Sunday, July 31, 2011
Hot Jock of the Day :: Matt Cooper
Matt Cooper (born 18 April 1979 in Port Kembla, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for the St George Illawarra Dragons of the National Rugby League.
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Transgender Housekeeper Fired After Background Check
When Anastacia St. Claire-Hannah officially started working at the Park Avenue apartment on March 9 after a two-week trial period, Carline Dean indicated that she was "very impressed" with the housekeeper's work. However, after the couple found out her transgender status through a background check, Thompson Dean started calling the housekeeper "disgusting" and "a freak." Full story here!
Calif. Marriage Equality Case to be Heard in September
The California Supreme Court scheduled a Sept. 6 hearing to consider whether ballot initiative sponsors have authority to fight court rulings on their measures if the governor and attorney general refuse to appeal.
The question is pivotal to the future of the 2008 ban, known as Proposition 8, because former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gov. Jerry Brown, in his previous role as attorney general, refused last year to challenge a federal court ruling that struck down the law as a violation of gay Californians’ civil rights. Full story here!
Judge Tosses Suit to Halt Prayer Day Featuring Anti-Gay Pastors
U.S. District Judge Gray H. Miller said the Freedom From Religion Foundation argued against Perry’s involvement based merely on feelings of exclusion, but did not show sufficient harm to merit the injunction they sought. Full story here!
Miley Cyrus Gets Gay Marriage Tattoo On Finger
In addition to calling out Urban Outfitters' president for donating to Rick Santorum and regularly tweets messages of same-sex support, such as, "I am Christian and I love you -- gay or not."
Now the singer has taken her pro-gay love one step further by getting a marriage equality tattoo.
"All LOVE is equal," Cyrus wrote in a tweet with a picture of her new ink, an equal sign -- on her middle finger, prime anatomical real estate.
While many among the LGBT community may love Miley's new ink, not all of her fans are as supportive; Cyrus refuses to kowtow to them, though, and replied to a homophobic message with inclusion: "Where does it say in the bible to judge others? Oh right. It doesn't. GOD is the only judge honey. 'GOD is love.'"
Even if you don't agree with her Christian slant or don't like her music, it's impossible not to be touched by young Cyrus' commitment to LGBT progress."
With An Eye to September, Gay Military Advocacy Group Releases Post-DADT Guide
The newly released "Freedom to Serve: The Definitive Guide to LGBT Military Service" is available as a PDF download at the SLDN website.
Although no major problems have emerged as the process of preparing the military for service by openly gay servicemembers has continued, advocates for gay and lesbian patriots in uniform who will be free to serve openly and honestly starting on Sept. 20 do not anticipate an absolutely fair and discrimination-free atmosphere from the get-go. For that reason, a July 28 news release from SLDN noted, the group is ready to continue defending servicemembers and also press for full equality in both the treatment and the benefits they receive. Full story here!
Bachmann Says She, Not Husband, Running for Office
The Minnesota Republican faced queries about Marcus Bachmann’s Christian counseling clinic that attempts to convert gay patients as well as her own beliefs on sexuality during a luncheon at the National Press Club. Full story here!
Ben Cohen Teams With Campus Pride
The StandUp Foundation will work to prevent all bullying, regardless of race, gender, socioeconomic status, or sexual orientation. Full story here!
Anti-Gay NY State Senator: It’s ’War’ on Gay Families
The article said that Díaz "threatened judges who performed same-sex marriages on Sunday in New York, [and] also literally declared war on same-sex married couples in his state, and threatened to have their marriages annulled. Hundreds of same-sex marriages were performed in New York State Sunday, the first day the new marriage equality law went into effect." Full story here!
Pelosi: Suicide Spike Shows Bachmann to be A Poor Presidential Pick
Nine students in the Anoka-Hennepin School District, which lies in Bachmann’s congressional district in Minnesota, have killed themselves in the last two years and a number of others have attempted suicide, noted a July 25 Mother Jones Magazine article. Teen suicide is so prevalent in the Anoka-Hennepin School District that health authorities in the state have labeled it a "suicide contagion area," Mother Jones reported. Full story here!
Police Investigate Claims of Michigan Hate Crime
David Battjes, 51, told police he was wearing a West Michigan Pride shirt as he walked to his vehicle after attending an Equality Michigan meeting. It was then, he says, that two men in their 20s who were walking past suddenly attacked him.
"They threw me against the wall. They called me a f----t. They told me 'You don't deserve to live," Battjes told The Grand Rapids Press. Full story here!
Wells Fargo Had a Busy Pride Season
Since that time, the company has continued to broaden its participation, culminating with a presence this year in Pride festivals and parades coast to coast, in locales both familiar and surprising. Wells Fargo venues this year include LGBT Pride events in Boise, Idaho and Birmingham, Ala., as well as Black Pride in Philadelphia. As it did on Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors, the iconic Wells Fargo Stagecoach will appear in 22 of these celebrations. Full story here!
AG Coakley authors letter in support of Transgender Equal Rights Bill
The proposed legislation would add gender identity and expression to existing Massachusetts civil rights laws. Full story here!
Gay Blood Ban Revisited -- Changes May Result
The ban on gay, bisexual, and MSM blood donors went into effect in 1985, when testing methods were much less sensitive than they are today. Two members of Congress, Sen. John Kerry (Democrat of Massachusetts) and Rep. Mike Quigley (Democrat of Illinois), have kept up the pressure on the FDA in recent years, noting that the agency’s guidelines are blatantly discriminatory toward gays: Heterosexual men may donate even after paying prostitutes for sex, after a one-year waiting period, whereas gay men are banned for life under the current policy. Full story here!
Lesbian Alleges NYC Restaurant Manager Gay Bashed Her - While Patrons Egged Him On
Liza Friedlander was a customer at the Sizzler restaurant in Forest Hills last September when the alleged assault took place. According to the suit, Friedlander had paid for the breakfast buffet and put food on her plate form the buffet when the restaurant’s manager accused her of not having paid.
The manager then knocked Friedlander onto the floor and started to kick her, the suit says. During the assault, the manager allegedly hurled anti-gay expletives at Friedlander.
A July 29 Advocate.com story on the alleged assault said that among the slurs hurled at Frielander was the insult "fucking dyke." Full story here!
Antigay Groups Protest The Playboy Club
The Parents Television Council (whose Children of the Corn-esque tagline is “Because Our Children Are Watching") wants “to assure that no minor in America will ever lay eyes on the shocking sight of a woman in a satin swimsuit outfit and bunny ears,” according to TV.com. Full story here!
Gay Candidate Ties Gingrich in Poll, Eyes Access to Debate
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Struggling Oprah Network to Name New CEO: Oprah
Oprah Winfrey is poised to become chief executive of her cable channel, OWN: the Oprah Winfrey Network, starting sometime in the fall, according to people close to the venture. She will also serve as chief creative officer of the network, these people said, expanding on her previous role as chairman of the channel.
Ms. Winfrey's expected ascent to CEO comes after OWN has endured several management shake-ups and suffered mediocre ratings.
At points this spring, OWN's viewership fell below the audience for the little-watched Discovery Health, the channel OWN replaced. Full story here!
Related: Rosie Aims to Save Oprah
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Saturday, July 30, 2011
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Friday, July 29, 2011
Pelosi to Bachmann: Address the Teen Suicides in Your District
Miami's Catholic Leaders Accused of Underground Gay Sex Mafia
Gawker reports that a group of Catholics from South Florida calling their organization Christifidelis had launched a major investigation into the activities of Archbishop Emeritus John C. Favalora. In a report from Christifidelis called "Miami Vice," the group found that Favalora was part owner of a company that manufactured an aphrodisiac drink and took trips to Key West with "gay associates." Full story here!
Brown Offers Reason for Skipping "It Gets Better" Video
Coincidentally or not, Brown is also the only Republican in the delegation. But a spokesman for the senator told TheBoston Globe that he was just too focused on creating jobs to join the video. Full story here!
SIDE NOTE: No Republicans have contributed to the "It Gets Better" video campaign
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Cher working on new album that will feature duet with Lady Gaga
Amy Winehouse May Have Died From Alcohol Withdrawal
According to Britain's The Sun, via People, a source close to the family has revealed that Winehouse quit drinking cold turkey within the past month, sending her body into a state of shock. Full story here!
Circumcision Ban to be Stricken from SF Ballot
Superior Court Judge Loretta Giorgi said in a tentative ruling that the proposed law prohibiting circumcision of male children violates a California law that makes regulating medical procedures a function of the state, not cities.
"It serves no legitimate purpose to allow a measure whose invalidity can be determined as a matter of law to remain on the ballot," Giorgi wrote.
Giorgi ordered San Francisco’s elections director to remove the controversial measure from the ballot that would have made the city the first in the nation to hold a public vote on whether to outlaw the circumcision of minors. Full story here!
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Massachusetts Delegation Makes "It Gets Better Video" - except Republican Scott Brown
The Massachusetts congressional delegation - save for US Senator Scott Brown - has made its own “It Gets Better” video to encourage youth encountering uncertainties and difficulties as they realize they are homosexual.
Question of the Day
Is your personality more like your mother's or your father's? Or perhaps more like another relative?
Apple Joins Microsoft, Leaves Christian Values Network
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