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Evidence appeal could delay ruling on gay marriage - Democratic Underground.com

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:25:00 -0500

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- More legal wrangling in the federal trial over California's gay marriage ban is threatening to delay the case. The sponsors of Proposition 8 are seeking access to the internal campaign documents of gay rights groups that opposed ...

Daily Dose: Gay Marriage, "Avatar" on DVD and snow ... - 89.3 KPCC

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:11:00 -0500

March 16, 2010 -- There's a new hitch in the gay marriage trial... The sponsors of Proposition 8 are seeking access to the internal campaign documents of gay rights groups that opposed the ban on same-sex marriage, including Equality California . The ...

Catholic lesbian parents speak out about preschool

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:22:30 -0500

We've written about the two small kids who were kicked out of a Catholic school by the Archbishop of Denver because their parents are lesbians. Now the parents are speaking out in their own words. Here's a statement from the parents released anonymously through Boulder Pride; it's long, but worth reading. The following ...

Chatroulette: Everyone Talks About It, Few Actually Visit - ReadWriteWeb (blog)

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:05:01 -0500

ReadWriteWeb (blog)

Chatroulette: Everyone Talks About It, Few Actually Visit
ReadWriteWeb (blog)
Site visitors are disproportionately young, male and also interested in gay and lesbian websites, the company says. Comscore believes that 960000 people in ...
Who's Actually Using Chatroulette? [STUDY]Mashable (blog)

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State Senate panel tables bill to ban gay marriage - Burlington County Times

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:48:00 -0500

The latest effort to amend Pennsylvania’s constitution to effectively ban gay marriage appeared dead today after three senators who supported an even broader measure two years ago changed their vote in committee, according to the Associated Press ...

New HIV infections increasing among international, US gays

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:30:24 -0500

(New York) New HIV infections are increasing among gays, drug users and prostitutes who don't seek help because of laws that criminalize them, the head of the U.N. AIDS agency said Monday. Michel Sidibe, the head of UNAIDS, said "it is unacceptable" that 85 countries still have laws criminalizing same-sex relations ...

Petraeus: ‘Time has come’ to rethink gay policy

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:04:03 -0500

(Washington) The four-star Army general who is managing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan says "the time has come" for the military to rethink its policy toward gays. Gen. David Petraeus stopped short of saying whether he personally believed if the military's policy of "don't ask, don't tell" is outdated or ...

Video: RI couples on gay marriage

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:54:07 -0500

If we learned anything from Prop 8 it was this: gays and lesbians need to tell our own stories. We need to explain to people why we personally would like to be married. That's what Marriage Equality Rhode Island and Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders is doing with their new video, below, ...

Website Ranks the Top 10 Antigay Activists Who Like Gay Hookups

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:50:00 -0500

Following the coming-out of Roy Ashburn, the Republican state senator from California, Ranker.com has named the "Top 10 Antigay Activists Caught Being Gay."

Delay Possible in Prop 8 Trial Verdict

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:35:00 -0500

A fight over the disclosure of internal campaign documents could push back closing arguments in the federal challenge to Calif.'s Proposition 8.

Levy gay-marriage flip - New York Post

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:22:00 -0500

Let the nuancing begin. Democratic (but hoping to run Republican) Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy declared in an interview with WNBC that he considers marriage to be between "a man and a woman" -- a statement completely at odds with the position ...

Lady Gaga and Beyoncé Borrow Gay Porn Set for "Telephone" Video

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:00:00 -0500

Parts of the set for the mini-movie Lady Gaga and Beyoncé filmed to promote their new single “Telephone” have been seen before — in the gay porn films Big Rig and Dare.

Be counted: Census 2010 to tally LGBT couples - San Diego Gay & Lesbian News

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:43:06 -0500

San Diego Gay & Lesbian News

Be counted: Census 2010 to tally LGBT couples
San Diego Gay & Lesbian News
Gay-rights supporters say this is a positive move nonetheless, not only for the sake of being partially counted, but because it also marks an important step ...

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Gabbing with Glambert - Sydney Star Observer

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:31:50 -0500

Sydney Star Observer

Gabbing with Glambert
Sydney Star Observer
“Female performers and straight male performers have been overtly sexual before, but the minute a gay performer does it, we're all freaked out,” he said. ...

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Big Gay News for Tuesday, Mar 16 2010

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:10:39 -0500

Today’s Top Headlines Petraeus: ‘Time Has Come’ to Rethink Gay Policy Gay Marriage Foes Attack California GOP Senate Hopeful Stars On Ice Says It Is Not Discriminating Against Weir Pennsylvania...

Pennsylvania Senate Panel Tables Bill to Ban Gay Marriage

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:07:47 -0500

The latest effort to amend Pennsylvania’s constitution to effectively ban same-sex marriage is stalling. The state Senate Judiciary Committee voted narrowly Tuesday to table the measure...

Stars On Ice Says It Is Not Discriminating Against Weir

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:05:53 -0500

Claims that Olympian Johnny Weir was not included in the “Stars on Ice” cast because of his sexual orientation are not true, the figure skating tour said. The Gay and Lesbian Alliance...

Texas Jail Guard Fired Over Antigay Comments

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:05:00 -0500

The former Dallas County jail employee told colleagues while on the job that gays "should be put to death."

Gay Marriage Foes Attack California GOP Senate Hopeful

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:03:16 -0500

U.S. Senate candidate Tom Campbell’s support of same-sex marriages came under attack Monday in a statewide television ad funded by a national group that promotes traditional marriage. Like...

Petraeus: ‘Time Has Come’ to Rethink Gay Policy

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:01:47 -0500

The four-star Army general who is managing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan says “the time has come” for the military to rethink its policy toward gays. Gen. David Petraeus...

Slash sorry for calling Michael Jackson song 'gay'

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:58:48 -0500

Former Guns N 'Roses guitarist Slash has apologised for calling a Michael Jackson song 'gay'. He said he meant it sounded "happy".

Dublin Pride on Antigay N.Y. Parade: Un-Irish

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:55:00 -0500

New York City's St. Patrick's Day Parade, which refuses to allow gay groups to participate, received some harsh words Tuesday from Dublin's gay pride organization.

Lesbian student sues over cancelled prom

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:53:40 -0500

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit over a prom which was cancelled because of a lesbian student. Constance McMillen, an 18-year-old student at Itawamba Agricultural High School, was barred from attending the event in a tuxedo and with her girlfriend.

Ruby-Sachs: Weir and Stars on Ice

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:49:39 -0500

Stars on Ice is trying hard to counteract anonymous reports that they excluded Johnny Weir, an American figure skating champion, from their national tour because he is not "family friendly." I've never seen Stars on Ice, but in an industry without a large non-competition market (Stars on Ice is the ...

The Broadcaster: Don't Ask, Don't Tell trivializes, threatens civil rights ... - my.hsj.org

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:49:08 -0500

KATU

The Broadcaster: Don't Ask, Don't Tell trivializes, threatens civil rights ...
my.hsj.org
... don't tell” policy is only one of many antiquated laws that prevent lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people from receiving civil rights that are ...
GORDON DUFF: RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, AN UNAMERICAN CITY OF NOTEVeterans Today Network

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Published in Print: March 17, 2010, as Safe-Schools Chief Raises DC Profile - Education Week News

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:41:50 -0500

Published in Print: March 17, 2010, as Safe-Schools Chief Raises DC Profile
Education Week News
In the interview afterward, he said that students know the outcome of the civil rights movement, but that the rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, ...

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UNAIDS Head Worried by Rising Antigay Tide

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:40:00 -0500

UNAIDS head Michel Sidibé said Monday that he is “very scared” by conservative forces that threaten to reverse progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS by criminalizing gay people in countries such as Uganda.

Bryan Batt Talks Sal's 'Mad Men' Fate, Hollywood's Gay Problem - Huffington Post (blog)

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:31:30 -0500

Bryan Batt Talks Sal's 'Mad Men' Fate, Hollywood's Gay Problem
Huffington Post (blog)
There are still people alive who opposed the civil rights movement. We're on the right path." Meanwhile Batt is "lighting a candle" for Sal to be ...

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Gay-straight group forms at South Lafourche - Daily Comet

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:10:43 -0500

Gay-straight group forms at South Lafourche
Daily Comet
THIBODAUX — About 30 students at South Lafourche High participated in the first meeting of the school's Gay-Straight Alliance earlier this ...

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Exclusive: David Cameron to answer your questions

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:49:44 -0500

Conservative Party leader David Cameron has agreed to answer questions from PinkNews.co.uk readers. This is your chance to ask him how he would tackle issues such as homophobic hate crime and anti-gay bullying and how he can reassure the gay community that their rights will not be rolled back if the Tories win power.

Top family law expert says gays could successfully challenge UK marriage ban

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:41:15 -0500

One of Britain's leading experts in family law has said that gay couples may soon be able to successfully use human rights laws to challenge the gay marriage ban.

Philharmonic celebrates Sondheim’s 80th birthday

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:31:47 -0500

(New York) The ladies in red brought down the house. Six Broadway divas, spanning several generations of musical theater, pretty much tore up Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall on Monday night as the New York Philharmonic and a bevy of Broadway stars celebrated the upcoming 80th birthday of Stephen Sondheim, composer ...

Pa. Senate panel tables bill to ban gay marriage - Philadelphia Inquirer

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:09:00 -0500

HARRISBURG, Pa. - The latest effort to amend Pennsylvania's constitution to effectively ban same-sex marriage is stalling. The state Senate Judiciary Committee voted narrowly Tuesday to table the measure defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman. The senators didn't utter a word of

Lagerfeld: Let the Little People Watch Porn

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:00:00 -0500

Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld explains why he's opposed to gay marriage but in favor of high-priced prostitutes (for anyone who can afford them).

Jason Priestly Co-Hosts 'Today Show' and Somehow Survives Despite Hysteria - BestWeekEver.tv (satire)

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:57:32 -0500

Jason Priestly Co-Hosts 'Today Show' and Somehow Survives Despite Hysteria
BestWeekEver.tv (satire)
But rather than leave Mz. Hoda out in the cold, all week the show is welcoming teen heartthrob co-hosts. Beginning with none other than 90210 heartbreaker ...

Changes to condom advertising 'may help fight HIV'

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:52:24 -0500

Changes to how condoms can be advertised on television may help fight HIV, charities have said. The Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice announced today that condom advertising will be allowed before the 9pm watershed.

Constance to Party With Perez

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:35:00 -0500

Constance McMillen, the Mississippi high school student whose prom was canceled because she wanted to bring her girlfriend as a date, will attend a birthday bash for blogger Perez Hilton in Los Angeles.

Irish Catholic bishops say civil partnerships bill will 'undermine' marriage

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:29:45 -0500

Bishops in the Catholic Church of Ireland have attacked a civil partnerships bill for "undermining" marriage. They said that gay relationships could never be equal to heterosexual marriage.

Easter eggs from Aryan Nations in Auburn Hills - Michigan Messenger

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:06:48 -0500

Easter eggs from Aryan Nations in Auburn Hills
Michigan Messenger
My statement that "one of the nation's foremost civil rights groups," headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama, the very cradle of the American Civil Rights ...

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Hayworth: Just Say “Neigh” to Gay Marriage - Religion Dispatches

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:57:00 -0500

... ceremonies: "You see, the Massachusetts Supreme Court, when it started this move toward same-sex marriage, actually defined marriage -- now get this -- it defined marriage as simply, 'the establishment of intimacy ... the point of absurdity

WaPo Editor Responds to CMI’s Complaint about Pro-Gay ... - News Busters

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:36:00 -0500

Last week, the Culture & Media Institute published a study of The Washington Post's coverage of the legalization of same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia. CMI found overwhelming bias in the Post's reporting during the seven days after gay ...

Vermont's Proposed Funding for Boy Scouts Scrutinized

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:30:00 -0500

Gay rights groups in Vermont are blasting a proposed $7,500 annual state appropriation to the organization, which bars gays and lesbians from serving as volunteer troop leaders.

Pennsylvania Senate Committee Takes Up Gay Marriage Ban Bill - On Top Magazine

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:28:13 -0500

Dallas Voice

Pennsylvania Senate Committee Takes Up Gay Marriage Ban Bill
On Top Magazine
“It's a simple matter of civil rights,” Michael Morill of Keystone Progress, a group that opposes the bill, told Metro International. ...
Gay marriage ban up for debatePhiladelphia Metro
Pa. Senate panel tables bill to ban gay marriageLebanon Daily News

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Pope confirms details of UK visit

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:24:38 -0500

Pope Benedict XVI has confirmed the details of his UK visit this September, which will include beatifying a man who was rumoured to be gay.

Withers: Will Hiram Monserrate be gone after tonight?

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:23:47 -0500

As you most of you know Hiram Monserrate gets no love here. There's that misdemeanor domestic assault conviction, his summer machinations to halt work in Albany, and those anti-gay fliers he refuses to denounce. Today the voters in the New York's 13th senate district get a choice between Monserrate, Assemblyman ...