- December 21st, 2009
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Maxime St. Pierre and MP Scott Brison with dog Simba in their Christmas card. It’s standard fare for most any politician: Send out a Christmas card to constituents showing the politician with spou…
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Gareth Thomas via Cardiff Blues Gareth Thomas is described by London’s Daily Mail as a “sporting legend”. And he’s gay. It’s something his coaches and teammates have known for a few years,…
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::: A near-capacity crowd of about 60 people turned out Saturday night for the low-key opening of China’s first gay bar that’s partially funded by a government agency, People’s Dail…
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DC Mayor Adrian Fenty as council members look on DC Agenda photo by Michael Key With about 200 cheering supporters watching from the pews of an historic DC church, Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty…
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Here we go again. SNL ran this skit with host James Franco Saturday night about an super-affectionate family. According to New York Daily News, Franco “topped off his performance with an x-rated ma…
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- December 15th, 2009
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Google map ::: A 21-year-old man from a Salt Lake City suburb was sentenced Friday to probation and a year in jail for joining in on the Aug. 9, 2008 beating of three people near a natu…
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- December 14th, 2009
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::: The 9th Circuit Court ruled Friday that internal campaign documents and advertising strategies generated by the campaign to pass California’s Prop. 8 do not have to be turned over t…
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- December 13th, 2009
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Buju Banton via LATimes ::: Jamaican reggae artist Buju Banton, who has drawn protests because of violently anti-gay lyrics in some of his songs, was arrested Thursday on federal charge…
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Houston Mayor-elect Annise Parker Annise Parker was elected mayor in Houston Saturday in a race that was closely watched by the nation’s LGBT leaders. When Parker is sworn in, Houston will become…
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- December 11th, 2009
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Speaker-elect of the California Assembly, John Perez Sacramento Bee photo by Paul Kitagaki Jr A freshman lawmaker from Los Angeles was unanimously chosen yesterday by fellow Democrats to become the…
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- December 10th, 2009
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Rachel Maddow continues her superb reporting on Uganda’s “Anti-Homosexuality Bill” and on the American activists who helped bring it about. In a two-part report on Wednesday’s show, Maddow de…
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- December 9th, 2009
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::: A Tuesday-night chair-throwing melee at a Dallas Denny’s restaurant started out with a simple “What’s up?” addressed to Tim Thomas, a forward with the Dallas Maver…
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- December 8th, 2009
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::: The marriage equality bill in New Jersey passed over a key hurdle Monday night when it was narrowly approved on a 7-6 vote by the state Senate’s Judiciary Committee. Six Democ…
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- December 7th, 2009
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Rev. Canon Mary D. Glasspool was chosen Saturday by members of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles to become an assistant bishop in the diocese. If her choice is confirmed by US bishops, she wil…
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- December 4th, 2009
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HEADLINER: Blog on winter break OK. So there’s no reason for these guys to be headliners, except to serve as a reminder that it’s a sizzling hot summertime down under in Australia,…
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In the Daily Show’s occasional series “Gaywatch”, Jon Stewart offers this observation about the New York state senate’s vote Wednesday which rejected a marriage equality bill: Ni…
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- December 3rd, 2009
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Politicians in Ireland and some LGBT activists congratulated each other for a civil partnership bill that was introduced today in the Dáil—the country’s parliament. As debate on the bill bega…
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Uganda’s ethics minister, James Buturo, yesterday defended a proposed draconian anti-gay law “Uganda is likely to pass a bill criminalizing homosexuality in the east African nation,” Jack Kimb…
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The official opening of a gay pub in southwest China's Yunnan Province has been delayed. The bar in the tourist city of Dali had been set to open Tuesday, the 22nd World AIDS Day. But extensive nation…
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- December 2nd, 2009
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::: The LDS church (aka Mormons) insisted in a Wednesday clarification email to Salt Lake Tribune that the church hadn’t ever really wanted to advertize on the gay blog Queerty, d…
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Pat Mulder, Ryan Skipper’s mother, reacts Monday at the sentencing hearing where her son’s killer was given two life sentences Ledger photo by Rick Runion A central Florida man was sentenced thi…
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About 250 of people rallied at Vallejo City Hall Tuesday evening to condemn recent comments made by Mayor Osby Davis, who was quoted in a New York Times column as saying gays and lesbians won’t be…
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::: “I am a lesbian, and it was a later-in-life recognition,” actress Meredith Baxter, 62, told Matt Lauer this morning on NBC’s Today. Baxter is best known for playing Elyse…
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Less than three hours after the New York state senate decisively defeated a marriage equality measure that many observers thought would pass, a crowd of about 200 peopled gathered in Times Square…
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- November 30th, 2009
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Site: Dallas Voice Article: Jayron, LaKenya Martin say they are thankful for LGBT community’s support, disappointed in response from Cy-Fair school officials Author: Tammye…
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- November 29th, 2009
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HEADLINER: Georgi Dochev On the night that Boyzone singer Stephen Gately died, Bulgarian model Georgi Dochev was a guest of Gately and his husband, Andy Cowles, at their apartment on on the…
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Site: DailyBeast Article: Does God Hate the Kennedys? Author: James Carroll In a DailyBeast feature, Boston Globe columnist John Carroll, whose recent book is Practicing Catholic, “a sto…
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Pastor Rick Warren appeared to slightly backpedal in an appearance on Meet the Press this morning about his opposition to marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples. See the interview at msnbc.c…
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Warren McGaw and Chris Rumble exchanged legally-binding civil partnership vows Wednesday in Canberra. They were the first couple in Australia to celebrate such a ceremony. The Age photo: Stefan Postl…
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HEADLINER: Laxmi Narayan Tripathi Tripathi’s friend, photographer Firoze Shakir, considers her his “metrosexual Hijra Guru”. He took this and other photos to help reveal the world of t…
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- November 28th, 2009
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Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado In the Nov. 25 issue of New York City’s Gay City News, journalist Doug Ireland offers an extensive update on the investigation into the murder in Puerto Rico of 19-year-…
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::: Roman Catholic bishops have stepped up their international culture war with a threat issued last week to punish any member of parliament in Spain who votes for a bill that would make…
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Harvey Milk. Last night’s commemorative vigil moved to the former location of Milk’s Castro Camera store. A small and low-key vigil was held Friday evening in San Francisco's Castro District to…
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2007 snapshot of Christine Daniels by Greg Hernandez Los Angeles Times sports columnist Mike Penner was found dead in his apartment Friday evening, the Times reports. Penner, who returned to using t…
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- November 27th, 2009
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HEADLINER: Taylor Lautner 17-year-old actor Taylor Lautner is usually referred to these days with the prefix “teen heartthrob”. That’s especially true since the actor—who has b…
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Leslie Mora ::: Two men who are accused in the June beating of a transgender woman in Queens, NY were indicted by a grand jury and arraigned Friday on multiple charges, including assaul…
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Vallejo Mayor Osby Davis photo: SF Chronicle Osby Davis, the mayor of Vallejo, Calif. issued a standard semi-apology for remarks he made last week to a New York Times reporter. “I apologize if my…
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Three films sent to an Ottawa LGBT film festival were held for "review" last weekend by Canadian customs officials. The films are Clapham Junction, I Can’t Think Straight, and the…
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A Montana lesbian couple had special reason to be thankful this week along with their three children—two older children and a four-year-old boy, Morrgan. On Nov. 10, A state judge in Billings allo…
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- November 26th, 2009
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Recent headlines and links from lgbtQnews.com Twitter stream: RT @QueerjohnPA @xtra_canada: Queer film experts baffled by detention of gay films at Canada's border [Link:NYTimes TV Watch…
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Let me take a moment on this day dedicated (in the US) to giving thanks, to thank those who read this news-blog. I’m not sure who you are because, unfortunately, my posts don’t generate many com…
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So, after all the pixels of virtual ink (and some of the real oil-based stuff, too) that’s been spilled since Adam Lambert’s American Music Awards performance, this seems the best res…
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- November 25th, 2009
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::: Thousands of people, many holding candles, marched Wednesday evening in San Juan, Puerto Rico in a vigil celebrating the life of a gay teenager whose brutal murder has sho…
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Demographer Gary Gates explains to NPR’s Jennifer Ludden the changes that will be made for the 2010 census which will, for the first time, count same-sex couples who identify themselves as spouses.…
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via mc4bbs.livejournal.com/ A federal civil rights lawsuit was filed Tuesday against the City of Atlanta, the city’s police department, and up to 45 officers involved in a Sept. 10 raid of the Atl…
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::: The Charleston, SC city council on Tuesday passed a pair of inclusive non-discrimination ordinances that protect city resident in housing and public accommodations, Q-Notes,…
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- November 24th, 2009
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We doubt that this will satisfy Elizabeth Hasselbeck from ABC’s The View, but Adam Lambert released this official video for his album’s title track, “For Your Entertainment”.…
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In a family snapshot, Brendan Burke poses with the Stanley Cup in 2007, shortly after his father’s team at the time, Anaheim Ducks, won it all Brendan Burke is a student manager for the Miami o…
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Unless Congress acts before the end of the year to renew the law the federal estate tax will disappear for one year in 2010 before returning with a much higher tax rate in 2011. Congress is currently…
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- November 23rd, 2009
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‘The Kiss’ from Adam Lambert’s AMA performance via CNN If there was any doubt that Adam Lambert’s provocative performance at last night’s American Music Awards show was well planned, then…
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