12/01/2009
News: World AIDS Day, Lou Sheldon, Sweden, Jack Mackenroth,
Obama releases World AIDS Day proclamation.
"Most wanted" celebs get portrait treatment.
I personally believe: Guess who's joining the next season of The Amazing Race?
Sweden to partially lift ban on gay blood donors: "Sweden will lift its ban on gay blood donors as of March 1, 2010, but will restrict donations to gay men who have not had sex with a man for a year, national health authorities said Tuesday. 'Men who have had sex with men will no longer be permanently barred from donating blood,' the National Board of Health and Welfare said in a statement released on World AIDS Day."
Adam Lambert caught flirting with Twitter follower.
Meryl Streep continues to be a goddess.
Serena Williams fined $175,000 for outburst at judge: "...if she does not commit another major offense in the next two years, she will have her fine reduced to $82,500. Even at that level, it would be the largest fine levied against a player for misbehavior at a Grand Slam."
Lou Sheldon, leader of hate group Traditional Values Coalition, signs the Manhattan Declaration.
Demonstrators to rally in front of Vallejo, California City Hall on Tuesday night in reaction to Mayor Osby Davis' homophobic remarks. Said Davis about gays: “They’re committing sin and that sin will keep them out of heaven. But you don’t hate the person. You hate the sin that they commit.”
Vodka in a pill?
Jack Mackenroth for Living Positive by Design.
Charles Durning to star in marriage equality courtroom drama: "Tony Award winner Charles Durning will star in the feature film An Affirmative Act, written and produced by Kenneth Del Vecchio. Jana Mattioli is set to direct, and the movie will premiere at the Hoboken International Film Festival in June 2010. The film is billed as the first-ever courtroom drama about the legalization of Gay Marriage. It will also feature Blanch Baker, Robert Clohessy, Justin Deas, Randy Jones, Costas Mandylor, Jackie Martling, and Tom Waites.
Meet Coldilocks.
Gay activist to run for senate in Phillippines: "Danton Remoto, chairman of gay group Ang Ladlad, is eyeing the senatorial post as he filed his certificate of candidacy Tuesday. Ang Ladlad is an organization of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgenders (LGBT). Remoto is running as an independent candidate but said he is open to alliances. He added that the group will urge gay parlors and some educational institutions to vote for him. 'If you don't vote for me, you will get ugly,' joked the gay activist."
Mr. Big gets smaller.
D.C. Officials: student vouchers underwrite discrimination. "Two top elected officials in Ward 6 have written to Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill) opposing reauthorization of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (DCSOP), asserting that some students who receive the federally-funded vouchers attend 'seriously deficient' private schools or religious schools with discriminatory employment practices."
Posted 3:10 PM EST by Andy Towle in Adam Lambert, AIDS/HIV, Barack Obama, Blood Donation, Gay Marriage, Jack Mackenroth, News, Osby Davis, Philippines, Polar Bears, Reality TV, Robert Pattinson, Serena Williams, Sweden, Washington DC | Permalink
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Hey Andy,
I'm surprised you haven't reported on this yet, but Alex Freyre and José María Di Bello (the Argentine couple set to marry today) were barred from doing so this morning by a federal judge. Apparently the judge wants the Supreme Court of Argentina to rule on the matter.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/11/30/argentina.gay.marriage/index.html
Posted by: Smokey | Dec 1, 2009 4:31:27 PM
Sweden's new policy seems very reasonable, as it brings having sex with another guy into the exact same risk profile as a woman having sex with a guy who had sex with a guy. If you haven't shown any sign of infection (as measured by the obligatory blood testing, not outward symptoms!) within a year, you're not going to.
Posted by: Dave | Dec 1, 2009 4:45:22 PM
Dammit, now I have to buy a copy of "Vanity Fair."
Posted by: Mike in the Tundra | Dec 1, 2009 10:55:03 PM