Monday, January 12, 2009

LGBT News Headlines (T24T-5)


Gay church official to speak of civil rights and religious rites
Seattle Times, United States - Jan 11, 2009
By Janet I. Tu JIM COLE / AP Bishop V. Gene Robinson, the first openly gay Episcopal bishop, is seen at his election. BISHOP V. GENE ROBINSON will speak at ...
Gay Episcopal priest to be ordained in Denver Denver Post
Colorado poses new crisis for Anglican Communion R eligious Intelligence Ltd
Colo. Episcopals End Moratorium On Gay Priests cbs4denver.com
KKTV 11 News - Fort Worth Star Telegram
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CTV.ca

Some gay connections at the Golden Globes
Dallas Voice, TX - 4 hours ago
Despite the oversight, there were some gay connections at the awards: Anna Paquin won best actress in a drama series for “True Blood,” the sexy HBO series ...
What movie won the most Golden Globes? Los Angeles Times
A Globes spotter Tampabay.com
An oddsmaker's guide to Oscar gold Globe and Mail
Telegraph.co.uk - Enterprise News
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Despite ricin threat, Seattle gay bars hopping
CNN - 3 hours ago
... had plenty of patrons to serve early Saturday at the CC Attle tavern, despite the ricin threats that it and 10 other Seattle gay bars recently received. ...

LGBT couples stressed by Prop. 8
The Post Online, OH - 4 hours ago
Nelson organized a rally in Athens in December to get young LGBT individuals and friends to demonstrate for same-sex marriage and equality. ...
A Movement in the Wrong Direction EDGE Boston
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Gay Adventure Tour Operator Partners With Specialized Lgbt Wholesaler
1888 Press Release (press release), TX - 2 hours ago
This partnership is rooted to the core commitment of both organizations to not only offer unique travel experiences, but also to better the LGBT communities ...

On Top Magazine

Major merger among American LGBT media outlets announced
Wikinews - Jan 10, 2009
A significant portion of the American LGBT media landscape is about to become a conglomerate. Thursday, PlanetOut Inc. (PlanetOut.com, Gay.com) sent out a ...
Beginnings of an LGBT Media Empire? SF Weekly Blogs
Gay Media Company PlanetOut Agrees To Merger On Top Magazine
PlanetOut sets merger with Here Networks, Regent Entertainment ChicagoPride.com
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Games include GLBT characters
The Olympian, WA - Jan 11, 2009
While "Fable II" is gaymer-friendly, it is not the first video game with GLBT possibilities. "There is a history of GLBT characters appearing in video games ...

New GLBT Weight Watchers session to start Jan. 12
Out & About, TN - Jan 7, 2009
by Jerry Jones For two years a dedicated group of some 15 to 20 people have been meeting at Tribe for a weekly GLBT Weight Watchers group â€" and the effort ...

GAY OF THE DEAD: Blog 1
FANGORIA - Jan 9, 2009
I’m not going to review GLBT horror films, books, etc., in this blog. Being a filmmaker I’ve never been a fan of having my months of hard work boiled down ...
GAY OF THE DEAD: Fangoria.com’s new Bloody Blog FANGORIA
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Please Join PFLAG and Actor Scott Bailey
As We Celebrate the Release of the Lifetime Original Movie

Prayers for Bobby

Saturday, January 24, 2009
5 â€" 7pm

Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner Sigourney Weaver stars in this emotional true story about a 1970s religious, suburban housewife and mother who struggle to accept her gay teenage son. What happens to Bobby is tragic and causes Mary to question her faith; ultimately, this mother changes her views in ways that she never could have imagined.

Based on the landmark book Prayers for Bobby by Leroy Aarons.

Introductory Remarks By PFLAG Executive Director Jody M. Huckaby

and featuring


Scott Bailey

please join us at the home of
C. Dixon Osburn & Jeremy Hodder
1545 33rd Street, N.W.
Washington, DC

RSVP by January 22nd to prayers@pflag.org.

Event Host Committee (as of January 9th):

Robby Gregg
Randy Griffin
Daniel J. Hagerty
Jody M. Huckaby & Stephen Goolsby
John P. Isa
David C. Manuel, Jr. & Raymond E. Harmon IV
Michael Marriott & Juan Toby Sanchez
Cathy & Leah McElrath Renna
C. Dixon Osburn & Jeremy Hodder
Steve Ralls & Declan Amatus

“That’s so gay.”

We’ve all heard that before! In fact, here at PFLAG’s Straight for Equality program, one of the most common questions we hear is how to respond when someone uses the word “gay” to refer to something bad or stupid.

Today, someone asked Philip Galanes of The New York Times Style Section how to respond when someone says “that’s so gay.” Here’s the response (scroll down to the third question):

Have your own questions about situations like this? Learn more about what you can do to support equality at the Straight for Equality website!

-Julie Handy
Military.com, an online community focusing on issues of importance to military members and veterans has a poll under way now to gauge public support for repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."

Log on now and vote "yes" on repeal. And for more information about "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," click here.
The Christian Action League of North Carolina’s executive director, Mark Creech, a regular criticizee of my blogging here at InterstateQ.com, is making much ado about nothing. He’s trotted out a scare tactic for local churches, urging them to “protect themselves” from legal challenges of gay activists. Read the rest of the post from Matt at Interstate Q!
From the East coast to West, and everywhere inbetween, protest were held across the nation yesterday in protest of DOMA or The Defense of Marriage Act which was signed into law by former President Bill Clinton.  DOMA  made it legal for states that don’t allow same sex marrex marriage from recognizing marriages performed in states that [...]
The Colorado Episcopal Diocese is ending its “period of restraint” on ordaining gay priests. Bishop Robert O’Neill ordained Mary Catherine Volland to the priesthood during a Saturday ceremony at St. John’s Cathedral. Volland has been a longtime Colorado resident and is a partnered lesbian.  She has been a candidate for ordination in the Diocese of Minnesota. She [...]

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