National Gay News

Solving the Puzzle (http://mcv.e-p.net.au/features/solving-the-puzzle-3659.html) Like so many gay teenagers, Sebastian remembers hating his time as a student on Melbourne’s Mornington Peninsula. “For years, I was persecuted and abused, verbally and physically,” he recalls. “The teachers knowingly ignored and turned a blind eye to the bullying, and I got blamed for drawing attention to myself. It got to the point where I dropped out of school for six months.” Mark went to an all boys’ private school, and...

Support Increasing for UM Gay and Lesbian Community The University of Mississippi has greatly changed its attitude towards members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transsexual (LGBT) community over the past ten years, Allies administrator and Gay-Straight Alliance advisor Kevin Cozart said. There is still a lot of work to do as far as the LGBT community being included in things, Cozart said. But it's better than it used to be. Cozart said the...

'Don't Ask' Policy Outdated, Harmful (http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2008/07/23/cleghorned.html) Fifteen years and more than 12,000 ruined careers later, former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn of Georgia is now having second thoughts about the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy that he championed. The policy prohibits gays and lesbians from serving in the military unless they are celibate and silent. Much has changed since Nunn was the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee in 1993, and it is high...

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Man Plunged 5-inch Knife Into Lover's Heart (http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/1.207671) Gary Bowes is said to have plunged a knife up to the hilt into the chest of Paul Taylor and penetrated his heart. It would have killed the 46-year-old almost immediately, says the prosecution. The prosecution alleges that Bowes must have known clearly what he was doing when he carried out the stabbing. Bowes, of Penrith Street, Barrow, admits manslaughter, but denies murder. Read More... (http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/1.207671)

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Elizabeth Berkley Utters 'The L Word' (http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2008/07/exclusive-berkl.html?iid=top25-20080722-Exclusive%3A+Elizabeth+Berkley+Utters+'The+L+Word') Elizabeth Berkley, who flirted with the L word during her Showgirls days, is joining the Showtime hit for a multi-episode arc, sources confirm to me exclusively. She'll play the straight girl that got away from Jennifer Beals' Bette in college. Berkley and Beals, in addition to being real-life buds, co-starred together in the 2002 comedy noir Roger Dodger. For a glimpse at their sparkling chemistry, check out this popular...

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Getting Kids Off the Streets (http://nationalgaynews.com/content/view/4026/175/) By Jacob Anderson-Minshall Rej Joo may have stumbled into his career, working with LGBT teens, but since then he’s become solidly committed to helping Portland, Oregon’s queer youth help themselves. A few years ago, Joo (“just a guy,” who identifies politically as a trans man) had just earned his psychology degree when he took an Americorp position with Portland’s Sexual Minority Youth Resource Center (SMYRC.org). Developed by...

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Greek Islanders lose Lesbian Case (http://eyugoslavia.com/general/22/greek-islanders-lose-lesbian-case-22406/) A Greek court on Tuesday ruled a gay rights group can use the name Lesbian, saying people from the Aegean island of Lesbos did not have sole claim to the name. A group of islanders from Lesbos filed a lawsuit against the Homosexual and Lesbian Community of Greece in April, accusing it of insulting locals, who are also called Lesbians. “They insult our historical and geographical identity by using the name,”...

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First Gay Honor Killing Feared in Turkey (http://www.gay.com/news/election/article.html?2008/07/21/2) Istanbul resident Ahmet Yildiz, 26, was shot and killed last week in what friends suspect is Turkey's first gay honor killing, the Independent newspaper of London reported Saturday. Yildiz, a physics student, was shot as he left a cafe near the Bosphorus, the Independent reported. He tried to flee in his car, but crashed and was pronounced dead at a hospital. Read More... (http://www.gay.com/news/election/article.html?2008/07/21/2)

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Police Rescue Turns Deadly in San Diego (http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/state id=6276385) A man from Los Angeles was shot dead by San Diego Harbor Police after they plucked him out of San Diego Bay and he reportedly fought with officers and tried to grab an officer's pistol, authorities said. An autopsy will be conducted Monday on 37-year-old Steven Paul Hirschfield, who was rescued by the police officers he then allegedly attacked in the bay, about a miles west of...

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Young, Gay And Murdered (http://www.newsweek.com/id/147790) Kids are coming out younger, but are schools ready to handle the complex issues of identity and sexuality? For Larry King, the question had tragic implications. At 15, Lawrence King was small—5 feet 1 inch—but very hard to miss. In January, he started to show up for class at Oxnard, Calif.'s E. O. Green Junior High School decked out in women's accessories. On some days, he would slick up his curly...