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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:01:22 EST http://queensspeech.comhttp://queensspeech.com/images/qs/logo_64x64.png en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/QueensSpeechhttp://feedburner.google.com http://queensspeech.com/conversations/topix-gay-news/dontaskdonttellcriticscodemnbiasedmilitarytimespoll http://queensspeech.com/conversations/topix-gay-news/dontaskdonttellcriticscodemnbiasedmilitarytimespoll Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:42:43 EST "Don't ask, don't tell" critics are condemning a new Military Times -sponsored poll that could provide ammunition to antigay forces - however flawed the resulting data may be.The new survey asks respondents whether they've been subject to sexual advances by gay soldiers, followed by questions about DADT...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QueensSpeech/~4/y5ihOsr3m3Q" height="1" width="1"/> http://queensspeech.com/conversations/topix-gay-news/anti_gay_attacks_get_nasty_in_houston_mayors_race http://queensspeech.com/conversations/topix-gay-news/anti_gay_attacks_get_nasty_in_houston_mayors_race Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:37:51 EST On December 12th, Houston Controller Annise Parker could become the first openly gay Mayor of a major U.S. city. But in a town with a history of anti-gay politics, the race has taken a nasty turn. Right-wing operative Dave Wilson has mailed out a hit-piece attacking Parker, asking if a lesbian Mayor is the "image Houston wants to portray...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QueensSpeech/~4/9zSCgmR-szg" height="1" width="1"/> http://queensspeech.com/conversations/google-lesbian-news/kristen_stewart_will_lesbian_kiss_dakota_fanning_in_the_runaways_is_still_not_autostraddle_b http://queensspeech.com/conversations/google-lesbian-news/kristen_stewart_will_lesbian_kiss_dakota_fanning_in_the_runaways_is_still_not_autostraddle_b Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:02:46 EST <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QueensSpeech/~4/ZIMTe6rgjmM" height="1" width="1"/> http://queensspeech.com/conversations/google-gay-news/lesbian_us_war_deserter_wins_stay_of_deportation_the_associated_press http://queensspeech.com/conversations/google-gay-news/lesbian_us_war_deserter_wins_stay_of_deportation_the_associated_press Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:54:45 EST <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QueensSpeech/~4/jQ-UBEQKifY" height="1" width="1"/> http://queensspeech.com/conversations/google-gay-news/grisly_murder_of_gay_puerto_rican_teen_raises_alarm_in_us_metro_weekly http://queensspeech.com/conversations/google-gay-news/grisly_murder_of_gay_puerto_rican_teen_raises_alarm_in_us_metro_weekly Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:54:22 EST <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QueensSpeech/~4/H_oDsZ1C4u8" height="1" width="1"/> http://queensspeech.com/conversations/365-gay-news/struggling_anglican_leader_in_rome_for_papal_talks http://queensspeech.com/conversations/365-gay-news/struggling_anglican_leader_in_rome_for_papal_talks Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:30:47 EST (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...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QueensSpeech/~4/HrrTxi-YWfI" height="1" width="1"/> http://queensspeech.com/conversations/qnews/lessons_in_homophobia_philippines_denial_of_lgbtq_party_s_ballot_bid http://queensspeech.com/conversations/qnews/lessons_in_homophobia_philippines_denial_of_lgbtq_party_s_ballot_bid Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:19:45 EST <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QueensSpeech/~4/iCfEa-Rb6Fg" height="1" width="1"/> http://queensspeech.com/conversations/google-lesbian-news/lesbian_us_soldier_wins_new_canada_hearing_for_refugee_status_bloomberg http://queensspeech.com/conversations/google-lesbian-news/lesbian_us_soldier_wins_new_canada_hearing_for_refugee_status_bloomberg Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:19:25 EST <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QueensSpeech/~4/PHks2_4ezvA" height="1" width="1"/> http://queensspeech.com/conversations/google-gay-news/why_wont_china_let_director_lou_ye_show_his_new_movie_the_bisexual_storyline_queerty_blog_ http://queensspeech.com/conversations/google-gay-news/why_wont_china_let_director_lou_ye_show_his_new_movie_the_bisexual_storyline_queerty_blog_ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:18:57 EST <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QueensSpeech/~4/8Kp36rrke40" height="1" width="1"/> http://queensspeech.com/conversations/google-gay-news/out_magazine_responds_to_adam_lamberts_response_village_voice http://queensspeech.com/conversations/google-gay-news/out_magazine_responds_to_adam_lamberts_response_village_voice Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:18:53 EST <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QueensSpeech/~4/BZnAtzSrnqI" height="1" width="1"/> http://queensspeech.com/conversations/google-gay-news/non_ny_nups_are_gay_ok_leagle_inc_ http://queensspeech.com/conversations/google-gay-news/non_ny_nups_are_gay_ok_leagle_inc_ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:18:50 EST <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QueensSpeech/~4/aruEPGtT6xo" height="1" width="1"/> http://queensspeech.com/conversations/365-gay-news/philippine_gay_group_fights_to_contest_elections http://queensspeech.com/conversations/365-gay-news/philippine_gay_group_fights_to_contest_elections Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:15:01 EST (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...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QueensSpeech/~4/5CTHa2pZzU8" height="1" width="1"/> http://queensspeech.com/conversations/365-gay-news/weekend_vigils_around_us_to_honor_slain_gay_teens http://queensspeech.com/conversations/365-gay-news/weekend_vigils_around_us_to_honor_slain_gay_teens Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:05:13 EST 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...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QueensSpeech/~4/HcHIiN2lwiw" height="1" width="1"/> http://queensspeech.com/conversations/365-gay-news/banned_director_brings_gay_romance_film_to_hong_kong http://queensspeech.com/conversations/365-gay-news/banned_director_brings_gay_romance_film_to_hong_kong Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:42:55 EST (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...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QueensSpeech/~4/phjcQHTCXjs" height="1" width="1"/> http://queensspeech.com/conversations/365-gay-news/lesbian_us_war_deserter_wins_stay_of_deportation http://queensspeech.com/conversations/365-gay-news/lesbian_us_war_deserter_wins_stay_of_deportation Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:04:47 EST (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...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QueensSpeech/~4/DyAZqc65sGo" height="1" width="1"/> http://queensspeech.com/conversations/google-lesbian-news/lesbian_couple_pleads_innocent_to_embezzlement_scheme_edge_boston http://queensspeech.com/conversations/google-lesbian-news/lesbian_couple_pleads_innocent_to_embezzlement_scheme_edge_boston Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:55:13 EST <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QueensSpeech/~4/_CDfGabnR0w" height="1" width="1"/> http://queensspeech.com/conversations/google-lesbian-news/obama_administration_ordered_to_give_benefits_to_lesbian_partner_edge_boston http://queensspeech.com/conversations/google-lesbian-news/obama_administration_ordered_to_give_benefits_to_lesbian_partner_edge_boston Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:54:06 EST <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QueensSpeech/~4/Zn7D6LL2v-o" height="1" width="1"/> http://queensspeech.com/conversations/google-gay-news/adam_lambert_out_magazine_can_eat_shit_die_queerty_blog_ http://queensspeech.com/conversations/google-gay-news/adam_lambert_out_magazine_can_eat_shit_die_queerty_blog_ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:45:52 EST <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QueensSpeech/~4/P5hcTIcjFNQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://queensspeech.com/conversations/advocate/judy_shepard_on_mercado_murder http://queensspeech.com/conversations/advocate/judy_shepard_on_mercado_murder Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:40:00 EST The following statement was issued by Judy Shepard, the president of the Matthew Shepard Foundation, on the murder of 19-year-old Jorge Steven López Mercado.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QueensSpeech/~4/-pm89wE6BBw" height="1" width="1"/> http://queensspeech.com/conversations/pink-news/gordon_brown_and_equalities_minister_maria_eagle_mark_transgender_day_of_remembrance http://queensspeech.com/conversations/pink-news/gordon_brown_and_equalities_minister_maria_eagle_mark_transgender_day_of_remembrance Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:34:37 EST Prime minister Gordon Brown has made a statement describing violence and harassment against trans people as "utterly unacceptable". He also thanked trans campaigners for their work.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QueensSpeech/~4/boPz67bs4E8" height="1" width="1"/> http://queensspeech.com/conversations/google-gay-news/gay_student_beaten_with_pipe_in_houston_gay_teen_decapited_in_puerto_rico_chicagonow_blog_ http://queensspeech.com/conversations/google-gay-news/gay_student_beaten_with_pipe_in_houston_gay_teen_decapited_in_puerto_rico_chicagonow_blog_ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:33:13 EST <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QueensSpeech/~4/8v3M-12oGAw" height="1" width="1"/> http://queensspeech.com/conversations/pink-news/unison_calls_for_better_reporting_on_homophobic_hate_crime http://queensspeech.com/conversations/pink-news/unison_calls_for_better_reporting_on_homophobic_hate_crime Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:56:56 EST Workers' union UNISON is holding its annual lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) conference today and tomorrow. The organisation is calling for more encouragement for LGBT victims of hate crime to report offences to police...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QueensSpeech/~4/_YcoPHK3ofU" height="1" width="1"/> http://queensspeech.com/conversations/advocate/boy_george_to_be_locked_up_on_big_brother http://queensspeech.com/conversations/advocate/boy_george_to_be_locked_up_on_big_brother Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:55:00 EST Recently released pop star Boy George is set to be locked up again... but this time in the Celebrity Big Brother house.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QueensSpeech/~4/lElPYWVA0b4" height="1" width="1"/> http://queensspeech.com/conversations/advocate/dadt_hearings_held_until_2010 http://queensspeech.com/conversations/advocate/dadt_hearings_held_until_2010 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:55:00 EST Congressional hearings on repealing the military's ban on openly gay service members has been postponed until 2010.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QueensSpeech/~4/yO7RYIDzy9Y" height="1" width="1"/> http://queensspeech.com/conversations/pink-news/gay_glasgow_council_leader_steven_purcell_is_councillor_of_the_year http://queensspeech.com/conversations/pink-news/gay_glasgow_council_leader_steven_purcell_is_councillor_of_the_year Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:45:46 EST Steven Purcell, the leader of Glasgow city council, has been named the Herald's Councillor of the Year. Purcell, who is gay, was ranked at number 16 this year on PinkNews.co.uk's 50 most powerful gay, lesbian and bisexual people in British politics...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QueensSpeech/~4/dJE8D_O2vX8" height="1" width="1"/> http://queensspeech.com/conversations/advocate/aids_gaffes_in_d_c_ http://queensspeech.com/conversations/advocate/aids_gaffes_in_d_c_ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:45:00 EST The Department of Housing and Urban Development threatens to pull money from Washington, D.C., because of poor oversight of AIDS programs.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QueensSpeech/~4/m2JqSASGbow" height="1" width="1"/> http://queensspeech.com/conversations/365-gay-news/christian_leaders_issue_call_of_conscience_ http://queensspeech.com/conversations/365-gay-news/christian_leaders_issue_call_of_conscience_ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:10:33 EST (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...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QueensSpeech/~4/YjGYDoEmRDo" height="1" width="1"/> http://queensspeech.com/conversations/advocate/can_semenya_still_compete_as_a_woman_ http://queensspeech.com/conversations/advocate/can_semenya_still_compete_as_a_woman_ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:05:00 EST Though South African track star Caster Semenya will keep her world championship games gold medal, many questions about gender testing still remain.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QueensSpeech/~4/ITeByXG-w-k" height="1" width="1"/> http://queensspeech.com/conversations/topix-gay-news/pro_wrestler_mick_foley_vows_to_protect_kid_who_supports_lgbt_equality_on_the_daily_show http://queensspeech.com/conversations/topix-gay-news/pro_wrestler_mick_foley_vows_to_protect_kid_who_supports_lgbt_equality_on_the_daily_show Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:35:14 EST "Tonight, two stories, one about an immature boy, and the other about a man, I'll let you decide which is which." Thus, Jon Stewart opened Gay Watch, a segment dedicated to two stories regarding LGBT issues...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QueensSpeech/~4/racscwy3e0c" height="1" width="1"/> http://queensspeech.com/conversations/advocate/dadt_poll_biased http://queensspeech.com/conversations/advocate/dadt_poll_biased Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:20:00 EST  A new Military Times poll on "don't ask, don't tell" first asks readers whether they've ever been hit on by gay service members.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/QueensSpeech/~4/W8NCL9vGKIk" height="1" width="1"/>