Saturday 11 June 2011

GAY SPORTS
John Amaechi OBEJohn Amaechi
Former NBA player hopes his OBE for services to basketball can inspire other British prospects
independent.co.uk 11 Jun 11

UK


London Council urges gay couples to become foster parents to halt care crisis
thisislondon.co.uk | lambeth.gov.uk 11 Jun 11


LGBT foster services around the UK
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Sluts: today's young women would do well to take inspiration from the gay rights movement
newstatesman.com 11 Jun 11


Irish minister Brian Lenihan, who has died, praised for contribution to legal recognition of gay couples
irishtimes.com 11 Jun 11


O-M-G


No sympathy for a congregation which is about to quit the Church of Scotland
pressandjournal.co.uk 11 Jun 11


Priest abandons Church of England in gay wedding protest
shropshirestar.com 11 Jun 11



GAY PRIDE


TodayOxford | Blackpool | Rome


Oxford Pride in pictures
ukgaynews.org.uk 11 Jun 11

Brighton_Pride_Dog show 2011Dog lovers
head to Brighton & Hove for this year's Pride Companion Dog Show - Sun 3 Jul
brightonpride.org 11 Jun 11

Brighton Pride allocates £13,000 of tckets to 25 local community groups
brightonpride.org 11 Jun 11


Rainbow flag goes up; Letters flow in
nytimes.com 11 Jun 11

Portsmouth Gay Pride 2011Portsmouth Pride
a whole week of events taking place at the Groundlings Theatre in Portsea - 21-26 Jun
gscene.com 11 Jun 11

YOUNG PEOPLE


Allow all children in Boy Scouts
boston.com 11 Jun 11


Young people lead the way on gay rights
sltrib.com 11 Jun 11


Boys will be boys? Not in these families
nytimes.com 11 Jun 11


Family of Kirk Murphy says 'sissy boy' experiment led to his suicide
washingtonpost.com 11 Jun 11

Max ZeryckMax Zeryck
Gay, out, happy and whole: 17 year-old credits his school's accepting climate that allowed him to be himself - a "weird art kid," a math-science type, a ballet dancer and openly gay
oregonlive.com 11 Jun 11

WORLD


Kenyan online gay forum launched
bbc.co.uk | freedominspeech.org 11 Jun 11


Demand that the media report killings of gay and transgender Puerto Ricans
GLAAD Call to action 11 Jun 11


Same-sex marriage reveals cracks in Sarkozy party
france24.com 11 Jun 11


SHOW BIZ


Chloe Sevigny to topline 'Hit and Miss' -
Thesp to play transsexual contract killer
variety.com 11 Jun 11


'Hit and Miss' Sky Atlantic has commissioned a new drama from Shameless creator Paul Abbott
digitalspy.co.uk 11 Jun 11


Tracy Morgan's apology for a homophobic onstage tirade hasn't satisfied the gay rights groups
advocate.com 11 Jun 11

Hooray, You're Gay

The Juliettes, Seattle's favorite all-woman "Pump Rock" band releases the music video that accompanies their gay anthem for Pride events across the country and around the world. 11 Jun 11

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