QC World Headlines

FEATURED STORIES (left to right): Sydney, Australia – International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) calls for artists. Melbourne, Australia – Avenue Q, puppet musical with gay character, to open. Switzerland – Jamaican star Capleton’s Basel concert cancelled after gay groups protest. Los Angeles, California – County Board of Supervisors votes to join Prop 8 lawsuit.
ASIA AND MIDDLE EAST
New Delhi, India – Indian court mulls overturning sodomy law.
EUROPE
Berlin, Germany – Unusual case of man “cured” of HIV via marrow transplant not “big breakthrough”.
Britain – 40% oppose gay men as adoptive parents.
Bulgaria – Give gay couples legal partnerships, MEPs ask Bulgaria.
Cardiff, United Kingdom – Waterstone’s defend decision to cancel gay author event. [2]
England – Adoption charity concerned about negative gay adoption views.
Holland, Netherlands – Two men jailed for assault in Dutch HIV blood case.
Imatra, Finland – Vicar plans gender reassignment surgery.
Liverpool, England – Liverpool council’s village plan “ignores” LGBT community.
London, England – New free gay newspaper arrives on Monday.
London, England – London university establishes free law surgery for LGBT community.
Netherlands – “Ex-gay” survivors discuss experience on Dutch TV.
Russia – European Court of Human Rights rejects Russian “gay” marriage case.
Switzerland – Jamaican star Capleton’s Basel concert cancelled after gay groups protest.
United Kingdom – Newcastle and Sunderland University student unions bar “homophobic” blood agency.
United Kingdom – City and Guilds launch new Level 2 Award in HIV and AIDS.
United Kingdom – National AIDS Trust questions gay blood donor ban.
West Norwood, England – Gay Streatham man’s killers have sentences cut.
NORTH AMERICA
Alton, Texas – Police chief acquitted in rape case.
Aurora, Colorado – Friends reject police’s take on transgender woman’s death.
Austin, Texas – UT-Austin students form campus’ first gay fraternity.
California – Gay marriage may make California ballot again in 2010. [2]
California – No on 8 shot ad with lesbian discussing marriage – it never aired.
California – Artistic Director for California Musical Theatre resigns after Prop. 8 donation revealed.
Cambridge, Massachusetts – Manhunt hires CDC employee to promote sexual health.
Chicago, Illinois – AIDS Foundation honors AIDS Run supporters.
Connecticut – After California loss, gays get right to wed in Connecticut.
Connecticut – Lesbian representative Bye says, “We’re not a separate class.”
Jackson, Tennessee – Soulforce equality riders arrested at Union University.
Los Angeles, California – Fun Active Gentleman’s Society (FAGS) to play for dodgeball title.
Los Angeles, California – County Board of Supervisors votes to join Prop 8 lawsuit.
New Jersey – Gay marriage political debate looms.
New Orleans, Louisiana – Study says same-sex heart transplants are better
New York – Two Dem Senators want a state referendum on marriage equality.
New York City – 10,000 turn out to protest Prop. 8
New York City – Mike Piazza uses gay rumors to make memoir pit.
Oakland, California – Black lesbian makes church history.
Ontario, Canada – Assaulted lesbian couple seek hate crime charge.
Raleigh, North Carolina – Communities band together for Carolinas Prop. 8 protests.
Salt Lake City, Utah – Gays targeting Mormons over marriage.
Salt Lake City, Utah – 1997 Mormon memo on banning same-sex marriage receives wide exposure.
San Francisco, California – Real Bad donates $160K to 5 gay charities.
Seattle, Washington – Young gay marriage activist leads national protests.
Tuscon, Arizona – Study estimates HIV born a century ago.
United States – Disgraced evangelical leader Ted Haggard claims molestation caused his “sin” with men. [2]
United States – Singer Katy Perry, attacked for two gay songs, receives Out 100 Musician of the Year award.
United States – Comics creator Stan Lee bringing Perry Moore’s gay “Hero” to Showtime. [2]
United States – Obama to remove abstinence requirement for HIV funding. [2]
United States – Pregnant man expecting second child.
Utah – Psychologist says group distorting her same-sex research.
Washington, D.C. – Supreme Court case on religious public monuments raises issue of hypothetically excluding gay soldiers from Vietnam memorial.
Washington, D.C. – Log Cabin president announces resignation.
Washington, D.C. – Gay veterans gather to honor their own.
Washington, D.C. – US Representative Tammy Baldwin expects Congress to act first on hate crimes.
OCEANIA
Melbourne, Australia – Avenue Q, puppet musical with gay character, to open.
Sydney, Australia – International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) calls for artists.