http://www.EDGEnewyork.com Your life... with an EDGE. en-us 2009 EDGE PUBLICATIONS, INC. editor@edgepublications.com (Managing Editor) webmaster@edgepublications.com (Webmaster) Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:00:21 -0400 http://www.EDGEnewyork.com/rss Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender/News/newyork http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103426 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103426 South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu speaks forcefully for gay rights. In person, he is as amazing as his writing on behalf of the oppressed everywhere. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103365 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103365 Two Fenway Institute researchers appointed to new National Academies' Institute of Medicine committee. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103411 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103411 The Oklahoma state senate has approved a bill that would allow the state to "opt out" of the first federal law to extend hate crimes protections to LGBTs. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103403 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103403 Flamboyant figure skater Johnny Weir will not be included in the Stars in Ice Tour, a March 11 Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation blog posting said. The reason? Weir is "not family friendly." Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103400 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103400 The case against the defendants in a trial stemming from a gay bar raid last summer in Atlanta has ended with the acquittals of all eight defendants. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103383 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103383 A Georgia man who posted a video of himself on the Internet holding a sign that said "Elton John must die" has been arrested for making terroristic threats. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103382 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103382 Two glowing brides in matching white gowns and four other same-sex couples made history in Mexico City on Thursday as they wed under Latin America's first law that explicitly approves gay marriage. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103381 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103381 A lesbian student who wanted to take her girlfriend to her senior prom is asking a federal judge to force her Mississippi school district to reinstate the dance it canceled rather than let the couple attend. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103368 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103368 Did Marie Osmond's son kill himself because of anti-gay messages from the Mormon Church? Roseanne Barr wants to know. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103341 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103341 Eric Massa, the Democratic Congressman who resigned his seat in the House amid allegations that he groped several male staffers, says that he's the target of a plot to pass President Obama's health care plan at any cost--a claim that has made him, according to some media outlets, a darling to the conservative right. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103337 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103337 New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn joined Schools Chancellor Joel Klein and others at Public School 24 in Brooklyn on Monday, March 8, to unveil "Respect for All Week," an initiative designed to further combat bullying and harassment in the classroom. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103329 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103329 A new analysis from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention reaffirms previously studies that show that younger MSMs (men who have sex with men), which includes gay and bisexual men, are particularly hard-hit by STDs like HIV and syphilis. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103324 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103324 The Revs. Robert Hardies of All Souls Unitarian Church and the Revs. Dennis and Christine Wiley of the Covenant Baptist Church played leading roles in the effort to secure marriage for gays and lesbians in the District of Columbia. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103311 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103311 The Washington Post says more than two dozen people have canceled their subscriptions over a photo of two men kissing that ran on the front page. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103310 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103310 Hundreds of couples applied for marriage licenses in Washington during the first week they were available to same-sex couples. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103309 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103309 Gov. Bob McDonnell directed state agencies not to discriminate against gay people in employment practices Wednesday, essentially overriding the Virginia attorney general's advice to public colleges. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103308 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103308 A northern Mississippi school district decided Wednesday not to host a high school prom after a lesbian student demanded she be able to attend with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103305 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103305 State Sen. Bill Brady's nomination comes on the heels of his proposal that would have amended Illinois' Human Rights Act to allow certain religious institutions to opt-out of the law. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103283 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103283 In what the media has labeled a "bias attack," five men assaulted a lone 22-year-old victim in the Carroll Gardens section of Brooklyn, a gentrified Brooklyn neighborhood. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103276 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103276 After his arrest for drunk driving (reportedly after leaving a gay club, a male passenger in his car), and the public admission of what was evidently an open secret--his homosexuality--will California State Sen. Roy Ashburn be reviled? Will he become an advocate for GLBT causes? Will he fade into oblivion? Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST