An American adviser to the Afghan government has been arrested in the capital for allegedly having sex with an Afghan man, officials said Tuesday. The man was arrested late last week after an Afghan detained by police told investigators the American had paid him for sex at a Kabul hotel, the officials said. Being gay is a crime in Afghanistan, and if convicted, the unnamed American could get a jail term of five to 15 years if convicted.

Advocate

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The Gordon County (Georgia) Commission is looking at clarifying the policies governing the use of county facilities following a run-in with a possible protester. The Rev. Frank Raddish, founder of Capitol Hill Independent Baptist Ministries plans a protest to highlight a recent local controversy regarding gay foster parents and the gay marriage issue. “He wants controversy. He wants to get arrested,” Commission Chairman Roy Davis said. Davis added that Raddish used a tone with county employees that neither he nor they much appreciated.

Calhoun Times

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U.S. Rep. Edward L. Schrock abruptly announced Monday that he will not seek a third term in Congress, citing unspecified allegations that have "called into question'' his ability to serve. This after Michael Rogers of blogactive.com outed Schrock as gay. Schrock, 63, is married and a conservative Republican who voted for legislation to ban gay marriages. No "I am a gay American" speech for this guy. Schrock said in a five-paragraph statement that allegations have surfaced in recent weeks "that have called into question my ability to represent the citizens of Virginia's Second Congressional District" and immediately quit.

WMAL, blogactive

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Four years ago, Republican gay activists were elated that presidential candidate George W. Bush was willing to meet with them and welcome their presence in the GOP, even if he didn't embrace their agenda. Today, many of those activists feel betrayed. President Bush now is running on a platform that calls for a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage and opposes domestic partnership laws. Bush long has favored allowing faith-based groups to receive federal funding, even though some of them refuse to hire gays and lesbians. "In many ways, he's taken us back instead of forward," said Brian Bennett, a California Republican delegate from Long Beach.

SignOnSanDiego

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We told you about Fresno, California, Mayor Alan 'Bubba' Autry, formerly of "In the Heat of the Night," and his plan to lead a "traditional marriage" rally at City Hall. Indybay offers stories and photos about the event, the counterprotest and a celebration of all marriages on the other side of town.

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The ballot issue to repeal Cincinnati, Ohio's Article XII will no longer contain references to "discrimination" or "sexual orientation," after Cincinnati City Council removed the language from the ballot on Monday. The council said the wording was subjective and designed to sway the vote. See if you'd know what you're voting on with this new wording: "Be it resolved by the people of Cincinnati that Article XII of the Charter of the city be repealed. This amendment to the city charter shall in all respects be self-executing. Article XII shall be null and void and of no force and effect."

The Enquirer

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In Scottsdale, Arizona, gay legislative candidate Thom Von Hapsburg says the increasingly vitriolic debate on gay marriage is leading to some scary events in his life. Von Hapsburg said he has been followed while driving, had campaign signs cut down and had animal waste thrown at his house several times a week. He said opponent David Burnell Smith has encouraged "hate mongering" with a mailer that states Von Hapsburg supports gay marriage and is "dangerously liberal." Actually, Von Hapsburg opposes same-sex marriage. "He's sending out inaccurate information," says Von Hapsburg. "It just fuels these right-wingers even more."

East Valley Tribune

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Friends of a British teacher murdered in Pakistan fear local police will never get to the bottom of the mystery. Alan Cox, 50, was shot and stabbed by three masked men armed with Kalashnikovs as he taught an English lesson in the southern Punjab city of Multan. Police say they have done all they can and that an ex-boyfriend is to blame. The friends say that they've known Cox a very long time and don't think he's gay, at least not the kind of gay that involves death squads with military rifles.

The Asian News (photo)

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A gruesome tale of "drugs, deception and death" came to a close Monday when three people were sentenced to 16 years for the killing of Robert Maricle, a Salinas, California, carnival worker. Early on, Jeanne Marie Soja told police she killed Maricle, who was developmentally delayed, in part because he was gay. Police later dismissed that motive and it's not even clear whether Maricle was gay. Soja, 30, Daymon Douglas Schrock, 21, and Dominique Daniel England, 20, were sentenced to 16 years after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter.

Monterey County Herald

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Reporter Michele Hewitson manages to sit through a smug and creepy interview with Hannah and Brian Tamaki, the Jim and Tammy Faye of New Zealand. They're behind the recent war dances against gay marriage in that country. New Zealand News (photo)

NBC's "Father of the Pride," about Siegfried & Roy and some white lions, apparently also includes lesbian gophers. Or maybe they're chipmunks. Reviewers don't agree, except that they all think the show stinks. SignOnSanDiego

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Patrick Guerriero was standing in the shade beside the MSNBC stage in Herald Square, trying to keep from sweating. The executive director of the Log Cabin Republicans was made-up, camera-ready and a little edgy. Guerriero and his members are angry about Bush's endorsement of a federal constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage in February and incensed over a party platform that not only supports the amendment, but seems to preclude civil unions and domestic partnership benefits. Guerriero, a 36-year-old former Massachusetts legislator, is threatening to withhold an endorsement of Bush this year. An official decision is to be made just after the convention.

International Herald Tribune

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A former aide to New Jersey Governor James McGreevey has decided not to sue him for sexual harassment. Golan Cipel, who says he isn't gay even though McGreevey says they were lovers, says he won't sue, that McGreevey's resignation is "sufficient admission of his wrongdoing."

KBCI

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Lesbian Nikki Sinclaire, 36, knows how Log Cabin Republicans feel when people wonder how they can be in the GOP. She's the secretary of the UK Independence Party, often perceived as anti-gay. She says at least 23 of the 430 candidates the party fielded at the 2001 general election were gay. "I was approached some time ago and then again a few months ago by some people who thought there should be a gay grouping within the party and they wanted me as their standard bearer, but I said no," she added. Then for some reason, she threw in how people always think she's transgender (she's not) because of her height (she's 6'4").

Telegraph

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Remember that weird little song "I'm a lonely little petunia in an onion patch"? Cindy Stein knows just how that flower feels. She's the only one of Missouri's 57 delegates to the GOP convention in favor of gay marriage. Her younger sister is a lesbian who has been in a committed relationship for several years. "You can't have someone who is that close to you and completely disregard their life," Stein said Monday as the GOP convention began. "It's not that I embrace it, I tolerate it. (But) as a whole, I'd say the party is not as tolerant."

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Supporters of a proposed constitutional ban on gay marriage in Louisiana won a legal ruling on Monday and the issue made its way to the state Supreme Court.
The 4th Circuit Court of Appeal overturned a New Orleans judge's ruling that the ban was unconstitutional and should be stripped from the Sept. 18 ballot. The ruling was in one of three suits filed on behalf of a group called Forum for Equality. The suits argue that the amendment is unconstitutional because it would deprive unmarried couples -- gay or straight -- of the right to enter into certain contracts. The suit is headed to the state Supreme Court, which will ultimately decide whether the amendment will appear on the ballot, lawyers in the case said.

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Yeah, it turns out that the person giving the opening prayer at the Republican National Convention is not one of those compassionate conservative types. Sheri Dew has compared supporting gay rights with supporting Hitler and says gay parents make her "heartsick." "At first it may seem a bit extreme to imply a comparison between the atrocities of Hitler and what is happening in terms of contemporary threats against the family - but maybe not," she says. Nice.

Eschaton (thanks, Chris), Meridian Magazine

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As lesbian daughter of the VP Mary Cheney faces criticism for supporting the GOP and her dad is criticized for saying he was against a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, November looms. It hasn't been an easy campaign for the Cheneys, says close friend ex-Sen. Alan Simpson. Simpson recalled a tense confrontation on the campaign trail when one of President George W. Bush's Christian conservative backers advised Cheney to pray for Mary and to "urge her away from her aberration." "Dick just stared at him," Simpson recalled. "If you said that to Dick or Lynne Cheney, you will get a look that would sizzle your underwear."

The Day

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Murdered U.S. Embassy official Pushkin Chandra's father has a few things to tell India's society. "If a man is gay, society may not like it. But no one has a right to murder him," says Anil Chandra. "No one wants to be a gay by choice. If God has made you so, what can you do? Pushkin was an intelligent boy who had made his choices clear to us. When the question of marriage cropped up, he said, 'Do you want me to spoil some girl's life? If you want I can marry, but it would do no good.' If we did not have any problem with his being gay, what right has the society to meddle?" Two men have been arrested in the murder of Chandra and his partner.

Express India

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Susan Sarandon is standing up for gay rights in a series of new TV commercials for GLAAD. The ads show the actress sitting on a bar stool, pulling petals from a flower while repeating the mantra, "He loves me, he loves me not" before asking, "Do you really care if he loves me? Probably not. I mean who I love doesn't really affect you, right?" You can guess how it turns out.

IMDb

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Four speakers failed to show at a Log Cabin Republicans soiree over the weekend: California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Pennsylvania Gov. Mark Schweiker, former Massachusetts Gov. Jane Swift and Christine Todd Whitman, former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Of the four who did show up, only two mentioned gay concerns at all. "There are a lot of prominent Republicans behind the gay and lesbian community, and that's the way it should be," Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter told about 450 guests. Former Massachusetts Gov. William F. Weld told the crowd, "you're not going to repeal [the] biology" of same-sex attraction, in reference to his former state's Supreme Judicial Court recognition of same-sex marriage in May.

Washington Times

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The chief executive of the Music of Black Origin awards (Mobo) has promised to ask voters whether to drop homophobic dancehall reggae artists from the ceremony next month if the singers did not apologize for their lyrics. Kanya King's pledge came after a leading black gay organization joined calls for the Mobos to exclude Elephant Man and Vybz Kartel. Dennis Carney, chair of the Black Gay Men's Advisory Group, says, "For too long, the diverse voices of black lesbians and gay men have not been heard in the debate about homophobia in music. ... We also wish to celebrate our culture as black people; however, we reject the notion that homophobia is integral to black culture."

Guardian

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Getting married in Canada in 2001 was harrowing for two lesbian couples: "The morning of our marriage we were driven to the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto (MCCT) by a security professional in a vehicle with darkened windows. The driver, trained to ensure we weren't being followed, drove along side-streets, until we approached the police barricades that protected our church. ... When the van's door opened, we were instructed to move quickly through the line of the police and into the church where our body guard was waiting for us." They disagree that loony Erika Kubassek's recent shove to an MCC minister was "trivial," as some courts ruled.

Equal Marriage

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Some parents of Washington County, Virginia, students are outraged that their children were exposed to "gay themes" at a youth summit. During one of the day’s sessions, students broke into small groups and discussed various diversity issues. In one of the exercises, students saw images of a group of teenagers with a bat chasing a gay man. Sexuality should only be discussed in the home, protested the Rev. Bradley Davis, pastor of Antioch Baptist Church. If getting threatened with a bat is sexual ... we're feeling very sorry for Mrs. Rev. Davis.

TriCities.com

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Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury, yesterday voiced his frustration at the divisions that have racked the Church of England, and the worldwide Anglican/Episcopal communion which he also leads, over the issue of gay clergy. "It is not so much that we have disagreements in the church - that happens - it is more to do with how those disagreements are conducted ... while we may disagree, we need to learn how to do it with a bit more grace."

Guardian

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Gay marriage may challenge society. It roils contemporary politics and raises moral objections for some. But on economists' screens, it barely registers. That's because legalizing gay marriage isn't that costly in economic terms. In fact, research suggests it should save money for federal and state governments. And for corporate America, the costs of extending benefits to the partners and families of gay employees are small.

Christian Science Monitor

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Robbie Williams hit out at reports that he had a sex romp with Nathan Conroy. The singer is apparently taking legal action after a Sunday Newspaper said the two were lovers. Female First

Government officials stopped them from being legally married, but nobody could silence their public declaration of love. Several gay and lesbian couples who were denied marriage licenses last week at the Scott and Rock Island county courthouses unofficially tied the knot Sunday during holy unions performed at Duck Creek Park in Davenport, Iowa. Quad City Times

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As part of the festivities for Manchester Pride this weekend, about 70 same-sex couples participated in a mass wedding ceremony presided over by a Metropolitan Community Church minister. The ceremony is thought to be the largest ever in the UK and was followed by The Wedding Bash, a disco party. The Civil Partnership Bill, going through Parliament, will give these couples some marriage rights when it is passed. Manchester was the first city council in the UK to provide civil partnerships for same-sex couples.

BBC News

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We've talked about Jan Starks before, a transgender former prisoner who on probation was not allowed to wear women's clothes. After this recent story, Starks' family members complained to the newspaper we linked about the omission of Starks' crimes. Starks was prevented from wearing women's clothes because Starks had previously molested young girls and the judge considered the possibility of Starks gaining better access to more girls in restrooms and other areas. Starks' family calls Starks manipulative and unremorseful over the crimes against young girls.

Fond Du Lac Reporter

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Shirley Gomes has represented Provincetown, Massachusetts, and surrounding communities for several years now as a liberal Republican, many people crossing party lines to vote for her. After her recent vote against same-sex marriage in the state, three Democrats have sprung up to challenge her, and Gomes says she has received many many calls about the issue. Local gay rights groups are supporting Sarah Peake, a lesbian, to replace Gomes, and are helping her become more than a one-issue candidate.

Boston Globe

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Barbadian women are knowingly having sex with bisexual men and are unable to demand the use of a condom, says HIV/AIDS Community Health Education officer in the Ministry of Health, Sade Leon-Slinger. Because sex is a taboo subject and women who use condoms are considered to be promiscuous and slutty, the women put up with the unsafe sex in order to have sex at all. In Barbadian culture, women are taught that even a bad man is better than no man at all. The island has a rising HIV/AIDS problem as well, and the women are not adequately equipped to protect themselves.

Daily Nation

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Paul and Morgan Hamm, Olympic gymnasts, are touring the country right now after their successful competitions in this year's game. Although most reporters are allowed access to the twins during their tour, Cyd Zeigler, Jr, reports that because he wrote for a gay newspaper, he was not allowed an interview. Zeigler writes for both Outsports.com and the New York Blade, both gay papers, and when he told a public relations agency he worked for the Blade, he was denied access. At first, it was because he wasn't a sports reporter, but when Zeigler told them he was a sports reporter, he was still not allowed access.

Morons.org

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A gay rights group in North Dakota, Equality North Dakota, has begun fund-raising to oppose the upcoming vote on a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. Their chairman, Robert Uebel, says he is targeting young people because the amendment would create an intolerant environment for their future. State Representative, Mary Ekstrom, agreed, saying it's a "matter of morality to me that everyone have equal protection under the law." The North Dakota Family Alliance, who put the amendment on the ballot, refused to be part of a forum held by the North Dakota Human Relations Commission, saying it's biased.

In-Forum News

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Nikki Sinclaire, who stands 6 feet 4 inches, announced last week while vacationing at the isle of Lesbos that she is a lesbian. Sinclaire is an active member of the UK's Independent Party, the UKIP, which stands against the country's move towards the European Union. She admitted this week to being asked to lead a growing gay wing of the mostly conservative party but has refused both offers. The UKIP has come out as both pro-gay and unsympathetic to gay rights, depending on who you talk to, but their party language indicates they are against diversity in general while not taking any explicit stands for gay rights.

Telegraph

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Students at University of Wollongong in Australia have formed a group called the Queer Collective and are advocating a safe space on the university campus. Recent attacks and threats at this and other universities have highlighted the concern for the students' safety. The group continuously occupied a room on campus, insisting that the Chancellor name it as a safe space for them. After two days of the protest, local police were called in to remove the students during their sit-in. The students have complained about the zealous response to their peaceful demonstration as well as a lack of recognition for their requests.

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Bangkok's governor's race has been full of candidates trying to gain attention, but unfortunately, one female candidate was disqualified because her campaign rallies featured green-wigged transvestite chorus girls, which were thought of as more entertainment than politics.
BBC News

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Rammstein, a popular German industrial band, has a new hit with their song "Mein Teil," or "My Part," which uses Armin Meiwes' cannabilistic story as inspiration. Meiwes was sentenced to eight years in prison for killing and eating a willing victim. Rammstein's video for the song has caused controversy, showing the band members drug around on leashes by a transvestite. The song went to number 2 in the German charts earlier this month but has since fallen to eighth place. Rammstein is known for their macabre lyrics from other recent international hits.

Hindustan Times

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In a further attempt to block the repeal of Article XII which prohibits the Cincinnati city government from recognizing sexual orientation as a minority class, a group has asked the Hamilton County Board of Elections to review the dispute over the ballot working. The board declined to rule on the dispute in part because the city council will convene a special session on Monday to try and find a compromise. Opponents of the repeal are concerned that the ballot uses the word discrimination which they refuse to believe has happened because of the article.

Cincinati Post

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For the first time, the Hudson County Executive, Tom DeGise, helped raise the rainbow flag over the County Administration building in Jersey City, New Jersey, marking the city's fourth annual Pride parade. The Jersey City Lesbian and Gay Outreach lauded the flag-raising, saying it marked an important milestone in the city's recognition of its diversity. The group expects 10,000 people to attend the parade today, double of those who attended last year. Governor McGreevey's recent announcement that he is a gay American is on everybody's mind, recognizing the trouble he had keeping parts of himself hidden.

Jersey Journal

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Police in New Delhi, India, have two men in custody they say have confessed to the double murder of Pushkin Chandra and his partner Kuldeep. The police did not release the names of the two men they have arrested but said they were tipped off when they found Chandra's car abandoned earlier this week. Chandra, an employee of USAID, and Kuldeep were brutally murdered in Chandra's large mansion. Each had mutilple stabbing wounds in them. Police will confirm the two arrests using the fingerprints they found on Chandra's car.

Times of India

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Last week the Southern Illinois University board of trustees announced that same-sex partners of employees would be reimbursed for health and dental benefits. Local lawmakers have expressed their lack of support for the decision and their displeasure that the board did not open the discussion to the public. Even the SIU Chancellor for the Carbondale Campus, Walter Wendler, apparently made disparaging comments about gays and lesbians while announcing the plan. The students seem supportive or unconcerned; most of the complaints have come from the surrounding public.

Southern Illinoisan

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Earlier this week, the Michigan Board of State Canvassers struck down a petition to put a same-sex marriage ban amendment on the November ballot. Citizens for the Protection of Marriage have appealed that decision as well as a deadlock by the Board over the ballot language. The Board could not agree on whether the proposed wording is deceptive. The Coalition for a Fair Michigan has argued that the amendment would strip benefits from same-sex couples and the ballot language should include that information. The appeals court must make a decision by September 3rd for the amendment to be on the upcoming ballot.

MLive.com

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We told you that the proposed Louisiana constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages was pronounced unconstitutional last week, but the case is up for appeal and most likely headed to the state Supreme Court. Forum for Equality, a civil rights group, is urging the appeals court to uphold the lower court's decision to block the amendment from reaching the ballot. They have also argued that one of the Supreme Court Justices, Jeffrey Victory, should not take part in hearing the case because he has campaigned in support of the amendment.

Times-Picayune

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The Log Cabin Republicans, a gay and lesbian political group, are still pondering whether or not to endorse President Bush in this fall's election. Because of the president's support for the constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriages, some members of the group do not want to publicly show their support even if they will privately vote for him. The group has also paid for advertisements against the amendment and has joined with other Republican groups insisting on a party plank which allows for diversity of opinion. The group has continued to raise money despite the recent attacks from the party.

Dallas Voice.

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Charlize Theron is said to be playing lesbian again, this time with actrees Penelope Cruz. They will both star in a threesome with Theron's real life husband, Stuart Townsend, in the upcoming movie "Head In The Clouds." Web India123

The Arkansas Supreme Court has agreed to expedite a ruling on a challenge to a proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages. The state's chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union filed the challenge to stop the amendment from appearing on the November ballot. KATV

Stateline presents a state-by-state rundown on same-sex marriage legislation, including both current law and upcoming ballot issues.
Stateline

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Last month many gay civil rights advocates as well as journalists, lawyers, teachers, clergy members and other Fenceberry fans got the e-mail they all knew would come one day. It contained three words: “That’s all, folks!” For the last eight years, two lesbians in Omaha, Nebraska — Aleta Fenceroy, 55, and Jean Mayberry, 54 — have been the driving force behind a gay-news distribution service that many found indispensable, including Queer Day, in keeping updated on the whirlwind of gay news unfolding worldwide. We send our thanks and wish them the very best.

Washington Blade (photo)

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In the international party atmosphere of the Olympic Games, the Greek gay scene is finally coming out of the closet. After decades in the shadows of a macho society, the gay scene's young beautiful people now start to shake their stuff in the limelight, challenging stereotypes and leaving the old norm of hidden, double lives. Change might be just around the corner after the end of the "Gaymes," a cycle of events that promised "17 Nights of Olympic Hedonism." Every night it was packed, the Greeks, the foreigners, the go-go boys, all going mad until 7:00 a.m.," said Maria Cyber, party organizer and grande dame of the Greek lesbian scene. "It was really like you were not in Greece at all."

Reuters

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An ancient wooden carving of the bisexual Viking god Odin suggests the prehistoric timber circle monument Seahenge in the UK and another, even older, structure might have included totem pole-like carvings, according to archaeologists who have excavated the over 4,000-year-old British wood monuments. Archaeologists connected the unlikely object with the circles after the idol was radiocarbon dated to 2,250 B.C. - the time of the Seahenge construction. At first, the carved object puzzled scientists, who could not determine if it was a man or a woman, or why its left eye appeared to have been mutilated. Marie Taylor told Discovery News, "Archaeologists now know that these distinctive features are deliberate ... Odin could change his sex at will from man to woman, and he lost the use of his left eye so that he could see into the future."

Discovery Channel

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A baseball announcer fired by a minor-league team for making a joke about Gov. James McGreevey's sexual orientation was rehired yesterday at the governor's urging. Greg Maiuro lost his job with the Atlantic City Surf after dedicating the song "YMCA" to McGreevey during a game Aug. 17. McGreevey — who announced earlier this month that he is gay — urged the team to reinstate Maiuro "so we can move beyond this incident."

Toronto Star

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The battle over issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples rages on after a Sandoval County, New Mexico, judge dismissed two motions that could have cleared the way for wedding bells for gay partners to ring anew. "It's a very weak case that they have and we are still hopeful," Sandoval County Clerk Victoria Dunlap said Wednesday after losing the latest round with Attorney General Patricia Madrid. Dunlap now has 10 days to file an answer to Madrid's amended complaint, which asks a judge to prohibit Dunlap from issuing same-sex licenses unless or until state laws change or until the practice of not doing so is ruled unconstitutional.

Albuquerque Tribune

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Bursting into a predominantly gay church to denounce homosexuality and physically pushing the preacher is no trifling matter, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled yesterda. Erika Kubassek was charged with assaulting the Rev. Brent Hawkes during a Sunday morning service at the Metropolitan Community Church in early 2001. Kubassek, a minister's wife, was convicted. She's apparently engaged in previous crusades against marijuana, alcohol and scantily clad waitresses.

The Star (photo)

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