Gay stock car announcer gains national exposure, breaks stereotypes By Michael K. Lavers | Tuesday Feb 9, 2010 Troy Germain, 34, has been a fixture on northern New England and southeast Canada’s stock car racing scene for nearly 20 years, but the Coos County, N.H., native has emerged as a nationally-recognized announcer.
Calif. Prof’s Anti-Gay Lesson Content Sparks Complaints By Lisa Leff An instructor at a public community college in Fresno has been presenting his religious views on homosexuality, abortion and global warming as fact to students in an introductory health science class, the American Civil Liberties Union alleged Monday.
Ohio Teacher Parades Long-Haired Boy as a Girl By Kilian Melloy An 11-year-old boy says he was harassed and humiliated at school for his long hair--by his teachers, who forced him to wear pigtails and encouraged his classmates to verbally abuse him, a federal lawsuit claims.
Prop 8 Judge is Outed By Kilian Melloy The judge in the case challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 8 is gay himself--and anti-gay pundits are jumping on the story.
Marriage Equality Low Priority for Iowans By Kilian Melloy Though national anti-gay organizations have targeted marriage equality for repeal in Iowa, the state’s voters are largely unconcerned with the issue, rating the problem of drivers texting while at the wheel as being of greater significance.
Openly Gay Son of Hockey Hero Killed in Auto Accident A moment of silence will be held for Brendan Burke, the son of Toronto general manager Brian Burke who died in a car accident, before the Maple Leafs play Ottawa on Saturday night.
Pakistan’s ’third gender’ seek greater rights By Elena Becatoros Pakistan’s transgender community has long lived on society’s margins, harassed by police, ridiculed as freaks, pitied as the outcast people of Allah and often rejected by their own families. Now the Supreme Court is giving them hope through a petition for their rights to be respected.
Anti-Gay Candidate Wins Costa Rican Presidential Election By Marianela Jimenez Costa Ricans have elected their first woman president as the ruling party candidate won in a landslide after campaigning to continue free market policies in Central America’s most stable nation.
Should gay ships stop in homophobic ports-’o-call? By Peter Cassels A cruise to the Bahamas benefitting Miami Beach Gay Pride this spring is once again calling attention to the appropriateness of visiting Caribbean nations that have a poor record on LGBT rights.
