Archive for August, 2009
Sen. Ted Kennedy dies
U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., whose championing of gay causes was unrivaled in Congress, died Aug. 25 of brain cancer. He was 77. "The nation has lost its greatest champion and strongest voice for justice, fairness and compassion," said Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese. "The loss to our community is immeasurable. There was no [...]
Sandra Bernhard Interview
Big-mouthed comedian Sandra Bernhard has tackled a lot in her 30-year career. Now it’s time for global domination. Sandra Bernhard, who’s been targeting celebrity culture and politics with a biting snap for over 30 years, always puts it all out there. We mean that in every which way – remember the nude 1992 Playboy pictorial? Now she has [...]
Herkimer Co. School District Agrees to Measures to Protect Gay Youth from Harassment
A week after the New York Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit against the Mohawk Central School District in Herkimer County for failing to protect a gay student who does not conform to masculine stereotypes from vicious and relentless harassment, threats and physical abuse at school, the district has agreed to take immediate action aimed [...]
ACLU Urges Court To Affirm Ruling Striking Law Barring Gays From Adopting
The American Civil Liberties Union appeared before a Florida appellate court today to urge the court to let stand an earlier ruling striking down Florida’s law barring lesbians and gay men from adopting. “Florida’s law unconstitutionally singles out gay people and the children in their care for unequal treatment, denying many [...]
Jackman sings for his suckers
Hugh Jackman has sung and danced on Broadway and on TV award shows, but soon he"ll do it on the big screen. The Greatest Showman on Earth tells the story of legendary circus promoter P.T. Barnum, focusing on both his life in the spotlight and his infatuation with performer Jenny Lind, “the Swedish Nightingale.” The life of the man who once [...]
Anchorage mayor vetoes gay rights law
Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan on Aug. 17 vetoed a gay rights bill that had passed the Anchorage Assembly (city council) 7-4. "My review shows that there is clearly a lack of quantifiable evidence necessitating this ordinance," Sullivan said. "My review also shows that the vast majority of those who communicated their position on the ordinance [...]
HRW reports hundreds of anti-gay murders in Iraq
Iraqi militias are torturing and murdering men suspected of engaging in gay sex or of not being manly enough, and the authorities have done nothing to stop the killings, Human Rights Watch confirmed Aug. 17. The organization documented a campaign of extrajudicial executions, kidnappings and torture that began early this year in the Baghdad [...]
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