News & Views: CSM Op Writer's Rant; Website blames Christchurch quake on gays; California county renews drive to fight Prop 8 court reversal; She married a gay Muslim; Queer Berlin; Anti-Gay Laws Fuel HIV in Asia-Pacific...
Bigots & Homophobes:
- Christian Science Monitor Opinion Writer Sam Guzman: Obama decision on gay marriage shows government trying to abolish God
- 'Despicable': website blames Christchurch quake on gay community [Sydney Morning Herald]
Marriage Politics:
- California county renews drive to fight Prop 8 court reversal - Imperial County has been the defender of the proposition since the state govt. refusal to do so [Salon]
- House same-sex marriage hearing underway in Maryland [Baltimore Sun Blog]
Family Life:
- I married a gay Muslim - Emir and I wed so he could stay in the U.S. We were best friends, partners -- who's to say it wasn't real? [Salon]
Life / Culture:
- Queer Berlin: the rainbow connection -- In a city in which homosexuality was once glorified, and then so horribly vilified, today LGTB culture is a driving force of the Berlin underground, as DW's Stuart Braun found out. [Deutsche Welle]
Health Watch:
- Anti-Gay Laws Fuel HIV -- Outdated laws that treat same-sex relations as a crime in a third of Asia-Pacific countries fuel fresh HIV infections, especially among men who have sex with men (MSM) [IPS]
