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News (USA)
Pentagon surveying service members on repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
The Pentagon on Wednesday began sending 400,000 surveys to U.S. service members asking their opinion about what impact the repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” might have on morale and readiness, and their willingness to share quarters with gay or lesbian service members.
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News (USA)
Hawaii governor vetoes civil unions legislation
Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle vetoed a civil unions bill Tuesday that would have given same-sex couples the same rights as heterosexual couples, saying the issue needs to be put to a referendum.
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News (USA)
Six arrested in attack on gay couple in Atlanta park
One man and five minors were arrested in an Atlanta Park on Friday night after an assault and robbery of a gay couple, according to Atlanta police.
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News (USA)
GLAAD calls out ‘Today’ show wedding contest for excluding gay couples
NBC’s Today Show is taking applications for its “Modern Day Wedding Contest,” and will award the winning couple with a live wedding broadcast in October and an all-expense paid honeymoon — but network rules deny gay and lesbian couples from participating.
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News (World)
Spain marks 5th anniversary of legalized same-sex unions
Happy 5th birthday to the equality movement in Spain. This weekend in 2005, Spain passed a law to allow same-sex marriage, making it only the third member of the European Union to do so.
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News (USA)
Rebuilt pride float takes first place in July 4th parade contest
Two days after fire officials call a blaze that destroyed a gay pride float possible arson, leaders from the LGBT community’s Imperial Court were able to rebuild their float, and took first prize in the July 4 parade contest.
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Life
London Pride celebration attracts more than 1 million revelers
An estimated one million people in London turned out for the annual gay pride celebrations on Saturday, making it one of the largest pride events in the world.
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News (USA)
Investigators call gay pride float fire ‘suspicious’
Authorities in Anchorage, AK are investigating the cause of an early morning fire on Friday that destroyed a gay pride float intended for a 4th of July parade. Witnesses report they saw someone running from the scene moments before the fire broke out.
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News (USA)
Gay service members subpoena Obama in defense of DADT protest
Two openly gay U.S. Army National Guard soldiers who were arrested for handcuffing themselves to a White House fence, have subpoenaed President Obama to defend them in court, citing they were following orders to lobby him for gay rights.
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News (USA)
Cuomo says gay marriage would be ‘a priority’ if elected NY governor
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo told the reporters that, if elected governor this fall, he would push to legalize gay marriage in the Empire state during his first year in office, adding he thinks a bill could pass the Legislature in 2011.
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Life
Vancouver police arrest 4 in connection with alleged hate crimes
Vancouver police announced Thursday they have made four arrests in connection to two separate attacks on gay men recently, both incidents of which are being investigated as possible hate crimes.
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Life
New app turns iPhone device into ‘gaydar beacon’
Wouldn’t it be great if there was some kind of “gaydar detector” that would tell you if someone was gay or not? Guess what, there’s an app for that! “Bandana – The Gaydar App” is new for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.
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Life
Julianne Moore on gay marriage: ‘Everyone should have the same rights’
Actress Julianne Moore is calling on U.S. legislators to legalize same sex marriage, insisting people of all sexual orientations should have the same rights… “everyone should have the same rights. It’s a right, no one should be denied that.”
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Commentary
Gay marriage irony: 13 states still have no laws against bestiality
While the battle continues in the fight for gay marriage, Mother Jones reports there are still 13 states that haven’t criminalized bestiality.
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Life
‘Real World 24′ — Ryan’s first (wink!) gay kiss: ‘I feel like killing myself’
During the roomies’ first night out on ‘Real World 24’, an encounter at a gay bar leaves Ryan, 21, a “straight hairdresser” from Arizona, freaked when a guy kisses him on the neck. Watch the video.
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News (USA)
Google to compensate gay and lesbian employees for unequal tax treatment
Google announced on Thursday that it will begin compensating gay and lesbian employees for an extra tax they must pay when their partners receive domestic partner health benefits — a tax that married straight couples are not required to pay.
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News (USA)
Kagan: ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy ‘unwise and unjust’
U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan, President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, denounced the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy is unwise and unjust in testimony on Wednesday during her confirmation hearings.
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News (USA)
Wisconsin supreme court upholds ban on gay marriage, civil unions
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 7-0 Wednesday to uphold the state’s constitutional ban on same sex marriage and civil unions, saying the 2006 constitutional amendment was properly put to voters in a statewide referendum.
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News (USA)
Wisconsin supreme court to rule on gay marriage suit
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is expected to rule Wednesday on the state’s ban on gay marriage — the lawsuit claims the vote in question violated the constitution because it asked two questions within the same vote.
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News (USA)
San Francisco police resume manhunt for shooter in gay pride slaying
The man arrested on suspicion of opening fire on a crowd attending a San Francisco gay pride event Saturday night is no longer believed to be the gunman responsible for murdering 19-year-old Stephen Powell and injuring two others.