Pride in Mumbai
: The LGBT community in Mumbai will hold its
Queer
Azadi March
(azadi means "freedom") on Sunday, following last
month's court decision to decriminalize homosexuality, a
ruling that is being challenged.
Sad tune:
Legendary jazz guitarist and guitar design innovator
Les Paul
died on Thursday at the age of 94.
Utah paper rejects same-sex wedding announcement:The Spectrum
in southern Utah
refused
to publish the paid announcement of a male couple's June
2008 marriage in California, saying that it only publishes news
of marriages that are legal under Utah law.
Womyn for womyn:
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Liberia on Thursday
and expressed her support for
President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf,
Africa's only female president, who has faced challenges in her
country.
Time to lure a gay tax base:
Representatives from 10 cities rated among the nation's most in
decline
met over the weekend in Dayton, Ohio, to discuss rejuvenation
strategies.
Bush "went soft"
: Former vice president Dick Cheney complains in his upcoming
memoir
that President Bush stopped listening to his hard-line advice
in his second term.
The heat is on
: New York City's largest municipal union backed
Comptroller William C. Thompson
for mayor on Wednesday night over incumbent mayor Michael
Bloomberg, whom the union had endorsed in 2005.
School district settles harassment lawsuit
: The Anoka-Hennepin school district in Minneapolis paid
$25,000
to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a high school junior
who said teachers tormented him in front of other students
because they thought he was gay.
The Great Nationwide Kiss-In
: Activists are called this
Saturday
to protest recent incidents of opposition to public displays of
affection between same-sex couples.
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