Sunday, May 17, 2009

LGBT News Headlines (T26T-5)


Advocate.com

Trend toward allowing same-sex marriage is undeniable
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI
Bill McConkey - University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh lecturer, father of a gay daughter and firm believer that the 2006 constitutional amendment banning gay marriages and unions in Wisconsin was not legally valid - is about to get his day before the Supreme ...
One year ago today: California High Court allows gay marriage Examiner.com
Legal Battle Over Gay Marriage WEAU-TV 13
State Supreme Court will review bans on gay marriage, civil unions New Richmond News
On Top Magazine - Fox11online.com
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KOMO News

Study: Gay marriages pump $111 million into Mass
Boston Globe, United States
A second study by the same group found that young, highly educated people in same-sex relationships were 2.5 times more likely to move to Massachusetts after 2004 than before gay marriage became legal. MV Lee Badgett, a researcher at the University of ...
Mass. couples cheer gay marriage, 5 years later Chicago Tribune

Fifth anniversary for gay weds Boston Herald
Gay marriage would bring rights now denied Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Worcester Telegram - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
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myfoxny.com

Paterson U rges Senate to Pass Gay Marriage Bill
New York Times, United States
With six weeks left before the State Legislature adjourns for the year, gay rights advocates remain short of the support they need in the Senate, and there is an increasing sense among those who support same-sex marriage that time is running out. ...
Gay Marriage Supporters and Opponents Rally in Manhattan WNYC
Gay Marriage Supporters, Protestors Hit Streets WCBS-TV New York
Midtown Rally for Gay myfoxny.com
Gay City News
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Bill would help protect LGBT inmates
Contra Costa Times, CA
The organization was a sponsor of a December meeting in San Francisco among legislative leaders about the LGBT prison population. The pending bill would change the 2005 Sexual Abuse in Dentention Elimination Act, which lists several categories such as ...

SF: ACTIVISTS TO RALLY FOR LGBT IRAQI COMMUNITY FACING VIOLENCE
CBS 5, CA
Rainbow World Fund, an LGBT international humanitarian relief charity, is sponsoring the event and holding a fundraiser at the rally to benefit the Iraqi LGBT community. Speakers at the rally will include state Sen. Mark Leno, Supervisor Bevan Dufty, ...

Common Foes on Common Ground? LGBT, Pro-Choice Movements Need to ...
RH Reality Check, DC
The cultural traditionalists who resist the rapid social change around them, like the Family Research Council, the American Family Association, and Concerned Women for America, scapegoat the women's and LGBT movements as the forces they claim are ...

Denver third-grader asks 'Why are straight couples better than gay ...
Examiner.com
Judging from the rally's turnout and the emotional speeches delivered by respected advocates of the GLBT community, Ethan deserves an A+! Mindy Barton, legal director of The GLBT Center of Colorado, opened up the rally with a message from Mayor ...
Boy spearheads gay-marriage rally Denver Post
Third-grader organizes gay marriage rally at Colorado Capital Metro Weekly
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Cultural Sponge continues to prove their commitment to the GLBT ..gt;...
1888 Press Release (press release), TX
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ (1888PressRelease) May 15, 2009 - Cultural Sponge continues to prove their commitment to the GLBT community by donating over $15000 in design services to Phoenix Pride 2009. Over 30000 people attended Phoenix Pride weekend on April 18 ...

Roslindale Neighbors: Tea dance for the GLBT community revived in ...
Jamaica Plain Gazette, MA
A tradition for the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender (GLBT) communityâ€"the Sunday tea danceâ€"has come back this spring to Roslindale Village. Roslindale residents Rick Ward and his partner Harrison Carmichael often remembered the anticipation of Sunday ...
A new study concluded over 12,000 same-sex marriages performed in Massachusetts since 2004 have pumped over $111 million into the state’s economy. The report comes from the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law and states a typical same-sex couple spends about $7,400 on their wedding, and 10% of the same sex couples who marry [...]
This is absolutely sickening.  This is the true abomination!  NOM, or the National Organization for Marriage, which is headed up by the cow priestess, Maggie Gallagher, has started using children in their ads as they fight against marriage equality for LGBT Americans.  “If we change the definition of marriage, our kids will be taught a [...]
Participants of the Pink Dot rally gather and form the word ‘Love’ at the speakers corner on Saturday May 16, 2009 in Singapore. The gay community in tightly controlled Singapore held its first-ever rally Saturday, taking advantage of looser laws on public gatherings to call for equality. Check out the photos at: Steve Rothaus’ Gay South [...]

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