Friday, November 6, 2009

International Gay News Headlines (T25T-3)

Jan Moir, the Daily Mail columnist whose column on the death of gay Boyzone singer Stephen Gately provoked widespread anger, won the Stonewall Bigot of the Year Awards last night jointly with Father John Owen, the priest who said most paedophiles were gay.


Andrew Cowles, the civil partner of the late Boyzone star Stephen Gately, made his first public appearance last night at the Stonewall awards since the singer died four weeks ago.


A complaint against the Daily Mail by gay political blogger Iain Dale has not been upheld by the Press Complaints Commission. Dale complained that one column, published last month, was homophobic.


This week people's true colours come out. Wilma gives Jake some advice and AJ tries to get the country boy back.
(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 securafter 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.

Extra Newspaper

Reeling 2009: The 28th Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival
Metromix Chicago
Opening weekend highlights: Casper Andreas' new film "The Big Gay Musical" kicks off the fest Nov. 5; additional highlights include Alison Reid's Canadian ...
Reeling in this year's LGBT International Film FestivalGapers Block (blog)
You've Got a Busy WeekendChicagoPride.com
Queer film invades Fort Lauderdale for FLGLFFSouth Florida Blade
Austin 360
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The Big Gay Musical & Opening Gala
ChicagoPride.com
Reeling, The Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival, opened with The Big Gay Musical from award-winning filmmaker Casper Andreas. ...

and more »

MiamiHerald.com

Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival schedule
MiamiHerald.com
The one-hour film follows Arizona gay activist Michael Baughman and his quest to bring Amancio Corrales' killer to justice. ...

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The West Coast's much-loved 'Tranny Granny' Jacquie Grant has been reappointed for another two-year stint on the Human Rights Review Tribunal.
A sex toys and erotica wholesaler which has begun distributing a home HIV test kit is irresponsible and is preying on people who may be vulnerable, worried and at risk, according to the NZ AIDS Foundation.
OBAMA LIFTS HIV TRAVEL BAN Read more….
Second hearing for DC marriage equality Read more….
(San Francisco) In one ad after another, voters in California and Maine were besieged with images of what would supposedly happen if same-sex marriage were legal: Students on a field trip to a lesbian wedding, elementary kids gobbling up books featuring gay couples, kindergartners learning about homosexuality from their teachers. The … Read more….
Gay MP's at the Labour Party's annual conference this weekend have proposed subsidising shop-bought condoms to cut down on STI's and unplanned pregnancies, reports the Herald on Sunday.
Friends of the New Zealand-born diplomat found strangled and with an anti-gay note say he was like royalty in Jamaica - even before he was appointed British honorary consul.

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