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US reverses position on UN support for LGBT issues, GayPolitics.com.
The United States has reversed its position on a formal stance by the United Nations to universally decriminalize homosexuality.
Last December, the UN General Assembly held a symbolic vote on a thirteen-point resolution “to ensure that sexual orientation or gender identity may under no circumstances be the [...]
An update on the recent condemnation by a Georgia lawmaker on “Queer Theory” classes in the Georgia State University system.
Inside ‘queer theory’, Southern Voice, Matt Schafer.
GSU professors defend sexuality research, Southern Voice, Matt Schafer.
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Mounting HIV/AIDS rates among gay men in Asia, 365gay.com.
I posted on this topic already, referencing an article entitled “Gay men fuelling HIV/AIDS spread in Asia, says [World Health Organization].” Note the very different headlines; one is responsible and factual, the other inflammatory and presents a distorted view. This is part of the power that media [...]
Comments about gays cost Sen. Buttars his chairmanship, KSL.com.
Utah State Sen. Chris Buttars, R-West Jordan, has been removed from a Senate committee because of anti-gay comments he made that became public this week. Senate President Michael Waddoups says he decided to take the action because of public pressure, but at the same time he affirmed [...]
LGBT protections added to ND human rights law in state senate, 365gay.com.
It’s interesting to read the language the bill’s Democrat sponsor uses when referring to the bill. “This bill will not provide North Dakota citizens special rights because of their sexual orientation.” However you have to package it to sell it, I guess, but still, [...]
From Variety:
When stars parade down the red carpet at Sunday’s Oscars, it’s anticipated that at least a few of them will be wearing white ribbons.
While recent displays of such a fashion accessory stir very little controversy — red ribbons to mark the AIDS crisis, pink to symbolize breat cancer research — the white ribbons will [...]
From Andrew Sullivan at The Daily Dish:
Well, it served a purpose of a sort in Utah. The Republican leadership long insisted they were not anti-gay, that they were eager to find some legal protections for gay couples unable to marry, and were solely concerned with the “redefinition” of the word “marriage”. And every single bill [...]
Via Joe. My. God.
Indiana’s Senate Republican Caucus voted this week not to consider a resolution that would have proposed amending the state constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman. This vote means the amendment is unlikely to advance during this legislative session. The resolution would require approval by the Senate and [...]
Georgia court tells gay dad he cannot “expose” kids to homosexuals, Pink News.
A gay man in the US state of Georgia is disputing a child custody agreement restriction which prohibits him from “exposing his children to his homosexual partners and friends.”
Lambda Legal, a gay rights advocacy group, yesterday filed an amicus brief in support of [...]
Israeli Parliament to consider gay marriage, 365gay.com.
Westboro church leader Fred Phelps, daughter banned from entering UK, The Advocate.
Canadian author [Margaret Atwood] protests Dubai fest, won’t attend, The Associated Press, Barbara Surk.
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Obama appoints gay man as White House Humanities liaison, The Advocate, Neal Broverman.
Jeremy Bernard, a major fund-raiser for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, was tapped this week by the president to serve as the White House liaison to the National Endowment for the Humanities, reports the Washington Blade .
Bernard’s job will mean he’ll [...]
Gay rights group blasts mayor of Fort Collins for refusing to sign proclamation, The Fort Collins Coloradoan, Kevin Duggan.
Gay-rights supporters took Mayor Doug Hutchinson to task Tuesday for not signing a proclamation recognizing the annual Freedom to Marry Day, which is Saturday.
Members of the city’s Human Relations Commission read a proclamation recognizing the day and [...]
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Op-Ed: Gays in Latin America: Is the closet half empty? Foreign Policy, Javier Corrales.
Most analysts haven’t noticed, but a major social revolution is taking place in Latin America. The region is becoming gayer. It’s not that there are more gays and lesbians living in Latin [...]
Rain and the budget slow Prop 8 foes’ lobbying effort, The San Francisco Chronicle, John Wildermuth.
The timing couldn’t have been worse for the gay rights advocates who journeyed to Sacramento today to for a pair of resolutions saying that Prop. 8, last November’s ban on same-sex marriage, was an illegal revision of the state Constitution [...]
NYPD’s Internal Affairs Investigates At Least One Video Store Bust, Gay City News.
The New York City police department’s Internal Affairs Bureau (IAB) may investigate the arrest of Robert Pinter, a 53-year-old gay man who was one of at least 30 men busted last year in prostitution stings in Manhattan porn shops.
Pinter was visited by two [...]
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