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-Young, Black and Republican in New York, Blogging Against the Tide
The barbs have become like a soundtrack to Richard Ivory's life: Uncle Tom, sellout, self-hater. Being black and Republican does indeed have its challenges - especially in New York. And even though the remarks sometimes wear on Mr. Ivory, they mostly seem to have emboldened him.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/nyregion/09repubblog.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=gay&st=cse&oref=slogin
-U.S. May Take Ownership Stake in Banks
Having tried without success to unlock frozen credit markets, the Treasury Department is considering taking ownership stakes in many United States banks to try to restore confidence in the financial system, according to government officials. Treasury officials say the just-passed $700 billion bailout bill gives them the authority to inject cash directly into banks that request it. Such a move would quickly strengthen banks' balance sheets and, officials hope, persuade them to resume lending. In return, the law gives the Treasury the right to take ownership positions in banks, including healthy ones.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/business/economy/09econ.html?hp
-In Flailing Iceland, Disbelief and Regret
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - People go bankrupt all the time. Companies do, too. But countries? The global financial crisis has laid waste to some major banks and other financial institutions in the United States and Europe, but Iceland may be the first country to face the prospect of going bust along with them.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/business/worldbusiness/09icebank.html?hp
-One Man's Crony ...
The good, the bad and the ugly of lobbying are well known, but it's a stretch for John McCain, who has 25 years in Washington, to demonize it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/opinion/09thu4.html?ref=opinion
-Op-Ed Contributor: Saved by the Deficit?
Berkeley, Calif. BOTH presidential candidates have been criticized for failing - at Tuesday's debate and previously - to name any promises or plans they're going to have to scrap because of the bailout and the failing economy. That criticism is unwarranted. The assumption that we are about to have a rerun of 1993 - when Bill Clinton, newly installed as president, was forced to jettison much of his agenda because of a surging budget deficit - may well be mistaken.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/opinion/09reich.html?ref=opinion
-The Right Goes Negative . . . on McCain
Alright, the morning-after recriminations have set in, and the right side of the blogosphere is furious - with John McCain. "We have a disaster here - which is what you should expect when you delegate a non-conservative to make the conservative (nay, the American) case," writes Andy McCarthy at the Corner.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/the-right-goes-negative-on-mccain/?ref=opinion
-G.O.P. Facing Tougher Battle for Congress
The economic turmoil is threatening to topple Republican candidates, putting more seats within Democratic reach.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/us/politics/09cong.html?hp
-Pope Defends Pius XII Over Holocaust
Pope Benedict XVI gave a push to possible sainthood for Pope Pius XII as he defended the World War II pontiff Thursday from accusations that he did little to spare Jews from the Holocaust. Benedict contended his predecessor acted silently to save as many Jews as possible and expressed hope that efforts aimed at his beatification would proceed ''smoothly.''
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-EU-Vatican-Pius-XII.html
-Bailout Role Elevates U.S. Official
For months, as Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. traveled to Capitol Hill to testify about the unfolding financial crisis, he has been shadowed by a man with a shaved head and intense eyes who many assumed was a Secret Service agent.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/business/09kashkari.html
-McCain Excites Crowds With Criticism of Obama
Senator John McCain devoted most of two campaign appearances on Wednesday to lusty attacks on Senator Barack Obama and gave less attention, and offered very few specifics, to the growing economic woes of American voters.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/us/politics/09mccain.html
-Taxpayers, Not Lenders, Would Bear Costs of McCain's Mortgage Proposal
The homeowner assistance plan that Senator John McCain announced without detail in the presidential debate Tuesday night would allow millions of financially stretched Americans to refinance their mortgages with government help, but it would leave taxpayers to cover the losses, rather than the financial institutions that hold the original mortgages.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/us/politics/09mortgage.html
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Washington Post
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-A Lead Like Warner's Might Make Obama More Interesting
Mark Warner isn't running against Barack Obama, but he's beating his fellow Democrat by a stunning 25 or so points. The former governor is trouncing his Republican opponent for the U.S. Senate, Jim Gilmore, by upward of 30 points in recent polls. Obama, in contrast, holds a slim lead over John McCain in most Virginia polls.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/08/AR2008100803550.html
-The Town Hall Debate: This Is American?
A couple of points on Tuesday's debate. When the candidates were asked whom they might appoint as Treasury secretary, Obama dodged the question -- as one might expect. But McCain straight-talked it, which turned out to be a big mistake. His first answer, Warren Buffett, conveyed the right general idea but no grasp of reality. Yes, Buffett has the power to inspire market confidence; but he does that better by investing his own money (as he has done recently) than by investing the government's. The second name McCain threw out was even more troubling. Meg Whitman, the former CEO of eBay? Doesn't McCain know there is a difference between succeeding in Silicon Valley and figuring out how to unfreeze credit markets? Before running eBay, Whitman worked at Hasbro, where, according to Fast Company, she managed the Playskool brand and Mr. Potato Head.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2008/10/the_town_hall_debate_this_is_a.html
-No Depression: This Time, Uncle Sam Has Got Our Back
Global markets have not been reassured by the coordinated interest rate cuts of several central banks or by recent congressional action, but they should be. Our bet is that financial markets will return to normal in short order and that the U.S. economy will squeak by with a moderate recession. Recapitalizing the banks and working out mortgages will take time, but the financial system will not collapse -- the government won't let it.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/08/AR2008100802931.html
-17 Detainees
A federal judge overreached in an effort to free Chinese Uighurs from an unjustified legal limbo. A FEDERAL APPEALS court intervened yesterday to block one judge's precipitous decision to order the release of 17 Chinese Uighurs held for years at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Issuing the emergency stay was the right thing to do, but not because the Uighurs don't deserve their freedom.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/08/AR2008100803286.html
-MOMENTS OF TRUTH | OBAMA IN SPRINGFIELD
From Outsider To Politician
The taunting began as soon as Barack Obama joined the Illinois Senate in January 1997. He had expected to face some skepticism as a political neophyte, but not such outright hostility. For the first few months of his career as a lawmaker, Obama navigated the unfamiliar corridors of the state Capitol like a misfit lost in a new school, sometimes complaining to colleagues that he was "getting it from all sides."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/08/AR2008100803890.html?hpid=topnews
-Stem Cells From Testicles an Option to Embryos
Cells taken from men's testicles seem as versatile as the stem cells derived from embryos, researchers reported Wednesday in what may be yet another new approach in a burgeoning scientific field. The new type of stem cells could be useful for growing personalized replacement tissues, according to a study in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature. But because of their source, their highest promise would apply to only half the world's population: men.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/08/AR2008100801774.html?hpid=sec-health
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Wall Street Journal
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-McCain Reshuffles Rescue Deal
McCain's $300 billion plan to help struggling homeowners carries benefits for the real-estate sector, but could reduce the funds available for rescuing banks.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122351316270117559.html
-And the Best Executive M.B.A. Programs In 2008 Are...
In the Journal's first survey, two schools stand far above the rest
Topping the list: Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, which ranked No. 1, and the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, which came in No. 2. The two schools have among the largest E.M.B.A. programs, with 406 students currently enrolled in Wharton's two programs and 843 candidates in the seven Kellogg programs, including four international partnerships and a satellite campus in Miami.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122244975223379303.html
-News Flash: The Media Back Obama
Its activist role has been the single constant in this eternal election.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122351645893317913.html
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Miami Herald
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-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin remained in the dark while her husband repeatedly asked top state officials to help get his former brother-in-law kicked off the state police force, Palin's husband and top aides said in affidavits provided to The Associated Press. Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee, is the focus of a legislative investigation into whether she abused her authority by firing the state's public safety commissioner to settle a long-standing family dispute. The commissioner says he was fired after resisting pressure to fire Mike Wooten, a trooper involved in a bitter divorce with Palin's sister.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/718703.html
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St. Petersburg Times
http://www.tampabay.com/
-Bailed-out AIG dropped $443,000 at lavish resort
We're pretty sure it wasn't planned this way, but now the words "AIG" and "pedicure" may prove inseparable. The insurance giant's decision to blow $443,343 - oh, and 71 cents - on a celebratory week of fancy rooms, food, manicures, pedicures, facials, massages and golf at California's only Mobil five-star resort right after AIG was saved from collapse with an $85-billion federal bailout loan earns the insurer first prize as the firm most out of touch with financial reality.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/article844838.ece
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Thursday, October 09, 2008
FLORIDA DIGEST - October 09, 2008
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Fort Report
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-Florida voters leaning toward ban on gay marriage, poll shows
Floridians look poised to pass a constitutional ban on gay marriage next month but seem less enthralled with other amendments that range from offering tax breaks for public marinas to raising taxes for community colleges. Of the six constitutional changes headed to voters Nov. 4, only Amendment 2 -- enshrining Florida's ban on same-sex marriage -- is close to the 60 percent threshold needed to pass, an Orlando Sentinel poll shows.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-poll0908oct09,0,4508301.story?track=rss
-Florida gay-marriage ban draws wide support in poll
A statewide poll shows voters favoring a gay-marriage ban but narrowly rejecting an amendment that would allow higher sales taxes for community colleges. Florida voters look close to passing a gay-marriage ban and rejecting a community college tax, and are largely undecided about a handful of property-tax issues, according to a new statewide poll on the state's proposed constitutional amendments.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/718887.html
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Grand Opening Campaign Headquarters
2597 N Federal Hwy. (Corner of 26th Street)
Tuesday, October 14 - 6-8pm
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Artist Keith Clark at Meyerhoefer Gallery this Saturday, October 11
"Reach" by Keith Clark, 2008
Patterns and Portals:New Works by Keith Clark and Stanley Brundage
Meyerhoefer Gallery - October 1-26
Artist Reception Saturday, October 11, 2008 6-9pm
Meyerhoefer Gallery
608 Lucerne Aves
Lake Worth, Florida, 33460
www.meyerhoefergallery.com
~~FLORIDA GENERAL NEWS~~
Sun-Sentinel
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-Global economic mess heightens concerns about U.S. Sugar deal
The global economic lurch has heightened concerns among architects of the state's ambitious plan to buy U.S. Sugar Corp. for $1.75 billion and use its 187,000 acres to fix the Everglades. Three of the 11 investment banks listed as potential underwriters of the deal have collapsed, forcing South Florida water managers to redraw their roster of lenders. Falling real estate values mean the income stream intended to help pay off the mortgage on such a deal has thinned. And typical interest rates for such projects in the nearly frozen credit market have risen between 0.75 and 1 percentage point, an uptick that could add tens of millions of dollars to the cost. Leaders of the South Florida Water Management District insist that the deal is not in trouble. But they called it helpful that negotiations on the massive government land buy are still under way and will drag on past the original, Nov. 30 deadline into next year.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flpsugar1009pnoct09,0,7180595.story
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Miami Herald
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-Many Floridians lack health insurance, study says
South Florida and the state have an uncommonly high percentages of people without health insurance, says a Census study being releasedAlmost one-third of people under 65 in Miami-Dade and one-fourth in Broward lacked health insurance in 2005, according to Census Bureau figures [...] Only Texas and New Mexico had higher rates of uninsured people under 65.
http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/story/718866.html
-A constitutional win
Guantánamo decision rejects arbitrary expansion of executive power
Federal courts appear to have had enough of this administration's high-handed and unconstitutional approach to individual rights. In a breakthrough ruling, a district court in Washington this week ordered the release of 17 detainees at Guantánamo Bay after determining, based on the record, that they did not represent a threat to U.S. security. It's about time. Late Wednesday, an appellate court stayed the order, giving the administration what should be only a temporary reprieve. The Supreme Court should decide the case.
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/718912.html
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Fort Report
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-Critics question Florida voting laws
Civil-rights groups say Fla. voters could be disenfranchised
Eight years after Florida became synonymous with recount, county election supervisors are bracing for a Nov. 4 turnout that could hit 85 percent and voting-rights groups are warning that thousands of voters could be disenfranchised. Also reminiscent of the days of butterfly ballots and hanging chads, South Florida Democrats have vowed to blanket the state with as many as 5,000 volunteer attorneys on Election Day.
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/CD/20081009/CAPITOLNEWS/810090328/-1/capitolnews
-Elections chief says he has cancer, will not resign
In less than 24 hours, Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Arthur Anderson received two pieces of devastating news - one of them life-threatening. On Aug. 25, the day before voters overwhelmingly rejected his bid for a second term, Anderson's doctor told him he has incurable blood cancer.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/local_news/epaper/2008/10/08/1008anderson.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=76
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Fort Report
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-Florida voters leaning toward ban on gay marriage, poll shows
Floridians look poised to pass a constitutional ban on gay marriage next month but seem less enthralled with other amendments that range from offering tax breaks for public marinas to raising taxes for community colleges. Of the six constitutional changes headed to voters Nov. 4, only Amendment 2 -- enshrining Florida's ban on same-sex marriage -- is close to the 60 percent threshold needed to pass, an Orlando Sentinel poll shows.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-poll0908oct09,0,4508301.story?track=rss
-Florida gay-marriage ban draws wide support in poll
A statewide poll shows voters favoring a gay-marriage ban but narrowly rejecting an amendment that would allow higher sales taxes for community colleges. Florida voters look close to passing a gay-marriage ban and rejecting a community college tax, and are largely undecided about a handful of property-tax issues, according to a new statewide poll on the state's proposed constitutional amendments.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/718887.html
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Dean Trantalis for Mayor of Fort Lauderdale
Grand Opening Campaign Headquarters
2597 N Federal Hwy. (Corner of 26th Street)
Tuesday, October 14 - 6-8pm
www.deanformayor.com
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Artist Keith Clark at Meyerhoefer Gallery this Saturday, October 11
"Reach" by Keith Clark, 2008
Patterns and Portals:New Works by Keith Clark and Stanley Brundage
Meyerhoefer Gallery - October 1-26
Artist Reception Saturday, October 11, 2008 6-9pm
Meyerhoefer Gallery
608 Lucerne Aves
Lake Worth, Florida, 33460
www.meyerhoefergallery.com
~~FLORIDA GENERAL NEWS~~
Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
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-Global economic mess heightens concerns about U.S. Sugar deal
The global economic lurch has heightened concerns among architects of the state's ambitious plan to buy U.S. Sugar Corp. for $1.75 billion and use its 187,000 acres to fix the Everglades. Three of the 11 investment banks listed as potential underwriters of the deal have collapsed, forcing South Florida water managers to redraw their roster of lenders. Falling real estate values mean the income stream intended to help pay off the mortgage on such a deal has thinned. And typical interest rates for such projects in the nearly frozen credit market have risen between 0.75 and 1 percentage point, an uptick that could add tens of millions of dollars to the cost. Leaders of the South Florida Water Management District insist that the deal is not in trouble. But they called it helpful that negotiations on the massive government land buy are still under way and will drag on past the original, Nov. 30 deadline into next year.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flpsugar1009pnoct09,0,7180595.story
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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-Many Floridians lack health insurance, study says
South Florida and the state have an uncommonly high percentages of people without health insurance, says a Census study being releasedAlmost one-third of people under 65 in Miami-Dade and one-fourth in Broward lacked health insurance in 2005, according to Census Bureau figures [...] Only Texas and New Mexico had higher rates of uninsured people under 65.
http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/story/718866.html
-A constitutional win
Guantánamo decision rejects arbitrary expansion of executive power
Federal courts appear to have had enough of this administration's high-handed and unconstitutional approach to individual rights. In a breakthrough ruling, a district court in Washington this week ordered the release of 17 detainees at Guantánamo Bay after determining, based on the record, that they did not represent a threat to U.S. security. It's about time. Late Wednesday, an appellate court stayed the order, giving the administration what should be only a temporary reprieve. The Supreme Court should decide the case.
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/718912.html
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Fort Report
http://www.fortreport.com/
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-Critics question Florida voting laws
Civil-rights groups say Fla. voters could be disenfranchised
Eight years after Florida became synonymous with recount, county election supervisors are bracing for a Nov. 4 turnout that could hit 85 percent and voting-rights groups are warning that thousands of voters could be disenfranchised. Also reminiscent of the days of butterfly ballots and hanging chads, South Florida Democrats have vowed to blanket the state with as many as 5,000 volunteer attorneys on Election Day.
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/CD/20081009/CAPITOLNEWS/810090328/-1/capitolnews
-Elections chief says he has cancer, will not resign
In less than 24 hours, Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Arthur Anderson received two pieces of devastating news - one of them life-threatening. On Aug. 25, the day before voters overwhelmingly rejected his bid for a second term, Anderson's doctor told him he has incurable blood cancer.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/local_news/epaper/2008/10/08/1008anderson.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=76
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008
GLBT DIGEST - October 08, 2008
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New York Times
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-Gay Couples Rush to the Altar in California Ahead of November Vote
The study, released Monday by the Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles, estimated that 11,440 couples had married since the state Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in May.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/us/08gay.html
-Advertising: A Push to Curb the Casual Use of Ugly Phrases
by Leonard Pitts
FOR the first time since the Advertising Council was founded in 1942, the organization - which directs and coordinates public service campaigns on behalf of Madison Avenue and the media industry - is introducing ads meant to tackle a social issue of concern to gays and lesbians.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/business/media/08adco.html?scp=3&sq=GAY&st=cse
-Circumcision Benefit in AIDS Is Divided
There is not enough evidence to show that circumcision reduces the risk of AIDS in sex between men, researchers are reporting, even though previous studies in Africa have shown its pronounced benefit in reducing AIDS from heterosexual sex.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/health/research/08hiv.html?scp=4&sq=GAY&st=cse
-Global Update: H.I.V. Spreads in China, Affecting New Populations
Infection with the AIDS virus in China is spreading beyond the country's original high-risk groups - heroin addicts in the south and blood sellers in rural central counties. A new study finds that the virus has spread to all provinces, and cases are rising quickly among gay men and female prostitutes. Heterosexual transmission is increasing. In Yunnan, the country's hardest-hit province, two men were infected for each woman as of 2006; 10 years earlier, the ratio was 13 to 1.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/health/07glob.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=gay&st=cse&oref=slogin
-Transgender Candidate Who Ran as Woman Did Not Mislead Voters, Court Says
The Georgia Supreme Court ruled Monday that a transgender politician did not mislead voters by running for office as a woman. The court dismissed a lawsuit filed by two opponents of the politician, Michelle Bruce, who was born Michael Bruce, that said she disguised her sex while seeking re-election last year in Riverdale, Ga.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/us/07gender.html?scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse
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Washington Post
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-Gay candidates anticipate breakthroughs on Nov. 4
In his liberal Colorado district, it's no big deal that Jared Polis is gay. Yet his expected victory Nov. 4 in a congressional race would be a historic milestone and, he hopes, send an encouraging message to gay and lesbian young people nationwide. Polis, a 33-year-old entrepreneur who made millions creating Internet-based businesses, is the Democratic nominee and overwhelming favorite in the 2nd District encompassing his hometown of Boulder.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100701916.html
-Today in History - Oct. 7
Ten years ago: Matthew Shepard, a gay college student at the University of Wyoming, was beaten, robbed and left tied to a wooden fence post outside of Laramie; he died five days later. (Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney are serving life sentences for Shepard's murder.) The Justice Department sued Visa and MasterCard, the nation's largest credit card networks, on grounds they were restraining competition and limiting consumers' choices. (A judge later ruled that the Visa and MasterCard associations had to allow their member banks to issue other credit cards.)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100700006.html
-LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood is coming out this fall with a slew of political movies that hit all the hot-button topics as the tight U.S. presidential campaign nears its climax. From religion to patriotism, gay rights and the presidency of George W. Bush, directors are wearing their political colors on their sleeves, using comedy, true stories and fantasy to send not-so-subtle messages to Americans preparing to choose between Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain on November 4.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100700456.html
-Gay marriage ban attracts big money in Calif.
Supporters and opponents of a ballot initiative that would outlaw same-sex marriage in California have poured $41.2 million into the race, more than the combined total spent in the 24 states where similar measures have gone before voters since 2004.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100700446.html
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Sun-Sentinel
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-U.S. immigration won't allow family unification for same-sex couples
As soon as Terrence Smith saw his partner step off a plane from England three years ago he knew he had found a soul mate. It's a modern day love story, starting with an Internet hello. After weeks of online chatting, they met in Atlanta. A long-distance relationship ensued. Then Smith proposed http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbbinational1008sboct08,0,6180307.story
-Gay adoption ban a moral must
Your Editorial Board's argument in support of homosexual adoption is shallow and short-sighted.
What if the adoption applicants are a married couple who participate in a swingers club where they have sex with the spouses of other members of the club? Should this exclude them from adopting? What if the applicants are a co-habitating threesome? How about if the applicant is a prostitute from a state such as Nevada, where prostitution is legal? Should legal prostitutes be permitted to adopt children? This is the can of worms you open when you argue that sexuality is irrelevant. Under that reasoning, as long as the applicants are good parents, they would be permitted to adopt, regardless of their sexual orientations. These examples illustrate why the gay adoption ban must survive: It establishes a legal and moral precedent that sexuality matters.Mike Cooley, Sunrise
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-br504adoptionspnoct07,0,4831683.story
-Former NYC mayor speaks to Jewish seniors about Obama
Former New York City Mayor Edward Koch was greeted by a crowd of about 100 seniors, many of them transplanted New Yorkers who have fond memories of Koch, when he visited the Sunrise Senior Center recently to assure Jewish voters that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama supports Israel. The Sunrise stop was followed by one in Tamarac and two in Palm Beach County as the Obama campaign courted Florida's Jewish seniors, a large segment of the state's Democratic voters.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flsfkoch1007sfoct07,0,5068394.story
-Spending on Calif. gay marriage ban to exceed total for 24 similar measures in other states
Supporters and opponents of a ballot initiative that would outlaw same-sex marriage in California have poured $41.2 million into the race, more than the combined total spent in the 24 states where similar measures have gone before voters since 2004. Campaign finance figures show supporters of the gay marriage ban have taken a significant lead in fundraising even as Proposition 8 has lagged in public opinion polls. A backer, ProtectMarriage.com, reported taking in $25.4 million through Sept. 30 of this year compared to the $15.8 million in donations raised by the main committee opposing the measure.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/politics/wire/sns-ap-gay-marriage-money,0,2621878.story
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Steve Rothaus
http://www.MiamiHerald.com/gay
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-Orlando commission OKs domestic partner benefits
I just left the Orlando City Commission Chambers and wanted to share the great news with you as soon as I could. Orlando City Commissioners just unanimously voted to provide city employees with domestic partner health insurance for same-sex couples.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/
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Express Gay News
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-New 'gay adoption' case could change Florida law
Miami trial pits common sense vs. homophobia
After a four-day trial that ended Monday, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman will decide whether a 54-year-old North Miami man can legally adopt the half brothers he's fostered since 2004.
http://www.floridablade.com/blog/index.cfm#21512
-Tonight: Gay Bingo takes over South Florida
Wet your daubers at Lips in FTL, Halo in South Beach
Wednesday nights have become Bingo Night in South Florida. How did this happen? We're not sure, but nevertheless, Lips in FTL hosts "Bitchy Bingo," hosted by the bitter and malcontented Misty Eyez; dinner starts at 7:30, and the show starts at 8:45, with the Bingo cards handed out at 9:30. Halo, in South Beach, hosts "Betty Ford Bingo," hosted by Shelley Novak. Game time is 8-10 p.m. Although we must say, Shelley Novak is definitely bitchier than Misty Eyez, so we're not sure how those hosting assignments were worked out, but no one asked us. Happy semi-legal gambling!
http://www.floridablade.com/blog/index.cfm#21477
-John McCain responds to Family Equality Council
Executive Director Chrysler issued identical letters to candidates in July
http://www.floridablade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=21498
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-McCain linked to guerrilla-aiding group in Iran-Contra case
GOP presidential nominee John McCain has past connections to a private group that supplied aid to guerrillas seeking to overthrow the leftist government of Nicaragua in the Iran-Contra affair. McCain's ties are facing renewed scrutiny after his campaign criticized Barack Obama for his link to a former radical who engaged in violent acts 40 years ago.
http://www.365gay.com/news/mccain-linked-to-guerrilla-aiding-group-in-iran-contra-case/
-Jury selection begins in HIV-related homicides
(Hamilton, Ontario) Jury selection has begun in the trial of an HIV-positive man charged with murder in the deaths of two sex partners. Johnson Aziga, 52, is charged in the deaths of two women who died of AIDS-related complications after allegedly having unprotected sex with him.
http://www.365gay.com/news/jury-selection-begins-iin-hiv-related-homicides/
-Rudolph: Heterosexual assumptions
Visibility is a funny thing. Take Rachel Maddow, host of The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC. To me, she epitomizes a second wave of out lesbians in the media, one who didn't have to come out to the public like Ellen Degeneres, Melissa Etheridge, or Rosie O'Donnell, because she has always been there.
http://www.365gay.com/features/rudolph-heterosexual-assumptions/
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-New Poll Shows Support for Proposition 8 Growing
A new poll shows support for California's Proposition 8 has grown in an 11-day period, reports CBS 5, the San Francisco Bay Area affiliate that commissioned the survey. Proposition 8 would rescind marriage equality for same-sex couples if passed. The California supreme court legalized same-sex marriage on May 15.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63156.asp
-Mistrial on Firefighters' Harassment Claim
Four San Diego firefighters who sued their city after being ordered to participate in the 2007 gay pride parade will not receive damages after a San Diego County superior court jury was unable to reach a verdict. The jury deliberated almost four days before announcing a deadlock, according to the Los Angeles Times.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63198.asp
-Gay Guatemalan's Appeal for Asylum Denied
A Guatemalan man who sought asylum in the United States was denied his appeal by a panel of the San Francisco-based ninth circuit court of appeals Monday because, the judges said, he had lied under oath.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63181.asp
-Pat Steadman Fights to Turn Colorado Blue
Since Colorado's Amendment 2 changed the state constitution to prohibit new laws to protect lesbians and gays from discrimination in 1992, LGBT activist Pat Steadman has been at the forefront of Colorado's equal rights battle. Now, for the first time since that year, Colorado looks like it could well swing Democrat in November's election, thanks in large part to the work of Steadman and Equal Rights Colorado. In 1992, Colorado's Amendment 2 changed the state constitution to prohibit new laws to protect lesbians and gays from discrimination. It may have been the biggest gift that the Radical Christian Right could have given the LGBT community in that state.
http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid63179.asp
-Memories of Coming Out
On October 11 millions of openly gay Americans will reflect on the day they took those brave first steps out of the closet, providing support and encouragement to others who have yet to find their voice. In day one of our series on coming out, Lair star David Moretti (pictured), the Ali Forney Center's Wil Fisher, and New York LGBT Community Center executive director Richard D. Burns share their stories.
http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid63152.asp
-Gay Days at Disneyland: Part Celebration, Part Fiasco
For 11 years, gays and lesbians wearing red shirts have descended on Disneyland for Gay Days, an event that forces mainstream Americans to deal with us face to face. And while just-married same-sex couples urging park visitors to vote no on Prop. 8 put a positive political face on the weekend's festivities, the event too often showed the gay community at its worst: drunk, sometimes naked, and acting completely inappropriate for the families looking on.
http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid63116.asp
-The Cost of Being Gay
We all agree that sexual orientation isn't just about whom you sleep with but how much of your identity is tied up in the things you have to buy (not to mention the price you're willing to pay for them). Let's begin with a stipulation: It's difficult to write about one's personal spending without seeming like a snob or a communist, a sybarite or a Spartan. Some of the things I give money for will surely seem silly or extravagant to you, and some of the things I go without may seem like necessities in your household. But the highly idiosyncratic nature of consumption raises a cultural question: Is there a particularly gay way of spending?
http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid62089.asp
-The Closet as Security Risk
The National Security Agency courts openly gay employees. Visitors to the National Security Agency in Fort Meade, Md., have to pass through three security gates to enter the premises. Should they need to use the restroom inside, an escort must accompany them to the latrine.
http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid62153.asp
-The World as It Should Be
Michelle Obama states her case for why an Obama presidency would make for an LGBT-friendlier America. In about a month, Americans will head to the polls to cast their votes for the next president of the United States. It will be a momentous day. But this presidential election has already changed our country in profound ways. The candidacies of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have smashed old barriers and broadened opportunities for all Americans. And I'm grateful to them -- both as a citizen and as a parent of two young girls.
http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid62098.asp
-No Country for Black Men
John McCain may put his country first, but has America earned that honor? Maybe if I wasn't keenly aware how black people came to be in the United States to begin with. Perhaps if this country's wealth hadn't come on the backs, labor, and lives of people who look like me. Maybe, just maybe, if all men and women in this country were treated equally and given the same "opportunity to reach their God-given potential," I'd share Sen. John McCain's patriotism and the idea of "country first."
http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid62086.asp
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-Choose a Realtor Wisely to Save Money
Any time somebody decides to sell their home the cost of hiring a professional real estate agent is one of the biggest bottom line factors, and that is doubly true during a real estate recession like the one faced by Americans at the moment. Real estate brokerage fees contribute a substantial portion of overall costs and may be the most expensive line item charge on a real estate sales closing statement, so homeowners should carefully evaluate any potential cost-cutting alternative.
http://nationalgaynews.com/content/view/4223/173/
-Mitcham Saddened by Status as Only Openly Gay Male Olympian
Diver Matthew Mitcham says he was very surprised he was the only openly gay man in the Olympic village. In fact, a little sad. The gold medallist who won hearts with his incredible final dive at Beijing is proud of his sexuality but understands it can be a harder wrestle for other gay athletes to "come out" in the public arena. Mitcham was the only man among 10,500 Olympic athletes to publicly say he was gay. "I was actually very surprised I was the only 'out' male at the Olympic Games," Mitcham said yesterday.
http://nationalgaynews.com/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/
-Mr Gay UK 'stabbed man to death and cooked his thigh with herbs and olive oil'
The first winner of Mr Gay UK stabbed a man to death before carving a piece of flesh from his thigh, seasoning it with fresh herbs and cooking it in olive oil, a court heard.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3146670/Mr-Gay-UK-stabbed-man-to-death-and-cooked-his-thigh-with-herbs-and-olive-oil.html
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-Arkansas Judges Oppose Measure to Ban Gay Adoption, Foster Care
Link: FoxNews.com
Former Chief Justices W.H. "Dub" Arnold, Jack Holt Jr. and Bradley D. Jesson were among 13 retired judges who issued a statement Monday opposing a proposed initiated act that would ban unmarried couples from adopting children or becoming foster parents. The judges said the proposal would limit their ability to choose the best home environment for children and said that child placement should be decided on a case-by-case basis.
-Gay marriages in California surpass those in Massachusetts
Link: Los Angeles Times
More gay couples were married in California in the first three months that same-sex marriages were legal than were married in the first four years it was legal in Massachusetts, according to a new study. The data, released Monday by UCLA's Williams Institute, found that an estimated 11,000 same-sex couples were married in California from June 17, when the California Supreme Court began allowing the weddings, to Sept. 17. As of spring, 10,385 same-sex couples had wed in Massachusetts since the state legalized such unions in May 2004, according to a study by the institute released in July. Next month, Californians will decide whether gay couples can continue to marry when they vote on Proposition 8, which would amend the state Constitution to define marriage as between only a man and a woman.
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Pink News - UK
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-Russia may permit first gay march 500km from Moscow
Gay rights activists in Russia have managed to secure permission to hold a picket against a homophobic politician in the city of Tambov. City authorities approved the protest yesterday, the first time a gay public event has been authorised in Russia.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9240.html
-McCain ignores gay adoption in letter to campaigners
The Republican candidate for President of the United States has declined to say how he would protect families headed by lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans Americans.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9242.html
-Nigerian speaks out against son who founded gay church
A leading academic in Nigeria has said he loves his son who founded a ministry for gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people, but does not agree with him. Professor Kunle Macaulay, Director of Studies at United Bible University, said he rejected the House of Rainbow ministry founded in 2006 by Rev Jide Macaulay.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9245.html
-Ugandan asylum seeker wins Sappho prize
The editor of a website that documents the violence and intimidation suffered by the gay community in Uganda has won a prestigious prize. The Sappho in Paradise Book Prize is conferred annually by the International Lesbian and Gay Cultural Network (ILGCN), a worldwide voluntary association of lesbian and gay cultural workers. Kizza Musinguzi, editor of gayrightsuganda.org, and an ayslum seeker in the UK, is the winner this year.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9241.html
-Gay teen was goaded into suicide by jeering mob
A 17 year old boy who threw himself off the roof of a shopping centre in Derby last week as some of the crowd gathered to watch goaded him to jump was gay. In a three hour standoff in the city centre, Shaun Dykes spoke at length to police officers last Saturday before plunging 60ft to his death.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9237.html
-Gay candidate looms over clergy gathering to choose bishop
The 46 people, including four diocesan bishops, who make up the electoral college will be aware that if they choose one of the men reportedly shortlisted for the job it could have ramifications far beyond Wales. Church officials have tried to play down suggestions that Jeffrey John, a Welsh speaker, a highly-regarded theologian and the Dean of St Albans, could be chosen.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9236.html
-United Nations calls on UK to stop discrimination against LGBT teens
A United Nations committee has called on the UK to take "urgent measures" to fight intolerance of gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans young people. The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) met last month. It is one of seven UN-linked human rights treaty bodies.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9235.html
-COMMENT: We will fight homophobia in the beautiful game
Football. The most popular team sport on the planet, the beautiful game. But that is not always the case if you're a football fan who happens to be gay.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9232.html
-Obama's gay rights stance gets Drew Barrymore's vote
A Hollywood actress has said she is backing the Democratic nominee for President of the United States after she heard him talk about equality for gay and lesbian people. In an interview with Harper's Bazaar, Drew Barrymore said that Barack Obama's "sensitivity" on the issue had won her over.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9231.html
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-Transgender GA Official Wins Legal Battle
By GREG BLUESTEIN | Associated Press Writer | San Francisco Chronicle
ATLANTA (AP) -Georgia's top court ruled in favor of a transgender politician who was slapped with a lawsuit by two political opponents who claimed she misled voters by running as a woman. The Georgia Supreme Court's unanimous ruling on Monday found that the two political opponents who filed the lawsuit failed to produce evidence of fraud, misconduct or illegal action after claiming that Michelle Bruce bamboozled voters by identifying herself as female. "This is a great victory for me and anyone who believes in equality," Bruce said in a statement. "It gives me hope that the Georgia Supreme Court did what was right and did not buy into hate-based politics."
-CA: Prop 8 Sides Tread Lightly for Swing Voters
John Wildermuth, Chronicle Staff Writer | San Francisco Chronicle
A same-sex couple walk arm in arm after they were married... A banner celebrating same-sex marriage flies on Castro St... (10-05) 16:38 PDT - Supporters of the November ballot measure to overturn a state Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage in California targeted justices on the high court - not gay couples - in their first TV advertisement. On the other side, ban opponents opened their TV campaign with a 30-second spot featuring a straight couple in a long-standing traditional marriage.
-"What's Become Normal Now is Really Absurd."
By Steve Ralls | The Bilerico Project
According to Immigration Equality, more than 36,000 same-sex couples include a partner who is a non-citizen. And, at long last, at least a few members of Congress are stepping up to the plate to try and make life a little easier for them. In September, 4 more Senators and 18 Representatives signed on to co-sponsor the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA), a legislative proposal to finally level the playing field for lesbian and gay couples when it comes to U.S. immigration policy. For many bi-national couples, our country's immigration law means more than a long-distance relationship. In many cases, it means keeping families with children apart. In others, it means forcing American citizens to make an untenable choice between the country they call home and the person they love. UAFA, which is now supported by 18 Senators and 118 lawmakers in the House, would end those difficult decisions and bring families together. It's a simple, common-sense solution that would make a world of difference to bi-national couples. As Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) recently said, "U.S. immigration law should not force Americans to leave their country and community behind in order to keep their family intact."
-Louisiana Gains First Two Openly Gay Elected Officials
GayPolitics.com
The victories of two openly gay school board candidates in Louisiana mark the election of the state's first two openly gay elected officials. Victory endorsee Thomas Robichaux (right) and Seth Bloom both won their elections to the Orleans Parish School Board. The wins effectively remove Louisiana from the Victory Fund's "Horizon State" list - a list of states that lack any elected LGBT representation. That list now includes Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota and South Carolina. The Victory Fund has endorsed candidates in two of those states in 2008 - Greg Kniffen, who seeks a seat in the South Dakota House of Representatives, and Linda Ketner, who hopes to represent South Carolina's first district in the United States Congress. "Electing an openly gay candidate where one has never been elected before is a sure sign of progress for the LGBT community," said Chuck Wolfe, president and CEO of the Victory Fund. "Louisiana now joins 46 other states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam in having achieved this important milestone."
-Priest Sorry for 'Tattoo Gays' Comment
By AFP | PageOneQ
An Anglican priest has apologised over comments made on his blog arguing that gay men should have warnings about sodomy tattooed on their backsides. Remarks made by Reverend Peter Mullen triggered a furious response from his diocese, which ordered him to remove the "highly offensive" blog post. "I did not intend to cause any upset but I realise that the remarks were injudicious and I have caused offence. I want to issue an apology," said Mullen, who ministers to parishes in the City of London financial district. "I did not intend to cause offence when I made some joking remarks about homosexuals. I was not actually meaning to criticise individual homosexual persons, but the promoters of gay culture.
-Ministry Offers Jesus as Escape from Homosexuality
Lucy Bannerman | The Australian
"HOW many of you are in need of some hope here tonight?" A murmur passes through the dark auditorium, pleasing the man with the microphone. "How many of you are at the end of your rope?" he continues. "How many are ready for an encounter with the Lord?" Heads nod. The man on stage is Alan Chambers. The clean-cut, married father-of-two is the leader of Exodus International, an organisation that believes it can help people to "find freedom from homosexuality through the love of Jesus Christ". Exodus is a ministry of the so-called "ex-gay" movement, a fundamentalist Christian campaign that encourages gay people to renounce their sexuality. He describes his first experience of a gay bar. "It was almost as if I'd grown up handicapped and everyone else was handicapped, too. But it was a counterfeit. I was fooled. Am I in denial?" he asks. "Absolutely. I live a life of denial and I love it. I didn't choose my same-sex feelings but I do choose how I'm going to steward them. Freedom is possible."
-An Iranian Lesbian Needs Urgent Help in Sweden
Iranian Queer Organization
Shar is 18 years-old Iranian lesbian who escaped Iran to Sweden in January 2008 on base of her sexual orientation. She arrested several times in Iran and now she lives in Stockholm, but she still has many troubles. Being young, women, and homosexual in Iran is hard and now she became asylum seeker too. Due to her difficult situation she decided to suicide. But fortunately her counselor at school found out about this issue. She is at a mental hospital now. She needs emotional support as well as legal support for her asylum case.
-Bad Vote on Gay Marriage a Wake-up Call at American River College
By Marcos Bretón - mbreton@sacbee.com | Sacramento Bee
What do you do when a college student tells you he is against gay marriage because he fears the wrath of God? "I think something is going to happen to our nation and our state," said Victor Choban, a student at American River College. Choban said he believes that last summer's destructive fire season was a direct result of the California Supreme Court overturning a ban on same sex-marriage in May.
-Openly Gay Bishop Travels to Duke University
By U-Wire | The BG News
An Episcopalian leader who has come to symbolize the debate over the role of gays in the church will be at Duke University today and tomorrow for a variety of events with students, faculty, staff and the Durham community. The Rev. Gene Robinson, Episcopalian bishop of New Hampshire, has been the subject of a firestorm of controversy since being elected as the nation's first openly gay bishop in 2003. Janie Long, director of the Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Life-which organized Robinson's visit-said she hoped his appearance would help to open a campus conversation on faith and identity.
-The Gay Slant: Palin & McCain's Gay Wish
By Walter Weeks | On Top Magazine
Oh boy, it's on! When you have presidential and vice presidential candidates bootlicking over gay rights and marriage, you know you got their attention. Gay issues dotted the campaign trail all week, kids. It started on Wednesday, when The Washington Blade published a Senator John McCain interview that was more pander than straight talk. McCain answered questions in written form from the gay weekly where he once again attempted to fool us into forgetting his deplorable record on gay rights. And before I tell you what he said, for the record, here's that GLBT record:
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-In recent weeks, the Ugandan Government has once again launched a campaign to arrest those who 'Recruit Homosexuals'. The Ugandan police autorities currently hold lists of those it suspects of the 'crime' of homosexuality, and just two days ago, Pastor Isaac Kyoobe Kiweweesi has been investigated for alleged homosexuality. In the UK, those who flee such persecution and seek asylum are subject to further discrimination by the home office. Kizza Musinguzi and Prossy Kakooza are just two of those seeking asylum in UK.
-Tambov Mayor Authorizes First Ever Gay Picket In Russia on 10 October
The city, located 500 km south of Moscow, is also considering allowing the First ever Gay Pride in Russia on Oct 18th. On Monday, Moscow Gay Pride organizers Nikolai Alekseev and Anna Komarova travelled to Tambov for the hearing of a complain directed against Oleg Betin, the Governor of the region of Tambov.
-Belarusian LGBT-activists asked Putin to support LGBT in Russia
Belarusian LGBT activists began collecting signatures in the open letter which addressed to the Chair of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Belarus Alexander Surikov. The reason for this treatment was to raise the level of homophobia and xenophobia in the Russian Federation, not only by opponents of the movement, but also by the authorities.
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-Two transsexual guys had been raped in Minsk at the mid of September. Two guy rented an apartment in one of the sleeping districts of the capital. Incidentally, the owner of the apartment was aware of the orientation and way of life guys. The owner decided to evict them by original method - the method of violence.
-I just wanted to share the news with you that a South Korean transgender (MtF) entertainer, Jang Chae-won who was 23 and a South Korean transgender (FtM) model/actor, Kim Ji-hoo who was also 23 have committed suicide in five days. Chae-won died on Friday 3 this month and Ji-hoo died today. We have huge coverages here in Japan and South Korea on their death in South Korean and Japanese, but I couldn't find English news on them.
The blog below has some English information if you need.
...On Chae-won's death
http://www.dramabeans.com/2008/10/suicide-of-transgender-jang-chae-won-belatedly-revealed/
...On Ji-hoo's death
http://www.dramabeans.com/2008/10/model-kim-ji-hoo-commits-suicide/
In just several days, the suicide rate of South Korea has been rapidly increasing after the suicide of Jeong Da-Bin, a popular celebrity.
...On Jeong Da-Bin's death
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/showbiz/2007-02/12/content_807226.htm
-The camp that 'cures' homosexuality
At a Christian 'boot camp' in the US, those struggling to reconcile faith and sexuality are taught to overcome gayness
"How many of you are in need of some hope here tonight?" A murmur passes through the dark auditorium, pleasing the man with the microphone. Heads nod. "How many of you are at the end of your rope?" he continues. "How many are ready for an encounter with the Lord?" The man on stage, dressed in chinos and a crisp white shirt, is Alan Chambers. The clean-cut, married father of two is the leader of Exodus International, an organisation that believes it can help people to "find freedom from homosexuality through the love of Jesus Christ". Exodus is one of the ministries of the so-called "ex-gay" movement, a controversial fundamentalist Christian campaign that encourages gay people to renounce their sexuality. This, its annual conference, promises "an amazing week of breakthroughs, transformations and healings". A Christian rock band begins to play and the 800 men and women who moments earlier seemed to have only awkwardness in common begin singing and clapping in unison. Eyes closed, they raise their hands above their heads, uplifted by the hope of being reborn.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article4893735.ece
-Baltic states' Gay Pride to take place in Riga in May 2009
http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/baltic_news/?doc=1750
-After the La Matanza town council in Buenos Aires Province unanimously approved an ordinance requiring staff at county hospitals to call trans, travesti, or transsexual patients by their chosen names, Mr. Juan Pablo Incocciati, the La Matanza County Health Sub-Secretary, rejected it. This prevented the administrative changes needed to implement the ordinance from going ahead. Responding to pressure from activists, Mr. Fernando Espinoza, the La Matanza County Major, has overruled Mr. Incocciati and promised to implement the ordinance. Among the rights involved in this case are:
...The right to be free from discrimination
...The right to freedom of expression
...The right to an adequate standard of physical and mental health
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-Sexual Intelligence - an electronic newsletter written & published by Marty Klein, Ph.D. - October issue
http://www.sexualintelligence.org/
-For back issues of Sexual Intelligence
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-Bingo! We should let you know that we got $760 for Elham.
Ahmad is 18 years-old gay who is in the UK now. He needs help. We got his story from one of his close friends. If you can help him in anyway please let us know. "Ahmad is a homosexual whom traveled to UK in 2007 as a tourist with his family. He was 17 at the time and his family claimed asylum due to the problems that they had in Iran. Even though Ahmad was facing some difficulties in Iran due to his sexuality, he wanted to go back to Iran and was not happy that the family was forced to claim asylum. www.irqo.net
-A bipartisan study group of senior retired military officers, representing different branches of the service, has conducted an in-depth assessment of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy by examining the key academic and social science literature on the subject and interviewing a range of experts on leadership, unit cohesion and military law, including those who are training our nation's future military leaders at the service academies. The Study Group emphasized that any changes to existing personnel policy must not create an unacceptable risk to the armed forces' high standards of morale, good order and discipline, and unit cohesion that are the essence of military capability.
http://www.palmcenter.org/publications/generals-flag-officers-report
-Join Log Cabin Republicans as we work to create a New Republican Majority!
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-AK gays ask Palin for Coming Out proclamation
Will Governor Sarah Palin grant gay Alaskans request that she issue a proclamation honoring National Coming Out Day? Read the text of the proposed proclamation:
http://mpetrelis.blogspot.com/2008/10/ak-gays-ask-palin-for-coming-out.html
-NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV REACHES RECORD LEVEL IN THE UNITED STATES
Yet Another Wake-up Call for Congress & the President to Increase Funding for HIV Prevention
Washington, DC - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that in 2006 the number of people living with HIV in the United States was 1.1 million. Additionally, the CDC adjusted the estimate of people living with HIV in 2003 down to 994,000. Based on these new numbers this means there was an increase of 112,000 (11.3%) people living with HIV from 2003 to 2006. "This record number of people living with HIV in the United States will hopefully convince decision-makers inWashington DC that it is time to focus on the domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic," commented Dr. Gene Copello, Executive Director of The AIDS Institute.
www.TheAIDSInstitute.org
-New Jersey: ACT NOW! School board member says, let my son call another student "faggot"
Dear Garden State Equality members:
This will make you sick. A school board member in Robbinsville, New Jersey, near Trenton, said at last month's school board meeting: "If my son wants to call somebody a faggot he should be allowed to. It's his First Amendment right." The remark by school board member Joe Armenti came in response to a suggestion by Robbinsville High School students to have a box at the school where they could report incidents of hate, LGBT-related and not. To read more about the story,
http://www.nj.com/news/times/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1222920383179780.xml&coll=5
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Gay American Heros
http://www.gayamericanheroes.info/
We are always being asked how people can become involved with Gay American Heroes. Included in this newsletter are two upcoming events that you can particapate in. We always need volunteers so drop us a note and let us know where you are and what you would like to do. See you at the events!
-Orlando Pride Celebration: Helping Hands for Heroes
The Gay American Heroes Foundation is participating in the 2008 Orlando Pride Festival on October 12th. We plan to be marching in the parade directly behind Lynn and Pat Mulder (Ryan Skipper's Parents) and we are looking for volunteers to march in one of our t-shirts and lift up a poster with the picture of one of our fallen Heroes. We need as many volunteers as we can get. If you would like to lift up a Hero in the parade, please contact us at GayAmericanHeroes@yahoo.com as soon as possible. Thank you for all your help. See you at Pride Orlando!! http://www.comeoutwithpride.org/
-Remember the old fashioned country carnivals when you were a kid? If so, you don't want to miss Bubba's Country Fair weekend held at Florida's largest gay country/western nightclub. Come out and enjoy a full two day event, noon to dusk, featuring games, pie bake off, hot dog eating contest, entertainment, hot cowboys and bears, and much, much more. All proceeds will go directly to benefit the Gay American Heroes Foundation. So Join us at Scandal's saloon, 3037 NE 6th Avenue in Wilton manors on October 18th and 19th and dance the day away.
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-Filling court vacancies makes presidential choice critical
by Deb Price
In a New York Times magazine article last year, telecommuting Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens told of his amusement at finding telltale traces of having been working with legal briefs at the beach by his Florida condo. "One of my favorite memories is the time I was sitting (on the bench after a return from Florida). I shook the sand out of the brief!" The magazine portrait confirmed the 88-year-old justice's intellectual and physical fitness. Unlike justices who rely heavily on clerks, Stevens writes the first drafts of his opinions. And he's an avid tennis player, swimmer and golfer. Appointed in 1975 by Republican President Gerald Ford, Stevens has gradually moved into the unexpected position of being dean of the liberal wing of the nine-member court.
http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081006/OPINION03/810060326/1031
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-Gay Couples Rush to the Altar in California Ahead of November Vote
The study, released Monday by the Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles, estimated that 11,440 couples had married since the state Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in May.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/us/08gay.html
-Advertising: A Push to Curb the Casual Use of Ugly Phrases
by Leonard Pitts
FOR the first time since the Advertising Council was founded in 1942, the organization - which directs and coordinates public service campaigns on behalf of Madison Avenue and the media industry - is introducing ads meant to tackle a social issue of concern to gays and lesbians.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/business/media/08adco.html?scp=3&sq=GAY&st=cse
-Circumcision Benefit in AIDS Is Divided
There is not enough evidence to show that circumcision reduces the risk of AIDS in sex between men, researchers are reporting, even though previous studies in Africa have shown its pronounced benefit in reducing AIDS from heterosexual sex.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/health/research/08hiv.html?scp=4&sq=GAY&st=cse
-Global Update: H.I.V. Spreads in China, Affecting New Populations
Infection with the AIDS virus in China is spreading beyond the country's original high-risk groups - heroin addicts in the south and blood sellers in rural central counties. A new study finds that the virus has spread to all provinces, and cases are rising quickly among gay men and female prostitutes. Heterosexual transmission is increasing. In Yunnan, the country's hardest-hit province, two men were infected for each woman as of 2006; 10 years earlier, the ratio was 13 to 1.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/health/07glob.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=gay&st=cse&oref=slogin
-Transgender Candidate Who Ran as Woman Did Not Mislead Voters, Court Says
The Georgia Supreme Court ruled Monday that a transgender politician did not mislead voters by running for office as a woman. The court dismissed a lawsuit filed by two opponents of the politician, Michelle Bruce, who was born Michael Bruce, that said she disguised her sex while seeking re-election last year in Riverdale, Ga.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/us/07gender.html?scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse
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-Gay candidates anticipate breakthroughs on Nov. 4
In his liberal Colorado district, it's no big deal that Jared Polis is gay. Yet his expected victory Nov. 4 in a congressional race would be a historic milestone and, he hopes, send an encouraging message to gay and lesbian young people nationwide. Polis, a 33-year-old entrepreneur who made millions creating Internet-based businesses, is the Democratic nominee and overwhelming favorite in the 2nd District encompassing his hometown of Boulder.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100701916.html
-Today in History - Oct. 7
Ten years ago: Matthew Shepard, a gay college student at the University of Wyoming, was beaten, robbed and left tied to a wooden fence post outside of Laramie; he died five days later. (Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney are serving life sentences for Shepard's murder.) The Justice Department sued Visa and MasterCard, the nation's largest credit card networks, on grounds they were restraining competition and limiting consumers' choices. (A judge later ruled that the Visa and MasterCard associations had to allow their member banks to issue other credit cards.)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100700006.html
-LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood is coming out this fall with a slew of political movies that hit all the hot-button topics as the tight U.S. presidential campaign nears its climax. From religion to patriotism, gay rights and the presidency of George W. Bush, directors are wearing their political colors on their sleeves, using comedy, true stories and fantasy to send not-so-subtle messages to Americans preparing to choose between Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain on November 4.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100700456.html
-Gay marriage ban attracts big money in Calif.
Supporters and opponents of a ballot initiative that would outlaw same-sex marriage in California have poured $41.2 million into the race, more than the combined total spent in the 24 states where similar measures have gone before voters since 2004.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100700446.html
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-U.S. immigration won't allow family unification for same-sex couples
As soon as Terrence Smith saw his partner step off a plane from England three years ago he knew he had found a soul mate. It's a modern day love story, starting with an Internet hello. After weeks of online chatting, they met in Atlanta. A long-distance relationship ensued. Then Smith proposed http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbbinational1008sboct08,0,6180307.story
-Gay adoption ban a moral must
Your Editorial Board's argument in support of homosexual adoption is shallow and short-sighted.
What if the adoption applicants are a married couple who participate in a swingers club where they have sex with the spouses of other members of the club? Should this exclude them from adopting? What if the applicants are a co-habitating threesome? How about if the applicant is a prostitute from a state such as Nevada, where prostitution is legal? Should legal prostitutes be permitted to adopt children? This is the can of worms you open when you argue that sexuality is irrelevant. Under that reasoning, as long as the applicants are good parents, they would be permitted to adopt, regardless of their sexual orientations. These examples illustrate why the gay adoption ban must survive: It establishes a legal and moral precedent that sexuality matters.Mike Cooley, Sunrise
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-br504adoptionspnoct07,0,4831683.story
-Former NYC mayor speaks to Jewish seniors about Obama
Former New York City Mayor Edward Koch was greeted by a crowd of about 100 seniors, many of them transplanted New Yorkers who have fond memories of Koch, when he visited the Sunrise Senior Center recently to assure Jewish voters that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama supports Israel. The Sunrise stop was followed by one in Tamarac and two in Palm Beach County as the Obama campaign courted Florida's Jewish seniors, a large segment of the state's Democratic voters.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flsfkoch1007sfoct07,0,5068394.story
-Spending on Calif. gay marriage ban to exceed total for 24 similar measures in other states
Supporters and opponents of a ballot initiative that would outlaw same-sex marriage in California have poured $41.2 million into the race, more than the combined total spent in the 24 states where similar measures have gone before voters since 2004. Campaign finance figures show supporters of the gay marriage ban have taken a significant lead in fundraising even as Proposition 8 has lagged in public opinion polls. A backer, ProtectMarriage.com, reported taking in $25.4 million through Sept. 30 of this year compared to the $15.8 million in donations raised by the main committee opposing the measure.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/politics/wire/sns-ap-gay-marriage-money,0,2621878.story
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-Orlando commission OKs domestic partner benefits
I just left the Orlando City Commission Chambers and wanted to share the great news with you as soon as I could. Orlando City Commissioners just unanimously voted to provide city employees with domestic partner health insurance for same-sex couples.
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-New 'gay adoption' case could change Florida law
Miami trial pits common sense vs. homophobia
After a four-day trial that ended Monday, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman will decide whether a 54-year-old North Miami man can legally adopt the half brothers he's fostered since 2004.
http://www.floridablade.com/blog/index.cfm#21512
-Tonight: Gay Bingo takes over South Florida
Wet your daubers at Lips in FTL, Halo in South Beach
Wednesday nights have become Bingo Night in South Florida. How did this happen? We're not sure, but nevertheless, Lips in FTL hosts "Bitchy Bingo," hosted by the bitter and malcontented Misty Eyez; dinner starts at 7:30, and the show starts at 8:45, with the Bingo cards handed out at 9:30. Halo, in South Beach, hosts "Betty Ford Bingo," hosted by Shelley Novak. Game time is 8-10 p.m. Although we must say, Shelley Novak is definitely bitchier than Misty Eyez, so we're not sure how those hosting assignments were worked out, but no one asked us. Happy semi-legal gambling!
http://www.floridablade.com/blog/index.cfm#21477
-John McCain responds to Family Equality Council
Executive Director Chrysler issued identical letters to candidates in July
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-McCain linked to guerrilla-aiding group in Iran-Contra case
GOP presidential nominee John McCain has past connections to a private group that supplied aid to guerrillas seeking to overthrow the leftist government of Nicaragua in the Iran-Contra affair. McCain's ties are facing renewed scrutiny after his campaign criticized Barack Obama for his link to a former radical who engaged in violent acts 40 years ago.
http://www.365gay.com/news/mccain-linked-to-guerrilla-aiding-group-in-iran-contra-case/
-Jury selection begins in HIV-related homicides
(Hamilton, Ontario) Jury selection has begun in the trial of an HIV-positive man charged with murder in the deaths of two sex partners. Johnson Aziga, 52, is charged in the deaths of two women who died of AIDS-related complications after allegedly having unprotected sex with him.
http://www.365gay.com/news/jury-selection-begins-iin-hiv-related-homicides/
-Rudolph: Heterosexual assumptions
Visibility is a funny thing. Take Rachel Maddow, host of The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC. To me, she epitomizes a second wave of out lesbians in the media, one who didn't have to come out to the public like Ellen Degeneres, Melissa Etheridge, or Rosie O'Donnell, because she has always been there.
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-New Poll Shows Support for Proposition 8 Growing
A new poll shows support for California's Proposition 8 has grown in an 11-day period, reports CBS 5, the San Francisco Bay Area affiliate that commissioned the survey. Proposition 8 would rescind marriage equality for same-sex couples if passed. The California supreme court legalized same-sex marriage on May 15.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63156.asp
-Mistrial on Firefighters' Harassment Claim
Four San Diego firefighters who sued their city after being ordered to participate in the 2007 gay pride parade will not receive damages after a San Diego County superior court jury was unable to reach a verdict. The jury deliberated almost four days before announcing a deadlock, according to the Los Angeles Times.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63198.asp
-Gay Guatemalan's Appeal for Asylum Denied
A Guatemalan man who sought asylum in the United States was denied his appeal by a panel of the San Francisco-based ninth circuit court of appeals Monday because, the judges said, he had lied under oath.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63181.asp
-Pat Steadman Fights to Turn Colorado Blue
Since Colorado's Amendment 2 changed the state constitution to prohibit new laws to protect lesbians and gays from discrimination in 1992, LGBT activist Pat Steadman has been at the forefront of Colorado's equal rights battle. Now, for the first time since that year, Colorado looks like it could well swing Democrat in November's election, thanks in large part to the work of Steadman and Equal Rights Colorado. In 1992, Colorado's Amendment 2 changed the state constitution to prohibit new laws to protect lesbians and gays from discrimination. It may have been the biggest gift that the Radical Christian Right could have given the LGBT community in that state.
http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid63179.asp
-Memories of Coming Out
On October 11 millions of openly gay Americans will reflect on the day they took those brave first steps out of the closet, providing support and encouragement to others who have yet to find their voice. In day one of our series on coming out, Lair star David Moretti (pictured), the Ali Forney Center's Wil Fisher, and New York LGBT Community Center executive director Richard D. Burns share their stories.
http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid63152.asp
-Gay Days at Disneyland: Part Celebration, Part Fiasco
For 11 years, gays and lesbians wearing red shirts have descended on Disneyland for Gay Days, an event that forces mainstream Americans to deal with us face to face. And while just-married same-sex couples urging park visitors to vote no on Prop. 8 put a positive political face on the weekend's festivities, the event too often showed the gay community at its worst: drunk, sometimes naked, and acting completely inappropriate for the families looking on.
http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid63116.asp
-The Cost of Being Gay
We all agree that sexual orientation isn't just about whom you sleep with but how much of your identity is tied up in the things you have to buy (not to mention the price you're willing to pay for them). Let's begin with a stipulation: It's difficult to write about one's personal spending without seeming like a snob or a communist, a sybarite or a Spartan. Some of the things I give money for will surely seem silly or extravagant to you, and some of the things I go without may seem like necessities in your household. But the highly idiosyncratic nature of consumption raises a cultural question: Is there a particularly gay way of spending?
http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid62089.asp
-The Closet as Security Risk
The National Security Agency courts openly gay employees. Visitors to the National Security Agency in Fort Meade, Md., have to pass through three security gates to enter the premises. Should they need to use the restroom inside, an escort must accompany them to the latrine.
http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid62153.asp
-The World as It Should Be
Michelle Obama states her case for why an Obama presidency would make for an LGBT-friendlier America. In about a month, Americans will head to the polls to cast their votes for the next president of the United States. It will be a momentous day. But this presidential election has already changed our country in profound ways. The candidacies of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have smashed old barriers and broadened opportunities for all Americans. And I'm grateful to them -- both as a citizen and as a parent of two young girls.
http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid62098.asp
-No Country for Black Men
John McCain may put his country first, but has America earned that honor? Maybe if I wasn't keenly aware how black people came to be in the United States to begin with. Perhaps if this country's wealth hadn't come on the backs, labor, and lives of people who look like me. Maybe, just maybe, if all men and women in this country were treated equally and given the same "opportunity to reach their God-given potential," I'd share Sen. John McCain's patriotism and the idea of "country first."
http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid62086.asp
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National Gay News
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-Choose a Realtor Wisely to Save Money
Any time somebody decides to sell their home the cost of hiring a professional real estate agent is one of the biggest bottom line factors, and that is doubly true during a real estate recession like the one faced by Americans at the moment. Real estate brokerage fees contribute a substantial portion of overall costs and may be the most expensive line item charge on a real estate sales closing statement, so homeowners should carefully evaluate any potential cost-cutting alternative.
http://nationalgaynews.com/content/view/4223/173/
-Mitcham Saddened by Status as Only Openly Gay Male Olympian
Diver Matthew Mitcham says he was very surprised he was the only openly gay man in the Olympic village. In fact, a little sad. The gold medallist who won hearts with his incredible final dive at Beijing is proud of his sexuality but understands it can be a harder wrestle for other gay athletes to "come out" in the public arena. Mitcham was the only man among 10,500 Olympic athletes to publicly say he was gay. "I was actually very surprised I was the only 'out' male at the Olympic Games," Mitcham said yesterday.
http://nationalgaynews.com/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/
-Mr Gay UK 'stabbed man to death and cooked his thigh with herbs and olive oil'
The first winner of Mr Gay UK stabbed a man to death before carving a piece of flesh from his thigh, seasoning it with fresh herbs and cooking it in olive oil, a court heard.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3146670/Mr-Gay-UK-stabbed-man-to-death-and-cooked-his-thigh-with-herbs-and-olive-oil.html
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-Arkansas Judges Oppose Measure to Ban Gay Adoption, Foster Care
Link: FoxNews.com
Former Chief Justices W.H. "Dub" Arnold, Jack Holt Jr. and Bradley D. Jesson were among 13 retired judges who issued a statement Monday opposing a proposed initiated act that would ban unmarried couples from adopting children or becoming foster parents. The judges said the proposal would limit their ability to choose the best home environment for children and said that child placement should be decided on a case-by-case basis.
-Gay marriages in California surpass those in Massachusetts
Link: Los Angeles Times
More gay couples were married in California in the first three months that same-sex marriages were legal than were married in the first four years it was legal in Massachusetts, according to a new study. The data, released Monday by UCLA's Williams Institute, found that an estimated 11,000 same-sex couples were married in California from June 17, when the California Supreme Court began allowing the weddings, to Sept. 17. As of spring, 10,385 same-sex couples had wed in Massachusetts since the state legalized such unions in May 2004, according to a study by the institute released in July. Next month, Californians will decide whether gay couples can continue to marry when they vote on Proposition 8, which would amend the state Constitution to define marriage as between only a man and a woman.
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Pink News - UK
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-Russia may permit first gay march 500km from Moscow
Gay rights activists in Russia have managed to secure permission to hold a picket against a homophobic politician in the city of Tambov. City authorities approved the protest yesterday, the first time a gay public event has been authorised in Russia.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9240.html
-McCain ignores gay adoption in letter to campaigners
The Republican candidate for President of the United States has declined to say how he would protect families headed by lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans Americans.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9242.html
-Nigerian speaks out against son who founded gay church
A leading academic in Nigeria has said he loves his son who founded a ministry for gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people, but does not agree with him. Professor Kunle Macaulay, Director of Studies at United Bible University, said he rejected the House of Rainbow ministry founded in 2006 by Rev Jide Macaulay.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9245.html
-Ugandan asylum seeker wins Sappho prize
The editor of a website that documents the violence and intimidation suffered by the gay community in Uganda has won a prestigious prize. The Sappho in Paradise Book Prize is conferred annually by the International Lesbian and Gay Cultural Network (ILGCN), a worldwide voluntary association of lesbian and gay cultural workers. Kizza Musinguzi, editor of gayrightsuganda.org, and an ayslum seeker in the UK, is the winner this year.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9241.html
-Gay teen was goaded into suicide by jeering mob
A 17 year old boy who threw himself off the roof of a shopping centre in Derby last week as some of the crowd gathered to watch goaded him to jump was gay. In a three hour standoff in the city centre, Shaun Dykes spoke at length to police officers last Saturday before plunging 60ft to his death.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9237.html
-Gay candidate looms over clergy gathering to choose bishop
The 46 people, including four diocesan bishops, who make up the electoral college will be aware that if they choose one of the men reportedly shortlisted for the job it could have ramifications far beyond Wales. Church officials have tried to play down suggestions that Jeffrey John, a Welsh speaker, a highly-regarded theologian and the Dean of St Albans, could be chosen.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9236.html
-United Nations calls on UK to stop discrimination against LGBT teens
A United Nations committee has called on the UK to take "urgent measures" to fight intolerance of gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans young people. The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) met last month. It is one of seven UN-linked human rights treaty bodies.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9235.html
-COMMENT: We will fight homophobia in the beautiful game
Football. The most popular team sport on the planet, the beautiful game. But that is not always the case if you're a football fan who happens to be gay.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9232.html
-Obama's gay rights stance gets Drew Barrymore's vote
A Hollywood actress has said she is backing the Democratic nominee for President of the United States after she heard him talk about equality for gay and lesbian people. In an interview with Harper's Bazaar, Drew Barrymore said that Barack Obama's "sensitivity" on the issue had won her over.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9231.html
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-Transgender GA Official Wins Legal Battle
By GREG BLUESTEIN | Associated Press Writer | San Francisco Chronicle
ATLANTA (AP) -Georgia's top court ruled in favor of a transgender politician who was slapped with a lawsuit by two political opponents who claimed she misled voters by running as a woman. The Georgia Supreme Court's unanimous ruling on Monday found that the two political opponents who filed the lawsuit failed to produce evidence of fraud, misconduct or illegal action after claiming that Michelle Bruce bamboozled voters by identifying herself as female. "This is a great victory for me and anyone who believes in equality," Bruce said in a statement. "It gives me hope that the Georgia Supreme Court did what was right and did not buy into hate-based politics."
-CA: Prop 8 Sides Tread Lightly for Swing Voters
John Wildermuth, Chronicle Staff Writer | San Francisco Chronicle
A same-sex couple walk arm in arm after they were married... A banner celebrating same-sex marriage flies on Castro St... (10-05) 16:38 PDT - Supporters of the November ballot measure to overturn a state Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage in California targeted justices on the high court - not gay couples - in their first TV advertisement. On the other side, ban opponents opened their TV campaign with a 30-second spot featuring a straight couple in a long-standing traditional marriage.
-"What's Become Normal Now is Really Absurd."
By Steve Ralls | The Bilerico Project
According to Immigration Equality, more than 36,000 same-sex couples include a partner who is a non-citizen. And, at long last, at least a few members of Congress are stepping up to the plate to try and make life a little easier for them. In September, 4 more Senators and 18 Representatives signed on to co-sponsor the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA), a legislative proposal to finally level the playing field for lesbian and gay couples when it comes to U.S. immigration policy. For many bi-national couples, our country's immigration law means more than a long-distance relationship. In many cases, it means keeping families with children apart. In others, it means forcing American citizens to make an untenable choice between the country they call home and the person they love. UAFA, which is now supported by 18 Senators and 118 lawmakers in the House, would end those difficult decisions and bring families together. It's a simple, common-sense solution that would make a world of difference to bi-national couples. As Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) recently said, "U.S. immigration law should not force Americans to leave their country and community behind in order to keep their family intact."
-Louisiana Gains First Two Openly Gay Elected Officials
GayPolitics.com
The victories of two openly gay school board candidates in Louisiana mark the election of the state's first two openly gay elected officials. Victory endorsee Thomas Robichaux (right) and Seth Bloom both won their elections to the Orleans Parish School Board. The wins effectively remove Louisiana from the Victory Fund's "Horizon State" list - a list of states that lack any elected LGBT representation. That list now includes Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota and South Carolina. The Victory Fund has endorsed candidates in two of those states in 2008 - Greg Kniffen, who seeks a seat in the South Dakota House of Representatives, and Linda Ketner, who hopes to represent South Carolina's first district in the United States Congress. "Electing an openly gay candidate where one has never been elected before is a sure sign of progress for the LGBT community," said Chuck Wolfe, president and CEO of the Victory Fund. "Louisiana now joins 46 other states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam in having achieved this important milestone."
-Priest Sorry for 'Tattoo Gays' Comment
By AFP | PageOneQ
An Anglican priest has apologised over comments made on his blog arguing that gay men should have warnings about sodomy tattooed on their backsides. Remarks made by Reverend Peter Mullen triggered a furious response from his diocese, which ordered him to remove the "highly offensive" blog post. "I did not intend to cause any upset but I realise that the remarks were injudicious and I have caused offence. I want to issue an apology," said Mullen, who ministers to parishes in the City of London financial district. "I did not intend to cause offence when I made some joking remarks about homosexuals. I was not actually meaning to criticise individual homosexual persons, but the promoters of gay culture.
-Ministry Offers Jesus as Escape from Homosexuality
Lucy Bannerman | The Australian
"HOW many of you are in need of some hope here tonight?" A murmur passes through the dark auditorium, pleasing the man with the microphone. "How many of you are at the end of your rope?" he continues. "How many are ready for an encounter with the Lord?" Heads nod. The man on stage is Alan Chambers. The clean-cut, married father-of-two is the leader of Exodus International, an organisation that believes it can help people to "find freedom from homosexuality through the love of Jesus Christ". Exodus is a ministry of the so-called "ex-gay" movement, a fundamentalist Christian campaign that encourages gay people to renounce their sexuality. He describes his first experience of a gay bar. "It was almost as if I'd grown up handicapped and everyone else was handicapped, too. But it was a counterfeit. I was fooled. Am I in denial?" he asks. "Absolutely. I live a life of denial and I love it. I didn't choose my same-sex feelings but I do choose how I'm going to steward them. Freedom is possible."
-An Iranian Lesbian Needs Urgent Help in Sweden
Iranian Queer Organization
Shar is 18 years-old Iranian lesbian who escaped Iran to Sweden in January 2008 on base of her sexual orientation. She arrested several times in Iran and now she lives in Stockholm, but she still has many troubles. Being young, women, and homosexual in Iran is hard and now she became asylum seeker too. Due to her difficult situation she decided to suicide. But fortunately her counselor at school found out about this issue. She is at a mental hospital now. She needs emotional support as well as legal support for her asylum case.
-Bad Vote on Gay Marriage a Wake-up Call at American River College
By Marcos Bretón - mbreton@sacbee.com | Sacramento Bee
What do you do when a college student tells you he is against gay marriage because he fears the wrath of God? "I think something is going to happen to our nation and our state," said Victor Choban, a student at American River College. Choban said he believes that last summer's destructive fire season was a direct result of the California Supreme Court overturning a ban on same sex-marriage in May.
-Openly Gay Bishop Travels to Duke University
By U-Wire | The BG News
An Episcopalian leader who has come to symbolize the debate over the role of gays in the church will be at Duke University today and tomorrow for a variety of events with students, faculty, staff and the Durham community. The Rev. Gene Robinson, Episcopalian bishop of New Hampshire, has been the subject of a firestorm of controversy since being elected as the nation's first openly gay bishop in 2003. Janie Long, director of the Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Life-which organized Robinson's visit-said she hoped his appearance would help to open a campus conversation on faith and identity.
-The Gay Slant: Palin & McCain's Gay Wish
By Walter Weeks | On Top Magazine
Oh boy, it's on! When you have presidential and vice presidential candidates bootlicking over gay rights and marriage, you know you got their attention. Gay issues dotted the campaign trail all week, kids. It started on Wednesday, when The Washington Blade published a Senator John McCain interview that was more pander than straight talk. McCain answered questions in written form from the gay weekly where he once again attempted to fool us into forgetting his deplorable record on gay rights. And before I tell you what he said, for the record, here's that GLBT record:
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-In recent weeks, the Ugandan Government has once again launched a campaign to arrest those who 'Recruit Homosexuals'. The Ugandan police autorities currently hold lists of those it suspects of the 'crime' of homosexuality, and just two days ago, Pastor Isaac Kyoobe Kiweweesi has been investigated for alleged homosexuality. In the UK, those who flee such persecution and seek asylum are subject to further discrimination by the home office. Kizza Musinguzi and Prossy Kakooza are just two of those seeking asylum in UK.
-Tambov Mayor Authorizes First Ever Gay Picket In Russia on 10 October
The city, located 500 km south of Moscow, is also considering allowing the First ever Gay Pride in Russia on Oct 18th. On Monday, Moscow Gay Pride organizers Nikolai Alekseev and Anna Komarova travelled to Tambov for the hearing of a complain directed against Oleg Betin, the Governor of the region of Tambov.
-Belarusian LGBT-activists asked Putin to support LGBT in Russia
Belarusian LGBT activists began collecting signatures in the open letter which addressed to the Chair of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Belarus Alexander Surikov. The reason for this treatment was to raise the level of homophobia and xenophobia in the Russian Federation, not only by opponents of the movement, but also by the authorities.
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-Two transsexual guys had been raped in Minsk at the mid of September. Two guy rented an apartment in one of the sleeping districts of the capital. Incidentally, the owner of the apartment was aware of the orientation and way of life guys. The owner decided to evict them by original method - the method of violence.
-I just wanted to share the news with you that a South Korean transgender (MtF) entertainer, Jang Chae-won who was 23 and a South Korean transgender (FtM) model/actor, Kim Ji-hoo who was also 23 have committed suicide in five days. Chae-won died on Friday 3 this month and Ji-hoo died today. We have huge coverages here in Japan and South Korea on their death in South Korean and Japanese, but I couldn't find English news on them.
The blog below has some English information if you need.
...On Chae-won's death
http://www.dramabeans.com/2008/10/suicide-of-transgender-jang-chae-won-belatedly-revealed/
...On Ji-hoo's death
http://www.dramabeans.com/2008/10/model-kim-ji-hoo-commits-suicide/
In just several days, the suicide rate of South Korea has been rapidly increasing after the suicide of Jeong Da-Bin, a popular celebrity.
...On Jeong Da-Bin's death
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/showbiz/2007-02/12/content_807226.htm
-The camp that 'cures' homosexuality
At a Christian 'boot camp' in the US, those struggling to reconcile faith and sexuality are taught to overcome gayness
"How many of you are in need of some hope here tonight?" A murmur passes through the dark auditorium, pleasing the man with the microphone. Heads nod. "How many of you are at the end of your rope?" he continues. "How many are ready for an encounter with the Lord?" The man on stage, dressed in chinos and a crisp white shirt, is Alan Chambers. The clean-cut, married father of two is the leader of Exodus International, an organisation that believes it can help people to "find freedom from homosexuality through the love of Jesus Christ". Exodus is one of the ministries of the so-called "ex-gay" movement, a controversial fundamentalist Christian campaign that encourages gay people to renounce their sexuality. This, its annual conference, promises "an amazing week of breakthroughs, transformations and healings". A Christian rock band begins to play and the 800 men and women who moments earlier seemed to have only awkwardness in common begin singing and clapping in unison. Eyes closed, they raise their hands above their heads, uplifted by the hope of being reborn.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article4893735.ece
-Baltic states' Gay Pride to take place in Riga in May 2009
http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/baltic_news/?doc=1750
-After the La Matanza town council in Buenos Aires Province unanimously approved an ordinance requiring staff at county hospitals to call trans, travesti, or transsexual patients by their chosen names, Mr. Juan Pablo Incocciati, the La Matanza County Health Sub-Secretary, rejected it. This prevented the administrative changes needed to implement the ordinance from going ahead. Responding to pressure from activists, Mr. Fernando Espinoza, the La Matanza County Major, has overruled Mr. Incocciati and promised to implement the ordinance. Among the rights involved in this case are:
...The right to be free from discrimination
...The right to freedom of expression
...The right to an adequate standard of physical and mental health
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-Sexual Intelligence - an electronic newsletter written & published by Marty Klein, Ph.D. - October issue
http://www.sexualintelligence.org/
-For back issues of Sexual Intelligence
http://www.sexualintelligence.org/sexintel.html
-Bingo! We should let you know that we got $760 for Elham.
Ahmad is 18 years-old gay who is in the UK now. He needs help. We got his story from one of his close friends. If you can help him in anyway please let us know. "Ahmad is a homosexual whom traveled to UK in 2007 as a tourist with his family. He was 17 at the time and his family claimed asylum due to the problems that they had in Iran. Even though Ahmad was facing some difficulties in Iran due to his sexuality, he wanted to go back to Iran and was not happy that the family was forced to claim asylum. www.irqo.net
-A bipartisan study group of senior retired military officers, representing different branches of the service, has conducted an in-depth assessment of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy by examining the key academic and social science literature on the subject and interviewing a range of experts on leadership, unit cohesion and military law, including those who are training our nation's future military leaders at the service academies. The Study Group emphasized that any changes to existing personnel policy must not create an unacceptable risk to the armed forces' high standards of morale, good order and discipline, and unit cohesion that are the essence of military capability.
http://www.palmcenter.org/publications/generals-flag-officers-report
-Join Log Cabin Republicans as we work to create a New Republican Majority!
In 2008, we are proud to support fresh, forward-thinking and fair-minded GOP candidates. Like Senator John McCain and Governor Sarah Palin, these candidates and many more are ready to move the GOP in a new direction, focused on the core Republican principles of personal freedom, fiscal responsibility, and a strong national defense. Contribute
-AK gays ask Palin for Coming Out proclamation
Will Governor Sarah Palin grant gay Alaskans request that she issue a proclamation honoring National Coming Out Day? Read the text of the proposed proclamation:
http://mpetrelis.blogspot.com/2008/10/ak-gays-ask-palin-for-coming-out.html
-NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV REACHES RECORD LEVEL IN THE UNITED STATES
Yet Another Wake-up Call for Congress & the President to Increase Funding for HIV Prevention
Washington, DC - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that in 2006 the number of people living with HIV in the United States was 1.1 million. Additionally, the CDC adjusted the estimate of people living with HIV in 2003 down to 994,000. Based on these new numbers this means there was an increase of 112,000 (11.3%) people living with HIV from 2003 to 2006. "This record number of people living with HIV in the United States will hopefully convince decision-makers inWashington DC that it is time to focus on the domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic," commented Dr. Gene Copello, Executive Director of The AIDS Institute.
www.TheAIDSInstitute.org
-New Jersey: ACT NOW! School board member says, let my son call another student "faggot"
Dear Garden State Equality members:
This will make you sick. A school board member in Robbinsville, New Jersey, near Trenton, said at last month's school board meeting: "If my son wants to call somebody a faggot he should be allowed to. It's his First Amendment right." The remark by school board member Joe Armenti came in response to a suggestion by Robbinsville High School students to have a box at the school where they could report incidents of hate, LGBT-related and not. To read more about the story,
http://www.nj.com/news/times/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1222920383179780.xml&coll=5
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Gay American Heros
http://www.gayamericanheroes.info/
We are always being asked how people can become involved with Gay American Heroes. Included in this newsletter are two upcoming events that you can particapate in. We always need volunteers so drop us a note and let us know where you are and what you would like to do. See you at the events!
-Orlando Pride Celebration: Helping Hands for Heroes
The Gay American Heroes Foundation is participating in the 2008 Orlando Pride Festival on October 12th. We plan to be marching in the parade directly behind Lynn and Pat Mulder (Ryan Skipper's Parents) and we are looking for volunteers to march in one of our t-shirts and lift up a poster with the picture of one of our fallen Heroes. We need as many volunteers as we can get. If you would like to lift up a Hero in the parade, please contact us at GayAmericanHeroes@yahoo.com as soon as possible. Thank you for all your help. See you at Pride Orlando!! http://www.comeoutwithpride.org/
-Remember the old fashioned country carnivals when you were a kid? If so, you don't want to miss Bubba's Country Fair weekend held at Florida's largest gay country/western nightclub. Come out and enjoy a full two day event, noon to dusk, featuring games, pie bake off, hot dog eating contest, entertainment, hot cowboys and bears, and much, much more. All proceeds will go directly to benefit the Gay American Heroes Foundation. So Join us at Scandal's saloon, 3037 NE 6th Avenue in Wilton manors on October 18th and 19th and dance the day away.
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Detroit News
http://detnews.com/
-Filling court vacancies makes presidential choice critical
by Deb Price
In a New York Times magazine article last year, telecommuting Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens told of his amusement at finding telltale traces of having been working with legal briefs at the beach by his Florida condo. "One of my favorite memories is the time I was sitting (on the bench after a return from Florida). I shook the sand out of the brief!" The magazine portrait confirmed the 88-year-old justice's intellectual and physical fitness. Unlike justices who rely heavily on clerks, Stevens writes the first drafts of his opinions. And he's an avid tennis player, swimmer and golfer. Appointed in 1975 by Republican President Gerald Ford, Stevens has gradually moved into the unexpected position of being dean of the liberal wing of the nine-member court.
http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081006/OPINION03/810060326/1031
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New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-Obama and McCain Clash Over Economy
In a muted debate, Senator Barack Obama faulted a zeal for deregulation, while Senator John McCain offered a mortgage rescue plan. [...] There was no indication that the debate did anything to change the course of a campaign that appeared to be moving in Mr. Obama's direction.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/us/politics/08debate.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
-The Debate
Watch the debate, analyze the transcript, check the facts and share your thoughts.
http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/president/debates/second-presidential-debate.html
-Central Banks Coordinate Cut in Rates
U.S. Reduces Key Rate by .5%
The world's major central banks - including the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England and the European Central Bank - moved together to staunch the financial crisis.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/business/09fed.html?hp
-Politics of Attack
Ninety minutes of forced cordiality during the debate did not erase the dismal ugliness of Senator John McCain's campaign in recent weeks. [...] Ms. Palin, in particular, revels in the attack. Her campaign rallies have become spectacles of anger and insult. "This is not a man who sees America as you see it and how I see America," Ms. Palin has taken to saying.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/opinion/08wed1.html?ref=opinion
-Mud Pies for 'That One'
MAUREEN DOWD
John McCain has long been torn between wanting to succeed and serving a higher cause. Right now, the drive to succeed is trumping any loftier aspirations. He cynically picked a running mate with less care than theater directors give to picking a leading actor's understudy. And he has been running a seamy campaign originally designed by the bad seed of conservative politics, Lee Atwater. [...] The woman is sounding more Cheney than Cheney. [...] Her demagoguery has elicited some frightening, intolerable responses. A recent Washington Post report said at a rally in Florida this week a man yelled "kill him!" as Ms. Palin delivered that line and others shouted epithets at an African-American member of a TV crew.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/opinion/08dowd.html?ref=opinion
-A Little Less to Worry About
Congress needs to build on the success of the compact that bans the diversion of water from the Great Lakes and take on the long-awaited assault on invasive species.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/opinion/08wed3.html?ref=opinion
-30 Civilians Died in Afghan Raid, U.S. Inquiry Finds
A military investigation concluded that recent American airstrikes in western Afghanistan killed more civilians than previously acknowledged.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/washington/08inquiry.html?hp
-Judge Orders 17 Detainees at Guantánamo Freed
Seventeen Uighurs held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, must be freed and allowed into the United States, a federal judge ruled. [...] The judge, Ricardo M. Urbina of Federal District Court, ordered that the 17 men be brought to his courtroom on Friday from the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, where they have been held since 2002. He indicated that he would release the men, members of the restive Uighur Muslim minority in western China, into the care of supporters in the United States, initially in the Washington area. [...] The government recently conceded that it would no longer try to prove that the Uighurs were enemy combatants, the classification it uses to detain people at Guantánamo, where 255 men are now held. But it has fought efforts by lawyers for the men to have them released into the United States, saying the Uighurs admitted to receiving weapons training in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan at the time of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/washington/08detain.html?hp
-Palin Plays to Conservative Base in Florida Rallies
Standing before a sea of red T-shirts and homemade signs reading "No Communists!" and "Palin's Pitbulls," Ms. Palin on Tuesday nestled in to her Republican base.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/us/politics/08palin.html
-Kenya Detains U.S. Author Critical of Obama
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/world/africa/08kenya.html
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Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-Who Is John McCain?
Last night's debate, a town-hall discussion dominated by economic questions, made it clear that John McCain's effort to change the campaign's focus to the culture wars of the 1960s is not going to work. Voters want candidates to talk about problems and how to solve them, especially the enormous ones confronting us now.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100702438.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
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The Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-Congress Grills Former AIG Chiefs
Lawmakers Ask Whether Executives Glossed Over Warnings About Risks Insurer Faced
Lawmakers portrayed former executives of American International Group Inc. as running a high-rolling organization that glossed over warnings about the risks that helped necessitate a government rescue -- and continued to reward executives even as the big insurer headed toward a cliff.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122342739746113715.html
-Nearly 1 in 6 Owners 'Under Water'
Falling home prices have left nearly one in six owners owing more on a mortgage than the home is worth, raising the potential for more defaults.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122341352084512611.html
-We're Not Headed for a Depression
No, this isn't the crisis that kills global capitalism.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122333679431409639.html
-Russia to Complete Georgia Pullback
A Russian general said the pullout from Georgia would be completed by day's end, as Russian troops withdrew from positions outside the separatist South Ossetia region. [...] The pullback may ease tensions but won't resolve major disputes pitting Russia against Georgia and Western countries, which have condemned Moscow's invasion of the ex-Soviet republic and its recognition of the separatist regions as independent nations.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122345021244814657.html
-The GOP Peddles Economic Snake Oil
Suddenly Republicans are against market values?
OK, let me get this straight: The central axiom of conservative Republicanism is that government is inherently corrupt and can't do anything right. Over many years of ascendancy, conservative Republicans have filled government agencies with conservative Republicans and proceeded to enact the conservative Republican policy wish list -- tax cuts, deregulation, privatization, outsourcing federal work, and so on.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122342526024513543.html
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Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-Fed cuts key interest rate
The Federal Reserve and six other major central banks from around the world slashed interest rates Wednesday.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sns-ap-financial-meltdown,0,7048573.story
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-N-word has no place in society
By LEONARD PITTS JR.
lpitts@miamiherald.com
Dear Chris Rock:
I apologize in advance for the language that will shortly follow. And yes, there is a certain irony there, given that you are one of the most profane men on the planet. Also one of the funniest. That's why I eagerly anticipated your new HBO special, Kill The Messenger, which premiered a few days ago, even though I knew there would inevitably come a moment that made me embarrassed for you. And sure enough, it came. During your routine, you noted how, last year, the NAACP held a symbolic ''burial'' of the N-word. ''Well,'' you said, through that evil Cheshire cat grin of yours, ''tonight is Easter.'' There followed a long and sometimes labored deconstruction of when, according to you, the word is permissible, all in illustration of your thesis that it is ''context'' that determines whether or not a word is offensive.
http://www.miamiherald.com/285/story/717384.html
-Granting protected status to Haitians is a moral duty
With one million homeless and more than 1,000 dead or missing in Haiti after four back-to-back storms, Haitians everywhere are struggling to recover. Why won't the White House grant them temporary protected status?
http://www.miamiherald.com/1299/story/717314.html
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Fort Report
http://www.fortreport.com/
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-The GOP goes back to its ugly roots
McCain is resurrecting the GOP's oldest tactic: Smearing Obama as a scary black terrorist sympathizer. But he may meet the same fate as Barry Goldwater. The End of Days is approaching for John McCain and Sarah Palin, and at least one member of the ticket is not likely to greet this development with religious rapture. Their numbers are tanking. Their campaign has had to pull out of Michigan, and they are trailing in most of the battleground states they must hold onto. Even Karl Rove has predicted an Obama win if the election were held today. McCain's hotheaded behavior during the Wall Street crisis and his numerous other erratic tactical swerves have backfired. And his biggest gamble, choosing Sarah Palin as vice president, is increasingly looking like a disaster.
http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/10/07/republican_smear_tactics/index.html
-A 'Terrible' Debate Performance By Brokaw and Organizers
We've come to lower our expectations for real debates in the "debate" process, but this one was terrible. Who picked the questions from the, we were told, six million sent in online plus the dozens from the people in the hall? The first half was fine but then why go into the same foreign policy questions raised two weeks ago -- knowing they were certain to draw the very same, almost word for word responses? After kicking off the debate by saying we were in the worst economic crisis in 80 years?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-mitchell/a-disgraceful-debate-perf_b_132829.html
-America and the New Financial World
Politicians can make the adjustment more or less painful. Soon enough, America's financial crisis will wind down -- maybe in a month, maybe in a year. Yet regardless of when, this crisis marks the beginning of a new era for the U.S. For more than six decades, from the end of World War II in 1945 until now, the U.S. was the hub of global capital and capitalism. In the years to come, it will remain a vital center, but not the center.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122325757745406687.html
-Why McCain's Time With Council Of World Freedom Matters
Since Sunday, Democrats have been buzzing about the re-revelation that during the 1980s, Sen. John McCain served on the board of a far-right conservative organization that had supplied arms and funds to paramilitary organizations in Latin America.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/06/why-mccains-time-with-cou_n_132470.html
-Alaska to decide if Palin should pay taxes on per diem payments
Governor Sarah Palin's practice of charging the state when she stays in her home must be reviewed to determine whether she should pay taxes on the payments, state Finance Director Kim Garnero said yesterday. Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee, released two years' worth of tax returns last week that did not list the per diem payments she received since becoming Alaska governor in December 2006. She collected nearly $17,000 during that period for 312 nights spent in her Wasilla home about an hour's drive from Anchorage, according to state travel records.
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/articles/2008/10/08/alaska_to_decide_if_palin_should_pay_taxes_on_per_diem_payments/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Today%27s+paper+A+to+Z
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Check out Saturday Night Live - VP Debate: Palin / Biden - Video
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/vp-debate-open-palin-biden/727421/
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A 20-year-old Tennessee man has been indicted for hacking into an e-mail account of U.S. vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, according to court records. David C. Kernell was indicted Tuesday on a single charge of accessing a protected computer by a grand jury in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee in Knoxville. The indictment, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a US$250,000 fine, was unsealed Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Kernell, from Knoxville, turned himself into law enforcement authorities and is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday. He is the son of Mike Kernell, a Democratic state representative from Memphis. The three-page indictment alleges that Kernell gained access to a Yahoo e-mail account used by Palin, the Republican governor of Alaska, on about Sept. 16. Palin was named Senator John McCain's vice-presidential running mate in August.
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Alleged_Sarah_Palin_hacker_indicted
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NATIONAL DO NOT CALL REGISTRATION
CELL PHONES #'s GO PUBLIC TODAY....
REMINDER.... all cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies tomorrow and you will start to receive sale calls.
YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS
To prevent this, call the following number from your cell phone: 888-382-1222. It is the National DO NOT CALL list. It will only take a minute of your time - an automatic process. It blocks your number for five (5) years. You must call from the cell phone number or home phone you want to have blocked. You cannot call from a different phone number. Or go to www.donotcall.gov
Florida's Do Not Call List costs $10/phone for 1st year, Renewals @ $5/year
http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/onestop/forms/10400.pdf
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New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-Obama and McCain Clash Over Economy
In a muted debate, Senator Barack Obama faulted a zeal for deregulation, while Senator John McCain offered a mortgage rescue plan. [...] There was no indication that the debate did anything to change the course of a campaign that appeared to be moving in Mr. Obama's direction.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/us/politics/08debate.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
-The Debate
Watch the debate, analyze the transcript, check the facts and share your thoughts.
http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/president/debates/second-presidential-debate.html
-Central Banks Coordinate Cut in Rates
U.S. Reduces Key Rate by .5%
The world's major central banks - including the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England and the European Central Bank - moved together to staunch the financial crisis.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/business/09fed.html?hp
-Politics of Attack
Ninety minutes of forced cordiality during the debate did not erase the dismal ugliness of Senator John McCain's campaign in recent weeks. [...] Ms. Palin, in particular, revels in the attack. Her campaign rallies have become spectacles of anger and insult. "This is not a man who sees America as you see it and how I see America," Ms. Palin has taken to saying.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/opinion/08wed1.html?ref=opinion
-Mud Pies for 'That One'
MAUREEN DOWD
John McCain has long been torn between wanting to succeed and serving a higher cause. Right now, the drive to succeed is trumping any loftier aspirations. He cynically picked a running mate with less care than theater directors give to picking a leading actor's understudy. And he has been running a seamy campaign originally designed by the bad seed of conservative politics, Lee Atwater. [...] The woman is sounding more Cheney than Cheney. [...] Her demagoguery has elicited some frightening, intolerable responses. A recent Washington Post report said at a rally in Florida this week a man yelled "kill him!" as Ms. Palin delivered that line and others shouted epithets at an African-American member of a TV crew.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/opinion/08dowd.html?ref=opinion
-A Little Less to Worry About
Congress needs to build on the success of the compact that bans the diversion of water from the Great Lakes and take on the long-awaited assault on invasive species.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/opinion/08wed3.html?ref=opinion
-30 Civilians Died in Afghan Raid, U.S. Inquiry Finds
A military investigation concluded that recent American airstrikes in western Afghanistan killed more civilians than previously acknowledged.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/washington/08inquiry.html?hp
-Judge Orders 17 Detainees at Guantánamo Freed
Seventeen Uighurs held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, must be freed and allowed into the United States, a federal judge ruled. [...] The judge, Ricardo M. Urbina of Federal District Court, ordered that the 17 men be brought to his courtroom on Friday from the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, where they have been held since 2002. He indicated that he would release the men, members of the restive Uighur Muslim minority in western China, into the care of supporters in the United States, initially in the Washington area. [...] The government recently conceded that it would no longer try to prove that the Uighurs were enemy combatants, the classification it uses to detain people at Guantánamo, where 255 men are now held. But it has fought efforts by lawyers for the men to have them released into the United States, saying the Uighurs admitted to receiving weapons training in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan at the time of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/washington/08detain.html?hp
-Palin Plays to Conservative Base in Florida Rallies
Standing before a sea of red T-shirts and homemade signs reading "No Communists!" and "Palin's Pitbulls," Ms. Palin on Tuesday nestled in to her Republican base.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/us/politics/08palin.html
-Kenya Detains U.S. Author Critical of Obama
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/world/africa/08kenya.html
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Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-Who Is John McCain?
Last night's debate, a town-hall discussion dominated by economic questions, made it clear that John McCain's effort to change the campaign's focus to the culture wars of the 1960s is not going to work. Voters want candidates to talk about problems and how to solve them, especially the enormous ones confronting us now.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100702438.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
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The Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-Congress Grills Former AIG Chiefs
Lawmakers Ask Whether Executives Glossed Over Warnings About Risks Insurer Faced
Lawmakers portrayed former executives of American International Group Inc. as running a high-rolling organization that glossed over warnings about the risks that helped necessitate a government rescue -- and continued to reward executives even as the big insurer headed toward a cliff.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122342739746113715.html
-Nearly 1 in 6 Owners 'Under Water'
Falling home prices have left nearly one in six owners owing more on a mortgage than the home is worth, raising the potential for more defaults.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122341352084512611.html
-We're Not Headed for a Depression
No, this isn't the crisis that kills global capitalism.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122333679431409639.html
-Russia to Complete Georgia Pullback
A Russian general said the pullout from Georgia would be completed by day's end, as Russian troops withdrew from positions outside the separatist South Ossetia region. [...] The pullback may ease tensions but won't resolve major disputes pitting Russia against Georgia and Western countries, which have condemned Moscow's invasion of the ex-Soviet republic and its recognition of the separatist regions as independent nations.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122345021244814657.html
-The GOP Peddles Economic Snake Oil
Suddenly Republicans are against market values?
OK, let me get this straight: The central axiom of conservative Republicanism is that government is inherently corrupt and can't do anything right. Over many years of ascendancy, conservative Republicans have filled government agencies with conservative Republicans and proceeded to enact the conservative Republican policy wish list -- tax cuts, deregulation, privatization, outsourcing federal work, and so on.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122342526024513543.html
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Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-Fed cuts key interest rate
The Federal Reserve and six other major central banks from around the world slashed interest rates Wednesday.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sns-ap-financial-meltdown,0,7048573.story
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-N-word has no place in society
By LEONARD PITTS JR.
lpitts@miamiherald.com
Dear Chris Rock:
I apologize in advance for the language that will shortly follow. And yes, there is a certain irony there, given that you are one of the most profane men on the planet. Also one of the funniest. That's why I eagerly anticipated your new HBO special, Kill The Messenger, which premiered a few days ago, even though I knew there would inevitably come a moment that made me embarrassed for you. And sure enough, it came. During your routine, you noted how, last year, the NAACP held a symbolic ''burial'' of the N-word. ''Well,'' you said, through that evil Cheshire cat grin of yours, ''tonight is Easter.'' There followed a long and sometimes labored deconstruction of when, according to you, the word is permissible, all in illustration of your thesis that it is ''context'' that determines whether or not a word is offensive.
http://www.miamiherald.com/285/story/717384.html
-Granting protected status to Haitians is a moral duty
With one million homeless and more than 1,000 dead or missing in Haiti after four back-to-back storms, Haitians everywhere are struggling to recover. Why won't the White House grant them temporary protected status?
http://www.miamiherald.com/1299/story/717314.html
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Fort Report
http://www.fortreport.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-The GOP goes back to its ugly roots
McCain is resurrecting the GOP's oldest tactic: Smearing Obama as a scary black terrorist sympathizer. But he may meet the same fate as Barry Goldwater. The End of Days is approaching for John McCain and Sarah Palin, and at least one member of the ticket is not likely to greet this development with religious rapture. Their numbers are tanking. Their campaign has had to pull out of Michigan, and they are trailing in most of the battleground states they must hold onto. Even Karl Rove has predicted an Obama win if the election were held today. McCain's hotheaded behavior during the Wall Street crisis and his numerous other erratic tactical swerves have backfired. And his biggest gamble, choosing Sarah Palin as vice president, is increasingly looking like a disaster.
http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/10/07/republican_smear_tactics/index.html
-A 'Terrible' Debate Performance By Brokaw and Organizers
We've come to lower our expectations for real debates in the "debate" process, but this one was terrible. Who picked the questions from the, we were told, six million sent in online plus the dozens from the people in the hall? The first half was fine but then why go into the same foreign policy questions raised two weeks ago -- knowing they were certain to draw the very same, almost word for word responses? After kicking off the debate by saying we were in the worst economic crisis in 80 years?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-mitchell/a-disgraceful-debate-perf_b_132829.html
-America and the New Financial World
Politicians can make the adjustment more or less painful. Soon enough, America's financial crisis will wind down -- maybe in a month, maybe in a year. Yet regardless of when, this crisis marks the beginning of a new era for the U.S. For more than six decades, from the end of World War II in 1945 until now, the U.S. was the hub of global capital and capitalism. In the years to come, it will remain a vital center, but not the center.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122325757745406687.html
-Why McCain's Time With Council Of World Freedom Matters
Since Sunday, Democrats have been buzzing about the re-revelation that during the 1980s, Sen. John McCain served on the board of a far-right conservative organization that had supplied arms and funds to paramilitary organizations in Latin America.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/06/why-mccains-time-with-cou_n_132470.html
-Alaska to decide if Palin should pay taxes on per diem payments
Governor Sarah Palin's practice of charging the state when she stays in her home must be reviewed to determine whether she should pay taxes on the payments, state Finance Director Kim Garnero said yesterday. Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee, released two years' worth of tax returns last week that did not list the per diem payments she received since becoming Alaska governor in December 2006. She collected nearly $17,000 during that period for 312 nights spent in her Wasilla home about an hour's drive from Anchorage, according to state travel records.
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/articles/2008/10/08/alaska_to_decide_if_palin_should_pay_taxes_on_per_diem_payments/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Today%27s+paper+A+to+Z
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Check out Saturday Night Live - VP Debate: Palin / Biden - Video
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/vp-debate-open-palin-biden/727421/
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A 20-year-old Tennessee man has been indicted for hacking into an e-mail account of U.S. vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, according to court records. David C. Kernell was indicted Tuesday on a single charge of accessing a protected computer by a grand jury in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee in Knoxville. The indictment, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a US$250,000 fine, was unsealed Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Kernell, from Knoxville, turned himself into law enforcement authorities and is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday. He is the son of Mike Kernell, a Democratic state representative from Memphis. The three-page indictment alleges that Kernell gained access to a Yahoo e-mail account used by Palin, the Republican governor of Alaska, on about Sept. 16. Palin was named Senator John McCain's vice-presidential running mate in August.
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Alleged_Sarah_Palin_hacker_indicted
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NATIONAL DO NOT CALL REGISTRATION
CELL PHONES #'s GO PUBLIC TODAY....
REMINDER.... all cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies tomorrow and you will start to receive sale calls.
YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS
To prevent this, call the following number from your cell phone: 888-382-1222. It is the National DO NOT CALL list. It will only take a minute of your time - an automatic process. It blocks your number for five (5) years. You must call from the cell phone number or home phone you want to have blocked. You cannot call from a different phone number. Or go to www.donotcall.gov
Florida's Do Not Call List costs $10/phone for 1st year, Renewals @ $5/year
http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/onestop/forms/10400.pdf
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FLORIDA DIGEST - October 08, 2008
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~~FLORIDA GLBT NEWS~~
Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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-Democratic group backs gay-marriage ban in Florida Constitution
A group of Fort Lauderdale Democrats rallied behind an amendment to the state Constitution that would make it harder for a judge to overturn Florida's same-sex marriage ban. A ballot measure to ban gay marriage has already won the support of many religious leaders and Republican politicians. On Tuesday, it received another endorsement -- this time from a group of Democrats. In a press conference headlined by Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle, the community leaders -- including pastors and civic activists -- said marriage should be defined as the union between a man and a woman. Amendment 2, if passed by voters on Election Day, would do just that by changing the Florida Constitution to say, ``No other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized.'' Gay marriage is already illegal in Florida, but the proposal -- if approved by 60 percent of voters -- would make it difficult for a judge to overturn.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/717316.html
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News from Sunshine Cathedral - Ft. Lauderdale
www.sunshinecathedral.org
-On October 18th, The Metaphysical Chapel of South Florida will be showing the film "The Moses Code" at Sunshine Cathedral in the Robert Graham & Paul Fasana Chapel at 7 PM. Tix are $10 each and can be purchased at www.MetaphysicalChapel.com or at the door.
-On October 19th at 6 PM we will be enjoying our annual Diamond Ball in the Safari Room at Hugh's Catering in Oakland Park. Reservations are $125 and can be secured at church or on the website (www.sunshinecathedral.org). At this year's Diamond Ball we will be honoring Grace Tedder, Joel Slotnick, Gregory Kurdian, Sterling Bank, and Jack Jones. We will also give a portion of the proceeds from the 50/50 drawing to Jamaican AIDS Services (JAS). This event will honor some of our key volunteers, bring in revenue for our church, support our friends in Jamaica, and bring our church family together for an evening of fun. Be sure to reserve your place at the Diamond Ball this week.
-On November 8th, we will be featuring our new Rodgers Trillium Masterpiece Organ and Ruffatti pipes with a special concert by world renown organist Frederick Swann. The concert will be at the Sunshine Cathedral in the Walt Lawrence & Stephen Lewis Center for Worship and the Arts at 7 PM. VIP tickets are available for $100. VIP ticket holders will get reserved seating for the concert, valet parking, and a champagne reception following the concert. General admission tickets are also available for only $25. Proceeds support both the Sunshine Community Foundation and the Sunshine Cathedral.
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Join ArtsUnited, Stonewall Library & Archives, the GLCC, and the FortLauderdale International Film Festival, this Wednesday, October 8, for the Florida Premiere Documentary of SqueezeBox! and a Kick-Off Party for FLIFF's GLBT Film Series. The fun starts at 6pm with food, friends, and cash bar, and the film starts at 7pm, both at Cinema Paradiso, 503 SE 6th Street, downtown Fort Lauderdale. The party is free and the Film is $5; part of ArtsUnited's Films 4 Us program. Tickets are available at the door or in advance at www.fliff.com.
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Palm Beach Human Rights Council
www.pbchrc.org
-The Lake Worth City Commission unanimously passed a resolution this evening strongly opposing Amendment 2, the so-called "Florida Marriage Protection Amendment." The proposed amendment to the Florida constitution will appear on the November 4 ballot. Concerned that Amendment 2 might remove safeguards and eliminate benefits for families based on domestic partnerships, Lake Worth City Commissioner Dave Vespo introduced the resolution at the request of the Palm Beach County Human Rights Council. "The leaders of Lake Worth clearly understand what may be at stake if Amendment 2 is not defeated," said Council President Rand Hoch. "The city commissioners know that to safeguard Florida's families, voters must vote against Amendment 2."
-The mayor and city commission of West Palm Beach unanimously voted this afternoon to oppose Amendment 2, the so-called "Florida Marriage Protection Amendment." If Amendment 2 is adopted by the voters on November 4, the Florida Constitution would be amended to provide that, "Inasmuch as marriage is the legal union of only one man and one woman as husband and wife, no other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized." "What is meant by the 'substantial equivalent' of marriage?" asked Commissioner Jeri Muoio, who introduced the resolution at the request of the Palm Beach County Human Rights Council, "Florida already has four state laws defining marriage. This amendment is designed to go beyond marriage."
-The Palm Beach County Human Rights Council has endorsed the following candidates.
www.pbchrc.org
~~FLORIDA GENERAL NEWS~~
Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
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-Influx of Section 8 residents upsets some unit owners at Century Village in Pembroke Pines
Perhaps there is a bright spot in the real estate collapse: "It's made more units available for low-income people to rent," said Kevin Cregan, of the Broward County Housing Authority. But the idea that Century Village is home to folks who get federal Section 8 rent subsidies has upset some unit owners. "Section 8 residents shouldn't live here," said retiree Anne Corman, adding she fears they would bring more crime. Candace Tapscott, a director with the federal Housing and Urban Development agency in Miami, met with hundreds of Century Village owners this week to allay their fears. The Section 8 folks are screened, and "they look just like everybody else," she said.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbcentury1008sboct08,0,2880467.story
-Let's hope governor's slight backpedaling on Alley lease plan is promising sign
Gov. Charlie Crist gave arm's length support to leasing Alligator Alley two weeks ago. The governor should go another step forward and oppose the controversial proposal. The governor was the featured guest at a Sun Sentinel event hosted by the Dueling Columnists. In response to a question about the plan to lease part of Interstate 75, the governor clarified that he supported "looking into" the proposal, as opposed to outright backing a lease. A small distinction, perhaps, but the state's motorists and businesses should hope it is a sign that the governor is hearing the growing chorus of opposition to the idea. If so, Florida could be on the right track, finally, on this issue. The lease sounds good on paper, but it's fraught with too many long-term pitfalls.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-editafhighwaypnoct07,0,4394846.story
-Charts: How Floridians would vote in the election
(Orlando Sentinel Mason-Dixon poll)
The key to Florida remains the Tampa Bay region, where Obama currently holds a 48%-44% advantage. The other regions of the state fall into their generally predictable patterns, with Obama holding a wide 61%-33% lead in Southeast Florida and McCain running ahead in North Florida (58%-37%), Central Florida (51%-43%) and Southwest Florida (55%-40%). Obama runs stronger among Democrats, women, those under 50, blacks and those who have never served in the military, while McCain is stronger with men, Republicans, those over 50, whites and military veterans. Obama has a 50%-41% lead among independent voters, while McCain has a 49%-44% among Hispanic/Cuban voters. Interestingly, despite the fact that he trails, McCain has a higher favorable rating with Florida voters than Obama (47%-46%), and Obama?s negatives have increased slightly over the past two weeks.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/family/orl-mason-dixon-poll-charts,0,2939280.photogallery
-Notorious German attorney goes on trial for Holocaust denial
A founder member of a left-wing terrorist group turned neo-Nazi went on trial in Germany Wednesday accused of publishing documents on the Internet denying the Holocaust. Horst Mahler, a founding member of the Red Army Faction in 1970, is accused of regularly posting documents online between 2001 and 2004. Denial of the Nazi Holocaust is a crime in Germany. Mahler has been charged with incitement and faces up to five years in prison if convicted.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-eu-germany-holocaust-denial,0,4927254.story
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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-Many Broward school district workers sign off on pay raises
Broward teachers continue to negotiate their contract while other school employees have agreed on theirs.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/717317.html
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~~FLORIDA GLBT NEWS~~
Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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-Democratic group backs gay-marriage ban in Florida Constitution
A group of Fort Lauderdale Democrats rallied behind an amendment to the state Constitution that would make it harder for a judge to overturn Florida's same-sex marriage ban. A ballot measure to ban gay marriage has already won the support of many religious leaders and Republican politicians. On Tuesday, it received another endorsement -- this time from a group of Democrats. In a press conference headlined by Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle, the community leaders -- including pastors and civic activists -- said marriage should be defined as the union between a man and a woman. Amendment 2, if passed by voters on Election Day, would do just that by changing the Florida Constitution to say, ``No other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized.'' Gay marriage is already illegal in Florida, but the proposal -- if approved by 60 percent of voters -- would make it difficult for a judge to overturn.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/717316.html
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News from Sunshine Cathedral - Ft. Lauderdale
www.sunshinecathedral.org
-On October 18th, The Metaphysical Chapel of South Florida will be showing the film "The Moses Code" at Sunshine Cathedral in the Robert Graham & Paul Fasana Chapel at 7 PM. Tix are $10 each and can be purchased at www.MetaphysicalChapel.com or at the door.
-On October 19th at 6 PM we will be enjoying our annual Diamond Ball in the Safari Room at Hugh's Catering in Oakland Park. Reservations are $125 and can be secured at church or on the website (www.sunshinecathedral.org). At this year's Diamond Ball we will be honoring Grace Tedder, Joel Slotnick, Gregory Kurdian, Sterling Bank, and Jack Jones. We will also give a portion of the proceeds from the 50/50 drawing to Jamaican AIDS Services (JAS). This event will honor some of our key volunteers, bring in revenue for our church, support our friends in Jamaica, and bring our church family together for an evening of fun. Be sure to reserve your place at the Diamond Ball this week.
-On November 8th, we will be featuring our new Rodgers Trillium Masterpiece Organ and Ruffatti pipes with a special concert by world renown organist Frederick Swann. The concert will be at the Sunshine Cathedral in the Walt Lawrence & Stephen Lewis Center for Worship and the Arts at 7 PM. VIP tickets are available for $100. VIP ticket holders will get reserved seating for the concert, valet parking, and a champagne reception following the concert. General admission tickets are also available for only $25. Proceeds support both the Sunshine Community Foundation and the Sunshine Cathedral.
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Join ArtsUnited, Stonewall Library & Archives, the GLCC, and the FortLauderdale International Film Festival, this Wednesday, October 8, for the Florida Premiere Documentary of SqueezeBox! and a Kick-Off Party for FLIFF's GLBT Film Series. The fun starts at 6pm with food, friends, and cash bar, and the film starts at 7pm, both at Cinema Paradiso, 503 SE 6th Street, downtown Fort Lauderdale. The party is free and the Film is $5; part of ArtsUnited's Films 4 Us program. Tickets are available at the door or in advance at www.fliff.com.
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Palm Beach Human Rights Council
www.pbchrc.org
-The Lake Worth City Commission unanimously passed a resolution this evening strongly opposing Amendment 2, the so-called "Florida Marriage Protection Amendment." The proposed amendment to the Florida constitution will appear on the November 4 ballot. Concerned that Amendment 2 might remove safeguards and eliminate benefits for families based on domestic partnerships, Lake Worth City Commissioner Dave Vespo introduced the resolution at the request of the Palm Beach County Human Rights Council. "The leaders of Lake Worth clearly understand what may be at stake if Amendment 2 is not defeated," said Council President Rand Hoch. "The city commissioners know that to safeguard Florida's families, voters must vote against Amendment 2."
-The mayor and city commission of West Palm Beach unanimously voted this afternoon to oppose Amendment 2, the so-called "Florida Marriage Protection Amendment." If Amendment 2 is adopted by the voters on November 4, the Florida Constitution would be amended to provide that, "Inasmuch as marriage is the legal union of only one man and one woman as husband and wife, no other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized." "What is meant by the 'substantial equivalent' of marriage?" asked Commissioner Jeri Muoio, who introduced the resolution at the request of the Palm Beach County Human Rights Council, "Florida already has four state laws defining marriage. This amendment is designed to go beyond marriage."
-The Palm Beach County Human Rights Council has endorsed the following candidates.
www.pbchrc.org
~~FLORIDA GENERAL NEWS~~
Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
Go to the links for the following articles:
-Influx of Section 8 residents upsets some unit owners at Century Village in Pembroke Pines
Perhaps there is a bright spot in the real estate collapse: "It's made more units available for low-income people to rent," said Kevin Cregan, of the Broward County Housing Authority. But the idea that Century Village is home to folks who get federal Section 8 rent subsidies has upset some unit owners. "Section 8 residents shouldn't live here," said retiree Anne Corman, adding she fears they would bring more crime. Candace Tapscott, a director with the federal Housing and Urban Development agency in Miami, met with hundreds of Century Village owners this week to allay their fears. The Section 8 folks are screened, and "they look just like everybody else," she said.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbcentury1008sboct08,0,2880467.story
-Let's hope governor's slight backpedaling on Alley lease plan is promising sign
Gov. Charlie Crist gave arm's length support to leasing Alligator Alley two weeks ago. The governor should go another step forward and oppose the controversial proposal. The governor was the featured guest at a Sun Sentinel event hosted by the Dueling Columnists. In response to a question about the plan to lease part of Interstate 75, the governor clarified that he supported "looking into" the proposal, as opposed to outright backing a lease. A small distinction, perhaps, but the state's motorists and businesses should hope it is a sign that the governor is hearing the growing chorus of opposition to the idea. If so, Florida could be on the right track, finally, on this issue. The lease sounds good on paper, but it's fraught with too many long-term pitfalls.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-editafhighwaypnoct07,0,4394846.story
-Charts: How Floridians would vote in the election
(Orlando Sentinel Mason-Dixon poll)
The key to Florida remains the Tampa Bay region, where Obama currently holds a 48%-44% advantage. The other regions of the state fall into their generally predictable patterns, with Obama holding a wide 61%-33% lead in Southeast Florida and McCain running ahead in North Florida (58%-37%), Central Florida (51%-43%) and Southwest Florida (55%-40%). Obama runs stronger among Democrats, women, those under 50, blacks and those who have never served in the military, while McCain is stronger with men, Republicans, those over 50, whites and military veterans. Obama has a 50%-41% lead among independent voters, while McCain has a 49%-44% among Hispanic/Cuban voters. Interestingly, despite the fact that he trails, McCain has a higher favorable rating with Florida voters than Obama (47%-46%), and Obama?s negatives have increased slightly over the past two weeks.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/family/orl-mason-dixon-poll-charts,0,2939280.photogallery
-Notorious German attorney goes on trial for Holocaust denial
A founder member of a left-wing terrorist group turned neo-Nazi went on trial in Germany Wednesday accused of publishing documents on the Internet denying the Holocaust. Horst Mahler, a founding member of the Red Army Faction in 1970, is accused of regularly posting documents online between 2001 and 2004. Denial of the Nazi Holocaust is a crime in Germany. Mahler has been charged with incitement and faces up to five years in prison if convicted.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-eu-germany-holocaust-denial,0,4927254.story
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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-Many Broward school district workers sign off on pay raises
Broward teachers continue to negotiate their contract while other school employees have agreed on theirs.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/717317.html
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Monday, October 06, 2008
GLBT DIGEST - October 06, 2008
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New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
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-Persecuted in Africa, Finding Refuge in New York
Pape Mbaye gets a lot of attention. Even in jaded New York, people watch the way he walks (his style defines the word sashay) and scrutinize his outfits, which on a recent afternoon featured white, low-slung capris, a black purse, eyeliner and diamond-studded jewelry.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/nyregion/06pape.html?scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse
-After Theological Split, a Clash Over Church Assets
After an overwhelming vote here over the weekend by the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh that created the second schism with the national church since the 2003 election and consecration of an openly gay Episcopal bishop, both sides were hoping for a simple resolution. "If the national church would stay out of it, we could work it out," said the Rev. Jonathan Millard, who favored secession and led the convention on Saturday. "And I think 90 percent of the churches here would agree with me."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/us/06church.html
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Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
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-US-POLITICS Summary
Obama accuses McCain of smear campaign
Democrat Barack Obama counterattacked on Sunday against a new Republican tactic by saying rival John McCain was more interested in a smear campaign than fixing the U.S. economy. The Obama campaign unveiled an ad hitting McCain as one of the "Keating Five" senators who met federal regulators on behalf of a California savings and loan institution that collapsed in 1989. The ad faults McCain as unwilling to regulate the financial industry.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100500490.html
-Illuminating Our Choices
Candidates Obama, McCain, Biden and Palin, take a bow. And you in the huge television audiences, bask in the reflected glory. You all have established in two national political debates that a lot is going right in America, despite our enormous problems. The value of these debates comes not from any particular information they convey. Voters know they get spit-polished views confected by campaign consultants from polling data. So they greet Barack Obama's endorsement of an immediate NATO membership plan for Ukraine, or Sarah Palin's pledge to work on peace in the Middle East, with appropriate skepticism.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/03/AR2008100303307.html
-Hollywood goes political as election nears
Hollywood is coming out this fall with a slew of political movies that hit all the hot-button topics as the tight U.S. presidential campaign nears its climax. From religion to patriotism, gay rights and the presidency of George W. Bush, directors are wearing their political colors on their sleeves, using comedy, true stories and fantasy to send not-so-subtle messages to Americans preparing to choose between Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain on November 4.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100500594.html
-US-ENTERTAINMENT Summary
Hollywood goes political as election nears
Hollywood is coming out this fall with a slew of political movies that hit all the hot-button topics as the tight U.S. presidential campaign nears its climax. From religion to patriotism, gay rights and the presidency of George W. Bush, directors are wearing their political colors on their sleeves, using comedy, true stories and fantasy to send not-so-subtle messages to Americans preparing to choose between Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain on November 4.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100500596.html
-Gay elders' distinctive challenges get closer look
Frank Carter was once a globe-trotting professional dancer; his world is smaller now. He battles multiple health problems, walks with a cane and rarely leaves his compact Manhattan apartment.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100500361.html
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Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
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-Generic options can cut pill bill
In addition to cooling temperatures, for many of us, fall means we're handed a packet of materials and asked to ponder our medical benefits as part of open enrollment season. So as you review your health care budget, remember that you may be able to save big on prescription drugs. At two pharmacies just a mile apart, for example, the price of the same medication can differ dramatically.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/sfl-flzbudgetdrugs1006sboct06,0,873022.story
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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-Odd couple: Rachel Maddow and Pat Buchanan
At 19, Rachel Maddow shared a house with friends in Philadelphia and wasn't paying much attention to the 1992 Republican National Convention on television until Pat Buchanan took to the podium. She was transfixed. Buchanan's combative conservative speech, which denounced gay rights, was a milestone for people on two sides of a political divide. Either a call to arms or intolerant, depending on your point of view, it couldn't be ignored.
http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/714617.html
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Steve Rothaus
http://www.MiamiHerald.com/gay
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-Palin: An apparent flip-flop on gay rights
Newsweek compares Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's position on rights for gay couples during last week's vice presidential debate and an interview in August 2007: Watching the vice presidential debate, you might have gotten the impression that Sarah Palin supports civil rights for same-sex couples. During an exchange on the topic, both she and Joe Biden said they oppose gay marriage. But Biden added that he and Barack Obama favor granting gay couples many of the same benefits-hospital visitation rights, health benefits-that married couples enjoy. Palin was tougher to pin down. She clearly didn't want to appear intolerant, but neither did she want to seem to embrace gay rights. "[N]o one would ever propose, not in a McCain-Palin administration, to do anything to prohibit, say, visitations in a hospital or contracts being signed ." she said.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/
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The Florida Blade
http://www.floridablade.com/
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-GLBT organizations boycott Bolthouse Farms
Benefactors of juice and veggie company fund anti-gay initiative
Unbeknownst to South Florida residents, trips to a local Whole Foods, Publix or Winn-Dixie may be funding the anti-gay, ultra-conservative Christian right. Grass-roots activist organization Californians Against Hate is calling for a nationwide boycott of Bolthouse Farms products for its affiliation with the anti-gay movement, after shareholders donated to the anti-gay Proposition 8 in the state, which will repeal gay marriage if enacted. California legalized gay marriage earlier this year.
http://www.floridablade.com/blog/index.cfm#21433
-Beware the 'monster' of crystal meth
'The Rise and Fall' of Michael Brandon, adult superstar and addicted felon We don't usually promote stories about drug addicts, and how "tragic" their lives are, but in the case of adult entertainment superstar Michael Brandon, there is something to be learned: Brandon recently found himself in court (again) charged with selling crystal, for which he will most likely spend several years in jail. Brandon has been battling the addiction for many years, and even achieved sobriety at several points in the saga, but he always fell back into using again. Life, even for a porn star, doesn't always have easy answers. It should also be noted that crystal meth use is one of the main risk factors in HIV transmission-and it can also cause permanent brain damage.
http://www.floridablade.com/blog/index.cfm#21432
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The Advocate
http://advocate.com/
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-Clinton Redefines McCain As A 'Mimic' of George W. Bush
Senator Hillary Clinton addressed guests via satellite at the Human Rights Campaign annual fund-raiser in Washington D.C. in place of vice presidential candidate Senator Joseph Biden, who cancelled all his weekend campaign events due to his mother-in-law becoming critically ill. Clinton told the room of nearly 3,000 people it was a "privilege" to fill in for Sen. Biden because of the work she had proudly done with HRC is previous battles. "Together with the Human Rights Campaign on the front lines, we took back the Congress in 2006 and together we're going to take back the White House," she said.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63081.asp
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Marriage Equality News
http://samesexmarriage.typepad.com/weblog/
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-My New Father-in-Law
Link: Slog | The Stranger | Seattle's Only Newspaper
by David Schmader
I've written about him before, and now he's written something about Jake and me. From today's Salt Lake Tribune:
Last Friday was one of the best days of my life. My second son, Jake, was married, and I was there. Five of my six children are now married. Each wedding day has been wonderful for me-one in the Salt Lake Temple in 1993, one in the Bountiful Temple in 2001, one in the First Presbyterian Church in 2006, and another in the Salt Lake Temple in 2007. But Jake's wedding last week, at an Italian restaurant in Beverly Hills, stands out. For a long time, I wasn't sure Jake would ever marry. You see, Jake is gay, and though he and Dave have been together for seven years, here in the land of the free, gay people have only recently been afforded the right to formalize their love and commitment in marriage.
On Friday night, Jake said, "I didn't think I'd ever be happy, and now I am." Can a father ask for more? Maybe so, but not this week.
Michael G. Nelson
Murray, Utah
-Evangelical Leader: Fundies Grumbling About Palin's Gay Remarks; Possible
"Split" Developing on LGBT Rights
Link: The Gist
by Michelangelo Signorile
Evangelical leader and gay rights foe Bishop Harry Jackson Jr. came on the show on Friday (two video clips below) to respond to the now widely known fact that Mark Buse, John McCain's chief of staff, is gay, something Jackson believes compels McCain to speak more forcefully on the marriage amendments on the ballot in three states. Jackson, pastor of the Hope Christian Church in Maryland and founder of the High Impact Leadership Coalition, is on the board of the National Association of Evangelicals, Ted Haggard's old stomping ground. Jackson isn't among the most high-profile Christian right leaders on the national level, but he does travel in their circles, was a participant in infamous Justice Sunday, and talks to them all, including Focus on the Family's James Dobson, Family Research Council's Tony Perkins and the rest. So, while the big honchos are being curiously quiet, when Jackson says evangelicals weren't happy with Palin's performance at the vice presidential debate when it came to gay issues -- and that there is a "split" among them about how Sarah Palin should have addressed the topic, as well as about John McCain's chief of staff -- it certainly is interesting:"A lot of folks were upset that she didn't say there is a marriage amendment on the ballot in Florida, California and Arizona...She missed an opportunity to say I'm for marriage...She could have defined that thing clearly and she would have a lot more people enthusiastic about her campaign. There have been people [grumbling]...I do think she seemed a little wishy-washy and unclear on the marriage issue. She left making it sound like she and Mccain and Biden and Obama were exactly the same and they're not."
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-Report claims trans men and lesbian women face rape and abuse in Kyrgyzstan
A leading human rights group has claimed that lesbian and bisexual women and transgender men face violent abuse, including rape, in Kyrgyzstan, both in family settings and from strangers on the street. Based on interviews, the Human Rights Watch report found evidence of beatings, forced marriages, and physical and psychological abuse.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9215.html
-UK's first Muslim minister promoted to Justice
Shahid Malik has been promoted to Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice. The MP for Dewsbury said he was relishing the new role.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9209.html
-Gay MP Chris Bryant tipped for Deputy Leader of the House
Chris Bryant, the openly gay MP for Rhonda, is reportedly to be appointed Deputy Leader of the House of Commons in the final stages of Prime minister Gordon Brown's reshuffle. Mr Bryant was one of the MPs behind a plot to oust Tony Blair in 2006 but was not rewarded with a ministerial post by Mr Brown. He was named by PinkNews.co.uk as 26th most powerful LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered) person in Britain.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9207.html
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Fort Report
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-Ban may go beyond gays
The fate of the most emotionally charged issue on Florida's November ballot could hinge on a question of economics. Would constitutionally banning gay marriage threaten benefits for thousands of Floridians - gay, straight or even siblings living together - who depend on their domestic partnership to pay for health care?
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/state/article839447.ece
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Forwarded from Gays Without Borders
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-Cardinal Newman - nature thwarts Vatican plot
Catholic minister approved Pope's request
Government collusion with attempt to violate Newman's wishes
"Nature has thwarted the Vatican's heartless plot to violate Cardinal Newman's request to be buried with the man he loved, Father Ambrose St. John," said human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell. He was commenting on the revelation that Newman's body has decomposed to nothing, leaving an empty grave and frustrating plans by the Catholic Church to dismember his body and display his bones as holy relics. "The Vatican wanted to rebury the Cardinal's remains in a marble tomb, separate from St John, to dampen speculation that he might have been gay.
For additional background about Cardinal Newman see:
..Was Cardinal Newman gay?
http://www.petertatchell.net/religion/wascardinalnewmangay.htm
..Violating Cardinal Newman's wishes
http://www.petertatchell.net/religion/cardinalnewmanslove.htm
..Cardinal's body to be dismembered
http://www.petertatchell.net/religion/cardinalnewmanscorpse.htm
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Forwarded from Euro-Queer
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-Elham is 24 years-old Iranian refugee in Turkey. She left Iran to Turkey about 19 months ago. She recognized as refugee on base of her sexual orientation by office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee in Ankara. They referred her case to the Canadian Embassy for resettlement. Now her immigration process is finished and International Organization for Migration (IOM) booked her flight for October 15, 2008. But she needs to pay 720$ for her exit permit. She dose not have any money because of her special situation. If she can not pay this money, Turkish authority dose not allow her to leave the country. It is out of hand of UNHRC and Canadian Embassy.
She has to pay this amount of money to Turkish government. Also she needs to pay an internal flight charge to Istanbul.
We are asking from all IRQO's alliances to support her by their donations.
She has to pay 720$ by Thursday October 9, 2008.
You can use our secure Paypal through www.irqo.net
We should thank you in advance for all your support and help in last few years.
-He wears it well
'Seventy per cent straight' David Walliams talks intimacy, cross-dressing and children's books with Rachel Cooke [...] He began by playing Frankie Howerd, mostly to good reviews, in a film for BBC4, and then went off to the United States to make the American version of Little Britain for HBO
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/oct/05/celebrity.fashion
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-Persecuted in Senegal, Finding Refuge in New York
Pape Mbaye gets a lot of attention. Even in jaded New York, people watch the way he walks (his style defines the word sashay) and scrutinize his outfits, which on a recent afternoon featured white, low-slung capris, a black purse, eyeliner and diamond-studded jewelry. And he likes it. "I'm fabulous," he said. "I feel good." Mr. Mbaye, 24, is an entertainer from Dakar, Senegal, known there for his dancing, singing and storytelling. But while his flamboyance may be celebrated in New York, he attracted the wrong kind of attention in West Africa this year, nearly costing him his life.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/nyregion/06pape.html?hp=&pagewanted=all
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From Transgender Equality
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-"Change Capital of the World" - About The Show
Based in Trinidad, Colorado, this six-part series follows patients as they arrive in this Old West mining town-dubbed the 'Sex Change Capital of the World'-to see Dr. Marci Bowers, formerly Mark Bowers, who'll provide them with the ultimate life-changing operation. From retired grandfathers to construction workers, businessman to office managers, each shares their unique story of how they came to terms with their sexuality.
http://www.wetv.com/sex-change-hospital/
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New York Times
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-Persecuted in Africa, Finding Refuge in New York
Pape Mbaye gets a lot of attention. Even in jaded New York, people watch the way he walks (his style defines the word sashay) and scrutinize his outfits, which on a recent afternoon featured white, low-slung capris, a black purse, eyeliner and diamond-studded jewelry.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/nyregion/06pape.html?scp=2&sq=gay&st=cse
-After Theological Split, a Clash Over Church Assets
After an overwhelming vote here over the weekend by the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh that created the second schism with the national church since the 2003 election and consecration of an openly gay Episcopal bishop, both sides were hoping for a simple resolution. "If the national church would stay out of it, we could work it out," said the Rev. Jonathan Millard, who favored secession and led the convention on Saturday. "And I think 90 percent of the churches here would agree with me."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/us/06church.html
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Washington Post
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-US-POLITICS Summary
Obama accuses McCain of smear campaign
Democrat Barack Obama counterattacked on Sunday against a new Republican tactic by saying rival John McCain was more interested in a smear campaign than fixing the U.S. economy. The Obama campaign unveiled an ad hitting McCain as one of the "Keating Five" senators who met federal regulators on behalf of a California savings and loan institution that collapsed in 1989. The ad faults McCain as unwilling to regulate the financial industry.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100500490.html
-Illuminating Our Choices
Candidates Obama, McCain, Biden and Palin, take a bow. And you in the huge television audiences, bask in the reflected glory. You all have established in two national political debates that a lot is going right in America, despite our enormous problems. The value of these debates comes not from any particular information they convey. Voters know they get spit-polished views confected by campaign consultants from polling data. So they greet Barack Obama's endorsement of an immediate NATO membership plan for Ukraine, or Sarah Palin's pledge to work on peace in the Middle East, with appropriate skepticism.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/03/AR2008100303307.html
-Hollywood goes political as election nears
Hollywood is coming out this fall with a slew of political movies that hit all the hot-button topics as the tight U.S. presidential campaign nears its climax. From religion to patriotism, gay rights and the presidency of George W. Bush, directors are wearing their political colors on their sleeves, using comedy, true stories and fantasy to send not-so-subtle messages to Americans preparing to choose between Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain on November 4.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100500594.html
-US-ENTERTAINMENT Summary
Hollywood goes political as election nears
Hollywood is coming out this fall with a slew of political movies that hit all the hot-button topics as the tight U.S. presidential campaign nears its climax. From religion to patriotism, gay rights and the presidency of George W. Bush, directors are wearing their political colors on their sleeves, using comedy, true stories and fantasy to send not-so-subtle messages to Americans preparing to choose between Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain on November 4.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100500596.html
-Gay elders' distinctive challenges get closer look
Frank Carter was once a globe-trotting professional dancer; his world is smaller now. He battles multiple health problems, walks with a cane and rarely leaves his compact Manhattan apartment.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100500361.html
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Sun-Sentinel
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-Generic options can cut pill bill
In addition to cooling temperatures, for many of us, fall means we're handed a packet of materials and asked to ponder our medical benefits as part of open enrollment season. So as you review your health care budget, remember that you may be able to save big on prescription drugs. At two pharmacies just a mile apart, for example, the price of the same medication can differ dramatically.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/sfl-flzbudgetdrugs1006sboct06,0,873022.story
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Miami Herald
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-Odd couple: Rachel Maddow and Pat Buchanan
At 19, Rachel Maddow shared a house with friends in Philadelphia and wasn't paying much attention to the 1992 Republican National Convention on television until Pat Buchanan took to the podium. She was transfixed. Buchanan's combative conservative speech, which denounced gay rights, was a milestone for people on two sides of a political divide. Either a call to arms or intolerant, depending on your point of view, it couldn't be ignored.
http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/714617.html
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Steve Rothaus
http://www.MiamiHerald.com/gay
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-Palin: An apparent flip-flop on gay rights
Newsweek compares Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's position on rights for gay couples during last week's vice presidential debate and an interview in August 2007: Watching the vice presidential debate, you might have gotten the impression that Sarah Palin supports civil rights for same-sex couples. During an exchange on the topic, both she and Joe Biden said they oppose gay marriage. But Biden added that he and Barack Obama favor granting gay couples many of the same benefits-hospital visitation rights, health benefits-that married couples enjoy. Palin was tougher to pin down. She clearly didn't want to appear intolerant, but neither did she want to seem to embrace gay rights. "[N]o one would ever propose, not in a McCain-Palin administration, to do anything to prohibit, say, visitations in a hospital or contracts being signed ." she said.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/
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The Florida Blade
http://www.floridablade.com/
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-GLBT organizations boycott Bolthouse Farms
Benefactors of juice and veggie company fund anti-gay initiative
Unbeknownst to South Florida residents, trips to a local Whole Foods, Publix or Winn-Dixie may be funding the anti-gay, ultra-conservative Christian right. Grass-roots activist organization Californians Against Hate is calling for a nationwide boycott of Bolthouse Farms products for its affiliation with the anti-gay movement, after shareholders donated to the anti-gay Proposition 8 in the state, which will repeal gay marriage if enacted. California legalized gay marriage earlier this year.
http://www.floridablade.com/blog/index.cfm#21433
-Beware the 'monster' of crystal meth
'The Rise and Fall' of Michael Brandon, adult superstar and addicted felon We don't usually promote stories about drug addicts, and how "tragic" their lives are, but in the case of adult entertainment superstar Michael Brandon, there is something to be learned: Brandon recently found himself in court (again) charged with selling crystal, for which he will most likely spend several years in jail. Brandon has been battling the addiction for many years, and even achieved sobriety at several points in the saga, but he always fell back into using again. Life, even for a porn star, doesn't always have easy answers. It should also be noted that crystal meth use is one of the main risk factors in HIV transmission-and it can also cause permanent brain damage.
http://www.floridablade.com/blog/index.cfm#21432
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The Advocate
http://advocate.com/
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-Clinton Redefines McCain As A 'Mimic' of George W. Bush
Senator Hillary Clinton addressed guests via satellite at the Human Rights Campaign annual fund-raiser in Washington D.C. in place of vice presidential candidate Senator Joseph Biden, who cancelled all his weekend campaign events due to his mother-in-law becoming critically ill. Clinton told the room of nearly 3,000 people it was a "privilege" to fill in for Sen. Biden because of the work she had proudly done with HRC is previous battles. "Together with the Human Rights Campaign on the front lines, we took back the Congress in 2006 and together we're going to take back the White House," she said.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63081.asp
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Marriage Equality News
http://samesexmarriage.typepad.com/weblog/
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-My New Father-in-Law
Link: Slog | The Stranger | Seattle's Only Newspaper
by David Schmader
I've written about him before, and now he's written something about Jake and me. From today's Salt Lake Tribune:
Last Friday was one of the best days of my life. My second son, Jake, was married, and I was there. Five of my six children are now married. Each wedding day has been wonderful for me-one in the Salt Lake Temple in 1993, one in the Bountiful Temple in 2001, one in the First Presbyterian Church in 2006, and another in the Salt Lake Temple in 2007. But Jake's wedding last week, at an Italian restaurant in Beverly Hills, stands out. For a long time, I wasn't sure Jake would ever marry. You see, Jake is gay, and though he and Dave have been together for seven years, here in the land of the free, gay people have only recently been afforded the right to formalize their love and commitment in marriage.
On Friday night, Jake said, "I didn't think I'd ever be happy, and now I am." Can a father ask for more? Maybe so, but not this week.
Michael G. Nelson
Murray, Utah
-Evangelical Leader: Fundies Grumbling About Palin's Gay Remarks; Possible
"Split" Developing on LGBT Rights
Link: The Gist
by Michelangelo Signorile
Evangelical leader and gay rights foe Bishop Harry Jackson Jr. came on the show on Friday (two video clips below) to respond to the now widely known fact that Mark Buse, John McCain's chief of staff, is gay, something Jackson believes compels McCain to speak more forcefully on the marriage amendments on the ballot in three states. Jackson, pastor of the Hope Christian Church in Maryland and founder of the High Impact Leadership Coalition, is on the board of the National Association of Evangelicals, Ted Haggard's old stomping ground. Jackson isn't among the most high-profile Christian right leaders on the national level, but he does travel in their circles, was a participant in infamous Justice Sunday, and talks to them all, including Focus on the Family's James Dobson, Family Research Council's Tony Perkins and the rest. So, while the big honchos are being curiously quiet, when Jackson says evangelicals weren't happy with Palin's performance at the vice presidential debate when it came to gay issues -- and that there is a "split" among them about how Sarah Palin should have addressed the topic, as well as about John McCain's chief of staff -- it certainly is interesting:"A lot of folks were upset that she didn't say there is a marriage amendment on the ballot in Florida, California and Arizona...She missed an opportunity to say I'm for marriage...She could have defined that thing clearly and she would have a lot more people enthusiastic about her campaign. There have been people [grumbling]...I do think she seemed a little wishy-washy and unclear on the marriage issue. She left making it sound like she and Mccain and Biden and Obama were exactly the same and they're not."
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Pink News - UK
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/
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-Report claims trans men and lesbian women face rape and abuse in Kyrgyzstan
A leading human rights group has claimed that lesbian and bisexual women and transgender men face violent abuse, including rape, in Kyrgyzstan, both in family settings and from strangers on the street. Based on interviews, the Human Rights Watch report found evidence of beatings, forced marriages, and physical and psychological abuse.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9215.html
-UK's first Muslim minister promoted to Justice
Shahid Malik has been promoted to Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice. The MP for Dewsbury said he was relishing the new role.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9209.html
-Gay MP Chris Bryant tipped for Deputy Leader of the House
Chris Bryant, the openly gay MP for Rhonda, is reportedly to be appointed Deputy Leader of the House of Commons in the final stages of Prime minister Gordon Brown's reshuffle. Mr Bryant was one of the MPs behind a plot to oust Tony Blair in 2006 but was not rewarded with a ministerial post by Mr Brown. He was named by PinkNews.co.uk as 26th most powerful LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered) person in Britain.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9207.html
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Fort Report
http://www.fortreport.com/
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-Ban may go beyond gays
The fate of the most emotionally charged issue on Florida's November ballot could hinge on a question of economics. Would constitutionally banning gay marriage threaten benefits for thousands of Floridians - gay, straight or even siblings living together - who depend on their domestic partnership to pay for health care?
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/state/article839447.ece
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Forwarded from Gays Without Borders
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-Cardinal Newman - nature thwarts Vatican plot
Catholic minister approved Pope's request
Government collusion with attempt to violate Newman's wishes
"Nature has thwarted the Vatican's heartless plot to violate Cardinal Newman's request to be buried with the man he loved, Father Ambrose St. John," said human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell. He was commenting on the revelation that Newman's body has decomposed to nothing, leaving an empty grave and frustrating plans by the Catholic Church to dismember his body and display his bones as holy relics. "The Vatican wanted to rebury the Cardinal's remains in a marble tomb, separate from St John, to dampen speculation that he might have been gay.
For additional background about Cardinal Newman see:
..Was Cardinal Newman gay?
http://www.petertatchell.net/religion/wascardinalnewmangay.htm
..Violating Cardinal Newman's wishes
http://www.petertatchell.net/religion/cardinalnewmanslove.htm
..Cardinal's body to be dismembered
http://www.petertatchell.net/religion/cardinalnewmanscorpse.htm
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Forwarded from Euro-Queer
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-Elham is 24 years-old Iranian refugee in Turkey. She left Iran to Turkey about 19 months ago. She recognized as refugee on base of her sexual orientation by office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee in Ankara. They referred her case to the Canadian Embassy for resettlement. Now her immigration process is finished and International Organization for Migration (IOM) booked her flight for October 15, 2008. But she needs to pay 720$ for her exit permit. She dose not have any money because of her special situation. If she can not pay this money, Turkish authority dose not allow her to leave the country. It is out of hand of UNHRC and Canadian Embassy.
She has to pay this amount of money to Turkish government. Also she needs to pay an internal flight charge to Istanbul.
We are asking from all IRQO's alliances to support her by their donations.
She has to pay 720$ by Thursday October 9, 2008.
You can use our secure Paypal through www.irqo.net
We should thank you in advance for all your support and help in last few years.
-He wears it well
'Seventy per cent straight' David Walliams talks intimacy, cross-dressing and children's books with Rachel Cooke [...] He began by playing Frankie Howerd, mostly to good reviews, in a film for BBC4, and then went off to the United States to make the American version of Little Britain for HBO
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/oct/05/celebrity.fashion
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-Persecuted in Senegal, Finding Refuge in New York
Pape Mbaye gets a lot of attention. Even in jaded New York, people watch the way he walks (his style defines the word sashay) and scrutinize his outfits, which on a recent afternoon featured white, low-slung capris, a black purse, eyeliner and diamond-studded jewelry. And he likes it. "I'm fabulous," he said. "I feel good." Mr. Mbaye, 24, is an entertainer from Dakar, Senegal, known there for his dancing, singing and storytelling. But while his flamboyance may be celebrated in New York, he attracted the wrong kind of attention in West Africa this year, nearly costing him his life.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/nyregion/06pape.html?hp=&pagewanted=all
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From Transgender Equality
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-"Change Capital of the World" - About The Show
Based in Trinidad, Colorado, this six-part series follows patients as they arrive in this Old West mining town-dubbed the 'Sex Change Capital of the World'-to see Dr. Marci Bowers, formerly Mark Bowers, who'll provide them with the ultimate life-changing operation. From retired grandfathers to construction workers, businessman to office managers, each shares their unique story of how they came to terms with their sexuality.
http://www.wetv.com/sex-change-hospital/
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