http://www.EDGEboston.com Your life... with an EDGE. en-us 2009 EDGE PUBLICATIONS, INC. editor@edgepublications.com (Managing Editor) webmaster@edgepublications.com (Webmaster) Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:55:49 +0000 http://www.EDGEboston.com/rss Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender/News/boston http://www.edgeboston.com/?93320 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=93320 Largest organization of gay veterans opens D.C. headquarters. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?93318 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=93318 Tory leader David Cameron issued an apology to UK's gay and lesbian citizens for a Thatcher-era law banning classroom "promotion" of gays and lesbians as normal. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?93312 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=93312 "Comedy Genius or the Most Homophobic Film Ever Made?" That's the blurb on the cover of Attitude magazine, where comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, posing nude to promote his new film, appears. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?93305 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=93305 Local activists were quick to point to U.S. Sen. John Ensign's anti-LGBT record as they reacted to news of his affair with a staffer. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?93303 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=93303 A man who had just attended the June 27 Twin Cities Pride Parade in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was harassed and assaulted by a gang of immigrant Somali youths, according to media reports. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?93260 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=93260 The Obama administration is not fighting a nearly $500,000 judgment for a Library of Congress hiree who lost the job while undergoing a gender change from a man to a woman. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?93259 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=93259 The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission is investigating its joint police raid on a gay bar that left one man hospitalized with a head injury and sparked claims of brutality and procedure violations. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?93258 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=93258 A court ruled Thursday to decriminalize homosexuality in the Indian capital, a groundbreaking decision that could bring more freedom to gays in this deeply conservative country. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?93234 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=93234 The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority's policy that specifies the gender of monthly pass holders has sparked controversy--and at least one complaint with the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations filed by a trans passenger who alleges a bus driver once refused to allow her to board a bus unless she paid the full fare. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?93221 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=93221 The death of actress Farrah Fawcett from anal cancer has thrown a spotlight on a little-understood disease usually associated with gay men but, in fact, one that strikes women and heterosexual men. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?93210 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=93210 Questions, and outrage, over a police action at a gay bar in Fort Worth continue to mount, with one bar patron still in serious condition after sustaining a head injury. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?93206 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=93206 A court in Washington, D.C. has set aside an attempt by anti-gay activists led by an evangelical preacher to put a marriage recognition law up to popular vote. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?93191 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=93191 A military administrative board recommended Tuesday that a National Guard officer who publicly announced he's gay should be discharged for violating the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?93190 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=93190 A federal judge wants a trial on California's same-sex marriage ban to proceed quickly but says he likely won't suspend the voter-approved ban in the meantime. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?93189 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=93189 Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday he wants to make the law prohibiting gays from serving openly in the armed forces "more humane" until Congress eventually repeals it. He said he has lawyers studying ways the law might be selectively enforced. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?93183 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=93183 In a surprise, a federal judge told attorneys challenging Proposition 8, the California referendum passed in November outlawing gay marriage there, that he would fast track the much-anticipated trial. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?93180 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=93180 Gay Iranians have it as bad as anywhere on earth. They are jailed, tortured and hanged for being who they are. Will they come out of the revolt over the election results better or worse? EDGE looks at this urgent issue. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?93167 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=93167 Conservative talk radio host Adam McManus is among those who have criticized Mayor Julian Castro's decision to march in his city's Pride parade this Saturday. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?93165 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=93165 A fundraiser for Democratic Congressional candidate Francine Busby, hosted by a lesbian couple in a town outside San Diego, was the site of alleged police brutality on June 26. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?93163 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=93163 Now-former comedian Al Franken has won his long fight to be a U.S. senator from Minnesota. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST