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Friday, October 31

Gay Delay.

"Singapore's first outdoor gay protest at Speakers' Corner in Hong Lim Park on Nov15 has been postponed to early next year. Organizer Roy Tan, 50, a Singaporean who initiated the event, on Friday cited the overwhelming response from the gay community as a key reason for the date change...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 10-31-2008
Tuesday, October 21

Tenacious Gays.

"Gay activist in Russia are preparing for a May 2009 Gay Pride march and anti-homophobia conference in Moscow, despite being denied a parade license since 2006." [On Top] Permalink | post a comment | Add to del.icio.us | Digg Post tags: Activism, Gay, Gay Pride, News, Russia

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 10-21-2008
Friday, October 17

Underground Railroad II.

"Arsham Parsi, the well-known Iranian gay activist, has announced the launch of the Iranian Queer Railroad (IRQR), a new organization designed specifically to help the growing number of LGBT Iranians forced to leave their country by the violently homophobic policies of the ayatollahs' theocracy…...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 10-17-2008
Friday, October 10

Flip-Flop.

In a stark reversal, politicians in the Russian city of Tambov have said gay rights activists cannot protest a homophobic politician. [TVNZ] Permalink | post a comment | Add to del.icio.us | Digg Post tags: Activism, Gay, News, Russian

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 10-10-2008
Wednesday, October 08

Name Change?

"Members of gay and lesbian clubs at two San Diego community colleges say campus administrators have violated their free speech rights by repeatedly blocking attempts to advertise their shared acronym: FAGS." [Union-Tribune] Permalink | post a comment | Add to del.icio.us | Digg...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 10-08-2008
Thursday, September 25

Troop Rallying.

"[Brazilian] Gay rights group Arco-Íris has launched a national campaign in support of the law for the criminalization of homophobia, which is currently waiting for approval in the senate. With the launch on an online petition Grupo Arco-Íris aims to collect 1 million signatures in support of the...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 09-25-2008
Wednesday, September 24

Raising Ire.

The baddies over at the Americans For Truth plan to hold a press conference Friday taking on San Francisco's Folsom Street Fair, the festival right-wingers absolutely loath. This means, of course, that Fair sponsor Miller Beer will soon have more protesters on their hands. [Earned Media] Permalink...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 09-24-2008
Monday, September 22

Movement!

"The Uniting American Families Act (UAFA), a bill that grants equal immigration rights to Americans in same-sex binational relationships, garnered an unprecedented level of support in Congress this month when four more Senators and sixteen more Representatives joined in cosponsoring the legislation...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 09-22-2008
Monday, September 08

(Not) Bitchin'!

Some of Colombia's gays are angry that Tuluá mayor Rafael Eduardo Palau wants to ban men from riding on the back of motorcycles. The mayor's office says it only hopes to enforce the ban from the hours of 6pm-6am and will exempt gay men who submit their names to the government. [Blabbeando]...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 09-08-2008
Thursday, August 21

Infuriated.

Gay foes claim Elmira, New York's police department discriminated against them and violated their free speech rights when they forbade them from passing out homophobic materials at a pride rally this summer. Now they're suing. [WETM-TV] Permalink | post a comment | Add to del.icio...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 08-21-2008

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