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Mom Seeks to Change Araujo's Name
Sylvia Guerrero of Newark sought a name change for her child at the Fremont Hall of Justice on Tuesday -- the same day that prosecutors and defense attorneys in Hayward rested their cases in the trial of three men charged with assaulting and strangling Araujo....
Posted: Tue, Jun 1, 2004 1:30am PDT
San Francisco holds hearing on intersex issues
The San Francisco Human Rights Commission held a public hearing Thursday on the topic of intersexuality, making it the first governmental body in the nation to address the subject....
Posted: Tue, Jun 1, 2004 12:57am PDT
Testimony Ends in Araujo Case, Closing Arguments Start 6/1
Testimony wrapped up Tuesday in the case of three California men charged with murdering transgender teen Gwen Araujo, with defense lawyers arguing that the men were deceived and acted in a panic.
Closing arguments are scheduled to begin June 1 in Hayward, Calif....
Posted: Tue, Jun 1, 2004 12:54am PDT
No Easy Victory
A plea from a Christian husband and father who, day by day, resists his homosexual desires. The author lives in the western United States....
Posted: Mon, May 31, 2004 6:22am PDT
Outness
Too soon to assume that all queer politicians are out?...
Posted: Sat, May 29, 2004 8:48am PDT
Why Al Qaeda prefers Bush as U.S. boss
If you were playing a game of chess
( with human lives at stake),
would you rather have a clever and well-informed opponent, or an ignorant and clumsy one? (Please forward.)...
Posted: Fri, May 28, 2004 11:51am PDT
TGI Picnic: Fun in the Sun
Upward of 200 people came to Dolores Park Sunday to picnic in the sun, wrestle, make-out and listen to music....
Posted: Wed, May 26, 2004 6:29pm PDT
BUSH TALIBAN supports "Axis of Repression"
Inside Bush regime, a "Christian Taliban" moves U.S. health and human-rights policies far to the right, allying with Vatican and Muslim regimes....
Posted: Wed, May 26, 2004 9:41am PDT
Calif. Supreme Court Looks into Gay Marriages
The California Supreme Court began deliberations Tuesday on the future of same-sex marriages conducted in San Francisco this year....
Posted: Wed, May 26, 2004 1:24am PDT
California Supreme Court appears inclined to rule against SF on gay marriage
The California Supreme Court appeared ready to conclude that San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom abused his powers by issuing 4,000 marriage licenses to gay couples earlier this year -- but the justices expressed reservations over nullifying the nuptials outright....
Posted: Wed, May 26, 2004 1:21am PDT
Unprecedented Week of Transgender Activism in Nation’s Capital
A bit of history occurred the end of April and early May. Three national transgender or gender-diverse civil rights organizations lobbied Capitol Hill simultaneously and, for the first time, all lobbied for the same issues. In addition, yet another rejuvenated national group conducted its first organized protest in years, and still another organization conducted a march to the Viet Nam Veterans’ Memorial, and conducted a historic wreath laying ceremony....
Posted: Tue, May 25, 2004 8:05pm PDT
Araujo Trial Hears "Panic" Testimony
The panic defense has drawn severe criticism from Araujo's family. They say the teen did not attempt to deceive anyone but was living as the person she believed herself to be....
Posted: Tue, May 25, 2004 10:14am PDT
Documentary: The Secret Club to The New Festival, New York
The Secret Club is a film about the men who startet the first gay clubs in Scandinavia and others who waited 50 years to follow them....
Posted: Tue, May 25, 2004 12:43am PDT
LEATHERFOLK should publicly denounce "Abuse Ghraib"
In Pride and peace events,
leatherfolk should carry banners saying
"YES to consensual play; NO to real abuse"....
Posted: Mon, May 24, 2004 11:56am PDT
Tuesday Vigil in SF at CA Supreme Court marriage hearing
Join us on Tuesday, May 25th from 9:00a.m. to 11:00a.m. as the
California
Supreme Court hears oral argument on the lawsuit filed by Atty General
Bill
Lockyer against Mayor Newsom and the City of SF for issuing marriage
licenses to
same-sex couples....
Posted: Mon, May 24, 2004 12:53am PDT
Success with Alameda County Human Relations Commission!!!
We had a great turnout for the second meeting with the Alameda County
Human Relations Commission. Thanks to everyone who came!!! The
commissioners said we were by far the biggest group who had come to
one of their meetings......
Posted: Sun, May 23, 2004 12:54am PDT
5/20: After Three-Day Wait Mass. Couples Flock To Wed
The new round of nuptials came as Gov. Mitt Romney took the first steps toward blocking city and town clerks from issuing marriage licenses to out-of-state gay couples, which the Republican governor says is prohibited by state law....
Posted: Sat, May 22, 2004 11:23pm PDT
CALIFORNIA SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BILL PUT ON HOLD UNTIL DECEMBER AS SUPPORT GROWS
Today, after historic success, Equality California announced that its Marriage License Non-Discrimination Act would be held until December in an attempt to build further support for the legislation....
Posted: Sat, May 22, 2004 11:20pm PDT
LOUISIANA's endangered natal clefts
A Louisiana legislator wants to ban low-slung pants which reveal the, ahem, natal cleft......
Posted: Sat, May 22, 2004 1:21pm PDT
Law students should watch "Winter of Love" hearing, 5/25
Law students, et alii, should take notes on May 25 Cal. Supreme Court hearing about same-sex marriage, then post to IndyBay.org soonest. And maybe wear black, pink/red, lavender/purple? [+ official info] [+ upcoming]
Please repost this to law-student sites, etc....
Posted: Fri, May 21, 2004 11:25am PDT