Thursday, January 22, 2009

International Gay News Headlines (T24T-3)

A sociologist at an Iranian university has presented a new study that shows high levels of homosexual experiences among the country's population.

The first gay person elected as Mayor of Portland should resign, a local LGBT publication has said. Just Out has taken a similar stance to local Oregon newspapers.

A dramatisation of the life of assassinated gay politician Harvey Milk has been nominated for multiple Academy Awards.

Heading out this Australia Day long weekend? Streuth! We’ve got the lowdown on where you should be.
To make 2009 the most amazing Summer on record, we've teamed up with the Openair Cinema in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane to host a Same Same night of movies and outdoor fun at each of the outdoor cinemas.
The boys are back in town. Summer in Sydney is getting warmer by the minute, and the third session of Surf Camp is only going to get you hotter under the collar.

Gay Wired

A niche of a niche of a niche -- and booming: Nude gay luxury cruises
USA Today - 4 hours ago
The voyage, organized by Miami Beach-based travel agency Source Events and Gay Naturists International, took place off Italy's Amalfi Coast and the Greek ...
Nud ism's New Luxury Bent Gay Wired
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ABC News

Obama To Back Gay Rights Agenda
Evening Bulletin, PA - 9 hours ago
But I am not for trying to integrate and redefine marriage,” said Bishop Janice Hollis of Covenant International Fellowship, a predominately black church. ...
WORLD ROUNDUP Windy City Times
On 1st Day, Obama Puts Gay Rights Front & Center EDGE Boston
President Obama's White House agenda The Christian Institute
Change.org
all 70 news articles

Russia is ending space tourism
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - 10 hours ago
AP VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Canada's 2005 decision to legalize gay marriage has paved the way for legalizing polygamy as well, a defense lawyer said ...

Gay Wired

A niche of a niche of a niche -- and booming: Nude gay luxury cruises
USA Today - 4 hours ago
The voyage, organized by Miami Beach-based travel agency Source Events and Gay Naturists International, took place off Italy's Amalfi Coast and the Greek ...
Nud ism's New Luxury Bent Gay Wired
all 2 news articles

ABC News

Obama To Back Gay Rights Agenda
Evening Bulletin, PA - 9 hours ago
But I am not for trying to integrate and redefine marriage,” said Bishop Janice Hollis of Covenant International Fellowship, a predominately black church. ...
WORLD ROUNDUP Windy City Times
On 1st Day, Obama Puts Gay Rights Front & Center EDGE Boston
President Obama's White House agenda The Christian Institute
Change.org
all 70 news articles

Russia is ending space tourism
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - 10 hours ago
AP VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Canada's 2005 decision to legalize gay marriage has paved the way for legalizing polygamy as well, a defense lawyer said ...
An art exhibition opening in Auckland tomorrow for the Pride '09 Festival will reveal the extraordinary and ordinary worlds of individuals who define themselves as "gender uncertain" or "gender fluid".
Auckland's gayest street is one of the first places in New Zealand to be covered by a new high-speed Wi-Fi internet service.
   (San Francisco, CA, January 21, 2009) In the last round of an expedited briefing schedule, final briefs were filed today by both petitioners and respondents in the lawsuits challenging Proposition 8. The briefs filed today by the National Center for Lesbian Rights, Lambda Legal, and the ACLU responded to the more than 60 amicus curiae, [...]
Hope - and the idea that the country’s new leader would break down barriers of discrimination - overshadowed the disappointment many gays and lesbians felt when an outspoken critic of same-sex marriage gave the invocation at President Obama’s inauguration Tuesday. “I am completely hopeful, optimistic, relieved, enthusiastic - even knowing that he’s going to disappoint,” said [...]
San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Freedom Band will be marching in the Inaugural Parade Tuesday Jan. 20, 2009. Drum Major Kim Boyd talks of his excitement to be leading the group past President Obama. Duration: 1:29. (Camera and editing: Lacy Atkins, Chronicle Staff / San Francisco Chronicle Video)  See Video: Lesbian and Gay Freedom Band Published by  Original [...]

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