VADODARA: It has been quite a journey for Rajpipla's gay prince, Manvendra Singh Gohil, ever since he went public with his being gay in 2005. In just four years, he has travelled from being somebody whose family nearly disowned him through public notices, to gaining acceptance not only in the country but globally as prominent gay events the world over seek his presence. He is surely one of the most prominent faces of the gay movement in the world today. He inaugurated the EuroPride, also known as the Stockholm Pride in 2008 and has been asked to do the same at the Sao Paulo Pride in June this year. Having been on the Oprah Winfrey Show and participating in a reality show telecast by the BBC ensured that audiences all over the world saw and heard what he had to say. He had become an ambassador of the gay community in the country, continuously championing for rights even abroad. More...
Thousands of lesbians and gay men are preparing to dance, protest and wear costumes to make your jaw drop at London's Pride on Saturday. But has the economic downturn taken the shine off the colourful annual event? Gay marches have been a feature of London summers since 2,000 people took part in the first UK Gay Pride Rally in July 1972. More...
See EDUCATION COMMITTEE: MOST LESBIAN, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) second-level students have suffered homophobic bullying, the Belong To youth service has told an Oireachtas Education Committee. More than 20,000 post-primary students are lesbian, gay or bisexual, representing an average of two students in every classroom. A smaller number of students identify as transgender, according to Belong To. More...
The NYC Anti-Violence Project has issued a community alert now that the New York City Police Department's Hate Crimes Bureau thinks several recent anti-gay attacks on the Upper East Side might have come at the hands of the same assailants. In addition to Joseph Holladay, brutally beaten and robbed, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly now states, "There was an incident in Carl Shurz Park that we believe he [sic] may be associated with two other events—one that happened Saturday morning, the other happened Sunday morning. All of these events happened on the Upper East Side, the 19th precinct.
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A groundbreaking survey about the faith lives of gay Americans that the Barna Group put out last week got surprisingly little attention. In my latest God & Country column for U.S. News Weekly, I tied the Barna survey's fascinating portrait of gay religious life to the gay rights movement's recent efforts to ratchet up outreach and messaging. Much of the work is aimed at reversing the gay-as-Godless stereotype. Here's the top: More...
A gay Air Force officer is hoping his 18-year career will be saved by a review of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy ordered by Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Lt. Col. Victor Fehrenbach, an F-15E Strike Eagle weapons systems officer, is facing separation after a civilian acquaintance outed him to the Air Force more than a year ago. After a months-long investigation, Fehrenbach is facing an honorable discharge for violating the ban on homosexual behavior and damaging the good order and discipline of the Air Force. More...
NEW DELHI: After the Delhi High Court's landmark verdict decriminalising gay sex, the matter is now in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's court - on whether to amend the archaic law dealing with the issue.
Home minister P Chidambaram along with his cabinet colleagues law minister Veerappa Moily and health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday held meeting to analyse Delhi High Court's judgement decriminalising same gender sex.
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A Superior Court judge decided yesterday not to delay enactment of a law stipulating that the D.C. government will recognize same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions. More...
Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw has said "a deep strain of homophobia still exists on the Conservative benches". Mr Bradshaw, one of three gay men currently in the cabinet, made the comments as a new poll suggested more gay people were turning to the Tories. Chris Bryant, another gay minister, said: "If gays vote Tory they will rue the day very soon." More...
Syracuse - A military administrative board recommended on Tuesday that a National Guard officer who publicly announced he was gay should be discharged for violating the military's policy against homosexual conduct.
Lieutenant Dan Choi would be the first New York National Guard member discharged for violating the so-called "don't ask, don't tell" policy, Lieutenant Colonel Paul Fanning, a spokesperson for the New York Army National Guard, said.
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The Green Coalition of Gay Loggers for Jesus will march on Main Street as planned July Fourth, the organizer of the group said Thursday evening.
Organizer Brian Leland had set a 5 p.m. deadline Thursday to reach his fundraising goal of $1,100, the amount of money the city of Bozeman estimates it will cost it to shut down the downtown thoroughfare for the morning protest.
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Homophobic Film Ever Made?" That’s the blurb on the cover of Attitude, a British gay magazine, where comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, posing nude to promote his new film, appears.
The film in question--and the name of the character, whom Cohen continues to portray in live promotional appearances--is Brüno, in which Cohen plays a gay fashionista seeking redemption during a global road trip.
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The gay minister whose appointment sparked a furious debate in the Church of Scotland is set to be formally inducted in Aberdeen. The Reverend Scott Rennie will be introduced to his congregation at a service at Queen's Cross Church. Hundreds of ministers and thousands of Church of Scotland members signed an online petition opposing the move. More...
Whatever Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker winds up deciding on Proposition 8, it's clear he wants an airtight trial record to support it. Holding his first hearing Thursday on the controversial measure that outlawed same-sex marriage, Walker repeatedly stressed the importance of establishing a record that will stand the test of time. He told a packed courtroom that he was "reasonably sure" that the challenge launched by two high-profile litigators is "only touching down in this court" and merely a "prelude" for things to come. More...
Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief called on federal prosecutors Friday to ensure a thorough review of last week’s bar raid that resulted in a serious head injury to one patron. Parallel investigations — one by Fort Worth police and another within the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission — are already under way into what happened Sunday at the Rainbow Lounge.
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LOS ANGELES — Organizers and representatives for the Jackson family have confirmed memorial services for Michael Jackson will take place Tuesday (July 7) inside the Staples Center. The announcement ended days of speculation about how the King of Pop would be memorialized. Fans will be able to attend after registering for free tickets at StaplesCenter.com beginning Friday morning, and registration will run until Saturday evening at 6 p.m. On Sunday fans will be notified and receive information on how to pick up tickets on Monday. The registration process is elaborate and has caused the site to crash once already — but the Jackson family insisted on a process that was democratic and fair, taking into consideration the many fans expected to arrive in Los Angeles for the memorial. More...
UPDATE: MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell makes it sound like Palin is stepping down for family reasons and is sick of politics... has told backers she wants OUT.
UPDATE 2 (by Pam): She figures Mark Sanford self-immolated, Charlie Crist (ha) is going for the Senate, Mitt's Mormonism won't pass the fundie test, and Bobby Jindal looks like a featherweight. I guess that leaves Huckabee. What a field that is for 2012. From the NYT: Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska announced Friday that she would step down by the end of the month and not seek a second term as governor, fueling speculation that she is seriously weighing whether to seek the Republican nomination for president in 2012.
Ms. Palin, who was Senator John McCain's vice presidential running mate last year and solidified the support of the party's conservative base, explained her decision at a news conference at her home in Wasilla, Alaska, accompanied by her husband, Todd, and other family members.
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crossposted on Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters AIDS is killing off black gay men and lack of lgbt community support may an unfortunate factor:
Black gay men have less choice when it comes to sexual partners than other groups and, as a result, their sexual networks are closely knit. These tightly interconnected networks make the rapid spread of HIV more likely. In a study1 looking at social and sexual mixing between ethnic groups in men who have sex with men, H. Fisher Raymond and Willi McFarland, from the San Francisco Department of Public Health in the US, show that social barriers faced by Black gay men may have a serious impact on their health and well-being.
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 Holy crap -- conflict of interest, please?For $25,000 to $250,000, The Washington Post is offering lobbyists and association executives off-the-record, nonconfrontational access to "those powerful few" - Obama administration officials, members of Congress, and the paper's own reporters and editors.
The astonishing offer is detailed in a flier circulated Wednesday to a health care lobbyist, who provided it to a reporter because the lobbyist said he feels it's a conflict for the paper to charge for access to, as the flier says, its "health care reporting and editorial staff."
The offer - which essentially turns a news organization into a facilitator for private lobbyist-official encounters - is a new sign of the lengths to which news organizations will go to find revenue at a time when most newspapers are struggling for survival. Honestly, the MSM looks down on blogs as some sort of quasi-news sewer, but we've haven't the budget or access to go onboard an ethics Titanic like this. Washington Post publisher Katharine Weymouth called the event a "salon" -- she was seeing dollar signs before the whole shebang was exposed and was canceled.
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 Eric Holder challenged for supporting federal hate crimes measure
GOP senators challenged the U.S. attorney general for supporting hate crimes legislation during a congressional hearing last week on the bill.
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