Wednesday, March 4, 2009

International Gay News Headlines (T25T-3)

Police in London have begun a murder investigation following the discovery of the body of a man in Bromley yesterday.

The President of the United States has confirmed that he intends to nominate John Berry as Director of the Office of Personnel Management.

Gordon Brown addressed a joint session of the United States Congress earlier today, only the fifth British Prime Minister to do so.

The Mardi Gras party season has officially started, and things really heat up as of tonight!
As Victoria gets ready to Disco Stampede down to Daylesford to celebrate Australia's largest rural gay and lesbian festival, Simon Mallia takes us down the road that Chillout has travelled over the years to get here.
Perth Pride have announced the theme for 2009 - Homecoming. They hope it will continue the momentum as the organisation heads towards its 20th anniversary.
(Russia) Gay and Lesbian Film Festival “Bok o Bok” which was supposed to take place in Saint Petersburg from today and last until Sunday finally did not open after Fire Department Inspectors closed the place due to problems with fire security. In a phone interview to Project GayRussia.Ru, Organiser of the festival Irina Sergeeva said that the clubs “The Place” and “Sochi” where the screenings of the films were supposed to take place, were closed due to fire security reasons.
(USA) - As part of Bibi's outreach to our communities, Bibi|SF will be hosting talks on various issues affecting queer South West Asian, North Africans (aka Middle-Easterners). Its first engagement is with Arsham Parsi of the IRanian Queer Organization on Thursday, June 26 at the SF LGBT Center.
(USA) - Gay human rights activists in San Francisco staged a speak out at the Russian consulate on May 16, in conjunction with IDAHO events around the planet. Before showing up at the consulate, the group sent emails to the staff explaining their reason for coming -- to press the government to grant parade permits to Moscow's Gay pride event.

Outfit Worn By Penn In MILK Auctioned For $12500
Broadway World, NY
Mr. Gregory said, "The story of Harvey Milk only highlights the shame of those who vote to deny marriage equality to lesbians and gay men." Milk is now playing in theaters worldwide. Harvey Milk, elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in ...

Eye Opener: March 4, 2009
Washington Post, United States
Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and the Transportation and Interior departments, "Berry is also known as an advocate for gay and lesbian federal employees. According to the Human Rights Campaign, if confirmed, he will be the highest-ranking openly gay official to ...

Gay’s exploits are the stuff of a country song
Atlanta Journal Constitution,  USA
The most recent sighting of Gay â€" described as white, 5-foot-7 and 145 pounds with tattoos on both arms â€" was in Florida. A man believed to be Gay arrived Thursday night at USA International Speedway in Lakeland, Fla., telling the manager there he was ...
The Christchurch café owner who courted controversy with his pie which 'sounds slightly gay' has changed his menu, to an even weirder one.
A glamorous fundraiser will see Auckland's most outrageous drag queens team up to present a wild night of bingo, shows and supper at the beautiful Hopetoun Alpha building.
Auckland's second annual Westie lesbian day of entertainers and musicians is now lined up for this Sunday afternoon.
Lambda Legal is representing Rita Goodman, a nonbiological mother who was awarded shared custody of the two boys she parented from birth with her former partner. Goodman’s ex–partner and the boys’ biological mother, Siobhan LaPiana, appealed the trial court order that awarded Goodman custody. Goodman and LaPiana planned the boys’ births together during their ten–year committed [...]
With Academy Award-winner Sean Penn on hand to provide Hollywood star power, state Sen. Mark Leno launched a new effort Tuesday to recognize May 22 in California as Harvey Milk Day in honor of the slain San Francisco supervisor and gay rights leader. In September, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a similar bill, which would have made [...]
California’s top lawyer has called for the result of a referendum effectively banning same-sex marriage to be quashed, two days ahead of the latest court-room showdown over the issue. Attorney General Jerry Brown said the ballot measure known as Proposition 8, which redefined marriage in California as a union between a man and a woman, should [...]
John Key has been getting into the groove at Auckland's Big Gay Out at Coyle Park in Pt Chevalier. It wasn't the Prime Minister's first visit to the event so the flair and frivolity did not come as a shock.
The Big Gay Out 09 will reflect the diversity of New Zealand's rainbow communities in the entertainment and events taking place this Sunday, 8 February from 12.00 till 7.30pm, in Coyle Park Pt Chevalier, Auckland.
The Australian Government is demanding a New Zealand surrogate mother pay child support for the baby she had for two gay Queensland men, amid accusations she abandoned it.

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