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December 30: Of Course We Have Favourites! A little bit of end-of-year self indulgence where we select our favourite articles from the world's Press during 2004.
December 28: USA: Dr. Martin Luther King and “Gay Rights” – A Prelude, by Rev. Gilbert H. Caldwell. I am a 71 year old retired African American United Methodist Minister. Martin Luther King and I both graduated from Boston University School of Theology. He received his Doctor of Philosophy and I, my Master of Divinity. He and I met for the first time in the spring of 1958 at the School.
December 27: Travel: Now, Where Can I Go Next Christmas? Tired of those gay cruises around the Caribbean or the Mediterranean? Tired of beach holdiays in the gay resorts of Florida, Gran Canaria? Tired of the “city” holidays in such gay-friendly places like Toronto, Vancouver, Philadelphia or the capitals of Europe?
December 25: USA Interest: Christmas Sentiments from a Queer Muslim, by Faisal Alam. Yup! It’s that time of the year again, when all I hear are “holiday” songs ranging from Jingle Bells to Silent Night. I can’t get away from it – ANYWHERE! Picking up my prescriptions at CVS, getting my haircut at Super Cuts, grocery shopping at Publix, even while riding the public bus – IT’S EVERYWHERE. Christmas is here!
December 24: USA Interest: HIV/AIDS: George and Marsha – And Shenanigans in Washington. If highly respected veteran political journalist Doug Ireland is moved to say “it’s mind boggling”, then it is.
December 22: USA Interest: Gay Texas Student Puts His Side After Being Forced To Quit His Private School Public statement from www.my-boi.com website which is owned by the 18-years-old student forced to leave a private Texas school.
December 21: USA Interest: GLMA Decries Decision by New York Medical College to Ban LGBT People in Medical Student Group. The Gay and Lesbian Medical Association today publicly decried the decision of the New York Medical College (NYMC), a private medical school in Valhalla (Westchester County), New York, to ban a student group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students.
December 13: European Interest: Romania Elects Pro-Gay, Anti-Corruption President. Traian Basescu, the leader of the opposition, has been declared the new President of Romania, defeating the “leftist” Adrian Nastase, the Prime Minister. The election victory gives hope to the Romanian gay community as Basescu is one of the few politicians in the country to publicly support gay rights.
December 12: USA Interest: Legal Scholars Assess Impact of Reversal of Military Sodomy Conviction. The legal community is offering several interpretations of the recent ruling by a military court invalidating a sodomy conviction of a male Army Specialist with a female civilian. [This article was prepared by The Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military – an official research unit of the University of California, Santa Barbara.]
December 8: UK Interest: LGV: A New Face on the Scene. Gay men are being warned to be aware of a sexually transmitted infection that is being increasingly seen in Europe. Outbreaks of lymphogranuloma venereum [LGV] have been reported in the Netherlands, Belgium and France, and now a small number of cases have been diagnosed amongst gay men in the UK.
December 8: European Interest: Gay Pressure Group Gets Official EU Recognition. Gay rights campaigner and West Midlands MEP Michael Cashman has welcomed news that the Gay and Lesbian Intergroup is to be officially recognised by the European Parliament.
December 6: USA Interest: Q Television Finalises Gay Games World Broadcast Rights. Q Television Network has announced that the network has signed the final contract with the Gay Games Committee giving Q Television Network exclusive world media and Internet rights to broadcast the 2006 Gay Games. The Gay Games VII will be held from July 15 to 22, 2006, in Chicago.