Wednesday, May 6, 2009

International Gay News Headlines (T25T-3)

Gay marriage is now legal in Maine after Governor John Baldacci signed it into law. The Governor had previously opposed gay marriage but said in a statement he believed a civil union was not equal to marriage.


Reaching out to gay rights groups is one of Tory leader David Cameron's top five priorities, it has been claimed. A shadow cabinet member told ConservativeHome.com blogger Tim Montgomerie that the move is part of Cameron’s drive “to show that ‘new Toryism’ is still alive and kicking”.


Rick Warren, the US evangelist pastor who spoke out against gay marriage, has been included in Time magazine's latest list of the world's most influential people.


Even though her last album X only sold 5,500 copies in America in the first week of sale, Kylie's still determined to crack the US market, announcing that she'll be touring North America and Canada this year for the very first time.
Gold Coast Gay Day 2009 was a big success according to its committee, with glorious weather and a great turn out supporting the event.
The Story of Clara was developed by Murphy and designer Kristian Fredrikson. Taking us through decades and across continents with visual grace and deftness, Murphy and Fredrikson's version is a considerable departure from the original.

SheWired

'Milk' Writer Dustin Lance Black Helps Get Harvey Milk Day Approved
SheWired, CA
He said Milk's campaigns against prejudice and bigotry "lit the fire" for the national and international gay rights movements and gave him hope. "For the first time in many years, I did not think about taking my own life and I did not cry myself to ...

New York Daily News

Now, It's New Hampshire's Turn: Marriage Bill Goes to Governor
EDGE Boston, MA
New York State is fast-tracking its own gay marriage, with New Jersey expected to follow, making the whole Northeast a Gay Marriage Corridor. EDGE Editor-in-Chief Steve Weinstein has been a regular correspondent for the International Herald Tribune, ...
Maine marriage equality bill headed to governor Bay Windows
Steve Rothaus MiamiHerald.com
Maine Marriage Becomes Reality: Governor Signs Bill Into Law EDGE Boston
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New York Daily News

Morning Mix: Fawcett to Air TV Doc About Cancer Battle
Newsweek
Since the Miss USA pageant, where she said she did not believe in gay marriage, Prejean has acted in a spokeswoman capacity for anti-gay marriage activists in her home state; photographs of her posing topless as a teen model (though she's facing ...
Olbermann Guest Likens Miss California to Nazi Doll, Makes Crude ... NewsBusters
Miss California Carrie Prejean in semi-nude photo controversy Vancouver Sun
Carrie Prejean's Nude Photos and the Miss California Crown: Update Towleroad
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Despite cold weather and ongoing recession woes, last night's monthly networking meeting of Auckland's Gay Business Association was well attended, with many more people than usual packing Newmarket's Urban Café.
GLBT Labour MPs Maryan Street and Charles Chauvel have picked up extra responsibilities in new leader Phil Goff's reshuffle of his caucus and opposition shadow cabinet, while Chris Carter has slid sideways a little.
One pastor, The Rev. Maxwell Washington, said he didn’t like the ruckus but “our council gone just a little bit too far when they came up with same sex marriage and going to make it a civil rights issue.” And they have allies on Capitol Hill, which has thirty days to review the matter before it [...]
The new, new thing in criticizing Hate Crimes legislation is to pretend that the Democrats have gone and given a whole bunch of special considerations or legal protections to pedophiles. That’s the case that Representative Peter Steve King made to a suppliant Sean Hannity yesterday: HANNITY: We’re running out of time. Is it safe to say [...]
U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx has written a letter of apology to the mother of Matthew Shepard, a gay Wyoming man whose name is on a bill adding sexual orientation to federal hate-crimes legislation. During recent debate on the bill, Foxx, R-5th, called attempts to label Shepard’s 1998 murder a hate crime “a hoax.” She said that [...]
One pastor, The Rev. Maxwell Washington, said he didn’t like the ruckus but “our council gone just a little bit too far when they came up with same sex marriage and going to make it a civil rights issue.” And they have allies on Capitol Hill, which has thirty days to review the matter before it [...]
The new, new thing in criticizing Hate Crimes legislation is to pretend that the Democrats have gone and given a whole bunch of special considerations or legal protections to pedophiles. That’s the case that Representative Peter Steve King made to a suppliant Sean Hannity yesterday: HANNITY: We’re running out of time. Is it safe to say [...]
U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx has written a letter of apology to the mother of Matthew Shepard, a gay Wyoming man whose name is on a bill adding sexual orientation to federal hate-crimes legislation. During recent debate on the bill, Foxx, R-5th, called attempts to label Shepard’s 1998 murder a hate crime “a hoax.” She said that [...]

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