Archive for September, 2009
Larry Kramer’s Remarks At Dallas Gay Pride Event
LARRY KRAMER'S REMARKS AT DALLAS GAY PRIDE CELEBRATION, SUNDAY, SEPT. 20, 2009 We must never forget that everything we have won can very quickly be taken away from us. We have seen this time and again. Presidents come and go ignoring us. This president is no different. Once again he is not doing it for us and once again we are letting him get [...]
Eleven tips to stay safe online and protect your privacy
While Americans have been using the Internet for about 20 years, it can still feel like the wild, wild West. Despite many technological advances that reduce the risk of your identity being stolen, becoming the victim of an Internet scam or having your privacy invaded by others on the Internet still occurs all too often. And, as a number of recent [...]
Uruguay OKs Gay Adoption
Uruguay reportedly became the first country in Latin America to allow gay adoption Sept. 9 when the Chamber of Senators passed a bill that previously had passed the Chamber of Deputies. President Tabaré Vázquez indicated he will sign the bill into law. Questions have been raised, however, about a confusing provision in the bill that [...]
How healthy is your brain?
What are the secrets to maintaining a healthy brain? According to a first-of-its-kind index, it may depend on where you live. If you live in the District of Columbia, you can consider yourself among the healthiest brains in America, according to the first comprehensive state-by-state measure of the nation’s brain health. The life’sDHA Index [...]
British Consul Murdered in Jamaica
The honorary British consul in Montego Bay, Jamaica, was strangled in his home Sept. 9 in a possibly homophobic attack. John Terry's nude and beaten body was found with a handwritten note calling him a "batty man," which means "faggot." Police believe Terry knew his killer. Honorary consuls are volunteers who represent the British [...]
Neil Tennant to the D.C. mag Metro Weekly
"I decided to come out publicly (15 years ago) because I was talking to a new (British) gay magazine, Attitude, which had just started publishing. It seemed a bit ridiculous to talk to them and not say I was gay. It wasn't a really big deal for me. But I had never discussed it with my parents at that age. I was 40 years old at this point. So it [...]
British Prime Minister Apologizes to Alan Turing
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown apologized to Alan Turing on Sept. 11 after 31,564 people signed a petition on Brown's Web site asking him to do so. Turing -- the openly gay founder of modern computing who cracked key Nazi military codes during World War II -- was prosecuted in 1952 for the crime of engaging in gay sex and was chemically [...]
Atlanta Eagle Raided
Police raided the Atlanta Eagle bar on Sept. 10 and arrested eight employees and underwear-clad dancers for allegedly providing adult entertainment without having the proper permit. The police also forced some 60 people facedown on the floor and kept them there while they were searched and their IDs were checked. "For up to two hours, some [...]
American Labor Movement Calls for Full Inclusion of LGBT Workers
If there were any doubts that the American labor movement stands strongly in favor of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights, they were set to rest the minute former United Mine Workers president Richard L. Trumka took the podium last Wednesday as the newly elected President of the AFL-CIO. Speaking at the labor federation’s [...]
Sandra Bernhard to San Diego’s Gay & Lesbian Times
"Even when I'm busy, I run to the computer during the day and try to remind people (through Twitter) of little things and ideas. It's a nice creative outlet." --Lesbian comedian and actress Sandra Bernhard to San Diego's Gay & Lesbian Times, Aug 27. By Rex Wockner
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