LGBT Pride posters
defaced at the U.S. Department of Labor, Bernie Madoff
sentenced and more.
Not long enough?
Calling his crimes "extraordinarily evil," a federal judge
sentenced Ponzi scheme mastermind
Bernard Madoff
to 150 years in prison, the maximum sentence possible, on
Monday.
New study on African-American men and HIV infection:
African-American men may be more susceptible to
HIV infection
because their more closely knit sexual networks give them less
choice when it come to sex partners, a new study theorizes.
LGBT Pride posters defaced at Department of Labor:
Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis (pictured) issued a
letter decrying the
vandalism
late last week.
Judge suspended over gay affair:
A 60-year-old married judge in the United Kingdom has been
suspended pending the outcome of an
investigation
into his alleged affair with a 25-year-old man.
Gay bashing on historic Pride weekend:
A man visiting from Boston was the victim of
antigay violence
and homophobic slurs during a visit to New York City over the
weekend, say police.
Religion and Section 377:
Religious organizations in India may stand in the way of
burgeoning efforts to repeal
Section 377
, the law that makes homosexuality a crime.
Antigay bias still rampant in the media:
Karl Frisch, a senior fellow at Media Matters for America,
drops an
opinion
.
Should gay flocks have their own churches?
A
columnist
for the
Chicago Tribune
wonders.
Foreign interference alleged:
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called the death of Neda
Agha-Soltan
"suspicious"
and urged the judiciary to investigate who is responsible for
her murder, suggesting that his country's security
forces are not to blame.
Souter says farewell:
Supreme Court justice
David Souter
, who announced he would step down at the conclusion of this
term, bid his colleagues farewell after business on Monday
morning.
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