Wednesday, July 8, 2009

GLBT News Headlines (T4T-6)

JACKSON BURIED WITHOUT BRAIN: MJ was laid to rest yesterday without his brain, because doctors did not have sufficient time to determine cause of death...
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...
Today the Commonwealth of Massachusetts filed a federal challenge to Section 3 the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”) as applied to Massachusetts citizens who are legally married (read HRC’s press release). The Attorney General’s complaint in Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Department of Health and Human Services, et al alleges that DOMA violates the United States Constitution [...]
Ed. Note: This post is from Jarrod Chlapowski, a U.S. Army veteran who recently joined the Human Rights Campaign to consult on ending the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. Having been trained as a Korean linguist and cryptologic voice interceptor, he served in Korea, supporting the 3rd Military Intelligence Battalion on more than 300 [...]
Today the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia will hold a legislative hearing to examine H.R. 2517, the “Domestic Partnership Benefits & Obligations Act of 2009,” introduced by Representatives Tammy Baldwin and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.  The bill would provide domestic partners of federal employees equal benefits — a policy of treating every [...]
Massachusetts' attorney general filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the U.S. government that seeks federal marriage benefits for about 16,000 gay and lesbian couples who have legally wed in Massachusetts.
Bruno, the flamboyant Sasha Baron Cohen character who will stride boldly into America's multiplexes on July 10, still won't have a lot of gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered company when he gets there.
Beginning at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, same-sex couples married in jurisdictions outside D.C. had their unions recognized by the District, and work is underway to allow gay and lesbian couples to get married in Washington as well.

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