Sara’s News Roundup 5/29/11
Recent LGBT news selected by Sara Boesser in Juneau, Alaska.
1) Alaskan Students Awarded $2,500 in Scholarships from Pride Foundation
Pride Foundation, Alaska, May 18, 2011
2) Leaders of Color for N.Y. Marriage
New York, Advocate, May 20, 2011
3) Study: Homosexuality, celibacy didn’t cause abuse
Washington, Associated Press, May 18, 2011
4) A steamy lesbian love scene on ‘The Good Wife’? Add to the list of girl-on-girl prime-time TV action
LA Times, May 19, 2011
5) People.com Editor Shares Transition Story
Advocate, May 19, 2011
6) Sexual Diversity and the Catholic Church: Time for a Serious Conversation?
Huffington Post, May 10, 2011
7) Frank Bruni Named First Openly Gay Op-Ed Columnist in New York Times History
New York, The Wrap, May 23, 2011
8) Tenn. Green-Lights Discrimination
Tennessee, Advocate, May 23, 2011
9) Poll: Christians Support LGBT Equality
Advocate, May 23, 2011
10) Congressional briefing spotlights findings of Injustice at Every Turn
Washington, National Gay & Lesbian Taskforce, May 16, 2011
11) Billie Jean King addresses Vermont graduates
Burlington, Vt., 365Gay.com, May 23, 2011
12) Straight or Gay? Vowels in Speech May Give it Away
U.S. News & World Report, May 20, 2011
13) Oakland school’s lessons in gender diversity
San Francisco Chronicle, May 24, 2011
14) Bulls’ Noah says $50,000 fine for slur is ‘fair’
Chicago, Miami, May 24, 2011
15) Parents keep child’s gender under wraps
Toronto, Canada, Yahoo News, May 24, 2011
16) People Think 1 in 4 Americans are Gay
Advocate, May 27, 2011