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	CBS' Gay Employees On Board to Help Create more LGBT Storylines Article Date: 09/02/2010 The Eyes have it -- a gay affinity group, that is. CBS has joined some of its rival networks in welcoming a group for its LGBT employees, with members ranging from freelancers to top executives from coast to coast. ... [full article]
	NBC on SheWired: Boobie Bracelet Bruhaha - Video Article Date: 09/02/2010 Rubber cancer awareness bracelets are causing a stir in schools around the country. The “I Love Boobies” breast cancer awareness bracelets have caused heated debates at schools in California, Colorado, Idaho, Florida, Wisconsin and msot recently, South Dakota. Baltic High School in South Dakota recently became the latest school to ban the bracelets. ... [full article]
	Caster Semenya Comes in Ninth in Latest Race Article Date: 09/02/2010 After blowing away her competition in the 800-meter race at the World Challenge meet in August, Caster Semenya landed in ninth place in her strongest event on Tuesday.... [full article]
	Get Married on Sweden's Mile High Wedding Flight! Article Date: 09/02/2010 Visit Sweden and SAS Scandinavian Airlines are teaming up in an effort to host the first in-flight same-sex wedding. The contest is open to one U.S. and one European couple. The U.S. winners will get married en route from New York to Sweden this December, honeymooning at the world-renowned Ice Hotel and for three additional days in Stockholm.... [full article]
	The Advocate, Cruz, Jones and Hendricks Top Best Magazine Covers Article Date: 09/01/2010 The Advocate, SheWired’s sibling publication, has been nominated in the News & Business and Most Controversial categories in the American Society of Magazine Editors 2010 Best Cover Contest. Penelope Cruz, January Jones and Christina Hendricks mag covers are vying for the title of ‘Sexiest’ magazine cover. Penelope’s va-va-voom Vanity Fair Cover, Christina’s corselet-clad Viking queen with her gorgeous rope of gi... [full article]
	The Word Gay Expunged from 'Kookaburra' Folk Song Article Date: 09/01/2010 An Australian primary school removed the word “gay” from the children’s folk song, “Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree.” According to The Herald Sun, officials at Cheltenham's Lepage Primary in Victoria have instructed students to sing, “fun your life must be,” rather than the written, “gay your life must be.”... [full article]
	Same-Sex Divorce a No-Go in Dallas Article Date: 09/01/2010 A Texas state appeals court in Dallas rejected a decision by a lower court that a gay couple who legally married in Massachusetts could get divorced in Texas. State District Judge Tena Callahan ruled, in October of 2009, that the couple had the right to legally end the marriage and the state's same-sex marriage ban was a violation of the federal constitutional right to equal protection. The 5th District Court of Appeals in Dallas reversed th... [full article]
	Peter and Paul of PPM Ask Nom to Stop Poaching Their Song for Hate Article Date: 08/31/2010 The surviving members of the folk trio Peter, Paul, and Mary have sent a cease and desist letter to the National Organization for Marriage, which has been using one if their most iconic songs during its antigay "Summer for Marriage" tour. Kathleen Perrin of the Courage Campaign notified Peter Yarrow that the organization was using the group's recording of the Woody Guthrie song "This Land Is Your Land" during its rallies without permission. Yarro... [full article]
	NBC on SheWired Video: Investors Weigh Target's Folly Article Date: 08/31/2010 Will a gay boycott of Target hurt the company's bottom line?... [full article]
	POWER UP Announces its Ten Amazing Gay Women 2010! And I'm one of Them! Article Date: 08/31/2010 Power UP, the non-profit film organization that gave us Itty Bitty Titty Committee and numerous award-winning LGBT short films, has announced its 10 Amazing Gay Women and 10 Amazing Gay Men in Showbiz for 2010! And I, Tracy Gilchrist, am among the amazing gay women. Criminal Minds' Kirsten Vangsness, Clementine Ford, TV writer and producer Ali Adler, writers Elizabeth Sarnoff and Savannah Dooley, reality star Tabatha Coffey, TV director ... [full article]
	West Point Cadet Katie Miller Feels Unsupported by Home Town Article Date: 08/31/2010 Former West Point cadet Katie Miller, who resigned this month over the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, said that the reaction has been largely positive, except for the criticism from people in her Ohio hometown.... [full article]
	Washington Post Columnist Slams Alveda King for Supporting Beck Article Date: 08/30/2010 Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart shames Martin Luther King Jr.’s niece Alveda King as one of the members of the family who does “things that leave you in ‘oh no (s)he didn't’ disbelief.”... [full article]
	NY Times Says Obama Deferred to Gates on 'Slow Pace' of DADT Repeal Article Date: 08/30/2010 An in-depth look at the rocky relationship between President Barack Obama and the military shows that he, lacking experience in uniform and saddled by two foreign wars and domestic priorities, deferred to Defense Secretary Robert Gates in setting a “slow pace” to repeal the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.... [full article]
	NBC on SheWired: New Blood at the Emmy's - Video Article Date: 08/30/2010 NBC's Mark Barger takes a look at an Emmy night filled with first-time winners. Big first-time wins included Modern Family as Best Comedy, The Big Bang Theory for Best Actor in a Comedy, Edie Falco as Best Actress in a Comedy in Nurse Jackie and Kyra Sedgwick for Best Actress in a Drama in The Closer - her first win in 5 nominations. Mad Men also took its third Emmy for Best Drama, and Jane Lynch took home the Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy ... [full article]
	Church Upholds Charges Against Minister Who Performed Gay Marriages Article Date: 08/27/2010 The Permanent Judicial Commission of the Redwoods Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church has upheld three of the four charges against Rev. Dr. Jane Adams Spahr, who performed same-sex marriages during the brief period it was legal for gay and lesbian couples to marry in California in 2008.... [full article]
	German Singer Nadja Benaissa Found Guilty in HIV Trials Article Date: 08/27/2010 Nadja Benaissa, a German girl-band singer, was found guilty Thursday of causing bodily harm to her ex-boyfriend by having unprotected sex with him while knowing she was infected with HIV. She will not serve any jail time. Benaissa, a 28-year-old member of No Angels, received a two-year suspended prison sentence and 300 hours of community service after a court in Darmstadt convicted her. She could have received 10 years in prison.... [full article]
	Support for Gay Marriage Grows in Bogotá Article Date: 08/27/2010 A recent government-backed survey shows that 63% of residents in the Colombian capital of Bogotá support marriage equality. The survey, which was conducted via telephone, reached a pool of 1,200 citizens, Colombian paper El Tiempo reports. Of those surveyed, 53.8% were women, 46.2% were men, all between the ages of 18 and 59. Eighty-nine percent were heterosexual.... [full article]
	It's a Sad Day in Mudville! Softball Legend Jennie Finch to Retire Article Date: 08/26/2010 Jennie Finch, Olympic gold medalist and perhaps the most well known women’s softball player in history is set to retire after the Championship Series of the National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) League this weekend. ... [full article]
	Transgender ID Policy Changes in Pennsylvania Effective Immediately Article Date: 08/26/2010 The transgender community is celebrating a small victory today after the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation made the announcement that they have agreed to allow transgender individuals to identify themselves more accurately on forms supplied by the state agency.... [full article]
	University in Missouri Cancels Target Hosted Freshman Orientation Article Date: 08/26/2010 Missouri's Washington University is canceling a freshman orientation activity hosted by Target, stating that the company's participation may make LGBT students feel unwelcome.... [full article]
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