate Finance Committee vote -- Snowe in October! -- but first I want to spotlight a slam at the administration, from the left. The president has been having some problems on his liberal flank, which were underscored by last weekend's gay rights protest and the complaints that Obama still won't give a timetable for dumping don't-ask-don't-tell. You see it in health care, too, where some on the left still want single-payer and believe the Democrats have compromised too much with a GOP opposition that has no interest in backing reform.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/14/AR2009101400811.html/
Russian gays express disappointment in Clinton
By BEN JUDAH
MOSCOW -- Russia's leading gay activist said Wednesday that he was disappointed that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with an outspoken foe of gay rights during her two-day trip to Russia and did not decry homophobia in the country.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/14/AR2009101400412.html/
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Steve Rothaus
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Fort Lauderdale-based IGLTA supports gay travel businesses in the Middle East
News release from the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association:
International LGBT travel association participates in Tel Aviv symposium amid protests, mayoral support
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Oct. 14, 2009)–The International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association participated in a groundbreaking four-hour symposium on LGBT tourism at the gay community center in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Oct. 11. The first-of-its-kind event, coordinated by LGBT organizations in Tel Aviv, attracted the city's mayor, numerous media outlets, and local queer protestors.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/fort-lauderdale-based-iglta-supports-gay-travel-businesses-in-the-middle-east.html/
Log Cabin Republicans to host Halloween fundraiser for hospitalized military personnel
News release from Broward’s Log Cabin Republican Club (LCR):
Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Oct.14, 2009. The Log Cabin Republican Club (LCR) is proud to announce that its members will host a Halloween costume party as a fundraiser for The Fisher Houses at the Miami and West Palm Beach Veterans’ Hospitals.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/log-cabin-republicans-to-host-halloween-fundraiser-for-hospitalized-military-personnel.html/
Russian gays ask U.S. Secretary of State Clinton for support
By BEN JUDAH, Associated Press
MOSCOW -- Russian gays called on U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to support their rights as she unveiled a statue of American poet and gay pride symbol Walt Whitman in Moscow on Wednesday.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/russian-gays-ask-us-secretary-of-state-clinton-for-support.html/
Video | Beating of gay New York man caught on tape
From WABC-TV news in New York: QUEENS (WABC) -- Eyewitness News has obtained video in the brutal beating of a gay man in Queens.
The brutality of the crime was caught on surveillance tape. All the punches and kicks the victim suffered through, captured on the cameras of a nearby business.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/video-beating-of-gay-new-york-man-caught-on-tape.html/
Controversial reggae singer Buju Banton meets with gay leaders during stop in San Francisco
BY STEVE ROTHAUS, srothaus@MiamiHerald.com
Facing a string of canceled concerts and protests by angry gay activists, Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton met with several gay leaders during a tour stop Monday in San Francisco.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/controversial-reggae-singer-buju-banton-meets-with-gay-leaders-during-stop-in-san-francisco.html/
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Disney Asked to Protect Ex-Gays
By Christopher Mangum
A Walt Disney Co. stockholder submitted a shareholder resolution asking the organization to include the protection of ex-gays in its sexual orientation nondiscrimination policy and diversity training programs.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/13/Disney_Asked_to_Protect_Ex-Gays/
Sex Changes Legal in Uruguay
By Christopher Mangum
Uruguay’s senate passed a bill on Monday that will allow individuals to receive sex-reassignment surgery and change their name on legal documents to accurately reflect their gender.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/13/Sex_Changes_Legal_in_Uruguay/
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365Gay.com
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Obama picks MN woman as 1st openly gay US marshal
By The Associated Press
President Barack Obama has nominated a Minnesota policewoman to become the first openly gay person to serve as a U.S. marshal.
http://www.365gay.com/news/obama-picks-mn-woman-as-1st-openly-gay-us-marshal/
Court considers death sentence for Ohio neo-Nazi
By The Associated Press
The Supreme Court seemed receptive Tuesday to reinstating the death sentence of a flamboyant neo-Nazi convicted of murdering three men in Ohio more than a quarter century ago.
http://www.365gay.com/news/court-considers-death-sentence-for-ohio-neo-nazi/
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Murder hunt launched after homophobic attack victim dies
A man who was kicked and beaten by three youths in Trafalgar Square, London, last month has died in hospital. Ian Baynham's life support machine was turned off last night.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/14/murder-hunt-launched-after-homophobic-attack-victim-dies/
Gay people deterred from teaching due to homophobia
Lesbian, gay and bisexual people are choosing not to enter professions such as teaching for fear of homophobia, research has found.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/14/gay-people-deterred-from-teaching-due-to-homophobia/
French Muslim football side kicked out of league in row over gay team
A Muslim football team who initially refused to play against a gay team and then appeared to back down have been kicked out of their league.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/14/french-muslim-football-side-kicked-out-of-league-in-row-over-gay-team/
Second man arrested in New York anti-gay beating
A second suspect has been arrested by New York police investigating the homophobic beating of a 49-year-old man. The victim is still in a medically-induced coma.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/14/second-man-arrested-in-new-york-anti-gay-beating/
Man found guilty of stabbing gay shopkeeper to death
A man has been found guilty of stabbing a gay shopkeeper after the man made sexual advances to him. Sami Mahmoud Salama, 37, knifed Dilip Unadkat, 48, five times in the chest at Unadkat's home in Empire Way, Wembley, last November.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/14/man-found-guilty-of-stabbing-gay-shopkeeper-to-death/
Controversial Daily Mail journalist addresses gay event
Daily Mail columnist Melanie Phillips spoke last night about the danger of “criminalising religious beliefs” at an event debating the conflict between LGBT equality and freedom of speech.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/14/controversial-daily-mail-journalist-addresses-gay-event/
Lesbian soldier who suffered harassment has damages claim slashed
A lesbian soldier who won a £190,000 payout after being harassed by a male superior has had her payout slashed by a third after Army chiefs appealed.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/14/lesbian-soldier-who-suffered-harassment-has-damages-claim-slashed/
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Daily Queer News
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The LGBT Community is Not Unified–Well, DUH!
Bridgette P. LaVictoire \ Lez Get Real
Apparently, I did not get the memo when I was a minute and a half old that, when I grew up to be a full participatory member of theLGBT Community, I must follow lock step behind the political beliefs of someone I had never met, and likely would never meet. Not even all gays, lesbians and transpeople are in agreement over whether or not we need to repeal certain laws even though most do agree on that. We do not agree on what should come first marriage rights or employment rights. We do not even seem to agree on whether or not to have nights where we all just gather in one place and socialize.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10692/
Congress: The Overlooked Player in the Battle for Equality
Bridgette P. LaVictoire \ Lez Get Real
President Barack Obama is not the Dictator in Chief no matter how much people would like him to be. He cannot wave a wand and repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell or the Defense of Marriage Act without Congress passing new laws. It is unfortunate, and a point often overlooked. That said, there certainly is a lot more that President Obama can do including lobbying Congress to get these laws pushed through faster while other pieces of legislation are worked on. Jon Stewart is certainly correct on that point. DADT and DOMA are small compared to winning a century’s long battle for healthcare equality.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10691/
NY High Court Hears Arguments in Cases Attacking Government Respect for Out-of-State Marriages of Same-Sex Couples
Lambda Legal
Today, Lambda Legal argued before the New York State Court of Appeals on behalf of two married same-sex couples after the Alliance Defense Fund, an antigay legal group, objected to county and state officials acting in compliance with long-standing New York law by recognizing out-of-state marriages of same-sex couples.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10690/
Legislation to Overturn the DOMA
Gay Today
Today, on the heels of the National Equality March in Washington, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) celebrated the 101th co-sponsor of their bill, the Respect for Marriage Act. This landmark legislation would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), a 1996 law which discriminates against lawfully married same-sex couples.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10689/
NOM and Catholic Diocese Provide Almost 2/3 of “Yes on Q1″ Budget
Jim Burroway \ Box Turtle Bulletin
As we reported earlier, the October financial statements are in for the Maine campaigns for Question 1, and the “No” side to preserve marriage equality is doing quite will in fundraising. They’ve raised about $2.7 million as of the first of October. Meanwhile, the “yes side who is trying to overturn Maine’s same-sex law had raised only $1.1 million. But because opinion polls show that Maine voters are evenly split on Question 1, Stand for Marriage Maine brags that “Mainers won’t be bought.”
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10688/
The Next Generation of Leadership
David Mixner
The planes, trains and buses have returned the march weary-travelers back to their universities and hometowns. The Capitol lawn is free from dense crowds chanting for their freedom. The president is back in the White House fighting the right wing after his command performance at the Human Rights Campaign dinner. Washington this past weekend was ground zero for a historic weekend for the LGBT community. A confluence of events will make Coming Out Day Weekend 2009 one to remember.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10686/
Mormon Leader: Religious Freedom at Risk
ERIC GORSKI
The anti-Mormon backlash after California voters overturned gay marriage last fall is similar to the intimidation of Southern blacks during the civil rights movement, a high-ranking Mormon says in a speech to be delivered Tuesday. Elder Dallin H. Oaks refers to gay marriage as an “alleged civil right” in remarks prepared for delivery at Brigham Young University- Idaho, a speech church officials describe as a significant commentary on current threats to religious freedom.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10685/
Why Can’t the AFA Simply Tell Their Members the Truth?
John Aravosis \ American Blog Gay
I get it. They’re a bunch of bigots who want to oppress other people who don’t subscribe to their narrow-minded, minority view of Christianity. But that doesn’t mean they have to lie in order to convince their own members to do things, does it?
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10684/
Gay Sailor: My Comrades Locked Me in a ‘Feces-Filled Dog Kennel’
David Edwards and Daniel Tencer \ Raw Story
The US military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on homosexual soldiers has the perverse effect of protecting bigots who commit violence against homosexuals, while preventing homosexuals who comply with the policy from seeking protection, says a former Navy officer. In an article published in Sunday’s Washington Post, Joseph Rocha, a former petty officer stationed in Bahrain during the early years of the Iraq war, wrote: “The irony of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ is that it protects bigots and punishes gays who comply.”
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10683/
National Coming Out Day and the National Equality March on Washington
Affirmation
I arrived in Washington, DC last Thursday afternoon with one clear purpose in mind: to stand at the steps of my nation’s Capitol and demand equal rights for me and for all LGBTQ people.Throughout Friday and Saturday, at various places all over the District, people from all over the country gathered for
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10682/
CA: SF Protest Over Reggae Artist With Anti-Gay Song
Joe Vazquez \ E-mail \ CBS5
Protesters outside the Rockit Room in San Francisco Monday night, many from the gay and lesbian community, raised their voices against a reggae signer over a song with anti-gay lyrics. But gay rights advocates and city leaders were able to reach out to the singer ahead of a scheduled performance.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10681/
Obama: Homosexual Relationships ‘Just as Real and Admirable’ as Heterosexual Marriage
Pete Winn, Senior Writer/Editor \ CNSNews
President Obama delivered an unprecedented message to the Human Rights Campaign Saturday night. Sounding more like a homosexual activist than a sitting president, Obama went well beyond his expected message of “I’m here with you” on the homosexual agenda. “My expectation is that when you look back on these years, you will see a time in which we put a stop to discrimination against gays and lesbians — whether in the office or on the battlefield,” Obama told an estimated audience of 3,000. “You will see a time in which we as a nation finally recognize relationships between two men or two women as just as real and admirable as relationships between a man and a woman.”
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10678/
The Struggle for Equal Rights
Faiz Shakir, Amanda Terkel, Matt Corley, Benjamin Armbruster, and Zaid Jilani \ Progress Report \ Think Progress
As the Obama administration and congressional leadership push forward on health care, the fiscal stimulus, and the war in Afghanistan, many of their supporters are becoming frustrated that there hasn’t been more aggressive movement on one of Obama’s other campaign promises: equal rights for gays and lesbians, particularly on the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT). On Sunday, tens of thousands of people marched on the nation’s capital and demanded progress. The National Equality March coincided with National Coming Out Day and featured speeches by NAACP Chairman Julian Bond and Judy Shepard, whose son, Matthew, was brutally killed in 1998 because of his sexual orientation. The march came one day after LGBT advocates warmly welcomed President Obama at the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) annual dinner, where he acknowledged frustrations at the pace of progress but promised to keep pushing for equal rights. “I’m here with a simple message: I’m here with you in that fight,” Obama said to rousing applause, adding, “[I]t’s not for me to tell you to be patient, any more than it was for others to counsel patience to African Americans petitioning for equal rights half a century ago. But I will say this: We have made progress and we will make more.”
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10677/
NE: Call Your State Senator
Paying for college is tough. I was proud I got into a school in my home state of Nebraska and was willing to do my part in working to pay for my education. I was also proud to support the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in Nebraska. What I didn’t know is this support would one day leave me without the job I needed to pay for school
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10676/
TX: Gay “Kiss-In” Planned for Fort Worth Stockyards
SCOTT GORDON \ NBCFW
A gay-activist group plans to stage a “queer kiss-in” at the Fort Worth Stockyards on Saturday, claiming the popular tourist area is “non-gay friendly.” Queer LiberAction said it would set up a kissing booth, give free hugs and play kissing games right in the heart of the historic area highlighting Fort Worth’s Western heritage.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10674/
DC: No New Hires in Gay Police Unit
Theola Labbé-DeBose
D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier has frozen hires into the District’s award-winning Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit and wants to train patrol officers to respond to the specialty calls, a plan that has drawn anger from the gay community.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10673/
White House Working with Congress on DADT Repeal
Gay Politics
It appears the White House is finally moving on a legislative repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” The Advocate reports on a tip from out official John Berry that the administration is working closely with Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) to develop a legislative strategy that would repeal the law banning openly LGBT servicemembers in the U.S. military.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10672/
Street vs. Suite
Richard J. Rosendall \ Independent Gay Forum
First published in Bay Windows, October 13, 2009
Sunday’s National Equality March (NEM) brought out tens of thousands (according to The Washington Post), including lots of dogs and children, with the simple purpose of demanding equality. It remains to be seen whether the rally, the AIDS vigil, and the flash protest against “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) will be followed by productive action.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10671/
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Gay American Heroes - Action Alert
Wilton Manors: Candle Light Vigil for Craig Cohen
Thursday October 15, 2009
Please Help... Remember and Honor, Craig Cohen
It is with great sadness that I have to inform you that Craig Cohen age 47, has died as a result of the brutal attack that occurred on April 6, 2009. We believe it to be a hate crime, and that the perpetrators will be charged with murder. The Gay American Heroes and the Craig Cohen Animal Advocacy Project, Etz Chaim, South Florida Sisters along with local groups and businesses are planning a candle light vigil and walk in Wilton Manors on Thursday Oct 15, 2009 starting 6:30pm in the parking lot of Georgie's Alibi 2266 Wilton Drive. Wilton Manors, FL 33305. There will be a short presentation with Craig's family, co-workers and community leaders, followed by candle light walk down Wilton Dr, starting in Georgie's Alibi parking lot and will proceed to the New Moon, where we cross the street to Rosie's and then back to Bills and cross the street back to Georgie's where we will all gather for a moment of silence to remember and celebrate the life of Craig Cohen... a son, a brother, a parent, a friend So please join us and stand united to say that violence towards LGBTQ Community, MUST STOP TODAY! It's time to show the world...Our HEROES...because our family and friends are being stolen from us because of hate and those who teach it. We should not, and will not, live in fear. We will face the ongoing violence against Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender people head on and fight those who want to enslave us in their beliefs. So, until we are given the same rights, freedoms, and protections as every other American, we will be united in this fight for respect, dignity, and protections under the law. We will win this fight through awareness, education, and perseverance for the good of all humanity. WE ALL ARE IN THIS TOGETHER...AND MUST STAND TOGETHER. Please bring a candle to light in honor of Craig and for you to carry. If you have any questions and / or would like to hold a gathering in your community please email GayAmericanHeroes@yahoo.com or call 321-506-8738.
www.GayAmericanHeroes.com
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Liberal Lament
By Howard Kurtz
I'll get to the big Senate Finance Committee vote -- Snowe in October! -- but first I want to spotlight a slam at the administration, from the left. The president has been having some problems on his liberal flank, which were underscored by last weekend's gay rights protest and the complaints that Obama still won't give a timetable for dumping don't-ask-don't-tell. You see it in health care, too, where some on the left still want single-payer and believe the Democrats have compromised too much with a GOP opposition that has no interest in backing reform.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/14/AR2009101400811.html/
Russian gays express disappointment in Clinton
By BEN JUDAH
MOSCOW -- Russia's leading gay activist said Wednesday that he was disappointed that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with an outspoken foe of gay rights during her two-day trip to Russia and did not decry homophobia in the country.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/14/AR2009101400412.html/
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Steve Rothaus
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Fort Lauderdale-based IGLTA supports gay travel businesses in the Middle East
News release from the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association:
International LGBT travel association participates in Tel Aviv symposium amid protests, mayoral support
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Oct. 14, 2009)–The International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association participated in a groundbreaking four-hour symposium on LGBT tourism at the gay community center in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Oct. 11. The first-of-its-kind event, coordinated by LGBT organizations in Tel Aviv, attracted the city's mayor, numerous media outlets, and local queer protestors.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/fort-lauderdale-based-iglta-supports-gay-travel-businesses-in-the-middle-east.html/
Log Cabin Republicans to host Halloween fundraiser for hospitalized military personnel
News release from Broward’s Log Cabin Republican Club (LCR):
Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Oct.14, 2009. The Log Cabin Republican Club (LCR) is proud to announce that its members will host a Halloween costume party as a fundraiser for The Fisher Houses at the Miami and West Palm Beach Veterans’ Hospitals.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/log-cabin-republicans-to-host-halloween-fundraiser-for-hospitalized-military-personnel.html/
Russian gays ask U.S. Secretary of State Clinton for support
By BEN JUDAH, Associated Press
MOSCOW -- Russian gays called on U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to support their rights as she unveiled a statue of American poet and gay pride symbol Walt Whitman in Moscow on Wednesday.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/russian-gays-ask-us-secretary-of-state-clinton-for-support.html/
Video | Beating of gay New York man caught on tape
From WABC-TV news in New York: QUEENS (WABC) -- Eyewitness News has obtained video in the brutal beating of a gay man in Queens.
The brutality of the crime was caught on surveillance tape. All the punches and kicks the victim suffered through, captured on the cameras of a nearby business.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/video-beating-of-gay-new-york-man-caught-on-tape.html/
Controversial reggae singer Buju Banton meets with gay leaders during stop in San Francisco
BY STEVE ROTHAUS, srothaus@MiamiHerald.com
Facing a string of canceled concerts and protests by angry gay activists, Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton met with several gay leaders during a tour stop Monday in San Francisco.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/controversial-reggae-singer-buju-banton-meets-with-gay-leaders-during-stop-in-san-francisco.html/
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Disney Asked to Protect Ex-Gays
By Christopher Mangum
A Walt Disney Co. stockholder submitted a shareholder resolution asking the organization to include the protection of ex-gays in its sexual orientation nondiscrimination policy and diversity training programs.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/13/Disney_Asked_to_Protect_Ex-Gays/
Sex Changes Legal in Uruguay
By Christopher Mangum
Uruguay’s senate passed a bill on Monday that will allow individuals to receive sex-reassignment surgery and change their name on legal documents to accurately reflect their gender.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/13/Sex_Changes_Legal_in_Uruguay/
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Obama picks MN woman as 1st openly gay US marshal
By The Associated Press
President Barack Obama has nominated a Minnesota policewoman to become the first openly gay person to serve as a U.S. marshal.
http://www.365gay.com/news/obama-picks-mn-woman-as-1st-openly-gay-us-marshal/
Court considers death sentence for Ohio neo-Nazi
By The Associated Press
The Supreme Court seemed receptive Tuesday to reinstating the death sentence of a flamboyant neo-Nazi convicted of murdering three men in Ohio more than a quarter century ago.
http://www.365gay.com/news/court-considers-death-sentence-for-ohio-neo-nazi/
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Murder hunt launched after homophobic attack victim dies
A man who was kicked and beaten by three youths in Trafalgar Square, London, last month has died in hospital. Ian Baynham's life support machine was turned off last night.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/14/murder-hunt-launched-after-homophobic-attack-victim-dies/
Gay people deterred from teaching due to homophobia
Lesbian, gay and bisexual people are choosing not to enter professions such as teaching for fear of homophobia, research has found.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/14/gay-people-deterred-from-teaching-due-to-homophobia/
French Muslim football side kicked out of league in row over gay team
A Muslim football team who initially refused to play against a gay team and then appeared to back down have been kicked out of their league.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/14/french-muslim-football-side-kicked-out-of-league-in-row-over-gay-team/
Second man arrested in New York anti-gay beating
A second suspect has been arrested by New York police investigating the homophobic beating of a 49-year-old man. The victim is still in a medically-induced coma.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/14/second-man-arrested-in-new-york-anti-gay-beating/
Man found guilty of stabbing gay shopkeeper to death
A man has been found guilty of stabbing a gay shopkeeper after the man made sexual advances to him. Sami Mahmoud Salama, 37, knifed Dilip Unadkat, 48, five times in the chest at Unadkat's home in Empire Way, Wembley, last November.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/14/man-found-guilty-of-stabbing-gay-shopkeeper-to-death/
Controversial Daily Mail journalist addresses gay event
Daily Mail columnist Melanie Phillips spoke last night about the danger of “criminalising religious beliefs” at an event debating the conflict between LGBT equality and freedom of speech.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/14/controversial-daily-mail-journalist-addresses-gay-event/
Lesbian soldier who suffered harassment has damages claim slashed
A lesbian soldier who won a £190,000 payout after being harassed by a male superior has had her payout slashed by a third after Army chiefs appealed.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/14/lesbian-soldier-who-suffered-harassment-has-damages-claim-slashed/
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The LGBT Community is Not Unified–Well, DUH!
Bridgette P. LaVictoire \ Lez Get Real
Apparently, I did not get the memo when I was a minute and a half old that, when I grew up to be a full participatory member of theLGBT Community, I must follow lock step behind the political beliefs of someone I had never met, and likely would never meet. Not even all gays, lesbians and transpeople are in agreement over whether or not we need to repeal certain laws even though most do agree on that. We do not agree on what should come first marriage rights or employment rights. We do not even seem to agree on whether or not to have nights where we all just gather in one place and socialize.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10692/
Congress: The Overlooked Player in the Battle for Equality
Bridgette P. LaVictoire \ Lez Get Real
President Barack Obama is not the Dictator in Chief no matter how much people would like him to be. He cannot wave a wand and repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell or the Defense of Marriage Act without Congress passing new laws. It is unfortunate, and a point often overlooked. That said, there certainly is a lot more that President Obama can do including lobbying Congress to get these laws pushed through faster while other pieces of legislation are worked on. Jon Stewart is certainly correct on that point. DADT and DOMA are small compared to winning a century’s long battle for healthcare equality.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10691/
NY High Court Hears Arguments in Cases Attacking Government Respect for Out-of-State Marriages of Same-Sex Couples
Lambda Legal
Today, Lambda Legal argued before the New York State Court of Appeals on behalf of two married same-sex couples after the Alliance Defense Fund, an antigay legal group, objected to county and state officials acting in compliance with long-standing New York law by recognizing out-of-state marriages of same-sex couples.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10690/
Legislation to Overturn the DOMA
Gay Today
Today, on the heels of the National Equality March in Washington, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) celebrated the 101th co-sponsor of their bill, the Respect for Marriage Act. This landmark legislation would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), a 1996 law which discriminates against lawfully married same-sex couples.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10689/
NOM and Catholic Diocese Provide Almost 2/3 of “Yes on Q1″ Budget
Jim Burroway \ Box Turtle Bulletin
As we reported earlier, the October financial statements are in for the Maine campaigns for Question 1, and the “No” side to preserve marriage equality is doing quite will in fundraising. They’ve raised about $2.7 million as of the first of October. Meanwhile, the “yes side who is trying to overturn Maine’s same-sex law had raised only $1.1 million. But because opinion polls show that Maine voters are evenly split on Question 1, Stand for Marriage Maine brags that “Mainers won’t be bought.”
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10688/
The Next Generation of Leadership
David Mixner
The planes, trains and buses have returned the march weary-travelers back to their universities and hometowns. The Capitol lawn is free from dense crowds chanting for their freedom. The president is back in the White House fighting the right wing after his command performance at the Human Rights Campaign dinner. Washington this past weekend was ground zero for a historic weekend for the LGBT community. A confluence of events will make Coming Out Day Weekend 2009 one to remember.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10686/
Mormon Leader: Religious Freedom at Risk
ERIC GORSKI
The anti-Mormon backlash after California voters overturned gay marriage last fall is similar to the intimidation of Southern blacks during the civil rights movement, a high-ranking Mormon says in a speech to be delivered Tuesday. Elder Dallin H. Oaks refers to gay marriage as an “alleged civil right” in remarks prepared for delivery at Brigham Young University- Idaho, a speech church officials describe as a significant commentary on current threats to religious freedom.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10685/
Why Can’t the AFA Simply Tell Their Members the Truth?
John Aravosis \ American Blog Gay
I get it. They’re a bunch of bigots who want to oppress other people who don’t subscribe to their narrow-minded, minority view of Christianity. But that doesn’t mean they have to lie in order to convince their own members to do things, does it?
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10684/
Gay Sailor: My Comrades Locked Me in a ‘Feces-Filled Dog Kennel’
David Edwards and Daniel Tencer \ Raw Story
The US military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on homosexual soldiers has the perverse effect of protecting bigots who commit violence against homosexuals, while preventing homosexuals who comply with the policy from seeking protection, says a former Navy officer. In an article published in Sunday’s Washington Post, Joseph Rocha, a former petty officer stationed in Bahrain during the early years of the Iraq war, wrote: “The irony of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ is that it protects bigots and punishes gays who comply.”
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10683/
National Coming Out Day and the National Equality March on Washington
Affirmation
I arrived in Washington, DC last Thursday afternoon with one clear purpose in mind: to stand at the steps of my nation’s Capitol and demand equal rights for me and for all LGBTQ people.Throughout Friday and Saturday, at various places all over the District, people from all over the country gathered for
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10682/
CA: SF Protest Over Reggae Artist With Anti-Gay Song
Joe Vazquez \ E-mail \ CBS5
Protesters outside the Rockit Room in San Francisco Monday night, many from the gay and lesbian community, raised their voices against a reggae signer over a song with anti-gay lyrics. But gay rights advocates and city leaders were able to reach out to the singer ahead of a scheduled performance.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10681/
Obama: Homosexual Relationships ‘Just as Real and Admirable’ as Heterosexual Marriage
Pete Winn, Senior Writer/Editor \ CNSNews
President Obama delivered an unprecedented message to the Human Rights Campaign Saturday night. Sounding more like a homosexual activist than a sitting president, Obama went well beyond his expected message of “I’m here with you” on the homosexual agenda. “My expectation is that when you look back on these years, you will see a time in which we put a stop to discrimination against gays and lesbians — whether in the office or on the battlefield,” Obama told an estimated audience of 3,000. “You will see a time in which we as a nation finally recognize relationships between two men or two women as just as real and admirable as relationships between a man and a woman.”
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10678/
The Struggle for Equal Rights
Faiz Shakir, Amanda Terkel, Matt Corley, Benjamin Armbruster, and Zaid Jilani \ Progress Report \ Think Progress
As the Obama administration and congressional leadership push forward on health care, the fiscal stimulus, and the war in Afghanistan, many of their supporters are becoming frustrated that there hasn’t been more aggressive movement on one of Obama’s other campaign promises: equal rights for gays and lesbians, particularly on the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT). On Sunday, tens of thousands of people marched on the nation’s capital and demanded progress. The National Equality March coincided with National Coming Out Day and featured speeches by NAACP Chairman Julian Bond and Judy Shepard, whose son, Matthew, was brutally killed in 1998 because of his sexual orientation. The march came one day after LGBT advocates warmly welcomed President Obama at the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) annual dinner, where he acknowledged frustrations at the pace of progress but promised to keep pushing for equal rights. “I’m here with a simple message: I’m here with you in that fight,” Obama said to rousing applause, adding, “[I]t’s not for me to tell you to be patient, any more than it was for others to counsel patience to African Americans petitioning for equal rights half a century ago. But I will say this: We have made progress and we will make more.”
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10677/
NE: Call Your State Senator
Paying for college is tough. I was proud I got into a school in my home state of Nebraska and was willing to do my part in working to pay for my education. I was also proud to support the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in Nebraska. What I didn’t know is this support would one day leave me without the job I needed to pay for school
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10676/
TX: Gay “Kiss-In” Planned for Fort Worth Stockyards
SCOTT GORDON \ NBCFW
A gay-activist group plans to stage a “queer kiss-in” at the Fort Worth Stockyards on Saturday, claiming the popular tourist area is “non-gay friendly.” Queer LiberAction said it would set up a kissing booth, give free hugs and play kissing games right in the heart of the historic area highlighting Fort Worth’s Western heritage.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10674/
DC: No New Hires in Gay Police Unit
Theola Labbé-DeBose
D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier has frozen hires into the District’s award-winning Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit and wants to train patrol officers to respond to the specialty calls, a plan that has drawn anger from the gay community.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10673/
White House Working with Congress on DADT Repeal
Gay Politics
It appears the White House is finally moving on a legislative repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” The Advocate reports on a tip from out official John Berry that the administration is working closely with Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) to develop a legislative strategy that would repeal the law banning openly LGBT servicemembers in the U.S. military.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10672/
Street vs. Suite
Richard J. Rosendall \ Independent Gay Forum
First published in Bay Windows, October 13, 2009
Sunday’s National Equality March (NEM) brought out tens of thousands (according to The Washington Post), including lots of dogs and children, with the simple purpose of demanding equality. It remains to be seen whether the rally, the AIDS vigil, and the flash protest against “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) will be followed by productive action.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10671/
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California: Breakaway Church Gives Up Property
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A conservative Los Angeles-area church that broke away from the Episcopal Church over theological differences and the consecration of a gay bishop is giving up its property. St. Luke’s Anglican Church in La Crescenta is being returned to the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. A judge ordered the move, and the state’s Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal. The congregation voted to leave the national church three years ago. The diocese sued to retain the property. The congregation has rented a chapel in Glendale and joined the new Anglican Church in North America, which was founded last year by breakaway Episcopal parishes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/us/13brfs-BREAKAWAYCHU_BRF.html?_r=1&scp=7&sq=gay&st=cse/
NY Top Court to Consider Gay Marriage Benefits
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York's top court is set to hear arguments against providing government benefits to same sex couples married in Canada or other jurisdictions where such marriages are legal.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/10/13/us/AP-US-Gay-Marriage-Benefits.html?_r=1&scp=5&sq=gay&st=cse/
For a Gay Couple, the Cost of Heartbreak
To the Editor:
Re “The Costs of Being a Gay Couple Run Higher” (“Your Money” column, by Tara Siegel Bernard and Ron Lieber, front page, Oct. 3):
As your article illustrates, marriage in America is a complex legal contract that bestows rights and responsibilities at both state and federal levels of government. Thank you for taking this debate out of the religious and into the practical. My Indian partner’s application for a new American visa was denied last month. She left the country last week, exiled from her job and our life, because same-sex state marriages are not eligible for federally administered immigration benefits. Infuriatingly, our marriage could disqualify my partner from getting a tourist, student or other nonimmigrant visa. This year, being gay has cost us $6,020 in legal fees and a one-way ticket to South Asia, not to mention heartbreak and unemployment. We should be spending this money on a wedding.
Ella Spottswood
Brooklyn, Oct. 5, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/opinion/lweb13gay.html?scp=4&sq=gay&st=cse/
State High Court to Hear Gay Marriage Cases
By Nicholas Confessore AND Sewell Chan
Joyce Dopkeen/The New York Times Andrew J. Spano, the Westchester County executive, is a defendant in one of the cases. New York’s highest court will hear arguments Tuesday in a pair of cases that could have implications for the pitched debate over same-sex marriage in the state.
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/states-highest-court-to-hear-gay-marriage-case/?scp=3&sq=gay&st=cse/
California Will Honor Gay Activist
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
In a surprise reversal of his veto of the same bill last year, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill late Sunday to set aside a day of recognition for Harvey Milk, the gay San Francisco politician who was assassinated in 1978.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/us/13milk.html?scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse/
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Firing Back
By Howard Kurtz
Feeling Dissed
While Anita Dunn's comments were on the record, there's another cybertizzy over a quote from an unidentified "adviser." It began when CNBC's John Harwood reported the following in a story about Sunday's gay rights demonstration and left-wing criticism of the president: "Barack Obama is doing well with 90 percent or more of Democrats so the White House views this opposition as really part of the Internet left fringe. . . . For a sign of how seriously the White House does or doesn't take this opposition, one adviser told me those bloggers need to take off the pajamas, get dressed, and realize that governing a closely divided country is complicated and difficult."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/13/AR2009101300534_pf.html/
30 Years of Living With AIDS
Thank you for "7,000 Gay Men Help Study AIDS" [Sept. 29]. I have been a participant at the site in Pittsburgh since the pilot study in 1982. I was told I had the virus after the test was developed that tells whether a participant's blood sample is HIV-positive. That test was developed in 1985, and doctors thought I was probably infected at least as early as 1980. I've seen an entire generation of men killed by this virus and I was described as an anomaly. I should have died long ago, but with all the new treatments, I'm 71 and this is my 30th year living with HIV/AIDS. I belong to a survivors group that meets monthly; there are only two other men who have lived two decades or more after being diagnosed as HIV-positive. We all continue to participate in the study, hoping that perhaps we can help people live for many more years with this disease.
August "Buzz" Pusateri
Pittsburgh
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/12/AR2009101201697_pf.html/
Leadership on Gay Rights
President Obama isn't the only one falling short.
FULL EQUALITY for gays and lesbians is the civil rights issue of our time. Men and women who want to preserve and protect the ideals of this nation are being booted from the military because of who they are. Same-sex couples who seek the recognition of their relationships that their heterosexual counterparts take for granted are denied the rights and responsibilities that come from civil marriage. Ending these and other forms of institutional discrimination based on sexual orientation requires leadership. Pity there's not enough of it coming from either end of Pennsylvania Avenue.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/12/AR2009101202439.html/
No New Hires In Gay Police Unit
Residents Point to Rise in Hate Crimes As D.C. Initiative Is Diluted to Cut Costs
By Theola Labbé-DeBose
D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier has frozen hires into the District's award-winning Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit and wants to train patrol officers to respond to the specialty calls, a plan that has drawn anger from the gay community.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/12/AR2009101201450.html/
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Video | ‘Hair’ star Gavin Creel performs at HRC dinner
Here’s video of gay Broadway star Gavin Creel (Hair) performing at Saturday night’s HRC dinner in Washington, D.C.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/video-hair-star-gavin-creel-performs-at-hrc-dinner.html/
Video | Act On Principles: ‘Full immediate rights for LGBT Americans’
On YouTube:
Inspired by The Dallas Principles call for full immediate rights for LGBT Americans, Act On Principles turns those principles into equality. What have you done to make you feel proud? www.ActOnPrinciples.org
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/video-act-on-principles-full-immediate-rights-for-lgbt-americans.html/
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Sullivan to Solmonese: Resign
By Julie Bolcer
Blogger Andrew Sullivan issued a video calling for Human Rights Campaign president Joe Solmonese to resign, saying the organization “has 20 years of zero achievement for gay rights in Washington, D.C.”
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/13/Sullivan_to_Solmonese__Resign/
Rourke Stands by Antigay Words
By Julie Bolcer
Wrestler star Mickey Rourke refuses to apologize for calling a journalist a “faggot” in a drunken outburst last November that was captured on video.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/13/Rourke_Stands_by_Antigay_Words/
Gay Sex Scene for True Blood?
By Julie Bolcer
True Blood star Stephen Moyer wants to sink his fangs into fellow actor Alexander Skarsgård. The 39-year-old fiancée of Anna Paquin would like his vampire character, Bill Compton, to have a sex scene with Eric Northman, the character played by Skarsgård, according to OK!
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/13/Gay_Sex_Scene_for_True_Blood_/
Teacher Slurs Gay, Black Men
By Julie Bolcer
A suburban Chicago high school teacher is accused of making antigay and racist remarks in front of his students this month.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/13/Teacher_Tax_Wasted_on_Gay_Black_Men/
Clinton Honors Walt Whitman in Moscow
By Julie Bolcer
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will inaugurate a monument to Walt Whitman, who was gay, in Moscow on Wednesday at a ceremony led by homophobic mayor Yuri Luzhkov. The monument will be located at the site of a recent gay pride parade that Luzhkov banned, according to UK Gay News.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/13/Clinton_to_Honor_Walt_Whitman_in_Moscow/
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Uruguay approves bill to allow trans people to change names and gender
Trans men and women in Uruguay will soon be permitted to legally change their name and gender under a new bill passed by the government.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/13/uruguay-approves-bill-to-allow-trans-people-to-change-names-and-gender/
New York gay man in coma after 'hate crime' beating
A gay man is currently in a medically-induced coma after being attacked by two men in the street in New York.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/13/new-york-gay-man-in-coma-after-hate-crime-beating/
Gay Coronation Street star Anthony Cotton says Dannii Minogue was right to make bisexual comment
Anthony Cotton, the gay actor who plays Sean Tully on Coronation Street, has defended Dannii Minogue over her controversial remarks on The X Factor.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/12/gay-coronation-street-star-says-dannii-minogue-was-right-to-make-bisexual-comment/
Shoreditch gay pub uses reporting boxes to record homophobic attacks
A gay pub in Shoreditch, east London, has set up reporting boxes where drinkers can anonymously report homophobic attacks.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/12/shoreditch-gay-pub-uses-reporting-boxes-to-record-homophobic-attacks/
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Has Obama Ushered in a New Era for LGBT Rights?
Nathan Black \ Christian Post Reporter \ Christian Post
President Obama’s speech this past weekend made it “abundantly clear” that America is looking at “a new era for civil rights for LGBT people,” said one gay rights advocate.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10651/
Sex Equality Guide Issued to Schools
KITTY HOLLAND \ Irish Times
The most common age for a lesbian, gay or transgender young person to become aware of their sexual identity is 12, while they are most vulnerable to self-harm at the age of 16, a new guide issued to schools today shows. It is at the age of 17 that a young person is most likely to “come out” to someone they trust. These are among the pieces of vital, basic information contained in a new guide for school principals on how to support gay and lesbian pupils.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10649/
Gay MP Chris Bryant Promoted to Europe Minister
Pink News
Chris Bryant, the Labour MP for Rhondda, has been promoted to the position of Europe minister. Previously a junior minister with responsibility for Africa and Asia, the gay politician replaces Glenys Kinnock. She will now take on responsibility for Africa.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10648/
California Family Council (CFC) Issues Statement on Governor Schwarzenegger’s Signing of California Senate Bill 54
SACRAMENTO, Oct. 12 /Christian Newswire/ — Last night Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law Senate Bill 54, authored by Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco). SB 54 requires California to validate and recognize same- sex marriages performed outside the state prior to November 5, 2008, when California voters approved Proposition 8 in violation of the state constitution and the express will of the voters.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10645/
Attention: Manhattan Boro Pres. Scott Stringer: The historic Stonewall REBELLION at the landmark Stonewall Club
Stop! using the very offensive term ‘riots’! The Gay national marches on
Washington, DC evolved from the Stonewall Rebellion — not ‘riots’. When
President Bill Clinton signed “Stonewall” as a “National Registry Historic
Site”, it was described as a “rebellion” not ‘riots’. No one honors riots!
Using the term ‘riots’ to refer to a civil rights action is perjorative
and ignorant. The five civilized nights were not ‘riots’! Had you ever
attended a STONEWALL Veterans Association meeting or an SVA symposium, you
would know better but you have failed to attend. Intellectually honest
people are not interested in what others or mediums use the demeaning term
‘riots’. The word was tacticly used by the anti-Gay police bigots. Just
don’t do it!
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10643/
“Gay Men are Pedophiles” Meme Back in Full Force
Alex Blaze \ Bilerico Project
Well, it seems like hard evidence of the falseness and stupidity of the charges against Kevin Jennings weren’t enough; both Sean Hannity and the AFA are continuing to wage war against Obama’s pick for the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, who is known for co-founding GLSEN, the org responsible for the National Day of Silence, Gay-Straight Alliances, and several key studies on anti-LGBT bullying in schools.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10640/
The Fundie’s Handbook
Mercedes Allen \ Bilerico Project
If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. That’s the way I see it, and with the steamroller momentum of birtherism, teabagging, speechies, marriage protection and the like, one can’t help but just want to take the easier road of rolling with it. Even my home Province of Alberta, Canada is swinging to the right like never before, cutting GRS funding, refusing to add protections for gender identity to human rights legislation, passing a provision to ensure that children can be evacuated before tolerance / evolution / Shakespeare / anti-bullying discussions can take place, and now handing a byelection over to a party that tells the Progressive Conservatives that they’re not nearly far right enough. So I say, hey, roll with it, nobody likes the humiliation of losing. For those who’d like to join me, here’s a few pointers.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10639/
Speaking Out Against Power is an Easy Way to Get Dismissed
Alex Blaze \ Bilerico Project
Everyone’s talking about this quotation from an anonymous White House source, breathlessly reported by John Harwood on NBC:
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10638/
Cleansing the Air at the Expense of Waterways
CHARLES DUHIGG \ New York Times
MASONTOWN, Pa. — For years, residents here complained about the yellow smoke pouring from the tall chimneys of the nearby coal-fired power plant, which left a film on their cars and pebbles of coal waste in their yards. Five states — including New York and New Jersey — sued the plant’s owner, Allegheny Energy, claiming the air pollution was causing respiratory diseases and acid rain.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10633/
Really Sick: If Your Partner Beats You, Insurance Companies Don’t Have to Give You Coverage
Jenny Gold \ Kaiser Health News \ AlterNet
In 2006, attorney Jody Neal-Post tried to get health insurance but was rejected because of treatment — counseling and Valium — she received following a domestic-abuse incident. She says the insurer told her that her medical history made her a high risk, more likely to end up in the emergency room or require additional care.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10628/
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California: Breakaway Church Gives Up Property
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A conservative Los Angeles-area church that broke away from the Episcopal Church over theological differences and the consecration of a gay bishop is giving up its property. St. Luke’s Anglican Church in La Crescenta is being returned to the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. A judge ordered the move, and the state’s Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal. The congregation voted to leave the national church three years ago. The diocese sued to retain the property. The congregation has rented a chapel in Glendale and joined the new Anglican Church in North America, which was founded last year by breakaway Episcopal parishes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/us/13brfs-BREAKAWAYCHU_BRF.html?_r=1&scp=7&sq=gay&st=cse/
NY Top Court to Consider Gay Marriage Benefits
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York's top court is set to hear arguments against providing government benefits to same sex couples married in Canada or other jurisdictions where such marriages are legal.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/10/13/us/AP-US-Gay-Marriage-Benefits.html?_r=1&scp=5&sq=gay&st=cse/
For a Gay Couple, the Cost of Heartbreak
To the Editor:
Re “The Costs of Being a Gay Couple Run Higher” (“Your Money” column, by Tara Siegel Bernard and Ron Lieber, front page, Oct. 3):
As your article illustrates, marriage in America is a complex legal contract that bestows rights and responsibilities at both state and federal levels of government. Thank you for taking this debate out of the religious and into the practical. My Indian partner’s application for a new American visa was denied last month. She left the country last week, exiled from her job and our life, because same-sex state marriages are not eligible for federally administered immigration benefits. Infuriatingly, our marriage could disqualify my partner from getting a tourist, student or other nonimmigrant visa. This year, being gay has cost us $6,020 in legal fees and a one-way ticket to South Asia, not to mention heartbreak and unemployment. We should be spending this money on a wedding.
Ella Spottswood
Brooklyn, Oct. 5, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/opinion/lweb13gay.html?scp=4&sq=gay&st=cse/
State High Court to Hear Gay Marriage Cases
By Nicholas Confessore AND Sewell Chan
Joyce Dopkeen/The New York Times Andrew J. Spano, the Westchester County executive, is a defendant in one of the cases. New York’s highest court will hear arguments Tuesday in a pair of cases that could have implications for the pitched debate over same-sex marriage in the state.
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/states-highest-court-to-hear-gay-marriage-case/?scp=3&sq=gay&st=cse/
California Will Honor Gay Activist
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
In a surprise reversal of his veto of the same bill last year, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill late Sunday to set aside a day of recognition for Harvey Milk, the gay San Francisco politician who was assassinated in 1978.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/us/13milk.html?scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse/
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Firing Back
By Howard Kurtz
Feeling Dissed
While Anita Dunn's comments were on the record, there's another cybertizzy over a quote from an unidentified "adviser." It began when CNBC's John Harwood reported the following in a story about Sunday's gay rights demonstration and left-wing criticism of the president: "Barack Obama is doing well with 90 percent or more of Democrats so the White House views this opposition as really part of the Internet left fringe. . . . For a sign of how seriously the White House does or doesn't take this opposition, one adviser told me those bloggers need to take off the pajamas, get dressed, and realize that governing a closely divided country is complicated and difficult."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/13/AR2009101300534_pf.html/
30 Years of Living With AIDS
Thank you for "7,000 Gay Men Help Study AIDS" [Sept. 29]. I have been a participant at the site in Pittsburgh since the pilot study in 1982. I was told I had the virus after the test was developed that tells whether a participant's blood sample is HIV-positive. That test was developed in 1985, and doctors thought I was probably infected at least as early as 1980. I've seen an entire generation of men killed by this virus and I was described as an anomaly. I should have died long ago, but with all the new treatments, I'm 71 and this is my 30th year living with HIV/AIDS. I belong to a survivors group that meets monthly; there are only two other men who have lived two decades or more after being diagnosed as HIV-positive. We all continue to participate in the study, hoping that perhaps we can help people live for many more years with this disease.
August "Buzz" Pusateri
Pittsburgh
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/12/AR2009101201697_pf.html/
Leadership on Gay Rights
President Obama isn't the only one falling short.
FULL EQUALITY for gays and lesbians is the civil rights issue of our time. Men and women who want to preserve and protect the ideals of this nation are being booted from the military because of who they are. Same-sex couples who seek the recognition of their relationships that their heterosexual counterparts take for granted are denied the rights and responsibilities that come from civil marriage. Ending these and other forms of institutional discrimination based on sexual orientation requires leadership. Pity there's not enough of it coming from either end of Pennsylvania Avenue.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/12/AR2009101202439.html/
No New Hires In Gay Police Unit
Residents Point to Rise in Hate Crimes As D.C. Initiative Is Diluted to Cut Costs
By Theola Labbé-DeBose
D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier has frozen hires into the District's award-winning Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit and wants to train patrol officers to respond to the specialty calls, a plan that has drawn anger from the gay community.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/12/AR2009101201450.html/
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Video | ‘Hair’ star Gavin Creel performs at HRC dinner
Here’s video of gay Broadway star Gavin Creel (Hair) performing at Saturday night’s HRC dinner in Washington, D.C.
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Video | Act On Principles: ‘Full immediate rights for LGBT Americans’
On YouTube:
Inspired by The Dallas Principles call for full immediate rights for LGBT Americans, Act On Principles turns those principles into equality. What have you done to make you feel proud? www.ActOnPrinciples.org
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Sullivan to Solmonese: Resign
By Julie Bolcer
Blogger Andrew Sullivan issued a video calling for Human Rights Campaign president Joe Solmonese to resign, saying the organization “has 20 years of zero achievement for gay rights in Washington, D.C.”
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/13/Sullivan_to_Solmonese__Resign/
Rourke Stands by Antigay Words
By Julie Bolcer
Wrestler star Mickey Rourke refuses to apologize for calling a journalist a “faggot” in a drunken outburst last November that was captured on video.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/13/Rourke_Stands_by_Antigay_Words/
Gay Sex Scene for True Blood?
By Julie Bolcer
True Blood star Stephen Moyer wants to sink his fangs into fellow actor Alexander Skarsgård. The 39-year-old fiancée of Anna Paquin would like his vampire character, Bill Compton, to have a sex scene with Eric Northman, the character played by Skarsgård, according to OK!
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/13/Gay_Sex_Scene_for_True_Blood_/
Teacher Slurs Gay, Black Men
By Julie Bolcer
A suburban Chicago high school teacher is accused of making antigay and racist remarks in front of his students this month.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/13/Teacher_Tax_Wasted_on_Gay_Black_Men/
Clinton Honors Walt Whitman in Moscow
By Julie Bolcer
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will inaugurate a monument to Walt Whitman, who was gay, in Moscow on Wednesday at a ceremony led by homophobic mayor Yuri Luzhkov. The monument will be located at the site of a recent gay pride parade that Luzhkov banned, according to UK Gay News.
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Uruguay approves bill to allow trans people to change names and gender
Trans men and women in Uruguay will soon be permitted to legally change their name and gender under a new bill passed by the government.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/13/uruguay-approves-bill-to-allow-trans-people-to-change-names-and-gender/
New York gay man in coma after 'hate crime' beating
A gay man is currently in a medically-induced coma after being attacked by two men in the street in New York.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/13/new-york-gay-man-in-coma-after-hate-crime-beating/
Gay Coronation Street star Anthony Cotton says Dannii Minogue was right to make bisexual comment
Anthony Cotton, the gay actor who plays Sean Tully on Coronation Street, has defended Dannii Minogue over her controversial remarks on The X Factor.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/12/gay-coronation-street-star-says-dannii-minogue-was-right-to-make-bisexual-comment/
Shoreditch gay pub uses reporting boxes to record homophobic attacks
A gay pub in Shoreditch, east London, has set up reporting boxes where drinkers can anonymously report homophobic attacks.
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Has Obama Ushered in a New Era for LGBT Rights?
Nathan Black \ Christian Post Reporter \ Christian Post
President Obama’s speech this past weekend made it “abundantly clear” that America is looking at “a new era for civil rights for LGBT people,” said one gay rights advocate.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10651/
Sex Equality Guide Issued to Schools
KITTY HOLLAND \ Irish Times
The most common age for a lesbian, gay or transgender young person to become aware of their sexual identity is 12, while they are most vulnerable to self-harm at the age of 16, a new guide issued to schools today shows. It is at the age of 17 that a young person is most likely to “come out” to someone they trust. These are among the pieces of vital, basic information contained in a new guide for school principals on how to support gay and lesbian pupils.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10649/
Gay MP Chris Bryant Promoted to Europe Minister
Pink News
Chris Bryant, the Labour MP for Rhondda, has been promoted to the position of Europe minister. Previously a junior minister with responsibility for Africa and Asia, the gay politician replaces Glenys Kinnock. She will now take on responsibility for Africa.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10648/
California Family Council (CFC) Issues Statement on Governor Schwarzenegger’s Signing of California Senate Bill 54
SACRAMENTO, Oct. 12 /Christian Newswire/ — Last night Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law Senate Bill 54, authored by Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco). SB 54 requires California to validate and recognize same- sex marriages performed outside the state prior to November 5, 2008, when California voters approved Proposition 8 in violation of the state constitution and the express will of the voters.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10645/
Attention: Manhattan Boro Pres. Scott Stringer: The historic Stonewall REBELLION at the landmark Stonewall Club
Stop! using the very offensive term ‘riots’! The Gay national marches on
Washington, DC evolved from the Stonewall Rebellion — not ‘riots’. When
President Bill Clinton signed “Stonewall” as a “National Registry Historic
Site”, it was described as a “rebellion” not ‘riots’. No one honors riots!
Using the term ‘riots’ to refer to a civil rights action is perjorative
and ignorant. The five civilized nights were not ‘riots’! Had you ever
attended a STONEWALL Veterans Association meeting or an SVA symposium, you
would know better but you have failed to attend. Intellectually honest
people are not interested in what others or mediums use the demeaning term
‘riots’. The word was tacticly used by the anti-Gay police bigots. Just
don’t do it!
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10643/
“Gay Men are Pedophiles” Meme Back in Full Force
Alex Blaze \ Bilerico Project
Well, it seems like hard evidence of the falseness and stupidity of the charges against Kevin Jennings weren’t enough; both Sean Hannity and the AFA are continuing to wage war against Obama’s pick for the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, who is known for co-founding GLSEN, the org responsible for the National Day of Silence, Gay-Straight Alliances, and several key studies on anti-LGBT bullying in schools.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10640/
The Fundie’s Handbook
Mercedes Allen \ Bilerico Project
If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. That’s the way I see it, and with the steamroller momentum of birtherism, teabagging, speechies, marriage protection and the like, one can’t help but just want to take the easier road of rolling with it. Even my home Province of Alberta, Canada is swinging to the right like never before, cutting GRS funding, refusing to add protections for gender identity to human rights legislation, passing a provision to ensure that children can be evacuated before tolerance / evolution / Shakespeare / anti-bullying discussions can take place, and now handing a byelection over to a party that tells the Progressive Conservatives that they’re not nearly far right enough. So I say, hey, roll with it, nobody likes the humiliation of losing. For those who’d like to join me, here’s a few pointers.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10639/
Speaking Out Against Power is an Easy Way to Get Dismissed
Alex Blaze \ Bilerico Project
Everyone’s talking about this quotation from an anonymous White House source, breathlessly reported by John Harwood on NBC:
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10638/
Cleansing the Air at the Expense of Waterways
CHARLES DUHIGG \ New York Times
MASONTOWN, Pa. — For years, residents here complained about the yellow smoke pouring from the tall chimneys of the nearby coal-fired power plant, which left a film on their cars and pebbles of coal waste in their yards. Five states — including New York and New Jersey — sued the plant’s owner, Allegheny Energy, claiming the air pollution was causing respiratory diseases and acid rain.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10633/
Really Sick: If Your Partner Beats You, Insurance Companies Don’t Have to Give You Coverage
Jenny Gold \ Kaiser Health News \ AlterNet
In 2006, attorney Jody Neal-Post tried to get health insurance but was rejected because of treatment — counseling and Valium — she received following a domestic-abuse incident. She says the insurer told her that her medical history made her a high risk, more likely to end up in the emergency room or require additional care.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10628/
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Obituaries in the News
Stephen Gately
PORT D'ANDRATX, Mallorca (AP) -- Stephen Gately, a singer with the Irish boy band Boyzone who made headlines when he came out as gay a decade ago, died Saturday. He was 33.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/10/12/us/AP-Deaths.html?_r=1&scp=8&sq=gay&st=cse/
The Early Word: A Working Holiday
By Janie Lorber
Don’t Ask Don’t Tell: Mr. Obama reiterated Saturday night his commitment to ending Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, the 1993 policy that bars gays from serving openly in the military. So, why can’t he make it happen, gay rights activists ask. Congress would need to pass a bill in order to overturn the policy. And, while a growing number of Democrats, including Representative Joe Sestak, a war veteran, and Senator Carl Levin, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, are calling for a repeal, Mr. Obama would have to throw his weight behind such a measure. At a time when the administration is pulling out all the stops to pass a health care bill, it doesn’t seem willing to alienate crucial votes by pushing another divisive issue.
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Gay Rights Marchers in DC: 'We Won't Back Down'
By the Associated Press
Rainbow flags fluttered above the crowds near the White House as tens of thousands of gay rights supporters rallied to demand that President Barack Obama keep his promises to end discrimination against gays and also let them serve openly in the military.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/10/12/us/politics/AP-US-Gay-Rights-March.html?scp=4&sq=gay&st=cse/
Gay Rights Marchers Press Cause in Washington
By JEREMY W. PETERS
Impatient and discouraged by what they see as a certain detachment by President Obama on their issues, gay rights supporters took to the streets Sunday in the largest demonstration for gay rights here in nearly a decade.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/us/politics/12protest.html?scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse/
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Quotations of the day
The Associated Press
"Black people of all people should not oppose equality, and that is what marriage is all about," he said. "We have a lot of real and serious problems in this country, and same-sex marriage is not one of them. - Julian Bond, chairman of the NAACP, speaking during a rally at the Capitol after tens of thousands of gay rights supporters marched from the White House to the Capitol demanding that President Barack Obama keep his promises to allow gays to serve openly in the military and work to end discrimination against them.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/12/AR2009101200285.html/
The Rundown
How popular is Obama in the gay and lesbian community? He got a mixes report card from the thousands of marchers who assembled in Washington Sunday to demand more action on their agenda items. Obama may have earned some goodwill by pledging to overturn the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, and the Wall Street Journal reports that support for that change is also growing in Congress and at the Pentagon.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/political-browser/2009/10/rundown_-_101209.html/
John Kelly's Washington:
Getting His Message Out by Hook or by Crook
By John Kelly
There might be other break-dancing, poetry-slam-hosting, dreadlock-sporting, HIV- awareness-raising, crochet hook-wielding young men in Washington, but if there are, I don't know any. I do, however, know Dwayne Lawson-Brown. . . . "I'm starting to realize that some people think it's not their issue," Dwayne said. "That it's only gay people or young people. Everybody puts it off their plate."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/11/AR2009101101956.html/
US-POLITICS Summary
By Reuters
Senator: Obama should get Pentagon support on gays
A leading U.S. Senate Democrat said on Sunday he expects President Barack Obama to keep a renewed vow to end discrimination against gays in the military, but that Obama should do so with the support of the Pentagon. Senate Armed Service Committee Chairman Carl Levin said the British and other Western armies have ended such discrimination and that it would be "great progress" for the United States to do it as well.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/12/AR2009101200446.html/
HIGHLIGHTS
"Star Trek's" George Takei makes history on the Season 2 premiere of the "Newlywed Game" (GSN at 6 p.m.) when he and his husband, Brad Altman, become the first gay couple to compete on the show.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/11/AR2009101101681.html/
For Gay Activists, The Lady Is a Champ
Fans Go Gaga As Singer Joins the March
By Dan Zak
Lady Gaga came to Washington over the weekend to accept her crown as the gay community's reigning pop culture icon, snatching the title from the clutches of Britney (too fake), Kelly Clarkson (too "Idol") and Beyoncé (too Diana Ross in "Mahogany"). The outlandish, platinum-selling, bisexual, 23-year-old pop singer was the highest-wattage celebrity to attend both the Human Rights Campaign dinner Saturday night and the National Equality March on Sunday. Her name was on everyone's lips for a solid 48 hours. A movement is genuflecting.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/11/AR2009101101892.html/
Making a Federal Case for Gay Rights
March Pushes Marital, Military Equality
By Nelson Hernandez and Yamiche Alcindor
Tens of thousands of gay-rights activists marched Sunday in Washington to show President Obama and Congress that they are impatient with what they consider piecemeal progress and are ready to fight at the federal level for across-the-board equality, including for the right to marry and the right to serve in the military.
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Support Grows to End 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
By ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON and NEIL KING JR.
Congress could be receptive to President Barack Obama's pledge to end a 16-year-old policy banning gay people from serving openly in the military, a top Democratic lawmaker said. The Pentagon also signaled openness to a change.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125522141307378387.html/
“The Amazing Race” Season 15, Episode 3: TV Recap
By Raymund Flandez
A case of bad luck, really bad luck, struck the No. 1 team on the race on this leg. It’s one thing to travel the world in a wild goose chase. It’s another to lose the one document that lets you hop-skip all over the globe.
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/10/12/%E2%80%9Cthe-amazing-race%E2%80%9D-season-15-episode-3-tv-recap/
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Obama finally gives comedians material
Comedy relies on surprise. Saturday Night Live has felt painfully dull this season without Sarah Palin to kick around. Then it surprised the world this weekend. It kicked President Barack Obama.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-.ltleftclickstancesboct12,0,6334464.story/
Thousands of gay rights marchers chant to Obama, lawmakers: 'We're proud, we won't back down'
By Brett Zongker
Rainbow flags fluttered above the crowds near the White House as tens of thousands of gay rights supporters rallied to demand that President Barack Obama keep his promises to end discrimination against gays and also let them serve openly in the military.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-us-gay-rights-march,0,7526763.story/
1 arrested, 1 sought in possible hate-crime beating of gay man outside New York City deli
By Associated Press
New York City police say a 49-year-old gay man leaving a corner deli near his home was beaten by two men in an apparent hate crime. Jack Price remains in a medically induced coma. He is in serious but stable condition.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-us-gay-man-beaten,0,7280651.story/
Church that rebelled over gay bishop giving up property after split from LA Episcopal Diocese
By Associated Press
A conservative Los Angeles-area church that broke away from the Episcopal Church over theological differences and the consecration of a gay bishop is giving up its property. St. Luke's Anglican Church in La Crescenta is being returned Monday to the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. A judge ordered the move, and the state Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal.
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South Florida writer Art Greenwald publishes ‘Anal Probe: A Penetrating Peek Into the Gay Life’
From writer Art Greenwald:
An established writer-journalist and South Florida resident for three decades, I recently published a book now available internationally in over 25,000 book stores and listed with all on-line retailers including Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Borders, Author House and more.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/south-florida-writer-art-greenwald-publishes-anal-probe-a-penetrating-peek-into-the-gay-life.html/
Video | Speech by Equality Florida’s Tobias Packer at Sunday’s gay National Equality March
From Equality Florida Blog:
Here's the text to his speech:
Today I come to you from the frontlines. As a transgender person from Florida who was born and lives and works in a red state in the South, I know first hand what it feels like to be denied employment. To be treated as less than human. I know the pain and fear that comes with the constant reminder that I am not equal under the law.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/video-speech-by-equality-floridas-tobias-packer-at-sundays-gay-national-equality-march.html/
White House transcript: President Obama's speech to gay Human Rights Campaign
From the White House:
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release October 11, 2009
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BSO: Wilton Manors beating, robbery not a hate crime
The Broward Sheriff's Office, saying it has insufficient evidence, does not plan to file hate-crime charges against two suspects in the beating of a gay man who died last week.
BY JOEL MARINO
Sun Sentinel
The Broward Sheriff's Office will not investigate as a hate crime the April beating of a Wilton Manors man who died Wednesday, despite requests from the man's friends and gay activists to consider that possibility.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1278202.html/
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Report: Schwarzenegger Signs Harvey Milk Bill
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill on Sunday night to recognize May 22, the birthday of slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk, as an annual day of significance in California.
By Julie Bolcer
An early report indicates that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill on Sunday night to recognize May 22, the birthday of slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk, as an annual day of significance in California.
http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=99880/
Maine Teachers Won't Teach Marriage
By Trudy Ring
Despite allegations by antigay groups, several school administrators in Maine say they don’t think curricula will be affected if voters uphold the state’s marriage equality law in the November 3 election.
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Who’s tweeting for 365gay
By 365gay Newswire
Equality March live coverage continues, with 365gay on the ground in DC. We are at the March, Tweeting live. The team today:
Gavin Creel is the Tony-nominated star of Hair on Broadway, and is the co-founder of Broadway Impact, an organization of theater professionals fighting for Marriage Equality. (Gavincreel)
http://www.365gay.com/news/whos-tweeting-for-365gay/
Hawaii evangelical churches plan election push
By The Associated Press
(Honolulu)In the last 50 years, religious conservatives have scored few victories in Hawaii. They did manage to oust a half-dozen pro-gay marriage lawmakers and lead a successful drive for a constitutional amendment to reject same-sex marriages a decade ago.
http://www.365gay.com/news/hawaii-evangelical-churches-plan-election-push/
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French Muslim football team will play against gay side
A French Muslim team who apparently refused to play against a gay side have said the row was a "misunderstanding".
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TX: Fort Worth Police Postpone Release Rainbow Lounge Investigation Report
DEANNA BOYD \ dboyd@star-telegram.com \ Star Telegram
FORT WORTH — Police said Friday that it will likely be next month before they release findings of an internal investigation into a controversial bar check at the Rainbow Lounge, a move that is drawing criticism.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10608/
Senator: Obama Should Get Pentagon Support on Gays
Thomas Ferraro \ Reuters \ Washington Post
A leading U.S. Senate Democrat said on Sunday he expects President Barack Obama to keep a renewed vow to end discrimination against gays in the military, but that Obama should do so with the support of the Pentagon.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10605/
Yalies March for LGBT in DC
Baobao Zhang \ Contributing Reporter \ Yale Daily News
Yale student activists added a splash of Bulldog blue to the rainbow-colored crowd at the National Equality March on Sunday. About 25 Yale students travelled to the nation’s capital to participate in the march, which drew tens of thousands of members of the LGBT community and their supporters here. Most of the students traveled to the event with more than 70 Connecticut activists on a bus chartered by the Connecticut chapter of Equality Across America.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10601/
Queer Economics: Sexual Orientation in the Workplace
Will Kokum \ Chicago Flame
There are certainly many possible personal struggles within the gay community. How society perceives you, what your family may think and the possibility of a typical, normal life. Many of us have friends in the gay community, or identify as gay ourselves, more about that later. What is often not apparent, however, are the barriers to fair treatment in regards to a career.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10598/
Proposition 8 Case Headed Back to Court
Howard Mintz \ hmintz@mercurynews.com \ Mercury News
Updated: 10/12/2009 02:39:56 AM PDT
The legal showdown over California’s ban on gay marriage heats up again this week as a federal judge considers an attempt to short-circuit the challenge to Proposition 8, the voter-approved law putting a halt to same-sex weddings in this state.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10597/
Statement by Mitchell Gold Founder of Faith in America on President Obama’s HRC Speech
MEDIA CONTACTS: Cathy Renna (917-757-6123, cathy@rennacommunications.com) or
Laura McGinnis (202-596-0402, laura@rennacommunications.com)
THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO MITCHELL GOLD, FOUNDER OF
FAITH IN AMERICA
President draws a line in the sand and spits in the eye the religious bigots that do us harm, says founder of Faith In America
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10592/
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Obituaries in the News
Stephen Gately
PORT D'ANDRATX, Mallorca (AP) -- Stephen Gately, a singer with the Irish boy band Boyzone who made headlines when he came out as gay a decade ago, died Saturday. He was 33.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/10/12/us/AP-Deaths.html?_r=1&scp=8&sq=gay&st=cse/
The Early Word: A Working Holiday
By Janie Lorber
Don’t Ask Don’t Tell: Mr. Obama reiterated Saturday night his commitment to ending Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, the 1993 policy that bars gays from serving openly in the military. So, why can’t he make it happen, gay rights activists ask. Congress would need to pass a bill in order to overturn the policy. And, while a growing number of Democrats, including Representative Joe Sestak, a war veteran, and Senator Carl Levin, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, are calling for a repeal, Mr. Obama would have to throw his weight behind such a measure. At a time when the administration is pulling out all the stops to pass a health care bill, it doesn’t seem willing to alienate crucial votes by pushing another divisive issue.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/the-early-word-a-working-holiday/?scp=5&sq=gay&st=cse/
Gay Rights Marchers in DC: 'We Won't Back Down'
By the Associated Press
Rainbow flags fluttered above the crowds near the White House as tens of thousands of gay rights supporters rallied to demand that President Barack Obama keep his promises to end discrimination against gays and also let them serve openly in the military.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/10/12/us/politics/AP-US-Gay-Rights-March.html?scp=4&sq=gay&st=cse/
Gay Rights Marchers Press Cause in Washington
By JEREMY W. PETERS
Impatient and discouraged by what they see as a certain detachment by President Obama on their issues, gay rights supporters took to the streets Sunday in the largest demonstration for gay rights here in nearly a decade.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/us/politics/12protest.html?scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse/
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Quotations of the day
The Associated Press
"Black people of all people should not oppose equality, and that is what marriage is all about," he said. "We have a lot of real and serious problems in this country, and same-sex marriage is not one of them. - Julian Bond, chairman of the NAACP, speaking during a rally at the Capitol after tens of thousands of gay rights supporters marched from the White House to the Capitol demanding that President Barack Obama keep his promises to allow gays to serve openly in the military and work to end discrimination against them.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/12/AR2009101200285.html/
The Rundown
How popular is Obama in the gay and lesbian community? He got a mixes report card from the thousands of marchers who assembled in Washington Sunday to demand more action on their agenda items. Obama may have earned some goodwill by pledging to overturn the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, and the Wall Street Journal reports that support for that change is also growing in Congress and at the Pentagon.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/political-browser/2009/10/rundown_-_101209.html/
John Kelly's Washington:
Getting His Message Out by Hook or by Crook
By John Kelly
There might be other break-dancing, poetry-slam-hosting, dreadlock-sporting, HIV- awareness-raising, crochet hook-wielding young men in Washington, but if there are, I don't know any. I do, however, know Dwayne Lawson-Brown. . . . "I'm starting to realize that some people think it's not their issue," Dwayne said. "That it's only gay people or young people. Everybody puts it off their plate."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/11/AR2009101101956.html/
US-POLITICS Summary
By Reuters
Senator: Obama should get Pentagon support on gays
A leading U.S. Senate Democrat said on Sunday he expects President Barack Obama to keep a renewed vow to end discrimination against gays in the military, but that Obama should do so with the support of the Pentagon. Senate Armed Service Committee Chairman Carl Levin said the British and other Western armies have ended such discrimination and that it would be "great progress" for the United States to do it as well.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/12/AR2009101200446.html/
HIGHLIGHTS
"Star Trek's" George Takei makes history on the Season 2 premiere of the "Newlywed Game" (GSN at 6 p.m.) when he and his husband, Brad Altman, become the first gay couple to compete on the show.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/11/AR2009101101681.html/
For Gay Activists, The Lady Is a Champ
Fans Go Gaga As Singer Joins the March
By Dan Zak
Lady Gaga came to Washington over the weekend to accept her crown as the gay community's reigning pop culture icon, snatching the title from the clutches of Britney (too fake), Kelly Clarkson (too "Idol") and Beyoncé (too Diana Ross in "Mahogany"). The outlandish, platinum-selling, bisexual, 23-year-old pop singer was the highest-wattage celebrity to attend both the Human Rights Campaign dinner Saturday night and the National Equality March on Sunday. Her name was on everyone's lips for a solid 48 hours. A movement is genuflecting.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/11/AR2009101101892.html/
Making a Federal Case for Gay Rights
March Pushes Marital, Military Equality
By Nelson Hernandez and Yamiche Alcindor
Tens of thousands of gay-rights activists marched Sunday in Washington to show President Obama and Congress that they are impatient with what they consider piecemeal progress and are ready to fight at the federal level for across-the-board equality, including for the right to marry and the right to serve in the military.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/11/AR2009101100161.html/
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Support Grows to End 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
By ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON and NEIL KING JR.
Congress could be receptive to President Barack Obama's pledge to end a 16-year-old policy banning gay people from serving openly in the military, a top Democratic lawmaker said. The Pentagon also signaled openness to a change.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125522141307378387.html/
“The Amazing Race” Season 15, Episode 3: TV Recap
By Raymund Flandez
A case of bad luck, really bad luck, struck the No. 1 team on the race on this leg. It’s one thing to travel the world in a wild goose chase. It’s another to lose the one document that lets you hop-skip all over the globe.
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/10/12/%E2%80%9Cthe-amazing-race%E2%80%9D-season-15-episode-3-tv-recap/
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Obama finally gives comedians material
Comedy relies on surprise. Saturday Night Live has felt painfully dull this season without Sarah Palin to kick around. Then it surprised the world this weekend. It kicked President Barack Obama.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-.ltleftclickstancesboct12,0,6334464.story/
Thousands of gay rights marchers chant to Obama, lawmakers: 'We're proud, we won't back down'
By Brett Zongker
Rainbow flags fluttered above the crowds near the White House as tens of thousands of gay rights supporters rallied to demand that President Barack Obama keep his promises to end discrimination against gays and also let them serve openly in the military.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-us-gay-rights-march,0,7526763.story/
1 arrested, 1 sought in possible hate-crime beating of gay man outside New York City deli
By Associated Press
New York City police say a 49-year-old gay man leaving a corner deli near his home was beaten by two men in an apparent hate crime. Jack Price remains in a medically induced coma. He is in serious but stable condition.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-us-gay-man-beaten,0,7280651.story/
Church that rebelled over gay bishop giving up property after split from LA Episcopal Diocese
By Associated Press
A conservative Los Angeles-area church that broke away from the Episcopal Church over theological differences and the consecration of a gay bishop is giving up its property. St. Luke's Anglican Church in La Crescenta is being returned Monday to the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. A judge ordered the move, and the state Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-us-breakaway-church,0,3379633.story/
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South Florida writer Art Greenwald publishes ‘Anal Probe: A Penetrating Peek Into the Gay Life’
From writer Art Greenwald:
An established writer-journalist and South Florida resident for three decades, I recently published a book now available internationally in over 25,000 book stores and listed with all on-line retailers including Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Borders, Author House and more.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/south-florida-writer-art-greenwald-publishes-anal-probe-a-penetrating-peek-into-the-gay-life.html/
Video | Speech by Equality Florida’s Tobias Packer at Sunday’s gay National Equality March
From Equality Florida Blog:
Here's the text to his speech:
Today I come to you from the frontlines. As a transgender person from Florida who was born and lives and works in a red state in the South, I know first hand what it feels like to be denied employment. To be treated as less than human. I know the pain and fear that comes with the constant reminder that I am not equal under the law.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/video-speech-by-equality-floridas-tobias-packer-at-sundays-gay-national-equality-march.html/
White House transcript: President Obama's speech to gay Human Rights Campaign
From the White House:
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release October 11, 2009
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BSO: Wilton Manors beating, robbery not a hate crime
The Broward Sheriff's Office, saying it has insufficient evidence, does not plan to file hate-crime charges against two suspects in the beating of a gay man who died last week.
BY JOEL MARINO
Sun Sentinel
The Broward Sheriff's Office will not investigate as a hate crime the April beating of a Wilton Manors man who died Wednesday, despite requests from the man's friends and gay activists to consider that possibility.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1278202.html/
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Report: Schwarzenegger Signs Harvey Milk Bill
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill on Sunday night to recognize May 22, the birthday of slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk, as an annual day of significance in California.
By Julie Bolcer
An early report indicates that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill on Sunday night to recognize May 22, the birthday of slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk, as an annual day of significance in California.
http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=99880/
Maine Teachers Won't Teach Marriage
By Trudy Ring
Despite allegations by antigay groups, several school administrators in Maine say they don’t think curricula will be affected if voters uphold the state’s marriage equality law in the November 3 election.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/09/Maine_Teachers_Won__39;t_Teach_Marriage/
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365Gay.com
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Who’s tweeting for 365gay
By 365gay Newswire
Equality March live coverage continues, with 365gay on the ground in DC. We are at the March, Tweeting live. The team today:
Gavin Creel is the Tony-nominated star of Hair on Broadway, and is the co-founder of Broadway Impact, an organization of theater professionals fighting for Marriage Equality. (Gavincreel)
http://www.365gay.com/news/whos-tweeting-for-365gay/
Hawaii evangelical churches plan election push
By The Associated Press
(Honolulu)In the last 50 years, religious conservatives have scored few victories in Hawaii. They did manage to oust a half-dozen pro-gay marriage lawmakers and lead a successful drive for a constitutional amendment to reject same-sex marriages a decade ago.
http://www.365gay.com/news/hawaii-evangelical-churches-plan-election-push/
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French Muslim football team will play against gay side
A French Muslim team who apparently refused to play against a gay side have said the row was a "misunderstanding".
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/10/12/french-muslim-football-team-will-play-against-gay-side/
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TX: Fort Worth Police Postpone Release Rainbow Lounge Investigation Report
DEANNA BOYD \ dboyd@star-telegram.com \ Star Telegram
FORT WORTH — Police said Friday that it will likely be next month before they release findings of an internal investigation into a controversial bar check at the Rainbow Lounge, a move that is drawing criticism.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10608/
Senator: Obama Should Get Pentagon Support on Gays
Thomas Ferraro \ Reuters \ Washington Post
A leading U.S. Senate Democrat said on Sunday he expects President Barack Obama to keep a renewed vow to end discrimination against gays in the military, but that Obama should do so with the support of the Pentagon.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10605/
Yalies March for LGBT in DC
Baobao Zhang \ Contributing Reporter \ Yale Daily News
Yale student activists added a splash of Bulldog blue to the rainbow-colored crowd at the National Equality March on Sunday. About 25 Yale students travelled to the nation’s capital to participate in the march, which drew tens of thousands of members of the LGBT community and their supporters here. Most of the students traveled to the event with more than 70 Connecticut activists on a bus chartered by the Connecticut chapter of Equality Across America.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10601/
Queer Economics: Sexual Orientation in the Workplace
Will Kokum \ Chicago Flame
There are certainly many possible personal struggles within the gay community. How society perceives you, what your family may think and the possibility of a typical, normal life. Many of us have friends in the gay community, or identify as gay ourselves, more about that later. What is often not apparent, however, are the barriers to fair treatment in regards to a career.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10598/
Proposition 8 Case Headed Back to Court
Howard Mintz \ hmintz@mercurynews.com \ Mercury News
Updated: 10/12/2009 02:39:56 AM PDT
The legal showdown over California’s ban on gay marriage heats up again this week as a federal judge considers an attempt to short-circuit the challenge to Proposition 8, the voter-approved law putting a halt to same-sex weddings in this state.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10597/
Statement by Mitchell Gold Founder of Faith in America on President Obama’s HRC Speech
MEDIA CONTACTS: Cathy Renna (917-757-6123, cathy@rennacommunications.com) or
Laura McGinnis (202-596-0402, laura@rennacommunications.com)
THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO MITCHELL GOLD, FOUNDER OF
FAITH IN AMERICA
President draws a line in the sand and spits in the eye the religious bigots that do us harm, says founder of Faith In America
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/10592/
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