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Largest gay newspaper publisher in US shuts down | Media

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Associated Press - By Associated Press - Nov. 16 (News) - Move by Window Media LLC has led to closure of publications in Atlanta, Houston and Washington

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Catholic Church gives D.C. ultimatum on same-sex marriage issue

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Tim Craig, Michelle Boorstein - Nov. 12 (News Report) - The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said Wednesday that it will be unable to continue the social service programs it runs for the District if the city doesn't change a proposed same-sex marriage law, a threat that could affect tens of thousands of people the church helps with adoption, homelessness and health care.

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Mormon Church Backs Salt Lake City's Gay Rights Law : NPR

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Associated Press - By Associated Press - Nov. 11 (News Report) - The Mormon church for the first time has announced its support of gay rights legislation, an endorsement that helped gain unanimous approval for Salt Lake city laws banning discrimination against gays in housing and employment

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What’s Good for the Kids

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Lisa Belkin - Nov. 06 (Special Report) - It has been apparent for a while now that we live in child-centric times. We approach parenting with a single-mindedness that baffles our own parents, and certainly their parents, who thought children should be seen and not heard. We think it’s just fine to put our kids ahead of our careers, our relationships, our social lives, and even if we aren’t doing so, everyone around us seems to be.

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Gay-rights support stops at Cascades

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Seattle Times - By Lornet Turnbull - Nov. 05 (News Report) - The lopsided results over expansion of the state's domestic-partnership law, which voters overall were approving, show the challenge supporters of gay rights face in winning over all Washingtonians as they seek full equality.

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Opponents of same-sex marriage lead Maine vote

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Reuters - Nov. 04 (News Report) - Voters in Maine on Tuesday overturned a law allowing same-sex couples to wed, dealing a fresh setback to the U.S. gay marriage movement in a race that attracted national attention.

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Gay-Marriage Activists Look Ahead After Big Defeat in Maine

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Associated Press - By Robert Bukaty - Nov. 04 (News Analysis) - Mainers' 53-47 vote to reject gay marriage does more than simply slap down a law that just six months ago had made Maine America's second state to permit same-sex couples to wed. With voters thronging to the polls, the closely watched — and ultimately not very close — vote extended the winning streak of gay marriage opponents nationwide, who have now prevailed in more than 30 straight state elections over whether to allow gays to marry

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Oscar-winning director: why I'm leaving Scientology

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The Independent - By Guy Adams - Oct. 27 (News Report) - Haggis, who wrote Crash, Million Dollar Baby, and the last two James Bond films also registered his anger at the church's alleged "disconnection" policy, complaining that it encouraged his wife to live estranged from her parents. His letter was sent to Scientology's official spokesman, Tommy Davis, in August. But it leaked to the Hollywood press this weekend, bringing further tricky publicity to the already-embattled organisation.

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Why GOP Leader Opposes Hate Crimes Protections for Gays

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

CBS News - By Brian Montopoli - Oct. 13 (News Report) - House Republican Leader John Boehner's Office Says Laws Should Be Based on "Immutable" Characteristics Â– Among Them Religion, but not Sexual Orientation

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Little new in Obama speech to gay community

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The Politico - By Josh Gerstein - Oct. 11 (News Report) - President Barack Obama wowed a crowd of gay rights activists Saturday night with an impassioned defense of equality for gays and lesbians, but he offered no new commitments to assuage concerns that he has given a low priority to issues critical to the gay and lesbian community.

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Prayer Effort Seeks 'Right Thinking' From Liberals

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

All Things Considered - By Barbara Bradley Hagerty - Oct. 04 (Special Report) - A Christian conservative group, fearing a liberal drift in the country's leadership, has put 11 prominent politicians and activists on an "Adopt a Liberal" roster. They're asking God to help their targets change their stances on a variety of social issues.

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A world first: Vaccine helps prevent HIV infection

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Marilynn Marchione, Michael Casey - Sep. 24 (News Report) - For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. Recent failures led many scientists to think such a vaccine might never be possible. The World Health Organization and the U.N. agency UNAIDS said the results "instilled new hope" in the field of HIV vaccine research, although researchers say it likely is many years before a vaccine might be available.

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Coming Out in Middle School

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Benoit Denizet Lewis - Sep. 23 (News Report) - Austin didn’t know what to wear to his first gay dance last spring. It was bad enough that the gangly 13-year-old from Sand Springs, Okla., had to go without his boyfriend at the time, a 14-year-old star athlete at another middle school, but there were also laundry issues. “I don’t have any clean clothes!” he complained to me by text message, his favored method of communication. When I met up with him an hour later, he had weathered his wardrobe crisis (he was in jeans and a beige T-shirt with musical instruments on it) but was still a nervous wreck. “I’m kind of scared,” he confessed. “Who am I going to talk to? I wish my boyfriend could come.” But his boyfriend couldn’t find anyone to give him a ride nor, Austin explained, could his boyfriend ask his father for one. “His dad would give him up for adoption if he knew he was gay,” Austin told me. “I’m serious. He has the strictest, scariest dad ever. He has to date girls and act all tough so that people won’t suspect.”

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D.C. Council Passage of Gay Marriage Bill All but Assured - washingtonpost.com

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Tim Craig - Sep. 10 (News Report) - The District is poised once again to become the battleground for a divisive social issue as the D.C. Council moves a step closer to legalizing same-sex marriage, an action that could force Congress and White House to take sides in the debate. After months of buildup and behind-the-scenes lobbying, a bill by David A. Catania, one of two openly gay members of the council, has been drafted and is ready to be introduced in the coming weeks. Catania (I-At Large) expects a final vote before the end of the year. On Thursday, Catania said he had 10 co-sponsors, all but assuring that the measure will be approved by the council. The bill would have to survive congressional review before it could become law.

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Gay Men Targeted In Iraq, Report Says - washingtonpost.com

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Ernesto Londoño - Aug. 16 (News Report) - BAGHDAD, Aug. 16 -- Human Rights Watch will urge in a report to be released Monday that the Iraqi government do more to protect gay men, saying militiamen have killed and tortured scores in recent months as part of a social cleansing campaign.

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Gay vs. Orthodox: Israel's Culture War Turns Deadly - TIME

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Time - By Matthew Kalman - Aug. 03 (News Report) - Israeli police launched a citywide manhunt through Tel Aviv for the masked, black-clad gunman who opened fire with a pistol at a gay youth club on Saturday night, Aug. 1, killing two and wounding 15 more. While the authorities have been careful not to speculate on a motive for the crime, the city's stunned gay community was not hesitant about assigning blame for the atmosphere they believe was conducive to the crime. Pointing to Orthodox Jewish gay-bashers, gay activists say the shots fired in the club for teenagers — the most serious in a series of verbal and physical attacks on their community — were a violent manifestation of Israel's ongoing culture war. The attack spotlights the tensions within Israeli society as it tries to balance Western liberalism and Orthodox Jewish values.

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Decorated Airman Anxiously Awaits New Policy on Gays - washingtonpost.com

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Steve Vogel - Aug. 02 (News Report) - For Air Force Lt. Col. Victor Fehrenbach, time is running out on efforts to overturn restrictions on gays serving in the U.S. military. The weapons system officer -- who during 18 years of service has flown combat missions in F-15E fighters and other aircraft over Afghanistan, Iraq and Bosnia, and now serves as assistant director of operations for an Air Force squadron in Idaho -- faces discharge after a civilian reported to authorities last year that Fehrenbach is gay.

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3 Shot Dead at Gay Center in Tel Aviv - NYTimes.com

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Agence France Presse - Aug. 02 (Special Report) - A masked man opened fire on a crowd at a gay community center in Tel Aviv late Saturday, killing three people and wounding at least 10 others, the Israeli emergency services said.

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Gays live — and die — in fear in Jamaica

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - Jul. 19 (News Report) - KINGSTON, Jamaica – Even now, about three years after a near-fatal gay bashing, Sherman gets jittery at dusk. On bad days, his blood quickens, his eyes dart, and he seeks refuge indoors. A group of men kicked him and slashed him with knives for being a "batty boy" — a slang term for gay men — after he left a party before dawn in October 2006. They sliced his throat, torso, and back, hissed anti-gay epithets, and left him for dead on a Kingston corner.

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Senate Bill Expands Hate Crimes Law

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Jim Abrams - Jul. 17 (News Report) - People attacked because of their sexual orientation or gender would receive federal protections under a Senate-approved measure that significantly expands the reach of hate crimes law.

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Air Force Academy gets gay board member - Air Force News, news from Iraq - Air Force Times

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - Jul. 16 (News Report) - The U.S. Air Force Academy has a gay member on its Board of Visitors. Colorado Democratic Rep. Jared Polis was named to the board Wednesday. Polis became the first openly gay man elected to Congress as a non-incumbent last year.

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Don't-Ask repeal has 150 signatures

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The Politico - By Glenn Thrush - Jul. 11 (Other) - Don't-Ask repeal has 150 signatures The House is inching toward overturning the don't ask, don't tell policy in the military. Rep. Patrick Murphy's bill (it used to be ex-Rep. Ellen Tauscher's) repealing the policy now has 150 cosponsors and House Armed Services Chairman Ike Skelton — who isn't one of them — has vowed to hold hearings on the bill. The White House has infuriated LGBT groups by filing a legal brief backing the policy.

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Indian Court Overturns Gay Sex Ban

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Heather Timmons, Hari Kumar - Jul. 03 (News Report) - In a landmark ruling Thursday that could usher in an era of greater freedom for gay men and lesbians in India, New Delhi’s highest court decriminalized homosexuality. “The inclusiveness that Indian society traditionally displayed, literally in every aspect of life, is manifest in recognizing a role in society for everyone,” judges of the Delhi High Court wrote in a 105-page decision, India’s first to directly address rights for gay men and lesbians. “Those perceived by the majority as ‘deviants’ or ‘different’ are not on that score excluded or ostracized,” the decision said.

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Sailor gunned down on sentry duty, Navy says

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - By Taylor Gandossy - Jul. 03 (News Report) - A sailor found dead earlier this week at California's Camp Pendleton was shot while standing sentry, and a fire was set in an attempt to cover up evidence, the U.S. Navy said. Seaman August Provost, shown on his MySpace page, was killed while on sentry duty at Camp Pendleton. The death of Seaman August Provost of Houston, Texas, is being investigated as a homicide, Capt. Matt Brown told reporters on Thursday. A sailor is in custody in the case, Brown said. Although at least one of Provost's relatives said she believes he was killed because of his sexual orientation and his race, Brown said there was no indication the killing was a hate crime. A U.S. congressman also said on Friday there are indications Provost may have been killed because of his sexual orientation.

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Defense chief giving 'don't ask, don't tell' a closer look

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - By Barbara Starr - Jul. 01 (Special Report) - For the first time, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is outlining potential Obama administration plans to enforce the "don't ask, don't tell" rule selectively so that some gays could serve in the military.

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