Regents quiet on change to policy
By DANÉE ATTEBURY
Published, October 31, 2005, 06:00:01 AM EDT
The Red & Black, The University of Georgia
The proposal to add sexual orientation to the University’s anti-discrimination policy is at a standstill, with both the University and the regents balking at approving the proposal.
The Board of Regents has refused to give [...]
Monthly Archives: October 2005
Oct 31
University of Georgia Board of Regents silent on proposal to protect gay students
Oct 31
New Supreme Court nominee issued anti-gay court ruling regarding schools and harassment of LGBT youth
Bush’s new Supreme Court pick struck down gay protection
Alito ruled for Christian conservatives suing Pa. school district
By CHRIS CRAIN | Oct 31, 10:12 AM
President Bush’s new pick for the U.S. Supreme Court, announced this morning, wrote an opinion on behalf of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in 2000 striking down the “anti-harassment” policy [...]
Oct 31
Pastors protest school forum on anti-gay bullying
Iowa pastors to protest school forum on bullying and gays
Pastors meet to discuss how to fight ‘gay agenda’
BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) | Oct 31, 8:33 AM
A group of southeast Iowa pastors plan to launch an organized protest of a school-sponsored forum planned for Tuesday focusing on bullying and its affect on gay, lesbian, bisexual and [...]
Oct 31
Conservative Anglicans meet in Cairo; warn liberal Western Anglican provinces
Conservative Anglicans warn liberal churches in West
Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:38 AM ET, Reuters
By Edmund Blair
CAIRO (Reuters) - Traditionalist Anglican clerics warned the U.S. and Canadian churches on Monday that their liberal actions over gay rights were tearing apart the 450-year-old church and told them to change their ways urgently.
In some of the strongest language [...]
Oct 30
Liberal Episcopalians prepare for possible split over gays
From the Salt Lake Tribune
By Kevin Eckstrom
Religion News Service
October 28, 2005
Liberal Episcopalians, concerned that a split over homosexuality may be inevitable next year, have begun laying the groundwork for seizing control of church property and replacing bishops who leave the church.
Leaders of Via Media, a loosely knit alliance
of liberal groups in [...]
Oct 30
Gay ‘Law & Order’ star, B.D. Wong, discusses race & sexuality
From the Daily Pennsylvanian
The University of Pennsylvania
‘Law and Order’ star discusses race, sexuality
By katelyn foley
October 28, 2005
Best known for his role as George Huang on Law and Order: SVU, actor B.D. Wong now rejects roles stereotypically given to Asian-American actors after years of conforming to a “caucasian box.”
As part of Asian Pacific American Heritage Week, [...]
Oct 30
Conference on LGBT affairs in Catholic higher education held in San Francisco
From the Washington Blade:
Catholic colleges discuss making school a good place for gays
Conference draws about 150 people
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) | Oct 30, 7:00 PM
More than 40 Catholic colleges were represented on Saturday at a conference that was billed as the nation’s first on how gays and lesbians fit in at universities guided by a [...]
Oct 30
Church offers home to gay African-American Episcopalians
From the Chicago SUn-Times:
‘This is a church where you can bring your whole self’
October 30, 2005
BY CATHLEEN FALSANI Religion Reporter
Tucked away in a cul de sac on the western edge of Chicago’s Austin neighborhood sits the Episcopal parish of St. Martin, an unlikely urban oasis that has become a thriving refuge for African-American gay and [...]
Oct 30
The MCC, a predominantly gay Christian denomination, installs new leader
From 365gay.com News:
Gay Denomination Installs New Leader Amid Threat By Christian Conservatives
by Doreen Brandt 365Gay.com Washington Bureau
Posted: October 30, 2005 12:01 am ET
(Washington) In a ceremony marked by tears of joy, a Florida minister was installed Saturday as the new Presiding Bishop of the Metropolitan Community Churches, but the just hours before the [...]
Oct 30
Gay Republican campaigns for seat on NY City Council
From the New York Times
A City Council Candidate in Manhattan Is Reaching for Bloomberg’s Coattails
By JONATHAN P. HICKS
Published: October 29, 2005
While campaigning in front of a supermarket this week, Patrick M. Murphy, a Republican seeking a Council seat on the East Side of Manhattan, repeatedly introduced himself to voters and told them, “I’m running with [...]
