Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Today in GLBT News :: September 30, 2009

Obama’s ’Family Day’ Includes Gay Families; Earns Praise, Blame **Popular Read!

The President officially declared Sept. 28 to be this year’s Family

Court Tosses Suit by Lesbian Allegedly Denied Visitation with Her Dying Partner **Popular Read!
A federal lawsuit in the case of a lesbian denied visitation to her dying partner of 17 years was tossed out on Sept. 29.

Transgender lawyer announces candidacy for Oklahoma House
Attorney Brittany Novotny officially announced her candidacy to unseat three-term incumbent state Rep. Sally Kern [R-Oklahoma City] on Sunday.

GLSEN Founder, Now Obama Pick, Is Lightning Rod for the Right
GLSEN founder Kevin Jennings dedicated his career to creating safer schools for GLBT youth, having been a gay teenager and a gay teacher himself. Now that he has been named to a post at the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools, the right have targeted him for an array of unsavory insinuations.
Vandalized gay billboard to be restored **Popular Read!
A Memphis gay and lesbian group said it will restore its vandalized billboard and hold a rally Sunday against the vandalism.

Doctors settle case for denying lesbian treatment
A California woman has settled a lawsuit against her former doctors who denied her artificial insemination based on her sexual orientation, attorneys for both sides said Tuesday.

How Cleveland landed Gay Games 2014 **Popular Read!
Score this round for the Buckeyes. Entering the race as an overwhelming underdog, Cleveland was selected as the presumptive host of the 2014 Gay Games, knocking out strong bids from Washington, D.C., which finished second, and Boston.

Vatican: Abusive Priests Not Pedophiles, but ’Ephebophiles’
A Vatican official says that "ephebophiles"--abusers attracted to adolescent boys--were more often perpetrators in the clergy sex abuse scandals.

E. Cleveland Mayor Bites Back in Cross-Dress Photos Fracas
East Cleveland Mayor Eric Brewer struck back after a TV news report aired photos it suggested were the mayor dressed in drag, clad in negligee and a wig.

’Survivor’ winner asks to finish sentence at home
"Survivor" winner Richard Hatch is appealing a judge’s decision to keep him in a Massachusetts prison until the end of his sentence for tax evasion.

Germany’s likely next foreign minister openly gay
Guido Westerwelle and his gay partner are Germany’s new "power couple" - at least according to the nation’s leading daily, which splashed a photo of the pair hugging on election night on the front-page above the fold in Tuesday’s paper.

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