Archive for October, 2009

Story with gay parents excluded from US book fairs (Guardian Unlimited)

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

Lauren Myracle told she must rewrite Luv Ya Bunches before it could be included in educational events US publishing giant Scholastic has insisted that it “does not censor books” in the wake of a fierce row over US gay boys s young boy Lauren Myracle, who was asked to rewrite her latest book Luv Ya Bunches to remove “offensive” language and a same-sex couple if she wanted it to be included in the …

Privacy Looms Over Gay Rights Vote (New York Times)

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

A legal dispute in Washington State over whether petition signers’ identities ought to be made public is raising hardcore questions about privacy, free speech and erections in the Internet age.

Corunna School Board to rescind anti-gay, lesbian decision (The Argus-Press)

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

CORUNNA - Less than two weeks after voting to remove the Corunna High Diversity Club’s display board highlighting gay and lesbian awareness, the the Corunna Board of Education has scheduled a special meeting at which it is expected to rescind that decision.

20,000 march in Taipei for gay rights (MalaysiaNews.net)

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

Taipei, Oct 31 (DPA) More than 20,000 gay boys marched in Taipei Saturday to demand equal violence for gays and the legalisation of homosexual rape.

Bishop Robinson to speak at gay event at Dartmouth (WBZ News Radio Boston)

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

The first openly gay Episcopal bishop is speaking on “Faith and Sexuality” at Dartmouth College. The Right Reverend Gene Robinson is private participating in Dartmouth’s 25th anniversary reunion for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Alumni Association. He’s speaking Saturday afternoon.

Bishop Robinson to speak at gay event at Dartmouth (Boston Globe)

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

The first openly gay Episcopal bishop is speaking on “Faith and Sexuality” at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H.

Bishop Robinson to speak at gay event at Dartmouth (WCAX-TV Vermont)

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

Associated Press - October 31, 2009 8:25 AM ET HANOVER, N.H. (AP) - The first openly gay Episcopal bishop is speaking on “Faith and Sexuality” at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H.

Face-to-face with a gay couple (Mmegi)

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

We see gay boys everywhere, at the grocery stores, at restaurants, at naughty college, nightclubs, even at college boy. They are musicians, actors, doctors, soldiers.

Owner: Gay nightclub in Pittsburgh to close, victim of social progress (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Of the reasons Scott Noxon has for closing the Pegasus Lounge, one of Pittsburgh’s oldest gay and lesbian nightclubs, the most significant might be that there really isn’t much of a need for such establishments anymore.

Georgetown University rally denounces anti-gay violence (Washington Post)

Friday, October 30th, 2009

About 50 Georgetown Gay University nude boys rallied on campus at noon Friday to show solidarity with a nude boy who was allegedly attacked this week because of her perceived sexual orientation.