Archive for August, 2009
HHS – Intent to Appoint Dr. Helene Gayle, Chair of Presidential HIV/AIDS Council
HHS Secretary Sebelius Announces Intent to Appoint Dr. Helene Gayle as Chair of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS at 2009 National HIV Prevention Conference Today, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced her intent to appoint Helene Gayle, MD, MPH to serve as the Chair of the Presidential Advisory Council [...]
Creep of the Week: Tennessee Sen. Paul Stanley
I've come to a conclusion: Sanctimonious anti-gay politicians are more likely to be hypocritical adulterous pricks than other segments of the population. Granted, I have no scientific evidence to back me up. It’s just a hunch. A hunch that is made stronger every time I read the news. My theory is that it takes the same lack of conscience [...]
Many Israelis think homosexuality is perverse
A Haaretz-Dialog poll has found that 46 percent of Israelis "see homosexuality as a perversion." Forty-two percent don't see it that way and 12 percent don't know what they think, the Haaretz newspaper reported Aug. 6. Ultra-Orthodox respondents were most likely to label homosexuality a perversion (71 percent) and secular people [...]
Disco Gets R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Thirty years after the "death"of disco, 1970's dance music has made a comeback. Gay author John-Manuel Andriote, who followed his "serious" history of AIDS (Victory Deferred) with the more cheerful (and readable) Hot Stuff: A Brief History of Disco, called disco "the Hot New-Old Thing....Almost everywhere you looked [...]
NYCLU Sues Herkimer Co. School District for Failing to Protect Gay Youth from Harassment
The New York Civil Liberties Union has 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, physical abuse and threats of violence. Over the past two school years, Jacob, a 14-year-old [...]
Fewer UK gays and lesbians tie the knot in 2008
Same-sex couples formed 7,169 civil partnerships -- 3,824 male and 3,345 female -- in the United Kingdom in 2008, a decline of 18 percent compared with 2007, the Office for National Statistics reports. There were 180 civil-partnership dissolutions in 2008 -- 64 between males and 116 between females. The number of civil partnerships fell by [...]
Croatia condemned for homophobic textbooks
The European Committee of Social Rights, which monitors compliance with the Council of Europe's European Social Charter, ruled Aug. 11 that Croatia's sex-education curriculum discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation. The committee said parts of the curriculum "stigmatize homosexuals and are based upon negative, distorted, reprehensible [...]
Beat economy-induced stress with massage therapists' secrets
Your shoulders are tight, your head throbs, your heart pounds and you don't recall the last night you slept peacefully. Whether it's because your 401(k) statement just arrived or your teenager announced she needs an entire new wardrobe before heading back to school, you – like millions of other Americans these days – are probably [...]
Cybercrime victim? 3 telltale signs and what to do
Nearly 10 million people in the United States were victims of identity fraud last year and, over the past two years alone, Americans have lost $8.5 billion to online con artists. When online criminals are so convincing, how do you avoid becoming a victim? And how do you know if you’ve already become a victim of a cybercrime and know where to go [...]
Anchorage bans anti-gay discrimination
The Anchorage Assembly (city council) voted 7-4 on Aug. 11 to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The law applies in employment, housing, public accommodations and credit, with certain exemptions for religious groups and churches. At press time, it was unclear whether Mayor Dan Sullivan would veto the measure. [...]
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