Monday, June 29, 2009

GLBT News Headlines (T4T-6)

TRAGIC TALENT: Vanity Fair sheds new light on the life and loss of this generation and rsquo;s most promising young star, Heath Ledger. Collaborators and personal friends share how increasingly complex stressors created a lethal environment for the gifted actor....
SEE THE VIDEO: Famous for their choreographed group performance of Michael Jackson and rsquo;s legendary Thriller, the incarcerated men of Cebu Provincial Detention hit the yard once again to pay homage. Plus: Madonna to perform Jackson hits?
GOODBYE'S TO AN ANGEL: At the end of Farrah Fawcett's battle with cancer, friends and family say their goodbyes and share final memories of the '70s icon, while her Doctor recalls how bravely the actress faced her final days.
Following this afternoon’s White House event and the President’s speech marking the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese issued the following statement: President Obama’s remarks today were welcomed and appreciated and, as he stated, it is the actions to advance equality â€" not simply the words â€" that will be [...]
The following is the oral testimony of Dr. Mark Achtemeier, Associ Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Ethics at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary to the U.S. Senate Committee on Judiciary hearing last week. Honorable members of the Judiciary Committee: I come before you as an Evangelical Christian and an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church (USA). [...]
I just got some updates from our policy team who have been working on the implementation of the HIV travel ban passed in Congress last year… The regulation is out in the preview version of tomorrow’s Federal Register, which will be the start of a public comment period.  Anyone can submit their thoughts on removing the ban and [...]
President Obama launches a fence-mending offensive today with a deep-pocketed and well-organized gay and lesbian community divided over whether the White House is moving fast enough to keep its campaign promises to fight for gay rights.
The right-wing Family Research Council is so outraged by the appointment of former Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network president Kevin Jennings to the Department of Education, the group has launched a campaign to get him booted from the post.
Jesse Levey is a Republican activist who says he believes in family values, small government and his lesbian mothers' right to marry.

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