Monday, February 23, 2009

International Gay News Headlines (T25T-3)

A 19-year-old walked free from court yesterday after being found not guilty of the murder of gay teenager Michael Causer. The jury at Liverpool Crown Court spend more than 12 hours considering its verdict.

Sia, the enigmatic export from Adelaide, is coming back home in March for her first ever Australian tour. She'll be performing in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, and you're all invited!
The countdown is officially on to Sydney's Mardi Gras - and this is your last chance to win the chance to have the type of Mardi Gras experience that most people only dream about.
Last Saturday 22 year old Ryan Allen proved to everyone at his college that he is The Queen, after beating two women to be named the new Homecoming Queen at George Mason University.

Op-Ed Contributor This Is the Way the Culture Wars End
New York Times, United States
They’re gay, and they want to marry. To liberals, same-sex marriage is a matter of equal rights. To conservatives, however, marriage isn’t just another right or benefit. It’sa moral anchor, a lifelong commitment, a foundation for raising children. ...

guardian.co.uk

The verdict on the Oscars as a show
Georgia Straight, Canada
... we had the gay Oscars, with Capote, Brokeback Mountain, and TransAmerica all dominating the show, to be followed by a year of violent films (There Will Be Blood, No Country for Old Men). This year, diversity ruled, with both international presence ...
The 81st annual Academy Awards â€" From the Couch Variety
all 1,088 news articles

Washington Post

SEAN PENN - OSCARS GLORY FOR PENN, WINSLET, LEDGER, CRUZ AND ...
Contactmusic.com, UK
Penn scooped the Best Actor prize for his role as assassinated gay official Harvey Milk in Milk; ahead of hot favourite Mickey Rourke. The actor used his acceptance speech to criticise those who outlawed gay marriage in California and call for equal ...
Video: Frost over the World - Slumdog Millionaire - 20 Feb 09 AlJazeeraEnglish
I Too Want to be a Slumdog Millionaire New America Media
Eight Oscars Go to... 'Slumdog'! Extra TV
RTT News - Visalia Times-Delta
all 4,221 news articles

Op-Ed Contributor This Is the Way the Culture Wars End
New York Times, United States
They’re gay, and they want to marry. To liberals, same-sex marriage is a matter of equal rights. To conservatives, however, marriage isn’t just another right or benefit. It’sa moral anchor, a lifelong commitment, a foundation for raising children. ...

guardian.co.uk

The verdict on the Oscars as a show
Georgia Straight, Canada
... we had the gay Oscars, with Capote, Brokeback Mountain, and TransAmerica all dominating the show, to be followed by a year of violent films (There Will Be Blood, No Country for Old Men). This year, diversity ruled, with both international presence ...
The 81st annual Academy Awards â€" From the Couch Variety
all 1,088 news articles

Washington Post

SEAN PENN - OSCARS GLORY FOR PENN, WINSLET, LEDGER, CRUZ AND ...
Contactmusic.com, UK
Penn scooped the Best Actor prize for his role as assassinated gay official Harvey Milk in Milk; ahead of hot favourite Mickey Rourke. The actor used his acceptance speech to criticise those who outlawed gay marriage in California and call for equal ...
Video: Frost over the World - Slumdog Millionaire - 20 Feb 09 AlJazeeraEnglish
I Too Want to be a Slumdog Millionaire New America Media
Eight Oscars Go to... 'Slumdog'! Extra TV
RTT News - Visalia Times-Delta
all 4,221 news articles
Issues facing same-sex couples in New Zealand include stresses associated with 'coming out', and facing the possibility of familial rejection, health issues and homophobia, a new report from the Families Commission has found.
Over 600 people packed Auckland's Transmission Room on Friday night for a sultry Hero Party featuring more than 50 dancing performers on stage into the small hours of Saturday morning.
The re-election win of out Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez appears to have quieted critics in the mainstream media, the local GOP and some employee unions of her so-called “gay agenda,” according to Dallas Voice writer John Wright. Dallas Voice/Instant Tea blog ( Published by  Original source : http://gay_blog.blogspot.com/2009/02/out-sheriffs-…
Ten years after the 1999 Australian Open, where Amelie Mauresmo publicly acknowledged that she is a lesbian, Billie Jean King spoke to TENNIS.com about her own rocky coming out nearly three decades ago. King, the first prominent athlete to come out, was forced to do so after she was outed in a 1981 palimony suit [...]
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Theater directors and students at more than 40 high schools across the country have selected a new show for their big springtime musical this year: “Rent: School Edition,” a modified version of the hit Broadway musical that, while toned down a bit, remains provocative by traditional drama club standards. Too provocative, in [...]

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