Saturday, August 8, 2009

International Gay News Headlines (T25T-3)

America's biggest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy organisations have welcomed the confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.


A lesbian couple have complained to Scottish Borders Council about remarks made by a councillor about gay people.


Two American gay icons will be honoured by President Barack Obama at a White House ceremony on Wednesday.



Examiner.com

Among teens, who's gay is less clear than in past
USA Today
TORONTO â€" Who's gay and who's not is less clear than it used to be among today's young people â€" and that's complicating how ...
Monogamy Is All the Rage These DaysScientific American

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Religious Conservatives Denounce International GLBT Group's Efforts
EDGE Boston
The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), founded in 1990, initially sought to address social and legal issues faced by sexual ...
Radical Homosexual Group Targets CEDAW to Push "Gender Identity ...Lifesite

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(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 festival 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.
An eight year prison sentence has been handed out to the Ashburton rugby club captain found guilty last month of sexually assaulting a player in his bed.

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