October 05, 2008

The week on GNW (Sept. 29 - Oct. 5)

Posted by: Chris

Here are the five biggest stories from Gay News Watch over the last week:

1. Constitution OK'd in Ecuador includes gay civil unions: QUICK LOOK: Ecuadorans approved by a wide margin Sunday a new constitution that would expand the powers of President Rafael Correa and allows civil unions for gay couples. "We expect... (MORE)
2. Starring roles are still rare for actors out in Hollywood: QUICK LOOK: There's a bisexual woman in “Bones” and a lesbian couple on “The Goode Family.” “Dirty Sexy Money” features a transsexual and “Brothers & Sisters” a gay marriage... (MORE)
3. Canadian pol may be charged for call to kill all gays: QUICK LOOK: Police are investigating whether an independent federal candidate committed a hate crime by telling high school students homosexuals should be executed. David Popescu... (MORE)
4. Study shows gay relationships have same commitment level: QUICK LOOK: Gay and lesbian couples are just as committed in their relationships as heterosexuals and the legal status of their union doesn't impact their happiness, according to new research. In two new studies... (MORE)
5. Vatican blocks French appointment of gay diplomat: QUICK LOOK: The next French envoy to the Holy See has been chosen after Roman Catholic officials rejected the first candidate because he is gay. AFP reports that another candidate... (MORE)

And here are a few of the most popular from the last week:

• Mr. Gay Brazil contestant decides to pose sans speedo: QUICK LOOK: Twenty-one-year-old Maicon Araujo, a.k.a. Mr Gay Florianópolis, let it all hang out at the beach for the October issue of G magazine, a popular Brazilian magazine. He... (MORE)
• Swastikas found in home of Calif. gay boy's shooter: QUICK LOOK: A 14-year-old boy charged with a hate crime in the death of an eighth-grade classmate had among his possessions numerous items of white supremacist literature and drawings,... (MORE)
• Larry Craig gives farewell speech to empty chamber: QUICK LOOK: It was just last year that Sen. Larry E. Craig riveted political Washington with his arrest in an airport sex sting and subsequent public declaration, “I am not gay.”... (MORE)
• McCain makes pitch to gay voters in a written Q&A: QUICK LOOK: Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) told the Washington Blade in an writting interview that he appreciates the Log Cabin Republicans’ decision... (MORE)
• Swimming coach accused of affair with female pupil: QUICK LOOK: A swimming coach in Staines, England, faces a disciplinary hearing over claims she had a lesbian sexual relationship with one of her under-age pupils. Staines Swimming... (MORE)