Milan Hospital Refuses Gay Blood
A Milan hospital, basing their decision on an "internal policy," refused to allow Paolo Pedote, a gay man, to donate blood last week. Italy's health minister, Francesco Storace, called the hospital's position unacceptable and their behavior possible grounds for a…
Gay Issues Unprintable at Kern County School
The Kernal, East Bakersfield High School's school newspaper was to feature a series on gay issues back in April when Principal John L. Gibson stopped the series from going to print. "All of a sudden everything comes to a screeching…
Ellen to Announce Relief Fund Tomorrow
Ellen DeGeneres (a New Orleans native), along with Roger Dickson, the CEO of the American Red Cross of Greater Los Angeles, will be announcing "The Ellen DeGeneres Show Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund" tomorrow on her show. Warner Bros. Entertainment, her…
Teen Read: Absolutely Positively Not
Kim Hone-McMahan of the Beacon Journal calls Absolutely, Positively Not by David LaRochelle a great book "if you want to encourage a gay teen to embrace his or her sexuality." (registration is required to view article) Here's the Book Description…
ACLU Sues Hawaii for Harassed GLBT Youth
Harassed is an understatement. Here are some of the incidents that allegedly took place at a youth prison which received a "blistering" federal report last month, according to : * Youth correctional officers routinely told a lesbian inmate and her…
You’ve Got Mail
Well, you should have mail. If you are a registered user of this site or have submitted a piece to be considered for Queer: Four Decades After Stonewall and did not receive an email from me regarding the new submissions…
Get Music. Help Victims of Katrina.
Over 5000 musicians with CDs available at will be donating ALL money from the sales of their CDs to the Red Cross disaster relief fund. You can buy their CDs here.
Dylan Scholinski’s DC Art Showings
Trans artist Dylan Scholinski, who you may remember as Daphne Scholinski, author of The Last Time I Wore Dress (which I loved), has two upcoming DC art showings. ‘The Human, Abstract’ Dylan Scholinski with Tom Condon Friday, Sept. 9, 6-9…
Can SF Keep Their Gay Men?
The average gay man leaves San Francisco after only four years, according to a San Francisco Department of Public Health survey; sex here involves a bigger risk of contracting HIV than most places; and many gay men say the community,…
Speakers and Workshop Leaders Needed
The Toronto Bisexuality Education Project is seeking keynote speakers and workshop leaders for the Ninth International Conference on Bisexuality. For more info check out this post at Check out this upcoming conference too.