Monday’s News Post

Filed Under Headlines | November 30th, 2009 

Monday’s News Post Includes: Updates on Uganda; Pretentious Values; A Government Run Gay Bar; Rebranding Gay; Some Parents are Gay – Get Over It; One Couple’s Wedding Plans; World AIDS Day Coverage and More…

World AIDS Day Coverage:
(World AIDS Day is Dec. 1st)

- China city government opens gay bar to fight AIDS (Wonder if anyone other than reporters will show up.)

- WORLD AIDS DAY: Groups Urge Repeal of ‘Antiquated Colonial Laws’

- Finding Hope — Adam Tenner of Metro TeenAIDS greets this year’s World AIDS Day with newfound optimism.

Updates on Uganda:

- PM Harper lobbies Uganda on anti-gay bill

- Gordon Brown raises anti-gay laws with Ugandan President

- GayUganda: I am un-African.

- NPR: The Secret Political Reach Of ‘The Family’ And Their Ugandan Connection (STory + Audio + Transcript.)

Gay Equality / Rights Issues:

- Times of India: ‘Queer movement will undo pretentious heterosexual values’

- Rebranding: Gay = Equality, Rainbow = Blue (Are Equality orgs and their imagery as bland as artificial sweetener?)

Family & Marriage:

- Serena Yuan Volpp, M.D.: Marriage Equality Not Just For Today’s Adults

- Gay Argentine couple’s wedding plans divide an entire continent. Update: Argentine judge stops gay marriage.

- Getting used to gay parents — Now that it’s clear it doesn’t damage a child’s development, we should ask more interesting questions about gay parenting.
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