May 31 2008
Governator Flip Flops On Gay Marriage, Lands In The Right Spot
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday embraced the idea of gay marriages starting in June in California counties, Sacramento Bee reports on its Capitol Alert blog.
Archive for May, 2008
May 31 2008
Seattle Lesbians Kicked Out of Mariners Stadium For Kissing
SEATTLE — A local lesbian couple says a peck on the lips nearly got the two of them tossed out of a Mariners game.
The women said they were singled out by a security guard simply because they kissed each other.
Sirbrina Guerrero says she only gave her date a peck, but a mother sitting with her son complained to security and, as a result, they were told to stop or leave.
May 30 2008
Turkey Shuts Down Gay Rights Group
May 29 2008
New York Governor Orders State to Recognize Same Sex Marriages From Other States
Gov. David Paterson has directed all state agencies to begin to revise their policies and regulations to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions, like Massachusetts, California and Canada.
May 26 2008
Gay Fame In High School
“When you’re the gay kid in high school you’re bound to be a celebrity whether you’re famous or infamous — you just get used to it.” Zac, 16, interviewed in Out Magazine.
May 25 2008
Governor Christine Gregoire to Speak to GSBA
Washington Governor Christine Gregoire is scheduled to speak June 11 to the monthly business luncheon of Seattle’s gay chamber of commerce, the GSBA — Greater Seattle Business Association.
May 24 2008
No Pride Parade or Festival For Capitol Hill
May 24 2008
Pride Opposition in Birmingham, Sao Paulo and Bucharest
Around 200 gay activists marched through Bucharest, Romania on Saturday in what news service Reuters calls a “heavily policed pride parade.” Continue Reading »
May 24 2008
California marriage ruling packs hidden punches
Very little attention has been given thus far to the several hidden punches in the California Supreme Court’s Gay marriage decision. The reaction to the decision, while decidedly widespread and significant, has been a bit muted, especially compared to the explosive reaction of the Massachusetts court in 2003. California was front page and top of the website of all the major media for the first 24 hours, but overshadowed - at least on broadcast news - by President Bush’s thinly veiled global accusation that the likely Democratic nominee would try to “appease” terrorists that Bush likened to Hitler. Continue Reading »
May 23 2008
Gay Mayor of Paris Sets Site on French Presidency
Will a black American president shake hands one day with a gay president of France? Barack Obama has already taken strides towards reversing the conventional, racial wisdom of US politics.
