Archive for October, 2007

Cambodia Prime Minister Seeks to Formally Disown Adopted Daughter

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

During a graduation speech in his native country, Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia, announced that he is cutting ties with his adopted daughter because she is a lesbian.
Sen, is now seeking to have his daughter formally disowned so that she can not claim any inheritance. “We are concerned that she might one day cause […]

Two Years After “Brokeback Mountain,” No Gay Movies in Hollywood

Friday, October 26th, 2007

Since 2005’s huge success of the film Brokeback Mountain, no studio has greenlit a movie with a gay lead. Diana Ossana, one of the writers of the screenplay, says she knew many Oscar voters who refused to see the film, leaving her to ask her co-writer Larry McMurty, “What are they afraid of? It’s just […]

Exiled Iraqi Says LGBT Community was Safer Under Saddam

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

Since the U.S. military invasion in 2003, exiled resident, Ali Hili says, “Life in Iraq is now hell for all LGBT people; no one can be openly gay and alive.”
Hili, who now resides in London, started Iraq LGBT in 2005, an organization that set up safe houses for LGBT residents in Iraq. Hili claims, “Homosexuality […]

Gay Group Encourages Barack Obama to Cut Ties with Controversial Singer

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

Presidential hopeful Barack Obama is drawing criticism from gay rights activist for scheduling gospel singer Donnie McClurkin to perform at his campaign fundraiser in South Carolina this weekend. McClurkin in the past has made comments stating that homosexuality is a choice and the he doesn’t believe it is “the intention of God.”
In a statement released, […]

Author, JK Rowling outs Harry Potter Character

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

While fielding questions at an event at Carnegie Hall in New York on Friday, acclaimed Harry Potter author, JK Rowling was asked if Dumbledore had found “true love.” Rowling then confirmed what many fans had long speculated, that the Hogwarts headmaster, Albus Dumbledore is in fact gay.
Rowling explained that Dumbledore had been let down by […]

Schwarzenegger Vetoes Another Gay Marriage Bill

Monday, October 15th, 2007

Despite saying that he supports state laws that give domestic partners many of the rights and responsibilities of marries couples, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill that would have allowed gay marriage for the second time in two years.
Schwarzenegger stated that it is not the job of the legislature to decide on the issue, […]

Vatican Priest Caught in TV Sex Sting

Monday, October 15th, 2007

Monsignor Tommaso Stenico, a high-ranking Vatican priest claims that he was only pretending when a hidden camera caught him saying that gay sex was not a sin, and making sexual advances towards a young man.
“I only pretended I was gay to study how priests are seduced,” said Stenico, claiming that he was simply attempting to uncover a satanic […]

New Commercial Aims to Convince California Residents Sexual Orientation Shouldn’t Prohibit Marriage

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

Let California Ring, a new multi-million dollar ad campaign, will begin airing in major
California markets this Thursday. The commercial depicts a bride, trying to make her way down the aisle but can’t due to several outside forces, all while her groom stands watching. It ends with the tagline, “What if you couldn’t marry the person you love?”
The […]

Mystery surrounds the death of a lesbian soldier in Afghanistan

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

“If anything happens to me, you guys make sure it gets investigated,” was what Spc. Ciara Durkin, told her sister when she was home on leave three weeks ago. The Quincy, Massachusetts native was found shot in the head last week near her office in Afghanistan.  Fiona Canavan, Durkin’s sister reported that Durkin said that she had made some enemies […]

Gay actor, George Takei, is honored with Asteroid

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

George Takei, an out actor most noted for his portrayal as Mr. Sulu in the original Star Trek series, was recently honored by the International Astronomical Union’s Committee on Small Body Nomenclature with an asteroid which bears his name.
 Discovered by two Japanese astronomers in 1994, the rock is now called 7307 Takei and joins a […]