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Weekend Music Video: It Goes and Comes Around
Gay News Bits 4 hours agoThis weekend’s featured music video is from Mark Ruebery’s new album ‘Because of You’.
Censorship of Queer Youth at Manchester Pride
Gay News Bits 5 hours agoHere’s a story that’s starting to make the rounds: Censorship at Manchester Pride.
The basic controversy: Manchester Pride’s festival director attempted to confiscate “Pride Not Profit” signs at the start of city’s annual gay pride parade from a group called Queer Youth.
Study Reveals Gap in HIV Testing Knowledge Among College Students
Gay News Bits 18 hours agoAthens, Ga. – Most college students understand how they can prevent the transmission of HIV but are less knowledgeable about HIV testing, according to a new University of Georgia study.
IN THE LIFE Remembers Pioneer Del Martin in its October Season Premier, ‘Civil Rites & Civil Rights’
Gay News Bits 19 hours agoIN THE LIFE’s Scott Miller sent out an email this week saying: “It’s with sadness and in that vein that I’m writing, both, to share with you (if you don’t already know) that longtime LGBT civil rights activist and pioneer Del Martin died [Wednesday morning], and that IN THE LIFE is privileged to be airing [.
Pioneering LGBT Activist Del Martin Mourned
Gay News Bits 19 hours agoPioneering LGBT Activist Del Martin, who married Phyllis Lyon, her partner of 55 years, in June on the first day same-sex couples in California gained that right, died Wednesday at the age of 87.
Iowa’s Married Same-Sex Couple Celebrates First Year of Marriage
Gay News Bits 20 hours ago(Des Moines, Iowa) — August 31st 2008 will mark the one year anniversary of the first marriage of a same-sex couple in Iowa after Lambda Legal’s victory in which a district court ruled that barring same-sex couples from marriage is unconstitutional.
The Ryan Skipper Documentary
Gay News Bits less than a day agoOn March 14, 2007, 25 year old Ryan Skipper of Polk County Florida was brutally murdered because he was gay.
Workplace Equality and the Fortune 500
Gay News Bits less than a day agoPHILADELPHIA, PA (PRNewswire-USNewswire) — Equality Forum, a national and international gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) civil rights organization, reported that 471 (94.
Jay Bakker and Religious Straight Americans Speak Up for Gay and Transgender Neighbors
Gay News Bits less than a day agoNew York, NY (PRWEB) — “Gay and transgender Americans are our neighbors” will be the simple message of faith leaders across the U.
Pro-LGBT Christians to Tackle Racism and Gender Identity Issues
Gay News Bits less than a day agoWASHINGTON, D.C. — Hundreds of pro-lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Christians will tackle issues of race, class, ability, age, gender identity and sexual orientation at the Many Stories, One Voice conference to take place in New Orleans, La.
Grant Funds Youth Enrichment Services for NYC Area Teens
Gay News Bits less than a day agoNEW YORK, N.Y. — The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center announced this week that they received a $25,000 grant from the New York Life Foundation.
How An Alcoholic ‘Christian’ Came to Terms With His Gayness
Gay News Bits 2 days agoA ‘Christian’ Alcoholic Comes to Terms With His Gayness by Becoming an International Fashion Model in the Newly Released Memoir ‘Falling Off the Catwalk‘…
LOS ANGELES, CA (PRNewswire) — In the mid 90s Robert has a seemingly ideal life: a secure corporate job, a string of pretty girlfriends, and a condo in a SoCal beach [.
Nearly Two-thirds of New York City’s Same-sex Couples Live Outside of Manhattan
Gay News Bits 3 days agoLos Angeles, CA — A new study published by UCLA’s Williams Institute analyzes data from Census 2000 and finds that there are nearly 26,000 same-sex couples in New York City, most of whom (62%) live outside of Manhattan.
AHF Blasts GlaxoSmithKline Print Ads That Promote Fear of HIV Treatment
Gay News Bits 3 days agoLOS ANGELES, CA (BUSINESS WIRE) — AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest non-profit AIDS healthcare provider in the United States and operator of free AIDS treatment clinics in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean and Asia, is blasting British multi-national drug giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for a recent series of direct-to-consumer print advertisements that, under the guise [.
Wacky Wednesday!
Gay News Bits 3 days agoIt’s Wednesday and I think I’ll start it off with something a little wacky… In fact I may even declare Wednesday’s to be ‘Wacky Wednesday’ at this site — maybe.
$1.2 Million Grant from Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund to Support pro-LGBT Faith Work
Gay News Bits 3 days agoWASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Foundation’s Institute for Welcoming Resources (IWR) and five partner organizations have been awarded a total of $1.
Blogging the DNC Convention 2008
Gay News Bits 3 days agoA couple of blogs of note that are blogging live at the 2008 DNC Convention this week:
The Advocate: Election 2008 Blog
From PNG News: Mile-high Political Views (this one’s supposed to be a coalition of gay newspapers who are involved but I only see the PNG team there.
Virginia Court Affirms Vermont’s Jurisdiction in Same-Sex Couple’s Interstate Custody Dispute
Gay News Bits 4 days agoFrederick County, VA – A state circuit court judge has rejected yet another attempt to overturn a Vermont custody order giving child visitation rights to a lesbian parent from a now-dissolved civil union.
2009 IGLFA Soccer World Championship to be Held in Washington, D.C.
Gay News Bits 4 days agoWASHINGTON, D.C. (PRNewswire-USNewswire) — The International Gay Lesbian Football Association (IGLFA) has awarded the Federal Triangles Soccer Club (FTSC) of Washington DC the 2009 Gay Soccer World Championships.
Architectural Illustrator Embraces True Passion as an Erotic Artist
Gay News Bits 4 days agoAfter 25 Years as a Professional Architectural Illustrator, Nancy Peach is Embracing Her True Passion as an Erotic Artist!
Nancy Peach is Embracing Her True Passion as an Erotic Artist.
