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Rudy has done more for gay rights than any candidate
2007-08-11 00:00:00 WASHINGTON - Twenty-five years ago, long before Rudy Giuliani became mayor of New York City, he made a decision that advanced the cause of gay rights nationally.... Read more! More About: Rights , Gay Rights , Done , Candidate
Methodist Court To Consider Case Of Transsexual Minister
2007-08-10 00:00:00 (Nashville, Tennessee) The highest court for the United Method ist Church is taking up the case of a minister who changed gender from female to male. ... Read more! More About: Case , Minister , Court , Cons
Gay Nigerians face Sharia death
2007-08-10 00:00:00 Eighteen men have been remanded in prison following their arrest for alleged sodomy in northern Nigeria, the state-owned news agency, Nan, reports. The men were arrested in a hotel in north-eastern Bauchi State, which is governed by the Islamic Shari a law. ... Read more! More About: Death , Face , Geri
Church won't hold funeral for gay man
2007-08-10 00:00:00 An Arlington church volunteered to host a funeral Thursday, then reneged on the invitation when it became clear the dead man’s homosexuality would be identified in the service. ... Read more! More About: Church , Hold , Funeral
Jewish Guide Has Transgender Blessing
2007-08-10 00:00:00 (New York City) Halfway through a newly revised manual promoting inclusion for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people in Judaism’s Reform movement are two short blessings written by a rabbi who was raised Eliza and is now Elliot. ... Read more! More About: Jewish , Guide , Blessing , Transgender , Guid
Barack Obama Launches Site Just For Gays
2007-08-10 00:00:00 Not that this is a new thing for candidates to do. I remember back in 2004 the candidates had an LGBT outreach as well. Anyway, here is Obama ’s. More About: Barack Obama , Site , Barack , Gays
Philadelphia School District Drops Gay History Month
2007-08-10 00:00:00 A small number of parents wanted GLBT History Month removed from the 2007-2008 calendar; in response, the Philadelphia School District dropped all celebratory months, including Black History Month and Women’s History Month. ... Read more! More About: Tory
Gay (voting) power
2007-08-09 00:00:00 It is a perennial complaint, heard election after election: Too many Americans don’t vote. But based on a massive new survey, one segment of the population surely must be excluded from this rebuke — gays. ... Read more! More About: Power , Voting
Father takes toddler to burglary
2007-08-09 00:00:00 LARGO, Fla. - A Largo father is behind bars after police say he took his young daughter with him to rob a pawn shop.... Read more! More About: Father , Toddler , Fath , Burglary
Prime-time TV not gay enough: study
2007-08-09 00:00:00 LOS ANGELES - Are U.S. television networks gay enough? Not yet, but ABC is getting close, according to a gay-rights group.... Read more! More About: Study , Time , Prime , Rime , Prim
First Presidential debate for LGBT community tomorrow
2007-08-09 00:00:00 Seven of the candidates for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States will take part in the first-ever debate for the gay community tomorrow. ... Read more! More About: Community , Presidential , Debate , Tomorrow , Resident
GLBT Leaders Proclaim ?Now is the Time? for Transgender Equality
2007-08-09 00:00:00 After a Largo Florida city commission meeting, city manager Steve Stanton was approached by a resident who held out his hand. Stanton grabbed the 93-yr-old man’s hand and the resident in turn clasped the handshake with his other hand.... Read more! More About: Time , Leaders , Equality , Lead , Transgender
Lesbian murders overshadow National Women's Day
2007-08-09 00:00:00 While South Africa celebrates National Women’s Day, the debate about homophobia in the country has intensified since the recent murders of several lesbians.... Read more! More About: Lesbian , S Day
Outed popstar says life in the closet was scary
2007-08-09 00:00:00 An Australian popstar who was accidentally outed by a radio host has spoken of the stress of life in the closet.... Read more! More About: Life , Scary , Closet
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a baby..
2007-08-09 00:00:00 WELLINGTON - A New Zealand couple is looking to call their newborn son Superman – but only because their chosen name of 4Real has been rejected by the government registry.... Read more! More About: Baby , Plane , Bird
Organisers hope for a trouble-free Tallinn Pride
2007-08-09 00:00:00 The co-ordinator of Tallinn Pride has shared her hopes that this Saturday’s parade will be a peaceful event. ... Read more! More About: Free , Hope , Organ
LGBT rights activist claims Jesus was gay
2007-08-09 00:00:00 A leading campaigner for gay equality in Northern Ireland has hit back at criticism of a placard carried at last weekend’s Belfast Pride by stating he is convinced Jesu s was a gay man.... Read more! More About: Rights , Claims
White House confirms plans to block gay hate crime law
2007-08-08 00:00:00 A White House spokesman has reiterated that President Bush will veto Congressional efforts to extend federal hate crimes legislation to cover gender identity and sexual orientation. ... Read more! More About: Crime , White House , Hate
School System Allows Group To Promote 'Gay Conversion' To Students
2007-08-07 00:00:00 (McLean, Virginia) The School board in Arlington County, Virginia has agreed to allow a so-called ex-gay group to distribute material to high school students claiming homosexuality can be reversed. ... Read more! More About: System , Students , Promote , Conversion
Woman sentenced for bigamous gay civil partnership
2007-08-07 00:00:00 A British mother of five who “wed” another woman while still married to her husband was given a suspended prison sentence on Monday.... Read more! More About: Woman , Ship , Civil , Sentenced , Sentence
Underwear Models Invade NYC!
2007-08-07 00:00:00 We hope you’re wearing clean skivvies, readers, because today, August 7, America celebrates its not-so-official National Under wear Day. A consecration of your otherwise unmentionables, the 5th annual event takes a deep, long look at the $13 billion a year industry - and the bodies that make it happen.... Read more! More About: Models , Invade
Brazilian Judge: Soccer Should Be Gay-Free
2007-08-07 00:00:00 A legal case brought by a soccer player in Brazil has taken on a bizarre twist in the wake of the judge saying that soccer is a sport for men… not queers.... Read more! More About: Judge , Soccer , Free , Brazilian
School System Allows Group To Promote 'Gay Conversion' To Students
2007-08-07 00:00:00 (McLean, Virginia) The School board in Arlington County, Virginia has agreed to allow a so-called ex-gay group to distribute material to high school students claiming homosexuality can be reversed. ... Read more! More About: System , Students , Promote , Conversion
School System Allows Group To Promote 'Gay Conversion' To Students
2007-08-07 00:00:00 (McLean, Virginia) The School board in Arlington County, Virginia has agreed to allow a so-called ex-gay group to distribute material to high school students claiming homosexuality can be reversed. The school system’s decision settles a lawsuit by the group Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays, or PFOX. The organization went to court claiming the school district had discriminated against it by refusing to distribute flyers. Arlington County Schools said it had a policy of turning down the distribution of material from all groups, although the policy was not in writing. The school board has since put its policy in writing, but the lawsuit continued. PFOX says it will now press to be able to distribute its material in area middle schools. The agreement reached between the two sides to end the legal action gives PFOX the same access given to other groups and says the group can submit fliers for distribution to middle and elementary school students if it wishes. A PFOX spoke... More About: System , Students , Promote , Conversion
The airline lost my boy
2007-08-06 00:00:00 WestJet’s slogan ‘because owners care’ has lost its meaning for a Calgary father who says the airline lost his seven-year-old son when the boy travelled alone. ... Read more! More About: Lost , Airline , The A
New York Fire Dept. Shuts Down Steamy Calendar
2007-08-06 00:00:00 NEW YORK A calendar featuring FDNY beefcake has seen its last edition. The fire commissioner has said, “no more,” after the latest coverboy showed even more skin on a DVD. The original post can be seen here ... Read more! More About: New York , York , Fire , Calendar , Steamy
After kiss flap, Rome declares "gay street"
2007-08-06 00:00:00 Rome marked the opening of its first “Gay Street ” with flags, banners and protests amid a row over a male couple who claimed they were detained by police for kissing near the Colosseum. ... Read more! More About: Kiss , Rome , Ares , Clar
Doctors accused of using faith to violate gay bias laws
2007-08-06 00:00:00 When does the freedom to practice religion become discrimination? The California Supreme Court is being asked to answer that question when it hears a legal dispute between a lesbian mom and two doctors who refused to artificially inseminate her for religious reasons. ... Read more! More About: Doctors , Faith , Laws , Bias , Accu
Anti-Gay Politician Says Blacks Responsible For Soliciting Gay Sex Charge
2007-08-06 00:00:00 (Tampa, Florida) State Rep. Bob Allen ®, a longtime foe of LGBT rights in Florida, has a bizarre excuse for being charged with offering a male cop $20 for oral sex in a washroom at a park. ... Read more! More About: Charge , Politician , Blacks , Anti , Poli
Iranian paper banned over poet interview
More articles from this author:2007-08-06 00:00:00 Iran has banned a leading daily newspaper for the second time within a year for publishing an interview with a woman alleged to be a gay activist, Agence France Presse reported. ... Read more! More About: Interview , Paper , Poet , Banned , Iranian 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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