Jerusalem Gay Leaders Begin Preps For 2008
Parade
(Jerusalem) LGBT leaders in Jerusalem have hailed
Thursday's pride parade a success and say they have begun working on next year's
event.
University Of Virginia Offers Small Nod To Gay
Relationships
(Richmond, Virginia) Hamstrung by Virginia's
constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, which the state attorney general says
includes a barring benefits to same-sex couples by public institutions, the
University of Virginia has found a way to at least provide one small benefit to
non-married couples.
Canadian Province Launches 60-Second HIV Testing Blitz
(Toronto, Ontario) Ontario has become the
first jurisdiction in North America to offer HIV tests that provide results in
just 60 seconds and will double the number of sites across the province where
anonymous tests are available, Health Minister George Smitherman announced
Friday.
Obama To Speak At Pro-Gay Church Conference
(New York City) In the constellation of Protestant churches, the United
Church of Christ is far from the biggest, wealthiest or best-known.
Moscow Gay Pride Ban Appealed To European
Court
(Moscow) Russia's Supreme Court on Friday
ruled that Moscow was justified in banning a gay pride parade, paving the way for the case to go to the
European Human Rights Court.
GOP
Dirty Tricks Accusations
(Concord, New Hampshire) The New
Hampshire Attorney General's Office has opened an investigation into whether
presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's staff might have been involved in some dirty
tricksmanship.
Potential Bloomberg-Clinton Race Has New York
Buzzing
(New York City) Mayor Michael Bloomberg often has called Hillary Rodham
Clinton a "very good senator." He and her husband exchanged
compliments at a climate conference they hosted together just last month.
Abstinence Funds Chopped, Ryan White Money
Upped
(Washington) A controversial federal program
that stresses abstinence outside heterosexual marriage has been chopped by $28.
million.
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