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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Strategy resembles 2007 plan to pass federal proposal
U.S. Senate leaders intend to pass a hate crimes measure next month as an amendment to the defense authorization bill even as President Obama has threatened to veto the bill based on language in the House version, according to sources.
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 Public intoxication charges made on Stonewall's 40th anniversary
The police chief in Fort Worth, Texas, has promised an investigation into allegations of misconduct by officers that witnesses say raided a gay bar shortly after midnight June 28 and arrested seven men on charges of “public intoxication.”
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 Measure could join Obama's health care reform package
A bill introduced last week by gay U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) aimed at curtailing discrimination and disparities faced by LGBT people in the nation's health care system has so far drawn only 12 co-sponsors.
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16-year-old boy shown laying on floor while adults try to cast "demons" from his body
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 Group calls for legislation in Congress
WASHINGTON — Nearly 300 people waved placards and chanted slogans calling on President Obama and Congress to repeal the “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” law that bars gays from serving openly in the military in a protest march in front of the White House on June 27.
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 President pledges to end 'Don't Ask,' overturn anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender leaders enthusiastically cheered President Obama and shouted “I love you!” during a White House celebration this week commemorating Pride and the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots.
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When Gov. David A. Paterson accepted an invitation to be a grand marshal in New York City’s gay pride parade this year, he had high expectations that he would march down Fifth Avenue as the first governor in state history to have signed a law allowing gay couples to marry. But the hopes of Mr. Paterson and gay rights advocates who have been pushing for same-sex marriage have collided with a political maelstrom in Albany. Like every other major public-policy issue before the State Legislature — from local sales taxes to control of New York City’s school system — same-sex marriage is on hold until Republicans and Democrats in the State Senate reach a compromise over who will control the chamber. More...
 The other day, I received in the mail the following "2009 Priority Issues Survey" from the DCCC (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee). The idea is to gather our input ("us" being happy Democratic donors, presumably) about which topics the Democrats in the House should prioritize in the coming year or so.
The brochure is reprinted below in its entirety. See if you can guess WHICH Democratic issue, heavily campaigned on by Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential race, is completely missing. More...
Preferences in the race of sexual partners influenced by subtle racism may perpetuate HIV-related health disparities 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. Their findings are published in Springer's journal AIDS and Behavior. More...
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