Source: Chicago Tribune , SABC News , Bloomberg , AFP , China Daily As thousands of HIV/AIDS researchers, health-care providers, and activists gathered for a major conference, the US Centers for Disease Control released new findings that indicate the AIDS epidemic in the U.S. is far worse than previously reported. About 56,300 people in the US are now thought to be infected with HIV annually -- a startling 40 percent jump from the government's previous estimate of 40,000. The findings were released as over 30,000 delegates joined world leaders in Mexico City at the 17th International AIDS Conference. Full story...
Source: IANS via Hindustan Times The Delhi High Court on Wednesday criticized government lawyers for using inadequate evidence to oppose decriminalization of gay sex in private among consenting adults.
Source: Financial Times , San Francisco Chronicle , Los Angeles Times CA Prop. 8 Supporters of marriage equality in California are scrambling to raise funds in response to an unexpectedly strong campaign by Christian conservatives and others to amend the state constitution and ban marriages for gay and lesbian couples.
Source: Bozeman Chronicle Bozeman, Mont. -- Saying it was time to take a stand and protect the safety of gay and lesbian students, the school board voted Monday to add sexual orientation to the categories of students against whom the district will not discriminate, the Bozeman Chronicle reports.
Source: Hartford Courant , Waterbury Republican American , Yale Daily News Fifty-three percent of Connecticut residents support Friday's historic ruling by the state Supreme Court that recognizes marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples, while 42 percent of residents polled said they do not.
:: Ads that will soon appear on New York City subways and buses aim to give a face to New York's aging gay and lesbian population.
Source: Los Angeles Times , KFSN TV CA Prop. 8 Father Geoffrey Farrow, a priest for 23 years, knew his status in the church would be changed forever when he stood before his Roman Catholic parishioners in Fresno last week and delivered a sermon that placed him squarely at odds with his church over marriage equality.
Source: Orlando Sentinel , WESH TV , WOFL TV , WFTV On the 10th anniversary of the murder of gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard and a few weeks before Floridians vote on an amendment to restrict gay rights, Orlando's "Come Out With Pride" event Sunday was as much about self-preservation as pride.
Source: St Paul Pioneer Press , Minneapolis Star Tribune Former Minnesota state Sen. Allan Spear, 71, who died Saturday, left a legacy as one of Minnesota's most influential lawmakers and as the nation's first openly gay man to serve in a state legislature.
:: After the recent demise of the only gay publication in town, Melbourne has a new gay and lesbian community newspaper called The Southern Star .
Source: Echelon Magazine , WeHo News , OutHistory.org About page A postcard from an OutHistory.
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