QC World Headlines

FEATURED STORIES (left to right): Brisbane, Australia – 82% Of Queensland youth have considered suicide over teasing about their sexuality. United Kingdom – “Pimped-up” T-cells seek out and destroy HIV. California – Thousands of protesters gathered around Bay Area over the weekend. United Kingdom – Government minister challenged Jamaican PM about homophobia.
ASIA AND MIDDLE EAST
Bangalore, India – Trans people and GLBT activists arrested.
Delhi, India – High court weighs ruling on India’s sodomy law.
Singapore – Homosexual flasher killed: Were sentences appropriate?
EUROPE
Berlin, Germany – AIDS cure breakthrough involves gene therapy.
Malta – Maltese government’s “inhumane” treatment of trans bride.
Sweden – Swedish courts rule in three lesbian cases.
United Kingdom – Government minister challenged Jamaican PM about homophobia.
United Kingdom – Military payout to ousted gays hits £4 million.
United Kingdom – “Pimped-up” T-cells seek out and destroy HIV.
Vatican City – Roman Catholic thinking on homosexuality – “a type of wound.”
NORTH AMERICA
California – Catholics, Mormons allied to pass Proposition 8.
California – Thousands of protesters gathered around Bay Area over the weekend.
California – Governor Schwarzenegger tells backers of gay marriage: Don’t give up.
California – Anti-gay Musgrave lost by 12 points, still won’t concede.
California – Radio host Jim Quinn asserts, “Gay sex produces AIDS”; “They should charge homosexuals more for their … health insurance.”
Connecticut – Same-sex marriages to begin November 12th.
Dallas, Texas – ‘Why Gay Is Not O.K.’ sermon incites Dallas protest.
Hollywood, California – Nicole Kidman to play world’s first post-op transgender woman.
Idaho – State donated $400K to pass gay marriage ban.
Jamaica – Interview: Securing gay rights in Jamaica is vital to AIDS struggle.
Michigan City, Indiana – Homophobic coaches to be re-suspended?
New York – Third conservative Episcopal diocese splits over gays.
New York City – Tim Gunn hosts Emery Awards for gay rights support.
New Hampshire – Barack Obama asked gay bishop Gene Robinson what it was like to be ‘first.’
Ontario, Canada – Lesbian couple beaten in front of young son.
Salt Lake City, Utah – Utah faces boycott after Mormon work for Prop 8.
Washington D.C. – Police shoot, kill disturbed gay man in his home.
Washington D.C. – Trans sex worker warns arrests won’t solve problem.
OCEANIA
Australia – Australian activists seek apology from Jerry Lewis.
Brisbane, Australia – 82% Of Queensland youth have considered suicide over teasing about their sexuality.