Gay News for Monday (Apr 4th)

Gay Headlines: Alleged Attacker Gay Too; Police Raid Shanghai Gay Bar; ">Female high school student wins right to wear tux; High School Gay-Straight Alliance Blasted; Archie Comics plans series for gay character; Massachusetts taps first openly gay member for top court; Devolution and equalities; Canadian Singles, gays, women punished by income splitting; Using Bible to Bash Gays Is Blasphemous; Musing on Jesus as an openly gay man...


Crime:

- Homeless Suspect in Bias Attack Says He's Gay Too [NBC New York]

Police Beat:

- Police Raid Shanghai Gay Bar and Detain More than 60 [NY Times]

Education:

- CHICAGO -- Female high school student wins right to wear tuxedo to prom [Sacramento Bee]

- Rhode Island -- The Pulse: State Rep. Lambasts Tiverton High School Gay-Straight Alliance [WBRU]

Entertainment:

- Archie Comics plans series for 1st gay character (Kevin Keller) [Associated Press]

Military:

- Navy DADT trial for sailor -- FRESNO, Calif. -- Gay sailor: Lemoore panel says he can stay [Sacramento Bee]

Politics:

- Massachusetts taps first openly gay member for top court [reuters]

- Canada -- Singles, gays, women punished by income splitting: professor -- Harper makes fourth attempt to reward straight, married couples [Xtra]

- Devolution and equalities: Holyrood takes lead on gay representation -- In both Scotland and Wales, gay rights groups believe the lesbian, gay and bisexual population – estimated to be 6% of the general population – is still greatly under-represented in frontline politics [Guardian]

Religion:

- Family Research Council accidentally admits truth about hate group charges [AlterNet]

- Why Christian Bigots' Use of the Bible to Bash Gays Is Blasphemous [AlterNet]

- Jesus as an openly gay man -- What if the newly found codices provided evidence of Jesus's same-sex activity? Michael Ruse imagines the implications [CIF Guardian]