Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Madonna's 'Sex' Still Wanted 19 Years Later
Wicked Awesome :: Millennial Generation Favors Gay Rights
Are Gay Men More Accepting of Sex-For-Pay Than Straights?
Is the cost of higher education so punishing these days that some gay men are offering sex in exchange for daddies who can pay for tuition? Full story here!
Gaypon Is The Gay Groupon
In addition, Gaypon says a portion of its proceeds will be donated to local and national LGBT organizations and charities. Full story here!
Lesbian Family, Children Attacked by Anti-Gay Mob
The attack took place in Pathfork, a coal mining community in Harlan Country in southeastern Kentucky. On July 4, Misty Turner and Brandy Standifer, their children, a 5-year-old boy and a 3-year-old girl, and other relatives were targeted by a crowd of more than 50 people who shot fireworks at them. Full story here!
Magazine for Gay Troops Slated for Arrival on Bases
The new magazine is published by OutServe, an organization catering to gay and lesbian servicememembers who, until now, have had to remain in the shadows and lie about their sexual orientation. Full story here!
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
New HIV Case Causes LA Porn Industry Shutdown
Free Speech Coalition executive director Diane Duke told The Los Angeles Times on Monday that her group became aware of the HIV case Saturday.
A series of tests were being conducted on the performer to confirm the case before anyone the performer might have spread the illness to will be notified to get tested, Duke told The Associated Press.
She didn’t know how long that would take.
Duke declined to release the performer’s name, age or gender, citing the person’s federal right to medical privacy. She also declined to say how her group learned of the case. Full story here!
Gay Former Army Officer Dan C\hoi on Trial in DC for Protest
Dan Choi, a West Point graduate and Iraq War veteran, is charged with disobeying police orders to leave an area in front of the White House during a November 2010 protest of the military’s "don’t ask, don’t tell policy." During the protest, 13 people handcuffed themselves to the fence, some in uniform, chanting slogans including "let us serve."
Choi’s attorney Robert Feldman said Monday at the start of his trial in federal court in Washington that people arrested for protesting at the White House are usually charged in local court where the penalty for disobeying a police order is a fine of between $100 and $1,000. But Choi was charged in federal court, where he faces both a fine and jail time of up to six months. Full story here!
Christian School Quizzes Students on ’Sick Sin’ of Being Gay
Armadale Christian College, a religious school for levels K-12, put the anti-gay questions to students aged 14 and 15, the article reported, prompting concern from GLBT equality advocates and the government. The homework assignment in question also characterized coming out as openly gay as "openly sinning," the article noted. Full story here!
New 'Dancing with the Stars' Cast Includes Chaz Bono and Carson Kressley
NOH8 Campaign Adds 200 Fashionable P’town Faces
Oregon State Receives Top Ranking as Gay-Friendly Campus
OSU is among 33 American colleges and universities to receive the highest ranking from the Campus Pride LGBT-Friendly Campus Climate Index, which lists reports on nearly 300 campuses. The index uses detailed, voluntary questionnaires from participating universities, and ranks them on everything from LGBT support and institutional commitment to campus safety and academic life. Full story here!
Anti-Gay Preacher Charged for Noisy Pride Protest
Phillip "Flip" Benham was charged with exceeding the permissible decibel level as he harangued Pride revelers in Charlotte, NC, on Aug. 27. Benham was using a microphone and speaker as he condemned gays and read from the Bible. Police warned him once, and then, when the preacher exceeded the allowable noise limit once more, arrested him, local newspaper the Charlotte Observer reported on Aug. 29. Full story here!
Provincetown Carnival - Around Town :: August 16-17, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Anti-Gay Puerto Rico Senator Steps Down Amidst Photo Controversy
Sen. Roberto Arango, a Republican who represents the capital of San Juan for the island’s governing party, presented his letter of resignation after a weekend meeting, Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz said.
Schatz did not release the lawmaker’s letter, but said the circumstances that led to the resignation "are very lamentable."
Local news media published photos from the application showing a man’s nude upper body with a cell phone obscuring his face. Another photo showed a rear view of a nude man on his hands and knees. Another showed a fuzzy image of a face that seemed to match Arango’s. Full story here!
Irene Causes Minimal Damage to Gay Beach Resorts
There were several washovers on Fire Island during high tide on early Sunday, Aug. 28, as the center of Irene passed just to the west of the beach-these include two at Sail and Nautilus Walks in Fire Island Pines. A storm surge of up to five feet on the bay inundated large swaths of Fire Island during two high tide cycles on Sunday, while the streets leading to the Sayville ferry terminal were under several feet of water at high tide. The Fire Island Pines Property Owners Association noted that the dunes along the ocean were "in good shape" after Irene. Full story here!
HRC Head to Depart in 2012
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Friday, August 26, 2011
What makes me happy at this moment of time...
Pop meets Country meets Artistic brilliance! With 13,200,145 views and counting, I guess I am not alone....
Just Saying....
Lesbian Labeled a "Sinner," Removed From Son’s Boy Scout Troop
Cyndi Lauper Opens Housing for LGBT Youth
The True Colors Residence will be the first permanent housing facility in New York for homeless L.G.B.T. youth.
"In New York City, a very disproportionate number (up to 40 percent) of homeless youth identify as L.G.B.T.," the Queens singer, actress and writer said in a letter urging donors to support the project. "Even more disturbing are reports that these young people often face discrimination and at times physical assault in some of the very places they have to for help. This is shocking and inexcusable!" Full story here!
First Look: New AbFab
The two actresses were seen in their characters' colorful wardrobes while shooting a shopping scene for the special on London's Bond Street. Full story here!
Multiple Vigils Held for Iowa Teen
Though Andrews was called “faggot” by assailants, the Waterloo Police Department is not investigating the attack as a hate crime. Full story here!
Levi Johnston: Too busy to run for mayor in Alaska
Johnston, who toyed with running as part of a reality show, isn't an official candidate for the Oct. 4 election. His attorney, Rex Butler, says Johnston is too busy to run. Butler declined to give specifics but says Johnston has a book coming out next month and plans a tour. Full story here!
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