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News, Entertainment & Cool Stuff - 11/4/09

2nd anti-gay attack on a Georgetown student - http://ow.ly/yOuj

LAUGH OF THE WEEK - Spiders on Drugs - video - http://ow.ly/yYu4

Pat Robertson calls hate crime law a “noose” around Christian necks - http://ow.ly/yXjH

Report: Gay couples similar to straight spouses http://ow.ly/yOmI

GAY HATE: Jamaica town declares 'Gay Eradication Day' - http://ow.ly/yOnj#gay#gayrights#lgbt

20 Most Hilarious (Yet Unfortunate) Company Names On Earth - http://ow.ly/yMyY

Is gay bashing on the rise? BBC - http://ow.ly/yOvK

Anderson Cooper's Boyfriend: The Shirtless Edition - benjamin maisani - Gawker http://ow.ly/yOt5

The Worst Drive-Thru Foods in America | Eat This, Not That - http://ow.ly/yP6e

Inside one of the world's largest data centers - Microsoft - http://ow.ly/yN52

Six Social Media Trends for 2010 - Conversation Starter - http://ow.ly/yOob

12 worst parking error videos on YouTube - VIDEOS - http://ow.ly/yOsj

The First Mobile Device Dedicated Exclusively To Twitter - http://ow.ly/yOCN

12 Coolest Google Street Finds - http://ow.ly/yOJW

News, Entertainment & Cool Stuff - 10/28/09

The Gay Hate Crimes Crisis Isn't Over Yet - http://ow.ly/wLoY

Bea Arthur Cared About GAY Youth - http://ow.ly/wXYh- $300,000 gift to the country's largest homeless LGBT youth organization.

College of William and Mary elects transgender homecoming queen - http://ow.ly/wUr3

How addicted to Twitter are you? Quiz - http://ow.ly/wUtq

Maine gov urges residents to vote for gay marriage http://ow.ly/wY0s

Official Google Blog: Introducing Google Social Search: http://ow.ly/wUvf

Google Releases Voice Light for Any Mobile Number - http://ow.ly/wUDa

Cybercrooks Trick Gawker Into Serving Malware-Laced Ad - http://ow.ly/wY1u

Chiefs RB Johnson apologizes for gay slurs http://ow.ly/wYhE

BBC - Community's vigil over gay attack http://ow.ly/wYi0

130 Halloween Pumpkin Carvings for Your Inspiration http://ow.ly/wYwN

News, Entertainment & Cool Stuff - 10/23/09

• NY cops arresting gays - unconstitutional charges
• Trafalgar Square death raises homophobia fear
• Nokia sues Apple, says iPhone infringes ten patents
• Five Reasons to Upgrade to Windows 7 - PC World
• Newsday Plans to Charge for Online News
• Scans of Google Books with fingers in them 
• How addicted to Twitter are you? Quiz 
• Strangest Homes On The Market (PHOTOS)
• Twitter Scandal: GOP Lawmakers Pose As Dems
• INTERESTING: Help finding you find the perfect gadget 
• Man in woman's swimsuit exposes self to woman
• Top Ten Weirdest Halloween Handouts
• Google Co-Founder: I Did Not Try to Buy Twitter 
• 10 of the World's Greatest Job
• Long lines as Microsoft opens retail store

Jerusalem Gay Parade Cancelled

Jerusalem's LGBT community, ultra-Orthodox leaders and police have agreed to cancel Friday's planned gay pride parade in the city, but a pride rally at a stadium will go ahead Israeli radio reported on Thursday.  Under the agreement Haredi protestors who have been staging nightly riots in Jerusalem will not hold a demonstration Friday to condemn gays. The pact was worked out at a meeting with police amid growing concerns that a violent clash between the two sides could not be contained.

Human Rights And Being Gay In South Africa

"I've been raped six times, five times just because I am gay." Soweto. South Africa - At an informal, unlicensed bar at a house in a remote corner of men and women sip lukewarm beer, mingle, flirt and sometimes dance to driving and monotonous kwaito rhythms. They share a secret. The bar, called a shebeen in the townships, is one of the places where young, black gays don't have to hide who they are, where they can talk openly, and find companionship and a safe haven in an often hostile township....

Four Convicted In Island Tourist Gay Hate-Crime

Four French nationals were convicted Thursday of beating two gay American tourists in this Dutch Caribbean island and given prison sentences of three to six years. The tire iron attack seriously damaged the brain of one of the victims, Ryan Smith, an employee of the CBS News show 48 Hours. The other victim, Dick Jefferson, had his skull cracked.

Baghdad Gays Fear For Their Lives

"In so-called religious courts, supervised by clerics, with no official authority, gays are tried, sentenced to death and then executed by militiamen." Faris Thamir carefully watches the street in his Al-Batawin neighbourhood, afraid the police or militia men might try to kill him. In Iraq, where religious radicals consider homosexuality a sin punishable by death, gays have good reason to worry about being “outed”. Thamir, 35, is wary of the extremist Islamic groups that prowl the streets of the capital - but neither does he trust the police who are supposedly there to protect him:

A Global Overview of Gay Rights

After the New Jersey court ruling on gay marriage last week, this question has come again to the political fore in the U.S. There, an increasingly successful gay rights movement battles a Republican political-religious alliance in an epic conflict. Around the world gays are viscously persecuted.  It is critical that opposition to same-sex marriage does not add fuel to the fire which leads to the arrest, torture and death of homosexuals around the world.

10 People Shot: San Francisco Halloween Party

San Francisco, CA - Police Capt. Al Casciato tells the AP the shooting began around 10:40 pm under a curfew aimed at controlling the city's wild Halloween party, adding that, two people were detained for questioning, but no one had been arrested early Wednesday. The once-spontaneous party was taken over by the city four years ago after police recorded increasing incidents of violence, and the party started attracting gay bashers along with the costumed revelers.

Three Charged - NY Gay Hate Crime Murder

Three men have been indicted on hate crimes charges in the death of a gay man who was attacked alongside a parkway, then hit by a car while trying to escape, prosecutors said Wednesday. Michael Sandy, 29, died five days after the Oct. 13 attack when he was taken off life support.

Soldier Convicted In Connection To Gay Hate-Crime Murder Is Released Early By The Army

A soldier convicted in connection to an anti-gay murder in 1999 has been released early by the U.S. Army, according to reports by an activist group. Former Army Specialist Justin Fisher, who was convicted of conspiracy to murder Private First Class Barry Winchell at Fort Campbell, Ky., has been released from prison after serving just seven years of a 12 and one half-year sentence.  Winchell was attacked by Calvin Glover, a former soldier based at Fort Campbell, in July 1999, in what was later revealed as an anti-gay hate crime. A later investigation by Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) found that Winchell had been the target of anti-gay harassment in the months leading to his murder.

Undercover Cops Playing Gay - Arrest Potential Basher

Two undercover New York City police officers arrested a man on hate-crime charges Monday who, they say, assumed the cops were gay and proceeded to threaten and harass them.  Tyrone George, 20, approached the cops sitting on a bench in Union Square Park and screamed that he hated "homos" and "faggots" and gave the sergeant the middle finger, the New York Post reported the authorities as saying. 

Lance Bass Beau - Reichen Lehmkuhl's Sex Assault In Military For Being Gay

Reichen Lehmkuhl is perhaps best known for dating pop star Lance Bass of N'Sync fame or winning a $1 million on the adventure reality show "The Amazing Race." But before Lehmkuhl's name hit celebrity magazines, he was an Air Force captain living with a secret: He is gay. And as far back as he can remember, Lehmkuhl had dreams of being in the Air Force. "It was a childhood dream to fly, and then it came more of an adult dream to not just fly but to … [go to] the Air Force Academy and to be an officer, to be a leader in the U.S. Air Force,".

Gay Couple: Police Didn't Help During Attack

A gay couple claimed they were attacked and that police didn't do much to help them. Police are looking for suspects and conducting an internal investigation into how the incident was handled. Still showing the bruises, David St. Michel claimed he and his partner were attacked during the early-morning hours on October 14th in downtown Providence as clubs were letting out. "These guys started insulting us, and they were calling us all kinds of names," he said. "And the next thing we know we were jumped. You think it happens to other people until it happens to you. I was tackled to the ground and punched and kicked several times."

Anti-Gay Bullying Common In Georgia Schools

“Victimization of and aggression toward sexual minority youth is pervasive,” the study states.  Georgia’s gay students are subject to humiliating physical and emotional bullying in the state’s public school system, but access to gay-straight alliances or other supportive organizations can help mitigate the effects, according to two separate studies released this month.

Four Arrested In Gay Hate Crime Attack

N.Y. - "The victim, Michael Sandy, 28, a designer for Ikea from East Williamsburg, is still in critical condition and on a respirator at Brookdale Hospital."  Four young men were arrested for luring a gay man to a remote location with an online promise of a sexual encounter, then attempting to rob him -- an incident that left the victim in critical condition after he ran into traffic to escape the attack, a police commander said Wednesday.

Wisconsin Man Sues After Gay-Bashing Attack

Platteville, Wisconsin - In court papers filed last week, Lambda Legal seeks recovery for damages suffered by Brett Timmerman after he was attacked because he is gay. "Mr. Timmerman was singled out and beaten by his attackers because he is gay," said James P. Madigan, Staff Attorney in Lambda Legal's Midwest Regional Office in Chicago. "He suffered physical as well as emotional injury and has shouldered significant expense in the aftermath of the attack."

One Year Probation in Gay-Bashing Case

The 26-year-old Cambridge resident accused of assaulting an openly gay Harvard undergraduate last April was found guilty in Middlesex District Court, in a day-long trial that featured passionate testimonies by the victim and witnesses. Timothy J. Kelleher was found guilty of assault and battery and was sentenced to one year of probation and 50 hours of community service, narrowly escaping the six-month prison sentence sought by the prosecutor.

French Court Drops High-Profile Gay Hate Crime

"The victim was doused with gasoline and set on fire."  A court in northern France has thrown out a case involving an attack on a gay man that drew nationwide attention and helped lead to a law penalizing homophobic statements, judicial officials said Tuesday.

Prison Terms In San Diego Gay Hate Crimes

SAN DIEGO – Three men who pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a series of brutal beatings after a gay pride festival were sentenced Monday to prison terms. James Carroll, 24; Lyonn Tatum, 18; and Kenneth Lincoln, 24, pleaded guilty on Friday in San Diego Superior Court on the second day of their preliminary hearing during which they heard testimony from three victims.