Archive for the ‘Global’ Category
Saturday, August 4th, 2007
... And it is yours truly. I'm happy to have the post and I foresee a lot of great progress and forward movement for EqualityMySpace and its parent organization The Voice Project.
I've done a lot of brainstorming in the past few days about how we can finally make The Voice ...
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Thursday, August 2nd, 2007
In Russia, this is the way things are done. Dozens of people beat and physically harassed LGBT people during a simple march to City Hall (something they have a right to do as members of a democratic society). No police investigation was opened and no one was ever charged with ...
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Wednesday, August 1st, 2007
A Missouri man has plead guilty to arranging a fake marriage between one of his female employees and his foreign boyfriend in order to keep him in the country.
According to the Saint Louis Post Dispatch:
Eric Affholter, admitted that he and his boyfriend, Pedro Cerna-Rojas, recruited their friend Collette Lewis in ...
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Sunday, June 10th, 2007
The digital age has changed a lot of things in the world. From the way we bank to the way we communicate with friends, colleagues and our elected officials. It has changed how young people learn and how we all work.
But who would have thought we would abandon good old ...
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Monday, June 4th, 2007
A 15 year old gay teen from South Wales killed himself by laying down on a train track because of bullying he received due to his sexual orientation, an official state investigation was told last week, according to the Times Online (h/t/ Towleroad).
According to the paper:
A boy of 15 lay ...
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Sunday, May 27th, 2007
Thank God it isn't this bad in America.
But then again, I'm lucky: I'm a white male with some, at least relative, power in the South. Stuff like this doesn't happen to me, but I can't say it doesn't happen to others.
It is definitely happening in Moscow.
Today (May 27, 2007), while ...
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
From the Equality MySpace Blog w/ Matt Hill Comer
January 31, 2007
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Harry Potter... All grown up!
According to an article from London's The Daily Mail, Daniel Radcliffe, the 17 year old British actor made most famous by his character Harry Potter, is scheduled to appear in the play Equus on a ...
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Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007
Cute... Really it's just cute.
I don't know though... I don't think it would ever be a good idea to let my mother plan my wedding. That just wouldn't work, I don't think.
About the PSA
Kevin Bourassa and Joe Varnell launched equalmarriage.ca after their historic Jan. 14, 2001 marriage. The web site ...
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Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007
According to a joint press release from U.S. Representatives David Price (NC-04) and Brad Miller (NC-13), the pair of North Carolina Congressmen today introduced legislation that would "phase out the U.S. military involvement in Iraq by year's end" (hat-tip N&R Capital Beat).
The Price-Miller legislation would terminate the ...
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Friday, January 19th, 2007
From the York University (Canada) Excalibur:
North Carolina is unlikely to be on anyone's top five places to visit, especially if they are LGBTQ. I'm sure that the usual first impression is one of tractors and narrow minds, but Ashville, North Carolina is actually a refreshing surprise. Recommended by Fodor's Gay ...
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