Weekend Headline Starters

Filed Under Gossip, Headlines | September 19th, 2008 

Gay News HeadlinesFriday already! — Here’s a few gay headlines to start the weekend off:

Celeb News:
- Everyone’s talking about Brad Pitt and for good reason — he’s ante’d up: Brad Pitt donating $100,000 to fight gay marriage ban

- Whilst the Mega A-Gays are Missing in Fight Against Prop 8

- Over at After Ellen / 365gay: Visibility Matters Lindsay Lohan and the New Definition of ‘Out’

Obits:
John Burnside, the inventor of a kaleidoscope-like device called the teleidoscope and an early gay movement activist who was the longtime partner of the late gay rights pioneer Harry Hay, has died. He was 91. That obit at the LA Times.

Queer Youth / Education:
A high school for gay, lesbian, transgender youth in Chicago is being discussed. The Social Justice High School—Pride Campus would offer a college-prep curriculum.

Law & Workplace:
- Over in the UK: Gay judge shatters ‘pink glass ceiling’ Sir Terence Etherton will be the first openly gay judge to be sworn in as Lord Justice of Appeal when his appointment is confirmed later this month.

Law & Workplace & Politics:
- Obama won’t repeal ‘don’t ask’ on his own

Immigration:

- In Cardiff, Wales: Gay artist fears for his life on return to Azerbaijan

- In Washington State: Deportation on hold for gay Jamaican detainee in Tacoma

- Over in Australia, Bllomberg reports: Gay Men, Immigrants Spur Australia’s HIV Cases to 14-Year High