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发帖数: 19713 | 1 Gay Political Party Recognized in Philippines
By Julie Bolcer
BALLOT BOX X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
The Philippine supreme court overturned a ban on a gay rights group Thursday
and recognized it as a legitimate political party.
According to the Associated Press, the ruling reversed a decision by the
election commission that outlawed the gay political party on the basis of “
immorality” and offensiveness to Christians and Muslims.
“In a unanimous ruling, the 15-member court threw out decisions b |
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发帖数: 19713 | 2 Malaysia Approves Premiere of First Gay Film
By Michelle Garcia
Dalam Botol x390 (stills) | ADVOCATE.COM
The Poster for Dalam Botol
Malaysia's government has eased censorship restrictions, paving the way for
the country's first gay film to premiere in theaters in the coming months.
Dalam Botol(In A Bottle), is about a man who undergoes gender reassignment
surgery, negatively affecting his relationship with his male partner. Raja
Azmi Raja Sulaiman produced the film and wrote the screenplay based |
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发帖数: 19713 | 3 Cyndi Launching LGBT Youth Shelter in Harlem
By Michelle Garcia
CYNDI LAUPER X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Pop icon Cyndi Lauper announced that her True Colors Foundation will
establish a shelter for homeless LGBT youths in New York City's Harlem
neighborhood.
The True Colors Residence is aiming to open in winter 2011 and will house
young people ages 18-24, according to DNA Info. The 30-unit building will
also include a communal space, library, and computer room.
“Kids are coming out in greater nu |
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发帖数: 19713 | 4 Gay Equestrian Facing Trial for Spreading HIV
By Neal Broverman
Darren Chiacchia (2004) X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Olympic medal-winning equestrian Darren Chiacchia could face prison time for
allegedly having sex with his boyfriend and not disclosing he was HIV-
positive.
The New York Times reports that Chiacchia, who won bronze as part of the
Olympic 2004 equestrian team but later suffered a devastating injury after
falling off a horse, was arrested in January. He will be in court in June to
c |
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发帖数: 19713 | 5 Frank Talks ENDA, Disappointment in Obama
By Advocate.com Editors
BARNEY FRANK CONDUCTS X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Rep. Barney Frank talked with LGBT POV's Karen Ocamb before speaking at an
economic summit in Los Angeles about his hopes for movement on a trans-
inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act this month and his feelings on
the Obama administration's handling of "don't ask, don't tell."
Frank told Ocamb the most effective way for LGBT Americans and their allies
to advocate for ENDA i |
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发帖数: 19713 | 6 $2 Million Fund Helps Gay Music Students
By Julie Bolcer
CLASSROOM SCHOOL X390 (PHOTOS.COM) | ADVOCATE.COM
A former student of the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University
has bequeathed $2 million to the music institution to help students who are
marginalized and lack support because they are gay or lesbian.
According to The Baltimore Sun, “The bequest, among the largest future
commitments made to Peabody, will create the Tristan W. Rhodes Scholarship
Fund ‘for the benefit of students |
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发帖数: 19713 | 7 樊提岗真不要脸，自己丑事一箩筐，还说同性恋和娈童有关。
Vatican Tries to Quiet Uproar Over Gay Comment
By Advocate.com Editors
CARDINAL TARCISIO BERTONE (WIKIPEDIA) X390
The Vatican is working to quiet growing anger over antigay comments made by
the pope’s top aide suggesting homosexuality is to blame for the Catholic
Church’s sex abuse scandals, and not the church’s celibacy requirement.
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone (pictured), the Vatican’s secretary of state,
angered gay rights activists and politicians and was even condem |
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发帖数: 19713 | 8 NYC Gay Center's Flag Burned
By Michelle Garcia
BURNED FLAG RAINBOW PRIDE X390 (GAYCENTER.ORG) | ADVOCATE.COM
The staff at the LGBT Community Center of New York City arrived at work
Wednesday to find that a rainbow flag that once flew in front of the
building had been burned.
According to a press release, police were called, and investigators from the
hate-crimes unit and the center's local precinct were dispatched to the
crime scene.
"We at the center will not stand for anyone who thinks they c |
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发帖数: 19713 | 9 Turkish Minister Protested for Antigay Remark
By Julie Bolcer
TURKEY GAY LGBT X390 (AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL) | ADVOCATE.COM
A small group of gay rights activists in Ankara interrupted a meeting
Thursday to protest a Turkish minister who said that homosexuality is a
disease.
According to the Associated Press, “The small group of demonstrators
interrupted a meeting about equal opportunity and gender equality in Ankara
on Thursday and loudly asked Aliye Kavaf to apologize for last month's
remark. The |
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发帖数: 19713 | 10 该慈善组织因支持同性婚姻而失去来自天主教会的资助。
Maine Gov. Helps Group Dumped by Church
By Julie Bolcer
John Baldacci X390 (COURTESY MAINE INSIGHTS.COM) | ADVOCATE.COM
Maine governor John Baldacci prepared and served spaghetti meals at a
fundraiser Wednesday for a homeless group denied funding by the Catholic
church over its support for marriage equality.
According to the Kennebec Journal, “Baldacci decided to hold the spaghetti
feed after learning last month that the Catholic Church had withdrawn
funding for Preble |
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发帖数: 19713 | 11 Rufus Says 50 Cent Is on Team Gay
By Advocate.com Editors
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT 50 CENT X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Out singer Rufus Wainwright is convinced that rapper 50 Cent is gay.
In the recent issue of Details, the singer expressed his adulation for 50.
"I think he's just the sexiest, and a brilliant writer," he said. "And I
know he's gay."
Why? Because of "That cute little voice of his. It's okay, 50 Cent. Feel
free to call me anytime. My boyfriend and I are experts. You can come over
for dinn |
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发帖数: 19713 | 12 Aussie Olympic Swimmer Comes Out
By Advocate.com Editors
Kowalski x390 (Getty) I Advocate.com
Australian Olympic swimmer Daniel Kowalski, who won four Olympic medals
before retiring, came out of the closet in an op/ed he wrote for Sunday’s
Sydney Morning Herald.
The 34-year-old Kowalski, who won Olympic medals in 1996 and 2000, now works
as an athlete career education adviser. He says in the piece that he
started coming out to friends and family in 2006.
Kowalski writes: “Growing up in sport and |
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发帖数: 19713 | 13 Student Starts Campaign to Let Gays Give Blood
By Kenneth Harvey
James Stewart Jr. x390 (grab) | ADVOCATE.COM
James Stewart Jr., a Kansas City, Mo., college student, started a Facebook
group after he was turned away from giving blood because he is gay.
The nurse registering donors "looked at me and said I'd be deferred
indefinitely from giving blood, and essentially unless the rule was changed,
it would be something I'd never be able to do," Stewart told WDAF TV, a Fox
affiliate. "No one has eve |
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发帖数: 19713 | 14 First Same-Sex Parents Jointly Sign Birth Certificate
By Ryan Holman
Natalie Woods and Elizabeth Knowles x390 (alppin/mitchell) | Advocate.com
Lesbian couple Natalie Woods and Elizabeth Knowles are officially the first
same-sex couple to jointly sign a birth certificate in Britain, reports
theDaily Mail. Knowles was listed where the father's name would typically be
on the birth certificate for their daughter, Lily-May Betty Woods.
The couple described the signing as "quite a milestone" at the Re |
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发帖数: 19713 | 15 Transgender Candidate Runs in Florida
By Kenneth Harvey
DONNA MILO X390 (HER SITE) | ADVOCATE.COM
Donna Milo, a transgender Republican businesswoman from Fort Lauderdale, Fla
., is in the race for the 20th congressional district seat, running on a
platform of conservative values in government.
"I'm concerned about the way the government is growing —all of the
overregulation, all of the taxation," Milo told CBS4, a Miami television
station.
Milo has never held public office and hopes her transge |
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发帖数: 19713 | 16 Illinois州以108比0的投票结果通过了一项反校园霸凌法，此法令要求学校采取政策杜
绝针对性取向和性定位的校园霸凌。
Illinois Passes Antibullying Bill
By Advocate.com Editors
CLASSROOM SCHOOL X390 (PHOTOS.COM) | ADVOCATE.COM
With a vote of 108-0, the Illinois house of representatives Friday passed a
bill requiring schools to adopt policies prohibiting bullying based on
sexual orientation, gender identity, and several other characteristics,
according to the LBGT rights group Equality Illinois.
The state senate passed the measure earlier this month, w |
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发帖数: 19713 | 17 澳大利亚一家饭店拒绝为一名盲人服务，因为服务生以为那只导盲犬是同性恋，结果这
家饭店被罚款$1500，并对该盲人做书面道歉。
Restaurant Fined for Refusing "Gay" Dog
By Advocate.com Editors
GAY DOG X390
A restaurant in Australia that refused to serve a blind man because a server
thought the man's guide dog was gay has been ordered to pay a $1,500 fine
and write the man a written apology.
According to AdelaideNow.com.au, Ian Jolly, 57, was kicked out of the
restaurant Thai Spice in a suburb of Adelaide because a server mistakenly
heard Jolly's partner Chris |
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发帖数: 19713 | 18 Editorial Calls LGBT Workers "Weirdos"
By Michelle Garcia
THE WASHINGTON TIMES THUMBS DOWN X390 (PHOTOS.COM) | ADVOCATE.COM
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation is issuing a call to action
against The Washington Times for a Sunday editorial titled "Discrimination
Is Necessary" with the subhead "Subjecting kids to weirdos undermines
standards of decency."
The editorial starts with, "First-graders should not be forced into the
classrooms of teachers undergoing sex changes. Religious bro |
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发帖数: 19713 | 19 Outed Antigay Twin of Poland's President Wants to Take Over
By Michelle Garcia
Jaroslaw Kaczynski X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
The twin brother of late Polish president Lech Kaczynski says that he wants
to take the helm as the country's leader.
Law and Justice party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski plans to run for president
in June to continue his brother's mission for the country.
"The good of Poland is a common duty that requires an ability to overcome
personal suffering, to undertake the task despit |
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发帖数: 19713 | 20 Judge Threatens to Fine No on Prop. 8 Groups Over Documents
By Advocate.com Editors
Vaughn Walker X390 (MLINKSVA FLICKR) | ADVOCATE.COM
A federal judge has threatened to fine marriage equality proponents for
refusing to turn over campaign documents from California's Proposition 8
ballot initiative, now at the center of a high-stakes legal challenge.
U.S. district judge Vaughn Walker said in a Sunday afternoon order that the
court would levy a $2,000 daily fine against the American Civil Libertie |
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发帖数: 19713 | 21 Kristin Chenoweth是基督徒，但是她也支持同性婚姻，她对时代杂志说：我是基督徒
，不幸的是，我知道现在这个词往往有一些负面含义，但是我可不是个对别人乱指手画
脚的人。上帝不会犯错误的，人们生下来什么样就是什么样，我觉得人们应该能够结婚
并相爱。
Chenoweth说她因为支持同性权利而承受着来自宗教界的很大压力。
Chenoweth: "God Doesn't Make Mistakes"
By Advocate.com Editors
KRISTEN CHENOWETH X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Kristin Chenoweth talked to Time Magazine about her new Broadway show
Promises, Promises, being a Christian who supports gay rights, and why
appearing on Pat Robertson’s show to promote her inspirational record was a
huge mist |
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发帖数: 19713 | 22 密西西比一家高中将该校一名女同性恋学生排除在学生年鉴之外。Sturgis是一名品学兼优的学生，在该校已经就读了12年，去年10月在学校编纂年鉴的时候，她把自己一张身穿燕尾服的照片交给学校，但是学校拒绝接收此照片。
随后，ACLU（美国民权解放组织）致信校方，要求校方在年鉴中采用该学生的燕尾服照片，但是校方再次拒绝，Sturgis的母亲说她希望校方在年鉴中关于毕业生的章节里至少提到一下自己的女儿，结果，周五，当她们母女收到年鉴的时候，发现Sturgis的照片不但没有被采用，甚至对Sturgis的名字都只字未提。目前，校方坚持说他们的做法是根据“联邦法先例（federal legal precedent）”。
Lesbian Cut from High School Yearbook
By Julie Bolcer
CEARA STURGIS X390
Mississippi high school senior Ceara Sturgis opened her yearbook last Friday to find that her photo, in which she wears |
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发帖数: 19713 | 23 6月16日，但是还有待原告和被告双方确认。
Prop. 8 Judge Proposes Closing Argument Date
By Advocate.com Editors
Vaughn Walker X390 (MLINKSVA FLICKR) | ADVOCATE.COM
A federal judge on Wednesday proposed a June date for closing arguments in
the Prop. 8 lawsuit, three months after evidentiary testimony concluded in
the trial.
U.S. district judge Vaughn Walker (pictured) set a June 16 date for closing
arguments, but asked both sides to confer if there are any conflicts with
the proposed date.
Closing arguments had been |
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发帖数: 19713 | 24 Clergy Battle Both Sides of DADT
By Michelle Garcia
RELIGION ARMY SOLDIERS CHRISTIAN MILITARY X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
As 40 military chaplains have expressed their collective apprehension about
lifting the ban on gays in the military, a group of religious leaders has
also voiced support for gay and lesbian service members.
The Human Rights Campaign announced Wednesday the formation of a coalition
of leaders from a range of faiths — including Christians, Jews, and Sikhs
— who agree that the m |
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发帖数: 19713 | 25 Clinton Commends China on Repealing HIV Travel Ban
By Michelle Garcia
Hillary Clinton X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised China's lifting of the ban on
visitors with HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.
"China's step, like our earlier action, is supported by current medical
knowledge of HIV transmission and risk," she said in a statement on Thursday
. "And it will help reduce the stigma and discrimination around HIV/AIDS
that fuel the global pandemic an |
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发帖数: 4174 | 26 Gay Hawaiian Rep Talks Civil Unions
By Advocate.com Editors
Blake Oshiro x390 (grab) | advocate.com
A Hawaii state representative told his colleagues Friday that he is gay,
right as the legislature approved a bill to legalize civil unions for same-
sex couples.
Rep. Blake Oshiro told KITV News that he decided to bring the civil unions
bill up for a vote the night before it was actually passed, a surprise move
for legislators in an election year.
Oshiro reportedly does not typically talk about hi |
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发帖数: 19713 | 27 Antibullying Bill Passed in Mass.
By Advocate.com Editors
ROBERT O'LEARY X390 (GRAB) | ADVOCATE.COM
A state law that will cut down on bullying, following two cases of
Massachusetts youths committing suicide after allegedly being bullied, has
been unanimously approved by the state Legislature, reports the Boston Globe
. Under the new legislation, all instances of bullying must be reported by
school employees and investigated by school principals.
"Bullying is not new,” Senator Robert A. O'Leary s |
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发帖数: 19713 | 28 Bi Cop Sues Lesbians for Discrimination
By Michelle Garcia
MISSION POLICE DEPARTMENT X390 (MISSIONLOCAL.ORG) | ADVOCATE.COM
A bisexual police officer in the Bay Area testified this week in her
discrimination suit against four lesbian officers and the city and county of
San Francisco.
Former San Francisco patrol officer Lori Dutra says four other female
officers harassed and defamed her because of her sexuality, according to
neighborhood newspaper Mission Local. She testified Tuessay that she beg |
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发帖数: 19713 | 29 纽约一家酒店集团计划在全美开5家LGBT连锁酒店，并计划将业务范围扩展到海外。
Gay Hotel Chain Set to Launch
By Advocate.com Editors
PASSPORT TRAVEL X390 (PHOTOS.COM) | ADVOCATE.COM
A New York-based hospitality group is planning to open five LGBT-oriented
hotels in America before expanding overseas.
Calling itself a luxury lifestyle resort collection, G Worldwide intends to
launch properties in New York, Florida, California, and Las Vegas, according
to its website. The hotels are described as being "uber high-tech
facilities" operate |
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发帖数: 19713 | 30 By Advocate.com Editors
AARON TVEIT JAMES FRANCO HOWL X390 (PUBLICITY) | ADVOCATE.COM
The story of Beat poet Allen Ginsberg and the creation of his most famous
work, Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman's Howl will kick off Outfest, the Los
Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, July 8.
Starring James Franco as the gay writer, Howl tells the story of the
eponymous poem's creation and the obscenity trial that followed its
publication. According to a press release from Outfest, the film tells "
three |
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发帖数: 19713 | 31 辟谣了辟谣了，Dr. Rekers说了，他只是找个帮着拎包的。
Antigay Dr. Talks Trip With Male Escort
By Advocate.com Editors
GEORGE ALAN REKERS X390 (FAIR USE) | ADVOCATE.COM
Dr. George Rekers, the antigay Family Research Council cofounder who
reportedly took a trip to Europe with a male escort, spent part of his
Tuesday trading messages on Facebook with people inquiring about the story
connecting him to rent boy “Lucien.”
JoeMyGod blogger Joe Jervis posted a comment Rekers made on his Facebook
page after he asked the antig |
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发帖数: 19713 | 32 125：109，这是拉丁美洲国家立法机构第一次对同性婚姻进行投票。上议院的投票将在
最近几周内进行。
Argentina’s Lower House OKs Marriage Bill
By Julie Bolcer
ARGENTINA MARRIAGE RINGS MAP X390 (PHOTOS.COM GOOGLE MAPS) | ADVOCATE.COM
The lower house of Argentina’s congress approved a bill legalizing same-sex
marriage early Wednesday morning. The bill now moves to the senate, where
advocates expect a tougher challenge.
According to Bloomberg, which cited the Buenos Aires–based newspaper Clarin
, the same-sex marriage bill passed the House of Depu |
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发帖数: 19713 | 33 DOMA Challenge to Be Heard in Court
By Julie Bolcer
BOSTON DOMA UPDATE X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Eight married same-sex couples and three widowers will appear in federal
court in Boston Thursday to challenge the Defense of Marriage Act. The
plaintiffs are part of the lawsuit, Gill et al. v. Office of Personnel
Management, which names the Obama administration as a defendant.
WCVB-TV in Boston reports that U.S. District Court Judge Joseph L. Tauro
will hear the case. The plaintiffs, all married |
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发帖数: 19713 | 34 Ohio Lesbian Could Be First Out State Lawmaker
By Julie Bolcer
OHIO STATE HOUSE X390 (.GOV) | ADVOCATE.COM
Lakewood city councilwoman Nickie Antonio won the Democratic primary for
District 13 in the Ohio state house Tuesday. The openly lesbian legislator
is poised to become the first out state lawmaker in Ohio after the general
election this fall.
District 13 incorporates Lakewood and parts of Cleveland. In November,
Antonio is expected to defeat independent candidate Jeremy Caldwell, who
filed |
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发帖数: 19713 | 35 Trans Woman Weds Girlfriend in Texas
By Advocate.com Editors
Sabrina Hill and Therese Bur x390 (grab) | ADVOCATE.COM
A trans woman who was born male and her longtime girlfriend were legally
married Monday in San Antonio after previously being denied a marriage
license in El Paso, prompting the county attorney to ask Texas’s attorney
general for clarification on the state's marriage laws.
Sabrina J. Hill, 60, was born male and is listed as male on her birth
certificate, which allowed her to marry |
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发帖数: 19713 | 36 George Rekers是著名的反同活动家，坚持同性恋可以治疗的观点，倡导同性恋治疗运
动。他是“国家同性恋研究与治疗协会”的会员，也是反同组织“家庭研究理事会”的
创建者之一。前几天因召男妓而被暴露同性恋身份。
George Rekers is Gay, Says Escort
By Neal Broverman
Lucien Jo-vanni Roman George ALAN REKERS X390 | ADVOCATE.COM
Antigay activist George Rekers is indeed gay, according to the male escort
he hired for a 10-day trip across Europe.
The escort spoke to the Miami New-Times at length Wednesday night, detailing
his sexual exploits with Rekers, who had previously claimed the young man
accompanied |
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发帖数: 19713 | 37 在佛州著名的反对同性恋收养小孩的案子里，Rekers被高金聘为专家出庭做证，Rekers
在庭上说：同性恋会成为低劣甚至危险的父母，被同性恋家庭收养小孩，甚至在同性恋
家庭里生活了10年以后，也最好让他们离开那个家庭而放到直人家庭里去。
法官 Cindy Lederman随后驳回了Rekers的证词，理由是这些证词“远远缺乏中立性与
公正性”。佛州的反同性恋收养小孩法是全美国唯一一部禁止同性恋收养权的法律。
Rekers Paid $60K for Gay Adoption Testimony
By Julie Bolcer
GEORGE ALAN REKERS X390 (FAIR USE) | ADVOCATE.COM
The office of Florida attorney general Bill McCollum paid antigay activist
George Rekers at least $60,000, based on a rate of $300 per hour, to testify
as an “expert” witness in the co |
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发帖数: 19713 | 38 今天，立陶宛举行了首次同性恋骄傲游行，400名参加者在首都维尔纽斯市中心的密封
区内游行呼唤平权。
一千余名抗议者向游行队伍投掷烟雾弹并企图冲破封锁路障，随后被警察以催泪瓦斯制止，
抗议的人群向警察扔石头与街牌。两名议员因企图攀越路障而被拘捕，一群天主教人士
聚集在附近的国家天主教大教堂内为同性恋者们祷告。
800名警察出动维护游行治安，19人被拘捕。
Violence at Lithuania's First Gay Pride Parade
By Michelle Garcia
LITHUANIA GAY RIGHTS MARCH X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
A violent attack marred Lithuania's first gay pride parade on Saturday,
where about 400 people marched for equality in a sealed off area of downtown
Vilnius.
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发帖数: 19713 | 39 Obama Names Kagan to High Court
By Advocate.com Editors
Kagan Closeup x390 (Getty)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDO0W6QxsN4&feature=player_embedded
President Barack Obama on Monday morning named U.S. solicitor general
Elena
Kagan to serve as an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, NBC
News’
Pete Williams reported late Sunday night.
Kagan would be the fourth woman to serve on the court. She served as the
dean of Harvard Law School from 2003 to 2009 and was nominated by Obama
to
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发帖数: 19713 | 40 First Gay Youth Center Planned for Baltimore
By Julie Bolcer
SUICIDE DEPRESSION YOUTH 01 X390 (PHOTOS.COM) | ADVOCATE.COM
The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center of Baltimore
plans to open a drop-in center, the first of its kind, this fall dedicated
to the needs and challenges of LGBT youth.
According to the Baltimore Sun, the center will be the first in the city
devoted to LGBT young people. It will open in time for the start of school.
“The drop-in center, which will be hou |
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发帖数: 19713 | 41 Hope College Upholds Antigay Policy
By Julie Bolcer
COLLEGE STUDENTS X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Hope College trustees declined to drop a policy Friday that condemns
homosexual acts and gay advocacy, but the Christian school based in Holland,
Michigan may eventually amend the policy in committee.
A challenge to the policy erupted last year when the college administration
refused to allow gay, Academy Award winning-screenwriter Dustin Lance Black
to host an on-campus screening of Milk.
According |
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发帖数: 19713 | 42 ExxonMobil是被HRC对各公司进行友同评估中被评为0分的几家公司之一。
GetEqual to Protest ExxonMobil
By Michelle Garcia
DUMP THE PUMP GRAPHIC X390 (GRAB) | ADVOCATE.COM
Grassroots organization GetEqual will focus on one of the largest private
businesses in the world this week when it protests at three ExxonMobil gas
stations in Dallas.
The protests are to draw attention to ExxonMobil's business practices that
are unfriendly to many gay employees, according to the Dallas Voice.
The company is one of the few evaluated by the H |
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发帖数: 19713 | 43 Minn. Couples Challenge Marriage Ban
By Michelle Garcia
MINNESOTA COUPLES SUING X390 (MARRYMEMINNESOTA.ORG) | ADVOCATE.COM
Three same-sex couples who tried to marry in Minnesota last March are suing
their state over the constitutionality of its gay marriage ban.
The couples — Duane Gajewski and Doug Benson; Lindzi Campbell and Jesse
Dykhuis; John Rittman and Tom Trisko — will file their lawsuit in the
Hennepin County district court, according to the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star
Tribune.
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发帖数: 19713 | 44 Politico.com的博主Ben Smith与Elena Kagan的一些密友交谈，Kagan的所有这些密友们都说她不是同性恋。
Kagan在法学院的室友及密友Sarah Walzer说：她成年时期的大部分时间我都认识她，
我知道她是直人。我们在法学院的时候她和男人约会，我们谈论男人----谁在我们班最
帅，她想和谁约会等等这类话题。她毕业以后在D.C.和在芝加哥的时候肯定约会过，她
只是没找到合适的人。
Kagan's Friends: She's Not Gay
By Advocate.com Editors
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Politico.com’s Ben Smith has talked to some of Elena Kagan’s best friends,
and they’ve all told him that the Supreme Court nominee isn’t gay.
“I’ve known her for most of her adult life and I know she |
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发帖数: 19713 | 45 昨晚，前第一夫人劳拉布什告诉Larry King，在同性婚姻这个问题上她不赞成她的丈夫。
Laura Bush Supports Marriage Equality
By Advocate.com Editors
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Former First Lady Laura Bush told Larry King Tuesday night that marriage
equality would be an area where she disagrees with her husband. video: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/05/12/Laura_Bush_Supports_Marriage_Equality/
Bush: “I understand totally what George thinks about marriage being between
a man and a woman, and it’s a real, um, real |
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发帖数: 19713 | 46 呵呵，这个PETA是我们公司几个大affiliate之一，她们的CEO还来我们公司讲过话，所
以，看见这条新闻我还挺兴奋的。
PETA's New Spokeswoman: Jane Lynch
By Neal Broverman
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Glee's out star Jane Lynch is the latest celebrity to appear in a campaign
for the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, but she won't be taking
her clothes off on a billboard.
Lynch recently filmed a public service announcement on spaying and neutering
pets for the animal advocacy group.
"There's 8 to 10 million dogs that are pu |
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发帖数: 19713 | 47 Facebook上的一个运动组织正在酝酿邀请劳拉布什参加达拉斯的骄傲游行。
Draft Laura Bush for Dallas Gay Pride
By Julie Bolcer
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A Facebook campaign seeks to draft Laura Bush as a guest of honor for this
year’s Dallas pride parade because of the former first lady’s support for
marriage equality.
According to the Dallas Morning News, “the idea was broached on DallasVoice
.com.” The event, which takes place on September 19, is officially known as
the Alan Ross Texas Freedom Festival and Parade. |
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发帖数: 19713 | 48 Pelosi Confident in House Vote on DADT
By Michelle Garcia
NANCY PELOSI X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
House speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she is confident that there will be
enough votes in the chamber to lift the ban on gays and lesbians serving
openly in the military.
Pelosi's assertion at her weekly press conference comes days after a
compromise on repeal language was agreed upon and added to the defense
authorization bill. She did not directly comment on whether the vote would
jeopardize a |
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发帖数: 19713 | 49 McCain Demands, Gets Televised DADT Vote
By Advocate.com Editors
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Sen. John McCain has asked that the Senate Armed Services Committee vote to
repeal “don't ask, don't tell” be in open session.
The vote is expected to be broadcast this afternoon on C-SPAN.
According to Wonk Room, chairman Carl Levin has agreed to a televised vote
and said it will take place sometime after lunch.
McCain, who at one time was thought to be on the fence about “don't ask,
don't |
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发帖数: 4174 | 50 Ashburn Talks Gay Rights on Cal. Senate Floor
By Julie Bolcer
ROY ASHBURN MAIN X390 (AP) | ADVOCATE.COM
California state Sen. Roy Ashburn broke his silence about being gay in
remarks to colleagues Thursday and cast two votes on separate gay rights
bills.
According to the Los Angeles Times, “Ashburn was the only Republican
senator to vote in support of allowing openly gay people to serve in the
military, but he also voted against a bill that could remove a political
obstacle to proposals to legal |
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