Source: Sify , Thaindian.com Kancheepuram, India -- An Indian court has sentence a 55-year-old US resident to five-years of "rigorous imprisonment" after finding him guilty of for sexually assaulting minors, the Indian news site Sify reports. A magistrate pronounced the sentence on July 27 after finding Miles Patrick guilty of "inducing young fishermen into homosexuality" by showing pornographic films and giving narcotics, according to Sify . News service IANS identifies Patrick as a Canadian national. Sify reports that he was a resident of New York. IANS reports that. Full story...
-- Thousands of people are expected to descend on Cardiff, Wales this weekend for a gay pride festival that earlier this year looked like it would never happen.
Source: Western Mail , Times (London) , Bexley Times , A spokesman for the Church of Wales has attempted to quiet speculation that an openly gay celibate priest will be appointed bishop next month, but despite the denials, Dr Jeffrey John is widely expected to be nominated for ordination as a Bishop of Bangor next week.
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.
Source: Missoulian , KPAX TV Missoula, Mont. -- What started more than a year ago as a small effort to address hate crimes with a few hundred dollars worth of posters has blossomed into a well-funded plan announced at a news conference Tuesday at Missoula City Hall.
-- Time takes a look at what the GOP talking points claim is the primary qualification of their veep candidate, Sarah Palin : that she's been an executive.
Source: KSTP TV , ABC News (US), Minneapolis Star Tribune , Rainbow Network The Virginia delegation canceled their order of The Rake magazine's Secrets of the City guide because it includes a section for gays and lesbians.
-- A Framington, Mass. man charged with a hate crime attack against three men and a woman in South Boston was freed on $10,000 bail and given a 10 pm curfew after pleading not guilty Tuesday.
Source: Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin , Albany Times Union , Reuters NY marriage rulings New York -- A state trial court judge today tossed out a suit challenging New York Gov.
Source: Reuters , CQ Politics ST. PAUL -- Log Cabin Republicans, a group representing gay Republicans, endorsed Arizona Sen.
Seattle -- Seven Washington-based companies garnered perfect scores on the 2009 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) compiled annually by Human Rights Campaign .
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