:: After the recent demise of the only gay publication in town, Melbourne has a new gay and lesbian community newspaper called The Southern Star . Sydney Star Observer (SSO) launched the weekly tabloid-style paper to fill a gap in the market after Melbourne-based gay and lesbian magazine Bnews ceased publication several weeks ago. Two journalists and two sales staff from Bnews have joined The Southern Star while SSO publishing editor Scott Abrahams has taken on the same role at the new title. "The SSO is Australia's oldest and longest continuing. Full story...
Source: Sacramento Bee , San Francisco Chronicle Sacramento -- The gay and lesbian caucus of California's legislature and Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg Tuesday introduced a resolutions in both the Senate and Assembly opposing Proposition 8.
Source: BBC , Voice of America International media watchdog groups are calling for the release of an Iraqi journalist was jailed for writing a story about homosexuality which prosecutors said violated a public decency law.
Source: Playbill , Los Angeles Times Proposition 8 gets star-studded treatment in a web video conceived and written by Hairspray Tony winner Marc Shaiman who also plays the piano in the three-minute satire staged as though it were an awkward community theater production.
Source: Thaindian News , Daily News & Analysis , Indian Express NEW DELHI -- An extended legal debate over an Indian statute that makes gay sex illegal took a new twist this week as lawyers for the government's ruling coalition argued that Delhi High Court, which has been hearing a challenge to the statute, has no authority to overturn it.
Source: Cincinnati Enquirer , Toledo Blade A former University of Toledo employment administrator who was fired after writing a column about employment rules for a local publication is suing the university.
Source: Reuters , Times (London) , Catholic News Service Gay rights groups and newspaper editorials on Tuesday condemned the Vatican for its decision to oppose a proposed U.
Source: Kalamazoo Gazette , Blogging for Michigan , Pride Source KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- City commissioners are scheduled to vote tonight whether to implement an ordinance that would ban discrimination based on a person's sexual orientation.
Source: Bloomberg , CNN , Birmingham News The Birmingham mayor who refused to let city workers hang banners supporting Gay Pride Week in the city, is now in jail facing charges including conspiracy, bribery, fraud, money laundering and filing false income tax returns.
Source: Xinhua , AFP , Daily Monitor , Reuters As World AIDS Day is marked on Monday, experts say the fight against the disease has registered significant success, but remains stymied by inadequate treatment in poor countries and setbacks in finding an effective vaccine.
:: Florida governor Charlie Crist should expect a few uninvited guests outside his wedding in St.
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