Monday, January 19, 2009

International Gay News Headlines (T24T-3)

A leading gay Tory has been moved from his Shadow Justice brief to take on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Major corporations and groups representing Mexican-Americans, Christians, and African-Americans have filed friend of the court briefs in support of gay marriage.

Openly gay Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson delivered the opening prayer at an Obama inauguration concert last night.

I listen to a fair few CDs. Heaps of them, actually. And I’m not often really taken with anything. Even less frequent is a new CD that gets me doing stupid, daggy in-my-seat dancing. Well, halleluiah, The Feeling have got me doing it.
“Don’t say you will,” Kanye West intones, “unless you will.” It’s hardly the most profound message in the history of recorded music, but it’s one the man himself might have done well to heed.
Get ready girls - Showtime, the group behind The L Word, have confirmed that a spin off series is in the works, based on the character of Alice Pieszecki, played by Leisha Hailey, who lands in prison for murder.

Financial Times

Barack Obama, America and the World
Nepalnews.com, Nepal - 13 hours ago
The rejection of the gay right to marriage by Californians, the most liberal state, is yet another example of the depth of conservatism in that country. ...
Video: Thousands Attend Pre-Inauguration Concert AssociatedPress
Hopes are high for inaugural address Manila Bulletin
Time to celebrate, then work Southern Voice
Asian Tribune - The Herald
all 8,741 news articles

MiamiHerald.com

Steve Rothaus
MiamiHerald.com, FL - 2 hours ago
... Rothaus covers gay and lesbian issues in South Florida. Steve joined The Herald in 1985, while a journalism major at Florida International University. ...

Jailing of gay activists sets back AIDS fight
Plus News, South Africa - 37 minutes ago
Joel Nana, advocacy director at the South African office of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), said Senegal had been ...

Financial Times

Barack Obama, America and the World
Nepalnews.com, Nepal - 13 hours ago
The rejection of the gay right to marriage by Californians, the most liberal state, is yet another example of the depth of conservatism in that country. ...
Video: Thousands Attend Pre-Inauguration Concert AssociatedPress
Hopes are high for inaugural address Manila Bulletin
Time to celebrate, then work Southern Voice
Asian Tribune - The Herald
all 8,741 news articles

MiamiHerald.com

Steve Rothaus
MiamiHerald.com, FL - 2 hours ago
... Rothaus covers gay and lesbian issues in South Florida. Steve joined The Herald in 1985, while a journalism major at Florida International University. ...

Jailing of gay activists sets back AIDS fight
Plus News, South Africa - 37 minutes ago
Joel Nana, advocacy director at the South African office of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), said Senegal had been ...
"I really felt the love of the crowd, and had a great night with all the girls who also did superbly well!"
Gov’t needs to reignite efforts to protect rights, especially for minority groups, says NYT Op/Ed. Read more….
Library to restrict gay-themed books? Read more….
Dads constitutionally guaranteed equal listing on adopted son’s birth certificate, court ruled. Read more….

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