http://blogs.heretv.com/news A here! Networks Blog Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:40:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en San Diego mayor Jerry Sanders, the Republican who reversed his opposition to marriage equality because of his lesbian daughter, will be a witness in the federal trial on the lawsuit seeking to overturn Proposition 8. The mayor’s participation was announced Wednesday by San Francisco city attorney Dennis Herrera, according to the ... http://blogs.heretv.com/news/2009/11/20/sd-mayor-to-testify-against-prop-8/ The Tampa city council voted Thursday to extend antidiscrimination protections to transgender individuals over the objections of opponents, many of whom based their criticisms on religion. The measure, which was proposed by the city's Human Rights Board and passed the by city council unanimously in a preliminary vote November 5, underwent ... http://blogs.heretv.com/news/2009/11/20/trans-protections-approved-in-tampa/ The organizers of the Gay Games in Cologne, Germany, are projecting better-than-expected registration numbers for the event in 2010. So far, 2,500 athletes have applied to participate in the Gay Games, which are scheduled to take place July 31 to August 7. About 12,000 are expected to participate in the 34 ... http://blogs.heretv.com/news/2009/11/16/gay-games-on-target-despite-economy/ Prominent New York City Orthodox rabbis oppose efforts to legalize same-sex marriage in New York State, and they feel “smeared” by the impression that they are willing to accept such unions, says the editor of an Orthodox publication. Dovid G. Schwartz, editor of Zeh Journal, issued a press release saying the ... http://blogs.heretv.com/news/2009/11/16/orthodox-mag-condemns-gay-marriage/ Barbara Streisand's still got it. The star has gone gold on her 63rd album, Love is the Answer. The cabaret/jazz album just sold 500,000 copies; it debuted at #1 on the Billboard Charts when it was released on September 29, 2009. According to her publicist, Streisand is the "#1 female album-selling ... http://blogs.heretv.com/news/2009/11/16/streisand-goes-gold/ Today the New York state senate will meet in a special session, where they could vote on the marriage equality bill. Last week, Governor David Paterson called for the extraordinary legislative session and put the bill on the senate's agenda. Several state senators and other elected officials have joined countless community ... http://blogs.heretv.com/news/2009/11/10/live-from-new-york-marriage-equality-vote/ The antigay National Organization for Marriage, which provides significant financial backing to stall or repeal state-level marriage equality laws, has set its sights on New Jersey. Marriage advocates are in a race against the clock -- and the opposition of the Trenton, N.J.–based National Organization for Marriage. "New Jersey is at the ... http://blogs.heretv.com/news/2009/11/09/nom-puts-new-jersey-on-hit-list/ Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison caused a stir in Texas with her recommendation that the Obama administration name an openly gay judge and prosecutor as U.S. attorney in San Antonio. The pick, one of two also endorsed by her colleague Senator John Cornyn, could complicate Hutchison’s relationship with social conservatives as ... http://blogs.heretv.com/news/2009/11/03/hutchison-backs-gay-man-for-us-attorney/ Annise Parker, the openly gay candidate for mayor of Houston, spoke with CNN on Monday and said that her being gay is “just a piece of the package.”   Parker, who could become a gay mayor of the fourth largest city in the United States, downplayed the impact of her sexual orientation ... http://blogs.heretv.com/news/2009/11/03/parker-gay-identity-no-big-deal/ A Democratic state house primary in Chicago this February will find an openly gay man and a lesbian candidate competing against each other, but neither one makes sexual orientation a selling point. The primary in the northwest side’s 40th district will be historic, according to local NBC news blogger Matt Bartosik. ”Columbia ... http://blogs.heretv.com/news/2009/10/30/two-gay-candidates-vie-in-chicago/