[This is the first part of my catchup posts to catch up on what I've missed the past few days.]
In what looks to be yet another vicious hate crime in Canada, gay 27-year old Chris Skinner died after being beaten and then deliberately run over. Above is video of a vigil held for Skinner on Sunday.
Gay 22-year-old James Parks — a police trainee — was out with friends in Stanley Street, in Liverpool’s gay area, when he was attacked by a group of around 13 youths. Parks is fighting for his life, with multiple skull fractures. Police are treating the incident as a homophobic attack. Six youths have been arrested so far.
New York Governor Paterson says he believes marriage equality will be coming to his state within the next few weeks.
Once again, Obama Administration Aggressively Defends “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy in Court. “In a move consistent with other contradictory behavior on LGBT issues, the Obama administration has directed its Justice Department to file an extraordinary motion to get Log Cabin Republicans’ lawsuit against the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ law thrown out of court, despite a federal judge’s ruling that it can proceed.”
NY Senator Gillibrand has some ideas on how to repeal DADT.
Scholastic Bans Book with Lesbian Moms from Book Fairs. School Library Journal reports that Scholastic has refused to include Lauren Myracle’s new book Luv Ya Bunches (Abrams/Amulet, 2009), about the friendship among four elementary school girls, “because it contains offensive language and same-sex parents of one of the main characters, Milla.”
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