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04/19/2007


Historical Marker for Lesbian Author Natalie Barney Denotes Sexual Orientation for First Time in Ohio

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A historical marker erected in Dayton, Ohio's Cooper Park near the downtown library is the state's first to indicate a person's sexual orientation, the Dayton Daily News reports:

Nataliebarney "She may be the most famous Daytonian unknown to Daytonians, but now Natalie Barney — literary patron and lesbian author who lived most of her life in Paris — has her own Ohio Historical Marker near the downtown library. The marker was unveiled Sunday, Oct. 25, in a ceremony at Cooper Park attended by city commissioners, Ohio Historical Society officials and members of state and Dayton area gay rights organizations, which led the effort to recognize Barney for both her place in history and her pioneering openness about her sexuality...Barney’s writings supported feminism, paganism and pacifism. In 1900, she published her first book of lesbian love poems, “Quelques Portraits-Sonnets de Femmes,” all copies of which her disapproving father purchased and destroyed. That same year, she began holding literary salons in her apartment on the Left Bank. During the next 60 years, many of the greatest writers and artists of the 20th century were frequent guests there, including F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, T.S. Elliot, Isadora Duncan, Sinclair Lewis and Truman Capote. She used her wealth to promote many of them.

Dayton librarian and Dayton historian Leon Bey speaks about the marker and its installation at its unveiling over the weekend, AFTER THE JUMP...

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Muslim Team Refuses Football Match with Gay Paris Team

Paris Foot Gay, a Paris-based football club composed of gay men and  "heterosexuals, blacks, whites, north Africans, and several different religions" according to its co-founder and current president Pascal Brethes, was refused a match by Bebel, a mostly-Muslim team, because of its gay players, Agence France Presse reports:

Parisfootgay "PFG said they received an e-mail from Bebel which said they could not honour the match because it was 'against their principles'. ... 'Sorry, but because of the name of your team and in keeping with the principles of the team, which is a team of practising Muslims, we cannot play against you,' said the e-mail, according to Brethes. It added: 'Our convictions are stronger than a game of football. Sorry to have informed you so late.' PFG believe the decision was 'homophobic', and have threatened to press charges 'if Bebel continue to carry on like this', according to Brethes. He said his team was a haven for all kinds of races and also welcomed non-gay players, and he believes Bebel's decision contravenes laws governing racism and homophobia."


News: Showgirls, Sam Adams, The Louvre, John Barrowman, Atlanta

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Death of culture: McDonald's moves into the Louvre.

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A Showgirls sequel?

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Lady Gaga appeared on the MTV reality show Boiling Point three years ago — here's the video.

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Weekly Standard defends military gay ban: "Another way to put this is to say that honor, which is by the testimony of soldiers throughout the ages of the essence of military service, includes the honor of being known for heterosexuality, and that, for most heterosexual males, shame attends a reputation as much for homosexuality as for weakness or cowardice."

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New York Senators Schumer and Gillibrand to endorse William Thompson for NYC mayor.

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NYT Consults Blog on anti-gay bullying.

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The Onion to release range of greeting cards.

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Glee preview: The boys sing "It's My Life".

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Artist's painting finds buyer after he vandalizes it with graffiti.

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Paul Hogarth: Defeating Question 1 in Maine about mobilizing the base. "If every Mainer votes in the upcoming election, Question One will lose – and conservatives who’ve won on 'gay marriage' in every state where it has been on the ballot will suffer a humiliating defeat. But this is an off-year election, and young people who strongly support marriage equality are much less likely to turn out. And while voters in liberal Portland are with us, I have gotten this apathetic shrug from people – saying it shouldn’t even be on the ballot."

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Gourmet magazine folding after 68 years.

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Trial starts for Alabama judge accused of sex-for-leniency trades: "The respected circuit judge once was the Democratic Party's choice to be the first black federal judge in south Alabama. Then his career collapsed under allegations that he brought inmates to his office and spanked them with a paddle. Later, an indictment accused him of sexually abusing male inmates in exchange for leniency. The trial on charges of sodomy, kidnapping, sex abuse, extortion, assault and ethics violations is set to start Monday."

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Professor calls for Gay and Lesbian Studies curriculum expansion in Massachusetts...

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Sean Penn beats up another paparazzo.

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John Barrowman storms London's West End in La Cage Aux Folles.

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Male model fix: Marlon Teixeira.

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Roman Catholic Bishop faces child porn charges.

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Signature-collecting deadline looms in Portland Mayor Sam Adams recall campaign: "The campaign won't reveal exactly how many signatures they have, but organizers emphasize they need more than 32,000. Sunday is their last full day to collect signatures to get a recall of Mayor Adams on what they hope will be the November ballot."

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Miss Gay Indiana pageant hits Muncie.

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Documents indicate gay bars not targeted by police in Atlanta.

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Three Americans share 2009 Nobel Prize for Medicine: "Americans Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak were named winners of the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for research that has implications for cancer and aging research. The trio solved a big problem in biology: how chromosomes can be 'copied in a complete way during cell divisions and how they are protected against degradation,' the citation said."


Gay Kiss-in Brings Shopping Center to Brief Standstill in Paris

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Activists staged a kiss-in to combat homophobia on Saturday in Forum des Halles, an underground shopping center in Paris. The action lasted approximately 5 minutes.

Watch a video, AFTER THE JUMP...

And for a small gallery of photos of participants, check out phillipe leroyer's flickr page.

(image above phillipe leroyer)

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Liza Minnelli Does Gay Pride in Paris, Remarks on Jackson Death

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Liza Minnelli (pictured with gay Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoe, below) rode a float at Gay Pride in Paris on Saturday:

Minnelli "Hundreds of thousands on Saturday marched through Paris and Berlin in flamboyant Gay Pride parades with US showbiz diva and gay icon Liza Minnelli mesmerising crowds in the French capital. Minnelli, who takes to the stage later Saturday in the French capital, a city which also holds fond memories for the star of her film director father, dazzled with a brief dance routine. 'Freedom,' she cried, dancing on a float festooned with multi-coloured balloons in the gay movement's symbolic rainbow hues."

Video of Liza in Paris, AFTER THE JUMP...

The event falls 40 years after the Stonewall riots, which occurred the week following the death of Minnelli's mother, Judy Garland. At least one Stonewall veteran has claimed that the two events were connected.

Said David Bermudez to the TakeAway: "That night was different because, you see, when we were raided we never fought back. Never ever fought back. And that night I feel that because of Judy Garland's death and all that we just had it. Enough was enough. When the cops started hitting us and harassing us and putting us in paddywagons and all, we just went ahead and fought back, and started hitting back."

Minnelli also talked to CBS' The Early Show about Michael Jackson's death:

"All of us who knew him well really know what he was like. And I'm sure that now the accolades are going, and I'm sure when the autopsy comes, all hell's going to break loose. So, thank God we're celebrating him now. He was just a really splendid man. And a brilliant performer who changed theatrical history. And I will miss him, I cannot tell you."

Video of Liza in Paris, AFTER THE JUMP...

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Intimate Gay Kiss-in Held at Eiffel Tower in Paris

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Two French students staged a small but romantic kiss-in against homophobia they called "Kiss Wherever You Like" on the Trocadéro opposite the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Sunday.

Watch it, AFTER THE JUMP...

(via yagg)

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