A totally last minute trip. I’m wearing enough sunscreen to choke a horse. And thus ends my 18 year absence from P-Town.
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CA Senate Approves High-Speed Rail
In a narrow vote, the California Senate has allocated $8B for the beginning of a high-speed rail system. The vote was dramatic because it barely passed with just 21 votes, exactly the number needed, after some arm-twisting by Governor Brown and under pressure of losing $3.3 billion in federal funding. A number of Democratic senators, including three who served on …
Read More »Ukraine Cancels Anti-Gay Vote
Perhaps bending to pressure from international groups such as All Out, the Ukraine parliament has canceled (for now) a vote on a “gay propaganda” law similar to those recently instituted in parts of Russia. Human rights defenders and many European officials condemned the proposed law for its potentially chilling effect on freedom of speech and expression for millions of Ukrainians …
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RUSSIA: Police Arrest Eight Activists At Saint Petersburg LGBT Rights Rallies
Yesterday only a handful of brave activists defied the St. Petersburg ban on public pro-gay demonstrations and almost all of them were arrested. Three rally organizers were arrested Saturday at a park in Russia’s second city, and five others were detained at a later rally attempt near the landmark Smolny complex, Russian news agencies reported. Only six people showed up …
Read More »ILLINOIS: Chicago’s Professional Soccer Team Aligns With LGBT Rights Group
The Chicago Fire has teamed up with Equality Illinois is what is being described as the midwest’s first “formal partnership” between a pro sports team and an LGBT rights group. Other Chicago sports teams, including the Cubs and White Sox, have held promotional nights and donated items for silent auction fundraisers in the past, but none have officially partnered with …
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Farah: Obama’s Drones Buzzed My House
“I’m taking my dog for a walk and guess what I see right over the tree line right above my head is a drone. I don’t live in the city, I don’t live in a populated area, I live in one of the most rural places you could possibly live in Northern Virginia and there could only be one thing …
Read More »London Pride Considered A Success
Attendees and insiders say yesterday’s London Pride can be considered a success despite the parade’s reduced length and financial problems that caused the cancellation of some major events. Pink News reports: Angela Mason, former director of Stonewall and one of the 1972 veterans, told PinkNews.co.uk: “Well, I think we’ve got it together again, despite all the obstacles. That’s always been …
Read More »Vietnam Mulls Gay Marriage
Vietnam’s Ministry of Justice is the soliciting the opinions of state agencies and other organizations regarding the possibility of legalizing same-sex marriage. But the change will likely not come soon. In its latest letters to social organizations and related agencies, the ministry said it is considering legalizing same-sex marriage because increasing numbers of homosexual, bisexual and transgender people were coming …
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