More than 1,500 New Yorkers gathered today in Manhattan to mourn the death of a 32 year-old gay man, who was shot down on Friday just blocks away from the historic Stonewall Inn in an apparent act of anti-gay bias.
Top Stories Today - 10.29.2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 9:39am by Justin Cole, GLAAD's Director of Digital Media
National News:
- Associated Press - Gay Marriages to Begin Next Month in Connecticut
- USA Today - Californians Go to ‘War’ Over Prop 8’s Gay-Marriage Ban
- LATimes.com - OP-ED DEBATE: How Would Prop. 8 Affect Married Same-Sex Couples?
- Associated Press - Battle for State Legislatures Carries High Stakes
Regional News:
- TheDay.com (CT) - Coalition: Don’t Mess With State’s Constitution
- San Francisco Chronicle (CA) - Newsom Ignores Risks, Campaigns Against Prop. 8
- Philadelphia Inquirer (PA) - Hate-Law Amendment Repeal Leaves ‘Most Vulnerable’ Unprotected
- Associated Press (CA) - Parents Protest Student Pledge Forms on Gays
- Eureka Times-Standard (CA) - KHUM Declines to Run ‘Yes on Prop 8′ Ad
- Associated Press (AL) - Potential Jurors Dismissed for Views on Defendant’s Lifestyle
- Charleston City Paper (SC) - Brown’s Office Plays Gay Card
- San Diego Union-Tribune (CA) - Proposition 8 Would Blunt Biotech Edge, Execs Say
- Associated Press (UT) - LDS Church Donates to Back Proposition 8
- The Boston Globe (MA) - Frank Is New Target of McCain On the Trail
- The Gainesville Sun (FL) - OP-ED: Amendment 2 Is Not About Gay Marriage
- Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin (NY) - City Councilman Proposes Panel on Human Rights
- Sacramento Bee (CA) - EDITORIAL: Proposition 8: Issue Is Rights, Not Schools
- Arkansas News Bureau (AR) - Arkansas Teenager Maintained Racist, Homophobic Web Pages
- San Jose Mercury News (CA) - Council Won’t Take Stand on Prop. 8
- KXLY.com [Spokane] (WA) - WSU Community Sees Red Over Campus Violence
- Salisbury Post (SC) - Ketner Giving Incumbent U.S. Representative Tough Competition
International News:
- BBC News (United Kingdom) - Gay Group Appeals Over Drowning
- The Phnom Penh Post (Cambodia) - The Long Road Ahead
- The Times (United Kingdom) - Muslim Doctor Muhammad Siddiq Faces Misconduct Hearing Over Gay Slurs
From the Blogs:
- The Bilerico Project - Winger Fundraiser Blames Gays for Musgrave Tanking
- The Huffington Post - Proposition 8: “It Is Written, But I Say Unto You.”
- The Huffington Post - 7 Days and 7 Ways to Protect Equality
- AfterElton.com - ATWT video clip update: The Masked Man of Fairy U.
- Queerty - Yes on 8″ Campaign Pulls On God-Fearing Heart Strings
- Towleroad - SC Senate Candidate Mick Mulvaney in Sick Robocalling Scheme
- Good As You - Yea, because what could a German gay possibly have to teach us about discrimination?
- Towleroad - Canadian Killer of Gay Man and 2 Others Gets Life
- Queerty - Melissa On Prop 8: “Lame.”
- Queerty - Milk Premiere Snaps
- iChatGay - Paris for President music video
- AfterEllen.com - Lesbian storyline goes missing on “Without a Trace”