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Washington [State]: Same-Sex Unions Vote
By WILLIAM YARDLEY
A same-sex unions ballot measure nicknamed “Everything But Marriage” appeared on its way toward passing, even as election officials continued to receive ballots in the largely mail-in election. With more than 70 percent of ballots estimated to have been counted, 52 percent of voters had supported the measure, while 48 percent had opposed it. Ballots had to be postmarked by Tuesday. The measure, Referendum 71, asked voters to approve or reject a wide-ranging domestic partnerships bill passed by the Democratic-controlled Legislature this spring and signed by Gov. Christine Gregoire, a Democrat.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/06/us/06brfs-SAMESEXUNION_BRF.html?scp=8&sq=gay&st=cse/
Election Remakes City Council, and May Give It More Bite, Too
By SEWELL CHAN
Published: November 5, 2009
A quarter of its members will be new. Four members will be openly gay, the most ever. The Republican minority, though still tiny, will grow to five from three. For the first time, a majority will be black, Hispanic or Asian. Also for the first time, an Asian-American will represent Chinatown.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/06/nyregion/06council.html?scp=4&sq=gay&st=cse/
Marriage for Gays on Agenda in New York
By DANNY HAKIM
Gov. David A. Paterson said Thursday that he would include gay marriage on the agenda of an extraordinary session he is calling for Tuesday, potentially setting up the first vote on the issue in the State Senate and a dramatic floor debate.
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Attack of the Palinites
By Eugene Robinson
Democrats have some thinking to do after Tuesday's elections, but Republicans don't have time to think. They're too busy trying to survive the party's internal purge and avoid being shipped off to political Siberia.
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Wall Street Journal
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Burnt Offerings
By LAUREN WINNER
There is an old, snooty church joke that goes something like this: Miss Smith approaches her pastor, incensed that he has replaced the King James Bible with the New International Version. "Pastor, bring back the King James," she says. "If it was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704013004574517453919024722.html/
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International Transgender Day of Remembrance to be marked in Fort Lauderdale weekend of Nov. 20-22
The 11th annual International Transgender Day of Remembrance will be Saturday, Nov. 21. A weekend of activities are planned in Fort Lauderdale, including a screening of the locally-produced film Amancio: Two Faces on a Tombstone and a brunch featuring speaker Marilyn Volker, a nationally known sexologist from Miami. Here are details (click to enlarge):
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/11/international-transgender-day-of-remembrance-to-be-marked-in-fort-lauderdale-weekend-of-nov-2022.html/
Ending employment discrimination in America: Lies, damned lies and statistics about America’s LGBT families
Commentary by Bob Witeck
"When you say...you [gay Americans] are not a group of people who need special protection. You do well economically. You are an elite. That is precisely the argument that has been made in behalf of the worst kind of discrimination against Jewish people." -- U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone, July 29, 1994, responding to an extreme right spokesperson's anti-gay testimony
The late Senator Wellstone delivered that biting argument fifteen years ago, during an historic Senate hearing weighing the passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). ENDA ultimately met an achingly close Senate vote that year, failing by one vote.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/11/ending-employment-discrimination-in-america-lies-damned-lies-and-statistics-about-americas-lgbt-families.html/
Same-sex partnership law headed to rare gay-rights victory in Washington state
By Brad Shannon, The Olympian
Ballot counts Wednesday showed Washington's same-sex partnership law passing with twice the margin of victory it had on election night, and one key leader in the movement declared victory.
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Miami Herald
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Florida a battleground state . . . again
OUR OPINION: Don't turn Florida race into ideological litmus test
For Floridians, the most significant news to emerge from the off-year elections around the country is that the outcome of an obscure congressional race in upstate New York ensures that the Sunshine State will be a key battleground in the 2010 election cycle. Oh, dear.
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/1319264.html/
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South Florida Blade
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Gay candidates falter in South Florida elections
Michael Gongora still faces run-off for seat on Miami Beach City Commission
By DMITRY RASHNITSOV
None of the four gay candidates running for city government seats in Dade or Palm Beach counties could claim victory after the November 3 election, although one former Miami Beach City Commissioner is one step closer to regaining his seat on the dais.
http://www.floridablade.com/2009/11-5/news/localnews/6438.cfm/
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Gavin Newsom Goes AWOL?
By Julie Bolcer
Some San Francisco residents are expressing annoyance that mayor Gavin Newsom left town abruptly last week -- without even telling his staff. The episode, in which staff members were forced to cancel the mayor’s scheduled appearances, drew comparisons to missing South Carolina governor Mark Sanford.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/11/06/Gavin_Newsom_Goes_AWOL_/
Suspect: God Made Me Hate Gay People
By Julie Bolcer
One of three suspects in an antigay hate crime that occurred early Sunday on Long Island in New York told police, “God made me hate gay people.”
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/11/06/Suspect__God_Made_Me_Hate_Gay_People/
Fans Tackle Johnson for Antigay Slurs
By Julie Bolcer
More than 10,000 fans of the National Football League have signed an online petition urging the Kansas City Chiefs to deactivate Larry Johnson for his use of antigay slurs on Twitter and in the locker room last week. The star running back is on the verge of breaking a team record.
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Sex-toy study at Duke raises some eyebrows
By Jennifer Vanasco
A campus religious leader is unhappy about a study at Duke University that invites female students to attend parties where they can buy sex toys.
http://www.365gay.com/news/sex-toy-study-at-duke-raises-some-eyebrows/
Gay partnership measure approved by voters
By The Associated Press
Washington voters have approved the state’s new “everything but marriage” law, expanding rights for domestic partners and marking the first time any state’s voters have approved a gay equality measure at the ballot box.
http://www.365gay.com/news/gay-partnership-measure-approved-by-voters/
NY gov calls for session on gay marriage
By The Associated Press
New York Gov. David Paterson is calling the Legislature back to Albany for a special session to cut the budget and possibly vote on legalizing same-sex marriage.
http://www.365gay.com/news/ny-gov-calls-for-session-on-gay-marriage/
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Pink News - UK
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Fundraising campaign launched to restore gay marriage in California
A day after the anniversary of Proposition 8, gay marriages advocates have launched a new fundraising campaign to get the issue on next year's ballot.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/05/fundraising-campaign-launched-to-restore-gay-marriage-in-california/
Elton John leaves hospital
Elton John has been released from hospital after being treated for flu and E.coli. The 62-year-old star was taken ill two weeks ago and was forced to postpone five UK and three US gigs.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/06/elton-john-leaves-hospital/
Man charged over death of Brighton trans woman to plead in New Year
A man arrested over the death of 29-year-old trans woman Andrea Waddell has appeared in court. The man arrested, 41-year-old Neil MacMillan, appeared at Lewes crown court today.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/06/man-charged-over-death-of-brighton-trans-woman-to-plead-in-new-year/
Sir Ian McKellen and Boy George to attend benefit evening for gay homeless charity
Sir Ian McKellen will appear at a benefit evening for the Albert Kennedy Trust (AKT) on Sunday evening. The actor and TV presenter and star of Shameless Anthony Crank will be hosting an auction, with lots of prizes including an oil portrait of Sir Ian by the artist Anthony Lawrence.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/06/sir-ian-mckellen-and-boy-george-to-attend-benefit-evening-for-gay-homeless-charity/
UK government 'concerned' about Uganda's anti-gay law
The UK government has released a statement on the proposals in Uganda to execute people who have gay sex following condemnation of the bill from France and America.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/06/uk-government-concerned-about-ugandas-anti-gay-law/
Iain Dale loses appeal over 'homophobic' Daily Mail article
A complaint against the Daily Mail by gay political blogger Iain Dale has not been upheld by the Press Complaints Commission. Dale complained that one column, published last month, was homophobic.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/06/iain-dale-loses-appeal-over-homophobic-daily-mail-article/
Gay group attacks South Park for 'gay slur'
A recent episode of South Park has angered a gay rights group for using the word 'fag'. The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation said that the ironic use of the word might not be understood by all readers.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/06/gay-group-attacks-south-park-for-gay-slur/
Stephen Gately's partner Andrew Cowles appears at Stonewall awards
Andrew Cowles, the civil partner of the late Boyzone star Stephen Gately, made his first public appearance last night at the Stonewall awards since the singer died four weeks ago.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/06/stephen-gatelys-partner-andrew-cowles-appears-at-stonewall-awards/
Daily Mail columnist Jan Moir wins Stonewall Bigot of the Year award
Jan Moir, the Daily Mail columnist whose column on the death of gay Boyzone singer Stephen Gately provoked widespread anger, won the Stonewall Bigot of the Year Awards last night jointly with Father John Owen, the priest who said most paedophiles were gay.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/06/daily-mail-columnist-jan-moir-wins-stonewall-bigot-of-the-year-award/
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Daily Queer News
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TX: Fort Worth Police Suspend Officers After Rainbow Lounge Investigation
TANYA EISERER / The Dallas Morning News
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Police Chief Jeff Halstead said he wanted to close a painful chapter and start a new one as he stood in front of front of a gay bar Thursday to announce the suspensions of a sergeant and two police officers over a controversial raid conducted here in late June.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11237/
MD: Letters: Maine Gay Marriage Vote a Setback for All of Us
Baltimore Sun
I am writing on behalf of the Maryland Black Family Alliance (MBFA) to speak of the disappointing loss we and the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community suffered in the repeal of the Maine marriage equity law. Even though the law was rejected by a narrow majority, it shows the work we must continue to protection LGBT people from anti-gay forces which are determined to weaken our community and all families.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11236/
ENDA Will Provide Critical Employment Protections for LGBT Workers
Jaime Grant, Ph.D., Policy Institute Director, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force \ The Hill
The state of the U.S. workplace for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people — transgender Americans in particular — is absolutely shameful. Thankfully, our nation is on the cusp of seriously addressing this injustice: Congress is currently considering the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which would prohibit workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held a hearing on the legislation today, and got an earful about the dire need to enact these fundamental protections.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11235/
MS: Gay Adoption Complex, Controversial Issue
Julio Cespedes \ Reflector
This past Monday, there was a panel discussion in the Dawg House as to whether or not homosexuals should be allowed to adopt children. No one is quite positive about how many children have at least one parent who is gay, but estimates range from 1 to 9 million.When I was asked if I was interested in tackling an opinion piece on this subject, I admit, I was quite intimidated. How in the world can I, at 20, be so pompous and arrogant to say I have enough information and knowledge to formulate an opinion on this sensitive issue? Further, how can any of us formulate an opinion with the curse of this postmodern world? Nothing can be taken as truth. In every argument for, there are just as many against. But in my quest to formulate an opinion, I have realized an invaluable truth, and it is in the context of this newfound certainty in which my article should be read.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11233/
UT: Gay Advocates Trek to LDS Offices
Aaron Falk \ Deseret News
Members of several Utah gay and lesbian advocacy groups asked LDS Church leaders to open a dialogue with its gay members but stay out of politics Wednesday — a day after Maine voters rejected a same-sex marriage referendum and one year after the monumental passage of California’s Proposition 8.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11232/
IA: Campaign Brews for Gay Marriage Vote
KCCI
A movement is under way that aims to undo the marriage licenses given to same-sex couples since the Iowa Supreme Court legalized gay and lesbian marriages in April.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11231/
UT: Gay Rights Group Pulls Mormon-Style Handcart to Make Point
Rosemary Winters
The Salt Lake Tribune
Updated: 11/05/2009 09:49:21 AM MST
Like Mormon pioneers in the 1850s, gay-rights supporters pulled a handcart through Salt Lake City on Wednesday in what they dubbed a “rescue” mission. The Foundation for Reconciliation carted more than 2,000 petition signatures to LDS Church headquarters, calling on the church to salvage relations with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and their families.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11230/
MI: Kalamazoo Anti-Discrimination Victory Provokes Plenty of Reaction
David Alire Garcia \ Michigan Messenger
Reactions keep pouring in on the lopsided passage of Kalamazoo’s Ordinance 1856, the anti-discrimination ballot initiative, from yesterday’s vote. The voters in this southwestern Michigan city backed the ordinance by a 62 to 38 vote, in still unofficial results.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11229/
Ending Employment Discrimination in America
Bob Witeck
“When you say…you [gay Americans] are not a group of people who need special protection. You do well economically. You are an elite. That is precisely the argument that has been made in behalf of the worst kind of discrimination against Jewish people.”
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11227/
Gay Rights Decisions Elsewhere in the US
Windy City Times
Maine was not the only place where voters decided on gay-rights issues. However, results elsewhere were much better for the LGBT community.
In Kalamazoo, Mich., voters passed Ordinance 1856, which alters the city’s non-discrimination law to include LGBT individuals.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11225/
The Question Remains, Not If, But When?
Gay & Lesbian Times
We will not forget the feeling just one year ago, when Californians awoke to learn that our right to marry had been stripped away. Our hearts go out to those in Maine who are feeling that same devastating blow, as voters Tuesday passed a Proposition 8-style measure overturning the state’s marriage equality law.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11224/
Tell South Park’s Creators About the Harms Caused by Slur-Filled “The F-Word”
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November 5, 2009 – On Wednesday, November 4, Comedy Central aired a new episode of South Park entitled “The F-Word,” in which the show’s characters repeat the titular anti-gay slur countless times. Like many other South Park episodes that use edgy humor to provide commentary on current issues, last night’s episode was an attempt to examine the evolving definition of words. Yet despite what the South Park writers may believe, the definition of the F-word remains one that is harmful and derogatory to the LGBT community.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11223/
Pentagon Pursuing New Investigation into Bush Propaganda Program
Brad Jacobson \ Raw Story
[Read Part I, Part II and Part III of this series.]
The Pentagon’s Office of Inspector General is conducting a new investigation into a covert Bush administration Defense Department program that used retired military analysts to produce positive wartime news coverage.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11222/
Gay Rights Movement Sees Few Gains
Valerie Richardson \ Washington Times
Gay rights advocates took some comfort in small victories from Tuesday’s elections after suffering a major defeat in Maine, where voters rejected a state same-sex marriage law. Wherever else gay issues or candidates appeared on the ballot, they appeared to fare well, although a key vote in Washington state was still too close to call.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11221/
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GLBT DIGEST - November 05, 2009
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Republicans Bask in Glow of Victories in N.J. and Va.
By DAVID M. HALBFINGER and IAN URBINA
Savoring their victories in gubernatorial contests in New Jersey and Virginia, Republicans were trying on Wednesday morning to build momentum, in a time of economic concern, for a strong challenge to President Obama’s party in next year’s midterm Congressional elections. The White House insisted that the Republican victories in the two races for governor were not referendums on President Obama but rather the reflections of “very local issues that didn’t involve the president,” as Robert Gibbs, the chief administration spokesman, told reporters.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/nyregion/05elect.html?_r=1&sq=gay&st=cse&scp=7&pagewanted=print/
Gay Rights Rebuke May Change Approach
By ABBY GOODNOUGH
They had far more money and volunteers, and geography was on their side, given that New England has been more accepting of same-sex marriage than any other region of the country. Yet gay rights supporters suffered a crushing loss when voters decided to repeal Maine’s new law allowing gay men and lesbians to wed, setting back a movement that had made remarkable progress nationally this year.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/us/05marriage.html?scp=4&sq=gay&st=cse/
A Setback in Maine for Gay Marriage, but Medical Marijuana Law Expands
By ABBY GOODNOUGH
In a stinging setback for the national gay-rights movement, Maine voters narrowly decided to repeal the state’s new law allowing same-sex marriage.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/us/politics/05maine.html?scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse/
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POLITICS DIGEST
By Robert McCartney
It's payback time for Northern Virginia in the wake of governor-elect Robert F. McDonnell's extraordinary landslide victory. The region voted for the Republican on Tuesday, and although the margin was narrower than elsewhere in the state, it represented a major turnabout in Virginia's most populous area and ended a strong pro-Democratic trend that began more than a decade ago.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/04/AR2009110404373.html/
Ask Amy
DEAR AMY: I'm a 24-year-old gay male. I have been "out" to my immediate family for about five years now. My family is very supportive and open about my sexual orientation when it's just the four of us, but I haven't told everyone in my extended family.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/26/AR2009102601215.html/
Gay groups say loss won't alter strategy
By Ashley Surdin
Gay rights advocates across the country are regrouping after a crushing defeat at the ballot box in Maine, pledging to continue their state-by-state effort to promote marriage equality and to turn their attention to a federal court case in California.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/04/AR2009110404822.html/
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Gay leaders blame TV ads, Obama for loss in Maine
By LISA LEFF and DAVID CRARY, Associated Press
Stunned and angry, national gay rights leaders Wednesday blamed scare-mongering ads - and President Barack Obama's lack of engagement - for a bitter election setback in Maine that could alter the dynamics for both sides in the gay-marriage debate.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/11/gay-leaders-blame-tv-ads-obama-for-loss-in-maine.html/
‘L Word’ band BETTY to play Saturday at Sleepless Night’s gay Out in the Tropics preview
BY STEVE ROTHAUS
The "gay positive'' band BETTY performs on the edge, making its three performers the perfect headliners for Robbie Rosenberg's new festival project, Out in the Tropics.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/11/l-word-band-betty-to-play-saturday-at-sleepless-nights-gay-out-in-the-tropics-preview.html/
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South Florida Blade
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Gay couples: A close look at this modern family, parenting
By Sharon Jayson
So many gay couples today have kids that it has become a cultural phenomenon – there's even a new TV show about a modern family that includes a gay couple with an adopted baby.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-11-05-gayparents05_ST_N.htm?csp=34/
State lawmaker pushes for same-sex marriage in Michigan
Karen Bouffard / Detroit News Lansing Bureau
In the wake of Tuesday's passage of a gay rights ordinance in Kalamazoo, a state representative today introduced a plan to overturn Michigan's ban on same-sex marriage. Speaker Pro Tempore Pam Byrnes, D-Lyndon Township, introduced a resolution to amend the state constitution to allow same-sex marriage. Voters instituted the ban in 2004, when they approved Proposal 2. http://www.detnews.com/article/20091104/POLITICS02/911040443/1022/rss10/
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Charlie Crist in Conservative Crosshairs?
By Julie Bolcer
Following conservative Republicans’ efforts to oust a moderate candidate from an upstate New York congressional race, operatives appear to be targeting Florida governor Charlie Crist, who hopes to win his party’s nomination for a U.S. senate seat in 2010.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/11/05/Crist_in_Conservative_Crosshairs_/
Gay Voters Key to Atlanta Mayoral Runoff
By Julie Bolcer
In the runoff election for Atlanta mayor on December 1, candidates Mary Norwood and Kasim Reed may look toward the LGBT vote to tip the balance in their favor. Norwood, who could become the city’s first white mayor in 36 years, led voting on Tuesday with 46%, while state senator Reed received 36%. Each enjoys support from segments of the gay community, which is expected to turn out for other runoff elections of interest, like a city council seat in the sixth district, where a high concentration of LGBT live, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution .
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/11/05/Gay_Voters_Key_to_Atlanta_Mayoral_Runoff/
Gay Mormons Petition Church Leaders
By Julie Bolcer
The Foundation for Reconciliation, a group that seeks to improve relations between gay people and the Mormon Church, marked the first anniversary of the passage of Proposition 8 on Wednesday by delivering a trunk filled with 2,000 petitions to church leaders in Salt Lake City.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/11/05/Gay_Mormons_Petitioned_Church/
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NYC Cabbie kicks out gay couple for hugging
By 365gay Newswire
The New York Post reported today that a New York City taxi driver kicked a gay couple out of his vehicle after he saw them hugging in the backseat.
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Pink News - UK
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Jan Moir gets late nomination for Stonewall Bigot of the Year award
Daily Mail columnist Jan Moir has been added as a nominee for Stonewall's Bigot of the Year award. The journalist provoked outrage in October with an article that suggested Boyzone star Stephen Gately's death was "sleazy" and "unnatural".
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/05/jan-moir-gets-late-nomination-for-stonewall-bigot-of-the-year-award/
Trans writer defends 'offensive' Jesus, Queen of Heaven play
A trans woman who wrote a play portraying Jesus as undergoing transition to become a woman has defended her work, saying that protests by angry Christians have no foundation in the Bible.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/05/trans-writer-defends-offensive-jesus-queen-of-heaven-play/
Push for rights reforms after Texas gay bar raid
A task force set up after a police raid on a Fort Worth, Texas, gay bar has recommended a drastic reform of gay and trans rights in the city.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/05/push-for-rights-reforms-after-texas-gay-bar-raid/
Wisconsin Supreme Court rejects challenge to gay domestic partnerships
Wisconsin's Supreme Court has thrown out a legal challenge to the state's domestic partnerships law. The law came into force on August 3rd, making Wisconsin the first mid-western state to pass such a law through legislation.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/05/wisconsin-supreme-court-rejects-challenge-to-gay-domestic-partnerships/
British Museum hosts event for LGBT History Month
The British Museum is helping to kick off preparations for next year's LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans) History Month with a special event for teachers and youth workers and a reception.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/04/british-museum-hosts-event-for-lgbt-history-month/
Lesbian author Sarah Waters: 'Gay fiction is getting better'
Lesbian author Sarah Waters has said that the profiles of other female gay authors and their works are rising. In an interview with the Liverpool Daily Post, the Tipping the Velvet writer said the UK was currently seeing a trend for lesbian fiction.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/04/lesbian-author-sarah-waters-gay-fiction-is-getting-better/
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Action Alert: Urge Congress to Deny Financial Aid to Uganda
Truth Wins Out today urged Congress to deny financial aid to Uganda if the country passes a draconian bill that would trample the fundamental rights of the nation’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender population. The Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009 threatens sexual minorities with cruel and usual punishment for simply existing.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11215/
DC FOR MARRIAGE ON MAINE REPEAL AND LOCAL FIGHT FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Cathy Renna, 917-757-6123, cathy@rennacommunications.com
Laura McGinnis, 202-596-0402, laura@rennacommunications.com
Statement from Michael Crawford, Co-Chair of D.C. for Marriage on the Repeal of Marriage Equality in Maine:
“DC for Marriage is saddened to see fear-based lies once again trump the truth about same-sex couples and our families. Our hearts go out to the thousands of individuals who worked on the No on 1 campaign in Maine.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11214/
LGBT Leaders Eye Changes for 2020 Census Count
Matthew S. Bajko \ Bay Area Reporter \ EDGE Boston
The 2010 census count has yet to begin but LGBT leaders and demographers are already pushing for changes to the 2020 census. LGBT advocates would like to see the next decennial count include questions about people’s sexual orientation and gender identity. There is also an effort under way to see that the federal population count breaks out figures on how many legally married same-sex couples there are in the U.S.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11213/
ACLU-NJ Helps Resolve Issue Between Black Police Officers Group and LGBT Community
New Jersey Newsroom
The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (ACLU-NJ) and the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) announced the resolution of a dispute involving two women who were turned away from a fundraising dance hosted by the organization. The women claimed they and their friends were excluded based on their sexual orientation or gender expression.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11211/
IL: GLBT Lecture at Lancaster Seminary
Daily Record/Sunday News
Dr. Kathryn Tanner of the University of Chicago Divinity School will give the annual LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) lecture at Lancaster Theological Seminary 11 a.m. Nov. 12 in the Santee Chapel. Her theme will be Unnatural Associations: Christianity as an Experiment in Human Community.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11210/
Election Coverage: The World’s First ‘Civil Likes’ Movement
Wayne Besen \ Truth Wins Out
Instead of validating marriage for same-sex couples, Maine voters cruelly voted 52.75 percent to 47.25 percent (87 percent of precincts reporting) to strip away this most basic right and leave gay families and their children legally unprotected and vulnerable. According to journalist Rex Wockner, “it was the 31st time that same-sex marriage has lost at the ballot box in a U.S. state. It has never won.”
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11209/
Maine’s Same-Sex Marriage Opponents Claim Victory
Sarah Pulliam Bailey \ Christianity Today
Early exit polls show Maine heading towards a repeal of a state law that would have allowed same-sex marriage. The Legislature passed the law in May, but the election offered voters the chance to repeal the measure.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11208/
A Different Shade of Queer: Race, Sexuality and Marginalizing by the Marginalized
Chong-suk Han \ Bad Subjects
By now, two things are bitterly clear about our “shared” American experiences. One, a shared history of oppression rarely leads to coalition building among those who have been systematically denied their rights. More devastatingly, such shared experiences of oppression rarely lead to sympathy for others who are also marginalized, traumatized, and minimized by the dominant society. Rather, all too miserably, those who should naturally join in fighting discrimination find it more comforting to join their oppressors in oppressing others. As a gay man of color, I see this on a routine basis – whether it be racism in the gay community or homophobia in communities of color. And it pisses me off.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11207/
LGBT Racism Prevalent
Doug Spearman \ ILLVox
Most people have seen the rainbow flag of the gay community. The multiple stripes that are supposed to symbolize the various differences, in gender, nationality, race, and even proclivity, that make up the vibrancy of the LGBT community. Let me call your attention to something – the lines between the colors are sharp and clearly defined. They do not blend or run into one another. They’re still separate.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11206/
Election Night Brings Mixed Results
Lambda Legal
Last night advocates for LGBT equality were served a mixed bag of results.
Hopes for a historic electoral victory in favor of marriage rights were disappointed when Maine voters approved Question 1 by a margin of 53 percent to 47 percent. Voters blocked the bill ending marriage discrimination which legislators and the governor approved in May, dashing, for the moment, the dreams of thousands of couples in the state.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11205/
SLDN Announces Keynote for 2010 National Dinner
SLDN proudly welcomes Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-PA) - a fearless champion of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal - as the keynote speaker for our 18th Annual National Dinner. The event will take place Saturday, March 20, 2010, at 6:30 p.m. at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.
Register today: www.sldn.org/NationalDinner2010
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11204/
Maine Vote Signals Continued Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage
“Placed in historical context, same-sex marriage is an aberration embraced by a small fraction of the world’s population, not an inevitability as proponents suggest.” — IRD Vice President Alan Wisdom
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 /Christian Newswire/ — On Tuesday, voters in Maine made the state the 31st to uphold traditional marriage by popular vote. Passage of Question 1, the ballot referendum that repealed the state legislature’s same- sex marriage law, received wide support from Maine churches.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11203/
Chuck Wolfe: About Last Night
Gay Politics
It was tough to watch what happened in Maine, but that painful loss is not the whole story of last night. We’re winning Referendum 71 right now in Washington state, and voters in Kalamazoo overwhelmingly embraced equality in their city. And of the 79 openly LGBT candidates the Victory Fund endorsed for 2009, 50 are winning their races as of this morning and another six have advanced to runoff elections. (We’ll have a full Election Scorecard up soon.)
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11202/
Election 2009: Gay Candidates Score Visibility and Victories in Key Southern Races
Southern Studies
No big lessons or grand narratives emerged from yesterday’s off-year elections — but there were lots of interesting local stories that reveal the conflicted reality of the Purple South and country. Some updates and themes from the key races Facing South reported on yesterday and more:
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11201/
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Bigotry in Maine
Michael A. Jones \ Change.org
Despite the fact that same-sex marriage supporters led the campaign of their life to preserve marriage rights for gays and lesbians in Maine, the state narrowly voted to overturn a marriage equality law in yesterday’s ballot. It’s a bit of deja vu all over again this year, as activists still reeling over the 2008 loss in California with Proposition 8 now have to cope with a second straight loss for marriage equality, this time in Maine.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11200/
TX: Fort Worth Panel Urges Expansion of Gay Rights
MIKE LEE \ mikelee@star-telegram.com \ Star Telegram
FORT WORTH — A task force formed in the wake of the arrests at the Rainbow Lounge recommended a series of reforms Tuesday designed to give gay and lesbian residents equal treatment at City Hall.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11199/
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Republicans Bask in Glow of Victories in N.J. and Va.
By DAVID M. HALBFINGER and IAN URBINA
Savoring their victories in gubernatorial contests in New Jersey and Virginia, Republicans were trying on Wednesday morning to build momentum, in a time of economic concern, for a strong challenge to President Obama’s party in next year’s midterm Congressional elections. The White House insisted that the Republican victories in the two races for governor were not referendums on President Obama but rather the reflections of “very local issues that didn’t involve the president,” as Robert Gibbs, the chief administration spokesman, told reporters.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/nyregion/05elect.html?_r=1&sq=gay&st=cse&scp=7&pagewanted=print/
Gay Rights Rebuke May Change Approach
By ABBY GOODNOUGH
They had far more money and volunteers, and geography was on their side, given that New England has been more accepting of same-sex marriage than any other region of the country. Yet gay rights supporters suffered a crushing loss when voters decided to repeal Maine’s new law allowing gay men and lesbians to wed, setting back a movement that had made remarkable progress nationally this year.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/us/05marriage.html?scp=4&sq=gay&st=cse/
A Setback in Maine for Gay Marriage, but Medical Marijuana Law Expands
By ABBY GOODNOUGH
In a stinging setback for the national gay-rights movement, Maine voters narrowly decided to repeal the state’s new law allowing same-sex marriage.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/us/politics/05maine.html?scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse/
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POLITICS DIGEST
By Robert McCartney
It's payback time for Northern Virginia in the wake of governor-elect Robert F. McDonnell's extraordinary landslide victory. The region voted for the Republican on Tuesday, and although the margin was narrower than elsewhere in the state, it represented a major turnabout in Virginia's most populous area and ended a strong pro-Democratic trend that began more than a decade ago.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/04/AR2009110404373.html/
Ask Amy
DEAR AMY: I'm a 24-year-old gay male. I have been "out" to my immediate family for about five years now. My family is very supportive and open about my sexual orientation when it's just the four of us, but I haven't told everyone in my extended family.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/26/AR2009102601215.html/
Gay groups say loss won't alter strategy
By Ashley Surdin
Gay rights advocates across the country are regrouping after a crushing defeat at the ballot box in Maine, pledging to continue their state-by-state effort to promote marriage equality and to turn their attention to a federal court case in California.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/04/AR2009110404822.html/
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Gay leaders blame TV ads, Obama for loss in Maine
By LISA LEFF and DAVID CRARY, Associated Press
Stunned and angry, national gay rights leaders Wednesday blamed scare-mongering ads - and President Barack Obama's lack of engagement - for a bitter election setback in Maine that could alter the dynamics for both sides in the gay-marriage debate.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/11/gay-leaders-blame-tv-ads-obama-for-loss-in-maine.html/
‘L Word’ band BETTY to play Saturday at Sleepless Night’s gay Out in the Tropics preview
BY STEVE ROTHAUS
The "gay positive'' band BETTY performs on the edge, making its three performers the perfect headliners for Robbie Rosenberg's new festival project, Out in the Tropics.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/11/l-word-band-betty-to-play-saturday-at-sleepless-nights-gay-out-in-the-tropics-preview.html/
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Gay couples: A close look at this modern family, parenting
By Sharon Jayson
So many gay couples today have kids that it has become a cultural phenomenon – there's even a new TV show about a modern family that includes a gay couple with an adopted baby.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-11-05-gayparents05_ST_N.htm?csp=34/
State lawmaker pushes for same-sex marriage in Michigan
Karen Bouffard / Detroit News Lansing Bureau
In the wake of Tuesday's passage of a gay rights ordinance in Kalamazoo, a state representative today introduced a plan to overturn Michigan's ban on same-sex marriage. Speaker Pro Tempore Pam Byrnes, D-Lyndon Township, introduced a resolution to amend the state constitution to allow same-sex marriage. Voters instituted the ban in 2004, when they approved Proposal 2. http://www.detnews.com/article/20091104/POLITICS02/911040443/1022/rss10/
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Charlie Crist in Conservative Crosshairs?
By Julie Bolcer
Following conservative Republicans’ efforts to oust a moderate candidate from an upstate New York congressional race, operatives appear to be targeting Florida governor Charlie Crist, who hopes to win his party’s nomination for a U.S. senate seat in 2010.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/11/05/Crist_in_Conservative_Crosshairs_/
Gay Voters Key to Atlanta Mayoral Runoff
By Julie Bolcer
In the runoff election for Atlanta mayor on December 1, candidates Mary Norwood and Kasim Reed may look toward the LGBT vote to tip the balance in their favor. Norwood, who could become the city’s first white mayor in 36 years, led voting on Tuesday with 46%, while state senator Reed received 36%. Each enjoys support from segments of the gay community, which is expected to turn out for other runoff elections of interest, like a city council seat in the sixth district, where a high concentration of LGBT live, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution .
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/11/05/Gay_Voters_Key_to_Atlanta_Mayoral_Runoff/
Gay Mormons Petition Church Leaders
By Julie Bolcer
The Foundation for Reconciliation, a group that seeks to improve relations between gay people and the Mormon Church, marked the first anniversary of the passage of Proposition 8 on Wednesday by delivering a trunk filled with 2,000 petitions to church leaders in Salt Lake City.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/11/05/Gay_Mormons_Petitioned_Church/
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NYC Cabbie kicks out gay couple for hugging
By 365gay Newswire
The New York Post reported today that a New York City taxi driver kicked a gay couple out of his vehicle after he saw them hugging in the backseat.
http://www.365gay.com/news/nyc-cabbie-kicks-out-gay-couple-for-hugging/
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Pink News - UK
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Jan Moir gets late nomination for Stonewall Bigot of the Year award
Daily Mail columnist Jan Moir has been added as a nominee for Stonewall's Bigot of the Year award. The journalist provoked outrage in October with an article that suggested Boyzone star Stephen Gately's death was "sleazy" and "unnatural".
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/05/jan-moir-gets-late-nomination-for-stonewall-bigot-of-the-year-award/
Trans writer defends 'offensive' Jesus, Queen of Heaven play
A trans woman who wrote a play portraying Jesus as undergoing transition to become a woman has defended her work, saying that protests by angry Christians have no foundation in the Bible.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/05/trans-writer-defends-offensive-jesus-queen-of-heaven-play/
Push for rights reforms after Texas gay bar raid
A task force set up after a police raid on a Fort Worth, Texas, gay bar has recommended a drastic reform of gay and trans rights in the city.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/05/push-for-rights-reforms-after-texas-gay-bar-raid/
Wisconsin Supreme Court rejects challenge to gay domestic partnerships
Wisconsin's Supreme Court has thrown out a legal challenge to the state's domestic partnerships law. The law came into force on August 3rd, making Wisconsin the first mid-western state to pass such a law through legislation.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/05/wisconsin-supreme-court-rejects-challenge-to-gay-domestic-partnerships/
British Museum hosts event for LGBT History Month
The British Museum is helping to kick off preparations for next year's LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans) History Month with a special event for teachers and youth workers and a reception.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/04/british-museum-hosts-event-for-lgbt-history-month/
Lesbian author Sarah Waters: 'Gay fiction is getting better'
Lesbian author Sarah Waters has said that the profiles of other female gay authors and their works are rising. In an interview with the Liverpool Daily Post, the Tipping the Velvet writer said the UK was currently seeing a trend for lesbian fiction.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/04/lesbian-author-sarah-waters-gay-fiction-is-getting-better/
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Action Alert: Urge Congress to Deny Financial Aid to Uganda
Truth Wins Out today urged Congress to deny financial aid to Uganda if the country passes a draconian bill that would trample the fundamental rights of the nation’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender population. The Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009 threatens sexual minorities with cruel and usual punishment for simply existing.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11215/
DC FOR MARRIAGE ON MAINE REPEAL AND LOCAL FIGHT FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Cathy Renna, 917-757-6123, cathy@rennacommunications.com
Laura McGinnis, 202-596-0402, laura@rennacommunications.com
Statement from Michael Crawford, Co-Chair of D.C. for Marriage on the Repeal of Marriage Equality in Maine:
“DC for Marriage is saddened to see fear-based lies once again trump the truth about same-sex couples and our families. Our hearts go out to the thousands of individuals who worked on the No on 1 campaign in Maine.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11214/
LGBT Leaders Eye Changes for 2020 Census Count
Matthew S. Bajko \ Bay Area Reporter \ EDGE Boston
The 2010 census count has yet to begin but LGBT leaders and demographers are already pushing for changes to the 2020 census. LGBT advocates would like to see the next decennial count include questions about people’s sexual orientation and gender identity. There is also an effort under way to see that the federal population count breaks out figures on how many legally married same-sex couples there are in the U.S.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11213/
ACLU-NJ Helps Resolve Issue Between Black Police Officers Group and LGBT Community
New Jersey Newsroom
The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (ACLU-NJ) and the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) announced the resolution of a dispute involving two women who were turned away from a fundraising dance hosted by the organization. The women claimed they and their friends were excluded based on their sexual orientation or gender expression.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11211/
IL: GLBT Lecture at Lancaster Seminary
Daily Record/Sunday News
Dr. Kathryn Tanner of the University of Chicago Divinity School will give the annual LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) lecture at Lancaster Theological Seminary 11 a.m. Nov. 12 in the Santee Chapel. Her theme will be Unnatural Associations: Christianity as an Experiment in Human Community.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11210/
Election Coverage: The World’s First ‘Civil Likes’ Movement
Wayne Besen \ Truth Wins Out
Instead of validating marriage for same-sex couples, Maine voters cruelly voted 52.75 percent to 47.25 percent (87 percent of precincts reporting) to strip away this most basic right and leave gay families and their children legally unprotected and vulnerable. According to journalist Rex Wockner, “it was the 31st time that same-sex marriage has lost at the ballot box in a U.S. state. It has never won.”
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11209/
Maine’s Same-Sex Marriage Opponents Claim Victory
Sarah Pulliam Bailey \ Christianity Today
Early exit polls show Maine heading towards a repeal of a state law that would have allowed same-sex marriage. The Legislature passed the law in May, but the election offered voters the chance to repeal the measure.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11208/
A Different Shade of Queer: Race, Sexuality and Marginalizing by the Marginalized
Chong-suk Han \ Bad Subjects
By now, two things are bitterly clear about our “shared” American experiences. One, a shared history of oppression rarely leads to coalition building among those who have been systematically denied their rights. More devastatingly, such shared experiences of oppression rarely lead to sympathy for others who are also marginalized, traumatized, and minimized by the dominant society. Rather, all too miserably, those who should naturally join in fighting discrimination find it more comforting to join their oppressors in oppressing others. As a gay man of color, I see this on a routine basis – whether it be racism in the gay community or homophobia in communities of color. And it pisses me off.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11207/
LGBT Racism Prevalent
Doug Spearman \ ILLVox
Most people have seen the rainbow flag of the gay community. The multiple stripes that are supposed to symbolize the various differences, in gender, nationality, race, and even proclivity, that make up the vibrancy of the LGBT community. Let me call your attention to something – the lines between the colors are sharp and clearly defined. They do not blend or run into one another. They’re still separate.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11206/
Election Night Brings Mixed Results
Lambda Legal
Last night advocates for LGBT equality were served a mixed bag of results.
Hopes for a historic electoral victory in favor of marriage rights were disappointed when Maine voters approved Question 1 by a margin of 53 percent to 47 percent. Voters blocked the bill ending marriage discrimination which legislators and the governor approved in May, dashing, for the moment, the dreams of thousands of couples in the state.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11205/
SLDN Announces Keynote for 2010 National Dinner
SLDN proudly welcomes Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-PA) - a fearless champion of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal - as the keynote speaker for our 18th Annual National Dinner. The event will take place Saturday, March 20, 2010, at 6:30 p.m. at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.
Register today: www.sldn.org/NationalDinner2010
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11204/
Maine Vote Signals Continued Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage
“Placed in historical context, same-sex marriage is an aberration embraced by a small fraction of the world’s population, not an inevitability as proponents suggest.” — IRD Vice President Alan Wisdom
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 /Christian Newswire/ — On Tuesday, voters in Maine made the state the 31st to uphold traditional marriage by popular vote. Passage of Question 1, the ballot referendum that repealed the state legislature’s same- sex marriage law, received wide support from Maine churches.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11203/
Chuck Wolfe: About Last Night
Gay Politics
It was tough to watch what happened in Maine, but that painful loss is not the whole story of last night. We’re winning Referendum 71 right now in Washington state, and voters in Kalamazoo overwhelmingly embraced equality in their city. And of the 79 openly LGBT candidates the Victory Fund endorsed for 2009, 50 are winning their races as of this morning and another six have advanced to runoff elections. (We’ll have a full Election Scorecard up soon.)
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11202/
Election 2009: Gay Candidates Score Visibility and Victories in Key Southern Races
Southern Studies
No big lessons or grand narratives emerged from yesterday’s off-year elections — but there were lots of interesting local stories that reveal the conflicted reality of the Purple South and country. Some updates and themes from the key races Facing South reported on yesterday and more:
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11201/
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Bigotry in Maine
Michael A. Jones \ Change.org
Despite the fact that same-sex marriage supporters led the campaign of their life to preserve marriage rights for gays and lesbians in Maine, the state narrowly voted to overturn a marriage equality law in yesterday’s ballot. It’s a bit of deja vu all over again this year, as activists still reeling over the 2008 loss in California with Proposition 8 now have to cope with a second straight loss for marriage equality, this time in Maine.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11200/
TX: Fort Worth Panel Urges Expansion of Gay Rights
MIKE LEE \ mikelee@star-telegram.com \ Star Telegram
FORT WORTH — A task force formed in the wake of the arrests at the Rainbow Lounge recommended a series of reforms Tuesday designed to give gay and lesbian residents equal treatment at City Hall.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11199/
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Republicans Win Virginia, New Jersey Governorships
By REUTERS
Republicans rolled to victory in Virginia and New Jersey governor's races on Tuesday in a sharp blow to Democrats that showed the limits of President Barack Obama's political clout.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/11/04/news/news-us-usa-elections.html?_r=1&scp=16&sq=gay&st=cse/
Some Notable Races and Measures on State Ballots
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Some notable races and measures in Tuesday's election: GOVERNORS:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/11/04/us/politics/AP-US-Election-Glance.html?scp=15&sq=gay&st=cse/
Houston Mayor's Race Going to Runoff
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Houston won't know who its new mayor will be until next month. City controller Annise Parker and former city attorney Gene Locke are headed to a runoff to become mayor of America's fourth-biggest city.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/11/04/us/politics/AP-US-Houston-Mayor.html?scp=14&sq=gay&st=cse/
Assessing Barack Obama
A year after Barack Obama was elected president, he is juggling many of the issues that defined his candidacy — and then some. He is in the middle of lengthy debate over whether to expand the war in Afghanistan, and he continues to press for an overhaul of the health care system. While it will be years before it is possible to gauge the success of his governing agenda, Times reporters offer these assessments of his record on some of the issues so far.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/11/04/us/politics/obama-first-year.html?scp=12&sq=gay&st=cse/
Conservative Loses Upstate House Race in Blow to Right
By JEREMY W. PETERS
Democrats won a special election in New York State’s northernmost Congressional district Tuesday, a setback for national conservatives who heavily promoted a third candidate in what became an intense debate over the direction of the Republican Party.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/nyregion/04district.html?scp=11&sq=gay&st=cse/
3 Contests on Election Day Could Signal Political Winds
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
In this supposedly quiet off-year election, three contests taking place Tuesday are filling the void. Voters in New Jersey and Virginia will elect governors, while voters in upstate New York are filling a vacant House seat in a race with national implications.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/us/politics/04nagourney.html?scp=10&sq=gay&st=cse/
Early Vote Favors Domestic Partner Law
By WILLIAM YARDLEY
Early returns showed voters in Washington narrowly approving a ballot measure that would expand legal protections for domestic partners.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/us/04washington.html?scp=9&sq=gay&st=cse/
A Year After Dousing, Republicans’ Hope Rekindled
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
The Republican victories in the races for New Jersey and Virginia governors put the party in a stronger position to turn back the political wave President Obama unleashed last year, setting the stage for Republicans to raise money, recruit candidates and ride the excitement of an energized base as the party heads into next year’s midterm elections.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/us/politics/04assess.html?scp=8&sq=gay&st=cse/
Maine Voters Latest to Turn Down Gay Marriage
By REUTERS
Voters in Maine on Tuesday overturned a law allowing same-sex couples to wed, dealing a fresh setback to the U.S. gay marriage movement in a race that attracted national attention. The law was approved by Maine's Legislature in May but was not implemented after opponents gathered enough signatures to put the issue to a "people's veto."
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/11/04/us/politics/politics-us-gaymarriage-maine.html?scp=7&sq=gay&st=cse/
Defeat in Maine a Harsh Blow to Gay-Marriage Drive
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The stars seemed aligned for supporters of gay marriage. They had Maine's governor, legislative leaders and major newspapers on their side, plus a huge edge in campaign funding. So losing a landmark referendum was a devastating blow, for activists in Maine and nationwide.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/11/04/us/politics/AP-US-Gay-Marriage-Analysis.html?scp=6&sq=gay&st=cse/
Bloomberg Wins 3rd Term as Mayor in Unexpectedly Close Race
By DAVID W. CHEN and MICHAEL BARBARO
Michael R. Bloomberg’s repeal of term limits and his campaign spending may have undermined his bid.
http://community.nytimes.com/comments/www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/nyregion/04mayor.html?scp=5&sq=gay&st=cse/
Maine Voters Repeal Law Allowing Gay Marriage
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cecelia Burnett and Ann Swanson had already set their wedding date. When they joined about 1,000 other gay marriage supporters for an election night party in a Holiday Inn ballroom, they hoped to celebrate the vote that would make it possible. Instead, they went home at midnight, dejected and near tears after a failed bid to make Maine the first state to approve same-sex marriage at the ballot box.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/11/04/us/AP-US-Gay-Marriage-Maine.html?scp=4&sq=gay&st=cse/
Now Pay-Per-Viewing | The Ace for Adults
By Rocky Casale
What at most hotels is a dirty (and lucrative) little secret, Ace Hotels has turned into another opportunity to explore the zeitgeist. The Portland-based chainlet recently announced it has struck a deal with Butt magazine, the pink-papered gay quarterly, to curate 16 homoerotic films for the video-on-demand service at its New York and Palm Springs, Calif., properties. Selected by Gert Jonkers and Jop van Bennekom, the Dutch publishers of Butt and the fashion magazine Fantastic Man, the video selections will include a range of rare and historic adult movies — some in 3-D! — that are in keeping with the magazine’s mission: to make titillation a cultural experience. A fixture in shops like Opening Ceremony, Butt regularly features the notable (Edmund White, Gus Van Sant) and the anonymous (Angel the Dominican carpenter) in various states of undress, which makes the Ace partnership no surprise. Since its start, the brand has aligned itself with independent tastemakers: Pearl’s Plus, Surface to Air, Arkitip, Doc Martens and Crush Fanzine are a few current collaborators keeping Ace among the avant-garde.
http://themoment.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/now-pay-per-viewing-the-ace-for-adults/?scp=3&sq=gay&st=cse/
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Washington Post
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Analysis: Nervous voters send message to Obama
By BETH FOUHY
Voters nervous about the economy and fed up with the political establishment dominated the off-year elections, sending a strong message to President Barack Obama, who won the White House as a change agent but has himself become the face of political power and incumbency.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/04/AR2009110400289.html/
Morning roundup: 'We're not a one-man team'
By Tarik El-Bashir
* Interesting read from Justin Bourne, a former minor-leaguer and the son of Bob Bourne, on gay slurs in hockey (USA Today via Puck Daddy):
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalsinsider/morning-roundup-were-not-a-one.html/
Houston mayor's race going to runoff
By MICHAEL GRACZYK
Houston won't know who its new mayor will be until next month. City controller Annise Parker and former city attorney Gene Locke are headed to a runoff to become mayor of America's fourth-biggest city.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/04/AR2009110400082.html/
Republicans win Virginia, New Jersey governorships
Reuters
Republicans rolled to victory in Virginia and New Jersey governor's races on Tuesday in a sharp blow to Democrats that showed the limits of President Barack Obama's political clout. After suffering a one-two punch in those two states, Democrats salvaged a victory over a conservative candidate in a congressional district in upstate New York in a race that exposed a split in the Republican Party.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/04/AR2009110400213.html/
Maine voters latest to turn down gay marriage
By Ros Krasny
Voters in Maine on Tuesday overturned a law allowing same-sex couples to wed, dealing a fresh setback to the U.S. gay marriage movement in a race that attracted national attention.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/04/AR2009110400195.html/
Dejection fills ballroom after gay marriage vote
By JOHN CURRAN
Cecelia Burnett and Ann Swanson had already set their wedding date. When they joined about 1,000 other gay marriage supporters for an election night party in a Holiday Inn ballroom, they hoped to celebrate the vote that would make it possible.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/04/AR2009110400360.html/
Defeat in Maine a harsh blow to gay-marriage drive
By DAVID CRARY
The stars seemed aligned for supporters of gay marriage. They had Maine's governor, legislative leaders and major newspapers on their side, plus a huge edge in campaign funding. So losing a landmark referendum was a devastating blow, for activists in Maine and nationwide.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/04/AR2009110400273.html/
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Florida: Crist Faces Test From Right in Bid for Senate
After Big Role in New York House Race, Conservatives Back Ex-Legislator to Try to Take Down Florida's Republican Governor
By PETER WALLSTEN
Conservatives, energized by their role in shaping Tuesday's New York congressional election, have set Florida in their sights as the big battleground for 2010.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125729696642626859.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_news/
Republicans Win in Key States
By JONATHAN WEISMAN and COREY DADE
A Republican sweep in Virginia and New Jersey on Tuesday shifted the political terrain against President Barack Obama only a year after his historic election. In New Jersey, Republican former U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie ousted incumbent Democrat Jon S. Corzine with a surprisingly strong showing. Virginia voters elected Republican former Attorney General Bob McDonnell as their commonwealth's next governor, handing the state back to the GOP after eight years of Democratic rule.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125725664832525241.html/
Democrat Wins New York House Race
By ANTON TROIANOVSKI
Democrat Bill Owens won a hard-fought race for a U.S. House seat in New York's 23rd district that pitted many conservative Republicans against the party establishment.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125726376474325549.html/
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Prejean Settles Lawsuits with Miss California USA Pageant
A pair of lawsuits involving former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean have been settled. Prejean and pageant officials announced Tuesday that both sides have dropped their claims. Prejean, a 22-year-old San Diego native, sued the pageant's co-executive directors, Keith Lewis and former Miss USA Shanna Moakler, as well as pageant publicist Roger Neal, on allegations of libel, slander and religious discrimination in Los Angeles Superior Court in August.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/ktla-prejean-sued,0,317771.story/
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Lesbian top vote getter, enters runoff in race to become next mayor of Houston
By MICHAEL GRACZYK
Houston won't know who its new mayor will be until next month. City controller Annise Parker and former city attorney Gene Locke are headed to a runoff to become mayor of America's fourth-biggest city. Parker, who would be the first openly gay mayor of Houston, collected nearly 31 percent of the vote Tuesday.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/11/lesbian-top-vote-getter-enters-runoff-in-race-to-become-next-mayor-of-houston.html/
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Expanded gay rights leading in early returns
By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press Writer
Washington state voters on Tuesday were narrowly approving the state's new "everything but marriage" law that marks a significant expansion of rights for gay couples. With about 50 percent of the expected vote counted, Referendum 71 was leading 51 percent to 49 percent. http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69031042.html/
Detroit elects first openly gay city councilmember
Victory Fund candidate Charles Pugh has won his race and will become the first openly gay member of the Detroit City Council. But the political newcomer could also become the city council president if he continues to hold on to the top spot among 18 candidates vying for 9 at-large city council seats. Pugh, a former radio and TV personality well-known to Detroiters, gained national media attention when he quit his media jobs and threw his hat in the ring for a spot on the council.
http://www.gaypolitics.com/2009/11/03/detroit-elects-first-openly-gay-city-councilmember/
Lesbian wins seat on Akron, Ohio City Council
Victory-backed candidate Sandra Kurt will become the first openly LGBT member of the Akron, Ohio City Council after beating back last-minute anti-gay attacks to win her election tonight. Kurt, a longtime Democratic activist, was a first-time candidate.
http://www.gaypolitics.com/2009/11/03/lesbian-wins-seat-on-akron-ohio-city-council/
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The Advocate
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N.Y. Gay Marriage Hope Fading?
By Julie Bolcer
As New York lawmakers prepare for a special session next week called by Governor David Paterson, some are questioning whether the senate will bring the gay marriage bill to the floor for a vote, despite previous assurances from some Democratic leaders.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/11/04/N_Y__Gay_Marriage_Hope_Fading_/
Pat Boone Wants Kevin Jennings Gassed
Pat Boone, the singer turned conservative political commentator, says the White House needs to be tented in order to get rid of the “parasites, vermin, roaches, rats, worms, and termites” that have found their way into the government.
By Christopher Mangum
Pat Boone, the singer turned conservative political commentator, says the White House needs to be tented in order to get rid of the “parasites, vermin, roaches, rats, worms, and termites” that have found their way into the government.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/11/03/Pat_Boone_Wants_Kevin_Jennings_Gassed/
Gay Man Elected to SLC Council
By Julie Bolcer
Salt Lake City received its first openly gay council member on Tuesday, when Stan Penfold was elected to the district 3 seat representing the Avenues and Capitol Hill.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/11/04/Gay_Man_Elected_to_SLC_Council/
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Echoes of Prop 8 as Maine voters repeal gay marriage
Voters in Maine have opted to repeal a new law which would give gay couples in the state the right to marry. The latest figures show that 52.7 per cent of citizens voted against the new right, compared to 47.2 per cent in favour.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/04/echoes-of-prop-8-as-maine-voters-repeal-gay-marriage/
Gay man attacked in Ilford, London
A gay man in his fifties was the victim of a homophobic attack in Ilford, east London, on Saturday. Two 18-year old men have been arrested on suspicion of assault and are being held in custody.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/04/gay-man-attacked-in-ilford-london/
Christians protest over Glasgow play which shows Jesus as a trans woman
Christian groups have been holding protests outside a Glasgow theatre which portrays Jesus as a trans woman. Jesus, Queen of Heaven is being shown as part of the Glasgay! art festival.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/04/christians-protest-over-glasgow-play-which-shows-jesus-as-a-trans-woman/
Scotland to give lesbians equal IVF rights
Lesbian couples in Scotland will soon be given equal rights to fertility treatment on the NHS. Following legal action by one lesbian couple, the government has set up an advisory group which is expected to recommend early next year that lesbians should be routinely allowed access to NHS fertility services.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/03/scotland-to-give-lesbians-equal-ivf-rights/
France condemns Uganda's proposed anti-gay law
The French foreign ministry has attacked a bill in Uganda which would see gay people facing the death penalty or life imprisonment.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/03/judges-sympathy-for-trans-woman/
Peter Tatchell accuses academics of smearing him
Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has claimed he is a victim of "lies and smears" after complaining about a chapter in an academic text.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/03/peter-tatchell-accuses-academics-of-smearing-him/
Two Washington DC students hurt in anti-gay attacks
Two students at Georgetown University, Washington DC, have reported being the victim of homophobic attacks. In one, a male student had to be hospitalised after being beaten by a man.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/03/two-washington-dc-students-hurt-in-anti-gay-attacks/
Three-year-old child 'involved in homophobic attacks'
A three or four-year-old child was allegedly part of a gang which harassed a gay man at his home, Gloucester youth court heard this week.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/03/three-year-old-child-involved-in-homophobic-attacks/
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Daily Queer News
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Marine Commandant Opposes Lifting US Military Gay Ban
Jessica Geen \ Pink News
Marine Commandant General James Conway has emerged as one of the most outspoken critics of lifting the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the US military. A former senior Pentagon official told the Washington Times that Conway had been more outspoken than other service chiefs, saying: “He feels very strongly that [removing the ban] would be disruptive, and he opposes it.”
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11182/
GA: Pastors at Atlanta Pride Festival Apologize to Gay Community
ATLANTA, Nov. 3 /Christian Newswire/ — In an effort to apologize to the homosexual community for the way religious people too often target and treat gay individuals, pastors Craig Gross and Jason Harper shared the unprejudiced and unconditional love of Jesus to people at the 39th annual Atlanta Pride Festival, held this past weekend.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11181/
TX: Disabled Students Restrained, Injured in Public Schools
Emily Ramshaw \ Texas Tribune
Texas educators forcibly pinned down students with disabilities more than 18,000 times in the last school year, sometimes injuring them in the process. A Texas Tribune review of state data shows public school educators used so-called “physical restraints” – a tool to control or discipline students with disabilities – roughly 100 times a day during the 2007-08 school year.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11179/
Scotland to Give Lesbians Equal IVF Rights
Jessica Geen \ Pink News
Lesbian couples in Scotland will soon be given equal rights to fertility treatment on the NHS. Following legal action by one lesbian couple, the government has set up an advisory group which is expected to recommend early next year that lesbians should be routinely allowed access to NHS fertility services.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11183/
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Republicans Win Virginia, New Jersey Governorships
By REUTERS
Republicans rolled to victory in Virginia and New Jersey governor's races on Tuesday in a sharp blow to Democrats that showed the limits of President Barack Obama's political clout.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/11/04/news/news-us-usa-elections.html?_r=1&scp=16&sq=gay&st=cse/
Some Notable Races and Measures on State Ballots
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Some notable races and measures in Tuesday's election: GOVERNORS:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/11/04/us/politics/AP-US-Election-Glance.html?scp=15&sq=gay&st=cse/
Houston Mayor's Race Going to Runoff
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Houston won't know who its new mayor will be until next month. City controller Annise Parker and former city attorney Gene Locke are headed to a runoff to become mayor of America's fourth-biggest city.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/11/04/us/politics/AP-US-Houston-Mayor.html?scp=14&sq=gay&st=cse/
Assessing Barack Obama
A year after Barack Obama was elected president, he is juggling many of the issues that defined his candidacy — and then some. He is in the middle of lengthy debate over whether to expand the war in Afghanistan, and he continues to press for an overhaul of the health care system. While it will be years before it is possible to gauge the success of his governing agenda, Times reporters offer these assessments of his record on some of the issues so far.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/11/04/us/politics/obama-first-year.html?scp=12&sq=gay&st=cse/
Conservative Loses Upstate House Race in Blow to Right
By JEREMY W. PETERS
Democrats won a special election in New York State’s northernmost Congressional district Tuesday, a setback for national conservatives who heavily promoted a third candidate in what became an intense debate over the direction of the Republican Party.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/nyregion/04district.html?scp=11&sq=gay&st=cse/
3 Contests on Election Day Could Signal Political Winds
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
In this supposedly quiet off-year election, three contests taking place Tuesday are filling the void. Voters in New Jersey and Virginia will elect governors, while voters in upstate New York are filling a vacant House seat in a race with national implications.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/us/politics/04nagourney.html?scp=10&sq=gay&st=cse/
Early Vote Favors Domestic Partner Law
By WILLIAM YARDLEY
Early returns showed voters in Washington narrowly approving a ballot measure that would expand legal protections for domestic partners.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/us/04washington.html?scp=9&sq=gay&st=cse/
A Year After Dousing, Republicans’ Hope Rekindled
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
The Republican victories in the races for New Jersey and Virginia governors put the party in a stronger position to turn back the political wave President Obama unleashed last year, setting the stage for Republicans to raise money, recruit candidates and ride the excitement of an energized base as the party heads into next year’s midterm elections.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/us/politics/04assess.html?scp=8&sq=gay&st=cse/
Maine Voters Latest to Turn Down Gay Marriage
By REUTERS
Voters in Maine on Tuesday overturned a law allowing same-sex couples to wed, dealing a fresh setback to the U.S. gay marriage movement in a race that attracted national attention. The law was approved by Maine's Legislature in May but was not implemented after opponents gathered enough signatures to put the issue to a "people's veto."
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/11/04/us/politics/politics-us-gaymarriage-maine.html?scp=7&sq=gay&st=cse/
Defeat in Maine a Harsh Blow to Gay-Marriage Drive
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The stars seemed aligned for supporters of gay marriage. They had Maine's governor, legislative leaders and major newspapers on their side, plus a huge edge in campaign funding. So losing a landmark referendum was a devastating blow, for activists in Maine and nationwide.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/11/04/us/politics/AP-US-Gay-Marriage-Analysis.html?scp=6&sq=gay&st=cse/
Bloomberg Wins 3rd Term as Mayor in Unexpectedly Close Race
By DAVID W. CHEN and MICHAEL BARBARO
Michael R. Bloomberg’s repeal of term limits and his campaign spending may have undermined his bid.
http://community.nytimes.com/comments/www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/nyregion/04mayor.html?scp=5&sq=gay&st=cse/
Maine Voters Repeal Law Allowing Gay Marriage
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cecelia Burnett and Ann Swanson had already set their wedding date. When they joined about 1,000 other gay marriage supporters for an election night party in a Holiday Inn ballroom, they hoped to celebrate the vote that would make it possible. Instead, they went home at midnight, dejected and near tears after a failed bid to make Maine the first state to approve same-sex marriage at the ballot box.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/11/04/us/AP-US-Gay-Marriage-Maine.html?scp=4&sq=gay&st=cse/
Now Pay-Per-Viewing | The Ace for Adults
By Rocky Casale
What at most hotels is a dirty (and lucrative) little secret, Ace Hotels has turned into another opportunity to explore the zeitgeist. The Portland-based chainlet recently announced it has struck a deal with Butt magazine, the pink-papered gay quarterly, to curate 16 homoerotic films for the video-on-demand service at its New York and Palm Springs, Calif., properties. Selected by Gert Jonkers and Jop van Bennekom, the Dutch publishers of Butt and the fashion magazine Fantastic Man, the video selections will include a range of rare and historic adult movies — some in 3-D! — that are in keeping with the magazine’s mission: to make titillation a cultural experience. A fixture in shops like Opening Ceremony, Butt regularly features the notable (Edmund White, Gus Van Sant) and the anonymous (Angel the Dominican carpenter) in various states of undress, which makes the Ace partnership no surprise. Since its start, the brand has aligned itself with independent tastemakers: Pearl’s Plus, Surface to Air, Arkitip, Doc Martens and Crush Fanzine are a few current collaborators keeping Ace among the avant-garde.
http://themoment.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/now-pay-per-viewing-the-ace-for-adults/?scp=3&sq=gay&st=cse/
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Analysis: Nervous voters send message to Obama
By BETH FOUHY
Voters nervous about the economy and fed up with the political establishment dominated the off-year elections, sending a strong message to President Barack Obama, who won the White House as a change agent but has himself become the face of political power and incumbency.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/04/AR2009110400289.html/
Morning roundup: 'We're not a one-man team'
By Tarik El-Bashir
* Interesting read from Justin Bourne, a former minor-leaguer and the son of Bob Bourne, on gay slurs in hockey (USA Today via Puck Daddy):
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalsinsider/morning-roundup-were-not-a-one.html/
Houston mayor's race going to runoff
By MICHAEL GRACZYK
Houston won't know who its new mayor will be until next month. City controller Annise Parker and former city attorney Gene Locke are headed to a runoff to become mayor of America's fourth-biggest city.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/04/AR2009110400082.html/
Republicans win Virginia, New Jersey governorships
Reuters
Republicans rolled to victory in Virginia and New Jersey governor's races on Tuesday in a sharp blow to Democrats that showed the limits of President Barack Obama's political clout. After suffering a one-two punch in those two states, Democrats salvaged a victory over a conservative candidate in a congressional district in upstate New York in a race that exposed a split in the Republican Party.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/04/AR2009110400213.html/
Maine voters latest to turn down gay marriage
By Ros Krasny
Voters in Maine on Tuesday overturned a law allowing same-sex couples to wed, dealing a fresh setback to the U.S. gay marriage movement in a race that attracted national attention.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/04/AR2009110400195.html/
Dejection fills ballroom after gay marriage vote
By JOHN CURRAN
Cecelia Burnett and Ann Swanson had already set their wedding date. When they joined about 1,000 other gay marriage supporters for an election night party in a Holiday Inn ballroom, they hoped to celebrate the vote that would make it possible.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/04/AR2009110400360.html/
Defeat in Maine a harsh blow to gay-marriage drive
By DAVID CRARY
The stars seemed aligned for supporters of gay marriage. They had Maine's governor, legislative leaders and major newspapers on their side, plus a huge edge in campaign funding. So losing a landmark referendum was a devastating blow, for activists in Maine and nationwide.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/04/AR2009110400273.html/
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Florida: Crist Faces Test From Right in Bid for Senate
After Big Role in New York House Race, Conservatives Back Ex-Legislator to Try to Take Down Florida's Republican Governor
By PETER WALLSTEN
Conservatives, energized by their role in shaping Tuesday's New York congressional election, have set Florida in their sights as the big battleground for 2010.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125729696642626859.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_news/
Republicans Win in Key States
By JONATHAN WEISMAN and COREY DADE
A Republican sweep in Virginia and New Jersey on Tuesday shifted the political terrain against President Barack Obama only a year after his historic election. In New Jersey, Republican former U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie ousted incumbent Democrat Jon S. Corzine with a surprisingly strong showing. Virginia voters elected Republican former Attorney General Bob McDonnell as their commonwealth's next governor, handing the state back to the GOP after eight years of Democratic rule.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125725664832525241.html/
Democrat Wins New York House Race
By ANTON TROIANOVSKI
Democrat Bill Owens won a hard-fought race for a U.S. House seat in New York's 23rd district that pitted many conservative Republicans against the party establishment.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125726376474325549.html/
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Prejean Settles Lawsuits with Miss California USA Pageant
A pair of lawsuits involving former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean have been settled. Prejean and pageant officials announced Tuesday that both sides have dropped their claims. Prejean, a 22-year-old San Diego native, sued the pageant's co-executive directors, Keith Lewis and former Miss USA Shanna Moakler, as well as pageant publicist Roger Neal, on allegations of libel, slander and religious discrimination in Los Angeles Superior Court in August.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/ktla-prejean-sued,0,317771.story/
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Lesbian top vote getter, enters runoff in race to become next mayor of Houston
By MICHAEL GRACZYK
Houston won't know who its new mayor will be until next month. City controller Annise Parker and former city attorney Gene Locke are headed to a runoff to become mayor of America's fourth-biggest city. Parker, who would be the first openly gay mayor of Houston, collected nearly 31 percent of the vote Tuesday.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/11/lesbian-top-vote-getter-enters-runoff-in-race-to-become-next-mayor-of-houston.html/
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South Florida Blade
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Expanded gay rights leading in early returns
By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press Writer
Washington state voters on Tuesday were narrowly approving the state's new "everything but marriage" law that marks a significant expansion of rights for gay couples. With about 50 percent of the expected vote counted, Referendum 71 was leading 51 percent to 49 percent. http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69031042.html/
Detroit elects first openly gay city councilmember
Victory Fund candidate Charles Pugh has won his race and will become the first openly gay member of the Detroit City Council. But the political newcomer could also become the city council president if he continues to hold on to the top spot among 18 candidates vying for 9 at-large city council seats. Pugh, a former radio and TV personality well-known to Detroiters, gained national media attention when he quit his media jobs and threw his hat in the ring for a spot on the council.
http://www.gaypolitics.com/2009/11/03/detroit-elects-first-openly-gay-city-councilmember/
Lesbian wins seat on Akron, Ohio City Council
Victory-backed candidate Sandra Kurt will become the first openly LGBT member of the Akron, Ohio City Council after beating back last-minute anti-gay attacks to win her election tonight. Kurt, a longtime Democratic activist, was a first-time candidate.
http://www.gaypolitics.com/2009/11/03/lesbian-wins-seat-on-akron-ohio-city-council/
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The Advocate
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N.Y. Gay Marriage Hope Fading?
By Julie Bolcer
As New York lawmakers prepare for a special session next week called by Governor David Paterson, some are questioning whether the senate will bring the gay marriage bill to the floor for a vote, despite previous assurances from some Democratic leaders.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/11/04/N_Y__Gay_Marriage_Hope_Fading_/
Pat Boone Wants Kevin Jennings Gassed
Pat Boone, the singer turned conservative political commentator, says the White House needs to be tented in order to get rid of the “parasites, vermin, roaches, rats, worms, and termites” that have found their way into the government.
By Christopher Mangum
Pat Boone, the singer turned conservative political commentator, says the White House needs to be tented in order to get rid of the “parasites, vermin, roaches, rats, worms, and termites” that have found their way into the government.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/11/03/Pat_Boone_Wants_Kevin_Jennings_Gassed/
Gay Man Elected to SLC Council
By Julie Bolcer
Salt Lake City received its first openly gay council member on Tuesday, when Stan Penfold was elected to the district 3 seat representing the Avenues and Capitol Hill.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/11/04/Gay_Man_Elected_to_SLC_Council/
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Pink News - UK
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Echoes of Prop 8 as Maine voters repeal gay marriage
Voters in Maine have opted to repeal a new law which would give gay couples in the state the right to marry. The latest figures show that 52.7 per cent of citizens voted against the new right, compared to 47.2 per cent in favour.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/04/echoes-of-prop-8-as-maine-voters-repeal-gay-marriage/
Gay man attacked in Ilford, London
A gay man in his fifties was the victim of a homophobic attack in Ilford, east London, on Saturday. Two 18-year old men have been arrested on suspicion of assault and are being held in custody.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/04/gay-man-attacked-in-ilford-london/
Christians protest over Glasgow play which shows Jesus as a trans woman
Christian groups have been holding protests outside a Glasgow theatre which portrays Jesus as a trans woman. Jesus, Queen of Heaven is being shown as part of the Glasgay! art festival.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/04/christians-protest-over-glasgow-play-which-shows-jesus-as-a-trans-woman/
Scotland to give lesbians equal IVF rights
Lesbian couples in Scotland will soon be given equal rights to fertility treatment on the NHS. Following legal action by one lesbian couple, the government has set up an advisory group which is expected to recommend early next year that lesbians should be routinely allowed access to NHS fertility services.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/03/scotland-to-give-lesbians-equal-ivf-rights/
France condemns Uganda's proposed anti-gay law
The French foreign ministry has attacked a bill in Uganda which would see gay people facing the death penalty or life imprisonment.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/03/judges-sympathy-for-trans-woman/
Peter Tatchell accuses academics of smearing him
Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has claimed he is a victim of "lies and smears" after complaining about a chapter in an academic text.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/03/peter-tatchell-accuses-academics-of-smearing-him/
Two Washington DC students hurt in anti-gay attacks
Two students at Georgetown University, Washington DC, have reported being the victim of homophobic attacks. In one, a male student had to be hospitalised after being beaten by a man.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/03/two-washington-dc-students-hurt-in-anti-gay-attacks/
Three-year-old child 'involved in homophobic attacks'
A three or four-year-old child was allegedly part of a gang which harassed a gay man at his home, Gloucester youth court heard this week.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/03/three-year-old-child-involved-in-homophobic-attacks/
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Marine Commandant Opposes Lifting US Military Gay Ban
Jessica Geen \ Pink News
Marine Commandant General James Conway has emerged as one of the most outspoken critics of lifting the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the US military. A former senior Pentagon official told the Washington Times that Conway had been more outspoken than other service chiefs, saying: “He feels very strongly that [removing the ban] would be disruptive, and he opposes it.”
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11182/
GA: Pastors at Atlanta Pride Festival Apologize to Gay Community
ATLANTA, Nov. 3 /Christian Newswire/ — In an effort to apologize to the homosexual community for the way religious people too often target and treat gay individuals, pastors Craig Gross and Jason Harper shared the unprejudiced and unconditional love of Jesus to people at the 39th annual Atlanta Pride Festival, held this past weekend.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11181/
TX: Disabled Students Restrained, Injured in Public Schools
Emily Ramshaw \ Texas Tribune
Texas educators forcibly pinned down students with disabilities more than 18,000 times in the last school year, sometimes injuring them in the process. A Texas Tribune review of state data shows public school educators used so-called “physical restraints” – a tool to control or discipline students with disabilities – roughly 100 times a day during the 2007-08 school year.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11179/
Scotland to Give Lesbians Equal IVF Rights
Jessica Geen \ Pink News
Lesbian couples in Scotland will soon be given equal rights to fertility treatment on the NHS. Following legal action by one lesbian couple, the government has set up an advisory group which is expected to recommend early next year that lesbians should be routinely allowed access to NHS fertility services.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11183/
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009
GLBT DIGEST - November 03, 2009
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New York Times
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What's at Stake in Tuesday's Elections
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
What's at stake in Tuesday's election:
GOVERNORS: Voters in two states, New Jersey and Virginia, are electing governors.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/11/03/us/politics/AP-US-Whats-At-Stake.html?_r=1&scp=5&sq=gay&st=cse/
Biden Stumps in a Race Steeped in Ideology
By JEREMY W. PETERS
Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. threw the heft of the White House behind the Democratic candidate on Monday in a race for a vacant Congressional seat that both Democrats and Republicans view as significant tests of their political fortunes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/nyregion/03upstate.html?scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse/
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What's Obama made of?
By Howard Kurtz
One year after he was elected, we're still asking questions about Barack Obama's character. By we, I mean, of course, the people who pop off about politics for a living. But maybe some voters as well.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/03/AR2009110300446.html/
Election 2009: Va. and N.J. governors races, Va. attorney general race, NY-23, gay marriage in Maine, more
Up to the minute returns and analysis
Robert McCartney
Washington Post Metro columnist Robert McCartney will be online Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m. ET to discuss and analyze the 2009 primary and general election returns for Virginia governor and attorney general, the New Jersey governor's race, the NY-23 election, gay marriage in Maine and more with the latest news throughout the evening.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2009/10/30/DI2009103002873.html/
2nd GU student hurt in anti-gay attacks
Another campus vigil held; university officials team with city police
By Jenna Johnson
For the second time in a week, a Georgetown University student has reported being attacked and called an anti-gay slur while walking near campus, prompting yet another student gathering Monday evening to show support for the victims.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/02/AR2009110202120.html/
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Baldwin urges Clinton to condemn Ugandan anti-gay bill
Out Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) submitted a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging her to condemn the anti-gay bill recently introduced in Uganda, requesting that the she “use every means possible to convey to Ugandan leaders that this bill is appalling, reckless, and should be withdrawn immediately.” The proposed bill would not only criminalize homosexuality, but would also penalize those who support gay rights, or even refuse to turn in others for being gay.
http://www.gaypolitics.com/2009/10/31/baldwin-urges-clinton-to-condemn-ugandan-anti-gay-bill/
Gay marriage advocates look to the 2012 ballot
By Jeff Mapes, The Oregonian
The front page of The Oregonian on Monday brought the news that Basic Rights Oregon plans an initiative drive to repeal the state's ban on same-sex marriage, which voters approved just five years ago.
http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2009/11/gay_marriage_advocates_look_to.html/
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New study offers first demographic picture of gay spouses
The Williams Institute for Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy at UCLA Law issued a report today analyzing newly released data from the US Census Bureau. The study examines data from the 2008 American Community Survey (ACS). For the first time, the Census Bureau has released data in which same-sex couples who refer to one another as “husband” or “wife” are differentiated from those who refer to one another as “unmarried partners.” This study is the first to examine the difference and similarities among same-sex couples and married different-sex couples in the ACS.
http://www.365gay.com/news/new-study-offers-first-demographic-picture-of-gay-spouses/
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Marine Commandant opposes lifting US military gay ban
Marine Commandant General James Conway has emerged as one of the most outspoken critics of lifting the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the US military.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/03/marine-commandant-opposes-lifting-us-military-gay-ban/
Three-year-old child 'involved in homophobic attacks'
A three or four-year-old child was allegedly part of a gang which harassed a gay man at his home, Gloucester youth court heard this week.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/03/three-year-old-child-involved-in-homophobic-attacks/
Danish club fires footballer for 'I hate gays' comment
Polish goalkeeper Arek Onyszko has been fired by FC Midtjylland, a Danish football club, for making homophobic comments in his autobiography. The player's book, titled F**king Polack, was released yesterday. In it, he detailed his hate of homosexuality.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/03/danish-club-fires-footballer-for-i-hate-gays-comment/
Comment: The way forward for HIV prevention
Earlier this year, Gary Leigh wrote an article for PinkNews.co.uk attacking the HIV prevention centre for not doing enough to tackle the threat of HIV. His article provoked anger from some HIV charities, while dividing opinion among our readers.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/02/comment-the-way-forward-for-hiv-prevention/
Christian registrar takes civil partnerships complaint to court of appeal
Lillian Ladele, the Islington registrar who refused to perform civil partnership ceremonies for gay couples, will argue her case in the court of appeal today.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/02/christian-registrar-takes-civil-partnerships-complaint-to-court-of-appeal/
Debate looks at homophobia in football
Kick It Out, football’s equality and inclusion campaign, concluded its One Game, One Community weeks of action campaign last week with an event at Brighton and Hove Albion FC to debate the issue of homophobia in football
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/02/debate-looks-at-homophobia-in-football/
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MI: Can Detroit’s First Openly Gay Pol Save the City?
Steven Gray / Detroit \ Time
Just one week ago, Charles Pugh was poised to become not only Detroit’s first openly gay elected official, but its city council president when voters here go to the polls Tuesday. But the flashy former television reporter has an unpleasant new distinction: Pugh recently acknowledged that his three-story home near downtown Detroit has been foreclosed, raising serious questions about his business acumen at a time when this city is on the brink of financial collapse.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11140/
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What's at Stake in Tuesday's Elections
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
What's at stake in Tuesday's election:
GOVERNORS: Voters in two states, New Jersey and Virginia, are electing governors.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/11/03/us/politics/AP-US-Whats-At-Stake.html?_r=1&scp=5&sq=gay&st=cse/
Biden Stumps in a Race Steeped in Ideology
By JEREMY W. PETERS
Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. threw the heft of the White House behind the Democratic candidate on Monday in a race for a vacant Congressional seat that both Democrats and Republicans view as significant tests of their political fortunes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/nyregion/03upstate.html?scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse/
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Washington Post
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What's Obama made of?
By Howard Kurtz
One year after he was elected, we're still asking questions about Barack Obama's character. By we, I mean, of course, the people who pop off about politics for a living. But maybe some voters as well.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/03/AR2009110300446.html/
Election 2009: Va. and N.J. governors races, Va. attorney general race, NY-23, gay marriage in Maine, more
Up to the minute returns and analysis
Robert McCartney
Washington Post Metro columnist Robert McCartney will be online Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m. ET to discuss and analyze the 2009 primary and general election returns for Virginia governor and attorney general, the New Jersey governor's race, the NY-23 election, gay marriage in Maine and more with the latest news throughout the evening.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2009/10/30/DI2009103002873.html/
2nd GU student hurt in anti-gay attacks
Another campus vigil held; university officials team with city police
By Jenna Johnson
For the second time in a week, a Georgetown University student has reported being attacked and called an anti-gay slur while walking near campus, prompting yet another student gathering Monday evening to show support for the victims.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/02/AR2009110202120.html/
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South Florida Blade
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Baldwin urges Clinton to condemn Ugandan anti-gay bill
Out Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) submitted a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging her to condemn the anti-gay bill recently introduced in Uganda, requesting that the she “use every means possible to convey to Ugandan leaders that this bill is appalling, reckless, and should be withdrawn immediately.” The proposed bill would not only criminalize homosexuality, but would also penalize those who support gay rights, or even refuse to turn in others for being gay.
http://www.gaypolitics.com/2009/10/31/baldwin-urges-clinton-to-condemn-ugandan-anti-gay-bill/
Gay marriage advocates look to the 2012 ballot
By Jeff Mapes, The Oregonian
The front page of The Oregonian on Monday brought the news that Basic Rights Oregon plans an initiative drive to repeal the state's ban on same-sex marriage, which voters approved just five years ago.
http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2009/11/gay_marriage_advocates_look_to.html/
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New study offers first demographic picture of gay spouses
The Williams Institute for Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy at UCLA Law issued a report today analyzing newly released data from the US Census Bureau. The study examines data from the 2008 American Community Survey (ACS). For the first time, the Census Bureau has released data in which same-sex couples who refer to one another as “husband” or “wife” are differentiated from those who refer to one another as “unmarried partners.” This study is the first to examine the difference and similarities among same-sex couples and married different-sex couples in the ACS.
http://www.365gay.com/news/new-study-offers-first-demographic-picture-of-gay-spouses/
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Marine Commandant opposes lifting US military gay ban
Marine Commandant General James Conway has emerged as one of the most outspoken critics of lifting the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the US military.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/03/marine-commandant-opposes-lifting-us-military-gay-ban/
Three-year-old child 'involved in homophobic attacks'
A three or four-year-old child was allegedly part of a gang which harassed a gay man at his home, Gloucester youth court heard this week.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/03/three-year-old-child-involved-in-homophobic-attacks/
Danish club fires footballer for 'I hate gays' comment
Polish goalkeeper Arek Onyszko has been fired by FC Midtjylland, a Danish football club, for making homophobic comments in his autobiography. The player's book, titled F**king Polack, was released yesterday. In it, he detailed his hate of homosexuality.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/03/danish-club-fires-footballer-for-i-hate-gays-comment/
Comment: The way forward for HIV prevention
Earlier this year, Gary Leigh wrote an article for PinkNews.co.uk attacking the HIV prevention centre for not doing enough to tackle the threat of HIV. His article provoked anger from some HIV charities, while dividing opinion among our readers.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/02/comment-the-way-forward-for-hiv-prevention/
Christian registrar takes civil partnerships complaint to court of appeal
Lillian Ladele, the Islington registrar who refused to perform civil partnership ceremonies for gay couples, will argue her case in the court of appeal today.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/02/christian-registrar-takes-civil-partnerships-complaint-to-court-of-appeal/
Debate looks at homophobia in football
Kick It Out, football’s equality and inclusion campaign, concluded its One Game, One Community weeks of action campaign last week with an event at Brighton and Hove Albion FC to debate the issue of homophobia in football
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/02/debate-looks-at-homophobia-in-football/
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MI: Can Detroit’s First Openly Gay Pol Save the City?
Steven Gray / Detroit \ Time
Just one week ago, Charles Pugh was poised to become not only Detroit’s first openly gay elected official, but its city council president when voters here go to the polls Tuesday. But the flashy former television reporter has an unpleasant new distinction: Pugh recently acknowledged that his three-story home near downtown Detroit has been foreclosed, raising serious questions about his business acumen at a time when this city is on the brink of financial collapse.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11140/
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Monday, November 02, 2009
GLBT DIGEST - November 02, 2009
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New York Times
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Handful of Elections Shed Light on US Politics
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Most Americans won't vote Tuesday.
Still, a handful of elections in a few states will give hints about this country's state of mind, provide lessons for both Republicans and Democrats, and shed light on answers to a few important questions a year before pivotal 2010 midterm contests.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/11/02/us/politics/AP-US-Election-Rdp.html?scp=9&sq=gay&st=cse/
Off-Year Races May Provide Insight
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
One year after the election of President Obama, a handful of off-year political contests — including governors’ races in New Jersey and Virginia and a Congressional race in upstate New York — offer some clues about how Americans are viewing Mr. Obama, as well as an early measure of the landscape for next year’s midterm elections.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/us/politics/02memo.html?scp=7&sq=gay&st=cse/
Upstate Republican, Pushed Out, Backs Democratic Rival
By JEREMY W. PETERS
An intensely watched Congressional race here that has become a battleground over the future of the Republican Party took another surprising turn on Sunday, when the Republican candidate — who ended her campaign a day earlier — announced that she was endorsing the Democrat.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/nyregion/02district.html?scp=6&sq=gay&st=cse/
Immigrant Jail Tests U.S. View of Legal Access
By NINA BERNSTEIN
A startling petition arrived at the New York City Bar Association in October 2008, signed by 100 men, all locked up without criminal charges in the middle of Manhattan. In vivid if flawed English, it described cramped, filthy quarters where dire medical needs were ignored and hungry prisoners were put to work for $1 a day.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/nyregion/02detain.html?sq=gay&st=cse&scp=5&pagewanted=print/
Six Tests for Equality and Fairness
Political battles this fall in six different parts of the country could have a profound impact on whether the United States will extend the promise of equal rights to those who are not allowed to marry simply because they are the same sex as their partner.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/opinion/02mon1.html?scp=4&sq=gay&st=cse/
To the Editor:
There is no question the troubled economy has resulted in a growing number of homeless youth. This year alone the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center has experienced a 30 percent increase in the number of young people turning to us for housing, food, clothing and other support services. But the article doesn’t mention a startling fact — a hugely disproportionate number of homeless youth identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. According to a 2006 report by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, 20 percent to 40 percent of homeless young people are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. In addition to the challenges all homeless youths experience, these youths often have the additional burden of rejection not only from their family, but also from society, simply because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Curtis F. Shepard
Director
Children, Youth and Family Services
L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center
Los Angeles, Oct. 26, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/opinion/l02runaway.html?scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse/
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What's at stake in Tuesday's elections
By The Associated Press
-- What's at stake in Tuesday's election: GOVERNORS: Voters in two states, New Jersey and Virginia, are electing governors. The New Jersey race has centered on the economy and the state's highest-in-the-nation taxes. In Virginia, polls are predicting a Republican victory, which would be a setback in a state where Democrats last year handed the GOP its first presidential defeat in 44 years.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/02/AR2009110201291.html/
Maine to vote on gay marriage
By Karl Vick
Maine residents will decide Tuesday whether to repeal a law allowing same-sex marriage, an effort that has succeeded in every state where it has been put before voters.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/02/AR2009110201107.html/
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Democrats' Quiet Changes Pile Up
By JONATHAN WEISMAN
While President Barack Obama still faces stiff headwinds on a range of major legislation on his agenda, he has been signing into law a slew of smaller initiatives that had gathered dust on the Democratic wish list for years.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125712507804421903.html/
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Students protest for gay rights in the military
Phillip Valys Forum Publishing Group
Armed with a busy Weston intersection as their soapbox, dozens of high school students last month waved the rainbow flags to boost momentum for gay rights in the U.S. Military. Teenagers from nearby Cypress Bay High and other Gay Straight Alliances wielded picket signs adorned with messages like "Uncle Sam Wears a Rainbow Hat," all part of an effort to raise awareness for the repeal of the armed forces' "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/weston/sfl-flwgprotest1102wgnov02,0,5192696.story/
Gay athletes don't fit in what is perceived as a homophobic NFL
MCT News Service
Athletes have heard the ugly words on practice fields for most of their lives. They hear them in the streets and at neighborhood hangouts. But when Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson used an anti gay slur on his Twitter account and in the locker room this week, he struck a nerve that makes professional sports leagues wince.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/nationworld/wire/sns-200911020801mctnewsservbc-fbn-gay-sportsplus-k,0,2426826.story/
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Kalamazoo Ordinance Foes Target Transwomen
By Julie Bolcer
Opponents of the LGBT non-discrimination ordinance on the ballot Tuesday in Kalamazoo, Michigan launched an ad singling out members of the transgender community to claim that the measure, Ordinance 1856, would allow men to use women’s restrooms.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/11/02/Kalamazoo_Ordinance_Foes_Target_Transwomen/
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San Francisco mayor ends run for Calif. governor
By The Associated Press
Unable to move beyond his ultra-liberal image and far behind his rival in fundraising, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom dropped his bid to become governor, leaving former governor Jerry Brown as the only Democrat in the race to succeed Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger next year.
http://www.365gay.com/news/san-francisco-mayor-ends-run-for-calif-governor/
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Christian registrar takes civil partnerships complaint to court of appeal
Lillian Ladele, the Islington registrar who refused to perform civil partnership ceremonies for gay couples, will argue her case in the court of appeal today.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/02/christian-registrar-takes-civil-partnerships-complaint-to-court-of-appeal/
1,500 turn out in Liverpool to support vigil for gay policeman
More than 1,500 people attended a vigil last night in Liverpool for James Parkes, the gay trainee policeman who was attacked by a homophobic gang last weekend.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/02/1500-turn-out-in-liverpool-to-support-vigil-for-gay-policeman/
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Washington Voters Get Final Say on Gay Partnerships
RACHEL LA CORTE \ Associated Press Writer \ Seattle Times
OLYMPIA, Wash. —Washington state’s slow-but-steady approach to increasing rights and benefits to gay and lesbian couples hit its first snag just as the three-year process appeared to be complete. After lawmakers passed the state’s first domestic partnership bill in 2007, and then expanded it a year later, they completed the package with the so-called “everything but marriage” bill that was signed into law by Gov. Chris Gregoire earlier this year. On Tuesday, voters get the final say on whether they think lawmakers overstepped their bounds.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11135/
ND: Bishop Talks with Pastors about National Church Policy on Gays
Associated Press \ KXNET
Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment: LutheranS ND ELCA churches struggling with clergy policy Bismarck, N.D. (AP) The western North Dakota bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America says he’s talked with pastors about a national church policy that allows gay and lesbian clergy.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11134/
Using the Criminal Justice System to Reward Political Support
National Policy Institute
At the end of the day, if someone kills you you’re just as dead regardless if it was an act of passion, greed, revenge or hate. Perhaps there are some who hate me for what I write in my blog. If they kill me for it, too bad. Hatred motivated by political speech is not covered under federal hate crimes protection. Should it be? My 1st Amendment rights were violated. See, this is the problem with hate crime legislation. Instead of just dealing with all criminals based on their actual crimes, the politicians would rather use the criminal justice system to score political points. It is another example of shameful, unconstitutional behavior on their part.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11133/
Cambridge Seeking LGBT Commission Board Members
Wicked Local.com
Cambridge — City Manager Robert W. Healy is seeking individuals to fill several vacancies on the GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender) Commission. Prospective commissioners must reside or work in Cambridge.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11132/
Mardi Wormhoudt was a Champion for Equality
Tom Graves \ Santa Cruz Sentinel
It’s been about a week since we learned that Mardi Wormhoudt passed away, but I think I’m just beginning to grasp what her loss will mean. I know that many fine words have been written about Mardi, but the Mardi I will miss the most is Mardi the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender activist.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11131/
Is SkyWest Airlines Anti-Gay?
Eric Ross \ Examiner
Gilbert Caldwell, an employee of SkyWest, has been with his partner, Rev. David Farrell for 34 years, and the two men were married in California last year when same-sex marriage was legal. Even though Caldwell and Farrell are legally married in California, SkyWest refuses to give them the same employee benefits that his straight married coworkers enjoy. Caldwell is forced to pay a fare for his spouse under the “companion” program for friends, even though his straight married coworkers are allowed to have their spouses fly for free.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11130/
KellysList Makes it to Number 2 on Yahoo Gay Rights Groups
KellysList has for years been in the top 10 of the Yahoo! Groups Gay Rights category. And now we’re #2 out of almost 500 groups!! Yahoo! is perfectly correct in including KellysList in its top 10. We try harder. Since 1998.
http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/dir/Cultures___Community/Groups/Lesbians,_Gays,_and_Bisexuals/Gay_Rights/
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11129/
NC: Local Gay Couple Tie the Knot at Biltmore Estate Ceremony
Matt Byers \ Citizen Times
ASHEVILLE — Randy Blackmon and Bob Friedman exchanged vows at the Lionscrest ballroom recently in what is the only same-sex ceremony in memory at the Biltmore Estate. Although same-sex marriage is not legal in North Carolina, the couple of eight years insisted on calling the event a wedding.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11128/
MI: Gay Rights Advocates Closely Watching Kalamazoo Vote
Ted Roelofs | The Grand Rapids Press \ MLive.com
With a mixed track record on the issue in Michigan, local gay rights advocates are closely following Tuesday’s referendum in Kalamazoo on a gay protection ordinance. Activist Andrew Grayson is taking it one step further. “I think this would send a message that Kalamazoo is a welcoming place,” said Grayson, a 21-year-old senior at Kalamazoo College and 2006 graduate of East Grand Rapids High School.
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Handful of Elections Shed Light on US Politics
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Most Americans won't vote Tuesday.
Still, a handful of elections in a few states will give hints about this country's state of mind, provide lessons for both Republicans and Democrats, and shed light on answers to a few important questions a year before pivotal 2010 midterm contests.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/11/02/us/politics/AP-US-Election-Rdp.html?scp=9&sq=gay&st=cse/
Off-Year Races May Provide Insight
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
One year after the election of President Obama, a handful of off-year political contests — including governors’ races in New Jersey and Virginia and a Congressional race in upstate New York — offer some clues about how Americans are viewing Mr. Obama, as well as an early measure of the landscape for next year’s midterm elections.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/us/politics/02memo.html?scp=7&sq=gay&st=cse/
Upstate Republican, Pushed Out, Backs Democratic Rival
By JEREMY W. PETERS
An intensely watched Congressional race here that has become a battleground over the future of the Republican Party took another surprising turn on Sunday, when the Republican candidate — who ended her campaign a day earlier — announced that she was endorsing the Democrat.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/nyregion/02district.html?scp=6&sq=gay&st=cse/
Immigrant Jail Tests U.S. View of Legal Access
By NINA BERNSTEIN
A startling petition arrived at the New York City Bar Association in October 2008, signed by 100 men, all locked up without criminal charges in the middle of Manhattan. In vivid if flawed English, it described cramped, filthy quarters where dire medical needs were ignored and hungry prisoners were put to work for $1 a day.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/nyregion/02detain.html?sq=gay&st=cse&scp=5&pagewanted=print/
Six Tests for Equality and Fairness
Political battles this fall in six different parts of the country could have a profound impact on whether the United States will extend the promise of equal rights to those who are not allowed to marry simply because they are the same sex as their partner.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/opinion/02mon1.html?scp=4&sq=gay&st=cse/
To the Editor:
There is no question the troubled economy has resulted in a growing number of homeless youth. This year alone the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center has experienced a 30 percent increase in the number of young people turning to us for housing, food, clothing and other support services. But the article doesn’t mention a startling fact — a hugely disproportionate number of homeless youth identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. According to a 2006 report by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, 20 percent to 40 percent of homeless young people are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. In addition to the challenges all homeless youths experience, these youths often have the additional burden of rejection not only from their family, but also from society, simply because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Curtis F. Shepard
Director
Children, Youth and Family Services
L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center
Los Angeles, Oct. 26, 2009
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What's at stake in Tuesday's elections
By The Associated Press
-- What's at stake in Tuesday's election: GOVERNORS: Voters in two states, New Jersey and Virginia, are electing governors. The New Jersey race has centered on the economy and the state's highest-in-the-nation taxes. In Virginia, polls are predicting a Republican victory, which would be a setback in a state where Democrats last year handed the GOP its first presidential defeat in 44 years.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/02/AR2009110201291.html/
Maine to vote on gay marriage
By Karl Vick
Maine residents will decide Tuesday whether to repeal a law allowing same-sex marriage, an effort that has succeeded in every state where it has been put before voters.
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Democrats' Quiet Changes Pile Up
By JONATHAN WEISMAN
While President Barack Obama still faces stiff headwinds on a range of major legislation on his agenda, he has been signing into law a slew of smaller initiatives that had gathered dust on the Democratic wish list for years.
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Students protest for gay rights in the military
Phillip Valys Forum Publishing Group
Armed with a busy Weston intersection as their soapbox, dozens of high school students last month waved the rainbow flags to boost momentum for gay rights in the U.S. Military. Teenagers from nearby Cypress Bay High and other Gay Straight Alliances wielded picket signs adorned with messages like "Uncle Sam Wears a Rainbow Hat," all part of an effort to raise awareness for the repeal of the armed forces' "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/weston/sfl-flwgprotest1102wgnov02,0,5192696.story/
Gay athletes don't fit in what is perceived as a homophobic NFL
MCT News Service
Athletes have heard the ugly words on practice fields for most of their lives. They hear them in the streets and at neighborhood hangouts. But when Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson used an anti gay slur on his Twitter account and in the locker room this week, he struck a nerve that makes professional sports leagues wince.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/nationworld/wire/sns-200911020801mctnewsservbc-fbn-gay-sportsplus-k,0,2426826.story/
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Kalamazoo Ordinance Foes Target Transwomen
By Julie Bolcer
Opponents of the LGBT non-discrimination ordinance on the ballot Tuesday in Kalamazoo, Michigan launched an ad singling out members of the transgender community to claim that the measure, Ordinance 1856, would allow men to use women’s restrooms.
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San Francisco mayor ends run for Calif. governor
By The Associated Press
Unable to move beyond his ultra-liberal image and far behind his rival in fundraising, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom dropped his bid to become governor, leaving former governor Jerry Brown as the only Democrat in the race to succeed Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger next year.
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Christian registrar takes civil partnerships complaint to court of appeal
Lillian Ladele, the Islington registrar who refused to perform civil partnership ceremonies for gay couples, will argue her case in the court of appeal today.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/02/christian-registrar-takes-civil-partnerships-complaint-to-court-of-appeal/
1,500 turn out in Liverpool to support vigil for gay policeman
More than 1,500 people attended a vigil last night in Liverpool for James Parkes, the gay trainee policeman who was attacked by a homophobic gang last weekend.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/02/1500-turn-out-in-liverpool-to-support-vigil-for-gay-policeman/
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Washington Voters Get Final Say on Gay Partnerships
RACHEL LA CORTE \ Associated Press Writer \ Seattle Times
OLYMPIA, Wash. —Washington state’s slow-but-steady approach to increasing rights and benefits to gay and lesbian couples hit its first snag just as the three-year process appeared to be complete. After lawmakers passed the state’s first domestic partnership bill in 2007, and then expanded it a year later, they completed the package with the so-called “everything but marriage” bill that was signed into law by Gov. Chris Gregoire earlier this year. On Tuesday, voters get the final say on whether they think lawmakers overstepped their bounds.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11135/
ND: Bishop Talks with Pastors about National Church Policy on Gays
Associated Press \ KXNET
Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment: LutheranS ND ELCA churches struggling with clergy policy Bismarck, N.D. (AP) The western North Dakota bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America says he’s talked with pastors about a national church policy that allows gay and lesbian clergy.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11134/
Using the Criminal Justice System to Reward Political Support
National Policy Institute
At the end of the day, if someone kills you you’re just as dead regardless if it was an act of passion, greed, revenge or hate. Perhaps there are some who hate me for what I write in my blog. If they kill me for it, too bad. Hatred motivated by political speech is not covered under federal hate crimes protection. Should it be? My 1st Amendment rights were violated. See, this is the problem with hate crime legislation. Instead of just dealing with all criminals based on their actual crimes, the politicians would rather use the criminal justice system to score political points. It is another example of shameful, unconstitutional behavior on their part.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11133/
Cambridge Seeking LGBT Commission Board Members
Wicked Local.com
Cambridge — City Manager Robert W. Healy is seeking individuals to fill several vacancies on the GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender) Commission. Prospective commissioners must reside or work in Cambridge.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11132/
Mardi Wormhoudt was a Champion for Equality
Tom Graves \ Santa Cruz Sentinel
It’s been about a week since we learned that Mardi Wormhoudt passed away, but I think I’m just beginning to grasp what her loss will mean. I know that many fine words have been written about Mardi, but the Mardi I will miss the most is Mardi the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender activist.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11131/
Is SkyWest Airlines Anti-Gay?
Eric Ross \ Examiner
Gilbert Caldwell, an employee of SkyWest, has been with his partner, Rev. David Farrell for 34 years, and the two men were married in California last year when same-sex marriage was legal. Even though Caldwell and Farrell are legally married in California, SkyWest refuses to give them the same employee benefits that his straight married coworkers enjoy. Caldwell is forced to pay a fare for his spouse under the “companion” program for friends, even though his straight married coworkers are allowed to have their spouses fly for free.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11130/
KellysList Makes it to Number 2 on Yahoo Gay Rights Groups
KellysList has for years been in the top 10 of the Yahoo! Groups Gay Rights category. And now we’re #2 out of almost 500 groups!! Yahoo! is perfectly correct in including KellysList in its top 10. We try harder. Since 1998.
http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/dir/Cultures___Community/Groups/Lesbians,_Gays,_and_Bisexuals/Gay_Rights/
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11129/
NC: Local Gay Couple Tie the Knot at Biltmore Estate Ceremony
Matt Byers \ Citizen Times
ASHEVILLE — Randy Blackmon and Bob Friedman exchanged vows at the Lionscrest ballroom recently in what is the only same-sex ceremony in memory at the Biltmore Estate. Although same-sex marriage is not legal in North Carolina, the couple of eight years insisted on calling the event a wedding.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11128/
MI: Gay Rights Advocates Closely Watching Kalamazoo Vote
Ted Roelofs | The Grand Rapids Press \ MLive.com
With a mixed track record on the issue in Michigan, local gay rights advocates are closely following Tuesday’s referendum in Kalamazoo on a gay protection ordinance. Activist Andrew Grayson is taking it one step further. “I think this would send a message that Kalamazoo is a welcoming place,” said Grayson, a 21-year-old senior at Kalamazoo College and 2006 graduate of East Grand Rapids High School.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11126/
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Third Party Challenges in NJ, NY Are Warning Sign
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Third party candidates are shaking up two major races in elections Tuesday, and the success of those candidacies is a warning shot fired at both major parties by voters angry at government and disillusioned by politics as usual.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/11/01/us/politics/AP-US-Third-Party-Candidates.html?_r=1&scp=10&sq=gay&st=cse/
The G.O.P. Stalinists Invade Upstate New York
By FRANK RICH
BARACK OBAMA’S most devilish political move since the 2008 campaign was to appoint a Republican congressman from upstate New York as secretary of the Army. This week’s election to fill that vacant seat has set off nothing less than a riotous and bloody national G.O.P. civil war. No matter what the results in that race on Tuesday, the Republicans are the sure losers. This could be a gift that keeps on giving to the Democrats through 2010, and perhaps beyond.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/opinion/01rich.html?scp=9&sq=gay&st=cse/
Questions for John Baldacci
The Wedding March
By DEBORAH SOLOMON
Last spring, you signed a bill that made Maine the fifth state in this country to legalize same-sex marriage. But this Tuesday, in a referendum known as Question 1, the citizens of Maine will be voting on whether to repeal the new law. In what way is this a national issue?
We’re not focused on it that way; we’re focused on it Maine-specific, why we’re going to be helpful to families in Maine who need to make sure that they have equal protection under the Constitution.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/magazine/01fob-q4-t.html?scp=7&sq=gay&st=cse/
G.O.P. Moderate, Pressed by Right, Abandons Race
By ADAM NAGOURNEY and JEREMY W. PETERS
A moderate Republican whose candidacy for an upstate New York Congressional seat had set off a storm of national conservative opposition, abruptly withdrew on Saturday, emboldening the right at a time when the Republican Party is enmeshed in a debate over how to rebuild itself.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/nyregion/01upstate.html?scp=6&sq=gay&st=cse/
The R.O.T.C. Dilemma
By MICHAEL WINERIP
The ban of the program at the elites is in its 40th year. Yet the students are hardly antimilitary. The opposite, in fact. Is it time to bring R.O.T.C. back? Share your thoughts or ask a question of Michael Winerip, who will be responding to selected questions from readers.
http://community.nytimes.com/comments/www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/education/edlife/01rotc-t.html?scp=5&sq=gay&st=cse/
Referendum Would Extend Protections to Gay Couples
By WILLIAM YARDLEY
Referendum 71, a proposal to extend more legal protections to domestic partners in Washington State, has been nicknamed “everything but marriage.” But its opponents say even that is an understatement.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/us/01referendum.html?scp=4&sq=gay&st=cse/
Privacy Looms Over Gay Rights Vote
By WILLIAM YARDLEY
At a time when voters in many states are using petitions to qualify ballot measures on issues from gay rights to property rights, a legal dispute over the identity of 138,000 petition signers here is raising new questions about privacy, free speech and elections in the Internet age.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/us/01petition.html?scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse/
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In a war within GOP, the right wins a battle
Moderate nominee leaves House race in Upstate New York
By Karl Vick and Philip Rucker
The moderate Republican nominee for a vacant U.S. House seat here unexpectedly withdrew from the race Saturday, bowing to a revolt led by conservative activists that badly split the national GOP leadership and is likely to influence the shape of the party heading into next year's midterm elections.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/31/AR2009103102219.html/
Bullying by disclosure
By George F. Will
SEATTLE: Conservatives here, a droll minority, say that under this city's quota system, when a conservative enters the city, one already here is required to leave. They also say that Washington is actually two states: There is what you can see from atop this city's Space Needle -- meaning, this liberal city -- and there is everything else, extending to the Oregon, Idaho and Canadian borders.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/30/AR2009103002868.html/
A right that any committed couple deserves
When I was a young boy, I always thought about my future and what it would be like to be married. As I grew older and came to terms with my sexual orientation, I no longer thought about marriage, as I knew it was not an option for a gay man. I spent several years afraid that my life would be lonely and much different than those of my two married sisters. This wasn't out of fear of being single, but knowing that even if I fell in love, I'd never be able to marry and start a family.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/31/AR2009103101755.html/
Montgomery prods its contractors to cover gay partners
By Michael Laris
Want to do business with Montgomery County? Then give your gay employees the same benefits as your married ones.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/31/AR2009103102128.html/
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Gallery | SAVE Dade’s big gay Halloween Asylum
About 1,000 revelers turned out Saturday for SAVE Dade’s annual Halloween night bash, this year themed “Asylum” and held in Miami’s Design District. I helped judge the big costume contest, along with other celebrity judges WSVN-7 anchor Craig Stevens, MTV’s Real World/Road Rules reality TV star and personal fitness trainer Rachel Robinson, MTV’s Real World reality TV star and dolphin trainer JD Ordoñez, and SoBe Social Club’s Edison Farrow.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/11/gallery-save-dades-big-gay-halloween-asylum.html/
Miami Beach commission race fired up by political potshots
BY DAVID SMILEY, dsmiley@MiamiHerald.com
Old drunken driving arrests. Potshots at a ``slumlord boyfriend.'' Allegations of fraud and hypocrisy.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/miami-beach-commission-race-fired-up-by-political-potshots.html/
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Duncan Roy Joins Dr. Drew for Sex Rehab
He may think Dr. Drew is a bit of a charlatan, but that didn't stop gay British director Duncan Roy from learning a lot in Sex Rehab.
By Harrison Pierce
On the first two seasons of VH1's Celebrity Rehab, Dr. Drew Pinsky attempted to help a series of famous and/or infamous personalities overcome myriad drug and alcohol addictions. For his third round of televised rehabilitation, he’s narrowed the focus to one specific, more taboo form of dependency: sex addiction. Although VH1 is retitling the show Sex Rehab to downplay the celeb factor this season, participants do include former Playmate and Colin Farrell sex tape star Nicole Narain, ex-porn star Kendra Jade, and gay British film director Duncan Roy.
http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Television/Sex_Rehab_with_Dr__Drew/
Deepak Chopra to Pose for NO H8 Pic
By Advocate.com Editors
Photographer Adam Bouska tweeted Friday that he is heading down to San Diego this weekend to shoot a picture of Deepak Chopra for the NO H8 Campaign. Born and educated in medicine in New Delhi, Chopra joins other notable public figures, including Dr. Drew Pinsky and Lt. Dan Choi, in posing for the campaign. A physician and public speaker, he is also the author of books that routinely top the best-seller list. They have been translated into 35 languages and sold more than 20 million copies.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/30/Deepak_Chopra_Tapped_for_NO_H8_Campaign/
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The Unspoken Violence in Our Relationships
Bilerico Project
Editors’ note: Greg Varnum is the acting Executive Director of the National Youth Advocacy Coalition.
With all the talk of hate crimes happening in our community, and with October being Domestic Violence Awareness Month, I wanted to take an opportunity to comment on one form of violence often overlooked - violence within our own relationships.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11121/
PA: Group Says Transgender Teen was Abused in Philadelphia Agency’s Custody
The Morning Call
PHILADELPHIA A transgender teenager who identifies as a girl said she was subject to constant abuse and discrimination during 18 months in the custody of the Department of Human Services. At the Youth Study Center, the 16-year-old teen was placed in the boys’ unit, where she said she was harassed by staff and residents despite a judge’s order that she be addressed by her preferred female name and female pronouns.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11120/
Gay Renters to Get Some Discrimination Protection
Associated Press \ New York Times
When it comes to negotiating a lease or paying fair rent, gay and transgender renters may soon get more protection. Last week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said it’s fast-tracking a nationwide study to determine the extent of housing discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. It’s also proposing regulations to insure these individuals won’t be denied public housing or government housing vouchers because of their identities.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11119/
Gay Vet, Discharged Under DADT, Elected President of American Veterans for Equal Rights
Denny Meyer \ Gay Military Signal
Danny Ingram, a former US Army Sergeant who was among the first to be discharged in 1994 under the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” (DADT) law, was elected president of American Veterans For Equal Rights (AVER) at its convention in Ft. Lauderdale 15-18 Oct. Sgt Ingram, of Atlanta, will lead the largest national veteran service organization dedicated to serving the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender vets, and advocating the repeal of the law banning open service of gay military personnel.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11118/
Nemat Safavi has been sentenced to Death
Nemat Safavi, 21 years old, has been sentenced to death by the juvenile court in Ardebil, a city northwest Iran. Queers in Iran are put to death and persecution by their government, simply for being who they are. Now more than ever we need your help.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11117/
Tax Dollars and Sex Ed
Marcia Stegelstein \ World Mag.com
My home state of Connecticut has recently unveiled a new website sponsored by the Department of Children and Families. CTParenting.com, paid for with tax money, has a video greeting by Gov. Jodi Rell, welcoming visitors “with great pride” to explore the website for resources and answers to their questions. After all, she says, we want to “keep our families safe, healthy, and happy.”
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11116/
Religious Right & Ex-Gay Movement Inspired by Hate Crimes Bill to Lie More, Be Hateful
Autostraddle
The ex-gay movement and Pat Robertson’s religious righteousness army want you to think they’re going to be persecuted under the Hate Crimes Law (but they’re not). THAT’S GAY does ex-gays, Wanda Sykes gives her Obama eval and Argentina considers gay marriage.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11115/
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Third Party Challenges in NJ, NY Are Warning Sign
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Third party candidates are shaking up two major races in elections Tuesday, and the success of those candidacies is a warning shot fired at both major parties by voters angry at government and disillusioned by politics as usual.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/11/01/us/politics/AP-US-Third-Party-Candidates.html?_r=1&scp=10&sq=gay&st=cse/
The G.O.P. Stalinists Invade Upstate New York
By FRANK RICH
BARACK OBAMA’S most devilish political move since the 2008 campaign was to appoint a Republican congressman from upstate New York as secretary of the Army. This week’s election to fill that vacant seat has set off nothing less than a riotous and bloody national G.O.P. civil war. No matter what the results in that race on Tuesday, the Republicans are the sure losers. This could be a gift that keeps on giving to the Democrats through 2010, and perhaps beyond.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/opinion/01rich.html?scp=9&sq=gay&st=cse/
Questions for John Baldacci
The Wedding March
By DEBORAH SOLOMON
Last spring, you signed a bill that made Maine the fifth state in this country to legalize same-sex marriage. But this Tuesday, in a referendum known as Question 1, the citizens of Maine will be voting on whether to repeal the new law. In what way is this a national issue?
We’re not focused on it that way; we’re focused on it Maine-specific, why we’re going to be helpful to families in Maine who need to make sure that they have equal protection under the Constitution.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/magazine/01fob-q4-t.html?scp=7&sq=gay&st=cse/
G.O.P. Moderate, Pressed by Right, Abandons Race
By ADAM NAGOURNEY and JEREMY W. PETERS
A moderate Republican whose candidacy for an upstate New York Congressional seat had set off a storm of national conservative opposition, abruptly withdrew on Saturday, emboldening the right at a time when the Republican Party is enmeshed in a debate over how to rebuild itself.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/nyregion/01upstate.html?scp=6&sq=gay&st=cse/
The R.O.T.C. Dilemma
By MICHAEL WINERIP
The ban of the program at the elites is in its 40th year. Yet the students are hardly antimilitary. The opposite, in fact. Is it time to bring R.O.T.C. back? Share your thoughts or ask a question of Michael Winerip, who will be responding to selected questions from readers.
http://community.nytimes.com/comments/www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/education/edlife/01rotc-t.html?scp=5&sq=gay&st=cse/
Referendum Would Extend Protections to Gay Couples
By WILLIAM YARDLEY
Referendum 71, a proposal to extend more legal protections to domestic partners in Washington State, has been nicknamed “everything but marriage.” But its opponents say even that is an understatement.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/us/01referendum.html?scp=4&sq=gay&st=cse/
Privacy Looms Over Gay Rights Vote
By WILLIAM YARDLEY
At a time when voters in many states are using petitions to qualify ballot measures on issues from gay rights to property rights, a legal dispute over the identity of 138,000 petition signers here is raising new questions about privacy, free speech and elections in the Internet age.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/us/01petition.html?scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse/
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Washington Post
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In a war within GOP, the right wins a battle
Moderate nominee leaves House race in Upstate New York
By Karl Vick and Philip Rucker
The moderate Republican nominee for a vacant U.S. House seat here unexpectedly withdrew from the race Saturday, bowing to a revolt led by conservative activists that badly split the national GOP leadership and is likely to influence the shape of the party heading into next year's midterm elections.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/31/AR2009103102219.html/
Bullying by disclosure
By George F. Will
SEATTLE: Conservatives here, a droll minority, say that under this city's quota system, when a conservative enters the city, one already here is required to leave. They also say that Washington is actually two states: There is what you can see from atop this city's Space Needle -- meaning, this liberal city -- and there is everything else, extending to the Oregon, Idaho and Canadian borders.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/30/AR2009103002868.html/
A right that any committed couple deserves
When I was a young boy, I always thought about my future and what it would be like to be married. As I grew older and came to terms with my sexual orientation, I no longer thought about marriage, as I knew it was not an option for a gay man. I spent several years afraid that my life would be lonely and much different than those of my two married sisters. This wasn't out of fear of being single, but knowing that even if I fell in love, I'd never be able to marry and start a family.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/31/AR2009103101755.html/
Montgomery prods its contractors to cover gay partners
By Michael Laris
Want to do business with Montgomery County? Then give your gay employees the same benefits as your married ones.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/31/AR2009103102128.html/
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Steve Rothaus
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Gallery | SAVE Dade’s big gay Halloween Asylum
About 1,000 revelers turned out Saturday for SAVE Dade’s annual Halloween night bash, this year themed “Asylum” and held in Miami’s Design District. I helped judge the big costume contest, along with other celebrity judges WSVN-7 anchor Craig Stevens, MTV’s Real World/Road Rules reality TV star and personal fitness trainer Rachel Robinson, MTV’s Real World reality TV star and dolphin trainer JD Ordoñez, and SoBe Social Club’s Edison Farrow.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/11/gallery-save-dades-big-gay-halloween-asylum.html/
Miami Beach commission race fired up by political potshots
BY DAVID SMILEY, dsmiley@MiamiHerald.com
Old drunken driving arrests. Potshots at a ``slumlord boyfriend.'' Allegations of fraud and hypocrisy.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/10/miami-beach-commission-race-fired-up-by-political-potshots.html/
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The Advocate
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Duncan Roy Joins Dr. Drew for Sex Rehab
He may think Dr. Drew is a bit of a charlatan, but that didn't stop gay British director Duncan Roy from learning a lot in Sex Rehab.
By Harrison Pierce
On the first two seasons of VH1's Celebrity Rehab, Dr. Drew Pinsky attempted to help a series of famous and/or infamous personalities overcome myriad drug and alcohol addictions. For his third round of televised rehabilitation, he’s narrowed the focus to one specific, more taboo form of dependency: sex addiction. Although VH1 is retitling the show Sex Rehab to downplay the celeb factor this season, participants do include former Playmate and Colin Farrell sex tape star Nicole Narain, ex-porn star Kendra Jade, and gay British film director Duncan Roy.
http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Television/Sex_Rehab_with_Dr__Drew/
Deepak Chopra to Pose for NO H8 Pic
By Advocate.com Editors
Photographer Adam Bouska tweeted Friday that he is heading down to San Diego this weekend to shoot a picture of Deepak Chopra for the NO H8 Campaign. Born and educated in medicine in New Delhi, Chopra joins other notable public figures, including Dr. Drew Pinsky and Lt. Dan Choi, in posing for the campaign. A physician and public speaker, he is also the author of books that routinely top the best-seller list. They have been translated into 35 languages and sold more than 20 million copies.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/10/30/Deepak_Chopra_Tapped_for_NO_H8_Campaign/
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Daily Queer News
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The Unspoken Violence in Our Relationships
Bilerico Project
Editors’ note: Greg Varnum is the acting Executive Director of the National Youth Advocacy Coalition.
With all the talk of hate crimes happening in our community, and with October being Domestic Violence Awareness Month, I wanted to take an opportunity to comment on one form of violence often overlooked - violence within our own relationships.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11121/
PA: Group Says Transgender Teen was Abused in Philadelphia Agency’s Custody
The Morning Call
PHILADELPHIA A transgender teenager who identifies as a girl said she was subject to constant abuse and discrimination during 18 months in the custody of the Department of Human Services. At the Youth Study Center, the 16-year-old teen was placed in the boys’ unit, where she said she was harassed by staff and residents despite a judge’s order that she be addressed by her preferred female name and female pronouns.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11120/
Gay Renters to Get Some Discrimination Protection
Associated Press \ New York Times
When it comes to negotiating a lease or paying fair rent, gay and transgender renters may soon get more protection. Last week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said it’s fast-tracking a nationwide study to determine the extent of housing discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. It’s also proposing regulations to insure these individuals won’t be denied public housing or government housing vouchers because of their identities.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11119/
Gay Vet, Discharged Under DADT, Elected President of American Veterans for Equal Rights
Denny Meyer \ Gay Military Signal
Danny Ingram, a former US Army Sergeant who was among the first to be discharged in 1994 under the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” (DADT) law, was elected president of American Veterans For Equal Rights (AVER) at its convention in Ft. Lauderdale 15-18 Oct. Sgt Ingram, of Atlanta, will lead the largest national veteran service organization dedicated to serving the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender vets, and advocating the repeal of the law banning open service of gay military personnel.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11118/
Nemat Safavi has been sentenced to Death
Nemat Safavi, 21 years old, has been sentenced to death by the juvenile court in Ardebil, a city northwest Iran. Queers in Iran are put to death and persecution by their government, simply for being who they are. Now more than ever we need your help.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11117/
Tax Dollars and Sex Ed
Marcia Stegelstein \ World Mag.com
My home state of Connecticut has recently unveiled a new website sponsored by the Department of Children and Families. CTParenting.com, paid for with tax money, has a video greeting by Gov. Jodi Rell, welcoming visitors “with great pride” to explore the website for resources and answers to their questions. After all, she says, we want to “keep our families safe, healthy, and happy.”
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11116/
Religious Right & Ex-Gay Movement Inspired by Hate Crimes Bill to Lie More, Be Hateful
Autostraddle
The ex-gay movement and Pat Robertson’s religious righteousness army want you to think they’re going to be persecuted under the Hate Crimes Law (but they’re not). THAT’S GAY does ex-gays, Wanda Sykes gives her Obama eval and Argentina considers gay marriage.
http://www.dailyqueernews.com/news/11115/
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