From: Huffington Post – by Michael Luongo – Baghdad, Iraq — This is my second time in Baghdad, and I have to admit, overall I have seen a lot of improvements. My first trip, in the summer of 2007 to do a large investigative report for New York’s Gay City News was during the height [...]
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From: LezGetReal.com – by Paula Brooks – Saying its “marketing strategy is coming out of the closet,” Harrah’s Atlantic City New Jersey operations announced this week they are courting gay and lesbian travelers in hopes of attracting new customers to a market that has been demolished by the recession and competition from neighboring states. Harrah’s has [...] From: KSDK.com – By ANGELA K. BROWN, Associated Press – FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Texas’ liquor board fired two agents and a supervisor, disciplined two other supervisors and changed several policies in the wake of a raid at a gay bar that left a customer seriously injured and led to protests, officials announced Friday. The [...] Photo by Adam Britt From: Passportmagazine.com – In March 2010, young adults from around the country and around the world will embark on the fourth annual Equality Ride, a youth bus tour visiting religious colleges and universities across the United States to challenge on-campus discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) students. Guided [...] From: QueersUnited.Blogspot.com – Thousands of people have signed a petition to Downing Street demanding an apology be on the record regarding computer scientist Alan Turing who was defamed by the British Government. Alan Turing was the greatest computer scientist ever born in Britain. He laid the foundations of computing, helped break the Nazi Enigma code and [...] From: GayRights.Change.org – by Michael A. Jones – Forbes is out with their annual list of the most powerful women in the world. There’s Angela Merkel. Oprah Winfrey. Michelle Batchelet. Hillary Clinton. Nancy Pelosi. Oh, and there’s also Iceland’s openly lesbian Prime Minister, Johanna Sigurdardottir. Why did Johanna Sigurdardottir make the list? Well, sure, she’s the [...] Nominees to be inducted in Dec. 1 ceremony From: The Washington Blade – SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk, “Star Wars” creator George Lucas and feisty football commentator John Madden will be among the newest inductees to the California Hall of Fame.Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver unveiled the list [...] If your own suffering does not serve to unite you with the suffering of others, if your own by Queer Activists – On the evening of August 1st in Tel Aviv, someone [...] From: GayRights.Change.org – by Michael A. Jones – When it comes to Web sites and domain names, you’ve no doubt heard of .gov, .net, .edu, .com, and of course, .org. But what about .gay? Maybe someday, if a coalition of international LGBT groups have their say. Efforts are underway to push the Internet Corporation for [...] I’ll be relaxing in Sonoma County for a few days where I won’t have access to the Internet. I’ll return Sunday evening (Aug 23, 2009) to resume adding content to the site. So I hope you will check back in then. |
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