Murder suspect thought Puerto Rico gay teen was a woman
365gay has new information on the murder investigation surrounding the decapitation and dismemberment of Puerto Rican teen Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado.
According to friends of Lopez Mercado, the suspect’s house was radied by police, where they found a burned mattress and pvc pope, a wig, two knives and a “big blood …
Tags: 365Gay, Decapitation, Dismemberment, Gay Teen, Gay Woman, Knives, Mattress, Murder Investigation, Murder Suspect, Pope, Puerto Rican, Puerto Rico, Pvc, Steven Lopez, WigLambda Legal files suit to prevent Ariz. from stripping domestic partner benefits
From Lambda Legal:
(Tuscon, Ariz.) Lambda Legal has filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Tucson to block a move to strip domestic partner benefits from gay and lesbian state employees. Arizona lawmakers included a provision stripping domestic partner health benefits from state employees as part of a last-minute …
Tags: Ariz, Domestic Partner Benefits, Federal Lawsuit, Gay And Lesbian, Gay Lesbian, Health Benefits, Lambda Legal, Last Minute, Lawmakers, Provision, State Employees, Stripping, TusconSarah Palin leaves door open to Presidential bid
(New York) Sarah Palin said in an interview broadcast Tuesday that a 2012 presidential bid is “not on my radar,” but wouldn’t rule out playing some role in the next presidential election.
“My ambition, if you will, my desire is to help our country in whatever role that may be, and …
Tags: Ambition, Bid, Broadcast, Desire, Leaves, Next Presidential Election, Radar, Sarah PalinBehind the news: Washington Blade was almost saved
A publisher was in negotiations to buy and run the Washington Blade before it was shut down on Monday.
From a press release:
(Washington DC) In response to media inquiries and an apparent information blackout by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Nicholas F. Benton, owner of the Falls Church News-Press, a …
Tags: Blackout, Church News, Media Inquiries, Negotiations, News Press, Press Release, Publisher, Sba, Small Business Administration, Washington Blade, Washington DcNH radio host, blogger’s gay Dem attack condemned
(Concord, NH) A conservative Republican radio host, blogger and self-described citizen journalist is apologizing for calling New Hampshire’s Democratic Party chairman derogatory gay names - comments his party and a leading gay activist are condemning.
Doug Lambert called gay Democratic Party Chair Raymond Buckley offensive names while a webcam was streaming …
Tags: Blogger, Chair Raymond, Citizen Journalist, Concord Nh, Democratic Party Chair, Democratic Party Chairman, Doug Lambert, Gay Activist, Gay Party, New Hampshire, Offensive Names, Radio Host, WebcamSuspect arrested in horrific PR hate crime; NYC vigil planned
A suspect has been arrested in the Puerto Rico murder and decapitation of gay teenager Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado, according to an iReport by Christopher Pagan.:
The main suspect of the cruel murder of a young homosexual found in the area of Guavate Cayey, was arrested this morning and shall be …
Withers: Teacher accused of wanting to kill student
This Georgia story is wrong on so many levels I don’t even know where to begin. A substitute math teacher is accused of putting a hit on a student (what is the deal with these subs?). Suspect Randolph Forde got into an argument with one of his charges after he …
Tags: Forde, Math Teacher, Subs, Substitute TeacherBuenos Aires grants first marriage license to gays
(Buenos Aires) Two men were granted a marriage license in Argentina’s capital on Monday, breaking ground in a country and region where laws ban gay marriage.
Jose Maria Di Bello and his partner Alex Freyre won the right to get married when a judge ruled last week that a ban on …
Tags: Alex, Argentina, Breaking Ground, Buenos Aires, Freyre, gay marriage, Gays, Grants, Jose Maria, marriage, Marriage License, Two MenSexually spread diseases up, better testing cited
(Atlanta) Sexually spread diseases continue to rise, with reported chlamydia cases setting yet another record in 2008, government health officials said Monday.
Last year there were 1.2 million new cases of chlamydia, a sometimes symptomless infection that can lead to infertility in women. It was the most ever reported, up from …
Tags: Chlamydia, Diseases, Government Health Officials, Infertility, Infertility In WomenCourt turns down student over religious speech
(Washington) The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a student who complained that high school officials violated her constitutional rights when they turned off her microphone during her religion-tinged graduation speech.
The justices said Monday they will not revive a lawsuit filed by Brittany McComb of Henderson, Nev. challenging the …
Tags: Brittany Mccomb, Constitutional Rights, Graduation Speech, Henderson Nev, Microphone, Religion, Religious Speech, School Officials, Supreme Court
