Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune , Minnesota Public Radio With several hundred delegates, media, and LGBT activists in Denver for the Democratic National Convention, we tended to hear about them in groups. There are fewer LGBT folks at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. And that makes it easier for media to focus on individuals. Minneapolis Star Tribune reporter Tom Horgen tagged along with Steve Majors, 28, a California delegate from Los Angeles, his friends -- all gay and some delegates -- as they hit the town each night after the convention. The Virginia delegation made news. Full story...
In a striking decision, a Vermont judge yesterday granted sole custody of 7-year-old Isabella Miller to her non-biological mother, Janet Jenkins, Mombian, the lesbian-mom’s blog, reports.
On Friday, a group of clerics and political activists released a document that they call “Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience”.
EW.com touts a very brief piece now on the site as an “Exclusive Q&A with Adam Lambert”.
Did the radical queer anarchist group Bash Back Memphis “take credit” for defacing a billboard in Memphis that showed a local gay Marine?
‘Yes, they did’, reported several major blogs last week.
::: US Army Private Bethany Smith, 21, (aka Skyler James) will have another chance to argue her case for getting asylum in Canada because of a key court victory Friday, Canada.
Philippines Senate hopeful Danton Remoto photo by Ralph Camus, from Danton’s campaign blog
“I will definitely run as senator in 2010,” said Philippine LGBTQ rights advocate Danton Remoto Wednesday.
DC Agenda, “The LGBTQ Community’s Newssource”—according to its web tagline—is now out on the web.
About 40 people picketed outside of Uganda’s UN mission Thursday, chanting: “Gay rights are human rights.
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the government must pay for the extra cost of insuring the spouse of a federal worker who was denied federal worker’s insurance benefits because the married couple is gay, Metropolitan News reports.
::: The federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) can’t be used to prevent a gay or lesbian federal court employee from getting full, equal benefits, Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Alex Kozinski ruled today, according to an AP report.
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