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Lesbian lawmaker elected to California Senate

SDGLN Staff
November 26th, 2012

SACRAMENTO – California Assemblywoman Cathleen Galgiani, a Democrat from Livingston who came out just over a year ago, apparently has won a tightly contested race for the state Senate.

Last week, Galgiani took the lead over Assemblymember Bill Berryhill, a Republican, after trailing since Election Day. She then began growing that lead as provisional ballots were being counted in San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties, the heart of the 5th Senate District.

Gay athletes to raise awareness of homophobia in sport

SDGLN Staff
October 10th, 2012

PHILADELPHIA -- Out professional soccer player Joanna Lohman will headlining an event to raise awareness of homophobia and discrimination in sport.

The GO! (Generation Out!) Athletes event will be from 7 to 9 pm EDT on Thursday, Oct. 11, in Bodek Lounge in Houston Hall at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

The event will provide opportunities for the scholar athlete community to come together to hear stories by OUT sports role models. GO! Athletes envisions this relaunch as the first of many awareness-building initiatives to occur across the nation.

Tycoon's lesbian daughter laughs at dad's offer, male suitors

Joe Morgan - Gay Star News
September 27th, 2012

The lesbian daughter whose father offered millions to the man who can win her heart has laughed it off.

Hong Kong publicist Gigi Chao, 33, said she thought her dad’s HK$500 million (S$65m, £40m, €50m) offer was "quite entertaining."

In an interview with the South China Morning Post, she said: ‘He [her father Cecil Chao Sze-tsung] has an interesting interpretation of me.

When she was asked if her father was upset at her reported PACS in Paris with her partner of seven years, Sean Eav, she said: ‘He loved the attention.’

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Tycoon offers $65 million dowry to man who can woo his lesbian daughter

HuffPost Gay Voices Staff
September 26th, 2012

A Hong Kong billionaire has offered up a staggering, if bizarre, "marriage bounty" to any man who can woo his married lesbian daughter.

Business Insider reports that Cecil Chao Sze-tsung publicly announced the $65 million "reward" after hearing that Gigi Chao had eloped with her long-term female partner to France.

Deeming reports of his daughter's same-sex wedding "false," Chao told the South China Morning Post (via CTV News), "I don't mind whether he is rich or poor. The important thing is that he is generous and kind-hearted."

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Romi Klinger of "The Real L Word" addresses her bisexuality

Staff – Huffington Post Gay Voices
September 7th, 2012

"The lesbians are looking at you like you're kind of a traitor, you don't know what side you want -- you're not really one of them. And then, the more straight community's going, 'Oh, you're kind of slutty!'"

That's how "The Real L Word" star Romi Klinger describes the societal challenges of identifying as bisexual in this exclusive video for HuffPost Gay Voices.

17-year-old certified as adult, charged with hate crime against gay Cape Girardeau woman

Scott Moyers - Southeast Missourian
August 17th, 2012

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- The 17-year-old suspect in the July 24 beating of a Cape Girardeau woman will be prosecuted as an adult, a judge ruled Tuesday, and officials wasted no time filing charges that included "hate crime" language because the victim is gay.

In a hearing that lasted less than 10 minutes, Judge Scott Lipke transferred the suspect, Mercedes M. Ayers, from the juvenile system to the adult courts. Ayers, already in ankle shackles, was then taken into custody and transferred to the Cape Girardeau County Jail.

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COMMENTARY: My being gay is not my opinion – it’s my life

Barb Hamp Weicksel - Special to SDGLN
August 16th, 2012

I’ve been asked numerous times why I write so much about gay issues. Why can’t I just let things go? Why can’t I just let others have their opinions? Why must I protest and tell people not to shop at certain stores? Why do I think my opinion is right?

To be clear; it’s not my opinion, it’s my life. I think if we all understood this, we would understand why it is I write about issues that affect my life.

Mennonite minister guilty of aiding kidnapping in lesbian custody feud

LGBTQ Nation Staff Reports
August 15th, 2012

BURLINGTON, Vt. — A federal court on Tuesday found a Virginia Mennonite minister guilty of aiding and abetting in an international kidnapping case, by assisting a woman embroiled in a child custody case with her former lesbian partner to flee the country with the couple’s young daughter.

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Gay Watch at the Olympics: U.S. women win gold medal in soccer thriller

Ken Williams - SDGLN Editor in Chief
August 9th, 2012

(Editor’s note: Gay Watch at the Olympics is a regular feature keeping track of the nearly two dozen LGBT athletes at London 2012. But here is a spoiler alert! In the U.S., NBC is tape-delaying much of the London 2012 Olympics on its various stations, yet live-streaming on the Internet. Some of the results listed below may not have yet been broadcast in your area.)


Playing like heavyweight champions, the United States won the gold medal in women’s soccer with a hard-fought 2-1 thriller over Japan on Thursday at the London 2012 Olympics.

Gay Watch at the Olympics: Lisa Raymond wins bronze in mixed doubles with teammate Mike Bryan

Ken Williams - SDGLN Editor in Chief
August 5th, 2012

(Editor’s note: Gay Watch at the Olympics is a regular feature keeping track of the nearly two dozen LGBT athletes at London 2012. But here is a spoiler alert! In the U.S., NBC is tape-delaying much of the London 2012 Olympics on its various stations, yet live-streaming on the Internet. Some of the results listed below may not have yet been broadcast in your area.)


American tennis doubles star Lisa Raymond won one bronze medal Sunday at the London 2012 Olympics, but lost another opportunity to medal.

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