Canadian Candidate Faces Second Probe For Anti-Gay Remarks
(Toronto, Ontario) An Independent federal election candidate in Sudbury, Ont., is the focus of a second hate crime investigation, this one following a complaint that he told a radio station a prominent gay rights activist should be executed.
Toronto police said they’re-investigating “a threatening occurrence” after comments made by David Popescuto …
Laureates: Financial Crisis May Hit AIDS Funding
(Paris) Two French researchers who shared the Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering the AIDS virus are voicing fears that the world financial crisis will hurt funding to fight the disease.
Luc Montagnier and Francoise Barre-Sinoussi say they told President Nicolas Sarkozy of their concerns that both research and international funding …
Chicago Gay School Plan Advances
(Chicago, Illinois) A proposed high school for LGBT students has gained the support of Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan. Duncan said Wednesday he will recommend that the school board approve plans for the school.
”If you look at national studies, you see gay and lesbian students with high dropout rates …
Homophobia in schools remains major problem
(New York City) Nine in ten LGBT teens have been verbally harassed in the past school year, and almost half have been physically harassed because of their sexual orientation a new study shows.
In addition, about a third skipped a day of school in the past month because of feeling unsafe.
The …
Lithuanian cabinet member: May take a generation to end homophobia
(Vilnius) Responding to questions in Parliament about Lithuania’s reputation within the European Union that it is the EU’s most homophobic country, Foreign Minister Petras Vaitiekunas admitted the criticism is justified.
“This is true: Lithuania is one of the most homophobic countries in the EU. This has to be viewed as a …
Gay Canadian candidate’s campaign hit by vandals
(Halifax, Nova Scotia) After winning four federal elections, Liberal incumbent Scott Brison says the vandals who spray-painted the word “fag” on several of his lawn signs near his rural Nova Scotia home were probably just cowards frustrated by his winning streak.
“I suspect it was motivated by both politics and prejudice,” …
Priest apologizes for gay tattoo postings
(London) A Church of England priest has issued a public apology for writing in Web postings that gays should be forcibly tattooed with a sodomy warning.
“I did not intend to cause any upset but I realize that the remarks were injudicious and I have caused offence. I want to issue …
Study: Circumcision to lower HIV risk inconclusive in gay men
(New York City) A new analysis of previous research indicates there is a lack of sufficient evidence that circumcision reduces the risk of HIV infection or other sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men.
Randomized controlled trials conducted with men in Africa have shown that male circumcision reduces …
Gay candidates anticipating breakthroughs
(New York City) In his liberal Colorado district, it’s no big deal that Jared Polis is gay. Yet his expected victory Nov. 4 in a congressional race would be a historic milestone and, he hopes, send an encouraging message to gay and lesbian young people nationwide.
Polis, a 33-year-old entrepreneur who …
Fact check: Both Obama, McCain twist records
(Washington) Republican John McCain expressed incredulity in the presidential debate Tuesday that Democrat Barack Obama would tip off the enemy by saying publicly that he’d attack al-Qaida in Pakistan under certain conditions. “Remarkable,” McCain said during the presidential debate, meaning remarkably irresponsible.
Lost in his withering criticism: McCain took the same …
