20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Hold Final Event in San Francisco
April 30, 2009
The 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards season will come to a close on Saturday, May 9 at the Hilton San Francisco in California. The always hysterical comedian Chelsea Handler will be on hand to host the show and announce winners!
Chelsea Handler
After a fantastic line-up of celebrities and special guests joined GLAAD to show their support for LGBT-inclusive media images, in New York City on March 28 and Los Angeles on April 18, we have more famous faces that will help us celebrate the 20th anniversary of the culture-changing Awards.
You can be part of this extraordinary night by purchasing your tickets to the silent auction, Awards dinner, and after party. And this year, we’ve announced special $100 show only tickets!
Special guests and presenters scheduled to attend, include:
Calpernia Addams
Megan Cavanagh
Gabrielle Christian
Michelle Clunie
Laverne Cox
Wilson Cruz
Robert Gant
Dan Jinks
Jason Lewis
Mandy Musgrave
Suze Orman
Simon Rex
Eduardo Xol
Judge David Young
Awards will be presented onstage in the following categories: Outstanding Television Movie, Outstanding Reality Program and Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine.
Chad Allen
Actor and producer Chad Allen will receive the Davidson/Valentini Award, which is named after Craig Davidson, GLAAD’s first executive director, and his partner Michael Valentini. The award is presented to an openly LGBT media professional who has made a significant difference in promoting equal rights for our community. Through his acting roles and film projects, Allen has amplified the voices of LGBT community.
Just in 2008, in addition to appearing as openly gay detective Donald Strachey in here! Networks’ The Donald Strachey Mystery Series, Allen served as a producer on the film Save Me, which offered audiences a look into the world of so-called “ex gay ministries.” The Donald Strachey Mystery Series is nominated for Outstanding Television Movie this year and Save Me is a nominee for Outstanding Film – Limited Release.
Not only is Chad Allen an advocate as an actor and producer but he has been a vocal supporter for marriage equality in interviews with news outlets including CNN’s Larry King Live.
Dustin Lance Black
Dustin Lance Black will receive a Special Recognition Award for his work to raise visibility of our community as a screenwriter on the films Milk and Pedro. And who could forget his moving acceptance speech calling for marriage equality at the Academy Awards this year while wearing a white knot.
Geoff Callan & Mike Shaw, the filmmakers responsible for the documentary Pursuit of Equality will take home the San Francisco Local Hero Award. The film is an emotionally charged documentary that puts a face on American citizens who strive for marriage equality and gives viewers an inside look at Mayor Gavin Newsom’s decision to allow the first same-sex couple to exchange their vows. This past year, Callan and Shaw took the film across California to fight the anti-gay Proposition 8.
The San Francisco Awards will also include two very special performances by out pop music phenomenon Matt Alber and extraordinary violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg with the New Century Chamber Orchestra.
The GLAAD Media Awards wouldn’t be where we are today without the help of our corporate partners. More than 100 corporate sponsors are showing their support, including National Presenting Partner IBM and Local Presenting Partners ABSOLUT® VODKA and Prudential. GLAAD is also grateful to the event’s Platinum Underwriters Comcast, TimeWarner and University of Phoenix. Allstate Insurance Company, American Airlines, Barefoot Wine, Disney/ABC Television Group, HMS Media, Herb Ritts Foundation, New York City Marriott & Renaissance Hotels, Renaissance New York Hotel, MillerCoors, NBC Universal, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Southwest Airlines, The Terry Watanabe Charitable Trust and Wyndham Hotel Group support the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards as Underwriter Partners.
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Top 50 Rabbi List Includes LGBT Allies
April 20, 2009
Last month GLAAD featured a national survey of Jewish synagogues by Jewish Mosaic and the Institute for Judaism and Sexual Orientation. The survey documented great support for LGBT inclusion by rabbis and the need for clear practices for that welcome.
A timely follow up to the survey is Newsweek’s annual compilation of the 50 most influential rabbis released on April 4. Many of the rabbis on the list are already demonstrating their acceptance of LGBT issues including marriage for gay and lesbian couple – further supporting the survey’s data on LGBT inclusion.
Here are just some of the LGBT friendly rabbis featured in Newsweek’s list – you can weigh in if there are other rabbis who deserve kudos for their support of LGBT equality and tell us about their accomplishments for equality.
Other noteworthy rabbis not included on the list are Rabbi Toba Spitzer, open lesbian and president of the Reconstructionist Movement, and Rabbi Denise Eger, vice president of the Pacific Association of Reform Rabbis, president of the Southern California Board of Rabbis and outspoken faith leader against Prop 8.
#1 David Saperstein – As previously blogged by GLAAD, Saperstein was recently invited to participate as a member of the White House faith-based council. He is the Director of Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism which has an LGBT rights program that is challenging Prop. 8 in California.
Rabbi Harold Schulweis
#8 Eric Yoffee – He is head of the Reform movement which supports welcoming LGBT people. Rabbi Yoffee welcomes and encourages congregations to bless gay couples.
#16 J. J. Rolando Matalon – In 2005, Matalon demonstrated support for another rabbi who faced expulsion due to a technical error. Matalon cited her ministry to the LGBT Jewish community in New York as a reason for his support.
#19 Jeffrey Wohlberg – After leaders of Conservative Judaism agreed to ordain gay rabbis and endorse same-sex commitment ceremonies in 2006, Wohlberg chaired a committee that recommended the structure for Conservative commitment ceremonies of same-sex unions. He also stated his willingness to perform the ceremonies.
#21 Harold M. Schulweis – Schulweis called the 2006 decision a “very courageous thing and is part of the evolution of religious mores.” Schulweis is also the co-author of the book Lesbian and Gay Families Speak Out.
#23 Dan Ehrenkrantz – Along with other Jewish leaders, Ehrenkrantz released a statement applauding the 2006 decision in favor of ordaining openly gay rabbis stating that it is “a step toward advancing the rights of gay and lesbian Jews.”
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum
#25 Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum – Rabbi Kleinbauem is the Senior Rabbi of New York City’s synagogue for the LGBT Jewish community, Congregation Beth Simchat Torah (CBST). Under her leadership, CBST has become an important voice in Judaism and in the movement to secure basic civil rights for gay people. She has also testified in Federal Court and before the U.S. Congress in hearings on the subject of same-sex marriage.
#32 Stephen Pearce – Rabbi Pearce is the leader at Temple Emanu-El, San Francisco’s largest synagogue, which regularly performs same-sex weddings. Pearce was a vocal supporter of Mayor Gavin Newsom’s move to allow same-sex marriage.
#34 Kerry M. Olitzky – Wrote about how “the big tent” includes ordination of LGBT people in Conservative Judaism as well as Hillel’s new welcoming resource for Jewish students and campus leaders is progressive and welcoming.
#40 Bradley Shavit Artson - A supporter of full religious equality for gays, Rabbi Artson wrote a paper in 1992 advocating gay ordinations and unions. The paper also advocated lifting the ban on gay sex. He has argued that homosexuality is consistent with Jewish law, “provided that this sexuality is expressed within the context of a mutually exclusive, committed adult relationship.”
Rabbi Joy Levitt
#41 Rabbi Elliot Dorff – He co-wrote the legal opinion allowing gay ordination and same-sex unions. Rabbi Dorff also spoke out against Prop. 8 in California.
#48 Jill Jacobs – Rabbi Jacobs has been an avid supporter of social justice issues including equality for women and gays and lesbians.
#49 Joy Levitt – Rabbi Joy Levitt is the Executive Director at the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan. The LGBTQ outreach program was one of the first two programs developed at the center.
NPR Prop 8 Segment Stirs Community Response
March 6, 2009
This morning, LGBT blogs were buzzing with word about a story that aired on NPR’s Morning Edition yesterday “Backers Of Calif. Gay Marriage Ban Face Backlash.” The segment explores how major “Yes on 8″ donors have been affected since their donations have become public.
Dan Savage , the Advocate, Queerty and others took further looks at the piece, bringing up good questions. Why were no gay folks quoted in the piece? Why was NPR, which is typically a fair, accurate, and inclusive media outlet, running a story focusing solely on ”Yes on 8″ donors and their concerns?
The piece was one-sided it its portrayal of the Proposition 8 campaign, perhaps even sympathetic toward donors to the anti-gay “Yes on 8″ campaign who are experiencing adverse effects of their donations.
Speaking with a business owner in Sacramento, whose $20,000 donation to the campaign is now public knowledge, reporter Karen Grisby Bates tells listeners:
…retaliation was swift. “We soon started getting very nasty e-mails and letters and phone calls by the hundreds,” he says.
In response, Savage writes:
Gee, maybe a gay person should’ve been asked to respond…
Bates speaks to no gay leaders. She doesn’t quote anyone about the role that boycotts have played in other civil rights struggles
After hearing these and other concerns from constituents, we reached reached out to reporter Karen Grisby Bates this morning to address the piece Karen told us she had received over 300 e-mails from concerned LGBT folks and allies since the story was broadcast. She said that she was very open to folks’ opinions and thoughts about her work, and also wanted to make sure people saw it in context.
After speaking with Karen, we learned about that context: her story was half of a two-part segment on Proposition 8. Yesterday on “Morning Edition,” NPR took a look at two sides of Prop 8. The first story “SF Mayor Takes Gay Marriage Fight To Court,” focused on Gavin Newsom and gave voice to the support of marriage equality.
The two stories appear back-to-back on the full Morning Show listing, as they appeared live on the broadcast yesterday.
The piece was followed with “now a look at the other side of Prop 8…” and the “Backers Of Calif. Gay Marriage Ban Face Backlash” story.
Though it is good to see that NPR did in fact delve into both sides of the issue, it is unfortunate that anyone navigating NPR.org may not have seen that. By not labeling the stories as “Part 1″ and “Part 2,” NPR left the stories to stand on their own, and in turn people saw the stories on their own.
What do you think? Does the fact that the piece was actually a part of a larger segment change the way you feel about it?
Analysis: Dr. Phil on Marriage Debate
November 21, 2008
In what is believed to be the first national talk show to devote its full hour to California’s battle for marriage equality, Dr. Phil offered up a sweeps month episode that claimed to examine both sides—literally, as the audience was divided down the middle with those for on one side and those against on the other.
Sitting on the panel were San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, HRC president Joe Solmonese, and attorney Gloria Allred debating anti-gay Pastor Jim Garlow of Skyline Church, Maggie Gallagher of National Organization for Marriage, and Jeff Flint from the Yes on 8 campaign.
Dr. Phil tells the audience that he is looking to present each side of the campaign and that he won’t take a stand either way as it should be a “personal decision.” If he means that the majority voting on a minority’s civil rights should be a personal decision, then, uh, Phil, we disagree. Let’s examine the rest of the hour. . .
Segment 1: The now-familiar talking heads were met with wild, unnatural applause from their respective followers after each statement. With all the hooting and hollering going on, you might think for a moment that they were overflow audience from The Jerry Springer Show (but they are dressed too nicely).
The challenge of this kind of talk-over-each-other forum is that whoever gets the last word in before the commercial break often seems to score a hypothetical point for their side. Gallagher erroneously states that gays & lesbians don’t need marriage: “All the practical rights and benefits for people to live their life are still available through civil unions.” Wild applause and cut to commercial.
Point 1: Team H8
Segment 2: The topic is the campaign ads on both sides. “Did they go too far,” asks Phil, pointing out that at $74 million this was the most expensive social issue campaign in history.
There is a surface discussion about the Prop 8 ads which presented misinformation about the religious and education ramifications if Prop 8 should fail. Joe Solmonese points out that the Prop 8 campaign couldn’t find any California public school educator to put in their ad to support their bogus claims about same-sex marriage being taught in schools.
“First they call you haters and bigots if you disagree with them on marriage,” Gallagher spewed. “Now they call you liars if you disagree with them about the consequences of gay marriage.” Uh, Maggie, if the shoe fits. Check out the screengrab (right) to see an unintentional message being sent to viewers.
After 20 minutes, Gloria Allred finally gets a word in and lays into Gallagher. Solmonese thankfully brings the conversation back to the differences between marriage and civil unions.
Point 2: Equality
Segment 3: Opens with b-roll of a handwritten sign that boldly reads “GAYS HATE GOD.” Ick. Having been on the frontline of the rallies, I know the rallies have brought out many gay people and allies of faith. The sign seems like an anomaly or perhaps a plant by anti-gay operatives—either way, it unnecessarily stokes the flames. “Man-on-the-street” interviews follow about the church and its involvement in the campaign. Shot at what appears to be Garlow’s Skyline Church, church members deliver the false messages they’ve been fed through e-mails, mailings, commercials and likely their pulpit. Where is The View’s Sherri Shepherd?
Back on Phil’s stage, Garlow takes this opportunity to further exaggerate a myth of widespread post-election violence happening against churches and anti-gay demonstrators. Newsom interjects and says that any violence is wrong but points out that gay and lesbian couples have long been the victims of violence. He adds that we are talking about civil marriages and that this shouldn’t even be a religious issue. (Translation: Pick up your toys and go home Garlow.)
Point 3: Equality
Segment 4: Going into the second half, Dr. Phil pulls the gloves off to talk about the techniques used by Prop 8’s ProtectMarriage.com to extort money out of companies that supported Equality California. Jeff Flint tries to explain and Dr. Phil calls it what it is: “threatening and intimidation.”
Regarding boycotting going on by “No on 8″ supporters, Gallagher cries foul and attempts to draw a difference between boycotting the businesses of individual donors vs. the businesses that donated.
Newsom refocuses the topic by talking about the devastating change that has happened by altering the Constitution.
Point 4: Equality
Segment 5: We’re nearing the end of the show and there have been no gay couples talking about why marriage is important to them. Until now. This segment features video packages of two couples: David and Bob and Jennifer and Dan. Both couples have two young children so there are nice parallels drawn between the families.
“We’re the couple down the block with two kids,” says Bob in their video package. “Marriage commits permanence,” adds David, against a background of photos from their traditional Jewish wedding.
Bob continues: “After Prop 8 passed on election day I felt betrayed…I felt angry. We want the legal protections of what marriage offers. We want the best for our children. We just want to be equal.”
“We feel like second-class citizens,” concludes David. “If it’s us now, who’s it going to be next?”
Now it’s time for Jennifer and Dan’s package where they will try to explain why their union is superior. Jennifer doesn’t believe gay couples have lost a civil right, just the word ‘marriage.’ It’s interesting to watch the two packages back to back. Both feature scenes of the parents at home with their respective kids: David and Bob’s segment is about themselves and how marriage affects their own family so the footage is all about them and their happy family; Jennifer and Dan have no real grounds to explain how marriage between a same-sex couple directly affects their own family, so much of their segment is spent talking about “them” and showing scenes from the anti-gay TV ads and, yes, shots of David and Bob at home.
Following the packages, the two couples are live in Dr. Phil’s studio audience for follow up. David is passionate and bridges the gap to show the comparisons between the two families: “We have what you have.”
Point 5: Equality
Segment 6: We’re in the home stretch and going into the last segment. “I’m always looking for a way to bring people together,” says Dr. Phil. “Gloria, is there a way to dial down the rhetoric?”
Allred chooses instead to talk about the California Supreme Court protecting the minority over the whim of the majority, reinforcing that this is about a legal marriage license and not a religious issue.
Phil asks Garlow if there’s a way to find common ground. Garlow says the acts of violence and name calling has to stop and then launches into a jumble of election statistics. “This issue has been examined microscopically,” he says, trying to convince viewers that voters knew what they were doing when they voted Yes on 8. Allred and Solmonese try to quickly respond but Dr. Phil has to go to a break. I’m sure one of them would have said something to the effect that casting a vote on a fundamental right is not examining the issue, sir.
Point 6: Toss Up
Segment 7: And now it’s over. No time for impassioned audience stories or follow up questions.
“We’ve only scratched the surface here,” before he thanks his guests. “For those of you at home, I hope we’ve given you some insight into this most important issue.” True, Dr. Phil reaches a large audience that could benefit from dialogue about equality for same-sex families, but you’re left with the uneasy feeling that if Oprah and Phil and all the others had given this much attention to the issue before the election, maybe things would have turned out differently.
As he does every show, Dr. Phil closes the show by walking through the audience to join his wife Robin (reminding viewers that he can still marry). Dr. Phil says he wants to be a healer. Perhaps not segregating and dividing the audience would have been the first step.
Based on my highly unscientific scoring criteria, Equality seemed to win by episode’s end. But as the credits roll and the camera pans through the audience, the relatively blank faces of the audience members on both sides say it all: Nothing really came from this.
Dr. Phil Tackles Marriage Equality
November 21, 2008
Today’s Dr. Phil episode, “Same-Sex Marriage: Right or Wrong?” is devoted to a post-election discussion and debate about California’s battle for marriage equality. Will it move the needle? Tune in to find out.
Joining Dr. Phil are San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, HRC president Joe Solmonese, and attorney Gloria Allred debating anti-gay Pastor Jim Garlow of Skyline Church, Maggie Gallagher of National Organization for Marriage, and Jeff Flint from the Yes on 8 campaign. See the preview here.
The Dr. Phil show has been hit and miss on LGBT issues. He recently did an episode on transgender young people where a platform was inexplicably given to Focus on the Family’s Glenn Stanton, a man who is not an expert on developmental issues or transgender children. Stanton baselessly asserted that children develop transgender identities when their parents fail to enforce gender roles.
Newsom
For today’s topic, Dr. Phil says he will remain as neutral as Switzerland, but perhaps the placement of the guests send an unintended but real message. . .
- Garlow, Gallagher, Flint
Check back with glaadBLOG later today for live blogging analysis.
What to Watch: This Weekend
November 21, 2008
Friday, November 21
Check local listings Dr. Phil, syndicated (1 hr) NEW - Proposition 8 is discussed by guests including Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, and Gavin Newsom, mayor of San Francisco.
8:00 pm Degrassi: The Next Generation, The N (30 min) NEW - Though gay faves Marco, Dylan, Alex and Paige have graduated, it doesn’t mean there aren’t new gay high school students to love! Check out this teen hit and meet the new characters.
Gavin Newsom
8:30 pm South of Nowhere, The N (30 min) NEW - Spencer has to make a college decision, and things with Ashley might hang in the balance. [read more]
9:00 pm Starter Wife, USA (1 hr) NEW - The series, based on the miniseries special, brings back Chris Diamantopoulos as Rodney, Molly’s best friend. He’s decorating the home of an A-list action star, and nursing quite the crush on him, but the question is: is the actor gay or straight?
Saturday, November 22
9:00 pm Color Splash, HGTV (30 min) NEW - Out interior designer David Bromstad reworks living spaces. Tonight, his attention is on a den.
10:00 pm The Graham Norton Show, BBC America (1 hr) NEW - Out Irish comedian Graham Norton presents the fourth season of his comedy chat show.
Sunday, November 23
9:00 pm True Blood, HBO (1 hr) SEASON FINALE - The new series by Alan Ball includes pansexual vampires and gay chef Lafayette, who dabbles in both drug dealing and a private escort service for closeted politicians. Tonight, we finally find out who’s been murdering all those “fang-banging” women. [read more]
10:00 pm Entourage, HBO (30 min) SEASON FINALE - Rex Lee plays Lloyd, Ari’s assistant. [read more]
10:00 pm Skins, BBC America (1 hr) NEW - In this teen drama, Maxxie is the cute blondie that can get any boy he wants. This week’s episode focuses on Effy. [read more]
10:30 pm Summer Heights High, HBO (30 min) NEW - This Australian mockumentary satirizes high school life, and features Mr. G., a sexually ambiguous drama teacher with a love for the theater and Chihuahuas.
Milk Inspires Hope
October 29, 2008
The highly-anticipated Milk made its world premiere in San Francisco on Tuesday night, fittingly in the Castro, a neighborhood where gay activist Harvey Milk made history three decades ago.As the creators and stars of the film and local politicians walked the red carpet in front of the Castro Theatre, hundreds of people across the street chanted and waved “Vote No on Prop. 8″ signs. It was a moment that the late San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk would have appreciated.
GLAAD President Neil Giuliano and Director of Entertainment Media Damon Romine were among the guests at the sold-out, one-night-only, world-premiere screening, a benefit for four LGBT youth organizations. Cast members Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch and Diego Luna brought star power to the Castro.
Before the screening began, the Castro Theatre’s resident house organist entertained the audience, followed by opening remarks by Focus Features CEO James Schamus who proudly announced the event raised $200,000, and thanked the 5,000 locals who participated in the film’s crowd scenes, one of which was a re-creation of a chilling candlelight march originally attended by 30,000 in 1978.
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom told the audience: “I am proud to live in a city that doesn’t just tolerate diversity, but celebrates diversity.” Regarding Milk, Newsom called him “an extraordinary person who lived an extraordinary but short life. So much has changed but the struggle remains.”
Newsom introduced director Gus Van Sant who jokingly warned the audience, “If it isn’t any good, it could be a long evening.” But the director had nothing to worry about because Milk is that good and moved most, if not all, of the audience to tears.
It has taken 30 years to bring to the screen the story of Milk’s rise to office and his and Mayor George Moscone’s assassination at City Hall by fellow Supervisor Dan White in 1978. Van Sant himself has been talking about making this film for 18 years: “He’s an American hero. He’s a great example of a man representing his community and his city,” he said last night.
What young writer Dustin Lance Black and director Van Sant have remarkably done is tell a story that unabashedly celebrates the man, the era and the greater LGBT movement. This is a film that has the power to inform new generations of the long hard fought battles the LGBT community has faced. This is a film that serves as a rallying cry for LGBT people to not accept second-class status. And, most importantly, this is a film that inspires hope.
In Milk’s first and only year in office, he helped defeat 1978’s discriminatory Prop. 6, a state measure that would have fired all California school employees suspected of being gay and those who supported them. Milk led people out of the closet and encouraged people to tell their personal stories to convince others to vote no on Prop. 6. Watched today, in the wake of the discriminatory Prop. 8 ballot measure, the film clearly displays the eerie parallels and similar anti-gay arguments made in support of the two propositions — yet Black and Van Sant’s movie was filmed months before Prop. 8 was ever put on the ballot.
Following the film’s premiere last night, guests were transported to San Francisco’s City Hall, itself a major character in the movie. A grand celebration of the film and Milk’s life took place, where cast members and LGBT activists old and new mingled against the backdrop of ’70s era disco music. Praise for the movie seemed universal, and as guests discussed the film and shared stories of both Prop. 6 then and Prop. 8 now, one point was oft repeated: If this movie could just come out before the election, it’s possible that Milk’s leadership then may inspire people now to take action. But, sadly, the movie will be released Thanksgiving weekend, weeks after Prop. 8 has been decided.
Activist Cleve Jones, played in the film by Emile Hirsch, said Milk would have been thrilled at the film but angry that the fight over equality continues. “Harvey would be angry,” Jones said about the battle against Prop. 8, “and he’d still be fighting.”
A bust of Milk was unveiled at City Hall in recent weeks. It sits at the top of the rotunda’s grand staircase, just yards away from where Milk was gunned down. During the party, people gathered around the bust and took a moment to read the inscription, a quote from a speech Milk made in 1978:
I ask for the movement to continue because my election gave young people out there hope. You gotta give ‘em hope.
And even though the timing could be better, that’s just what Milk offers: Hope.
Top Stories Today – 09.30.2008
September 30, 2008
Regional News:
- Los Angeles Times (CA) – California’s Gay Marriage Foes Roll Out TV Ads
- The Detroit News (MI) – COLUMN: Partner Benefits for Gay Federal Workers Make Sense
- The New York Times (NY) – Gay Families Find the Bronx Is a Place to Call Home
- Appleton Post-Crescent (WI) – Grand Chute Homicide Suspect to Undergo Competency Exam
- Staten Island Advance (NY) – The Game Is Changing
- Sacramento Bee (CA) – Police Investigating Death of 22-Year-Old as Suspicious
- San Diego Union-Tribune (CA) – Gay Pride Parade Case May Go to Jury Today
- WOODTV.com [Grand Rapids] (MI) – 1 of 2 Teens Sentenced in Videotaped Beating Case
- The Gazette [Iowa City] (IO) – UI Investigates Anti-Gay Graffiti
- The Detroit News (MI) – Report: Michigan U.S. Attorney’s Firing Appropriate
International News:
- The Vancouver Sun (Canada) – Gay Community Urges Hate Crime Charges
- International Herald Tribune (Greece) – Greek Gays Press for Same-Sex Marriages
From the Blogs:
- The Huffington Post – Parents Take on a Proposition in the Golden State
- Top of the Ticket (Los Angeles Times) – Gavin Newsom Is About to Become Even More Famous
- AfterElton.com – “Dancing With the Stars” recaplet (Ep. 7.04): He kissed a girl
- Queerty – Greek Govt. Fighting Gay Nups
- AfterElton.com - AfterElton Briefs: Reynolds married, Franco does Out, Palin needs a (gay) friend.
- AMERICAblog – Gay leader reportedly gunned down in Iraq
- Queerty – Eagle Forum Leader Refers To Gay Rights As “Tar Baby;” Peddles Homo “Horror Stories” To Further Cause
- Joe.My.God – HomoQuotable – Barney Frank
- AfterElton.com – Is Bravo’s Next Reality Show About ‘Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys’?
Top Stories Today – 09.11.2008
September 11, 2008
National News:
- Associated Press – Craig Lawyers Argue to Overturn Plea in Sex Sting
Regional News:
- Los Angeles Times – California’s Top Episcopal Bishops Oppose Gay Marriage Ban
- NBC WCSH6.com (ME) – Portland Hate Crime Investigated
- NBC12 News (AZ) – Homosexual and Transgender Rights Debated in Flagstaff
- Ventura County Star (CA) – OP-ED: California Controversy
- The Desert Sun (CA) – Prop. 8 a Hot Topic at Candidates Forum
- Chicago Tribune (IL) – Proposed High School for Gays Isn’t Likely to Open Before 2012
- The Desert Sun (CA) – L.A. City Council to Support Federal Same-Sex Marriage Bill
International News:
- Liverpool Daily Post (United Kingdom) – Angela Eagle: My Pride at Being First Lesbian MP to ‘Marry’
- The Independent (South Africa) – Church Set to Apologise to Gay Music Teacher
From the Blogos:
- The Huffington Post – I Was Born in a Small Town.
- The Bilerico Project – Sarah Palin’s Crazy Homophobic Pastor
- Box Turtle Bulletain – Prop 8’s Message to Youth: Blatant Lies and Transparent Bigotry
- Queerty – CA Episcopal Leaders Come Out For Gay Nups
- Pam’s House Blend – NC: ‘Ex-gay’ play producers claim AIDS cured with prayer
- The Bilerico Project Florida – Palm Beach Community College to offer domestic partner benefits
- Towleroad – George Takei’s Star Trek Wedding to Happen this Weekend
- The Bilerico Project – The CPA supports same-sex marriage
- Queerty – Over Saturation? (Re: New social networking site gays.com)
- Gay News Blog – Newsom helps kick off effort to defeat antigay marriage ban
- AMERICAblog – Paul Tonko, attacked by anti-gay flyer, won his primary yesterday
- Out in Asheville – Asheville PrideFest in Crisis
- Gay News Blog – Sacramento mayoral candidate Johnson says he won’t campaign against gay-marriage ban
- Mombian – Maurice Sendak Comes Out
- The Bilerico Project – Larry Craig’s back in court
