Monday, January 5, 2009

LGBT News Headlines (T24T-5)


The Value Of "Milk", and The Best Gay-Themed Movies By Farr
Huffington Post, NY - 47 minutes ago
-It depicted with enormous impact what it meant to be gay 30-plus years ago, the progress we've made since in terms of society's openness towards ...

Mohler: Newsweek 'biblical case for gay marriage' falls flat
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Towers Online, KY - 2 hours ago
By Jeff Robinson Newsweek's recent cover story which seeks to make a "biblical case for gay marriage" runs directly counter to 2000 years of Christian ...
Newsweek Editor Slams Orthodox Pittsburgh Bishop as Fundamentalist Virtue Online
all 2 news articles

Sydney Morning Herald

Did John Travolta's gay lover discover his dead son?
Gay Socialites, NY - 5 hours ago
... investigative reporting to discover that the person who found Jett Travolta dead is the same person who is accused of being John Travolta's gay lover. ...
Video: Travolta's Son Likely to Be Buried in Fla. AssociatedPress
Travolta's Rumored Gay Lover Discovered Dead Son [Jeff Kathrein] Examiner.com
Travolta's Rumored Gay Lover Discovered Dead Son Gawker
TheImproper.com - Daily Contributor
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LGBT Latino Needs Assessment 2008
Bay Area Indymedia, CA - Jan 2, 2009
This report will present what Latino LGBT people have identified as their issues and needs and how one can better support them as service providers, family, ...

Dallas teen reports being purposely hit by truck, left for dead
Pegasus News, TX - 14 hours ago
Jason Rice on Dallas County clerk weathers LGBT storm: Yeah, I run up against that lots in the arts. There’s the all Chinese group, the all Latino, ...
Truck driver sought after Dallas teen seriously hurt, left in ... Dallas Morning News
all 9 news articles

Detroit woes impact LGBT autosport
Outsports.com, CA - Jan 2, 2009
As the US auto industry fights for its life, LGBT autosport and auto buying is gasping too. Gaywheels founder Joe LaMuraglia writes, “While the current ...

GLBT youth at greater risk for depression, suicide attempts
The Olympian, WA - Jan 2, 2009
While I don't know the situations surrounding those attempts, suicide was, and still is, hardly unheard of in the GLBT community. The scene from the movie ...

Examiner.com

Rick Warren to help raise money for GLBT awareness?
Examiner.com - Jan 3, 2009
by Trina Hoaks, Atheism Examiner Regardless of whether or not he is aware of it, Rick Warren will be helping to raise money to support Driving Equality. ...

San Francisco Bay Times

GLBT Historical Society Holds Ceremony to Open Castro Museum
San Francisco Bay Times, CA - Dec 31, 2008
18 at its new museum and exhibit, “Passionate Struggle: Dynamics of San Francisco’s GLBT History.” The museum is located on the corner of Castro and 18th ...
Congratulations are in order for PFLAG's own Calpernia Addams (pictured), who has been named one of Out Magazine's "Out 100" for 2008.

In addition to her work on Transamerica, her ground-breaking LOGO reality series Transamerican Love Story and her stellar job as part of a 10th anniversary performance of The Vagina Monologues, the magazine's editors also toast Calpernia for being "selected by Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays as the spokeswoman for its 'This Is Our Love Story' campaign."

All of us at PFLAG offer Calpernia our congrats . . . and our continuing gratitude for all of her amazing work on behalf of PFLAG and the larger LGBT community.

For more information on Calpernia's latest endeavors, visit her website, online at www.calpernia.com.

Photo by Mark Bennington for PFLAG.
PFLAG wishes you a safe and happy 2009!

In the coming year there is much work to be done, with the new incoming Obama administration and the chance to move equality forward as never before. We hope that you will be with us throughout 2009 - and keep reading The PFLAG National Blog for updates on LGBT news.

Happy New Year!!
Tonja Bagwell, over at Jafansta.com shared some information with me this week about an LGBT anthology that Jafansta is working on - and they are inviting PFLAGers to share an submit. For those with literary aspirations, here are the details...

Jafansta, Inc., will be publishing an anthology that will feature poetry and other forms of creative expressions from the LGBT population. The purpose of the anthology will be to provide a voice for misunderstood and ostracized populations in society. The voice will be your self-expression about anything you choose to write about. You may express yourself through poetry, prose, essays, narratives, letters, songs, or quotes. Your written word will convey your message to others with hopes that they will better understand your thoughts, feelings, and your life as a member or supporter of the LGBT community.

The anthology will be one in a series of anthologies entitled "Step Into My Shoes." The subtitle for this anthology is not yet finalized. We will not accept derogatory expressions that will degrade or ostracize the featured population in any way. Your expressions can be serious or humorous.

The main purpose is to allow you to express yourself as a lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender person or a friend, family member or supporter, so others will know and understand your plight as a member of the LGBT population. We want to know your feelings and thoughts and your joys and sorrows. Give insight into your life as a son, daughter, mother, father, brother, sister, husband, wife, employee, employer, student, teacher, religious person, political person, and any other role you have that affects your sexual identity. If you are still in the closet, you can express your thoughts and feelings about living as a “straight” person.

Your submissions can be anonymous. If you would like to have credit given to your work, you must submit your name and contact information. Please include the following information with your submission: age; gender; sexual identity, i.e. lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender; relationship or marital status; and occupation.

There is no fee to submit work. The publisher has the right to choose which expressions are suitable for publishing. Your work will be copyrighted under Jafansta, Inc., and published with your permission. You will retain all rights to your work. Submissions are accepted from anywhere in the world. You may submit your work via email to poetry@jafansta.com or via regular mail

Jafansta, Inc.
47448 Pontiac Trail, Suite 144
Wixom, Michigan 48393

Please visit www.jafansta.com for more information.
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