QC World Headlines

A news rag for news fags
ASIA AND MIDDLE EAST
Kuwait – Muslim leader denies issuing progressive fatwa on gender surgery. [SOURCE]
EUROPE
Bosnia – Amnesty calls on authorities to protect Bosnian gay festival. [SOURCE]
Britain – Gay holiday company ceases trading after XL collapse. [SOURCE]
Cardiff, United Kingdom – Welsh Assembly Memeber joins protest against deportation of gay asylum seeker. [SOURCE]
Copenhagen, Denmark – Human rights conference to be held alongside Outgames. [SOURCE]
Scotland – LGBT toolkit for Scotland’s schools to be unveiled. [SOURCE]
United Kingdom – Home Secretary urged to spare gay man from Uganda deportation. [SOURCE]
United Kingdom – New guidelines suggest gay men should have annual HIV test. [SOURCE]
NORTH AMERICA
Albany, New York City – State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos opposes same-sex marriage, bullying at Log Cabin Republican meeting. [SOURCE]
California – Gay marriage proponents outspent in ballot battle. [SOURCE]
Chicago, Illinois – Record number of preregistrants for AIDS Run & Walk, this Saturday. [SOURCE]
Laramie, Wyoming – University of Wyoming to dedicate bench to Matthew Shepard. [SOURCE]
Madison, Wisconsin – Man arrested after alleged gay slurs, scuffle. [SOURCE]
Oakville, Ontario, Canada – Canada anti-hate law should not extend to Internet jokes, critics say. [SOURCE]
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – Senator James Inhofe gay bashes in new ad. [SOURCE 1] [SOURCE 2]
Sacramento, California – Heterosexual couple protests gender-neutral labels. [SOURCE]
San Francisco, California – Poll: Support for anti-gay amendment wanes. [SOURCE]
San Francisco, California – Synagogue creates a blessing for anonymous sex. [SOURCE]
San Francisco, California – Gay activist and inventor, John Burnside, dies at 91. [SOURCE]
Tribune, Kansas – 16-year-old attempts murder of fellow teen because he’s gay. [SOURCE]
United States – U.S. law sends some bi-national, same-sex couples into exile. [SOURCE]
United States – CDC urges government to double HIV budget. [SOURCE]
Utah – Philanthropist kicks in $1M to fight California gay-marriage ban. [SOURCE]
Verona, Wisconsin – Wisconsin church music director fired for openly gay life. [SOURCE]
Washington, D.C., U.S.A. – Man attacked in suspected gay bashing dies. [SOURCE]
OCEANIA
Australia – New Liberal leader urged to honour gay rights pledge. [SOURCE]
Sydney, Australia – Sydney named 2nd best gay city in the world. [SOURCE]
SOUTH AMERICA
Brazil – President in favor of civil unions. [SOURCE]

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