Friday’s Gay News Post

Filed Under Headlines | September 4th, 2009 

Friday’s Gay News Post Includes: News from the Middle East; Italian Gay Under Seige; Political Smear Campaigns; Murder Trial and more.

Court Cases:

- Wakefield, UK: Six years for hammer attack on gay lover who may lose legs (This guy is a sicko in more ways than one…)

Equality:

- Reality Makes Gay Marriage Debate Obsolete

- Gay rights legislation in Sacramento

- Namibia: Gay, Lesbian Rights March At Keetmans (Small But Proud)

Health: 1 in 5 HIV-positive Australian gay men unaware of infection

Italy:

- Italian Editor Is Latest Berlusconi Casualty — The editor of a Catholic newspaper stepped down on Thursday – just days after a paper tied to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi accused him of being a homosexual.

- This Magazine: Under siege in Italy (Rome’s Gay Bar Bomb)

Middle East: – Baghdad’s Gay Community: A Tale of Two Cities

Military Watch: YouthRadio.org: Investigation: Sailors’ Abuse Kept Silent in Navy Canine Unit (This is where the story broke)

Politics: – Sanford accused of gay smear campaign against Bauer