Tracy schools graduation visited by homophobes

Tracy schools graduation visited by homophobes California: Those Westboro hatemongers arrived at the Tracy Unified School District graduation this weekend claiming that Tracy and West high schools are "sodomite whorehouses masquerading as high schools."�
[Date: 13-Jun-05 ]

Big Brother 6's Sam Heuston had lesbian affair with Claire Whitney

Big Brother 6's Sam Heuston had lesbian affair with Claire Whitney News of UK Big Brother 6 contestant Sam Heuston's affair with friend Claire Whitney is out in the open. Whitney explained, "I had never thought of sleeping with a woman until we met. She has an incredibly high sex drive and she knows how to get what she wants. ... One night Sam, I and another friend called Era went to a bar in Oxford. We were all wearing red hotpants with yellow bikinis. The manager asked us if we would dance on the bar for a few free margaritas.�
[Date: 13-Jun-05 ]

Gay teen blogger Zach sent to ex-gay brainwashing, protests ensue

Gay teen blogger Zach sent to ex-gay brainwashing, protests ensue In Bartlett, Tennessee, Zach came out to his parents. Their reaction was to send him to an ex-gay live-in program and he's been writing about it on his blog. As Ex-Gay Watch pointed out, there are many reasons for concern and a blog has been set up by a group calling itself the Queer Action Coalition giving day by day accounts of protests at the institution's headquarters.�
[Date: 13-Jun-05 ]

Warsaw gay pride march defies mayor's order

Warsaw gay pride march defies mayor's order Poland: 2,500 marched in a gay pride parade in Warsaw despite a ban by Mayor Lech Kaczynski. There were isolated clashes as opponents threw eggs and shouted insults. About 10 people were arrested.�
[Date: 13-Jun-05 ]

Azmi Jubran's ruling appealed to Canadian Supreme Court

Azmi Jubran's ruling appealed to Canadian Supreme Court Canada: The North Vancouver school board wants to appeal April's BC Court of Appeal ruling in the Azmi Jubran case to the Supreme Court of Canada. Jubran filed his complaint in 1996 while he was a sophomore at Handsworth Secondary School. �
[Date: 13-Jun-05 ]

Gay counter-protester at Phelps rally assaulted by Brookline cop

Gay counter-protester at Phelps rally assaulted by Brookline cop Somerville Community Access Television (SCAT) filmed the June 5 Westboro hate protest - and counter-protest - at Brookline High School. The footage reveals a plainclothes Brookline Police officer who assaults counter-protester Alexander Westerhoff and later refers to others with what sounds like a homophobic slur, something to the effect of - "I'll knock you down if you faggots don't get out of my way." Westerhoff asked officers if they were going to arrest the man, only to learn the man was a cop - badge number "58700." When a voice off-camera later asks him, "Hey 58700, why don't you go hit some more people?" the officer said, "Get in line." �
[Date: 13-Jun-05 ]

Scotland to allow same-sex couples to adopt children jointly

Scotland to allow same-sex couples to adopt children jointly Scotland: Same-sex couples are to be allowed to adopt children under a radical overhaul of adoption laws in Scotland. Unmarried couples, including gay couples, are going to be able to adopt jointly.�
[Date: 13-Jun-05 ]

Karina Lombard gender bends Playboy

Karina Lombard gender bends Playboy L-Word star Karina Lombard is appearing in Playboy magazine and she's turning the gender tables in the process. Lombard told Page Six, "I wanted to show the dichotomy between the sexes, the wild self versus the tame self, the male side in the female, and the female side in the male." Lombard cross-dressed and used digital graphics to show herself in each photo as both a man and a woman. "The reason I finally said yes (and agreed to pose nude) is I had this dream. These pictures are exactly what I saw in my dream." Cool. As for the rumors she was fired from the L-Word for being a diva and that she was having an affair with another castmember - I'll tell you more when I know more.�
[Date: 13-Jun-05 ]

Jesse Bradford takes gay role to new Heights

Jesse Bradford takes gay role to new Heights Actor Jesse Bradford says he hesitated before agreeing to play a guy who's attracted to guys in the new movie "Heights." "I had turned down the opportunity to play gay about three years prior, in 'The Rules of Attraction.' There was always this voice in the back of my mind saying, 'Did you turn that movie down because you were scared to play a homosexual?' And reading this script, and knowing right away that I wanted to do it, was kind of a nice vindication for me, to be like, 'Okay, I wasn't scared.'" And then Bradford has to talk about how straight he is, his gay kiss being "one of the most heterosexually reaffirming moments of my life. Like, 'Oh, that's why I don't like this. That's why I always figured I wouldn't like this.' Now I know. Now I know for sure." Y'know, he spends an awful lot of time thinking about it, doesn't he?�
[Date: 13-Jun-05 ]

Paris Hilton's selection as L.A. gay pride marshal criticized

Paris Hilton's selection as L.A. gay pride marshal criticized Paris Hilton's selection as Los Angeles GLBT Pride Festival and Parade grand marshal is drawing criticism - and rightfully so. San Francisco radio talk show host Charles Karel Bouley II said, "She's not the role model I'd want for my ... community. She is whiny, self-indulgent, and self-absorbed, and her only claim to fame is that she's a party girl who has had great Internet sex. Wait, maybe she is the perfect role model for gay pride." Anyway, she made a brief appearance where she said, "I love the gay community, I love you guys, I love your style. You're hot, you're sexy." It's rather inspirational, isn't it?�
[Date: 13-Jun-05 ]