Tuesday, July 7, 2009

GLBT News Headlines (T4T-6)

HATE HIM OR LOVE HIM? The controversial celebrity blogger Perez Hilton was heralded for criticizing Miss California Carrie Prejean, then ignited a firestorm when he published compromising photos of screenwriter and LGBT crusader Dustin Lance Black. So what does Perez have to say for himself?
DON and rsquo;T TELL MR. FURLEY! Former Three and rsquo;s Company star Joyce DeWitt landed in hot water over the holiday weekend with a D.U.I...
FAMOUS FROM A YOUNG AGE: Brooke Shields remembers The King of Pop in the upcoming commemorative issue of Rolling Stone...
Meeting in San Diego this past week, the National Education Association — the nation’s largest professional employee organization, with 3.2 million members who work at every level of education — voted on two resolutions that support the cause of LGBT equality.  The first opposed any discrimination against same-sex couples.  Furthermore, they endorsed a federal law [...]
Today we saw marriage recognition in DC and according to Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, we could see similar action soon in Maryland.  As we’ve reported Maryland’s Attorney General is considering whether out-of-state marriages between same-sex couples can be recognized in the state.  Yesterday on WTOP Radio, Gov. O’Malley said: “I think that it’s very difficult to deny equal [...]
This weekend marked the 10th anniversary of the murder of Pfc. Barry Winchell, a 22 year old soldier who was killed by a comrade with a baseball bat as he lay asleep in his bed.  Winchell was in a relationship with Calpernia Addams – a transgender woman — and once this came to light, he was [...]
Bruce Willis and Demi Moore's daughter Rumer Willis is slated to play gay for The CW. The former couple's oldest daughter will play Gia, a punky lesbian at the school newspaper for one episode of 90210, according to the Los Angeles Times.
A law recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other states and countries went into effect Tuesday in the nation's capital, and a D.C. councilman said he plans to follow up with a measure that would allow gay marriage ceremonies in the district.
Lesbian activist Bonnie Tinker died in a bike accident on the Virginia Tech campus Thursday, police have confirmed. She was 61.

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