Sunday, August 16, 2009

International Gay News Headlines (T25T-3)

A number of faith groups are planning to fight anti-discrimination protections for gay people in the Equality Bill. An email seen by PinkNews.co.uk suggests the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is throwing its support behind the efforts.


A lesbian woman has been selected by the Conservatives to fight the Glasgow North East by-election. Ruth Davidson, 30, who lives with her partner in Partick, has pledged to fight an "honest campaign".


A Coronation Street actor has said the soap needs more gay characters. Antony Cotton, who is openly gay, plays the camp Sean Tully in the ITV soap.


Barack Obama is currently facing heat from the gay community for not following through on pre-electoral promises, and now he'll be losing many young fans with his hard-line approach to music downloading laws.
Anna Nicole Smith's friend, Howard K. Stern, is suing after a tell-all book about former playboy bunny Smith suggested he was gay.
Tell the world you love each other, just not in Utah's Spectrum paper - they don't publish gay wedding announcements.

Seattle Times

Sports in Brief: Keselowski tops field in Michigan auto race
Philadelphia Inquirer
Sprinting in earnest to test his groin, Tyson Gay of the United States also won, setting up the prospect of a showdown in today's final in the most ...
Vickers prevails in fuel duelLawrence Journal World

all 615 news articles »

Washington Post

Couples' US team ready to defend Presidents Cup title
CBSSports.com
And he likes his wild-card options as well, with two-time 2009 winner Gay being the only one without international team experience. "Brian Gay is very ...
Yang punches ticket to San FranciscoSan Francisco Chronicle
Yang, O'Hair to get first 'Cup' experienceThe Associated Press
Gay's Prez Cup hopes dwindlingAugusta Chronicle
Bangkok Post
all 133 news articles »

Seattle Times

Sports in Brief: Keselowski tops field in Michigan auto race
Philadelphia Inquirer
Sprinting in earnest to test his groin, Tyson Gay of the United States also won, setting up the prospect of a showdown in today's final in the most ...
Vickers prevails in fuel duelLawrence Journal World

all 615 news articles »

Washington Post

Couples' US team ready to defend Presidents Cup title
CBSSports.com
And he likes his wild-card options as well, with two-time 2009 winner Gay being the only one without international team experience. "Brian Gay is very ...
Yang punches ticket to San FranciscoSan Francisco Chronicle
Yang, O'Hair to get first 'Cup' experienceThe Associated Press
Gay's Prez Cup hopes dwindlingAugusta Chronicle
Bangkok Post
all 133 news articles »
Rainbow Youth is declining to be drawn into the controversy surrounding the proportion of TVNZ's Dancing with the Stars phone voting proceeds extracted for administration costs.
Parliament will tomorrow begin debating a bill which seeks to strike 'gay panic' off the law books as a legitimate way to escape a murder verdict, and which is considered likely to get broad across-party support.

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