Tuesdays News Headlines & Updates

Filed Under Gossip, Headlines | June 30th, 2009 

Tuesday’s news headlines and updates include: more on the Fort Worth raid, news from the White House party, news from India, a bit of arts & entertainment, a few court cases and more.

Spotlight on the Fort Worth Gay Bar Raid:

If you haven’t already read the background news on this story, read this: Fort Worth’s Stonewall.

Updates:

- Dallas Voice: What they saw at the Rainbow Lounge — Eyewitness accounts contradict statements from police on what happened at Rainbow Lounge Sunday morning.

- Dallas News: Fort Worth police better start clarifying gay bar ‘check’

- WFAA (Article & Video): Fort Worth council members call for probe in raid of gay bar

- CNN Video: Gay community outraged — Patrons allege being brutalized by police during an inspection at a gay bar in Ft. Worth. KDAF reports.

Reports from India:

- CNN Video: New Delhi gay pride march — Hundreds of people took to the streets of New Delhi, India, to show support for gay rights.

- The Hindu: Riot of colours at Delhi’s second gay pride march

- Indian Express:Gay parade in Delhi for decriminalisation of homosexuality

- The Independent: India’s gays prepare to join the rainbow nation

- CNN: India faith leaders: Anti-gay law must stay

Gay Marriage:

- In Iowa: Vander Plaats predicts own impeachment over gay marriage

- Gay rights activists in Moscow plan to ignore a ban and rally in favor of same-sex marriages when U.S. President Barack Obama visits next week.

- In California: San Francisco federal judge to hear latest legal challenge to Proposition 8 on Thursday.

- In NY: Power struggle impedes New York gay marriage vote.

Arts & Entertainment:

- Rufus Wainwright opera opens in Manchester

- TV: “The Closer’s” Coroner Comes Out

The White House Party:

- Washington Post: In a Presidential First, Obama Marks Gay Pride at the White House

- PFLAG Family Joins President Obama at White House Reception to Commemorate Stonewall

Crime Files:

- Leonid Rozhetskin : Russia’s missing swinging tycoon

- Gay-Bashed on Pride Weekend on the Upper East Side

- SF Pink Triangle Fire An Arson, Investigators Say

Sports: – Gay footballers battle for world domination