Gay News

Latvia: The Parliament in Riga passed a proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage in its second reading. The vote, 73-3 in favor, wasn\\\’t the final deciding one. For the amendment to be added to the Constitution, it must pass three readings and receive at least 67 votes each time…. <a href="http://www.queerday.com/2005/dec/08/gay_marriage_receives_second_blow_in_latvia.html">Read complete entry at Queer Day Magazine</a>
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UK: A gay police officer who claimed he was the victim of homophobic bullying and discrimination has accepted 30,000 in an out-of-court settlement. Inspector Neil Ferguson was due to take the Norfolk Police Authority and Norfolk Police to an employment tribunal this week, but a settlement was reached and the case dismissed…. <a href="http://www.queerday.com/2005/dec/08/norfolk_gay_police_officer_settles_suit_out_of_court.html">Read complete entry at Queer Day Magazine</a>
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New Jersey: Former Governor James McGreevey is now formerly Catholic as well. The man who resigned from office last year after acknowledging a gay affair says he is now attending Episcopal services…. <a href="http://www.queerday.com/2005/dec/08/gay_former_governor_jim_mcgreevey_switches_religions.html">Read complete entry at Queer Day Magazine</a>
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Wisconsin: A party-line vote in the state Senate took Wisconsin a step closer to becoming the 20th state to bar gay marriage. The body decided, in a lengthy, heated debate, to pass Senate Joint Resolution 53. If the resolution passes the Assembly, it will be placed before voters in November…. <a href="http://www.queerday.com/2005/dec/08/wisconsin_gay_marriage_ban_takes_a_step_closer_to_ballot.html">Read complete entry at Queer Day Magazine</a>
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San Francisco police officials aren\\\’t amused by racist, sexist, homophobic videos made by a group of officers. Police Chief Heather Fong has said that the content "ranges from immature and vulgar to sexist, racist and homophobic. This is a dark day, an extremely dark day, in the history of the San Francisco Police Department for me as a chief… <a href="http://www.queerday.com/2005/dec/08/homophobic_san_francisco_police_video_results_in_suspensions.html">Read complete entry at Queer Day Magazine</a>
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Michigan: The Michigan Daily delivers a piece on a transgender student named Sebastin and his fear that staff and students will discover and use his previous female name - yes, the very name The Michigan Daily opens their story with…. <a href="http://www.queerday.com/2005/dec/08/transgender_student_article_fails_to_honor_students_fears.html">Read complete entry at Queer Day Magazine</a>
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Steven Spielberg\\\’s "Munich" about the 1972 Israeli Olympics athletes\\\’ massacre opens Christmas week. What you may not know is it was written by "Angels in America" author Tony Kushner, pictured. Kushner\\\’s first break came when he received the New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship in 1987. He says of that time, "(The) grant was the very first time… <a href="http://www.queerday.com/2005/dec/08/_munich_writer_tony_kushner_reflects_on_his_big_break.html">Read complete entry at Queer Day Magazine</a>
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Quark founder and gay millionaire philanthropist Tim Gill has formed a political nonprofit group to get more involved in candidate races and fight constitutional amendments barring gay marriage, including the one anticipated on the ballot next fall in his home state of Colorado. The Gill Action Fund will be national in scope and bankrolled entirely by the high-tech millionaire…. <a href="http://www.queerday.com/2005/dec/08/gay_millionaire_tim_gill_creates_gay_politics_foundation.html">Read complete entry at Queer Day Magazine</a>
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Boston: Boston College has asked a student group to adopt a less gay theme for an AIDS benefit dance, saying the proposed "A Night in Gay Paris defies the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. The schools GLBT Leadership Council organized the event…. <a href="http://www.queerday.com/2005/dec/08/boston_college_rejects_too_gay_dance_theme.html">Read complete entry at Queer Day Magazine</a>
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UK: An enormous petition to challenge homophobic bullying was presented to the Department of Education and Skills in London. The Stamp Out Homophobia petition, currently 70 metres (250 feet) long, was created by the Birmingham University LGBT Association…. <a href="http://www.queerday.com/2005/dec/08/stamp_out_homophobia_petition_presented_in_london.html">Read complete entry at Queer Day Magazine</a>
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France: French lesbians have been crossing the border into Belgium in search of medical procedures to get pregnant, creating a new sort of baby boom at Belgian fertility clinics. "In Belgium, we were welcomed without any judgment," said Marie-Pierre Micoud, 41…. <a href="http://www.queerday.com/2005/dec/08/french_lesbians_going_to_belgium_fertility_clinics.html">Read complete entry at Queer Day Magazine</a>
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New Mexico: A District Court judge has ruled that the only juvenile charged in connection with the February gay-bashing of James Maestas and a friend will be sentenced as an adult. David Trinidad, 17, will face adult sanctions for pleading guilty in August. The DA had offered all of the accused plea deals…. <a href="http://www.queerday.com/2005/dec/08/david_trinidad_will_be_sentenced_as_an_adult.html">Read complete entry at Queer Day Magazine</a>
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Prosecutors have ruled out the death penalty for both suspects in the strangling death of Kevin Hale, 36, an openly gay man whose body was found in a park. Jason Fiske, 25, appeared in district court where he waived formal advisement on charges of first-degree murder, first-degree felony murder, robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, theft and witness intimidation. "I… <a href="http://www.queerday.com/2005/dec/08/death_penalty_ruled_out_for_kevin_hales_killers.html">Read complete entry at Queer Day Magazine</a>
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Seattle: An interest in transgender medicine appears to be gaining momentum in Seattle as providers, clinics and public health officials attempt to learn more about the unique concerns of patients who don\\\’t identify with the sex of their birth…. <a href="http://www.queerday.com/2005/dec/08/transgender_medicine_gains_momentum_in_seattle.html">Read complete entry at Queer Day Magazine</a>
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