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Dubai - Campaign Against “Transvestites”

Posted by bosskitty

17 ‘cross-dressing tourists’ held in Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Police in the Gulf tourist hub of Dubai say they’ve detained 17 foreigners for allegedly displaying homosexual behavior in the city’s shopping malls and other public places. Police spokesman Zuhair Horoun says all the suspects are men who were either visiting or working in [...]

Open Letter from Barack Obama to the LGBT Community

Posted by nytexan

H/T The Bilerico Project
[Editor's note:] The following letter was released by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to GLBT Americans. This letter follows the announcement that the Obama campaign will be taking out full page ads in GLBT newspapers in Ohio and Texas beginning Friday. Read Obama’s previous Bilerico guest post A Call for Full [...]

H.R. 1585 Hate Crime Bill Married To Iraqi War Funding - No Joke

Posted by bosskitty

WASHINGTON (AP) – Congress has dropped legislation that would have expanded hate crime laws to include attacks on gays after it became clear the measure wouldn’t pass the House, aides said Thursday.
Legislation expanding hate crime laws to attacks on gays died in the House Thursday.
National Defense Appropriations Act, H.R. 1585, with hate bill attached.
Senate [...]

GOP: The Exclusive White Club

Posted by nytexan

Another debate another snubbing, the GOP front runners seem to think it’s beneath them to attend minority debates or forums. This time they have turned their backs on a debate by PBS at Morgan State University, a historical black college.
So far the GOP candidates have managed to thumb their nose at the Univision Latino [...]

Russian Gays Face Tough Road Toward Equality

Posted by bosskitty

Most Seem to Favor Low-Key Approach Over Confrontational One
By Anton Troianovski Special to The Washington Post Saturday, August 11, 2007

… with a small gay rights movement taking shape amid a more frank pop culture, gays are struggling with altogether different questions. Should they openly confront what many [...]

My Opinion Of The Democrats LGBT Forum

Posted by nytexan

First let me say that for some reason BossKitty’s post on HRC Democratic Candidate Forum is not showing the comment number, however, there are several good comments posted.
Now my thoughts; I liked the intimate forum but the time for each candidate seemed very short. Wrong move for Dodd and Binden as no shows……hmmmm trying to [...]

Human Rights Democratic Candidate Forum - GLBT

Posted by bosskitty

BossKitty commented as the candidates sp0ke. See the BLOG.
BossKitty says:
 

11:01 on 08/09

No, Hillary, you are NOT my girl, yet. You have the experience and the machine to achieve everything GLBT need, but you sound scripted. When the field narrows and you are in the top 2 at the end of the primaries, I [...]

Democrats Debate LGBT Issues

Posted by nytexan

Well here’s an interesting debate forum. LOGO and Human Rights Campaign will host the democrats in a debate on LGBT issues on August 9, 2007 at 9:00pm EST.

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