October 2007 News
Archives
(Partial Month 4th to
20th)
October 20th
State & National
*Anti-Gay and Proud Christian Group
"Watchmen on the Walls" Arrives in Lynnwood.
HeraldNet
*Atlanta Police Seek Gay Bar Shooter.
WXIA-TV Atlanta
11Alive.Com
*Comedian Stephen Colbert Faces Problems Getting On
S.C. Ballot for President. Associated
Press
*Giuliani
Tells Religious Conservatives, He'd Appoint Federal Judges Like Roberts,
Scalia. Associated
Press
*Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger's Gay Rights Measure Targeted. Sacramento
Bee
*Harry Potter Author Outs Master Wizard and Headmaster of
Hogwarts Character. USA
Today
*The Differing
Worlds Of Barack Obama. Associated
Press
*Tony Perkins: Rudy Giuliani Supports Constitutional Amendment
Banning Gay Marriage. The
Hill
October 19th
State & National
*Fort Lauderdale Faces Threat to Gay-Friendly Ranking.
National Public Radio (Click Listen for Audio
Clip)
Or Click Link Below to Listen or Audio
Clip
*Gay Orlando Film Festival Without an Edge? Movie Critic
Op-Ed. Orlando
Sentinel
*South Florida Workplace "Threats" Investigated as Kiddie
Porn. Broward Times
*Boy Scouts' Rent Skyrockets in Philadelphia to $200K Over Gay
Ban. Fox
News
*Conservative
Anglicans May Split Off Over Ordination of Gay Bishop. LA
Daily
*
*Educational Resources for Straights Are Catalysts for Gay
Acceptance. Kansas City InfoZine
News
*FDA Warns Of Viagra Hearing Loss. Associated
Press
*Gay Network "Here" Strives
for Originality Ramping up Programming. Chicago Sun
Times
*Gay TV Recap: Boston Legal's Episode "Do Tell".
AfterElton
*GOP Contenders Pile on Giuliani to Woo Christian Right.
Advocate
*Lance Bass: 'I thought Justin Timberlake Was Gay'. Digital
Spy
*Lawsuit Seeks to Put Klan Group Out
of Business. USA Today
*McCain,
Romney Vie For Social Conservatives. Associated
Press
*Mischa Barton
to Play Russian Lesbian Teenager in "Finding t.A.T.u."
Advocate
*Opposed Gay Ban, Former Joint Chiefs
Chair William J. Crowe Dies.
365Gay.Com
*Pollster: GOP Women Will Vote For
Hillary. Associated Press
*Religious Conservatives Face Hard
Choices. Advocate
*Stonewall
Wasn't the First LGBT Riot, Special to Gay History Project. Echo
Magazine
*The Gay
Equality Movement, Special to Gay History Project. Echo
Magazine
*Vermont School Nearly Boycotts Red
Cross Blood Drive Over Gay Ban.
Advocate
International
*DNA Nobelist Who Suggests Gays Could Be Aborted, Blacks
Inferior Suspended. Advocate
*In Praise of the First and Second Amendments. Global
Politician
*Lesbian Tennis Prodigy Coach and Sexual Predator Facing
Jail. Daily Mail UK
*Nigeria: Akinola's Anti-Gay Campaign. AllAfrica.com
*Sir Ian McKellen's Singapore Gay Bar Hunt. AfterEllen
October
18
State &
National
*Florida International University Student Not Victim Of
Hate Crime. NBC 6 South Florida (View
Video)
*Florida Organization ChildNet Helps Place Gay Foster Kids. Miami
Herald
*Florida Right Wing awyer Seeks Judge’s Impeachment. Express Gay
News
*Longshot Democratic Presidential Candidates Doesn't Shun
Florida. St. Petersburg Times
*Arnold Delivers Mixed Bag. News Analysis Windy City Times
*Bill to Protect Gay Workers Advances. AOL
News
*Britney
Spears Stopped Talking to Lance Bass After Revealing He's Gay.
Yahoo-ANI
*Call For
Hate-Crime Law After Murder Charge Reduced In Gay Man's Death.
365Gay.Com
*Death Threats
Over DeGeneres' Dog Drama. 365Gay.Com
*Far Right Agonists:
GOP Presidential Candidates to Address Christian Conservatives. San
Francisco Bay
Times
*Former Mayor Harold Washington Inducted Into Chicago LGBT
Hall Of Fame.
365Gay.Com
*Gay Milton Mom Fights For Her
Daughter's Rights. View Video CBZ News 4
*Gay Photo Day at San Francisco's
Public Library. Bay Area Reporter
*Gay-Rights Milestone Draws Transgender Activists' Outcry.
Chicago Tribune
*GOP Hopes Voter Anger Cuts Both Ways. Associated Press
*House Judiciary Testimony Gives Hope for Civil Rights
Injustices Nationwide. Wilmington
Journal
*Kentucky GOP
Governor Fires Homophobic Broadside At Democratic Opponent.
365Gay.Com
*LGBT Health Care Movement Gains Momentum. Bay
Area Reporter
*Military Unwittingly Advertised for Recruits on Website for
Gays. USA Today
*Moving Beyond Marriage? Bay
Windows
*New Women's
Professional Basketball Team Comes to Atlanta. Gaywired
*Quandary Over Gay Rights Bill: Is It Better to Protect Some
or None? Washington Post
*Sam Brownback To Drop Out Of GOP Race. Associated Press
International
*Anti-Gay Archbishop Among 23 New Cardinals. Tekgraph UK
*Kylie
Minogue, Queen of Old Compton Street Gets Gay
Statue. Daily Star
*Lesbians 'Must Have Pap Screen'. Sydney
Star Observer
*Summer Gay Day Partner With Red Ribbon Appeal. Sydney Star
Observer
October 17th
State & National
*Anglican-Episcopal Divide on Gays Closely Watched. Los
Angeles Times
*Appeal Denied In Brandon Teena Murder. 365Gay.Com
*Archbishop Apologizes for Giving Communion to Gays Dressed as
Nuns. San Francisco Chronicle
*California Group to Fight 'Pro-Gay Measures' Signed Into
Law in Court. Cybercast News Service
*Christian Fundamentalist School Chancellor Backs
Romney. Associated Press
*Cop Convicted Of Raping Transsexual
Should Get New Trial Original Judge Says.
365Gay.com
*Democratic
Party Politics Loom Over ENDA Fight. Gay Peoples Chronicle
*Gay Porn Boy Has No More Love for VH-1 Series 'I Love New
York'. Gaywired
*Grand Jury: No Criminal Charges in Alleged Gay Bashing
Incident. News 8 Rochester
*Hate Monger Fred Phelps Says Fred Thompson Supports
Homophobia. Associated Press
*House
Democrats Fault D.O.J. for Jena Copycats. USA Today
*Is DNA Connected to Homosexuality? Times of India
*Lesbian Lawmaker Offers ENDA Compromise. 365Gay.Com
*McCain Promotes His ‘Christian Nation’. Op-Ed. Windy City
Times
*Obama Tied To Cheney. Associated Press
*Presidential Election Turns To Comedy As Colbert Announces
Candidacy. Associated Press
*Redskin Receiver Resurrects Rumors Legendary Quarterback Troy
Aikman is Gay. Gaywired
*Republican Sex Scandals Dwarf Those of Democrats.
Salem-News
*School Denies Claim Student Allegedly Harassed Because Mother
is Gay. WHDH-TV News
*Senator Craig Says He Was Entrapped, Not Aware of Restroom's
Reputation. Associated Press
*Study Seeks DNA Clues on Homosexuality. Peoples Daily Online
(Part 1, Click Article End for Parts 2 & 3)
*Trial Date Set For Lesbian Couple In Marriage License
Protest. 365Gay.Com
*U.S. Deaths From Staph Surpass
AIDS. Houston Chronicle
International
*Devout Christian Banned From Library After Campaign Against
Gay Staff. Pink News UK
*Gay Mayoral Candidate May Get Help From David Furnish. Pink
News UK
*'Memorial Toilet' Proposed in London for Gay Playwright Joe
Orton. Agence France Presse
*No Resignations Over Openly-Gay Personnel Says Royal
Navy. Pink News UK
*Nominated MP Files Petition to House to
Repeal Singapore Gay Sex Law. Straits Times
*Nominated MP Overstepped Role in Championing Gay Cause.
Letter to Editor Straits Times
*Venezuela Moves To Protect Gays In New Constitution.
365Gay.com
October 16th
State & National
*Florida Liberal Radio Host No Victim of Hate Crime. Florida Today
*
*Candidates Report Record Fundraising, Expenses. Associated Press
*Christian Conservative Pat Roberson's Finger May Get Student Expelled.
Associated Press
*Constructing Closets. Editorial Wayne Besen (Good Read)
*Ellen DeGeneres Under Fire From Animal Rights Group. Associated
Press
(View Crying Ellen DeGeneres Begs Agency Return Dog To Kids Video)
*'Gay Gene' Eyed in Survey of Brothers. Daily News (Here We Go Again,
Another Study)
*Imagine Peace—A Ray of Light in Dark Times. Op-Ed. Turtledig
*New California Law Pushes Homosexuality in Schools. Baptist Press
(Propaganda)
*Obama Seeks Support Of Religious Groups. Associated Press
*Protests May Greet Anti-Gay Religious Gathering. Herald.Net (Frist
Tampa, Now Lynnwood, Where Next?)
*Santa Barbara-Area Gay and Lesbian Students Receive Scholarships. Santa
Barbara Independent
*Slain Gay Man's Mother Fights His Killer's
Release Again. Houston Chronicle
*Suit OK'd Against Hate Monger Fred Phelps Anti-Gay Group. Baltimore Sun
*True Community. Op-Ed. Bilerico Project (Read/Leave Comments)
*The Rise of the Gayby Boomer, Again. Op-Ed Out Front Blog
International
*Canada Approves New HIV Treatment.
Canadian Press
*Canadian Soldiers Convicted Of Assault, Cleared Of Gay
Bashing By Dutch Court. Associated Press
*Jewish Ex-Gay Group Ignorant of
Ally’s Nazi Rhetoric? Ex-Gay Watch (Good Read)
*Pro-Gay Graffiti on Free
Presbyterian Church on Outskirts of Belfast. UTV
Internet
*Quebec Prisoners To Have Same-Sex Marriage.
365Gay.Com
*Scotland
Mulls Gay Hate Crime Law. 365Gay.Com
*Study
Examines AIDS Treatment In Africa. Associated Press
October 15th
State & National
*After Vetoing Gay Marriage Bill Schwarzenegger Signs 4 Other
LGBT Laws. 365Gay.Com
*Family, Friends Remember Gay Hate Victim Michael Sandy.
365Gay.Com
*Fred Thompson Missing In Action. 365Gay.Com
*LGBT Community Speaks on Identity. Daily 49er
*More Than a Lesbian Love Triangle, Ladies of Dante's Cove
Discuss Gay Hollywood. Gaywired
*Openly Gay Jake Mankato and Family Featured in Documentary.
Post Bulletin
*PFLAG
*Phoenix, AZ. Gay History is Richer Than You Might
Suspect. Echo Magazine
*QueerSighted Debates ENDA: GLB or GLBT?
QueerSighted
*Remembering Gay History, Lest We Repeat It. Echo
Magazine
*Scotty Wandell One of the Best Gay Characters on Television.
AfterEllen
*
*The Glamorous Life, On the Road With the A-List.
Gaywired
International
*European
Commission Avoids Funding Polish College Linked to Anti-gay Radio Station.
Rainbow Network
*Ottawa
Anglican Diocese Asks Bishop for Same-Sex Blessings. CBC
News
*Sir Ian
McClellan and Stars Speak Out for Gay Rights in Singapore.
Rainbow Network
*US
‘Underwrites Hatred' of Homosexuals in Uganda. Biz Community
*Vatican Bars Cleric Who Was Recorded
Speaking of Gay Sex. Advocate
October 14th
State & National
*Gay Groups Reach Out to Straight Allies. Associated
Press
*Importance Of Straight Allies To Gay Movement. Associated
Press
*Obama Goes Door To Door In Iowa. Associated Press
*Powerful Teachers Union President Comes Out Publicly.
365Gay.Com
*Romney Says He Represents True GOP Values. Associated
Press
*T-Room Larry Craig Becomes Hall Of Famer. Associated
Press
International
*High
Ranking Vatican Official Suspended After Coming Out On TV. Associated
Press
*Suspended Vatican Priest Denies He's
Gay. Associated Press
October 13th
State & National
*Group Says Florida Anti-Gay Amendment Likely To Make 08
Ballot. 365Gay.Com
*Anti-Gay Church Group is Coming to Lynnwood. HeraldNet
*Deep Divisions Remain With LGBT Community Over EDNA.
365Gay.Com
*First Openly Gay Character On Network TV, Billy Crystal Gets
Mark Twain Award. Associated Press
*Ken Hutcherson, Latvian Fundies to Work on Anti-Gay Strategy
at WA Conference. Pams House Blend
*Schwarzenegger Again Vetoes Gay Marriage Bill.
365Gay.Com
International
*High Ranking Vatican Official
Suspended After Coming Out On TV. Associated Press
*Taiwan Gays Grow In Visibility.
365Gay.Com
October 12th
State & National
*Florida Hit-And-Run Victim Targeted For Being Gay.
Local10.Com (View Video With News Article)
*Citizens for Community Values May Escape Another Money Probe.
Gay Peoples Chronicle
*Colorado Lawmaker Dumps
GOP to Joins Democrats. 365Gay.Com
*Comedian Scott Thompson's Routine Embarrassing Strike Out at
Gay World Series. Gaywired
*Debate Rages
Over ENDA, With or Without Gender Identity. Gay Peoples Chronicle
*Family of Man Who Died in Bondage Sex Act Files Lawsuit.
Advocate
*
*'Gay' Rights Bill Will Pass, Barney Frank Says. Cybercast
News Service
*Gay Rights Champ Rep. Barney Frank Lashes Out at Critics. San
Francisco Chronicle
*Gore, UN Environment Body Win Nobel Peace Prize.
Associated Press
*Majority of Straight Americans Want Equal Treatment For Gays.
Advocate
*Marion Jones’s Olympic Teammates May Also Be Stripped of
Medals. Gaywired
*
*New Push To Ban Gay Adoption In Tennessee. 365Gay.Com
*Promenade With a Purpose, Walkers Raise
Thousands for AIDS Work. Gay Peoples Chronicle
*Some Voters To Beat Earliest Primaries. Associated
Press
*Spin Doctors, Ad Agencies Create Candidate Images. Associated
Press
*Unsettling Re-Emergence of 'Gay Cancer'. San Francisco
Chronicle
International
*Calgary Mayor's Remarks Trouble Gay Rights
Groups. Advocate
*Singapore Celebs
Rap to Make Gay Sex Legal. Inquirer.Net
October 11th
State & National
*Florida Red and Blue Plays Straight Card in Effort to Block
Marriage Ban. Express Gay News
*
*
*Gay Defense Fails in New York Hate Crime, Convicted of
Manslaughter. Associated Press
*Gay-Rights Group "Triangle Foundation" Leader Bows Out After
16 Years. Detroit News
*Philly to Swear in First Openly Gay Male Judge. Gay Financial
Network
International
*Gay-Bashing Should Not Be a Hate Crime, Leave Gays Out of
Hate Crime Law. Independent.ie
President Ahmadinejad
Misquoted Over Gays in Iran. Iran News
*Russian Activists Lose Case Against Mayor of Moscow. Pink
News UK
*Tampa Activist Will Talk About Gay Issues
Friday at Wartburg. Cedar Falls Courier
*A Lesbian Reflection on National Coming Out Day.
Gaywired
*Anti-Gay California Ballot Backers Miss June Target. Bay
Area Reporter
*Barney Frank Speaks On His
Decision to Split ENDA Into Two Bills. Bay Windows
*
*’Grey’s Anatomy’ Star T.R. Knight Stars
in Gay Public Service Announcement. Edge Boston
*House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Remains
Undecided on ENDA. Bay Area Reporter
*Human Rights Campaign's Joe
Solmonese ‘We’re All Working Towards the Same Goal’. Bay Windows
*Iowa Political Glass Ceiling Presents New Challenge To
Clinton. 365Gay.Com
*Local Activists Take Lead Role in
ENDA Debate. Bay Windows
*Low Iowa Finish To End Brownback Presidential Bid.
Associated Press
*National Coming Out Day Observed. 365Gay.Com
*Reality Check for San Francisco's Gay Men. Bay Area
Reporter
*Things Clik for Trans Rocker. Gaywired
*Wife Had a Tough Choice to Make When She Found Out Her
Husband Is Gay. 20/20 Online
International
*Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown Tells PM "End Gay
Discrimination". The Age
*Hate Preacher Inspires Lesbian Songwriter. Pink News UK
*Massive Cocaine Binge Killed Gay German Aristocrat. Pink News
UK
*Rise in Number of Prosecutions for Homophobic Crime. Pink
News UK
*We Gays Are Not So Weedy That We Can’t Take Insults. Times
Online UK
October 10th
State & National
*Int'l Rights Group Accuses Bush Admin. Of Funding African
Violent Attacks On Gays. 365Gay.Com
*Methodist Lobby Office Joins Homosexual Activists in
Backing Dangerous Pro-Gay Law. Life Site
*National GLBT News Roundup. Windy City Times
*Pediatricians Told To Be On Lookout For
Suicide Signs In Gay Teens. 365Gay.Com
*Protest Targets LGBT Violence. Windy
City Times
*Rudy Giuliani, Gays and Values Voters.
The American
Prospect
*San Francisco Archbishop Responds After Caught on Video
Giving Communion to Gay Men Dressed as Nuns. LifeSite
*Senator Craig's Iranian Surprise. The
Spoof (Satire)
*Support For Civil
Unions Grows Among Maryland Democrats. 365Gay.Com
*The Coors
Boycott and You. Windy City Times (Open Letter to LGBT
Community)
*Florida School Board Moves To Tighten Restriction On Gay
Club. 365Gay.Com
*Bush's Former Shadow Handicaps GOP Candidates. Associated
Press
*Continental Airlines Joins Forces With Out Professionals.
Gaywired
*`Dear Abby' Says She's for Gay Marriage. Associated
Press
*
*Hate Crime Laws Lack Clout, Funds. USA Today (Op-Ed)
*'Jena 6' Case in Louisiana Spurs
Copycats. USA Today
*Lesbian Sues NYC Restaurant Over Bathroom Incident.
Advocate
*Majority Of
States Bar Routine HIV Tests. Associated Press
*Old Age Not
So Golden for Many in LGBT Community. Advocate
*
*Rhode Island
Lesbian Couple Asks Court to Permit Divorce. Advocate
*Senator Craig Excuse Finds Way Into
Lexicon. Associated Press
*
*Straight Gay Rights Activist Henry Rollins Interview.
Cleveland Free Times
International
*Bishop Carey Supports Uganda’s Stand
on Gays. Uganda Weekly Observer
*Int'l Rights Group Accuses Bush Admin. Of
Funding African Violent Attacks On Gays. 365Gay.Com
*A 'Thank You' to Supporters of Australian GLBT Community.
GenerationQ
*Canadian Soldiers Charged in Alleged Gay-Bashing' Incident.
Canada.Com
*Domestic Violence Can Happen in Gay/Lesbian Relationships,
Too. Philippines News
*Jail, If You Taunt Gays. Daily Star
*Jailing People For Homophobic Slurs Will Only Promote
Intolerance. StockHouse
*'Lesbian' Tennis Coach Accused of Affair Admits Wearing
13-Year-Old Pupil's Knickers. Daily Mail
*Pupils Risk Prosecution For 'Gay' Slur. Telegraph
*Rainbow Alliance to Meet With Bahamas Senior Police Officers.
Nassau Guardian
*The World Has Gone Gay. Reporter
*Wentworth Candidate George Newhouse to Address Gay Sydney.
Sydney Star Observer
October 9th
State & National
*Anti Gay Rights Petitions: One Down, One to Go.
BlueOregon
*'Awakening' Finds Melissa Etheridge's
Eyes Open to the World. USA Today
*Coming
Out Day Urges Discussion of Homosexuality. Terre Haute News (Readers' Forum
Comment)
*Monica Roberts Provides A Brief
History of the Trans / HRC Schism. Edge
Boston
*T.R. Knight
Records National Coming Out Day Message.
365Gay.Com
*Will Iran President Invite Columbia University President to
Speak in Tehran? Village
Voice
International
*Jack Straw Moves to Ban Incitement Against Gays. Guardian
Unlimited
*Muslims Join Christian Condemnation of Gay Protection Law.
Pink News UK
*U.K. Law Would Ban Anti-Gay Hate Speech.
PlanetOut
October 8th
State & National
*Child Predators Face Tougher Penalties, But Parents Are Best
Protectors. Sun-Sentinel
*Purging Larry Craig. Baltimore Sun
*Exclusive: Infamous Florida Lesbian Mom Speaks Out, Again!
Family Pride Blog
*Florida International University Class Attracts Both Gay and
Straight Students. Express Gay News
*Fort Lauderdale Bar to Hold Fund-Raiser for Bartender Injured
in Hit and Run. Express Gay News
*Billie Jean King Co-Hosts Tennis Tournament to Benefit Elton
John AIDS Foundation. Gaywired
*Comedian Julie Brown Hosts Benefit for San Francisco Fog Gay
Rugby Team. Gaywired
*
*
*Gay Republicans Television Attack Against Romney Could
Backfire. Gaywired
*GLMA Urges Inclusion Of Transgender People In
Federal ENDA Bill. MediLexicon
*Hillary Rodham Clinton Ahead In Iowa Poll. Associated
Press
*The Real Word on Homosexuality. Philly.Com (Op-Ed. Originally
Posted Oct. 3rd)
International News
*Christians Object to Proposed Homophobic Incitement Law. Pink
News UK
*English Bishop Threatens Conference Boycott Over Gays. Pink
News UK
*Gay Marriage Put in Spotlight. VietNamNet
*HIV Experiments To Be Conducted In Space. A.P. ~
365Gay.Com
*Hundreds Celebrate India's Gay Prince's Birthday.
365Gay.Com
*India's Royal Gay Bash. SameSame
*Iran Leader Booed At Tehran University. Associated
Press
*State Grants Right to Silence for Gay Partners in Court. Pink
News UK
October 7th
State & National
*Watch Out For Tomato Worms. ConservativeVoice (Really
Anti-HRC and GLBT Rights Piece)
*Brooklyn Man Convicted Of Hate Crime In 2006 Death Of Gay
Man. NY1 News
*Demands for Investigation Into
Death of Lesbian Service Member Mount. Seattle Gay News
*ENDA Stirs Fiery Controversy Over
Transgender Inclusion, Legal Loopholes. Seattle Gay News
*Memorial Held For Gay Ally Tammy Faye. 365Gay.Com ~
A.P.
*Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival Bigger Than Ever.
Seattle Times
*Brooklyn Man Convicted Of Hate Crime In 2006 Death Of Gay
Man. NY1 News
International News
*Drama of Lesbian Teenager Coming-of-Age Wins £25,000
Iris Prize. BCC News
October 6, 2007
State & National
*Why California's Gay Marriage Case Should Matter to You,
247Gay.Com
*Conviction in Death of Gay Man in Traffic. N.Y.
Times
*Romney's Biggest Booster? Mitt Romney.
Associated Press
International
News
*Top Colombian Court Affirms Gay Couples'
Right to Joint Health Plans. Herald Tribune
*Colombia Court: Same-Sex Relationships Must
Be Recognized. 365Gay.Com
October 5th
State &
National
*Brooklyn Man Convicted of Gay Attack.
Associated Press
*Ex-Cop Convicted Of Raping Transsexual Seeks
New Trial. 365Gay.Com
*
*Gay-Bashing Defendant: 'I could Be
Homosexual'. CNN A.P.
'Gay Bomb' Developers Receive Ig Nobel
Prize. Gay Wired
*Georgia Equality Unveils New
Strategic Plan. Southern Voice
*Rush Limbaugh Critic Argues Against
Fairness Doctrine. CNSNews
*Sen. Larry Craig Poses Dilemma for GOP Colleagues. Express Gay News
October
4th
State &
National
*Creep of the Week: Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad. Pride Source
*Judge Rejects Sen. Larry Craig's
Motion to Revoke Plea. Express Gay News
*No ENDA Without Trans Protections.
Gay City News
*San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Condemns Michael Savage. NewsMax
*Op-Ed. Un-American San Francisco
Supervisors Condemn Michael Savage. Renew America
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