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Hirschfeld, German gay-right pioneer, honored with multiple tributes
Qnews May 06 08Source: The Local , Associated Press via Haaretz Berlin today renamed a promenade along the Spree River after Magnus Hirschfeld, a sex researcher and pioneer of the German gay rights movement. The Hirschfeld promenade is in the government quarter, diagonally across from the German chancellery. The city's Charite hospital also opened a new exhibition of his work called Sex Burns. A monument is also planned with a bust of the researcher – known as “the Einstein of sex” – who was born in 1868 in the German city of Kolberg as son of a Jewish doctor. "The tributes to Hirschfeld are a clear. Full story...
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Open and public Pride in WA's Tri-Cities reflects a change in atmosphere
Qnews 17 hours agoSource: Tri-Cities Herald , KNDO/KNDU TV Pasco, Wash. -- The LGBT community in central Washington's Tri-Cities -- Pasco, Kennewick, and Richland -- celebrate this weekend with the second annual Mid-Columbia Pride 2008.
Massachusetts close to repealing law that bans marriage of out-of-state couples
Qnews 18 hours agoSource: Bay Windows , New York Times BOSTON -- Massachusetts may have been the first state to legalize same-sex marriage for its residents, but when California last month invited out-of-state gay and lesbian couples to get married, the potential economic benefits did not go unnoticed here.
Straight father assaults gay son; chases him from home with baseball bat
Qnews 21 hours agoSource: Anderson Independent-Mail ANDERSON COUNTY, SC -- An 18-year-old man who returned to his home from a gay pride parade was assaulted by his father with a baseball bat last Sunday, the Andersonville Independent Mail reports.
Young activist killed in Turkey: Victim of 'honor killing'?
Qnews 21 hours agoSource: The Independent Ahmet Yildiz photo via The Independent Ahmet Yildiz, 26, was buried Saturday.
1 of 4 arrested in Flagstaff anti-gay attack is charged with assault
Qnews 22 hours agoSource: Arizona Daily Sun , KTAR TV , Gay.com , Arizona Republic Flagstaff -- One man has been criminally charged with aggravated assault in connection with an attack that happened after the Pride in the Pines gay pride festival in this northern Arizona city.
Vandals target homes with anti-gay slurs in S. Florida suburb
Qnews 22 hours agoSource: South Florida Sun Sentinel , NBC6.net WILTON MANORS -- Vandals spray-painted anti-gay slurs on three homes and a car early this morning, police say.
Gay rights activists protest at San Diego hotel
Qnews 23 hours agoSource: San Diego Union Tribune , Los Angeles Times SAN DIEGO -- Before showing pride, the local gay community tried to exhibit a little muscle.
California Methodist pastors defy officials; Conduct weddings for gay/lesbian couples
Qnews less than a day agoSource: Los Angeles Times , Dallas Morning News Scores of United Methodist Church ministers in California are putting their careers on the line in an open revolt against religious edicts that forbid them to conduct weddings for gay and lesbian couples, Los Angeles Times reports.
Poll: Majority in California oppose marriage discrimination
Qnews less than a day agoSource: San Jose Mercury News , Press Enterprise , Sacramento Bee In a finding that could foreshadow a difficult political battle for a proposed constitutional ban on gay marriage, a new Field Poll says more California voters oppose Proposition 8 than favor it.
Ad flap shows South Carolina really not 'so gay'
Qnews less than a day agoSource: Charlotte Observer , Guardian , Time , Atlanta Journal Constitution , WOLO TV A London ad campaign meant to promote South Carolina to gay tourists has caused quite a stir on this side of the pond.
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