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WEDNESDAY AUGUST 31
USA
Choi Trial Put on Hold After Judge Allows "Vindictive Prosecution" Defense. Today in court.
 Washington Metro Weekly. 31/8.
USA
Choi Takes the Stand, Delivering Tense Testimony and Impassioned Speeches. Day two of the trial.
Washington Metro Weekly. 31/8.
USA
Choi Turned Down Offer to Dismiss Charges, E-mail Reveals.
Washington Metro Weekly. 31/8.
USA
Choi Takes the Stand, Delivering Tense Testimony and Impassioned Speeches.
Washington Metro Weekly. 31/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
Kirk in a Catch-22 Over Gay Ministers.
The Herald. See also
BBC News 31/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
Christina Patterson: Let's Keep 'Faith' out of Politics.
The Independent. 31/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Teenager ‘Murdered Gay Man After Promising Him Sex’.
Pink News. 31/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Burnley Gay Pride Festival Postponed Till Next Year.
Lancashire Telegraph. 31/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Wales to Host First-Ever LGBT Human Rights Summit, Today.
Pink Paper. 31/8.
IRELAND
Dundalk Gay Couple Tie Knot.
Dundalk Democrat. 31/8.
CANADA
Toronto Catholic Board to Debate if Religion Trumps Rights of Gay Students.
Xtra. See also
CBC News31/8.
CANADA
Councillor to Survey Support for Ottawa Gay Village Designation.
Ottawa Citizen. 31/8.
CANADA
Local Filmmaker Seeks Funding for Rural Gay Life Documentary.
Nelson Post. 31/8.
USA
It's Even Worse Than We Imagined: Students Reveal Teacher Brought Anti-Gay Bias to the Classroom.
Equality Florida. 31/8.
USA
North Carolina House Majority Leader: Outlawing Gay Marriage Is Like Outlawing Incest.
America Independent. 31/8.
USA
The Six Worst Excuses by Anti-Gay Public Figures Caught Doing (Allegedly) Gay Things.
New York Magazine. 31/8.
USA
Gay Ugandan Refugee Finds Home in Bay Area.
Contra Costa (CA) Times. 31/8.
USA
Editorial: Iowa Heterosexuals Wage Own War on Marriage.
Quad-City (IA) Times. 31/8.
USA
Patrick Fitzgerald: Ron Reagan Jr. (and Me) On the Polygamy Argument.
Ex-Gay Watch. 31/8.
USA
Amy Davidson: Ready for the D.A.D.T. Talk?.
New Yorker. 31/8.
USA
Tell: An Intimate History of Gay Men in the Military.
GQ Magazine. 31/8.
USA
Do Ask, I'll Tell: Gay Parents and Back to School Time.
Huffington Post. 31/8.
USA
Gay Mormon Named to Key Local LDS Leadership Post in San Francisco .
Salt Lake Tribune. 31/8.
USA
Amanad M. Fairbanks: Sex For Tuition: Gay Male College Students Using ‘Sugar Daddies' To Pay Off Loan Debt .
Huffington Post. 31/8.
KENYA
Kenyan LGBTI Witness a Resurgence of Blackmail Incidents Involving Police.
Behind the Mask (South Africa). 31/8.
GHANA
Frankie Edozien: Ghana's Growing Gay Pride Faces Now-Familiar Evangelical Backlash.
AlertNet (USA). 31/8.
AUSTRALIA
Best Revives Gay-Hate Row.
Tasmania Mercury. 31/8.
TUESDAY AUGUST 30
USA
Congressional Candidate’s Partner Faces Deportation Because of DOMA.
Raw Story. 30/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
BBC Receive Hundreds of Complaints Over Latest Torchwood Kiss.
Pink Paper. 30/8.
IRELAND
Catholic Clergy 'Abused Children for Decades in County Donegal'.
The Guardian (UK). 30/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
Gay Cycling Champion Graeme Obree Warns Gay Athletes to Stay in the Closet.
Pink News. 30/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
Jackie Crozier Interview. Jordan McDowell meets Manchester Pride’s festival director as she announces she’s stepping down.
Manchester Confidential. 30/8.
IRELAND
Gay Prejudice 'Still Existent'.
Irish Independent. 30/8.
GERMANY
Anti-Pope Protesters Challenge Berlin Venue Ruling.
Thomson Reuters Trust (UK). 30/8.
USA
Choi's Trial Ends Day One, With More to Come Tuesday.
Washington Metro Weekly. See also
National Public Radio. 30/8.
USA
End of DADT Means Decision Time for Gay Troops.
Stars and Stripes. 30/8.
USA
Gay Military Magazine To Be Distributed at Army, Air Force Bases.
Washington Post. 30/8.
USA/CANADA
Canadian Border Guard Tells Lesbian Couple to Fill Out Separate Forms.
Xtra (Canada). 30/8.
USA
Michael R. Triplett: Is It Unethical NOT to Report That Apple’s CEO is Gay?.
National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association. 30/8.
USA
Ad in El Paso Times: Gays Are Putrid.
The Advocate. 30/8.
USA
Tell Us: Allowing Gay Marines to Serve Openly.
Marine Corps Times. 30/8.
USA
ID of Man Caught on Webcam with Rutgers Student Tyler Clementi Should Be Kept Secret, Prosecutors Say.
Newark Star-Ledger. 30/8.
USA
Federal Funds Used to Support Anti-Gay Efforts in Iowa.
Washington Blade. 30/8.
USA
Steve Pokin: If You Legalize It, They Will Come; Gay Couples Ride to Iowa to Wed.
St. Louis Suburban Journals. 30/8.
USA
Jaweed Kaleem: Gay Marriage and Religion Go Hand-in-Hand Among Many Young Americans: Survey.
Huffington Post. 30/8.
USA
Perkins: Gays Won't Rest Until Traditional Marriage Advocates Silenced.
New Civil Rights Movement. 30/8.
USA
Branstad: No Connection Between Gay Marriage Debate and Waterloo Teen’s Slaying.
Des Moines Register. 30/8.
USA
Dan Rafter: Keeping Tabs on Rick Perry.
HRC Backstory. 30/8.
CANADA
Debate Over Gay Support Groups in Catholic Schools Set to Resume.
Globe and Mail. 30/8.
JAMAICA
Peter Tatchell Promotes Jamaican Pro-Gay Reggae Artiste.
Jamaica Observer. 30/8.
NIGERIA
In Sudan, for LGBT, More Clouds on the Horizon.
LGBT Asylum News (UK). 30/8.
NIGERIA
African Lesbians Launch West African LGBT Human Rights Defenders Project.
Behind the Mask (South Africa). 30/8.
KENYA/UGANDA
From Persecution to Persecution: LGBTI Refugees in Uganda and Kenya.
Human Rights First. 30/8.
ISRAEL
Rabbi’s Gay-Lesbian Marriage Project Questioned.
The Advocate (USA). 30/8.
INDIA
SC Defers Hearing on Decriminalisation of Gay Sex.
Indian Express. 30/8.
SINGAPORE
Study Looks at Sexual Behaviour of Gay Men.
Straits Times. 30/8.
MONDAY AUGUST 29
GERMANY
Gay Footballers Should Not Come Out Says German Captain.
Reuters (UK). 29/8.
GERMANY
German Football Captain Lahm Denies Gay Rumours in New Book.
France 24 News (France). 29/8.
RUSSIA
Russia Arrests Alleged Gay Web Cannibal.
The Australian (Australia). 29/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
Female Minister Who Wants to Marry Her Girlfriend Goes Awol.
The Scotsman. 29/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (WALES)
Preview: The Iris Prize, Various Venues, Cardiff.
South Wales Echo. 29/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
More HIV Cases in Devon and Cornwall, Figures Show.
BBC News. 29/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Colourful March Brightens Up Dorchester.
Dorset Echo. 29/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Religious Presence at Manchester Pride 2011 Stays Strong Despite Christian Protesters at the Parade.
Mancunian Matters. 29/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Southend Council Supports Essex Pride Festival.
Essex Echo. 29/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
Not the “Only Gay in the Village”.
Galloway Gazette. 29/8.
SERBIA
Activists Warn of Rising Attacks Ahead of Serbia Gay Pride.
Focus (Bulgaria). 29/8.
GERMANY
Photogallery: 'Gay Not Gray' Fashion Show in Berlin.
China Daily (China). 29/8.
USA
Denis Dison: Anti-Gay Senate Candidate Aims Fire at Baldwin.
Gay Politics. 29/8.
USA
Judge Mulls Unsealing Videos of Gay Marriage Trial.
CBS News. 29/8.
USA
Rick Jacobs: Release the Tapes and Heal a Nation.
Huffington Post. 29/8.
USA
Alison Frankel: Gay Marriage Judge, Now Retired, May Get His Way on Videotapes.
Thomson Reuters News & Insight. 29/8.
USA
Perry Signs NOM Pledge; Readies for Debates as Frontrunner.
Keen News Service. 29/8.
USA
Dan Choi to Use Washington Blade Video in Defense Today.
Washington Blade. 29/8.
USA
The Lavender Library Traces Sacramento's Place in LGBT History.
Sacramento Bee. 29/8.
USA
Military Gets Ready for a New Era.
Charlotte Observer. 29/8.
USA
Jury Deliberations Resume in CA Gay Murder Trial.
CBS News. 29/8.
USA
Lindsey Fallow: Apple's Tim Cook Isn't the Only Gay Person in the IT Village.
The Guardian (UK). 29/8.
USA
Editorial: The House Defends Discrimination.
Washington Post. 29/8.
USA
AP Interview: Gronstal Opposes Gay Marriage Vote.
Houston Chronicle. 29/8.
USA
Minister Charged with Violating Noise Ordinance at Gay Pride Fest.
Charlotte (NC) Observer. 29/8.
USA
Andrew Belonsky: No One Wants Poor, Sad Christine O’Donnell’s Book.
Death and Taxes. 29/8.
USA
Adam Lambert Says He's Happy To Use His Celebrity For Good Causes.
On Top Magazine. 29/8.
CANADA
A Little Yellow School Bus Led the Way for Capital Pride Parade.
Ottawa Citizen. Report includes video and 26 photographs. 29/8.
CANADA
Thousands Turn Out for Pride Parade. Page includes embedded video report.
Ottawa Sun. 29/8.
JAMAICA
Gays Stage Peaceful Stand Against Discrimination.
Jamaica Gleaner. 29/8.
PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rico Senator Resigns in Photo Controversy.
Forbes (USA). See also
Washington Post. 29/8.
CHILE
Chilean Lesbian Loses Custody Appeal.
Gaelick (Ireland). 29/8.
ISRAEL
Rabbis Withdraw Support for Gay Marriage.
Ynet News. 29/8.
AUSTRALIA
Gay Sex 'Sickest of Sins'.
Perth Now. 29/8.
AUSTRALIA
Plans for Australia's First Gay and Lesbian Museum in Collingwood.
Melbourne Leader. 29/8.
SUNDAY AUGUST 28
SERBIA
Gay Rights Group Calls for Prevention of Violence.
B92 News. 28/8.
MALTA
LGBT Community Faces Legal Anomaly After Discriminatory Rule Is Revoked.
Malta Independent. 28/8.
MALTA
The Next Step in the Battle for Maltese Civil Rights.
Malta Independent. 28/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
Essex: County's Eighth Annual Essex Pride Event.
Halstead Gazette. 28/8.
GERMANY
Berlin's Mayor Welcomes Pope Through Gritted Teeth.
The Local. 28/8.
USA
Lesbian and Gay Journalists See Themselves as Reporters, Not Activists.
Philadelphia Inquirer. 28/8.
USA
Gay Marriage? State Lawmakers Wonder if Votes Are There.
Seattle Times. 28/8.
USA
Gay Marriage Is About Civil Rights.
Greece (NY) Messenger Post. 28/8.
USA
Rashida Jones Talks About Her New Screenplay, Dream Casting And Being A Lesbian.
Huffington Post. 28/8.
USA
Rick Santorum Says Gay Community Waged Jihad Against Him Over Gay Marriage .
On Top Magazine. 28/8.
THAILAND
Thai Murder Suspect 'Preyed' on Gay Tourists.
New Zealand Herald. 28/8.
SATURDAY AUGUST 27
CAMEROON
Cameroon Charges Four More With Homosexuality.
Africasia (UK). 27/8.
USA
David Badash: HRC President Joe Solmonese Reportedly To Resign.
New Civil Rights Movement. See also
Washington Blade
and UK Gay News. 27/8.
SERBIA
“Atmosphere Ahead of Gay Parade Better Than Previous Years”.
B92 News. 27/8.
SERBIA
The Tension Over Belgrade Pride.
The Advocate (USA). 27/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
Gay Man Assaulted His 'Bigoted' Disabled Father After Homophobic Remarks.
Faversham Times. 27/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
First Person By Natasha Bell: Groups' Pride in Changing Lives.
Reading Post. 27/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
Cardiff Wales Mardi Gras 2011.
South Wales Capital FM. 27/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
Thousands Celebrate at 21st Anniversary Pride Parade in Manchester. This page includes video and photo gallery.
Manchester Evening News. 27/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
Oliver Burkeman: This Column Will Change Your Life: Signs.
The Guardian. 28/8.
USA
Flash Mob Glitters A Marcus Bachmann And Perform Gaga's Born This Way.
New Civil Rights Movement. 27/8.
USA
LGBT Festival and Parade in Jersey City Canceled Due to Hurricane Irene.
Jersey Journal. 27/8.
USA
New LGBT-Friendly Mosque to Host Community Meeting.
Washington Blade. 27/8.
USA
Who’s the Biggest Homophobe Running for the US Presidency?.
Xtra (Canada). 27/8.
USA
Survivor: MIT Grad Student Remembers "Ex-Gay" Therapy.
New England Bay Windows. 27/8.
USA
Indiana Stage Collapse: Beth Urschel, Injured Lesbian Widow, Sues & Challenges Marriage Law.
Huffington Post. 27/8.
USA
Felix Salmon: Why I’m Talking About Tim Cook’s Sexuality.
Reuters. 27/8.
USA
Calif. Jury Gets Case in Gay Teen Killing.
Forbes. 27/8.
USA
Michael J. Wilson: In Time, Gay Marriage Will Be Legal Nationwide.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 27/8.
USA
Editorial: Time for Washington Lawmakers to Count the Votes for Gay Marriage.
Seattle Times. 27/8.
USA
Deportation Tide Changing for Gay Couples.
San Jose Mercury News. 27/8.
USA
Travel: Vegas' Awkward Coming-Out Party.
CNN. 27/8.
USA
Matthew Hays: Is He or Isn't He? ‘I Don't Discuss My Sexuality,' Says New York’s Ed Koch.
Globe and Mail (Canada). 27/8.
USA
Barbershop: King's Legacy, Civil Rights, Gay Rights.
National Public Radio. 27/8.
CANADA
Vancouver Landlords Discriminate Against Gays, Single Parents: Study.
Globe and Mail. 27/8.
CANADA
Man Claims He Was Gaybashed in Jail.
Xtra. 27/8.
AUSTRALIA
Editorial: Let Gay Marriage Law Reflect the Real World.
The Age. 27/8.
AUSTRALIA
Too Wog. Too Gay. Too Short.
Sydney Morning Herald. 27/8.
FRIDAY AUGUST 26
UGANDA
Expat Ugandans Organise to Fight 'Kill Gays' Bill.
LGBT Asylum News (UK). 26/8.
SERBIA
[Belgrade] Pride Parade to Be Held on October 2.
B92 News. 26/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
Manchester Named World’s Best Gay Destination.
Pink Paper. 26/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
'Respectful’ Hearing for Gay-Rites Debate.
Church Times. 26/8.
IRELAND
Gay Pride Festival Hits Kilkenny’s Streets.
Kilkenny Advertiser. 26/8.
GERMANY
Gay Marksman Allowed to Attend Competition Without His Partner.
The Local. 26/8.
MALTA
Maltese LGBT Community Faces Legal Anomaly After Discriminatory Rule Is Revoked.
Pink News (UK). 26/8.
USA
As DADT Ends, LGBT Group Comes Out Of The Closet. Includes embedded audio report.
National Public Radio. 26/8.
USA
Dan Choi Protest Trial Set for Aug. 29.
Washington Blade. 26/8.
USA
Yashar Ali: Losing My Identity: Only Gay When I'm Not Iranian.
Huffington Post. 26/8.
USA
New Deportation Rules Give Boost To Gay Rights. Includes embedded audio report.
National Public Radio. 26/8.
USA
Prosecution Tears Apart McInerney’s “Gay Panic” Defense.
The Advocate. 26/8.
USA
Boy Scouts Removed Mother From Troop After Discovering She Is A Lesbian.
Care2. 26/8.
JAMAICA
TVJ Wimpy on Gay Ad Furore. See also
Church Leaders Must Stop Hating Gays.
The Gleaner. 26/8.
BRAZIL
Fight for Gay Rights Making Strides.
Inter Press Service News (Italy. 26/8.
SOUTH AFRICA
Marchers Demand Action for Murdered South African Lesbian.
Pink News (UK). 26/8.
THURSDAY AUGUST 25
RUSSIA
Activists Look Forward to Gay Century in Moscow. Includes embedded four-minute video report.
Russia Today News. 25/8.
LEBANON
Gay in Ramadan: Caught between Fasting and Sinning.
Al Bawaba. 25/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Choice of New Sculptures for Entry to Birmingham's Gay Village.
Birmingham Mail. 25/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Ian McKellen: 'My Ambition Is to Get Better as an Actor'.
The Guardian. 25/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (GUERNSEY)
‘Gay Rape’ Was a Lie to Cover Up Infidelity with His Bi Friend.
Guernsey Press. 25/8.
IRELAND
Number of Complaints of Anti-Gay Behaviour Down 80pc.
Irish Independent. 25/8.
LITHUANIA
Online Bravado Thrives Despite Attempts to Curb Abundant E-Hatemongers.
Baltic Times. 25/8.
ICELAND
Gay Politician Jibe ‘Misunderstood’.
Ice News. 25/8.
ICELAND
Reykjavik Invites Bears for Annual Gay-Friendly Weekend.
Pink News (UK). 25/8.
CANADA
We Demand: Forty Years Later.
Xtra. 25/8.
USA
This Land is Your Land: Interview with Jose Antonio Vargas.
Washington Metro Weekly. 25/8.
USA
Bi-National Couples Await Relief Under Obama Policy Change.
Washington Blade. 25/8.
USA
LGBT Students: Safer Ttis Year?.
Keen News Service. 25/8.
USA
New Numbers, and Geography, for Gay Couples.
New York Times. 25/8.
USA
Panel: Carrier Commander Who Made Raunchy Videos Can Keep Serving.
National Public Radio. 25/8.
USA
Bad Blood Preceded Waterloo Homicide.
Des Moines Register. 25/8.
USA
Gay Candidate Invited to State GOP Event After All.
San Francisco Chronicle. 25/8.
USA
Rick Perry: Homosexuality Is Like Alcoholism, Radical Gays Intolerant.
New Civil Rights Movement. 25/8.
USA
Karl Frisch: Bachmann’s Silence and the Waterloo Murder of a Gay Teen.
Caggle Post. 25/8.
USA
Don Lemon Talks With Oral Roberts' Gay Grandson Randy Roberts Potts.
New Civil Rights Movement. 25/8.
USA
With Steve Jobs's Resignation, Apple Picks Tim Cook.
The Advocate. 25/8.
INDONESIA
Lesbian Lovers Released in Aceh, Separated.
Jakarta Globe. 25/8.
AUSTRALIA
At Last! Gillard Meets Gay Marriage Lobbyists.
Same Same. 25/8.
AUSTRALIA
"No to Gay Marriage" – MPs.
Same Same. 25/8.
AUSTRALIA
Outlook Bleak If Gay Bill Goes to Conscience Vote.
The Age. 25/8.
AUSTRALIA
Colac Mayor Denies Homophobia After Mob Chases Comedian from Town.
ABC News. 25/8.
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 24
UGANDA
Uganda Parliament Meets September 7 to Decide on 'Kill the Gays Bill'.
Behind the Mask (South Africa). 24/8.
UGANDA
Reports of Death Greatly Exaggerated: Imminent Return Predicted of Ugandan 'Kill Gays' Bill.
LGBT Asylum News (UK). 24/8.
UGANDA
Gay Community Cautious After Ugandan Bill Thrown Out. By Arne Doornebal in Kampala
Radio Netherlands Worldwide). 24/8.
UGANDA
Uganda Strikes Down Bid to Revive Anti-Gay Bill.
Reuters (UK). 24/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Probe into Leaflets After Pride Festival.
Derby Telegraph. 24/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
New Group for Gay and Lesbian Parents Launches in Bromsgrove.
Bromsgrove Advertiser. 24/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
Charities Unveil LGBT Housing Guide.
Buchan Observer. 24/8.
IRELAND
Cork Bar Apologises to Gay Students Asked to Leave Premises After Kissing.
Irish Times. See also
Irish Independent. 24/8.
GREECE
Greece Bias Against Gays-Lesbians Compounds Debt Crisis as Tourism Suffers.
Bloomberg (USA). 24/8.
USA
Anti-Gay Group Flouts Election Laws to Keep Donors Secret.
HRC Backstory. 24/8.
FRANCE
Jorg von Uthmann: Lesbian Surrealist Photographer Cahun Is Feted in Paris.
Bloomberg (USA). 24/8.
USA
Vt. Inn Denies Discriminating Against NY Lesbians.
Forbes. 24/8.
USA
The Hate That Dare Not Speak Its Name.
Falls Church (VA) News Press. 24/8.
USA
Gay Candidate Can't Get Seat at GOP Convention.
San Francisco Chronicle. 24/8.
USA
Hinkle: I Paid Young Man $80 for Encounter.
Indianapolis Star. See also
Lawmaker Speaks: 'I Honestly Don't Know' What I Was Thinking. 24/8.
USA
Openly Gay Candidate Wins Virginia Senate Primary.
Washington Blade. 24/8.
USA
Gay Rights Group Raises Concern Over Waterloo Teen’s Death.
Radio Iowa. 24/8.
USA
Victoria Pynchon: Right to Remain Married May Be Key to Resolution of Same-Gender Marriage Debate.
Forbes. 24/8.
USA
Don Lemon: A New Marriage Dilemma.
CNN. 24/8.
USA
Judge to Gay Father: Kids Can’t Stay With Your Husband.
The Advocate. 24/8.
USA
SF Judge May Allow Recording of Prop. 8 Hearing.
Sacramento Bee. 24/8.
USA
Stuart Wilber: Bayard Rustin, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Gay Strategist, Deserves Better.
New Civil Rights Movement. 24/8.
USA
Nick Benton's Gay Science No. 46: The 1970's Vortex Of Sexual Addiction.
Falls Church (VA) News Press. 24/8.
USA
Victoria Jackson: Is Homosexuality a Sin?.
The Advocate. 24/8.
CANADA
Walking Tour Travels Path Taken by Gay Rights Activists.
Ottawa Citizen. 24/8.
SOUTH AFRICA
Court Exceeded Its Jurisdiction - Qwelane Lawyer.
News 24. 24/8.
MALAYSIA
Buddhists Share Their Thoughts About Homosexuality at Forum in Kuala Lumpur.
Fridæ (Hong Kong). 24/8.
INDIA
AIDS Stalks Gay and Transgender Indians.
France 24 News (France). 24/8.
ISRAEL
'No Happiness in Gay-Lesbian Shidduch'.
Ynet News. 24/8.
AUSTRALIA
MPs Report Opinion Split on Gay Marriage.
ABC News. 24/8.
AUSTRALIA
Richard King: Take Back the Word Gay? You Never Lost It Mr Katter.
Sydney Morning Herald. 24/8.
AUSTRALIA
Calls for Conscience Vote on Gay Marriage.
The Age. 24/8.
AUSTRALIA
No Deal to Tone Down Gay Debate: PM.
Sydney Morning Herald. 24/8.
AUSTRALIA
Gay Radio Under Threat.
Sydney Star Observer. 24/8.
TUESDAY AUGUST 23
SERBIA
Politicians Incite Hooligans Against Gays.
Blic. 23/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (NORTHERN IRELAND)
Ugandan Lesbian Rights Activist Allowed Entry to UK.
Pink News. 23/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Martin Wainwright: Manchester Gay Village Looks for its Hollinghurst or Kemp.
The Guardian. 23/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Lesbian Raped by Rickshaw Driver as She Made Her Way Home After Night in Gay Club.
TDaily Mail. 23/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Rock Stars Fighting the Bullies.
Reading Post. 23/8.
IRELAND
Cork Bar Accused of Kicking Gay Couple Out for Kissing.
The Journal. 23/8.
USA
No Surprise for Bisexual Men: Report Indicates They Exist.
New York Times. 23/8.
USA
James Nimmo: Wolf-in-Sheep's-Clothing Santorum Respects "Gay Decision".
OpEd News. 23/8.
USA
Bayard Rustin, Organizer of the March on Washington, Was Crucial to the Movement.
Washington Post. 23/8.
USA
Mark Udall Backs Gay Marriage.
On Top Magazine. 23/8.
USA
Baton Rouge Ranks Second in Same-Sex Couples in La..
Baton Rouge (LA) Daily Reveille. 23/8.
USA
Igor Volsky: Top Eight Pro-LGBT Arguments in The Obama Administration’s Anti-DOMA Brief.
Think Progress. 23/8.
USA
Lesbian Files Lawsuit in Death of Partner in Indiana Fair Stage Collapse.
Chicago GoPride. 23/8.
USA
Iowa Teen Beaten to Death by Mob in Anti-Gay Attack.
Towleroad. 23/8.
USA
Obama's Deportation Focus Shifts from Gay Families.
San Francisco Chronicle. See also
New York Gay City News. 23/8.
USA
Accidental Gay Icon Celebrated.
Seattle Times. 23/8.
USA
Dianne Williamson: Tea Party Sisters’ Act Wears Thin.
Worcester (MA) Telegram. 23/8.
CANADA
Mom Takes Action on Homophobia.
Metro Calgary. 23/8.
JAMAICA
Gordon Robinson: Will the Circle Be Unbroken?.
Jamaica Gleaner. 23/8.
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
Amnesty International to T&T Govt: Stop the Hangings.
Trinidad & Tobago Guardian. 23/8.
ZIMBABWE
Munya Munochiveyi: Gay Rights: Towards a Culture of Tolerance.
New Zimbabwe (UK). 23/8.
UGANDA
Ugandan Police Chief Should “Protect and Serve” the Gay Community.
Human Rights First (USA). 23/8.
SOUTH AFRICA
Qwelane Set for Equality Court Fight.
News 24. 23/8.
AUSTRALIA
Cairns Plans Gay Couple Registry.
Sydney Star Observer. 23/8.
AUSTRALIA
Katter's Gay Brother Speaks Out.
Western Australian. 23/8.
AUSTRALIA
Soldier in Threat to Gay Officer Avoids Jail.
Sydney Morning Herald. 23/8.
AUSTRALIA
No Love for Gay Marriage Among Queensland MPs.
Brisbane Times. 23/8.
MONDAY AUGUST 22
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Peter Tatchell: East London Needs a Show of Pride.
Pink News. 22/8.
UGANDA
The Stealth Campaign To Quietly Pass The Kill The Gays Bill.
New Civil Rights Movement (USA). 22/8.
UGANDA
Cabinet Drops Bahati’s Gay Bill. [Note: don't take too much notice of the headline - read the article]
Daily Monitor. 22/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (NORTHERN IRELAND)
Death Threat Gay Rights Activist Belfast-Bound.
Amnesty International. 22/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Anti-Gay Group May Now Intervene at ECHR as Views Sought on Exemptions.
Pink News. 22/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Letter to Cameron Over Cuts.
Lancashire Evening Post. 22/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Show Your Support for Gay Pride Day in Dorchester.
Dorset Echo. 22/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Pride Weekend: More Razzmatazz Then Ever.
Manchester Confidential. 22/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Doncaster Festival Grows With Pride. Page includes photo slideshow.
Doncaster Free Press. 22/8.
DENMARK
80000 Proud March in LGBT Celebration.
Copenhagen Post. 22/8.
USA
Defense Rests Case Without Calling on 17-Year-Old Accused of Shooting Gay Classmate at School.
Washington Post. 22/8.
USA
Equality for Transgenders. Two letters to the editor.
New York Times. 22/8.
SOUTH AFRICA
Holy Editor Says 'No' to Gay Pride.
The Times. 22/8.
NEW ZEALAND
'Legalise Love' Campaign Formally Launched.
Gay NZ. 22/8.
AUSTRALIA
School Anti-Homophobia Video.
Canberra Times. 22/8.
SUNDAY AUGUST 21
UGANDA
Paul Canning: What Happens if Uganda Does Pass the 'Kill Gays' Bill?.
LGBT Asylum News (UK). 21/8.
AFRICA
Warren Throckmorton: American Anti-Gay Campaign in Africa Opposes "Fictitious Sexual Rights".
Religion Dispatches. 21/8.
NIGERIA
Jethro Ibileke: ‘Nigeria Is Bound by UN Declaration on Gays’.
Next. 21/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (WALES)
Government’s Response to Welsh Spy’s Mysterious Death a ‘Disgrace’.
Wales on Sunday. 21/8.
IRELAND
Colum Kenny: A Loving Home, Gay or Straight, Is What a Child Needs.
Irish Independent. 21/8.
NETHERLANDS
Video: Help! My Wife Is a Lesbian!.
Radio Netherlands Worldwide. 21/8.
USA
Tony Perkins to LGBT Teens: You're Immoral, It Won't Get Better, 'Disgusting' to Say It Will.
Good As You. 21/8.
USA
The Wrap: Frankie Stone: Christine O'Donell's CNN Walk-Off: A Perplexingly Illogical Media Relations Decision.
Reuters (UK). 21/8.
USA
Marlena Zuk: The Surprisingly Gay World of Insect Sex.
Salon. 21/8.
USA
Jay Feldman: U.S. Government Has Long History of Whipping Up Fears and Repression.
Sacramento Bee. 21/8.
USA
Air Force Academy Boss: Respect Key to Integrating Gay Cadets.
Colorado Springs Gazette. 21/8.
USA
JBLM Prepares for New Policy on Openly Gay Service Members.
Bellingham (WA) Herald. 21/8.
USA
Gay-Conversion Therapy 'Was Constantly Undermining My Sense of Self,' Central Pa. Man Says.
Harrisburg (PA) Patriot-News. 21/8.
USA
Gay Charlottesville City Council Candidate Receiving Threats.
Towelroad. 21/8.
JAMAICA
More Dialogue Needed on Gay Issues — TVJ Head.
Sunday Observer. 21/8.
JAMAICA
Church Head Says He Is Open to Talks on Bigotry, Intolerance.
Jamaica Gleaner). 21/8.
JAMAICA
Rowdy Gays Banned by J-FLAG, JSL.
Sunday Observer. 21/8.
CAMEROON
Cameroon to Toughen Laws Against Gays.
News 24 (South Africa). 21/8.
IRAN
Movies: Living and Loving Underground in Iran.
New York Times (USA). 21/8.
TAIWAN
Taiwan Hosts Its Biggest Same-Sex 'Wedding' Party.
Radio Netherthands News (Netherlands). 21/8.
AUSTRALIA
Lesbian Priest Ali Wurm to Conduct Final Service.
Adelaide Sunday Mail. 21/8.
SATURDAY AUGUST 20
UGANDA
Uganda 'Kill Gays' Bill 'Back Within Fortnight', Reintroduction 'By Stealth'.
LGBT Asylum News (UK). 20/8.
EGYPT
Ernesto Londono: Egypt’s Gays Hope for Change in Culture After Revolt.
Washington Post. 20/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
Mike Hancock Welcomes Ugandan Gay Deportation Case Deferral.
Liberal Democrat Voice. 20/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Lesbian, 18, Carried Out Raid on Ex-Lover's Home.
Burton Mail. 20/8.
GIBRALTAR
Age of Consent, 16, Framed in Law.
Gibraltar Chronicle. 20/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Doncaster Gay Pride Moves to City Stadium for Safety.
BBC News. 20/8.
USA
Minister Says No to Marriage Ceremonies.
Q Notes. 20/8.
USA
Where D.C.’s Same-Sex Couples Are.
Washington Post. 20/8.
USA
Controversy Emerges Over Gender Identity Laws.
Inter Press Service News (Italy). 20/8.
USA
Fed Deportation Decision May Benefit SF Gay Couple.
San Francisco Chronicle. 20/8.
USA
Immigration Judge Decides to Take Lesbian's Marriage-Based Application Under Consideration.
Washington Metro Weekly. 20/8.
USA
Rick Santorum Insists Gay People Must Respect Him .
On Top Magazine. 20/8.
USA
Anti-Gay Facebook Postings: The Free-Speech Rights of a Teacher.
Los Angeles Times. 20/8.
USA
HIV Spikes for Young Gay Black Men in US.
National Public Radio. See also
Colorlines. 20/8.
USA
Slain Wife’s Lesbian Lover Testifies at Murder Trial of Former Weatherford, Texas Utilities Director.
Dallas Voice. 20/8.
USA
Anti-Bias Ordinance to Be Revived.
Omaha (NE) World-Herald. 20/8.
USA
Tim Hardaway, Once Anti-Gay, Stands Up for Gay Rights in El Paso.
Outsports. 20/8.
USA
Nogueira: I Won't Train with a Gay Fighter.
USA Today. 20/8.
CANADA
M.A.C. Farrant: Review: Autobiography: Astounding Discovery, Marvellous Story, a Gift to Us All.
Globe and Mail. 20/8.
UGANDA
Uganda Gays Campaign Against Violence.
News 24 (South Africa). 20/8.
NEPAL
Hundreds Rally in Nepal for Their Sexual Rights.
Northwest Asia Weekly (USA). 20/8.
AUSTRALIA
Julie Szego: In Bed with Conservatives on Gay Marriage but Are We Buying It?.
Sydney Morning Herald. 20/8.
AUSTRALIA
Idea of Gay Marriage Slowly Expands.
The Australian. 20/8.
FRIDAY AUGUST 19
USA
Bachmann Staffer’s Ties to Uganda’s ‘Kill-Gays’ Bill.
Think Progress. 19/8.
USA
Sady Doyle: What Christine O'Donnell Wouldn't Tell Piers Morgan.
The Guardian (UK). 19/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
Robert Segwaynyi Spared Deadly Deportation to Uganda for Now.
Huffington Post United Kingdom. 19/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (NORTHERN IRELAND)
24 Year-old Charged With Raping Another Man in Belfast.
Pink Paper. 19/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
EHRC confirms Backtrack on Opt-Outs for Anti-Gay Workers.
Pink nEWS. 19/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Teenager Assaulted Couple in 'Homophobic' Attack in Lincoln.
Lincolnshire Echo. 19/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Cop Arrested in Drugs Probe at Coventry Gay Nightclub.
Coventry Telegraph. 19/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Pop-up Ice-Cream Parlour for Gay Men to Launch in London, Today.
Pink Paper. 19/8.
SERBIA
Interior Minister: Incidents Possible at Gay Parade.
B92 News. 19/8.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Katrine Hogganvik: Prague's First Pride Parade: A Success Amidst Controversy.
Prague Daily Monitor. 19/8.
USA
Feingold Out; Door Open for Baldwin Senate Run.
Washington Blade. 19/8.
USA
Gay Student Shooting: Defense Wants Judge Removed.
Los Angeles Times. 19/8.
USA
Illinois Judge Rules Against Catholics on Foster Care.
Reuters (UK). 19/8.
USA
Poll: Gay-Marriage Opposition Dips.
Omaha (NE) World-Herald. 19/8.
USA
Effort Underway to Award Kameny Freedom Medal.
Washington Blade. 19/8.
CANADA
Belgian Film of Two Teenage Boys Falling in Love Raises Eyebrows at Montreal World Film Festival.
Montréal Gazette. 19/8.
SUDAN
LGBT Has Hit Sudan. The first of a two-part feature by "Ghareeb".
Pambazuka News (UK). 19/8.
KENYA
Kenya's LGBT Fun Day Set for Sunday.
Behind the Mask (South Africa). 19/8.
NEW ZEALAND/PAKISTAN
Gay Couple's NY Dream Shattered by Threats.
Gay NZ. 19/8.
THURSDAY AUGUST 18
UNITED KINGDOM
The battle to stop the deportation of gay Ugandan Robert Segwanyi
has been won,
LGBT Asylum News
is reporting this evening (Thursday). But the war
continues, the Website says. 18/8
ITALY
'At Least Gay 100 Priests Targeted by Facebook Blackmailers'.
AKI. 18/8.
SPAIN
Spanish Police Foil Gay Kiss-in Protest Against Pope.
Expatica. 18/8.
CAMEROON
Cameroon Homosexuality Trial Condemned.
The Guardian (UK). 18/8.
SERBIA
Security Risk Hangs Over Belgrade Pride March.
Balkan Insight (Bosnia-Herzegovina). 18/8.
SERBIA
"More Important Things to Do Than Hold Shame Parade".
B92 News. 18/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
MP and Ugandan Bishop Speak Out for Gay Asylum Seeker.
Pink News. 18/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
All Smiles - But Later the First Minister 'Went Absolutely Crazy'.
The Scotsman. 18/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Manchester Pride’s Festival Director Steps Down.
Pink News. 18/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
‘Animal’ Is Jailed for Keighley Attack on Lesbian Couple.
Bradford Telegraph & Argus. 18/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Preview: Manchester Pride 2011.
So So Gay. 18/8.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Michael Ralph: A Dispatch from Prague.
Xtra (Canada). 18/8.
GERMANY
Theater: Bestseller About High-Ranking Nazi Takes to German Stages.
Deutsche Welle News. 18/8.
USA
Ronnie Polaneczky: Store Dresses Down Bride for Being a Lesbian.
Philadelphia Daily News. 18/8.
USA
Homeland Security Announces Implementation of Changes That Will Enable Some in Same-Sex Relationships to Avoid Deportation.
Washington Metro Weekly. 18/8.
USA
Samantha Hillstrom: Behind the Scenes: What Happened After the Christine O'Donnell Walk Off? A First Person Account.
CNN. 18/8.
USA
Christine O'Donnell Walks Out on Piers Morgan Interview Over Gay Marriage Questions.
Reuters (UK). See also
The Guardian (UK).
Tweet of the Day? "Christine O'Donnell is the first author in the history of publishing to walk out of a TV interview because the host apparently read her book," New York
Times investigative reporter Don Van Natta Jr. on
Twitter. 18/8.
USA
Paul Schindler: States' Rights Enter Marriage Equality Debate.
New York Gay City News. 18/8.
USA
Frank Schaeffer: Bachmann Wants to Replace American Democracy with Christian Theocracy.
Raw Story. 18/8.
USA
Gay Marriage Debate: Brace for a 15-Month Brawl.
Minneapolis Star Tribune. 18/8.
USA
Tillis: Anti-LGBT Amendment Debate a ‘Difficult, Emotional Issue’.
Q Notes. 18/8.
USA
From ‘I Will’ to ‘I Do’: Vermont Gov Presides Over a Gay Marriage, Fulfilling Promise Office.
Washington Post. 18/8.
USA
The Art of Planning Gay Weddings.
National Public Radio. 18/8.
USA
Jamala Rogers: Black and Gay in America.
St. Louis American. 18/8.
USA
Same-Sex Marriage: How Much Has Public Opinion Really Changed?.
Los Angeles Times. 18/8.
MALAYSIA/USA
Malaysian Pastor to Register Marriage on Aug 31, Malaysia's Independence Day.
Fridæ (Hong Kong). 18/8.
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 17
UNITED KINGDOM
Ugandan Lesbian Campaigner Denied Entry to UK.
Pink News. See also
LGBT Asylum News. 17/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
Pressure on Home Office to Halt Deportation of Gay Ugandan.
Ekklesia. See also Behind the Maask (South Africa). 17/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
Ugandan LGBTI Activists React to Britain's Imminent Deportation of Gay Asylum Seeker.
Behind the Maask (South Africa). 17/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Will Kenya Airways Send Gay Torture Victim to Uganda?.
Change (USA). See also
The Advocate. 17/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Leeds Campaigners Want Official City Gay Quarter.
Pink News. 17/8.
SPAIN
Spanish Gays Plan 'Kiss-In' Protest for Pope.
France 24 News (France). 17/8.
SERBIA
Coalition Partners Can't See Eye to Eye on Gay Parade.
B92 News. 17/8.
SERBIA
Press, Serbia: Police Trade Union Against Gay Parade.
Focus News Agency (Bulgaria). 17/8.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Respekt: Klaus Critical of Gays to Win More Popularity.
Prague Daily Monitor. 17/8.
USA
Aubrey Sarvis: Someone Should Tell Bachmann: Our Military Leaders Ended DADT.
Huffington Post. 17/8.
USA
Eric Black: The Words You'll Never Hear Michele Bachmann Say: "I Was Wrong".
Salon. 17/8.
USA
Editorial: In DC, Questions About Police Bias After an Assault.
Washington Post. 17/8.
JAMAICA
Blow to Gay Ad - TVJ Rejects J-FLAG’s PSA.
Jamaica Observer. 17/8.
IRAN/CANADA
Escaping Iran: How Two Men Fled Their Homes and Families for an Openly Gay Life.
Xtra (Canada). 17/8.
ISRAEL
Areleh Harel: The Orthodox Rabbi Helping Gay Men to Marry Lesbians.
Time (USA). 17/8.
AUSTRALIA
James Newburrie: Not the Only Gay in the Electorate.
ABC News. 17/8.
TUESDAY AUGUST 16
PAKISTAN
Raisa Vayani: Defending Gay Rights: It’s about Fairness, Tolerance and Human Decency.
Newsline Magazine. 16/8.
USA
The Editorial Board: DOMA, Deportation and an Injustice to Committed Couples.
Washington Post. 16/8.
USA
Chris Geidner: Same-Sex Marriage and the Supreme Court - by Way of SCOTUSblog.
Washington Metro Weekly. 16/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
Dundee MSP Joe FitzPatrick Appeals for Calm Debate on Same-Sex Marriage.
Dundee Courier. 16/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Supporters Launch Petition for Ugandan Asylum Seeker.
Pink News. 16/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Countdown Begins to Essex Pride 2011.
Herts and Essex Observer. 16/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
John Birmingham: Lesbian London Link Is a Riot.
Sydney Morning Herald (Australia). 16/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (WALES)
Obituary: George Walton and Reg Mickisch.
The Guardian. 16/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (NORTHERN IRELAND)
Foyle Pride 2011 Announces Colourful Festival Line-Up.
Derry Journal. 16/8.
UNITED KINGDOM/WORLDWIDE
Julie Bindel: It's a Good Time to Be a Lesbian.
The Guardian. 16/8.
IRELAND
Iarnród Éireann Apologises to Same-Sex Couple Over Incident. [Iarnród Éireann is the passenger rail company in the Irish Republic]
Irish Times. 16/8.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Czech Leader Is Isolated in Opposing Gay Parade.
New York Times (USA). 16/8.
GIBRALTAR
Gib Gay Gay Rights QC Is Made Judge.
Gibraltar Chronicle. 16/8.
USA
Wallace Best: Gay Americans and American Freedom.
Huffington Post. 16/8.
USA
James Dao: Bachmann’s ‘Don’t Ask’ Position a Legal Possibility.
New York Times. 16/8.
USA
Jamie Pohotsky: Michele Bachmann: Why George W. Bush Really Needs to Rethink his Drag Persona.
So So Gay (UK). 16/8.
USA
Adam Serwer: Bachmann and the Denial of Gay Rights.
The Root. 16/8.
USA
Fox News Will Soon Have a Federal Complaint From Fred Karger.
The Advocate. 16/8.
USA
Gay Teens Sue Minnesota School District Over Bullying Policy.
Time. 16/8.
USA
Indy Coroner Won't Release Body to Lesbian's Partner.
Bilerico Project. 16/8.
USA
TRAVEL. Dana Rudolph: My Very Gay Straight Cruise.
New England Bay Windows. 16/8.
USA
Rev. Dan Vojir: Ann Coultergeist: Gays Love Me! I'm Their Judy Garland! I'm Delusional!.
OpEd News. 16/8.
USA
D'Anne Witkowsk: Creep of the Week: Sally Kern.
South Florida Gay News. 16/8.
USA
Nicole Froio: Bert & Ernie: Friends With Benefits?.
The Independent (UK). 16/8.
USA/JAMAICA
Reggae Singer Backs Gay Rights.
The Voice (UK). 16/8.
JAMAICA
New Kingston Gay and HIV Homeless Need Help — HIV Activists.
Jamaica Observer. 16/8.
ZIMBABWE
Mugabe Blows Top Over Gay State Journalist.
Nehanda Radio. 16/8.
ISRAEL
Gay and Lesbian IDF Soldiers Complain of Widespread Sexual Harassment.
Ha'aretz Daily News. 16/8.
MALAYSIA
Malaysia's First Openly Gay Pastor Says to Wed.
Reuters (UK). 16/8.
INDIA
Gay Tourism on India's Radar.
Times of India. 16/8.
AUSTRALIA
Gay Marriage Ridicule 'Damages Youths'.
Sydney Morning Herald. 16/8.
AUSTRALIA
Many Christians Don't Mind Gay Marriage.
Same Same. 16/8.
MONDAY AUGUST 15
UNITED KINGDOM
Equality Commission Seeks Views on Gay vs Religious Rights Cases.
Pink News. 15/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
Reading Moves on with Pride.
Reading Post. 15/8.
IRELAND
Protesters Make Noise to Demand Same-Sex Rights.
Irish Independent. 15/8.
USA/GERMANY
Gay Service Members March in Germany Pride Parade.
The Advocate. 15/8.
USA
Homosexual Zebra Finches Form Long-Term Bond.
BBC Nature (UK). 15/8.
USA
Saluting a Gay Rights Pioneer.
Los Angeles Times. 15/8.
USA
Hope Hodge: Troops Share Thoughts on Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
Jacksonville (NC) Daily News. 15/8.
USA
Friends Mourn Gay Advocate Christina Santiago Killed in Indiana Stage Collapse.
Chicago Tribune. 15/8.
USA
Aida Ekberg: Did Michele Bachmann's Husband Physically Attack CNN Reporter?.
Gather. 15/8.
CANADA
Montreal Hosts Colorful Gay Pride Parade.
France 24 News (France). See also
Montréal Gazette. 15/8.
PHILIPPINES
Mindanao Has Most Hate Crimes vs Lesbians: Group.
Manila Sun Star. 15/8.
NEW ZEALAND
Ex-Student Chats With Principal Over Use of 'Gay'.
Gay NZ. 15/8.
AUSTRALIA
Dick Gross: Homosexuality and the Bible.
The Age. 15/8.
AUSTRALIA
Lauren Rosewarne: Gay Marriage? Is That the Best You Can Do?.
ABC News. 15/8.
AUSTRALIA
Marriage Focus for Gay Reform Activists.
Canberra Times. 15/8.
SUNDAY AUGUST 14
NETHERLANDS
Dutch MEP Receives International Humanist Award.
Radio Netherlands. 14/8.
CUBA
Video: Gay Man and Transgender Woman Wed in Cuba.
BBC News (UK). Written report
HERE. 14/8.
NEPAL
Hundreds Rally in Nepal for Sexual Rights.
Independent on Sunday (UK). See also Binja Gurubacharya's report in
Huffington Post. 14/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
Paul Hutcheon: Humiliation for MSP After Gay Nazi Slur.
Sunday Herald. 14/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Brighton Pride Festival 'a Great Success'.
BBC News. See also
Scotland on Sunday. 14/8.
IRELAND
Thousands Take Part in Equality March.
Irish Examiner. See also
Irish Times. 14/8.
IRELAND
Thousands Expected at Equality Rally.
Irish Times. 14/8.
IRELAND
Aine O'Connor: Why's Tinky Winky Still Left to Fly the Flag All Alone?.
Irish Independent. See also Vicky Allen in the
Sunday Herald (Scotland). 14/8.
USA
Bachmann Would Reinstate U.S. Gay Troops Ban.
Vancouver Sun (Canada). 14/8.
USA
Marcus Bachmann Lies About Ex-Gay Clinics, 'Barbarian' Comment. Includes video clip.
Towleroad. 14/8.
USA
Phillip Hinkle Called On To Resign Amid Gay Sex Allegations.
On Top Magazine. 14/8.
USA
Minnesota Gay Teens Bullied by Adults, Peers, Say Activists.
Reuters (UK). 14/8.
USA
Panelists Warn Against Neglecting Gay Teens.
Salt Lake Tribune. 14/8.
USA
A Gay Oasis, With Beer and Barbecue.
New York Times. 14/8.
USA
Jessica Lee: Being Gay Doesn’t Mean Being a Leftist.
Washington Blade. 14/8.
JAMAICA
Ian Boyne: Storm Brewing Over Gay Ad.
Jamaica Gleaner. 14/8.
JAMAICA
Glenda Simms: Beware of Hatred in the Name of God.
Jamaica Gleaner. 14/8.
SATURDAY AUGUST 13
CZECH REPUBLIC
Thousands March in Prague Gay Parade.
France 24 News (France). See also
BBC News. 13/8.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Thousands of People Support Sexual Minorities in Prague.
České Noviny. České Noviny video
HERE. Three
more videos and photo gallery
HERE. 13/8.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Wanderlust: Gay Rights Faltering in Liberal Czech Republic?.
Global Post (USA). 13/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Thousands Party at Brighton Pride in East Sussex.
BBC News. 13/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
Editorial: Marriage: My Big Fat Wedding.
The Guardian. 13/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
Patrick Strudwick: Feminists Should Stop Stitching Up Gay Designers.
The Guardian. 13/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst: Week Four: Readers' Responses.
The Guardian. 13/8.
CUBA
'Gay' Marriage in Cuba for Castro's Birthday.
France 24 News (France). 13/8.
USA
Gay Man Confronts Pawlenty: ‘Do You Think I’m a Second Class Citizen?’.
Raw Story. 13/8.
USA
Before Suicide, Gay Rutgers Student Said Mom Rejected Him.
Reuters (UK). 13/8.
USA
More Complex Picture Emerges in Rutgers Student’s Suicide.
New York Times. 13/8.
USA
80-Year-Old Drag Queen Arrested After Scuffle With Police.
The Advocate. 13/8.
USA
Gay Teen Who Heckled Bachmann Speaks.
Des Moines Register. See also
New Civil Rights Movement. 13/8.
USA
Asking Pawlenty a Gay Marriage Question Is "Heckling," Ed Morrissey?.
New Civil Rights Movement. 13/8.
USA
Tough for Gay Members to Return to Full Military.
Forbes. 13/8.
USA
2012 Campaign: Republicans Wax Medieval on Gay Marriage in Iowa.
Los Angeles Times. 13/8.
USA
Man Arrested for Assaulting Gay Roommate.
The Advocate. 13/8.
USA
Timothy Kincaid: The Militant Homosexual Savage Attack on the Religious Freedom of Little Old Lady Affidavit Signers.
Box Turtle Bulletin. 13/8.
CANADA
Biography Review: A Legend of His Own Creation.
Globe and Mail. 13/8.
AUSTRALIA
Hundreds Rally for Same-Sex Marriage.
The Age. 13/8.
AUSTRALIA
Nick Bryant: Penny Wong: Australia's Non-Story of the Week.
BBC News (UK). 13/8.
FRIDAY AUGUST 12
CAMEROON
In Cameroon, More Arrests of Gays, Awful Treatment in Prison. The Cameroon LGBT group Alternatives Cameroun reports on more arrests of gay men in that country.
LGBT Asylum News. 12/8.
UNITED KINGDOM/UGANDA
Ugandan Bishop Speaks Up for Gay People. A preview of three events at the 2011 Edinburgh Festival of Spirituality and Peace this weekend where
Bishop Christopher Senjonyo from Uganda, a courageous advocate of the rights and dignity of LGBT people in Africa, is speaking.
Ekklesia. 12/8.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Prague Mayor Firm in His Support for Prague Pride.
Prague Daily Monitor. 12/8.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Poll: One-Tenth of Homosexuals in ČR Faced with Physical Harassment.
Prague Daily Monitor. 12/8.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Audio Report: Promoting Gay Pride in Prague.
Deutsche Welle (Germany). 12/8.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Klaus Slams Diplomatic Support for Prague Pride.
Euronews (France). 12/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Liverpool Gay Quarter Gets Go-Ahead.
BBC News. 12/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Police Appeal for Witnesses Over Gay Man Sexually Assaulted on Hampstead Heath.
Pink Paper. 12/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
Don’t Call Me a Bigot, Says MSP Who Believes Gay Relationships Aren’t Equal.
Pink News. 12/8
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
61 Per Cent of Scots Support Gay Marriage.
Pink News. See also
The Scotsman. 12/8
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
Minister Urges Colleagues to Stay within Kirk Over Gay Issue.
Inverness Courier. 12/8
IRELAND
Thousands Set for Limerick Pride Festival.
Limerick Leader. 12/8
CANADA
Roberta Staley: When Boys Would Rather Not Be Boys. Kids are being diagnosed—and identifying themselves—as transgendered younger than ever before.
Macleans. 12/8.
CANADA
Editorial: Preserve Equality at Publicly-Funded Roman Catholic Schools.
Globe and Mail. 12/8.
USA
Discharged Gay Troops Ready to Re-Enlist.
Washington Blade. 12/8.
USA
Email Rendezvous Entangles State Rep. Phillip Hinkle.
Indianapolis Star.
USA
Rev. Adam Hamilton: When LGBT Supporters Get It Wrong.
Huffington Post.
USA
Matthew LaBanca, Alexander Quiroga Set for Leviticus in Love Reading, About Gay Grandson of Oral Roberts.
Playbill.
USA
First Circuit Rules Against Anti-Gay Marriage Group in Campaign-Finance Suits.
Wall Street Journal.
USA
D.C. Man Charged with Hate Crime Against Lesbian.
Washington Post.
USA
Poll: Support, Acceptance of Gays Is Growing in Utah.
Salt Lake Tribune.
USA
Jennifer Finney Boylan: We Want Cake, Too.
New York Times. 12/8.
USA
Superintendent: GLBT Neutrality Policy Is Best for Anoka-Hennepin Schools.
Minneapolis Star Tribune. 12/8.
|
THEY'RE JUST GOOD FRIENDS
(which as we all know is showbiz publicist-speak
for "they're dating ...")
|
INDIA
Homosexuality | The Start of a Revolution.
Livemint. 12/8.
ISRAEL
Tel Aviv Gay Club Closes Due to Financial Woes.
Ha'aretz. 12/8.
AUSTRALIA
Safe Sex Ad Stars Become Parents.
Brisbane Times. 12/8.
AUSTRALIA
Australia's 1st LGBT Retirement Village Coming to Victoria.
Same Same. 12/8.
AUSTRALIA
Gay Marriage Will Cost Labor Seats: Claim.
Sydney Morning Herald. 12/8.
THURSDAY AUGUST 11
CZECH REPUBLIC
Czech President’s Secretary Brews Up ‘Gay Beer’.
Czech Position. 11/8.
CZECH REPUBLIC
First Prague Pride Event Under Way.
Prague Post. 11/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
Appeal from Gay-Friendly Rugby Team.
Northern Echo. 11/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
Brave Dorchester Teen Sets Up Gay Support Group.
Dorset Echo. 11/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
Tartan Hitch: The SNP Is Confused About Same-Sex Unions.
The Economist. 11/8.
USA
Bachmann Among 2012 Hopefuls Fundraising for Anti-Gay Groups.
Minnesota Independent. 11/8.
USA
Detective Testifies in Gay Student Murder Trial.
Huffington Post. 11/8.
USA
Sesame Street Responds to Marriage Petition: Ernie and Bert are Not Gay, They Are Best Friends.
Towleroad. 11/8.
USA
Starbucks CEO Scraps Talk at Church Criticized for Views on Homosexuality.
Chicago Tribune. 11/8.
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 10
UNITED KINGDOM
Air France Refuses to Carry Deported Gay Cameroon Man from UK. [This article contains aspects of the case not previously reported.]
Radio France International. 10/8. [With considerable interest being show in in this story, you might be interested in an article posted last January by
LGBT Asylum News:
Bad Decisions, Detention, Ignoring the Courts: How the UK Home Office Wastes Money.]
UNITED KINGDOM
BBC: Torchwood Not Meant to Cause Offense.
Pink Paper. 10/8.
CZECH REPUBLIC
First Prague Pride Gay Festival Starts Amid Diplomatic Spat .
France 24 News (France). 10/8.
CANADA
Quebec Unveils Guide to Care of Gay Elderly People.
BBC News (UK). 10/8.
CANADA
Gay News Sites Blocked on Ottawa Airport WiFi.
Xtra. 10/8.
USA
Fox News Bars Gay Candidate From Iowa Debate.
Keen News Service. 10/8.
USA
Settlement Reached in Case of Gay Couple Told to Move to Back of Bus.
The Advocate. 10/8.
USA
Petition Calls for Sesame Street's Bert and Ernie to Be Married.
Time. 10/8.
CHILE
Chile President Offers to Legalize Gay Unions.
France24 News (France). 10/8.
NEPAL
Gaijatra 2011.
Blue Diamond Society. 10/8.
AUSTRALIA/USA
US to Deport Oz Gay Husband .
Same Same. 10/8.
TUESDAY AUGUST 9
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Riots Spread to the Gay Village of Birmingham.
Midlands Zone. . 9/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Brighton Pride Is Going Ahead as Planned.
News From Brighton. 8/8.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Is Acceptance of Homosexuality Inevitable? What the Czech Republic Tells Us.
New Republic (USA). 9/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
'Gays The Word' Bookshop Fear Second Attack After Riot Damage.
Pink Paper. 8/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Brighton Choir Signs £1m Record Deal.
Brighton Argus. 9/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
From Politics to Manchester Gay Pride Parade Queen.
BBC News. 9/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
Homophobic US Church Could Be Blocked from Aberdeen Protest.
Aberdeen Evening Express. 9/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
LBG in HE: 'People Perform Better When They Can Be Themselves'.
The Guardian. 9/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Slideshow: Thousands Enjoy 2011 Leeds Pride Festival.
Yorkshire Post. 9/8.
SWEDEN
Peace Activists Target Soldiers in Pride March.
The Local. 9/8.
SWEDEN
Swedish Lesbians Forced to Pay More for Sperm.
The Local. 9/8.
USA
S.F. Gay Married Couple Loses Immigration Battle.
San Francisco Chronicle. 9/8.
USA
AFL-CIO Votes Unanimously to Oppose Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment.
Minnesota Independent. 9/8.
USA
Bus Tour Asks Utahns to Get on Board with Gay Rights.
Salt Lake Tribune. 9/8.
USA
Tribal Council Resists Homophobia.
Inter Press Service News (Italy). 9/8.
USA
Great America Sued Over Gay Slur in Photograph.
San Francisco Chronicle. 9/8.
USA
City Room: ‘Gay Synagogue’ Finds a Home, Full of Ancient Assyrians.
New York Times. 9/8.
USA
Irene Monroe: NPR's Foxification of Ex-Gay Rhetoric.
Huffington Post. 9/8.
USA
State Sodomy Laws Continue to Target LGBT Americans.
Equality Matters. 9/8.
BARBADOS
Gay Beauty Contestant Drops Dead in Barbados.
Jamaica Observer. 9/8.
TAIWAN
Taiwan Gears for Biggest Same-Sex Mass Wedding.
Channel News Asia (Singapore). 9/8.
MALAYSIA
'Keep Coming Out', Urges Malaysia's Gay Pastor.
France 24 News (France). 9/8.
AUSTRALIA
Penny Wong's Partner Is Pregnant.
Same Same. See also
Sydney Morning Herald. 9/8.
AUSTRALIA
Hugh O'Keefe: Marriage Not a Right Worth the Fight.
Sydney Morning Herald. 9/8.
MONDAY AUGUST 8
UNITED KINGDOM/UGANDA
'Obviously Gay' Ugandan Asylum Seeker Faces Removal by UK Wednesday.
LGBT Asylum News. 8/8.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Bátora Criticizes US Ambassador for Standing Up for Gays and Lesbians.
Romea. See also
České Noviny. 8/8.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Conservative Group Protests US Support for Prague Pride.
Prague Daily Monitor. 8/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
BBC Announces New Gay Couple Sitcom to Replace 'My Family'.
Pink Paper. 8/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
Plea to Ban Homophobic Church from Visiting Aberdeen.
Aberdeen Evening Express. 8/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
Row Within SNP Over John Mason's Gay Marriage Motion.
BBC Scotland News. 8/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
Row Grows Over Honour for Sir Brian [Souter].
The Herald. 8/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
London Gay Bookshop Attacked by Vandals.
Pink News. 8/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Teacher Suspended Over Alleged Lesbian Affair with Pupil.
Pink Paper. 8/8.
IRELAND
Civil Partnership 'Cements Inequality.
Irish Independent. 8/8.
SLOVAKIA
‘Marriage as a Union of Two Individuals’.
Slovak Spectator. 8/8.
ICELAND
Vibrant Festival Weekend in Iceland.
Iceland Review. 8/8.
NETHERLANDS/USA
Dan Choi Reports on His Participation in the First Sanctioned Military Contingent in Amsterdam Gay Pride Canal Parade.
Towleroad (USA). 8/8.
USA
On Our Radar: Wisconsin Family Action's Julaine Appling.
New Civil Rights Movement. 8/8.
USA
New York City Awards Homeless Gay Teens Center Ali Forney $620,000.
On Top Magazine. 8/8.
SOUTH AFRICA
What Really is South Africa’s Foreign Policy?.
The Mercury. 8/8.
INDONESIA
Indonesian Transvestite Jailed for Marrying Man.
Jakarta Globe. 8/8.
AUSTRALIA
Croome with a View: Debating Marriage.
Melbourne Community Voice. 8/8.
AUSTRALIA
Tasmanian Labor Backs Push for Gay Marriage.
ABC News. 8/8.
AUSTRALIA
Mandate for Gay Marriage Strengthens.
Sydney Morning Herald. 8/8.
AUSTRALIA
High School in a Time of Sexual Diversity.
Gloucester Advocate. 8/8.
SUNDAY AUGUST 7
RWANDA
Rwanda Well Ahead in EA in Acceptance of Gays.
East African (Kenya). 7/8.
EUROPE
Gay Conversion Therapy Gaining European Followers .
Deutsche Welle (Germany). 7/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
SNP MEP Attacks Vote on Gay Marriage.
Scotland On Sunday. 7/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
Alyn Smith: Faith in Equality of Gay Marriage.
Scotland On Sunday. 7/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
SNP in Row Over Brian Souter Knighthood.
Scotland On Sunday. 7/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Leeds Pride 2011: Thousands in City.
BBC News. 7/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
In Pictures: Liverpool Gay Pride Parade 2011.
BBC News. 7/8.
IRELAND
Marchers Urge Gay Marriage Equality.
The Herald. 7/8.
NETHERLANDS
Sudden Cloudburst Fails to Dampen Gay Pride Canal Parade Spirits.
Dutch News. See also
Forbes (USA),
Radio Netherlands,
France 24 News and
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Photogallery by Radio Netherlands. 7/8.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Prague Official Calls Presidential Staffer's Views Similar to Breivik's.
Romea. 7/8.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Gwendolyn Albert: Bigotry Cannot Hide Behind Freedom of Speech.
Romea. 7/8.
SWEDEN
Open Pride Sees Increase in Hate Crime.
Radio Sweden. Stockholm Pride photogallery from
QX (report in in Swedish) and
video. 7/8.
ICELAND
Sunny Parade and Chess Marathon in Reykjavík.
Iceland Review. 7/8.
USA
As State's Gay Couples Expand, So Does Marriage Push.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 7/8.
USA
Michele Bachmann, Tim Pawlenty, Rick Santorum To Board Anti-Gay Marriage Bus Tour.
On Top Magazine. 7/8.
USA
Rick Santorum: Gay Equality Creates 'Super' Rights.
Towleroad. 7/8.
USA
The Hypocrisy of "States' Rights" Conservatives.
Salon. 7/8.
USA
The Kentuckiana Gay Black Pride Association Hosts Inaugural Event.
Louisville Courier-Journal. 7/8.
USA
Fox News Parent Company News Corp Banking On Gay Marriage .
On Top Magazine. 7/8.
USA
Las Vegas Couple Start Greeting Card Company for LGBT Community.
Las Vegas Review-Journal. 7/8.
AUSTRALIA
Tasmanian ALP Supports Gay Marriage.
Sydney Morning Herald. 7/8.
SATURDAY AUGUST 6
NETHERLANDS
VIDEO: Recording of Amsterdam Gay Pride Boat Parade along the city's canals.
Commentary is in English.
AVRO. 6/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Lesbian Fears Deportation to Jamaica.
The Voice. 6/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
Alex Salmond Urged to Name Date for Same-Sex Marriage Debate.
The Scotsman. 6/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
Chess Row Over Gay Rights T-shirt.
The Guardian. 6/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Liverpool Pride Led by Murdered Michael Causer's Mother.
BBC News. 6/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
What I'm Really Thinking: The Gay Dad.
The Guardian. See also
Aberdeen Press and Journal. 6/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
Alan Hollinghurst: The Line of Beauty.
The Guardian. 6/8.
IRELAND
Trevor Butterworth: Ireland’s Big Gay Presidential Farce.
Forbes (USA). 6/8.
NETHERLANDS
One Voice, Many Stories. Merijn Vāsavi Hattink writes about Amsterdam Gay Pride.
Radio Netherlands. 6/8.
SWEDEN
Tens of Thousands March in Stockholm's Pride Parade.
France 24 News (France). 6/8.
USA
Activist to NPR: There's No Such Thing as an Ex-Gay.
The Advocate. 6/8.
USA
Tracy Baim: The Many Faces of Rupert Murdoch's Business Empire.
Huffington Post. 6/8.
USA
Comparing Civil Rights and Gay Rights Struggles (photogallery).
USA Today. 6/8.
MALAWI
Gays in Malawi Stay Underground Amid Persecution.
France 24 News. 6/8.
AUSTRALIA
Victory for Gay Couples as Census Finally Recognises Same-Sex Marriages.
Sydney Morning Herald. 6/8.
FRIDAY AUGUST 5
UNITED KINGDOM/CAMEROON
Gay Cameroonian Facing Removal Tomorrow From UK.
LGBT Asylum News. 5/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
Detention Centre Deaths Spark Police Investigations.
The Guardian. 5/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
Patrick Barkham: The Asylum Seekers Facing a Kafkaesque Legal Nightmare.
The Guardian. 5/8.
USA
Obama Bars U.S. Entry for Violators of LGBT Human Rights Abroad.
Washington Blade. 5/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
Minister Says Gay Ordination Row Hides Deeper Rifts in Kirk.
The Herald. 5/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
Opposition Grows Over Nationalist MSP's Stance on Same-Sex Marriage.
The Scotsman. 5/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
Gaelic Gay Posters Released by Stonewall Scotland.
BBC Scotland News. 5/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
MP in Gay Row: Support for Christians Sparks Anger.
Dartmouth Today. 5/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Audio. Voices from the Old Bailey: Sexual Subcultures. Amanda Vickery uses court cases to explore the lives of gay men and cross-dressers in the 18th
century. Lesbians did not appear in court as lesbianism was not against the law.
BBC Radio 4. 5/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (NORTHERN IRELAND)
We Must All Unite to Fight Homophobic Bigots. Letter to the Editor from jerry Carroll.
Belfast Telegraph. 5/8.
IRELAND
Norris Would Still Have Had Support in Presidential Race - Survey.
Irish Examiner. 5/8.
NORWAY/USA
God Hates Fags To Picket Funerals Of Oslo Shooter Victims.
New Civil Rights Movement (USA). 5/8.
NORWAY/USA
Could Norway Lock Up the Westboro Crazies?.
New York Magazine (USA). 5/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
Homophobic Preachers to Protest at Aberdeen Church.
Aberdeen Evening Express. 5/8.
NETHERLANDS
Officials Lose Jobs for Refusing to Wed Gays.
Radio Netherlands. 5/8.
NETHERLANDS
Zero Tolerance During Gay Pride.
Dutch News. 5/8.
NETHERLANDS
Haarlem Lesbian Couple Received Death Threats.
Expatica. 5/8.
ICELAND
Reykjavík Gay Pride Weekend Kicks Off.
Iceland Review. 5/8.
CZECH REPUBLIC
In Transit: Gay Pride Festival Comes to Prague.
New York Times (USA). 5/8.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Czech President Defends Deputy Over Gay Remarks.
Huffington Post (USA). 5/8.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Czech Social Democrats Want Klaus to Distance Himself from Aide.
Czech Happenings. 5/8.
USA
5 Lesbians Attacked; Police Refuse To Take Report At Scene.
Washington Blade. 5/8.
USA
Nicole Brodeur: Suquamish Land, Where Gay Marriage Is Welcome.
Seattle Times. 5/8.
USA
Potential Jurors Shouldn't Be Dismissed for Being Gay, Court Told.
Los Angeles Times. 5/8.
USA
Once Homeless, Gay Youth Is College Bound.
Washington Blade. 5/8.
USA
Matthew Guenther: Support the LGBT Curriculum Law.
Bakersfield Californian. 5/8.
USA
Editorial: Gutless 'Neutrality' on GLBT Issues.
Minneapolis Star Tribune. 5/8.
USA
State Sees Surge in Gay Couples, Especially Outside Seattle.
Seattle Times. 5/8.
THURSDAY AUGUST 4
GERMANY
Rudolf Brazda, Last Surviving Victim Of Nazi Persecution Of Homosexuals, Die .
Huffington Post (USA). 4/8.
GERMANY
Obiturary: Rudolf Brazda.
Daily Telegraph. 4/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Liverpool Council Recommended to Make City’s Gay Village ‘Official’.
Liverpool Echo. 4/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Support Group for Gay Community Gears Up for Resort Event.
Grimsby Telegraph. 4/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
Inverness Should Get Some Gay Pride!.
Highland News. 4/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
Nationalist MSP in Row Over Freedom of Beliefs.
The Scotsman. 4/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
Musical About Ulster's Gay Rugby Team Opens in Edinburgh.
BBC Northern Ireland News. 4/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
Rosie Wilby: It's Hard for Comics to Come Out.
The Guardian. 4/8.
NETHERLANDS
Bollywood Star Wanted for Hindustani Gay Boat.
Radio Netherlands. 4/8.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Czech President's Aide Condemns Prague Gay Festival.
Czech Happenings. 4/8.
GERMANY
Travel: 100 Naked Boys Dancing in a Frankfurt Basement? Go On Then.
Gay Times (UK). 4/8.
ICELAND
Iceland’s Own Ellen Degeneres Is from Germany.
Ice News. 4/8.
SWEDEN
Stockholm Pride-Goers Plan Record-Breaking Video Stream.
Pink Paper (UK). 4/8.
SWEDEN
Insemination Rules Draw Fire.
Radio Sweden. 4/8.
USA
Citing New Research, Psychology Group Supports Gay Marriage.
USA Today. 4/8.
USA
Bucks: Tax Changes for Gay Married New Yorkers.
New York Times. 4/8.
USA
Mass Walk-Out at Trans Woman’s Funeral.
Washington Blade. 4/8.
USA
New H.I.V. Cases Steady Despite Better Treatment.
New York Times. 4/8.
USA
Young Gay Men Who Use Meth May Risk HIV.
Reuters (UK). 4/8.
USA
HIV Incidence Stable Nationally, but Rising Steadily Among Young Gay Blacks.
Washington Post. 4/8.
USA
Trial Begins of McDonalds Transgender Attacker.
Bent News (UK). 4/8.
USA
Wheaton College Is Nation's Least LGBT-Friendly School, for Second Time in Three Years.
Huffington Post. 4/8.
USA
Extra Police Guarding Against Assaults on Gay Men in Long Beach.
NBC News Los Angeles. See also
Los Angeles Times. 4/8.
USA
Vote Away the Gay.
Sacremento News & Review. 4/8.
USA
Debt Deal Could Jeopardize HIV/AIDS Funds.
Washington Blade. 4/8.
USA
Teacher Says Calif Gay Teen Killed by Classmate Escalated Classroom Disruptions.
Washington Post. 4/8.
USA
News Corp. Hates…Loves Gay Marriage.
New York Gay City News. 4/8.
USA
Same-Sex Households Skyrocket in Illinois.
Chicago Tribune. 4/8.
USA
With Rally, Christian Group Asserts Its Presence in ’12 Race.
New York Times. 4/8.
USA
North Carolina Gay Marriage Ban Amendment To Be Considered In Special Session.
On Top Magazine. 4/8.
CANADA
Liberals’ No-Show at Pride Parade Baffles.
Vancouver Sun. 4/8.
COLOMBIA
Colombian Political Parties Define Their Stances on Gay Rights.
Colombia Reports. 4/8.
AFRICA
Africa: The Crazy Things They Say: Politicians and HIV.
Reuters AlertNet. 4/8.
MALAWI
Malawi Gays Stay Underground.
Radio Netherlands. 4/8.
GHANA
Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe: Will Ghana Become Another Uganda or Iran? – Part 3.
Ghana Web. 4/8.
IRAN
1 Out of 3 Young Iranian Men “Gay”?.
Discover Magazine (USA). 4/8.
INDIA
DU Not Gay-Friendly?.
Hindustan Times. 4/8.
INDIA
On IIT-B Campus, You Can Be Gay and Happy.
Times of India. 4/8.
AUSTRALIA
Marriage Amendment Act Turns Seven.
Blaze. 4/8.
AUSTRALIA
Nod to Gay Pairs at School Balls.
West Australian. 4/8.
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 3
IRELAND
Áras Contest Open After Senator's Dignified Exit. See also
Bent News (UK)
Irish Times. 3/8.
MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA
HIV Epidemics Emerging in Middle East, North Africa - Study.
Reuters (UK). 3/8.
MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA
Mideast HIV Epidemic Emerges as Sex Between Men Fuels Spread, Study Finds.
Bloomberg (USA). 3/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Vigil for Murdered Gay Teenager Michael Causer.
Liverpool Echo. 3/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
A Look at Gay Adoption.
So So Gay. 3/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Mayor to Lead Gay Pride Parade.
Swindon Advertiser. 3/8.
MALTA
US Embassy and Malta Gay Rights Movement Semina.
Malta Independent. 3/8.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Over 1,180 Same-Sex Couples Enter Partnership Since 2006.
Prague Daily Monitor. 3/8.
SWEDEN
Swedish Lesbians More Keen to Wed: Study.
The Local. 3/8.
NORWAY
Roz Kaveney: Lesbian Couple Deserve Their Place in Norway's Heroic Narrative.
The Guardian (UK). 3/8.
BRAZIL
Sao Paulo Council Approves Heterosexual Pride Day.
Huffington Post (USA). 3/8.
USA
Indian Tribe In Wash. Approves Same-Sex Marriage.
National Public Radio. 3/8.
USA
Mark Morford: The Gay Agenda Will See You Now.
San Francisco Chronicle. 3/8.
USA
Rep. Allen West's Wife Joins Husband In Attacking Gays.
New Civil Rights Movement. 3/8.
USA
S.C. Newspaper's Gay Interracial Wedding Announcement.
The Advocate. 3/8.
CHINA
Gay Club May Close Over Sex Claims.
Shanghi Daily. 3/8.
TUESDAY AUGUST 2
IRELAND
David Norris Quits Presidency Race.
The Herald. 2/8.
IRELAND
David Norris Campaign Was a Political Phenomenon.
The Guardian (UK). 2/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
Peter Tatchell: Equal Love – The Law Should Recognise Gay Marriage and Same-Sex Civil Partnerships .
Left Foot Forward. 2/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Conservative MP Supports Tatchell's Equal Love Campaign.
Pink Paper. 2/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Countdown to This Year’s Liverpool Gay Pride Festival.
Liverpool Echo. 2/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Author Has Had ‘Amazing’ Response to Book About Former Norwich City Star Justin Fashanu.
Norwich Evening News. 2/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
80 Gays Around The World.
So So Gay. 2/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (NORTHERN IRELAND)
Calls For Apology After 'Offensive' Pride Placard.
UTV News. 2/8.
IRELAND
Fionnan Sheahan: Senator About to Find Out Who His Real Friends Are.
Irish Independent. 2/8.
SWEDEN
'Pregnant Man' to Open Stockholm Pride. See also
The Local’s Quick Guide to Stockholm Pride 2011.
The Local. 2/8.
USA
Tracy Clark-Flory: Cuddling the Gay Away.
Salon. 2/8.
USA
Among Conservative Rabbis, a Wide Disagreement Over Same-Sex Marriage.
New York Times. 2/8.
USA
Journalists Honored for Work in Media, Activism.
The Advocate. 2/8.
USA
Miami Beach Pays Gay Tourist $75,000 to Settle False Arrest Case.
Miami Herald. 2/8.
USA
Syphilis up Among Minority Gay, Bisexual Men.
Reuters (UK). 2/8.
USA
10 Books Every LGBT Parent Should Read.
Bay Windows. 2/8.
USA
Zack Ford: NPR Misrepresents Ex-Gay Therapy as ‘Controversial’ and Still up for ‘Debate’.
Think Progress. 2/8.
USA
Andrew Sulliwan: Do Real Ex-Gays Exist?.
Daily Beast. 2/8.
JAMAICA
Jamaica Calls for 'Unconditional Love' of Gay Citizens.
Passport Magazine (USA). 2/8.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO/UGANDA
Male Sexual Abuse Survivors Living on the Margins.
IRIN News (United Nations). 2/8.
GHANA
Sodzi Sodzi-Tettey: Interview With Gay Sex Worker. Sodzi Sodzi-Tettey is an activist writer, a leader and a public health physician. He is also General
Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association.
Ghana Web. 2/8.
GHANA
New CHRAJ Boss Advocates Decriminalization of Homosexuality. See also:
CHASS: Same Sex Schools Not Breeding Grounds for Homosexuality.
Ghana Web. 2/8.
AUSTRALIA
Support Mushrooms for Schoolgirl Gay Rights Group.
The Australian. 2/8.
AUSTRALIA
Backlash Over MP's Stand Against Gay Marriage.
Sydney Morning Herald. 2/8.
AUSTRALIA
Gay Athletes Spread the Word.
Sydney Star Observer. 2/8.
MONDAY AUGUST 1
UNITED KINGDOM (NORTHERN IRELAND)
Rainbow Warriors Take Pride of Place at Belfast Parade.
Belfast Telegraph. 1/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (NORTHERN IRELAND)
Presbyterian Church Minister Defends Anti-Gay Protest at Belfast Pride.
Pink Paper. 1/8.
UNITED KINGDOM
Alex Ross: Deceptive Picture: How Oscar Wilde Painted Over “Dorian Gray”.
New Yorker (USA). 1/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Homotopia Awarded Funding After Filing Arts Council England Complaint.
Pink Paper. 1/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
MSYPs Back Same-Sex Marriage.
The Scotsman. 1/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies on His 40-Year Love Affair With the Orkney Islands. [Note that The Herald now requires FREE registration to view articles]
The Herald. 1/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Man Responsible For Anti-Gay Stickers Convicted of Painting Burkas Over Women in Lynx Adverts.
Pink News. 1/8.
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Thousands Enjoy the Huddersfield Pink Picnic in South Crosland.
Huddersfield Examiner. 1/8.
IRELAND
David Norris's Irish Presidency Chances Marred by Mercy Letter.
The Guardian (UK). 1/8.
GERMANY
Germany Celebrates 10 Years Since Same-Sex Union Law.
Deutsche Welle News. 1/8.
GERMANY
Conservatives Rule Out Legalising Gay Marriage.
The Local. 1/8.
SWEDEN
Stockholm Ranked High in Gay-Friendliness.
Stockholm News. 1/8.
SWEDEN
Sweden Supports Churches with Anti-Gay Views: Report.
The Local. 1/8.
USA
IRS Revokes Tax-Exempt Status Of Anti-Gay Hate Group.
New Civil Rights Movement. 1/8.
USA
Miami Vice: The Catholic Church’s Secret Gay Cabal.
Gawker. 1/8.
USA
Editorial: It's Getting Better.
New York Times. 1/8.
USA
Being Gay in Charleston: Socially, Legally and Religiously, Attitudes Are Changing, but Homosexuality Is Still Very Much a Minority Lifestyle. See also
Couple Note Gains, Frustrations.
Charleston Post and Courier. 1/8.
USA
Can Therapy Help Change Sexual Orientation?. [Includes link to audio report from the Morning Edition programme]
National Public Radio. 1/8.
USA
Study Examines Experiences of Gay Mormons, Life in the Shadows, Fear of Expulsion.
Washington Post. 1/8.
USA
Transgender Housekeeper Fired After Background Check.
The Advocate. 1/8.
USA
Gay Marriage: Awkward Issue for Some GOP Hopefuls.
Boston Globe. 1/8.
CANADA
Vancouver Pride Parade 2011 Takes to the Streets of the West End.
Vancouver Sun. 1/8.
CANADA
Todd Pettigrew: Don't Bash Pride Parades.
Macleans. 1/8.
GHANA
Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., PhD: Terror Watch: Will Ghana Become another Uganda or Iran? – Part 2.
Modern Ghana. 1/8.
GHANA
Analysis: Understanding the Drivers of Homophobia in Ghana.
IRIN Plus News (United Nations). 1/8.
GHANA
Abdul Musah Sidibe: War on Homosexuals in Ghana.
Ghana Web. 1/8.
UGANDA
In Uganda, Suspicious 'Burglary' at LGBT Group.
LGBT Asylum News (UK). 1/8.
PAKISTAN
It’s Not Easy Being Gay.
Express Tribune. 1/8.
ISRAEL
Two Years After Still-Unsolved Murder,Tel Aviv's GLBT Club in Dire Financial Straits.
Ha'aretz Daily News. 1/8.
AUSTRALIA
Parents Want Anti-Homophobia Programs in Schools.
SX News. 1/8.
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