QC World Headlines

RELATED STORIES (left to right): Britain – Opinon: Channel 4 should pull the plug on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad not allow him to address the nation. Washington D.C. – Obama poster creator, Shepard Fairey, to donate to anti-Prop 8 group in light of Rick Warren. India – Gay Indian prince searches bars, beaches, and part-time jobs in search of soulmate. San Francisco, California – Bay area police hunt suspects in brutal gang rape of lesbian. (Related – Support for victim pours in. $10,000 reward for perpetrators.)
AFRICA
Ethiopia – Ethiopian clerics seeking constitutional ban on homosexuality.
Uganda – Judge awards two women $7,000 for arrest on suspicion of lesbianism.
ASIA AND MIDDLE EAST
India – Gay Indian prince searches bars, beaches, and part-time jobs in search of soulmate.
Tel Aviv, Israel – City recruits gay athletes for 2009 World Outgames.
EUROPE
Brighton, United Kingdom – Man injured in homophobic attack.
Britain – Opinon: Channel 4 should pull the plug on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad not allow him to address the nation.
Hull, England – 40-year-old British ex-boxer in court for anti-gay attack on 14-year-old boy.
Italy– New Beckham teammate planning locker room peek
Madrid, Spain – Spanish judge suspended over lesbian adoption bid.
Scotland – Scottish gay man attacked by mother and twin brother.
NORTH AMERICA
Atlanta, Georgia – Atlanta gay coalition wants Warren dropped from MLK services. [2]
Brooklyn, New York – Actor playing gay character, Johnny Cakes, on The Sopranos commits suicide.
British Columbia, Canada – Salvation Army plays into the fear and paranoia around sex work.
California – “Don’t divorce us” campaign begins in response to legal attempt to nullify gay vows.
Louisiana – Federal judge orders Louisiana to accept gay adoption.
Massachusetts – Prop 8 celebration fundraises against trans rights.
New Hampshire – Gay marriage bill on tap as legislature convenes.
Nashville, Tennessee – Court order bars divorced mom’s partner of 9 years from overnight stays during child visitation.
New York – Health: Gay parenting and surrogacy.
New York – Burlesque dancer Dita von Teese and Dr. Mervyn Silverman receive Award of Courage from amfAR.
San Francisco, California – Bay area police hunt suspects in brutal gang rape of lesbian. (Related – Support for victim pours in. $10,000 reward for perpetrators.)
Spencerport, New York – Man sentenced 5 1/2 years for attack on gay man.
United States – Opinion: Fundamentalist homophobia linked to subjugation of women.
United States – Decade-long spike in anti-gay hate crimes expected to continue surge in 2008.
United States -Call to appoint first openly gay Secretary of the Navy grows louder.
Washington D.C. – Democrats say it will be two years before they take up repeal on gay military ban.
Washington D.C. – Obama’s other inauguration pastor not for gay marriage, but condemns Rick Warren remarks.
Washington D.C. – Obama poster creator, Shepard Fairey, to donate to anti-Prop 8 group in light of Rick Warren.
Washington D.C. – Opinion: If Warren to speak at inauguration, the party’s off.
SOUTH AMERICA
Brazil – Double homicide followed by gay man’s murder in north Brazil.
Panama – Gays blamed for collapse of emergency phone line.
WORLDWIDE
Community – Feature: Those hard lines we draw between “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” and “gender expression.”