News+Opinion from Around the Globe
September 25, 2012 – New York, New York – When the New York Times Came Out of the Closet , by Charles Kaiser in the New York Review of Books .
September 24, 2012 – Washington, DC – Focus on the Family Lists Homosexuality alongside Rape and Adultery as Signs of ‘Brokenness’ , by Brian Tashman in Right Wing Watch.
September 24, 2012 – Knoxville, Tennessee – UT Chancellors: We Cannot Support Health Benefits for Gay Partners , by Megan Boehnke in the Knoxville News Sentinel .
September 24, 2012 – Evanston, Illinois – Hell, Mary: The Stigma of the LGBT Athlete , by Michael Abernethy in PopMatters .
September 24, 2012 – Atlanta, Georgia – Morehouse Students Create Bayard Rustin Scholars Program to Remember Gay Civil Rights Activist , by Dyana Bagby in The Georgia Voice .
September 22, 2012 – Ligonier, Pennsylvania – A New Inning Late in the Game and Coming Out in the World of Sports , both by Frank Bruni in The New York Times , discussing the coming out of Kevin McClatchy, former CEO and manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
September 22, 2012 – Santa Clara, California – Intel Ends Funding of Boy Scouts Troops that Discriminate Against Gay Members and Leaders , by James Park in Pink News .
September 21, 2012 – Austin, Texas – The Lesbian & Gay Peace Officers Association produced a video comprising of LGBT officers and civilian members of the Austin Police Department to send a message to LGBTQ youth that it does get better.
September 21, 2012 – New Brunswick, New Jersey – Since [Clementi] Suicide, More Resources for Transgendered and Gay Students [at Rutgers University] , by Ariel Kaminer in The New York Times .
September 20, 2012 – University Park, Pennsylvania – Students gather outside the PSU Hub to Protest against FDA’s Gay Blood Ban .
September 19, 2012. Washington, DC – One Year Later, [U.S.] Military Says Gay Policy is Working , by Elisabeth Bumiller in The New York Times .
September 19, 2012 – Taung Byone, Myanmar – Myanmar’s Taung Byone Festival Brings Some Acceptance for LGBT Community , by Public Radio International.
September 15, 2012 – Seattle, Washington – Oscar Winning screenwriter and LGBT activist Dustin Lance Black receives the Human Rights Campaign Visibility Award .
September 7, 2012 – Washington, DC – But Were They Gay? The Mystery of Same Sex Love in the 19th Century , by Jennie Rothenberg Gritz in The Atlantic .