Sunday, August 2, 2009

International Gay News Headlines (T25T-3)

Organised by Twitter, Facebook and text message, all across the world vigils have been held for the victims of the massacre at an LGBT (lesbian, gay and bisexual) centre in Tel Aviv last night. Benjamin Cohen went to Soho to meet gay Israelis, Jews and those of no faith at all to share in their act of remembrance


As two of the young LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered) Israelis murdered in a shooting at a Tel Aviv gay centre have been named, the country's President and Prime Minister have condemned the atrocity.


Thousands of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered) Israelis have held an impromptu march through the streets of Tel Aviv after a masked gun man opened fire at a centre for gay teenagers, killing three late last night.



Washington Post

International briefs: Gunman kills 3 in gay club
Fort Worth Star Telegram
ISRAEL â€" Israeli police say a gunman entered a youth club for gay teens in central Tel Aviv on Saturday night and sprayed the interior with automatic rifle ...
World shocked by gay center attackYnetnews
Israeli gays in shock after gunman's deadly rampageAFP
Israeli hunt for killer of gaysIrish Times
Telegraph.co.uk -KXMC -MiamiHerald.com
all 1,237 news articles »

BBC News

International flavour at Gay Pride
Times Online
Gay Pride was celebrated across the world today as colourful parades took to the streets. A carnival atmosphere swept through cities from New York to ...
Becoming ' the majority for that one day'Vancouver Sun
Milk protégé praises Vancouver Pride celebrationCTV British Columbia
Steve RothausMiamiHerald.com
Vancouver Sun
all 291 news articles »

International briefs
Dallas Morning News
JERUSALEM â€" A gunman entered a youth club for gay teens in central Tel Aviv on Saturday night and sprayed the interior with automatic rifle fire, ...

and more »
(Russia) Gay and Lesbian Film Festival “Bok o Bok” which was supposed to take place in Saint Petersburg from today and last until Sunday finally did not open after Fire Department Inspectors closed the place due to problems with fire security. In a phone interview to Project GayRussia.Ru, Organiser of the festivaestival Irina Sergeeva said that the clubs “The Place” and “Sochi” where the screenings of the films were supposed to take place, were closed due to fire security reasons.
(USA) - As part of Bibi's outreach to our communities, Bibi|SF will be hosting talks on various issues affecting queer South West Asian, North Africans (aka Middle-Easterners). Its first engagement is with Arsham Parsi of the IRanian Queer Organization on Thursday, June 26 at the SF LGBT Center.
(USA) - Gay human rights activists in San Francisco staged a speak out at the Russian consulate on May 16, in conjunction with IDAHO events around the planet. Before showing up at the consulate, the group sent emails to the staff explaining their reason for coming -- to press the government to grant parade permits to Moscow's Gay pride event.

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