QC World Headlines

FEATURED STORIES (from left to right): Los Angeles, California – LA Film Fest director resigns over “Yes on 8” contribution. [2] [3] [4] London, England – Study claims HIV could be eliminated in decade. [2] Melbourne, Australia – Openly gay Olympic gold-medalist diver, Matthew Mitcham wins 2008 Sports Performer of the Year. (Related – OutSports catches up with Mitcham, post-Olympics) Santa Barbara, California – Obama advisor on gay troops has record of sexism due to self-admiteed “personal prejudice.” [2]
ASIA AND MIDDLE EAST
China – Gay zoo penguins eager for fatherhood replace penguin mothers’ eggs with stones.
Indonesia – Lawmakers support inserting tracking microchip inside “sexually aggressive” (re: active) HIV+ people.
EUROPE
Cyprus – Cyprus grants resident status to gay Iranian asylum seeker.
England – Ministry of Defense must pay harassed lesbian soldier £190,000.
France – French politician vindicated over homophobic comments.
Ireland – Music stars back campaign against HIV discrimination in Ireland.
Italy – Trans ex-MP triumphs as Italy’s newest reality TV star.
London, England – Cop fired over anti-gay e-mails. [2] [3]
London, England – Study claims HIV could be eliminated in decade. [2]
London, England – European symposium on gay and lesbian tourism to be held in 2009.
Russia – Russian Orthodox ‘vigilante groups’ worry gay rights activists.
Woolwich, England – 16-year-old charged with murder of 28-year-old gay man. [2]
NORTH AMERICA
California – Great awakening or civil war in Prop. 8 aftermath?
California – Gay author, Richard Rodriguez, says churched back Prop. 8 to re-establish patriarchy in rise of pro-feminist/gay politics.
Canada – Canadian ruling distinguishes between civil and religious marriage.
Des Moines, Iowa – 60 percent in Iowa support gay couple rights
Farmington, Utah – Police suspect Prop. 8 behind vandalism.
Florida – Gay domestic violence victims less likely to seek assistance.
Florida – The Liberty Counsel’s ridiculously defends Florida’s gay adoption ban.
Florida – 25,000 expected at massive HIV fundraiser in Florida.
Indianapolis, Indiana – Suit says HIV+ girl bullied.
Los Angeles, California – White knots show up as pro-gay marriage ribbon at Twilight premiere.
Los Angeles, California – Responsibility and race in the “No on 8” campaign.
Los Angeles – Man who infected ex-wife with HIV ordered to pay $12.5 million.
Los Angeles, California – LA Film Fest director resigns over “Yes on 8” contribution. [2] [3] [4]
Park City, Utah – Mixed views over Sundance boycott.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Life sentence for gay man in intern murder.
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada – Marriage officials sue over same-sex unions. [2]
San Francisco, California – Gay icon Dame Edna to hold show.
San Francisco – Marriage ban could have dire consequences for other minorities.
Santa Barbara, California – Obama advisor on gay troops has record of sexism due to self-admiteed “personal prejudice.” [2]
United States – Makers of fake penises used to cheat drug tests charged with conspiracy in federal court.
United States – MillerCoors and Matthew Shepard Foundation partner to help erase hate.
United States – Can conservative religions reconcile with gays?
United States – “Protect DOMA” site features blacks, Asians, and Latinos in defense of “traditional marriage.”
United States – An interview with the organizer of the DC Join The Impact Protest and a Poem.
United States – Keith Olbermann talks to openly gay Candace Gingrich about homo-bigot brother.
Utah – Gay marriage and polygamy… strange bedfellows?
Utah – Prop 8 involvement a P.R. fiasco for LDS Church
Washington – Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation lays off workers.
Washington D.C. – Gay marriage ban sponsor mum as she leaves D.C.
Washington D.C. – Obama names 7 gays to transition team.
Washington D.C. – Obama insiders say he has yet to determine timeline for repeal of gay military ban.
Washington D.C. – Wingnut ‘resistance movement’ calls for million recruits by inauguration day to fight Obama’s pro-gay, pro-enviornment agenda.
OCEANIA
Melbourne, Australia – Openly gay Olympic gold-medalist diver, Matthew Mitcham wins 2008 Sports Performer of the Year. (Related – OutSports catches up with Mitcham, post-Olympics)
SOUTH AMERICA
Brazil – Safe-sex campaign targets men over 50.
WORLDWIDE
Art – World AIDS Day honors fallen artists.
Politics – Left to right: best gay political season thus far?
Health – New report recommends universal HIV testing to reduce infections.