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Documentary Film - Out in the Silence
Out in the Silence is an award-winning documentary from Washington D.C.-based Joseph Wilson about the events that unfold after he puts an announcement of his wedding to his male partner, Dean Hamer, in the newspaper of his hometown, Oil City, Pennsylvania. Check out the preview below.
American Jewish community leaders call for gay acceptance
Three prominent rabbis, Nathaniel Helfgot (Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, New York), Aryeh Klapper (Centre for Modern Torah Leadership, Boston), and Yitzchak Blau (Israel) have written a document calling for the end of homophobia in Jewish communities. From The Jewish Chronicle:
"The 'statement… Read full post »
Nepal to hold first gay pride march in August 2010
Sunil Babu Pant, Nepal's only openly gay member of parliament, said Tuesday that his country will hold its first gay pride parade this year. From AFP:
"Sunil Pant said he hopes up to 3,000 gays, lesbians, transvestites and transsexuals from Nepal and neighbouring countries will march… Read full post »
Survey reveals Brits support gays in professional soccer
A new online survey conducted by Staffordshire University in England has revealed that British soccer fans would be overwhelmingly tolerant of professional gay players of the sport. From Reuters:
"The survey of 2,000 supporters (www.topfan.co.uk) found that only seven percent believed that soccer h… Read full post »
Out minister Penny Wong opposes marriage equality
Malaysian born of Chinese descent, Australian Labor Party politician Penny Wong holds a number of firsts in Australian politics. She is the first openly lesbian member of Australian parliament, its first Asian-born female, and Australia’s first Minister for Climate Change and Water. A… Read full post »
Degrassi: The Next Generation introduces transgender student
The upcoming tenth season of the Canadian trailblazing teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation, which begins airing on 19 July 2010, will feature a storyline involving a new student, Adam (played by Jordan Todosey), who identifies as male, despite being born female. From CTV.ca:
"Such delicate top… Read full post »
Argentina becomes 10th nation to legalize gay marriage
The world just became more equal.
After an historic marathon debate of over 14 hours that ended at 4:04 AM Thursday, the Argentine Senate passed, by a vote of 33 to 27 with three abstentions, the country's new legislation that gives gay and lesbian couples… Read full post »
Pentagon consults Canada on repealing DADT
Earlier this year, officials from the Pentagon got together with a couple of Canadians to better understand how gay and straight soldiers can professionally coexist in the military, reports Xtra!. Canada lifted its ban on gays in the Canadian Forces in 1992.
Doug Elliott, a prominent lawyer who… Read full post »
Massachusetts judge rules in favour of equality
Massachusetts, the first American state to legalize gay marriage, is once again leading the way to common sense in the United States as District Court Judge Joseph Tauro could find no legitimate reasons to deny Massachusetts' estimated 16,000 married same-sex couples the right to the same federal ben… Read full post »
An inclusive FIFA World Cup Final...by extension
History will be made at the FIFA World Cup final when Spain (who have never been to a final) and the Netherlands meet on Sunday 11 July in Soccer City in the Soweto area of Johannesburg, South Africa. For the first time ever, both participating teams, along with… Read full post »
Hawaiian Governor Linda Lingle vetoes same-sex civil unions
In Honolulu on Tuesday, Governor Linda Lingle vetoed HB 444, the Hawaii Civil Union legislation that would have granted gay and lesbian couples the same rights and benefits that the state provides to straight married couples. The bill had already passed in both the state Senate and the House of Repre… Read full post »
Jerusalem Pride Parade route to conclude at Knesset
Organizers of this year's Jerusalem Pride Parade have received authorization to conclude at the Knesset, Israel's legislature that sits on a hilltop in western Jerusalem. The event, which takes place at the end of July, will mark the one year anniversary of the slayings of two people at a gay youth… Read full post »
Hong Seok-cheon fighting prejudice in South Korea
South Korean model, actor, restaurateur, and activist, Hong Seok-cheon, last month celebrated the 10-year anniversary of his coming out in Seoul. In an interview with the JoongAng Daily, Mr. Hong reflects upon the last decade, recalling the event in 2000 that changed his public life forever:
"The… Read full post »
Why is Julia Gillard against gay marriage?
What reason could Australia's first female Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, have for personally opposing same-sex marriage? According to a recent article published in the Sydney Morning Herald:
As Labor leader she can claim to be upholding party policy, even though the [Australian Labor Party] in her… Read full post »
I'm a Mac ... and I've Got a Dirty Secret
Something that Apple's famous ads don't tell you is that Mac computers, as well as PCs, cell phones, digital cameras, and other electronics help to fuel the war in the Congo. Actor/activist Brooke Smith and cinematographer Steven Lubensky teamed up with actors Joshua Malina and John Lehr to create a… Read full post »
Iceland PM weds partner
Icelandic prime minister Johanna Sigurdardottir, the world's first openly gay head of government, married her partner, writer Jonina Leosdottir, Sunday after the new law legalizing same-sex marriage in the county came into effect, reports the AP.
The couple had been in a registered partnership si… Read full post »
Syria increasingly targeting gays
Syrian authorities raided more than four different private gay parties in March and April 2010 and arresting at least 25 men. From Gay Middle East (GME):
GME is following the case against the 25 men. A senior officer handling the police campaign against the gay men in Syria… Read full post »
Chicago Blackhawks bringing Stanley Cup to Pride Parade
Both the National Hockey League and the 2010 champion Chicago Blackhawks will be represented at Chicago's 41st Annual Pride Parade, scheduled for Sunday 27 June. Hawks defenseman Brent Sopel, along with his wife and four kids, will carry the Stanley Cup through the Pride Parade route. From the Chicag… Read full post »
'You May Now Kiss The Groom' - Kevin Sharkey
The painting 'You May Now Kiss The Groom' by black, bisexual, and Irish artist Kevin Sharkey in collaboration with Italian artist Allesadro Tesei is set to go on display in Dublin at the end of this month, reports Pinknews.
[Mr. Sharkey] said he got the idea for the… Read full post »
8: The Mormon Proposition
Opening in American theaters Friday, the documentary "8: The Mormon Proposition" exposes the efforts of the Mormon Church and its members "to damage gay people and their causes" across the United States.
From gay journalist and documentary filmmaker Reed Cowan, a former Mormon… Read full post »
I am Human NOH8 Campaign PSA
As an American federal trial on the constitutionality of California's ban on same sex marriage, aka Proposition 8, wrapped up Wednesday with closing arguments presented to Judge Vaughn Walker, a new Public Service Announcement was released by the NOH8 Campaign entitled "I am Human," a multilingual p… Read full post »
Stonewall Uprising documentary
"Stonewall Uprising," the documentary film from Kate Davis and David Heilbroner exploring the three days of unrest that began in the early morning hours of 28 June 1969 after police raided the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, opens Wednesday throughout North America. Via UK Reuters:
Homoeroticism exhibition opens at National Museum of Poland
The controversial exhibition "Ars Homo Erotica," which features a survey of homoerotic visual arts from antiquity to the present, opened last Friday at Poland's National Museum of Art in Warsaw. Museum director, Piotr Piotrowski, said the show will focus on eastern Central European art because… Read full post »
Interracial gay love in Children of God
At NewFest: The New York LGBT Film Festival, which wrapped up Sunday, Kareem Mortimer’s feature Children of God grabbed much attention for its sensitive depiction of the relationships between a young gay artist, a closeted musician, and a pastor's wife, all against a backdrop of homophobia and… Read full post »
Jews and Palestinians together at Tel Aviv Pride event
As Gay Pride celebrations take place around the world this summer, in Tel Aviv on 11 June two ostensibly distinct and separate groups came together at a party hosted by the organization Al-Qaws (Rainbow) for Sexual and Gender Diversity in Palestinian Society. From a first-hand account in Xtra!:
At… Read full post »
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