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Compiled By Jack Nichols Tammy Faye's July 6th Keynote
Tammy Faye Messner, one half of the team that built the world's
largest television ministry, will deliver the keynote address at the Meet The
Stars Reception and Community Awards Ceremony during PrideFest Tampa Bay…
Messner has reached icon status in the gay community for her trademark eyelashes and
unique, down-to-earth personality. She was one of the first religious leaders
to embrace gays and lesbians and those suffering from HIV disease. Her Eyes
documentary includes a scene where Messner tearfully asked viewers how "as
good Christians," they could turn their backs on AIDS patients.
Pride Tampa Bay-Press Release, June 30 www.pridetampabay.com My Own Son in the Same Bathroom? I don't think this is about civil rights…What about the rights of a father like myself, when I'm in a restaurant with my son and he wants to go to the mens' room and someone walks in with long hair, a moustache and a dress?…Ask yourself if your constituents would want you to vote for this. Joseph Polisena- (Rhode Island State Senator)--" Mandatory overtime bill supporters duel late into night"-- Pawtucket Times, June 29 The transgender civil rights bill passed in the Rhode Island Senate Is This Islam?
Dean E. Murphy-"Muslim Cleric Calls for Deat of Author Who Wrote on Islam"- New York Times, June 30 Is This Christianity? Anti-gay activists say they have collected about 53,000 signatures in their drive to repeal Maryland's new gay rights law, enough to force state officials to put the question before voters next fall if the signatures are verified by the state Board of Elections. Lori Montgomery-" Foes of Md. Gay Rights Law Could Force Referendum"- Washington Post, June 30 Republican Healthcare=Death
Right now, President Bush and Republican Congressional leaders are applying enormous pressure to reform-minded GOP moderates. They are writing sham bills that have no teeth and will do nothing so much as kill the cause of real reform in the Congress. And they are plotting to use a variety of legislative tactics - breaking Patients' Bill of Rights into three pieces, for example - to stop reform.
Representative Richard A. Gephardt-"GOP Readies Assault on Patients' Bill, in the House"-statement June 30 Hairdresser Goes Hip Hop It comes as no shock, then, that not a single openly gay hip-hop artist has ever gathered a significant national following. But Caushun, a 23-year old former celebrity hairstylist from Brooklyn, N.Y., hopes to change that. With his humor, charisma and a crucial boost from his industry-insider pals -- songwriter-producer Ivan Matias among them -- Caushun is gunning to become hip-hop's first gay mainstream star. He's just halfway through recording his first album, Proceed With Caushun, but his unusual perspective has drawn the attention of several major labels. Newsweek Web Exclusive--"Is Hip-Hop Ready For A Gay Rapper?"-June 29 Gay Dad in Godass
Starting July 1 Showtime premieres writer/director Esther Bell's
award-winning digital feature Godass this July on their groundbreaking new
channel Sho Next and will follow in August with extended showings on the
Sundance Channel. A digital feature infused with a classic punk spirit,
Godass is a dark coming-of-age comedy about how having a gay father can be
the least of a punk girl's problems.
Showtime Gets Gritty with Godass--www.godass.com Hey, Justice Kirby, It's a Taboo, Not a Gene! Society could eliminate homosexuality and other characteristics that are merely different if genetic science went unchecked, High Court judge Michael Kirby has warned…Justice Kirby, a human rights campaigner who revealed his own homosexuality two years ago, fears parents could ultimately engineer the sexuality of their children… "Given that most parents are heterosexual, few might actually feel a strong desire to have a child who was a homosexual," Justice Kirby told the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences. Andrew West-" Kirby fears sexual engineering" Sydney Sunday Sun-Herald, July 1 Who is Watching the Polls Now? Stung by recent polls showing that President Bush's popularity is slipping, top Republican Party officials insisted today that the president was in fine shape politically. They said that given the closeness of the election last year no one should expect Mr. Bush to be wildly popular. Richard L. Berke-"G.O.P. Defends Bush in Face of Dip in Poll Ratings"-New York Times, June 29 An Idiot in the White House
Ari Fleischer-George W.Bush's Press Secretary-June 29-Referring to the U.S. Surgeon General Satcher's sane report on public school sex-education programs. |
A radical Muslim cleric in Jordan has issued a religious opinion that advocates the
death of a Muslim scholar in the United States in punishment for a book he wrote
about Islam...The book, Children of Abraham…was reported to be offensive for
"distorting Islam" by focusing too much on issues like female circumcision, the
relationship between men and women, whether Ramadan observances decreased
productivity and whether head scarves contributed to marital infidelity.
The president understands the report was issued by a surgeon general that
he did not appoint, a surgeon general who was appointed by the previous
administration. The president continues to believe that abstinence and abstinence education is the most effective way to prevent AIDS, to prevent unwanted pregnancy.''
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