Source: KARE TV , Los Angeles Times St. Paul, Minn. -- Gays and lesbians had a big impact a week ago at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, which included nearly 400 GLBT delegates.
Source: Belfast Telegraph , BBC News Less than a year after the team was formed, Ulster Titans headed to the Bingham Cup, the world championship for gay-friendly rugby teams.
-- Thousands of people are expected to descend on Cardiff, Wales this weekend for a gay pride festival that earlier this year looked like it would never happen.
Source: Western Mail , Times (London) , Bexley Times , A spokesman for the Church of Wales has attempted to quiet speculation that an openly gay celibate priest will be appointed bishop next month, but despite the denials, Dr Jeffrey John is widely expected to be nominated for ordination as a Bishop of Bangor next week.
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune , Minnesota Public Radio With several hundred delegates, media, and LGBT activists in Denver for the Democratic National Convention, we tended to hear about them in groups.
Source: Missoulian , KPAX TV Missoula, Mont. -- What started more than a year ago as a small effort to address hate crimes with a few hundred dollars worth of posters has blossomed into a well-funded plan announced at a news conference Tuesday at Missoula City Hall.
-- Time takes a look at what the GOP talking points claim is the primary qualification of their veep candidate, Sarah Palin : that she's been an executive.
Source: KSTP TV , ABC News (US), Minneapolis Star Tribune , Rainbow Network The Virginia delegation canceled their order of The Rake magazine's Secrets of the City guide because it includes a section for gays and lesbians.
-- A Framington, Mass. man charged with a hate crime attack against three men and a woman in South Boston was freed on $10,000 bail and given a 10 pm curfew after pleading not guilty Tuesday.
Source: Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin , Albany Times Union , Reuters NY marriage rulings New York -- A state trial court judge today tossed out a suit challenging New York Gov.
Source: Reuters , CQ Politics ST. PAUL -- Log Cabin Republicans, a group representing gay Republicans, endorsed Arizona Sen.
Seattle -- Seven Washington-based companies garnered perfect scores on the 2009 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) compiled annually by Human Rights Campaign .
Seven out of ten heterosexual adults (71%) think that job performance should be the standard for judging an employee, not whether or not they are transgender.
-- Granting legal status to lesbian or gay couples may contribute to more stable relationships, a study indicates .
Source: Daily Mail (London) , Lebanon Daily Star (AFP) , 7Days (Dubai) , Associated Press A Lebanese woman and her female Bulgarian companion have been jailed for a month for kissing and fondling each other and engaging in "indecent acts" on a public beach in Dubai, the media reported on Sunday.
-- World OutGames 2009 will be held from July 25 to August 2, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Organizers are offering a limited time deal on fees for both participants and visitors.
Source: Religious Intelligence A conservative American bishop who is an official of the conservative, schismatic American Anglican Council (AAC) has alleged that the Archbishop of Wales, Barry Morgan, hopes to appoint the first out gay bishop in the UK.
-- The Sunday parade that's usually a highlight of the Southern Decadence Festival in New Orleans was canceled by organizers at the insistence Mayor Ray Nagan and the police department in advance of Hurricane Gustav's expected arrival Monday morning.
Source: Jacksonville Daily News The sister of a man who was killed in a Jacksonville, NC motel room in May, 1992 is finally talking talking to the media about an aspect of her brother's life that their family hid from police at the time of his death.
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