Friday, July 17, 2009

GLBT News Headlines (T4T-6)

DADDY LOVE: Some veteran performers grab the headlines as British actor Bill Nighy gets cast in an upcoming Harry Potter flick, Sir Paul McCartney revisits Ed Sullivan Theater and Robert Redford, one of the original sexiest men alive, says and ldquo;I do"...
THE SKINNY ON THE SKINNY GIRL: Real Housewives of New York City's Bethenny Frankel will star in her own Bravo reality show this fall...
WHAT A TROOPER: Ashton Kutcher suffered a ruptured eardrum on the set of his new film Five Killers with co-star Katherine Heigl, but refused to delay shooting...
In this blog series, HRC attorneys discuss news and break down legal theories relevant to a U.S. Supreme Court nomination and the recent retirement of Justice David Souter. In Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings today, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) followed up as promised on Baker v. Nelson, the 1972 Supreme Court marriage equality case. Yesterday, Judge Sotomayor [...]
As we reported earlier today, the House version of health care reform contains some LGBT specific provisions.  Kerry Eleveld of the Advocate looks specifically at the taxation of domestic partner health benefits: Under the guidelines authored by Rep. Jim McDermott of Washington, enrolling a same-sex partner, a partner’s dependent children, or an employee’s adult children in [...]
According to Vermont Public Radio, Senator Patrick Leahy, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, supports federal recognition of marriages between same-sex couples.  His home state of Vermont passed a marriage equality bill earlier this year. Sen. Leahy: “Well I think now that you have states that are voting for and having same-sex marriages – Vermont has, [...]
Six months into his presidency, US President Barack Obama has not made good on his promise to end discrimination against gay and lesbian members of the US military.
If you've ever played an online multiplayer game with voice chat, your mistakes have probably been branded as "gay" more than once. But the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and a number of gaming companies are stepping up efforts to address the ease...
OLDHAM’S fifth Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Pride takes centre stage outside the Spindles shopping centre on Saturday next week. The event will kick-off with a powerful reminder of Oldham’s campaign against homophobia.

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