Thursday, February 5, 2009

International Gay News Headlines (T25T-3)

A senior Metropolitan police officer has said he was advised that it was up to him whether or not to fly a rainbow flag outside a station in east London.

National gay lifestyle magazine 3SIXTY and newspaper one80news are to relaunch under new ownership, it emerged today.

One of the founders of one of the first gay rights groups in America who later chronicled the movement has died. G Donn Teal was 76 years old.

Lesbian and gay community advocates have welcomed the results of a new opinion poll demonstrating that Queenslanders support further gay law reforms.
The Polly’s club - Sydney's oldest gay social group - have a long history in putting on events and their next one is in honour of Valentine's Day - Polly’s 'Love Boat'.
Vic Presence, Victoria’s longest running Mardi Gras marching group has just recently announced their 2009 theme will be ‘Uniting the Nations â€" Hollywood Gay Icons.’

International News Briefs
pride source.com, MI - 16 hours ago
(AP) - Mormon church officials say they spent $190000 more supporting the Proposition 8 gay marriage ban than they previously reported. ...

New York Daily News

Iceland PM wants nation to join EU
CNN International - Feb 3, 2009
She is Iceland's first female prime minister and the world's first openly gay leader. Iceland has been in political turmoil since October, when its currency ...
Sigurdardottir’s Coalition to Work With IMF; Aims to Cut Rates Bloomberg
Iceland's Conservatives Try to Rewrite History Huffington Post
Iceland's PM marks gay milestone BBC News
AFP - Calgary Herald
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MiamiHerald.com

Steve Rothaus
MiamiHerald.com, FL - 14 hours ago
... Rothaus covers gay and lesbian issues in South Florida. Steve joined The Herald in 1985, while a journalism major at Florida International University. ...

International News Briefs
pride source.com, MI - 16 hours ago
(AP) - Mormon church officials say they spent $190000 more supporting the Proposition 8 gay marriage ban than they previously reported. ...

New York Daily News

Iceland PM wants nation to join EU
CNN International - Feb 3, 2009
She is Iceland's first female prime minister and the world's first openly gay leader. Iceland has been in political turmoil since October, when its currency ...
Sigurdardottir’s Coalition to Work With IMF; Aims to Cut Rates Bloomberg
Iceland's Conservatives Try to Rewrite History Huffington Post
Iceland's PM marks gay milestone BBC News
AFP - Calgary Herald
all 445 news articles

MiamiHerald.com

Steve Rothaus
MiamiHerald.com, FL - 14 hours ago
... Rothaus covers gay and lesbian issues in South Florida. Steve joined The Herald in 1985, while a journalism major at Florida International University. ...
A harrowing new film about New Zealand's 'Homosexual Panic Defence' will be shown in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch in coming months as part of the DocNZ Film Festival.
The mayor of Wellington has agreed to take on the challenging role of head judge at the first performance of the Queen of the Whole Universe pageant in the capital.
The first global search for 'Mr. Gay World' is taking place this week in a Canadian mountain resort - and there's a New Zealander in the running for the title.
NEW YORK – Join the Impact has partnered with other national LGBT groups to develop a web based public education campaign, www.tell-three.org, to encourage LGBT people and their supporters to have three conversations with friends and family to help build support for LGBT equality.  “The passage of Prop 8 in California has motivated LGBT people [...]
(Silver Spring, Md.) — This month, Discovery Health will air two programs profiling incredible stories about members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) community. TRANSGENDER M.D. — premiering Thursday, February 12 at 8 PM ET/PT — follows the medical practice of Dr. Marci Bowers, the only OB/GYN in the tiny town of Trinidad, [...]
When Sun Media published the column “A twisted pro-HIV agenda” (or “A twisted homosexual world” in some online editions) in early January, it was a wake-up call for Edmonton queers to take a stand against sensationalized coverage of gay men’s health issues. In the column, Jacobs writes about barebacking, as well as bugchasing (willingly seeking [...]

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