Gay News for Tuesday

Filed Under Headlines | November 24th, 2009 

Gay News for Tuesday: More on the Canada Border Episode; YouTube Censorship; An Appeal to the Puerto Rico Secretary of Justice; Civil Partnership Issues in the UK; A Feisty Lesbian on Canada and more…

Censorship Issues:

- Andrew Steele at the Globe & Mail, blogs about the gay video(s) held at the Canadian border: Straight to the border.

- CBC: Ottawa gay festival films held up by customs — Courier Blamed.

- YouTube deletes Some of Xtra & Fab Mag’s gay news videos — Suspends account for 2 weeks.

Hate Crime Watch: ACLU Urges Puerto Rico Secretary of Justice to Investigate Brutal Murder of Gay Teen as Hate Crime.

Interviews: Exclusive interview with feisty lesbian war resister Skyler James — Courts offer reprieve; James thinks Canadian girls rock.

Marriage Issues: UK — Marriage should move with the times — A straight couple’s application for a civil partnership highlights the discriminatory laws that segregate couples by their sexuality. Update: Application Rejected.

Life: Sapphic Salon: Sirs and Madames (Interesting blog post — I face a similar problem being married and having a gender neutral name…)

University Life: University of North Texas students reject plan to allow same-sex homecoming king and queen.