Huffington Post's Mario Ruiz is not pleased with the Mormon Church's leading role in passing Proposition 8. So, like others, he's urging you - yes, you! - to sign a petition revoking the church's tax-exempt status. [HuffPo]

"Singapore's first outdoor gay protest at Speakers' Corner in Hong Lim Park on Nov15 has been postponed to early next year. Organizer Roy Tan, 50, a Singaporean who initiated the event, on Friday cited the overwhelming response from the gay community as a key reason for the date change. The event was being postponed 'to ensure that all interested parties - straight, gay and queer - have the opportunity to participate in this landmark occasion', he said in a statement e-mailed to the media." [Straits Times]

"Gay activist in Russia are preparing for a May 2009 Gay Pride march and anti-homophobia conference in Moscow, despite being denied a parade license since 2006." [On Top]

"Arsham Parsi, the well-known Iranian gay activist, has announced the launch of the Iranian Queer Railroad (IRQR), a new organization designed specifically to help the growing number of LGBT Iranians forced to leave their country by the violently homophobic policies of the ayatollahs' theocracy… Parsi said he and his organization are now in contact with 145 LGBT Iranian refugees currently in limbo and seeking permanent asylum… But, said Parsi, 'there are many, many more queer refugees from Iran who haven't yet been in contact with us and who also desperately need help.'" [GCN]

In a stark reversal, politicians in the Russian city of Tambov have said gay rights activists cannot protest a homophobic politician. [TVNZ]

"Gay rights activists in Russia have managed to secure permission to hold a picket against a homophobic politician in the city of Tambov. City authorities approved the protest yesterday, the first time a gay public event has been authorized in Russia… The picket against homphobia, to held on Friday, is in protest against the regional governor Oleg Betin. In May, he declared in an interview: 'Tolerance?! To hell! Faggots should be torn apart. And their pieces should be thrown in the wind.'" [Pink News]

"Members of gay and lesbian clubs at two San Diego community colleges say campus administrators have violated their free speech rights by repeatedly blocking attempts to advertise their shared acronym: FAGS." [Union-Tribune]

“It’s been 10 years since the first gay marriage was held in public in Taipei, and we’ve taken to the streets to promote gay and lesbian rights several times over the past decade. Sadly, not much progress has been made in terms of legal rights for gays and lesbians" - Gay activist Wang Ping at a forum on gay rights yesterday. [Taipei Times]

Gay students at SUNY Bingham were quick on their feet today when an anti-gay protester began spewing nonsense on their campus. Within minutes they were out in full force with a rainbow flag. Go team! [College OTR]

"[Brazilian] Gay rights group Arco-Íris has launched a national campaign in support of the law for the criminalization of homophobia, which is currently waiting for approval in the senate. With the launch on an online petition Grupo Arco-Íris aims to collect 1 million signatures in support of the law, to be delivered to senators by March of 2009." [Made in Brazil]

The baddies over at the Americans For Truth plan to hold a press conference Friday taking on San Francisco's Folsom Street Fair, the festival right-wingers absolutely loath. This means, of course, that Fair sponsor Miller Beer will soon have more protesters on their hands. [Earned Media]