Monday, May 18, 2009

International Gay News Headlines (T25T-3)

Chris Bryant, the openly gay Labour MP for Rhondda, has said the reason he 'flipped' his second home was to escape homophobic thugs who daubed lewd messages on his main constituency property.


Home Secretary Jacqui Smith was today forced to defend her decision to ban US shock jock Michael Savage from entering Britain.


A gay man was stabbed to death at an addran address in Tottenham, north London on Saturday. Daryl Phillips, 39, had been stabbed in the leg and was treated at the scene at Avenue Road, but was later pronounced dead at 3.35am.


To acknowledge and celebrate the work their volunteers do, Twenty 10 and GLCS held a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party on Saturday 16 May.
This album is a generous 42 track offering and there are several tracks I haven’t mentioned, but that’s because I simply didn’t notice them, not that they were necessarily bad. At the end of the day, my gut feeling is that if you’re a die-hard, Eurovision aficionado, you’ll already have this in your collection.

Black clergy opposing gay marriage resent civil rights comparision
Buffalo News,  United States
Bishop Michael A. Badger, pastor of Bethesda World Harvest International Church on Main Street, said that he doesn't doubt there is discrimination against gay people but that it is hardly on the order of what African-Americans have encountered and ...

TVNZ

No bloom yet in US-Cuba ties after April overtures
Reuters
"I don't see that the Obama administration has really done anything to change the policy, the atmosphere," said Wayne Smith, former head of the US Interests Section in Havana who is now with the Center for International Policy in Washington. ...
Gays and lesbians dance conga in Havana streets to mark ... Los Angeles Times
Fidel Castro: Unequivocal Signs Invasor
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New York Daily News

Critics, Proponents Of Gay Marriage Hold Competing Protests In New ...
AHN
The rally was organized by Radio Vision Cristiana International, who issued a statement that day saying they were "disappointed" with Gov. David Paterson, and "will not stay idle with our hands crossed while they p they pressure and promote marriage between ...
Prayerful protest World Magazine
The Sky Isn't Falling Campus Progress
20000 in Midtown Protest Gay Marriage, Paterson, Silver, Village Voice Village Voice
Advocate.com - Nashua Telegraph
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Politicians and health policy makers were less visible than in past years as New Zealanders affected by the HIV epidemic gathered around the country last night to remember the hundreds of people, mostly gay men, who have died due to HIV/AIDS.
An Auckland man is providing users of an anti-gay website with instructions on how to build a one-shot gun disguised as a pen.
User-generated HIV campaign launched Read more….
(Seattle, Washington) Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire on Monday signed legislation granting domestic partners almost all of the state rights of married spouses. “They will make for stronger families, and when we have stronger families, we have a stronger Washington state,” Gregoire said as she put her pen to the document. The legislation … Read more….
(Anchorage, Alaska)  Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is defending Miss California USA Carrie Prejean. The former vice presidential candidate says in a statement, “The liberal onslaught of malicious attacks against Carrie Prejean for expressing her opinion is despicable.” Prejean created a stir at last month’s Miss USA pageant when she said marriage should … Read more….
User-generated HIV campaign launched Read more….
(Seattle, Washington) Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire on Monday signed legislation granting domestic partners almost all of the state rights of married spouses. “They will make for stronger families, and when we have stronger families, we have a stronger Washington state,” Gregoire said as she put her pen to the document. The legislation … Read more….
(Anchorage, Alaska)  Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is defending Miss California USA Carrie Prejean. The former vice presidential candidate says in a statement, “The liberal onslaught of malicious attacks against Carrie Prejean for expressing her opinion is despicable.” Prejean created a stir at last month’s Miss USA pageant when she said marriage should … Read more….

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