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Refugee board to reconsider case of lesbian deserter from U.S. army
Ottawa :: Canada | about 17 hours ago
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The Federal Court has ordered the refugee board to reconsider the case of a 21-year-old lesbian woman who says she came to Canada after deserting the U.S. army because fellow soldiers harassed her. Federal Court Judge Yves de Montigny said the Immigration...
Tags: U.S. Army, Federal Court of Canada, Bethany Lanae Smith, Bethany Smith, army deserting, Tell� in Army Deserter, board erred, refugee status, Canada, Ottawa, Refugee, Military discharge, Lesbian, Military history of the United States, Don't ask don't tell, Homophobia, Social Issues, Law Crime, Politics, Stupak, Nancy Pelosi, Feministing, Sexual orientation, Conscription, Military sociology, Nonviolence, Jeremy Hinzman, Conscientious objection, Canada ￢ﾀﾓ United States relations, Conscientious objector, Population, Forced migration, Right of asylum, Demography
Bigots drive gay marriage ban
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | about 23 hours ago
Credibility Kevin Rudd's courting of the redneck minority is evident, not only in his contortions on refugees, but in his opposition to gay marriage. Why a Labor government committed to equality is opposed to gay marriage is a mystery to me...The redneck and religious...
Tags: sex marriage, gay marriage, sex couples, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Marriage privatization, Homosexuality and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Marriage, Same-sex marriage, Lesbian, Social Issues
Behind the sins of Kenya's closet gays
Nairobi :: Kenya | 1 day ago
Credibility Some months ago, a friend who resides in Cape Town called me a lesbian. She did not give me that honourable title because I do the things which lesbians do – which I do not know – but because I sleep late and wake up early and I do not buy pirated DVDs....
Tags: Cape Town, Kenyans, Kenya, Nairobi, Sleep, Lesbian, Human Interest
Yahoo's Lesbian 'Don Juan' Backhands Lindsay Lohan [Valleyspawn]
Brooklyn :: OH :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Courtenay Semel , the sapphic spawn of former Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, is quoted in the lesbian magazine Curve dissing former lady friend Lindsay Lohan ...The nerve of this one. Courtenay Semel , for those who are not familiar with her heiress-level fameballing,...
Tags: Lindsay Lohan, Yahoo, Brooklyn, Yahoo!, Terry Semel, Business Finance, Tila Tequila, Lesbian, Human Interest
Do lesbians rule Hollywood? Ask Jane Lynch
Best :: Netherlands | 1 day ago
Credibility Ask Jane Lynch The Glee and Role Models star is one of only a few gay women on our screens Jane Lynch, star of Glee and The 40 Year Old Virgin. Photograph: Kevin Winter/Getty Images We all know that Hollywood is run by a cabal of homosexuals (or Jews,...
Tags: Jane Lynch, American, gay men, gay women, Hollywood, New York Times, Netherlands, Best, Gay, Glee, Human Interest, Sexual orientation, Lesbian, Social Issues, Entertainment Culture
Fair Share?
Boston :: MA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility This article was originally published in the October 16, 1984 issue of the Boston Phoenix. On September 10, Boston City Councilor David Scondras wrote a letter to the city’s group-health-insurance director. “We have a non-discrimination policy in...
Tags: Boston City Council, David Scondras, domestic partners, Boston Herald, Boston Phoenix, Boston, Gay community, Homosexuality, Lesbian, Domestic partnership in the United States, LGBT rights in Brazil, Sexual orientation, Domestic partnership, Same-sex marriage, Social Issues, Labor
Uganda anti-gay law targeted
Kampala :: Uganda | 1 day ago
Credibility Demonstrators targeted Uganda's UN mission in New York on Thursday to protest a proposed law that would punish homosexuality with life in prison in the eastern African country. About 40 people picketed the UN mission at Uganda House in Manhattan, chanting:...
Tags: Uganda House, Uganda, Kampala, Homosexuality, Politics, Same-sex sexuality, East Africa, Social Issues, Gender, LGBT, Lesbian, Homophobia, Sexual orientation, Gender studies, Law Crime
Anti-gay activist sends out fliers opposing Parker for mayor
Houston :: AK :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Longtime anti-gay activist Dave Wilson, who once led a successful effort to amend the city charter to deny benefits to the partners of gay and lesbian city employees, has sent out 35,000 fliers opposing the mayoral candidacy of Annise Parker in part because...
Tags: Dave Wilson, Annise Parker, Houston Chronicle, Houston, Gay, Homosexuality, Sexual orientation, Lesbian, Social Issues
Wingnuts Target Lesbian EEOC nominee Chai Feldblum
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Obama's Equal Employment Opportunity Commission nominee Chai Feldblum's hearings are scheduled for this Thursday, and according to the Victory Fund, Republican Senators and right-wing religious wingnuts (more specifically the Family Research Council's...
Tags: Chai Feldblum Obama, EEOC, nominee chai, Los Angeles, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Lesbian, Polyamory, LGBT, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Sexual orientation, 110th United States Congress, 111th United States Congress, Social Issues, Religion Belief
From Fringe to Famous..."Underdog" Theatre Thrives!
I love an "underdog" story! Hell..even my moniker belies a love for things doggish (and sly!) Such is the case of "My Mother's Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding" which has made it out of the Toronto's "Fringe" closet and onto the big stage at the...
Tags: Theatre, fringe, toronto, gay, comedy, wedding, wiccan, lesbian
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