KKK To Protest Gay Marriage in Iowa

To be fair, I was unable to find verification on this story from Davenport, Iowa's KWQC-TV. Seems the KKK has plans to protest gay marriage in Des Moines in January.

Barney Frank on the Senate hate crime measure

A hate crimes bill, which has passed the Senate three times before, is now stalled because of disagreements over extending specific protections for gender identity, according to Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.). The report from washingtonblade.com. The Senate version of the bill, sponsored by Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Gordon Smith (R-Ore.), includes protection based on sexual orientation and real or perceived gender. Unlike the House version, there is no explicit language calling for transgender crime victims to be included.

PM Tony Blair on celebrating Civil Partnership Act

"I am proud it was this Labour Government that has brought in these modernising and fair measures - and I can't imagine that any government will reverse them." You can read the full statement at the online edition of Britian's The Independent. You know Dubya and the boys would never show support like this.

John Stewart's Latest "Gaywatch"

The Daily Show's John Stewart made another hilarious foray into his "Gaywatch" segments on Tuesday. This time he took on Ford's recent cave-in to the American Family Association's threatened boycott (now, perhaps, withdrawn) demanding that Ford remove it's advertising in GLBT publications. To be fair, it appears now, according to AMERICAblog, that Ford has reconsidered it's position. At any rate, Crooks And Liars has a link to the Stewart video. Available in two flavors - wmv or qt, depending on your preference.

"Porn" statue is back on display

We mentioned here in November the naked statue in San Francisco that the police called "pornographic" and required the shop owner to cover up. The Bay Area Reporter says the statue has now been uncovered to reveal its true beauty. The story is here - a warning: the story contains a probably-not-safe-for-work, kids or prudes photo.

Too Fun To Be Missed - Part 2

Again today, not exactly news but funny anyway. Found on the always interesting neatorama.com. Go there for the full-size pic.

Too Fun To Be Missed

While not strictly news, this posting on the wonderful Joe. My. God. blog is a fabulously funny line-up of great movie lines referred to as "Gay Men's 100 All Time Favorite Movie Quotes". The must-read addition is the "comments" section at the bottom of the post, featuring several dozen of the most appropriate (and UNappropriate) movie lines to use when you just have to say something. Personal favorite - "It looks like a penis, only smaller."

Girl can sue school for telling mom she's gay

A federal judge ruled that a lesbian student can sue her school district and her principal for revealing her homosexuality to her mother. “This is the first court ruling we’re aware of where a judge has recognized that a student has a right not to have her sexual orientation disclosed to her parents, even if she is out of the closet at school,” said Christine Sun, an ACLU attorney who brought the case. More from MSNBC.com.

Seminary doors closed to ‘real’ homosexuals

In the new language of the Vatican, homosexuality is a “tendency.” The church doesn’t define tendency, nor does it say whether such a tendency is biological. Voluntary or not, it marks a man permanently. Ironically, the only exemptions are offered to men who were not “real” homosexuals but “transitory” ones. An opinion column by Ellen Goodman as published in the Dec. 3 edition of the Quad-City Times.

Government site for HIV+ Veterans

HIV-positive veterans, their healthcare providers, and the general public now have a Veterans web site , which is designed as an informational and educational resource on HIV and AIDS, according to a University of California-San Francisco ( UCSF ) news release. The site is the product of collaboration between the Public Health Strategic Health Care Group in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Center for HIV Information at UCSF.

Three clicks donates a dollar to AIDS⁄HIV research.

From digg.com: "Click the title, click where you live, click why you want them to donate. They're giving up to $100,000, but only if you click on it! They're over 1/3 of the way there!" The site is lighttounite.com. It takes only 30 seconds of your time. You give up no information. It's the easiest thing you can do to commemorate World Aids Day.