Friday, February 6, 2009

International Gay News Headlines (T25T-3)

A gay teenager who was allegedly beaten to death in Merseyside was called a "queer faggot" during the attack, a witness has testified. Michael Causer died from serious head injuries on August 2nd.

The United States National Park Service (NPS) has issued a permit to Equality Forum for a National Equality Rally at Independence Hall in Philadelphia on Sunday May 3rd.

The Mayor of Portland had sex with a minor, a US TV station has claimed. KATU News says that a friend of the teenager at the centre of the controversy has spoken to them on condition of anonymity.

Greens MLC Lee Rhiannon has indicated that she will resign from the New South Wales State Parliament to run for the Senate in the next Federal election. She strongly denies she rumours that she will be replacing Greens leader Bob Brown.
German transsexual pop star Kim Petras has two major reasons to celebrate. Not only was she signed to Joyce Records last year, she has also become the youngest transsexual person to undergo Sex Reassignment Surgery at the age of 16.
If you’re still sticking to the New Year’s resolutions you made for 2009 â€" congratulations! You are one of a rare few. If not, Danielle Ferris from life coach company Shapeshifters has some tips to get your back on the wagon.

Examiner.com

Fort Lauderdale wins bid to host prestigious gay travel conference
Examiner.com - 1 hour ago
... the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) has chosen Fort Lauderdale to host its 2011 International Convention. ...
ArtExplosion has grown up over the years Sun-Sentinel.com
all 2 news articles

International News Briefs
pride source.com, MI - Feb 4, 2009
(AP) - Mormon church officials say they spent $190000 more supporting the Proposition 8 gay marriage ban than they previously reported. ...

Company’s Fortunes Change, and the Whitney Benefits
New York Times, United States - 7 hours ago
The piece is a meditation on urban gay culture. Meanwhile a familiar work will be reinstalled in the building’s stairwells: the 1996 site-specific ...

Examiner.com

Fort Lauderdale wins bid to host prestigious gay travel conference
Examiner.com - 1 hour ago
... the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) has chosen Fort Lauderdale to host its 2011 International Convention. ...
ArtExplosion has grown up over the years Sun-Sentinel.com
all 2 news articles

International News Briefs
pride source.com, MI - Feb 4, 2009
(AP) - Mormon church officials say they spent $190000 more supporting the Proposition 8 gay marriage ban than they previously reported. ...

Company’s Fortunes Change, and the Whitney Benefits
New York Times, United States - 7 hours ago
The piece is a meditation on urban gay culture. Meanwhile a familiar work will be reinstalled in the building’s stairwells: the 1996 site-specific ...
Wellington's gay-friendly Bluenote Bar on Cuba Street has been rebranded in time for the upcoming Fringe Festival, and will now become the city's first dedicated comedy venue.
he Oscar-nominated film Milk is igniting related tourism in San Francisco. The city played host during filming of this biopic about Harvey Milk, one of the first openly gay people elected to a high public office. Start your visit off with a trip to City Hall, where the city supervisor worked and is honored with [...]
e’s Just Not That Into You may have just marked a small, but seismic shift in gay-related comedy. No, not the movie itself, opening today, which is getting decidedly lackluster reviews (the critics seem to agree that it’s amiable at best, and too long). The true comedy gold may lay in a short video, 10 Chick Flick Cliches That [...]
MOBILE, AL–Integrity USA is disappointed but not surprised that thecommunique issued by the primates of the Anglican Communion earlier todayrepeated the all-too-familiar call for moratoria on the election of bishops in same-gender unions, rites of blessing for same-sex unions, and cross-border interventions. “There’s an American superstition that ‘bad things come in threes,’” said Integrity President Susan [...]

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