State Supreme Court Rejoins Prop. 8 Battle (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/19/BAJC147QAJ.
Many With HIV Unaware (http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/781259.html)
In 2006, nearly 25 percent of the 60,000-plus Americans who had newly contracted the HIV virus were not aware of it, and thus weren't getting treatment or protecting their sexual partners.
Real Estate Role Reversal:
With a Reverse Mortgage,
the Lender Pays the Homeowner
Reverse mortgages - which are a specialized type of home equity loan available to Americans age 62 or older - offer the homeowner a chance to get paid by the mortgage company, instead of the other way around.
California Supreme Court to Consider
Gay Marriage Ban (Proposition 8)
The Supreme Court of California has agreed to rule on whether Proposition 8 -- the ballot initiative voters passed to ban same-sex marriage in California -- will be allowed to stand.
Today is the 10th Annual
Transgender Day of Remembrance
Today, Equality Florida honored the 10th Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance.
Standing Firm, Moving Forward (http://nationalgaynews.com/content/view/4264/173/)
By Rea Carey,
Executive Director
This last weekend, the nation witnessed an outpouring of emotion and determination from lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the wake of both a historic and painful Election Day.
Prominent Lesbian Blogger
Launches Talk Radio Show
Genia Stevens, editor of the 6-yr-old lesbian blog SistersTalk, announces the launch of SistersTalk Radio - a weekly radio show hosted at BlogTalkRadio.
Thursday’s Tenth Annual Tribute To Our Dead (http://nationalgaynews.com/content/view/4262/175/)
By Jacob Anderson-Minshall
This weekend, as people filled streets across America to protest the passage of numerous anti-gay marriage measures, one could easily conclude that the ban on same-sex marriages is currently the single greatest affront to LGBT civil liberties.
Gay-Marriage Ban
Sparks Rights Rally
More than 1,500 people in Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale joined voices across the nation in protest, declaring the fight for same-sex marriage was not over.
Wanda Sykes Says She's 'Proud to be Gay' (http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-11-16-sykes_N.htm)
Comedian Wanda Sykes says the passage of a same-sex marriage ban in California has led to her be more outspoken about being gay.
Read More... (http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/highered/sfl-flpgayrights1116pnnov16,0,5052426.
Protesters in Lake Worth Call
Gay-Marriage Ban Setback for Civil Rights
Gay, straight, black, white: Marriage is a civil right, chanted hundreds of people on the corner of Lucerne Avenue and Dixie Highway.
Read More... (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081115/ap_on_re_us/gay_marriage)
Shame on 2” Protest (http://nationalgaynews.com/content/view/4256/173/)
November 15, 2008 at 1:30pm
Fort Lauderdale LGBT Community Holds “Shame on 2” Protest Community and its Allies come together to join the National Day of Protest.
Doctors Say Marrow
Transplant May Have Cured AIDS
An American man who suffered from AIDS appears to have been cured of the disease 20 months after receiving a targeted bone marrow transplant normally used to fight leukemia, his doctors said.
Read More... (http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2008/11/dillard-high-st.html)
Read More... (http://lezgetreal.com/2008/11/amendment-2-passes-florida-remains.html)
Mark Foley Breaks Silence,
Won't Accept Full Blame in Page Scandal
Mark Foley tells the AP he's trying to find his way back in the wake of the underage page scandal that forced his resignation from Congress in September 2006:
Foley insists he did nothing illegal and never had sexual contact with teens, just inappropriate Internet conversations.
Start Making Cents:
Trans-specific Financial Advice
Jacob Anderson-Minshall
“Unfortunately, transgender people end up at the very bottom of the financial totem pole, simply because we are who we are,” contends QueerCents’ new financial consultant, Ashley A.
Read More... (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081112/ap_on_re_us/gay_marriage)