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Report: LGBT Africans are ‘collateral damage’ of US culture war exported by Right
Qnews Nov 18 09Graphic by BlackGayExpo.com
In Uganda, the country’s legislature is now considering a law—one that might pass this week—that would lead to life imprisonment for gay sex, and death for those having same-sex relations if they are HIV positive or have sex with someone under 18.
Item: Argentine gay couple to be married on Dec 1
Qnews Nov 18 09 ::: Alejandro Freyre, 39, and Jose Maria Di Bello, 41, will get married December 1 in the same Buenos Aires registry office where the couple was refused a marriage license in April, AFP reports.
Public vote on DC same-sex marriage would violate rights law, says board
Qnews Nov 18 09
A proposed ballot initiative for the District of Columbia that would have restricted civil marriage to a union of a man and a woman cannot cannot appear on the ballot, the DC Board of Elections and Ethics ruled Tuesday.
Item: KC HS students spend night on street to raise money for homeless teens
Qnews Nov 17 09 ::: About 700 high school students from throughout the Kansas City metro area teamed up over the weekend to gain awareness about youth homelessness and to raise funds for Synergy Services which offers emergency shelter and other services to homeless and at-risk youth.
Must hear: Blade’s ex-editor talks with NPR’s ATC
Qnews Nov 17 09
Kevin Naff, who was the last in a long and distinguished list of Washington Blade editors, discussed the paper’s demise Tuesday with NPR's Melissa Block, an All Things Considered host.
Reports – Accused killer says he decapitated young man ‘in fit of rage’
Qnews Nov 17 09
The man accused of killing Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado has confessed to police, claiming that he killed and decapitated the young man in a “fit of rage”, Primera Hora reports (translations at Pam’s House Blend).
As a gay media era ends, former staffers work to rebuild from the ashes
Qnews Nov 17 09Source: Gay City News, Washington City Paper, Washington Post, Atlanta Journal Constitution, New York Times, Miami Herald
Media professionals and LGBT activists were shocked Monday morning by news that the major gay publications in four cities, including the nation’s oldest gay newspaper, had shut down after the companies that published the papers, Window Media and Unite Media, were forced to close by the Small Business Administration—the federal agency that oversaw the companies in bankruptcy proceedings.
Item: Homophobic slurs painted on Orlando LGBT Center building
Qnews Nov 17 09 ::: Vandals who spray-painted the building with homophobic slurs and Nazi symbols caused over $1000 in damage to Orlando’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Community Center of Central Florida and a nearby gay business, WKMG TV reports.
Police arrest suspect in brutal killing of gay teen; FBI monitoring case
Qnews Nov 17 09Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado
Puerto Rican police say they have arrested a 27-year-old man as a suspect in the brutal murder of gay teenager Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado.
Video: 10-year-old explains his vow of no-pledge without LGBT equality
Qnews Nov 16 09
10-year-old Will Phillips explains to CNN's John Roberts why he is refusing to pledge to the flag until gays and lesbians have equal rights.
Item: Pastors preach hate as ‘protest’ of hate crimes law
Qnews Nov 16 09
::: Even though nothing about the new hate crimes law makes such an action illegal, an ad hoc group of so-called “concerned” clergy planned to rally earlier today in front of the Justice Department in Washington, D.
Marriage equality watch/wait goes on in NY and NJ
Qnews Nov 16 09
Advocates in New York remain confident that the highly dysfunctional state senate there will vote this year on a marriage equality bill that has, so far, been kept from a floor vote, WNYC reports.
Item: Drop gay adoption ban, says Florida governor hopeful
Qnews Nov 16 09 ::: The leading candidate for Florida’s Democratic gubernatorial nomination said Saturday that Florida’s draconian ban on adoption by prospective gay or lesbian parents should be dropped, Miami Herald reports.
Gay teen brutally murdered in Puerto Rico, police say, ‘Oh, well’
Qnews Nov 16 09Caguas, Puerto Rico
The body of Jorge Steven Lopez, 19, was found Friday on a remote road outside of the small town of Caguas, Puerto Rico, where the gay teen was living at the time of his murder.
Major gay publisher shuts down, at least one ‘Blade’ is closed
Qnews Nov 16 09
The company that publishes Washington Blade in DC, Southern Voice in Atlanta, and several other local gay newspapers and magazines has shut down, Queerty reports.
A woman is ordained Episcopal priest in Fort Worth (!)
Qnews Nov 15 09
With a live video feed showing the ceremony on the diocesan website, the provisional bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth today ordained a woman, Susan Slaughter, as a priest.
Must read: Analysis – the significance of Darren Manzella’s DADT story
Qnews Nov 15 09Darren Manzella
Writer “Steve W.” takes a closer look at the significance of Darren Manzella’s army career in a post on the blog Care2:Make a Difference.
Item: ‘Doors have opened’ for LGBT equality bills in Utah legislature
Qnews Nov 15 09 ::: Rep. Christine Johnson (D-Salt Lake) who plans to once again introduce a non-discrimination bill in the 2010 Utah told Deseret News she “feels like doors have opened” for LGBT equal rights legislation at the state capital after last week’s statement of support from the Mormon church for a Salt Lake City anti-discrimination measure.
Right wingers scared of ‘gay takeover’ in Houston
Qnews Nov 15 09Annise Parker, Houston mayoral candidate
“A cluster of socially conservative Houstonians is planning a campaign to discourage voters from choosing City Controller Annise Parker in the December mayoral runoff because she is a lesbian,” Houston Chronicle reports.
DC archbishop got his start as anti-gay Vatican enforcer
Qnews Nov 14 09Archbishop Donald Wuerl. Background: Basillica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC
The Catholic archbishop of Washington, DC has remained mostly silent so far this week in the midst of a political firestorm ignited Wednesday when his diocese announced, through a spokesman, that social service programs run by the diocese under contract with the DC government would be shuttered if the city passes a marriage equality law that does not give the church an exemption allowing it to violate provisions of the DC Human Rights Act.
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