Thursday, May 28, 2009

LGBT News Headlines (T26T-5)


CTV.ca

New gay marriage court battle highlights old one
San Jose Mercury News,  USA
The gay Southern California couple have fought in federal court over marriage rights for five years, the first same-sex pair to give that route a go. But their case hasn't garnered the publicity that prominent lawyers Olson and Boies of Bush v. ...
Video: Gay Groups Call Federal Marriage Suit Premature The Associated Press
Gay< /b> Marriage Ruling Creates Separate Rights NPR
Gay-marriage advocates wary of federal appeal of Calif. decision Seattle Times
San Francisco Chronicle - KFSM
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Advocate.com

Opponents of Gay Marriage in DC Demand Referendum
FOXNews
As the city council moves closer to legislation recognizing same-sex marriage, critics of the council's recognition of married gay couples look to popular vote for a decision. AP WASHINGTON -- Opponents of same-sex marriage have formally requested a ...
Video: New Lines Drawn In Same-Sex Marriage Battle KCRA.com
Conservative activists turn to web for traction; denounce gay ... Christian Science Monitor
Recognizing Same-Sex Marriage: Group Calls for Citywide Referendum Washington Post
United Press International - Atlantic Online
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Los Angeles Times

Openly gay teen voted prom queen at LA high school
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) â€" An openly gay teen has been voted prom queen at his Los Angeles high school in a campaign that began as a stunt but ended up spurring discussion on the campus about gender roles and popularity. Sergio Garcia said he felt "invincible" ...
Fairfax High's prom queen is a guy Los Angeles Times
Gay Teen Sergio Garcia Voted Fairfax High School Prom Queen Twirlit
Openly gay student named Prom Queen Dallas Voice
San Diego Daily Transcript (subscription) - Latina
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guardian.co.uk

Slim on LGBT Cases, Sotomayor Wins Gay Praise
Gay City News
"As LGBT Americans, we are excited to have more diversity on the bench, and as attorneys we are gratified to have one of the brightest legal minds of our time on the Court." Lambda Legal, the nation's leading gay rights law firm, was more cautious. ...
Video: Obama nominates Sotomayor to Supreme Court UPI
Obama nominates 'liberal activist judge' Hispanic woman to US ... Examiner.com
Obama's Pick Sotomayor Derided by Conservatives For Empathy Religion Dispatches
Common Dreams (press release) - Gay Wired
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CTV.ca

LGBT Americans Pour Into Streets after Prop 8 Ruling
Gay City News
LGBT advocates are racing against time to win approval from the Legislature in Springfield for a civil union law that this week won committee approval in the House of Representatives. The Legislature adjourns its spring session on Sunday. ...
Video: Gay Groups Call Federal Marriage Suit Premature The Associated Press
Prop 8 and the struggle for LGBT civil rights Party for Socialism and Liberation
SAN DIEGO LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER PROFOUNDLY DISAPPOINTED BY ... Out In America
Uprising - Common Dreams (press release)
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LGBT seniors: Out of the closet and nowhere to go
Philadelphia Gay News, PA
Yet, for many LGBT seniors, life can be as lonely and desperate as Desmond's was in “Sunset Boulevard.” Add scary to thto that list. LGBT seniors face challenges their heterosexual counterparts simply do not. The most notable problems facing queers as they ...

CTV.ca

Gay Groups Rip Federal Marriage Lawsuit
EDGE Boston, MA
by Kilian Melloy GLBT groups responded with alarm to news that a federal lawsuit challenging Proposition 8 had been filed. With the May 26 upholding of Prop. 8 by the California Supreme Court, the only avenues now avaiable to marriage equality ...
Video: Gay Groups Call Federal Marriage Suit Premature The Associated Press
Where do we go from here? Forward! Gay and Lesbian Times
'Just another setback' Indiana Daily Student
EDGE Boston - Gay and Lesbian Times
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guardian.co.uk

Sonia Sotomayor and GLBT Rights
Tips-Q GLBT News, NY
Eventually, we will get an openly gay Justice of the Supreme Court but not this time. If confirmed, Sonia Sotomayor will be the first justice of Latin-American descent and only the third woman to serve on the Supreme Court. The most obvious trait of ...
Video: Obama nominates Sotomayor to Supreme Court UPI
No, Sonia Sotomayor Isn't Gay. But Is She Gay Friendly? Queerty
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Ars Technica

For Gay Leaders, Obama's Silence on Prop. 8 Speaks Volumes
EDGE Boston, MA
by Kilian Melloy GLBT families, people of faith who support their cause, and even Republican leaders of a traditional conservative stripe that values individual freedoms and responsibilities unhindered by government interference have stepped forward to ...
The digital closet: online gaming struggles with gay voices Ars Technica
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In paperwork filed with the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics, a group of D.C. Ministers who have crossed the line of separation between church and state have requested a citywide referendum to block the District from recognizing same-sex marriages performed in states where it is legal. This action has set the course for [...]
Yesterday afternoon, the California State Senate rejected Douglas Drummond, a former Long Beach City Councilman, as an appointee to the state parole board, because of anti-gay remarks he made in 1993. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger named Drummond as a candidate for the position, but the 72 year-old was rejected by the council for supporting Fidel Castro’s sequestering [...]
In the West Donald Tusk’s Civic Platform is often described as liberal and pro-European. Few realize how homophobic the ruling party is. The following article was published on gejowo.pl the leading gay portal in Poland. Our beloved Civic Platform by Dawid Szejnborn If you are a member of sexual minorities and you vote for the Civic Platform then [...]

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