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Homosexuals dispel myth of “progressive”

Each year in , from the end of June through August, and rights’ celebrate the “ - named after a bar on Christopher Street in New York, where fought back against in 1969.

in the German known as “Christopher Street Day” join other around the world who take to the streets to demonstrate and demand greater .

Some of those would include expanded . In , civil , for instance, have been permitted among same- since 2001, but full marriages are not. therefore do not enjoy the same rights as married when it comes to taxes, retirement, benefits, or law.

For more on and rights and the community in , click on the links below, or listen to this week’s “Living in ” program to hear a more personal account of a .

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Michael Jackson Memorial Confirmed For Staples Center July 7

LOS ANGELES and representatives for the Jackson family have confirmed memorial services for Michael Jackson will take place Tuesday (July 7) inside the Center. The announcement ended days of about how the King of would be memorialized.

will be able to attend after registering for free tickets at StaplesCenter.com beginning , and registration will run until at 6 p.m. On Sunday will be notified and receive information on how to pick up tickets on Monday. The registration process is elaborate and has caused the site to once already — but the Jackson family insisted on a process that was democratic and fair, the many expected to arrive in Los Angeles for the memorial.

“It was our wish to allow as many of Michael’s to be a part of the memorial, and we wish to thank everyone for their support and understanding at this difficult time,” the Jackson family said in a statement.

Only 17,500 tickets will be given away, with 11,000 entrants able to go inside the arena and the remaining 6,500 ushered just across the street to the Theater where the will be simulcast. There are no for who online and only 8,750 will be selected randomly by a computer-generated program. Each selected fan will receive two tickets and two wristbands.

No further details regarding the service were announced. At a press conference held outside of the Center, Jackson said the plans are still being developed. Sunshine said he hopes the ticket process is handed with “” and that tickets not be resold or counterfeited.

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Homosexuals Are “On Their Way to Hell” says Pat Robertson

has dammned to , claimed the majority of were turned to that due to an abusive , and called an “ of ”…all in one minute and 37 seconds.
Speaking on The today, Robertson was responding to a question posed by a mother who was asking for help on “how to handle” her son: See Homosexuals Are “On Their Way to Hell” says Pat Robertson

(co-host): This is Theresa. This is difficult. She says, “How should we, as of a son, handle the ongoing facing us, such as staying true to our and following the commandment to ‘ your as yourself’? This is very difficult for us.”
ROBERTSON: Well, first of all, he’s not your . He’s your son; that’s a different thing. You owe him, you know, advice and counsel and guidance. You’re his parent. First of all, you didn’t say how old he is. Secondly, I am not at all persuaded that so-called are because of . There may be a very few, but there are so many that have been made because of a or a guidance or some other male figure who has abused them and they think there’s something wrong with their . So you need to get deep into why he is what he is, instead of just saying, “Well, he’s a so how do I handle him, and how do I be Christian?” Well, I think you ought to tell him, “Listen, son, you know, here’s what the says about this, and it’s called an before , so I’ve got to tell you the because I you.” That’s what I think. All right, what else?
MEEUWSEN: And then you do that — you him.
ROBERTSON: You him. Of course you him. And you accept him. You him, but at the same time, you can’t let him just go, you know, he’ll wind up –
MEEUWSEN: Without knowing , yeah.
ROBERTSON: Well, I mean, if somebody’s on their way to , they’ll — I mean, you’ve got to them to rescue them.
Instead of calling her son an “ of ” as Robertson would suggest, maybe “Theresa” should and appreciate her son, regardless of his .

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Global video mashup for International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia 2009 hits the Internet

359 from 48 countries take part in massive global web to mark the IDAHO 2009

A to create a public awareness video for the International Day Against &; (IDAHO) on May 17 has attracted the of 359 from 48 countries across around the world. The is a joint undertaking of the -based IDAHO Committee and the social network .com, attracting 50,000 to its website within a month.

Said Louis-Georges Tin, founder of the IDAHO committee, “We are overwhelmed and, at the same time, humbled by this torrent of that has poured in from all four corners of the world since we kickstarted the in . have made the effort to go to such places as the Statue of Liberty, the Great Wall of , the , the Golden Gate , the , the and the to shoot their video, contributing to the spectacular you see in the .”

In , of the global community were invited to step out in front of the camera and in their own language introduce themselves, state where they are from and how proud they are to be , , or . The result is a video that sends the powerful message that individuals are present in every country, every society and every corner of the world. submitted videos in all of the world’s key languages, including Afrikaans, Arabic, Cantonese, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tamil and even .

In addition to the of support from local communities from around the , renowned , , and web have also participated in the project. These include (in alphabetical order):

Hili: Iraqi now living in in and founder of the Iraqi- group
ANT: Host of reality series Fit Club and U.S. of ANT on ’s LOGO channel
Lizzy the Lezzy: Animated character with a cult following on
Michael Buckley: host of the show What the Buck, the 5th most subscribed comedy channel of all time on
Michael Kauch: German member of and coordinator of the and policy for the Free
Stephen Williams: British Liberal member of for Bristol West

Said Kenneth Tan, for .com, “Much has been said about 2.0 and netroots since the Proposition 8 against in California. This project was made possible only by the Internet, and we believe there are a limitless number of opportunities for the community to harness the power of the Internet to educate, raise awareness, promote , and to debunk myths. We have been honoured to with the IDAHO Committee in the of such an amazing project.”

Prior to the of the video, .com announced that it experienced a massive distributed of service (DDoS) attack which began at approximately 3.50am time on May 15, 2009, causing the entire website to be inaccessible.

A distributed of service attack occurs when a multitude of systems to flood the bandwidth or resources of a targeted system with illegitimate website requests. The flood of traffic by these requests cause the Internet bandwidth of the attacked site to be consumed to such an extent that the website is inaccessible to other legitimate users.

Said Kenneth Tan, .com , “The timing of this DDoS attack on .com is by no means a . We have been working for weeks on this high video campaign together with the Committee for the International Day Against and . The final product of this campaign, a public awareness video, was going to be launched on the campaign site at http://.com/idaho on Sunday. This is a well-timed, well-orchestrated assault by a large botnet with of PCs sending requests to our site. Engineers with our Internet Service Provider remarked they have never seen an attack of this intensity before. We deplore these unscrupulous actions by an organised group to harrass, intimidate and us for what we are doing.”

Added Tan, “Our technical staff are now working round the to restore services to legitimate users. In the meanwhile, we are going through our access logs, gathering information through various mechanisms and connecting the dots to identify the origin of the attacks. We will be working with officials to bring the cyberterrorists to justice.”

The video “IDAHO 2009: One Voice, One Message, Heard Around the World” is now accessible at: http://www..com/watch?v=m2Rp8ep_ezE

The Committee for the International Day Against and (IDAHO) is a network of , present in over 50 countries, who seek to promote the idea of an international day against and . This day has been recognized officially by a number of around the world and provides an opportunity for the movement across the world to unite in a powerful of collective .

.com was designed for of the , , and community as the world’s first website that designed for real with real an connections. The site aims to build an authentic social that helps maintain their with they actually know. Launched in May 2008, .com is headquartered in with a development team spread between Shanghai, and Bielefeld, .

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‘Milk’ Oscar Winner: My Emotional Voyage Home to High School

Editor’s Note: On May 9th, -winning “ returned to his in , CA, as part of Live Out Loud’s . Aiming to inspire a of role , the program brings , , , and () leaders back to their to share their personal stories with today’s students. In this exclusive submission to the Movies , Black tells us about his first time returning to the school since that powerful Oscar night speech, when he had spoken of his struggles as a .
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My palms got a little sweaty as I turned off East Alvin Drive in Salinas, and onto Kip Drive.
For the first time in , I saw the entrance to my old , the same one where I was once called “” by my . And it wasn’t said as a compliment — it was said with hate, , and on one occasion I was honestly afraid of getting my butt whipped.
So, I did what so many kids still do — I tried to vanish. I didn’t get great grades, I didn’t excel, I shrunk and hid, and I did my best to disappear at . is tough for almost everyone, but for kids, it can be truly frightening. And as much as I know that I’m all grown up now, and that I can stand up for myself, I still got a little in my stomach as we pulled up to the front of High and the closed in.
Before my speech, I hung out in a back room waiting to be announced, but I could hear the inside the gym. It sounded big. Then I heard them play my speech, and if you haven’t heard it yet, it’s pretty clear that I’m a guy fighting for the kids out there. The room got very quiet; I got a little nervous. But when the Principal called my name and I came through those , I was greeted by a from the over 1000 students who chose to show up. That was my first clue that something had changed at North High. See ‘Milk’ Oscar Winner: My Emotional Voyage Home to High School
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Same-Sex Marriage Approved In Maine: What It Means For One Couple …

With Maine becoming the fifth state in the union to approve same-sex marriage, our former Jaime McLeod, a member of MTV’s Street Team ‘08, wrote a for us about what the ruling means to her …
Five years ago, my and I stood up in front of our families, our and our , and pledged to walk together and care for one another, no matter what life brings. Though it wasn’t legally binding, we meant it, and we still mean it today.
In 89 days, we will finally be able to make the we made to one another official. It won’t change the way we see our . It won’t change the way those who us see our . And, for that matter, it won’t change the way those who hate us see our . As some of my keep pointing out, won’t cure . It won’t cure . It won’t keep kids from getting bullied in school. But it’s a step. It ensures that the my and I have worked so hard on for the last eight years doesn’t receive fewer protections under the law than the drunken of a to some guy she hardly knows. It means our won’t have to go through a ridiculously difficult legal process so that their kids can have two legal . And it means that a majority of in my state were willing to stand up and acknowledge that same- are just as valid as ones.
Thank you, , and Gov. , for and affirming the rights of all . You’re all invited to my ! See Same-Sex Marriage Approved In Maine: What It Means For One Couple …
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Do Obama and Miss California Have the Same Position on Gay Marriage? Sort of.

By , Street

I was at a, err, opposite- wedding

over the weekend when one of the guests asked me, presumably as the member of the on hand, why , , gets lambasted for being anti- , while Barack Obama

, the of the , gets a free pass while having essentially the same position.

The answer lies in tone and .

It is true that Obama’s position is that is “between a man and a ” and that he is “not in favor of .” That said, he articulately for the rights of gay couples on things like . See here, for example, starting at about 1:06: “When I down and read and I think how would feel about somebody not being able to visit someone they when they’re sick, I conclude that that is something that’s important.”

And it is possible that some portion of suspect that would favor were it a politically viable position: He’s secretly with us, not like that Miss California. And even if that’s not the case, he’s good on enough other stuff that he can get a pass on this.

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Short Videos on Marriage Equality Could Win Up to $2,500 in L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s Project Pushback

It’s time to grab your camera and help change the conversation about for same- . The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center has launched Project Pushback to tap into the energy of supporters and to inspire development of that will effectively promote support for the to marry.

Since the National for has just launched a $1.5 million ad campaign repeating many of the lies relied so heavily upon by the Yes on 8 campaign, the need for effective messages to promote the support for , and the , has never been greater.

Submissions will be accepted at lagaycenter.org/projectpushback, and the public will for its favorites. A $1,000 “’s ” will be given to the creator of the video that receives the most votes. From among the 10 videos that receive the most votes, a $2,500 “” will be awarded to the creator of the video voted the best by a , who include: -winning Producer , -winning producer and director , producer Sherri Brown Francois, political and communications Griffin, vice and Tracey Chang.

Anyone who submits a video, or votes for one, is eligible to win a new , valued at $1,000.

Project Pushback isn’t about a specific election but about building support for the to marry long before . The best messages will educate and persuade voters as well as motivate who are already supportive to be more active in promoting .

Entries don’t need to be complicated–some of the most effective by of were fairly simple, such as the Yes on 8 campaign’s “I can marry a princess” ad. Judges will, however, be looking for innovative and original entries.

“During the fight against Prop 8, of used scare tactics and lies in their to frighten voters,” says Center Lorri L. Jean. “We need to find effective ways to blunt the impact of those by educating about the of our lives. Entries to Project Pushback should help open the minds of those who don’t already support our to marry.”

The Center’s Vote for Equality project, which has harnessed the power of hundreds of to educate voters about since 2004, is continuing to neighborhood canvasses in areas where the on Prop 8 was evenly split. The issues/reasons most commonly cited by those who voted “yes” on Prop 8 are:
- Religious
- is defined as the union of a man and
- The impact on children
“We’re learning a about voters from our one-on-one conversations, and just as important, we’re starting to change minds,” says VFE Project Manager Regina Clemente. “We also realize that -to- conversations are not the only way to start to open the minds of voters. We look forward to seeing the best videos from Project Pushback and then testing those messages in person with actual voters.”

for ’s next voter canvasses are Saturday, 11, and Saturday, May 9 - hundreds of can be accommodated and training is provided. More information about volunteering can be found at www.lagaycenter.org/VoteForEquality.

The includes:
- is an award-winning director and producer, with two Emmy Awards and two NAACP Image Awards, among others. ’s projects include ’s In Treatment and ’s Pedro.
- Sherri Brown Francois is the producer and director of True Life, News and various documentaries.
- Tracey Chang is a producer for the Vanguard department at TV, a cable network founded by former Vice Al Gore. Since 2005, she has covered a range of stories in countries including Pakistan, , and .
- Janet Choi is a producer at in New York. A former international correspondent for Channel One News, Janet was also a reporter for KTLA’s “Your LA with Janet Choi.” She has produced four documentaries based on travels to North Korea, Cuba, and .
- is the -winning producer of American Beauty, and his most recent film, , was nominated for a best picture . Cohen also produced Big Fish and To , Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar.
- Rev. Art Cribbs Jr. is pastor of the San Marino Congregational Church and formerly was employed by KPIX-TV in . Rev. Cribbs serves as a for several organizations, including the United Black in Crisis Committee.
- Donna Deitch is an award-winning best known for her 1986 film Desert Hearts. Deitch also directed The Women of Brewster Place, ’s Prison Stories: Women on the Inside and Showtime’s Devil’s Arithmetic, for which she won an Emmy.
- Griffin is a seasoned political and communications . Griffin raised for the No on 8 campaign from such as , Steve Bing and Ron Burkle. He also helped create the anti-Prop 8 featuring Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
- Hon. John A. Perez is a member who has worked in the labor movement and has served as a for organizations such as Project Los Angeles, the Latino Coalition Against and the California Center for Regional .
- Cathy Renna is nationally recognized as a media relations expert. She was a major force behind the &; Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). She is a founder and managing at Renna Communications, which specializes in issues.
- Hilary Rosen is the managing of the DC office of the Brunswick Group, a -based PR and communications strategy firm. She is also an on-air contributor for and Washington editor-at-large for The .
- is the vice of new business development and general manager of .org and previous of Planet Out.
- Spaulding is the editor and publisher of Pam’s House Blend, honored as “Best ” in the 2005 and 2006 Weblog Awards.
- Judy Starkman is the co-owner of convergencefilms.com, an L.A.-based production company specializing in commercials and web-based . In the past she has worked as a commercial director, a news producer and a photojournalist.
- Andy Towle is the former editor-in-chief of Genre and the behind Towleroad, which has become an important source for news, technology, culture, travel and more.
- Karin Wang, vice of programs at the Legal Center, is a founding steering of API -LA, a coalition of and allied Asian/ working to advance and promote positive of Asians and .

About the L.A. &; Center:
Since 1971 the L.A. &; Center has been building the , advocating for the rights and enriching the lives of , , and . Our wide array of services and programs includes: free / care and medications for those most in need; housing, food, clothing and support for homeless youth; low-cost counseling and addiction-recovery services; essential services for -parented families and ; legal services; and ; services; cultural arts and much more. Visit us on the Web at: www.lagaycenter.org.

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