» FYI:
Spain's Deputy PM María Teresa Fernández de la Vega is not a lesbian: "It’s a rumor about me that they’ve invented to do damage, using something that - hear me - I absolutely respect. I have no homophobia. But I’m not homosexual! If I were, I would have no problem in saying so. But it’s just that I’m not!” Then how do you explain your liberated hairdo, hmmm? [SF Bay Times] |
» UN Again Rebuffs Gay Advances
The United Nations voted this week to defer including Brazilian, Dutch and Spanish organizations in their Economic and Social Council. Said one Dutch activist: "This blatant structural discrimination against LGBT organizations shows the need for a continued battle." To be fair, however, the UN previously voted to include groups from Canada and Sweden, so maybe they just don't like those countries. [Pride Source] |
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The tabloids went nuts, of course, but no one expected such a fall out: Guti's wife ain't feeling the love and has decided to "take a break" from their 8-year marriage, according to reports. Jose Maria Gutierrez Hernandez, 31, is married to TV presenter Arancha de Benito and they have two children. Loose translations of Spanish media say Guti and his unidentified pal had a quiet dinner prior to being spotted by a tabloid photographer. The paper also seems to intimate that the soccer player has a history of homo-related behavior. |
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» Spanish Politico Hates Gay Adoption
Spanish presidential candidate Mariano Rajoy vowed to overturn gay adoptions if elected during next month's national election: "'In the area of adoption I'm not in agreement. I would change it, yes, I would take the right away from them (homosexual couples),' said Rajoy in an interview yesterday. Regarding the controversial "Education for Citizenship and Human Rights" program, which teaches pro-homosexual ideology to children in Spanish elementary schools, Rajoy said he would eliminate it and substitute language and technology classes. 'I think that if we are talking about teaching values or principles, that should be studied in all classes." [LifeSite] |
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We had no idea activism could be so glamorous! Rather than endorsing Argentina's lackluster civil union laws, activist duo Cesar Cigliutti and Marcelo Suntheim hopped a plane to gay marrying Spain. "We came to Spain because there is a marriage law here that allows the union of homosexuals and in Argentina there isn't," Cigliutti, president of the Argentine Homosexual Community, told The Associated Press from Madrid. Okay, so from a really gay friendly to one that's not so keen on the queens… Doesn't that sort of defeat the purpose? |
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Eschew Gay Wedge
Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has developed an image as a firebrand ready to shake up Spain's conservative Catholic establishment. His Socialist party passed Europe's most progressive same-sex marriage legislation, introduced fast-track divorce and chipped away at religious education in public schools. Despite his conservative leaning, Rajoy promised not to overturn Spain's same-sex marriage laws, which may alienate his voter base. We're happy to hear, however, that gay rights aren't being used as a wedge issue, as they are here in the United States. |
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"Stay Out Of Politics," Say Socialists
The party issued a communique in response to accusations by several church leaders that policies such as homosexual marriage were eroding human rights and democracy. The government also wonders if the Church is secretly campaigning for the right wing People's Party. |
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Gays Are The Pits...
Tens of thousands gathered in Madrid and Vatican City for Catholic rallies promoting traditional families on Sunday. Except for us gay folk. We're apparently worthless. |
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Three Thugs Lack One Brain
Witnesses say the brutal beating of a teenager outside a gay bar in Pamplona, Spain, was a hate crime. David Azkona, 19, was attacked by three men after leaving the bar the day after Christmas. GARA reports that Azkona was approached by the group on the street, who asked him, "Where are you going, maricón de mierda," roughly translated "faggot shit," along with sexually graphic slurs. The assailants remains at large. The most confusing part of this story, we think, is the fact that the thugs asked the teen what he was doing coming out of a gay bar: obviously they're not the smartest bullies… |
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• Never forget Akinyele's "Put It In My Mouth". It's so inclusive! • Log Cabin Republican leader Patrick Sammon on Huckbaee's AIDS comments: [H]e needs to offer a more credible explanation for his comments than what he has offered so far… Governor Huckabee shouldn’t try to revise history to explain away his comments from 1992. He ought to do the right thing and admit he was wrong. |
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Poor girl doesn't know what she's got in store for her, but she knows her life will never be the same. And, quite frankly, her confusion's adorable! |
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The 29-year old British homo will spend at least fourteen years in jail after being sentenced to life for bludgeoning lover Francis Ottley to death in a fight about drugs. Martin, a heroin addict, traveled to Spain with Ottley to help the 54-year old fulfill a lifelong dream: drive around Europe in a mobile home. Ottley's dreams became a nightmare, however, when Martin's addiction got the best of him. The men argued and Martin beat him to death. He then enlisted an unidentified man to help him dispose of the body, which has never been found. |
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For more information on how to contact your respective Senators, visit Matthew Shepard's website. • Rosie v. Paula Abdul: the legend begins. • Uniqlo v. Gap: no contest. • New York's Human Rights Division allegedly prefers white gay men, getting sued for discrimination. |
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Judge Grants Girls Equal Visitation
Just last week a judge in the southeastern city of Murcia insisted a lesbian give up her children or her sexuality. In that ruling the judge, a one Fernando Ferrin, compared lesbianism to drug abuse. Not the best comparison, of course, and Ferrin now faces a Ministry of Justice investigation for the discrimination. A more judicial judge, meanwhile, makes up for Ferrin's irrational rationale. A Seville family judge granted a lesbian regular visitation rights for the artificially inseminated child she helped raise with her ex-lover… |