Friday, January 23, 2009

International Gay News Headlines (T24T-3)

Homophobic Christian groups in America have discovered the new President's support for gay rights. The White House website contains information about the administration's plans for the LGBT community.

The Governor of New York has announced that he has chosen Kirsten Gillibrand to fill the Senate vacancy left by Hillary Clinton, who was confirmed as US Secretary of State earlier this week.

The French Secretary of State for Parliamentary Relations has revealed he is gay in an interview ahead of the publication of his autobiography.

You've gotta hand it to Björk. According to media reports she's been using her star power to promote a venture capital fund aimed at rebuilding her Iceland after its recent economic collapse.
I’ve gotta be honest, I really expected to hate this movie. Everything from the promo poster to the preview trailer pointed to the strong possibility that Role Models was going to be tired, predictable and corny. Well, I couldn’t have been more wrong.
The list of Oscar nominations has been announced and Milk is all over it, which is exciting, given that the film was fundamentally snubbed by the Golden Globes nominations list late last year.

Red Reef Laboratories International, Inc. (RRLB) Finds Gold in ...
CNNMoney.com - 2 hours ago
The majority of gay households are comprised of what the Census Bureau coined "DINKs" -- Dual Income, No Kids. Simmons' research, comparing US gay consumers ...

Hürriyet

Appeals court says gay rights unit is OK
Hürriyet, Turkey - 35 minutes ago
... an Amnesty International researcher working on Turkey. "The decision is a message to authorities to not impede the legal work of lesbian, gay, bisexual, ...

Gay film festival organizers split
Philadelphia Gay News, PA - 8 hours ago
by Jen Colletta The two companies that stage the Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival have separated from one another, and as a result ...

Red Reef Laboratories International, Inc. (RRLB) Finds Gold in ...
CNNMoney.com - 2 hours ago
The majority of gay households are comprised of what the Census Bureau coined "DINKs" -- Dual Income, No Kids. Simmons' research, comparing US gay consumers ...

Hürriyet

Appeals court says gay rights unit is OK
Hürriyet, Turkey - 35 minutes ago
... an Amnesty International researcher working on Turkey. "The decision is a message to authorities to not impede the legal work of lesbian, gay, bisexual, ...

Gay film festival organizers split
Philadelphia Gay News, PA - 8 hours ago
by Jen Colletta The two companies that stage the Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival have separated from one another, and as a result ...
Many of New Zealand's gay drinking hotspots are celebrating summer - and Auckland's Anniversary holiday on Monday - with special events this weekend.
The former owner of much-missed Ponsonby Road bar Surrender Dorothy - and the alter ego of drag diva Onya Nees - has started work at the NZ AIDS Foundation.
Beginning a month of parties, shows, sports, arts, networking and theatre, Auckland's Pride '09 Launch is now confirmed for Sunday 1st of February.
A Colorado-based evangelical group has launched a telephone lobbying campaign trying to influence a gay-marriage bill in Wyoming. Focus on the Family Action of Colorado Springs has been making telephone calls to voters in key Wyoming senate districts. he group is trying to drum up support for legislation that would let Wyoming voters decide whether [...]
Civil union proposals would be designed to give gay couples the same rights as married couples, said Majority Leader Rep. Blake Oshiro, D-Aiea-Halawaii. “It’s always been about equality and equal rights,” Oshiro said. Civil unions have broader support from labor unions and some religious groups this year than in the past, said Rep. Jon Riki Karamatsu, D-Waipahu-Waikele, [...]
An Alna Republican wants to find common ground in the debate about gay marriage by extending more rights to gay and lesbian couples without calling it “marriage.” Rep. Les Fossel — whose district includes Pittston and Dresden — said Monday he submitted a measure to the Legislature’s bill-writing office that would expand legal rights and benefits [...]
Green MP Kevin Hague said he rejected the concept of a "higher power" or of religious faith underpinning the fate of humankind.

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