http://www.365gay.com The daily news source for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:35:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en http://www.365gay.com/news/struggling-anglican-leader-in-rome-for-papal-talks/ http://www.365gay.com/news/struggling-anglican-leader-in-rome-for-papal-talks/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:30:47 +0000 The Associated Press http://www.365gay.com/?p=10874 (Rome) The Archbishop of Canterbury sought Thursday to downplay the implications of the Vatican's unprecedented invitation for Anglicans to join the Catholic Church as he arrived in Rome for his first talks with the pope on the new policy. Archbishop Rowan Williams' three-day visit, which began Thursday with a lecture and ... http://www.365gay.com/news/struggling-anglican-leader-in-rome-for-papal-talks/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/news/philippine-gay-group-fights-to-contest-elections/ http://www.365gay.com/news/philippine-gay-group-fights-to-contest-elections/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:15:01 +0000 The Associated Press http://www.365gay.com/?p=10872 (Manila, Philippines) A Philippine gay rights group is waging a legal battle to be allowed to run in next year's polls after the Elections Commission ruled it cannot register as a political party on grounds that it advocates immorality. The decision last week against Ang Ladlad (Out of the Closet), a ... http://www.365gay.com/news/philippine-gay-group-fights-to-contest-elections/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/news/weekend-vigils-around-us-to-honor-slain-gay-teens/ http://www.365gay.com/news/weekend-vigils-around-us-to-honor-slain-gay-teens/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:05:13 +0000 Jennifer Vanasco http://www.365gay.com/?p=10878 Vigils will be held on Sunday across the country to honor the lives of Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado of Puerto Rico and Jason "Jaysen" Mattison Jr. Both teens were brutally slain in separate instances last week. These are the vigils we could find - please add others or additional information in the ... http://www.365gay.com/news/weekend-vigils-around-us-to-honor-slain-gay-teens/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/news/banned-director-brings-gay-romance-film-to-hong-kong/ http://www.365gay.com/news/banned-director-brings-gay-romance-film-to-hong-kong/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:42:55 +0000 The Associated Press http://www.365gay.com/?p=10876 (Hong Kong) A prominent mainland Chinese director banned by Beijing from making movies brought his new gay romance film to Hong Kong on Friday for what is likely the last of a handful of screenings on his home soil. In 2006, China banned Lou Ye from shooting movies for five years ... http://www.365gay.com/news/banned-director-brings-gay-romance-film-to-hong-kong/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/news/lesbian-us-war-deserter-wins-stay-of-deportation/ http://www.365gay.com/news/lesbian-us-war-deserter-wins-stay-of-deportation/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:04:47 +0000 The Associated Press http://www.365gay.com/?p=10870 (Toronto)Canada's Federal Court says the country's refugee board must reconsider the case of a lesbian who deserted the U.S. Army and fled to Canada. Judge Yves de Montigny said Friday the board erred last February when it rejected Bethany Smith's bid. Smith says she fled the army instead of going to Afghanistan ... http://www.365gay.com/news/lesbian-us-war-deserter-wins-stay-of-deportation/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/news/christian-leaders-issue-call-of-conscience/ http://www.365gay.com/news/christian-leaders-issue-call-of-conscience/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:10:33 +0000 The Associated Press http://www.365gay.com/?p=10868 (Washington) More than 150 Christian leaders, most of them conservative evangelicals and traditionalist Roman Catholics, issued a joint declaration Friday reaffirming their opposition to abortion and gay marriage and pledging to protect religious freedoms. The 4,700-word document, called "The Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience," sounds familiar themes from political ... http://www.365gay.com/news/christian-leaders-issue-call-of-conscience/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/news/miss-calif-pageant-gives-ad-time-to-gay-group/ http://www.365gay.com/news/miss-calif-pageant-gives-ad-time-to-gay-group/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:56:39 +0000 The Associated Press http://www.365gay.com/?p=10864 (San Francisco) The Miss California USA pageant director who became embroiled in a war of words with former title holder Carrie Prejean has donated 30-seconds of free ad time to the state's largest gay rights group. Equality California announced Thursday that it would be airing a spot featuring a teenage girl ... http://www.365gay.com/news/miss-calif-pageant-gives-ad-time-to-gay-group/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/news/murder-charge-filed-in-puerto-rico-gay-teen-slaying/ http://www.365gay.com/news/murder-charge-filed-in-puerto-rico-gay-teen-slaying/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:10:38 +0000 The Associated Press http://www.365gay.com/?p=10852 (San Juan, Puerto Rico) Murder charges were filed Wednesday in the slaying of a gay teenager whose decapitated, partially burned body was found last week, while U.S. authorities said they were still considering whether to make it a hate crime case. Gay activists expressed disappointment that the suspect wasn't immediately charged ... http://www.365gay.com/news/murder-charge-filed-in-puerto-rico-gay-teen-slaying/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/news/breaking-ny-court-upholds-gay-marriage-recognition/ http://www.365gay.com/news/breaking-ny-court-upholds-gay-marriage-recognition/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:40:22 +0000 Jennifer Vanasco http://www.365gay.com/?p=10850 New York State's highest court unanimously fought off a challenge to the NYS policy signed by Gov. David Paterson that recognizes gay marriages performed in other states. However, the judges ruled narrowly, and asked that the legislature resolved the question of marriage equality. From the New York Times: ...the decision gave gay advocates ... http://www.365gay.com/news/breaking-ny-court-upholds-gay-marriage-recognition/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/news/questions-about-gay-teen-murder-in-baltimore/ http://www.365gay.com/news/questions-about-gay-teen-murder-in-baltimore/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:58:07 +0000 Jennifer Vanasco http://www.365gay.com/?p=10844 Jason Mattison Jr., 15, an openly gay high schooler, was found dead last week in his aunt's home; the suspect charged, Dante Parrish, 35, was a family friend. Mattison was raped, gagged with a pillowcase,  stabbed repeatedly in the head and throat and shoved in a closet. Says the Baltimore Sun: Jason's ... http://www.365gay.com/news/questions-about-gay-teen-murder-in-baltimore/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/news/new-lutheran-body-to-form-after-gay-pastor-vote/ http://www.365gay.com/news/new-lutheran-body-to-form-after-gay-pastor-vote/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:58:22 +0000 The Associated Press http://www.365gay.com/?p=10842 (New Brighton, Minn.) The split over gay clergy within the country's largest Lutheran denomination has prompted a conservative faction to begin forming a new Lutheran church body separate from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Leaders of Lutheran CORE said Wednesday that a working group would immediately begin drafting a constitution ... http://www.365gay.com/news/new-lutheran-body-to-form-after-gay-pastor-vote/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/news/new-website-seeks-to-out-gay-priests/ http://www.365gay.com/news/new-website-seeks-to-out-gay-priests/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:25:45 +0000 Jennifer Vanasco http://www.365gay.com/?p=10829 Joe.My.God. points to a new website seeking to out gay priests, as a response to Washington Archdiocese of the Catholic Church, which is actively working to stifle LGBT rightsin the District. A press release on ChurchOuting.org says: A new local Internet and social media campaign was launched today in response to increasing ... http://www.365gay.com/news/new-website-seeks-to-out-gay-priests/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/news/schwarzenegger-rules-out-another-run-for-office/ http://www.365gay.com/news/schwarzenegger-rules-out-another-run-for-office/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:31:56 +0000 The Associated Press http://www.365gay.com/?p=10826 (Milan) California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger won't say what his plans are when his term expires next year, but it won't be running for another office. "I have never labeled myself as a politician, so I am not going to run for anything else," Schwarzenegger told reporters on Tuesday. 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The full report by researchers at the John ... http://www.365gay.com/news/report-homosexuality-no-factor-in-abusive-priests/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/news/gay-couples-blast-federal-defense-of-marriage-act/ http://www.365gay.com/news/gay-couples-blast-federal-defense-of-marriage-act/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:31:32 +0000 The Associated Press http://www.365gay.com/?p=10820 (Boston) Gay married couples suing the government over a federal law that doesn't recognize same-sex unions say there is "no legitimate or plausible" reason for having a federal definition of marriage that excludes gay couples. The lawsuit was brought by seven gay couples and three widowers, all of whom were married ... http://www.365gay.com/news/gay-couples-blast-federal-defense-of-marriage-act/feed/