California school district billed over lesbian minister controversy
(California) A school district has been billed $14,700 in law-suit related costs by a Sacramento legal firm representing a group of angry parents. The billing comes after the parents sued the school district, demanding materials related to a “Days of Diversity” presentation by a lesbian minister that caused a stir …
Tags: Angry Parents, California School District, Controversy, Diversity, Law Suit, Lesbian Minister, PresentationThe New York Blade suspends publication
(New York) The bi-weekly gay newspaper the New York Blade has suspended publication and laid off its editor in chief reports the New York Times.
Matthew Bank, the chief executive of HX media, the company that owned the Blade, made the announcement Wednesday. The closing of the newspaper coincides with the …
Tags: Blade, Chief Executive, Chief Reports, gay, New York TimesFor born-again governor, love is a matter of faith
(Columbia, S.C.) In one especially soul-baring e-mail to his Argentine mistress, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford quoted from 1 Corinthians 13 about the nature of love.
It is patient and kind, he wrote. It is NOT jealous or boastful.
The Christian counselors Sanford sought out while trying to decide whether to stay …
Tags: 1 Corinthians 13, Christian Counselors, Columbia, E Mail, love, Mark Sanford, Matter Of Faith, Mistress, South Carolina GovNeff: Bigger than the moonwalk
I remember the summer of 1969.
I was five years old and bound for kindergarten in the fall.
For my birthday in May of that year I received my first wooden Louisville Slugger bat and a Franklin baseball glove.
By June I had suffered my first significant sports injury. I was catching a …
Tags: Baseball Glove, Kindergarten, Louisville Slugger Bat, Moonwalk, Neff, Sports InjuryIndian court decriminalizes consensual gay sex
(New Delhi) A court ruled Thursday to decriminalize homosexuality in the Indian capital, a groundbreaking decision that could bring more freedom to gays in this deeply conservative country.
The Delhi High Court ruled that treating consensual gay sex as a crime is a violation of fundamental rights protected by India’s constitution. …
Tags: Conservative Country, Constitution, Delhi High Court, Freedom, Fundamental Rights, Gay Sex, Groundbreaking Decision, Homosexuality, India, Indian Capital, Indian Court, Indian Gay, Indian Sex, New Delhi, Sex Crime, Sex NewExperimental HIV vaccine awaits approval for human testing
(Canada) An Ontario professor has developed an experimental HIV vaccine that may be soon brought state-side for human testing.
Dr. Chil-Yong Kang, a University of Western Ontario professor, developed the vaccine, called SAV001-H . Sumagen Canada Inc, who supports the professor, says that the vaccine has been tested on …
Tags: Canada Inc, Canada Ontario, Dr Chil, hiv, Hiv Testing, Hiv Vaccine, University Of Western Ontario, Yong KangOriginal Bruno ending involved violent gay bashing
(WARNING: SPOILERS)
According to Movie Line, the original ending planned for Sacha Baron Cohen’s new movie “Bruno” involved a violent gay bashing. Though the ending has since been changed, audience members for a February screening of the movie say that the film ended with Bruno (Cohen) and his assistant Lutz (Gustaf …
Tags: Audience Members, Bruno, Gay Bashing, Gustaf, Lutz, New Movie, Sacha Baron CohenLouisiana gay couple sues for marriage license
(Louisiana) A Louisiana couple has filed a lawsuit after being turned away by officials at the Orleans Parish marriage license office on April 2 because they were both men. The couple is saying the New Orleans’ constitutional amendment against gay marriage violates their constitutional rights under the U.S. Constitution.
Kristoffer Bonilla …
Tags: April, Constitutional Amendment, Constitutional Rights, Gay Couple, gay marriage, Kristoffer, Louisiana, marriage, Marriage License Office, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, U S ConstitutionObama White House not appealing transgender ruling
(Washington) The Obama administration is not fighting a nearly $500,000 judgment for a Library of Congress hiree who lost the job while undergoing a gender change from a man to a woman.
The Justice Department let the deadline to appeal the decision pass Tuesday, a day after President Barack Obama hosted …
Tags: barack obama, Gender Change, Hiree, Job, Judgment, Justice Department, Library Of Congress, Transgender, White HouseLithuanian president vetoes anti-gay bill
(Lithuania) President Valdas Adamkus of Lithuania has vetoed a bill that would have prohibited the discussion of homosexuality in schools and banned it from any public information that could be seen or referenced by children the Advocate reports.
The bill, called the “Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental …
Tags: Advocate, Anti Gay, Gay Bill, Homosexuality In Schools, Lithuania, President Vetoes, Public Information, Valdas Adamkus
