Friday, May 29, 2009

GLBT News Headlines (T4T-6)

POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL: Because in her new documentary Paris, Not France she claims her life is not the fairy tale that she has spent the last decade building her fortune on by selling the world everything from perfume and records to books and nightclubs, Paris Hilton is the biggest hypocrite of the week.
STANDING UP, SPEAKING OUT: Incensed by an illiterate response to a post he made about gay marriage, and spurred by the California Supreme Court's decsion to uphold Prop 8, David Moretti takes to streets with his camera and his message, because he says, "Fighting for rights is a necessity when ignorance is still in the fabric of America..."
QUEEN FOR A DAY: Fairfax High School, located in the heart of Los Angeles, recently crowned Sergio Garcia, an 180 year-old openly gay teen, the school and rsquo;s prom queen. What began as a stunt ended with a gay boy leaving the prom with a shiny tiara.
Ed. Note: This post following up on Suffolk County NY Dems Fight For Equality is from Jeff Friedman of the Long Island LGBT Coalition. Last night the LGBT Coalition as part of its visibility campaign on Long Island attended the Nassau County Democratic Convention. About 2 dozen of us held signs in support of Marriage Equality and GENDA [...]
Ed. Note: This post is from Ellen Kahn, director of the HRC Foundation’s Family Project as part of the 4th annual Blogging for LGBT Families Day. M innesota Governor Tim Pawlenty must live in a bubble. Or maybe he exists in an alternate universe.  How could he possibly veto a piece of legislation that protects children?  How [...]
Last night 10 volunteers met in Midtown Manhattan for a phone bank for marriage equality. With only a few weeks left in the legislative cycle HRC and others are working hard to make sure voters’ voices are heard. Over 500 calls were made to voters asking them to call their Senator and support the Marriage [...]

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