Image by Getty Images via Daylife 4-22-10 – Melanie Nathan Haaretz quoted:- Toronto officials are considering withdrawing funding from the city’s annual gay pride parade over the possible participation of an anti-Israel group, the Toronto Star reported on Tuesday. According to the Toronto Star article, Toronto, which gave 121,000 Canadian Dollars to the Pride Toronto [...]
4-21-2010 – Melanie Nathan Last year, The California Assembly Judiciary Committee in Sacramento held a hearing for a Resolution, AJR 15, authored by Assembly member Kevin de Leon, CA -45, in support of UAFA, The Uniting American Families Act – (HR102 and the California State Senate version, S 424.) I was privileged to testify at [...]
Image via Wikipedia 4-20-2010 -By Melanie Nathan Nepal is set to become the first Asian nation to allow same-sex marriages. The country, which as recently as 2007 classified homosexuality as a crime, is even promoting gay weddings on Mount Everest in a bid to become the continent’s premier gay tourism destination. The government hopes its [...]
04/21/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Senator Mark Udall of Colorado wants to make sure that Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is repealed this year. The nephew of the late Stewart Udall, Senator Udall took office in 2009 after winning the open seat vacated by Senator Wayne Allred. While Senator Udall does believe that the study into how [...]
04/21/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictorie And Maggie Gallagher takes her bow. The woman who has been the spearhead of the National Organization for Marriage has stepped down as President of the organization. Brian Brown, who is far less telegenic than Gallagher, will be taking over. Gallagher, herself, will not be leaving NOM entirely as she will [...]
South Africa PROTESTS USA Discrimination Against Gays, Lesbians.
4-22-10 – Melanie Nathan – and LGBTQI SA Protests Against USA and UGANDA A protest march will take place in Pretoria on Freedom Day, April 27, to demand equality for lesbians and gays in both the U.S. and Uganda. Organized by Up & Out, the University of Pretoria‘s gay organization, the protesters will march from [...]