Recent LGBT news selected by Sara Boesser in Juneau, Alaska.

1) Feds: CA school district failed to help gay teen
San Francisco, 365Gay.com, July 5, 2011

2) Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace? ~ Why We Need Queer Critiques of Gay Marriage
Canada, Canadian Dimension, January 2, 2004

3) Watch: The World’s Gayest Ads
Advocate, July 2011

4) Culhane: But are they “bigots”?
365Gay.com, July 1, 2011

5) Southern Baptist Pres Denounces Gay Bashing in Favor of Eternity in Hell
Religion Dispatches, July 1, 2011

6) 10 Reasons to Lay Off Lady Gaga
Advocate, July 6, 2011

7) Australia military may scrap all gender barriers
Canberra, Australia, Associated Press, July 2, 2011

8) Gay or straight, guys reluctant to say I do
New York Post, July 5, 2011

9) No ‘him’ or ‘her’; preschool fights gender bias
Stockholm, Sweden, Associated Press, June 27, 2011

10) Spread the Word to End the Word
Governor’s Council on Disabilities and Special Education, R-Word

11) Transgender Samoans ‘glorious miracles’
Samoa, Adelaide Now, , July 5, 2011

12) ‘God Has Created You for Heterosexuality’: Clinics Owned by Michele Bachmann’s Husband Practice Ex-Gay Therapy
The Nation, July 8, 2011

13) NOM Targets N.Y. Republican Senator
Buffalo, N.Y., Advocate, July 1, 2011

14) Don’t laugh at “ladyboys,” Thai election officials told
Bangkok, Thailand, Reuters, July 1, 2011

15) On Going Without
Advocate, July 5, 2011

16) Fraud, larceny charges in sham marriages case
Camp Pendleton, Calif., Military Times, July 3, 2011

17) National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, HRC and UNID@S release new bilingual guide on sexual orientation, gender identity and the Bible for Latino/a families and churches
NGLTF, July 2011