Source: BBC News , Bloomberg , Associated Press via Boston Globe A gay man in Germany may be entitled to his dead partner's pension following a ruling by the highest court in the EU. Tadao Maruko's partner died in 2005 but the pension fund refused him a widower's pension and the case was sent to the European Court of Justice (ECJ). The court ruled that refusing a pension was direct discrimination if the partnership was comparable to marriage. Maruko's lawyers predict the case will have repercussions in EU countries where same-sex partnerships are legal. "I'm happy. It's. Full story...
‘The Kiss’ from Adam Lambert’s AMA performance via CNN
If there was any doubt that Adam Lambert’s provocative performance at last night’s American Music Awards show was well planned, then this report by Associated Press entertainment writer Derrik J.
Undated photo of Langbehn and Pond
::: At a town-hall-style meeting Thursday, several nurses from Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital personally apologized to Janice Langbehn, a lesbian from Lacey, Wash.
Mrs. Betty Bowers calls herself “America's Best Christian”, and who are we to disagree.
::: Charlie Baker, a moderate Massachusetts Republican running for his party’s gubernatorial nomination, has chosen State Sen.
Liverpool’s gay village via PinkNews
::: The latest in what activists are calling a distressing string of anti-gay attacks in Liverpool, England occurred last week when a gay 19-year-old student was beaten in the city center by eight boys who abused him for being “flamboyantly dressed”, PinkNews reports.
‘The Kiss’ from Adam Lambert’s AMA performance via CNN
Some might wondered why the singer was kissing a chick near the conclusion of Adam Lambert's performance of "For Your Entertainment" at last night's American Music Awards.
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd yesterday gave the strongest hint yet that civil unions legislation recently passed by Australia Capital Territory (ACT) would be scuttled by the federal government, but stopped short of confirming the legislation would be overturned, Canberra Times reports.
Source: Durango Herald, Huffington Post, Denver Post, Two Spirits website
Fred Martinez, who was murdered in June, 2001 near his remote hometown in southeastern Colorado, is honored and remembered in a documentary that premiered Saturday at the Starz Denver Film Festival.
Most of us first heard of 19-year-old Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado through news stories about his brutal murder.
::: Sen. Arlen Specter (D,PA)—who was previously (R,PA) when he campaigned for his senate seat—has signed on in the past month as a co-sponsor of three important LGBT-related bill.
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