Thursday, November 5, 2009

Gay News Magazine Headlines (T24T-2)

Feature Story: The beast is almost here.
Do you hear the tintinnabulation of its bells around the corner? See the glinting gold and silver of a million mall store baubles dangling from its evergreen limbs? Smell the scent of eggnog and casseroles and decorative spray snow that triggers fond memories of family celebrations that never actually happened?
Yes, Christmas is coming. ...more
Gauge: Longtime gay activist Larry Stansbury, 61, died Saturday, Oct. 31, following a weeks-long struggle at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in the District.

Stansbury
(Photo by Todd Franson/file photo ) "It was an ordeal," says Steve Blum, Stansbury's roommate and friend of many years, responsible for making medical decisions on Stansbury's behalf. "It started about eight weeks ago when he fell and broke his hip. They didn’t want to do surgery till he stabilized. Then he got an infection. Eventually his kidney and liver shut down."
Stansbury had a history of renal problems, Blum says, including two kidney transplants. ...more
Gauge: Capital Pride 2010 may be more than half a year away, but organizers are already starting to hum. Following a recent announcement that the Capital Pride board just started accepting nominations, the online sign-up for 2010 volunteers went live Oct. 30. The same day, organizers announced the them for 2010, the 35th annual celebration: "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet."
"We are preparing once again to welcome more than 250,000 people to our street festival, expect even more contingents and floats in our parade and will be adding even more diverse events and activities in 2010," Capital Pride Executive Director Dyana Mason said in a release announcing the year's theme.
The 2010 celebration of LGBT pride will begin June 4 and culminate with a parade Saturday, June 12, and street festival Sunday, June 13. ...more


OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP)
Washington state's new "everything but marriage" law was narrowly passing Wednesday, with about half of the vote still to be counted.

Referendum 71 asked voters to approve or reject the final expansion to the state's domestic partnership law, which grants registered domestic partners additional state-granted rights currently given only to married couples.

With about 50 percent of the expected vote counted, R-71 was leading 51 percent to 49 percent.

More than 380,000 ballots were left to be counted. Several counties, including King, the state's largest, were set to report additional result ...


SALT LAKE CITY (AP)
Organizers of a petition drive to ask the Mormon church to reconsider its policies and political activism against gay marriage are set to deliver the documents to church headquarters.

The Foundation for Reconciliation has collected more than 2,000 signatures on the petition which has been circulating online since June.

About 50 people are expected to deliver the petition to the offices of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Wednesday.

Organizer Cheryl Nunn of Santa Cruz, Calif., says the petition is a reaction to the Salt Lake City-based church's support for Proposition 8, a 2008 ballot initiative tha ...


PORTLAND, Maine (AP)
Cecelia Burnett and Ann Swanson had already set their wedding date. When they joined about 1,000 other gay marriage supporters for an election night party in a Holiday Inn ballroom, they hoped to celebrate the vote that would make it possible.

Instead, they went home at midnight, dejected and near tears after a failed bid to make Maine the first state to approve same-sex marriage at the ballot box.

"I'm ready to start crying," said Burnett, a 58-year-old massage therapist, walking out of the ballroom with Swanson at her side. "I don't understand what the fear is, why people are so afraid of this change.

The Wisconsin state supreme court has rejected a lawsuit challenging the Badger State’s domestic-partner registry.
Many Glasgow Christians are not happy about a local play that depicts a transgender Jesus.
The Trevor Project announced Wednesday that it will honor actor Neil Patrick Harris at the organization’s annual Cracked Xmas fund-raiser.  
The Census Bureau has released data in which same-sex couples who refer to one another as "husband" or "wife" are separate from those who refer to one another as "unmarried pa


Wash. supporters of gay rights hope lead holds 'Everything but marriage' law narrowly passing OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) | Nov. 4 at 3:13 PM Nov. 4 at 3:13 PM Washington state's new "everything but marriage" law was narrowly passing Wednesday,...

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Victory and defeat for gay candidates in Ga. Elections see historic firsts, crushing losses in metro races By MATT SCHAFER and DYANA BAGBY | Nov. 4 at 1:52 PM Nov. 4 at 1:52 PM Of the 15 openly gay candidates seeking elected office around...

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Few outright wins for candidates endorsed by Ga. LGBT groups Several advance to runoffs By LAURA DOUGLAS-BROWN | Nov. 4 at 12:55 PM Nov. 4 at 12:55 PM While four gay candidates won their races yesterday and two advanced to runoffs, LGBT political...

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Ted Haggard is ready to begin a new church in his Colorado Springs home
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has rejected a legal challenge to the state's gay partner law
Kirstie Alley to star in A&E series about her work, home life and weight-loss efforts

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