Saturday, January 24, 2009

Gay News Magazine Headlines (T24T-2)

Disgraced pastor faces more gay sex allegations
New accusations come as Ted Haggard attempts image overhaul
By ERIC GORSKI, AP Religion Writer | Jan. 23 at 9:46 PM Jan. 23 at 9:46 PM
DENVER — Disgraced evangelical leader Ted Haggard's former church disclosed Friday that the gay sex scandal that caused his downfall extends to a young male church volunteer who reported having a sexual relationship with Haggard, a revelation that comes as Haggard tries to repair his public image.

Brady Boyd, who succeeded Haggard as senior pastor of the 10,000-member New Life Church in Colorado Springs, told the Associated Press that the man came forward to church officials in late 2006 shortly after a Denver male prostitute claimed to have had a three-year cash-for-sex relationship with Haggard.

Boyd said an "overwhelming pool of evidence" poin ...

Gay man to recruit Obama appointees
Perriello to work in Office of Presidential Personnel
By CHRIS JOHNSON, Washington Blade | Jan. 23 at 5:25 PM Jan. 23 at 5:25 PM
President Barack Obama has a selected a gay man for a key White House role that focuses on recruiting federal employees, according to the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund.

Mark Perriello is slated to start his job Monday as a director in the Office of Presidential Personnel, which recruits candidates for appointments to federal departments and agencies.

Perriello served as head of the Presidential Appointments Project, an effort by 12 national gay groups to identify gay candidates to serve in the Obama administration.

Chuck Wolfe, president of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, said in a statement Friday that Perriello “spent countless hours advocating on behalf of openl ...

Gay group once deemed a security threat
Police had Equality Maryland under surveillance
By AMY CAVANAUGH, Washington Blade | Jan. 23 at 5:09 PM Jan. 23 at 5:09 PM

Equality Maryland, the state’s largest gay civil rights group, was revealed this week to be among the many peaceful protest groups that were once designated a “security threat” by state officials.

The Washington Post reported Friday that the Maryland State Police’s Homeland Security & Intelligence Division gave Equality Maryland the designation and considered the organization a terrorist group. The designation has since been rescinded.

Dan Furmansky, a former Equality Maryland executive director and leader of the organization when the designation was made, said the situ ation “feels like a throwback to the days when LGBT people were truly silence ...

Disgraced pastor faces more gay sex allegations
New accusations come as Ted Haggard attempts image overhaul
By ERIC GORSKI, AP Religion Writer | Jan. 23 at 9:46 PM Jan. 23 at 9:46 PM
DENVER — Disgraced evangelical leader Ted Haggard's former church disclosed Friday that the gay sex scandal that caused his downfall extends to a young male church volunteer who reported having a sexual relationship with Haggard, a revelation that comes as Haggard tries to repair his public image.

Brady Boyd, who succeeded Haggard as senior pastor of the 10,000-member New Life Church in Colorado Springs, told the Associated Press that the man came forward to church officials in late 2006 shortly after a Denver male prostitute claimed to have had a three-year cash-for-sex relationship with Haggard.

Boyd said an "overwhelming pool of evidence" poin ...

Gay man to recruit Obama appointees
Perriello to work in Office of Presidential Personnel
By CHRIS JOHNSON, Washington Blade | Jan. 23 at 5:25 PM Jan. 23 at 5:25 PM
President Barack Obama has a selected a gay man for a key White House role that focuses on recruiting federal employees, according to the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund.

Mark Perriello is slated to start his job Monday as a director in the Office of Presidential Personnel, which recruits candidates for appointments to federal departments and agencies.

Perriello served as head of the Presidential Appointments Project, an effort by 12 national gay groups to identify gay candidates to serve in the Obama administration.

Chuck Wolfe, president of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, said in a statement Friday that Perriello “spent countless hours advocating on behalf of openl ...

Gay group once deemed a security threat
Police had Equality Maryland under surveillance
By AMY CAVANAUGH, Washington Blade | Jan. 23 at 5:09 PM Jan. 23 at 5:09 PM

Equality Maryland, the state’s largest gay civil rights group, was revealed this week to be among the many peaceful protest groups that were once designated a “security threat” by state officials.

The Washington Post reported Friday that the Maryland State Police’s Homeland Security & Intelligence Division gave Equality Maryland the designation and considered the organization a terrorist group. The designation has since been rescinded.

Dan Furmansky, a former Equality Maryland executive director and leader of the organization when the designation was made, said the situ ation “feels like a throwback to the days when LGBT people were truly silence ...

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Disgraced pastor faces more gay sex allegations
New accusations come as Ted Haggard attempts image overhaul
By ERIC GORSKI, AP Religion Writer | Jan. 23 at 9:46 PM Jan. 23 at 9:46 PM
DENVER — Disgraced evangelical leader Ted Haggard's former church disclosed Friday that the gay sex scandal that caused his downfall extends to a young male church volunteer who reported having a sexual relationship with Haggard, a revelation that comes as Haggard tries to repair his public image.

Brady Boyd, who succeeded Haggard as senior pastor of the 10,000-member New Life Church in Colorado Springs, told the Associated Press that the man came forward to church officials in late 2006 shortly after a Denver male prostitute claimed to have had a three-year cash-for-sex relationship with Haggard.

Boyd said an "overwhelming pool of evidence" poin ...

Gay man to recruit Obama appointees
Perriello to work in Office of Presidential Personnel
By CHRIS JOHNSON, Washington Blade | Jan. 23 at 5:25 PM Jan. 23 at 5:25 PM
President Barack Obama has a selected a gay man for a key White House role that focuses on recruiting federal employees, according to the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund.

Mark Perriello is slated to start his job Monday as a director in the Office of Presidential Personnel, which recruits candidates for appointments to federal departments and agencies.

Perriello served as head of the Presidential Appointments Project, an effort by 12 national gay groups to identify gay candidates to serve in the Obama administration.

Chuck Wolfe, president of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, said in a statement Friday that Perriello “spent countless hours advocating on behalf of openl ...

Gay group once deemed a security threat
Police had Equality Maryland under surveillance
By AMY CAVANAUGH, Washington Blade | Jan. 23 at 5:09 PM Jan. 23 at 5:09 PM

Equality Maryland, the state’s largest gay civil rights group, was revealed this week to be among the many peaceful protest groups that were once designated a “security threat” by state officials.

The Washington Post reported Friday that the Maryland State Police’s Homeland Security & Intelligence Division gave Equality Maryland the designation and considered the organization a terrorist group. The designation has since been rescinded.

Dan Furmansky, a former Equality Maryland executive director and leader of the organization when the designation was made, said the situation “feels like a throwback to the days when LGBT people were truly silence ...

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