Monthly Archives: January 2011

BRITAIN: Activists Hold Kato Vigil Outside London’s Uganda High Commission

LGBT activists staged a vigil for David Kato outside of London’s Uganda High Commission today, after which they delivered a 40,000-name petition to UK Home Secretary Theresa May, demanding that Britain not send lesbian asylum-seeker Brenda Namigadde back to Uganda. Namigadde says she fears that she too will be murdered if forced to return. Add your name to the petition …

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UGANDA: Pastor Shouts Against Gays At Kato Funeral, Fights Break Out

Hundreds gathered at the funeral for slain Ugandan LGBT activist David Kato today, where fights broke out after the pastor conducting the ceremony raged against homosexuals. “The world has gone crazy,” the pastor told the congregation through a microphone. “People are turning away from the scriptures. They should turn back, they should abandon what they are doing. You cannot start …

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BRITAIN: Two Men Charged Under New Anti-Gay Hatred Incitement Law

Two British men have been charged with violating a new law against inciting anti-gay hatred. Razwan Javed, 30, and Kabir Ahmed, 27, were accused of handing out leaflets called ‘The Death Penalty?’ outside a Derby mosque. It reportedly said that gay people should be executed and the pair are also accused of pushing it through letterboxes. The pair were reportedly …

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CockNBullKid- Hold On To Your Misery

Lots of buzz on this oddly affecting tune from Britain’s Anita Blay, aka CocknBullKid. The single is already on sale in the UK and comes out here on March 11th. The UK iTunes page has some great sounding remixes.(Via – Pop In Stereo)

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FRANCE: Constitutional Court Rules Ban On Same-Sex Marriage Is Legal

This morning France’s highest court let stand a ban on same-sex marriage. The case had been brought by a lesbian couple raising four children. In its decision, the Council noted that lawmakers had agreed that the “difference in situations of same-sex couples and couples made up of a man and a woman can justify a difference in treatment concerning family …

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Riots Worsen In Egypt

The Egyptian government has cut off internet access in Cairo as unrest worsens on the third straight day of rioting.

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25 Years Ago Today

Where were you on this day in 1986?

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Obama Names Open Lesbian Roberta Achtenberg To Civil Rights Commission

Gay rights attorney and former San Francisco Supervisor Roberta Achtenberg has been appointed by the president to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Achtenberg co-founded the National Center for Lesbian Rights and was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1990. In 1993, she became the first openly gay or lesbian person to be confirmed for a federal …

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The Official State Of Utah

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Protect Marriage Maryland Explains “Counterfeit Gay Marriage”

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Lawrence O’Donnell On Utah’s State Gun

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Pastor Jim Garlow: This Is What Obama Should Have Said At His SOTU

“I have tragically hastened to destroy the No. 1 preserver of all that is good in society – the family, consisting of a mother and a father. In my need to be politically correct, and my desire to garner more votes from the nuclear family attackers, I was drawn in to their errors and sins of redefining the family. I …

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Chris Matthews On Sarah Spudnut

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CDC Issues Interim PrEP Guidance

Last last year researchers announced some success in preventing HIV among gay men who were taking a daily dose of the HIV medication Truvada. The concept of warding off infection by pre-dosing with a medication is known as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP.) But alarmed by the prospect for abuse, yesterday the CDC issued some interim PReP guidance as studies continue. CDC …

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HomoQuotable – Alan Chambers

“The leadership of Exodus international and its member ministries are grieved over the tragic murder of Ugandan gay activist David Kato and we send our sincerest condolences to his family & friends. [snip] Exodus International calls on President & Mrs. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to lead their government into an era of treating all of their neighbors as they would like …

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Fred Karger Vs. NOM

Fred Karger’s Californians Against Hate have rebranded themselves as Rights Equal Rights as Karger takes his battle against NOM to New Hampshire.

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Rahm Emanuel Back On Ballot

This afternoon the Illinois Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Rahm Emanuel has met the residency requirements to run for mayor of Chicago. The justices said Emanuel’s opponents did not prove that he had given up residency when he served in the Obama administration in Washington. “Given the record before us, it is simply not possible to find clearly erroneous the …

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Obama Condemns Uganda Murder

“I am deeply saddened to learn of the murder of David Kato. In Uganda, David showed tremendous courage in speaking out against hate. He was a powerful advocate for fairness and freedom. The United States mourns his murder, and we recommit ourselves to David’s work. At home and around the world, LGBT persons continue to be subjected to unconscionable bullying, …

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Jes – Awaken

Lovely solo effort from former Motorcycle vocalist Jes Brieden, whom you may recall from their 2003 smash As The Rush Comes.(Via – Pop In Stereo)

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Bill Donohue: Gay Activism Gives You AIDS

“The man who made the vile video died of AIDS. Had he followed the teachings of the Catholic Church on sexuality, he would be alive today. Instead, he blamed the Church. [snip] It was not the Catholic Church that killed the artist, David Wojnarowicz: it was gay activists, many of whom are in the artistic community. They were the ones …

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