http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:04:05 -0700 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:02:08 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d23-Adam-Lambert-announces-his-arrival-at-AMAs?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner He's here, he is what he is, get used to it.Adam Lambert went for full-on shock effect at the American Music Awards tonight with his titillating onstage performance of the first single from his new album, For Your Entertainment (releasing tomorrow, 1... Celebrities Entertainment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:02:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d23-Adam-Lambert-announces-his-arrival-at-AMAs?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d22-Adam-Lambert-news-Out-snafu-album-reviews-AMA-awards?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner Adam Lambert has certainly gotten tongues wagging ahead of the release of his new album, For Your Entertainment, which has dominated pre-orders on Amazon.com for over a month.  He was also just named one of People magazine's sexiest men alive, a... Celebrities Entertainment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:52:17 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d22-Adam-Lambert-news-Out-snafu-album-reviews-AMA-awards?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d22-Betty-Bowers-bad-mouths-the-Mormons?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner  America's Best Christian, Mrs. Betty Bowers, is spreading the good word again with a new video release called "Less Is Mormon!"Bowers, leader of several ministries including BASH and BLAME, calls the Constitution "something peopl... Gay Celebrities Religion Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:32:32 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d22-Betty-Bowers-bad-mouths-the-Mormons?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d21-Church-of-Scientology-continues-precipitous-worldwide-fall?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner Following accusations by Sydney's Nick Xenophon of "false imprisonment, coerced abortions, embezzlement of church funds, physical violence, blackmail and the widespread deliberate abuse of information obtained by the organization," A... Celebrities Religion Hate groups Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:03:12 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d21-Church-of-Scientology-continues-precipitous-worldwide-fall?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d21-Georgia-teacher-charged-with-putting-gay-hit-on-special-ed-student?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner Randolph Forde, a special education teacher at Mundy's Mill High School in rural Clayton County, Georgia, was arrested and charged last month with hiring someone to murder a student he believed was gay, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constit... Sexuality Teens Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:56:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d21-Georgia-teacher-charged-with-putting-gay-hit-on-special-ed-student?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d20-Beyonce-and-Lady-Gaga-collaborate-on-seizureinducing-Video-Phone?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner Holy AK-47, Batman! Beyonce and Lady Gaga (Photo: MTV) Beyonce and Lady Gaga appear together in a new video called "Video Phone", which showcases eight new looks for Beyonce but a bare-bones version of Lady Gaga.  It also doesn't ... Celebrities Entertainment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:34:03 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d20-Beyonce-and-Lady-Gaga-collaborate-on-seizureinducing-Video-Phone?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d20-Former-Washington-Blade-staff-launches-DC-Agenda?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner Following the decidedly unceremonious demise of the Washington Blade earlier this week, some former staffers have voluntarily worked together to start a new publication called D.C. Agenda.  The first issues were hand-delivered this morning. ... Gay Bisexual Lesbian Transgender Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:35:32 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d20-Former-Washington-Blade-staff-launches-DC-Agenda?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d19-French-gays-get-no-respect-when-it-comes-to-adoption?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner Think France is the most progressive country in the world when it comes to LGBT rights?  Think again. It's still against the law in France for gay couples to adopt a child together, reports Charles Lane in the Minneapolis Star Tribun... Gay Adoption France Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:54:20 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d19-French-gays-get-no-respect-when-it-comes-to-adoption?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d19-New-website-will-out-gay-priests?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner The Catholics better gird their loins for this one. The Village Voice is reporting that a new website called Church Outing.org will start outing closeted priests "to expose the hypocrisy of Archdiocese of Washington priests who go along with the... Gay Religion Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:24:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d19-New-website-will-out-gay-priests?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d19-EU-Presidency-aims-to-fight-LGBT-discrimination-across-Europe?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner   Silvan Agius and Cinzia Sechi (far right)/Photo: Gunnar SeijboldThis year's Equality Summit at Sweden's Presidency of the European Union marked the first time the EU has worked together with LGBT rights organizations and trade unions to look a... Gay Bisexual Lesbian World Transgender Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:06:09 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d19-EU-Presidency-aims-to-fight-LGBT-discrimination-across-Europe?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d19-Gay-Greeks-combat-widespread-discrimination?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner   A gay rights demonstration in Athens (Photo: Megan Thompson)Activists in Greece are pushing for equal rights, according to Amnesty International's Georgia Trimspioti in an interview with World Focus. In stark contrast to ancient Greece's ... Gay Bisexual Lesbian World Transgender Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:30:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d19-Gay-Greeks-combat-widespread-discrimination?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d18-Stephen-Colbert--What-do-gay-marriage-and-skateboarding-have-in-common?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner The answer: U.S. Representative Jackie Speier has done them both!  Photo:  speier.house.gov Well, not get gay married. Speier had to explain over and over to Stephen Colbert on his show last night that she was not gay married herself, but ... Gay Celebrities marriage Congress Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:37:32 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d18-Stephen-Colbert--What-do-gay-marriage-and-skateboarding-have-in-common?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d18-Slaying-of-Puerto-Rico-gay-teen-to-be-investigated-as-hate-crime?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner The AP is reporting that the brutal murder of 19-year-old Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado is being investigated as a hate crime, marking the first time a U.S. territory has invoked a law covering crimes based on sexual orientation. A 2002 hate crim... Gay Transgender Teens Hate groups Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:48:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d18-Slaying-of-Puerto-Rico-gay-teen-to-be-investigated-as-hate-crime?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d18-Texas-AG-candidate--Gay-marriage-ban-eliminates-all-marriages-in-state?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner A Houston attorney and candidate for State Attorney General said today that an amendment to the state's Constitution in 2005 may have banned all marriages performed in the state, according to the Miami Herald.  Barbara Radnofsky, the... Gay marriage Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:47:01 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d18-Texas-AG-candidate--Gay-marriage-ban-eliminates-all-marriages-in-state?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Iowa-Christians-vow-to-oust-gayfriendly-state-Supreme-Court-Justices?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner Members of the ultra-conservative Iowa Christan Aliiance (ICA) have announced it will actively lobby lawmakers to amend the state constitution to ban gay marriage, and are even thinking up ways to oust the Iowa Supreme Court Justices who legalized... marriage Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:52:32 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Iowa-Christians-vow-to-oust-gayfriendly-state-Supreme-Court-Justices?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Puerto-Rico-gay-teen-murder--Suspect-likely-to-use-gay-panic-defense?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner A man in custody in Puerto Rico for the heinous murder of a teenage boy is claiming he thought the boy was a woman, and police say he's likely to use the "homosexual panic" defense in his trial for the murder, arguing temporary insanity. Th... World Transgender Teens Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:41:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Puerto-Rico-gay-teen-murder--Suspect-likely-to-use-gay-panic-defense?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Madonna-raises-astonishing-11-million-for-Malawi?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner Initially rumored as a "meet the parents" trip to Rio de Janeiro with boy toy Jesus Luz, Madonna instead used the occasion to raise a mind-boggling $11 million in just a few days from Brazilian millionaires for her Raising Malawi foundation... Celebrities World Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:13:51 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Madonna-raises-astonishing-11-million-for-Malawi?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d16-Contact-Ugandan-leaders-to-voice-your-opinion-about-proposed-antigay-law?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner Thanks to Andrew Marin for the following:   There are currently over 4,000 people from all over the world on the Facebook group to bring awareness to the Ugandan legislation through all of the breaking news, interviews and published a... Uganda Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:31:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d16-Contact-Ugandan-leaders-to-voice-your-opinion-about-proposed-antigay-law?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d16-First-Latin-American-gay-marriage-license-issued-in-Argentina?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner A couple of days ago I reported on a Buenos Aires Judge's ruling granting a gay couple's right to obtain a marriage license. Di Bello and Freyre share a kiss after receiving their marriage license (AP Photo) Today, the marriage license was issued t... World Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:43:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d16-First-Latin-American-gay-marriage-license-issued-in-Argentina?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d16-The-beginning-of-the-end-of-gay-news-in-the-US?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner The nation's largest publisher of LGBT newspapers and magazines, including the 40-year old Washington Blade, went out of business today.  Six other large LGBT publications were also shut down - Atlanta's Southern Voice and David, the ... Gay Lesbian Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:43:34 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4107-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d16-The-beginning-of-the-end-of-gay-news-in-the-US?cid=exrss-International-LGBT-Issues-Examiner