t’s mid summer, so the 2010 Winter Olympics are just a few months away. Already in the host city of Vancouver, the GLBT community is making sure that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender athletes – and their families, friends and supporters – won’t be left out in the cold.
Gay Whistler – a group that works year-round promoting the
Whistler ski resort (where skiing,
bobsled and luge
events will be held) to the
GLBT community – is doing more than just welcoming
gay competitors and
fans. It’s opening
Pride House, a meeting place in
Pan Pacific Whistler Centre – located right in the thick of the Olympic
hubbub.
Pride House will feature a lounge with TV
screens. Information about upcoming
Gay Games, Outgames and the
Gay and
Lesbian International
Sports Association will be available. Athletes, coaches, families and
friends who live in
gay-intolerant
countries can also obtain legal information about seeking
refugee status in
Canada.
See Pride House: A home for gay Olympians
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Gay rights groups’ attempt to intervene in a federal challenge of California’s Proposition 8 has created a rift with the high-powered attorneys heading the case, turning erstwhile allies into head-butting competitors.
Both sides have diverging visions of legal strategy. The gay groups are pushing a cautious, narrow approach based on the circumstances of Prop 8, while Theodore Olson, David Boies and their backers are seeking a decisive victory for all gay couples under the U.S. Constitution.
The civil rights groups — the National Center for Lesbian Rights, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund and the American Civil Liberties Union — are also worried that the Olson/Boies team is underestimating the importance of U.S. District Chief Judge Vaughn Walker’s insistence on a fully developed factual record. They moved this month to intervene (pdf) so they can present evidence of historic discrimination against gays and lesbians and answer Walker’s questions, such as whether sexual orientation can be changed and whether same-sex marriages destabilize opposite-sex marriages.
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(Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) One of two men accused of killing a gay porn producer, who he thought was a competitor, has been sentenced to life behind bars.
Under a deal with prosecutors, Joseph Kerekes pleaded guilty Monday to the lesser charge of second-degree murder. It is expected he will testify against his …
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