Monday’s LGBT News

Filed Under Headlines | November 9th, 2009 

Monday’s LGBT News: Updates from Africa; A Gay Hero; Quiet Voices; Invisible Voices; Gay Marriage Battle Fate; Squandering Ballot Votes; Parenting and more…

Africa:

- TIME — In Fight Against AIDS, Kenya Confronts Gay Taboo

- GayUganda: Reflections on life

Black Voices: – Black, gay … and invisible — It’s time for black communities to wake up – and stop ostracising those of us who happen to be homosexual.

Crime Files:

- British Civil servant’s gay sex blackmailers jailed

- Michigan Wal-Mart bans gay couple for life for crime they didn’t commit… (strange case/story)

Equality: NYTimes Editorial – Equality’s Ragged March

Marriage News/Posts:

- Gay Marriage Bill Faces Uncertain Fate in Albany

- Will Gays Again Squander A Ballot Loss Crisis?

- A quiet voice for gay marriage — Legalization could avert doomed relationships, straight ex-spouses say.

Military Reports: Yet again…Gay soldier, serving in Iraq, being discharged.

Parenting Reports: The Way We Live Now — What’s Good for the Kids

Religion: Gay minister given ‘hero award’ — Gay minister whose appointment divided opinion within the Church of Scotland has been honoured by a gay rights group.