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January 9
*Being Gay in the Movies, Hollywood Has Long History of Stereotyping Gays and Lesbians. Florida Flambeau
*Florida Couple Gay and Legally Married. Sun-Sentinel
*Anti-Gay Baptist Preacher Arrested For Lewd Conduct With Male. Empty Nest
*'Brokeback' Defies Cowboy Label, Don't Look Now, But, Is Selling in Heartland. USA Today
*Brokeback Mountain Pulled in Cinemas in Utah and Washington. Celebrity Cafe
*'Brokeback' Romance Draws Couples, Women With Male Significant Others That Is. USA Today
*Christian Campbell, Gay Again, From 'Trick' to “The Book of Daniel.” 365Gay.Com
*Focus on the Family: The 'Deal' With Gay Marriage is That It's Right, Just, and Gonna Happen. Good As You
*Gay Groups Monitor Alito Hearings. 365Gay.Com
*Gay Rights Group Harasses Anti-Gay Marriage Petition Signers. Hub Politics
*Gay Son Peter Shalit Writes to GLAAD About His Movie Critic Dad. Advocate
*Howard Stern Introduces Star Trek's Gay George Takei As His New On-Air Personality. 365Gay.Com
*Illinois Gay Rights Law Prompts New Questions. Daily Northwestern
*Mormon Cinema Owner Bans Brokeback Mountain. Pink News UK
*National Critics Name "Capote" Best Film. PlanetOut Network
*New Gay Marriage-Banning Posse Forms in Boise, Likely to Piss Off Mr. Gayness. Good As You
*Rosie O’Donnell Bringing Laughs to Logo. Broad Casting Cable
*Tran Inclusion. Letter to Carrie And Elisia Ross-Stone Rainbow Law:
*True Life Story of Growing Up Gay On Brokeback Mountain. Mirror UK (Good Read)
*Two Years of Fairness in Massachusetts. Out in the Mountains
*University of Washington Student Lobby Backs Gay Rights Bill. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
*Utah Theater Pulls 'Brokeback, Conservative Group Applaud, Gay Rights Group Disappointed. BBC News
*Virginia Church Quits United Church of Christ Over Gay Marriage. Southern Voice
*Why 'Brokeback' Frightens Some Fans of Movies. Op-Ed Miami Herald
International News
*Anglican Gay Group Threatens Legal Action Against Church of Nigeria. Black Britain
*European Union Panel Calls For Protection of Assisted Suicide, 'Gay' Marriage. Mich News
*GLBT Teachers Urged to Report Cases of Homophobia. UK Gay.Com
*Gay Nuptials For Leading Member of Anglican Church. 365Gay.Com
*Heath Ledger Teased For Early Gay Role. News Wind Press
*Murderer Wants to Marry Gay Pedophile Lover Behind Bars. Pink News UK
*Namibia Jail Condom Ban Draw Fire in U.S. PlanetOut Network
January 8
*Gay Hotels Given No Voice on City's Marketing Committee. Desert Sun Palm Springs
*Gay Priest Comes Out To Parish, Diocese Wants Him to Continue Ministry. KATC 3 News
*Gay Survivor Winner Trial Set To Begin. A.P. -  365Gay.Com
*Gene Shalit's Brokeback Mountain Review Angers Gay Rights Group. Advocate
*Homophobia Is So, You Know, Old. Gene Stone Huffington Post (Read Comments)
*Iowa GOP Senate Leaders to Take Another Stab Amendment to Ban Gay Marriage. Des Moines Register
*Just Because a Priest, or Any Man is Gay, Doesn't Mean He's a Pedophile. PhillBurbs.Com
*New Idaho Lobbying Group Pushing For Constitutional Gay Marriage Ban Amendment. KBCI 2 News
*New Jersey's Attorney General Tells Court To Reject Gay Marriage. 365Gay.Com
*Stony Point High School Students, Advisers to Discuss Gay-Lesbian Issues. Journal News
International News
*Couple Thrown Out of Mexican Hotel Over Gay Kiss. Advocate
*Gay Delight at Rainbow Shamrock. Observer UK
*Gay Marriage Haunts Tories In Canadian Election. 365Gay.Com
*Gay Men Tend to Be Less Physically Aggressive Than Heterosexual Men. This is London
January 6
*Changing the Rules, The Clock is Ticking For Groups That Want Ballot Amendments. Orlando Sentinel
*Florida Court Cuts Orlando Non-Biological Lesbian Mom Out of Daughter’s Lives. Express Gay News
*Murder Suspect Gets 15 Years For Violation, Targeted Gay Men For ‘Gratuitous Violence. Express Gay News
*Wilton Manors Rash of Armed Robberies, Thieves Target Pedestrians Walking Alone. Express Gay News 
*Atlanta City Council District 6 Lesbian Sworn In For Second Term. Southern Voice
*Bashed Gay Solider Discharged From Army. 365Gay.Com
*Calls Gall Gay Wed Opponents: Petition War Rages. Boston Herald
*Colorado Gay Couples’ Lawsuit For Benefits is Tossed. Gazette.Com Colorado Springs
*Conservative Judge is Replaced on California Supreme Court by "Centrist". Advocate
*D.C.'s Sweeping Domestic Partners Bill Heading to Congress. Washington Blade
*From Gay Cowboy to Gay Blade, Actor Heath Ledger Rebounds With Offbeat Roles. Columbus Dispatch
*Gay Bars Mull Impact of D.C. Smoking Ban. Washington Blade
*Gay Characters in '05 Spotlight, `Brokeback' is Latest in High-Profile Roles. Charlotte Observer
*Gay Creators of ‘L Word,’ ‘Book of Daniel’ Discuss New Seasons of Their Shows. Southern Voice
*Gay Groups to Run in 34th Chevron Houston Marathon. Houston Voice
*Gay Marriage, Family Issues Return to Virginia Assembly. Washington Blade
*Gay Marriage Threats In 9 States. 365Gay.Com
*Gay Soldier Attacked Discharged; Private Kyle Lawson's Attacker Remains on Duty in Army. U.S. Newswire
*GOP Wants Legislature, Not Washington Supreme Court to Have Last Word On Gay Marriage. The Olympian
*Houston Inauguration Includes Lesbian Officials, As Controller; City Council. Houston Voice
*In 'Brokeback,' Men Might Not Be Only Gay Characters. News-Sentinel
*Logo Founder Gives New 'Twist' On Gay Radio Syndicated Broadcast. Washington Blade
*Marriage Question Gets Its Day in Court. Editorial The Republican
*New Jersey Senate Passes Sweeping Expansion Of Gay Partner Law. 365Gay.Com
*Opposition Steps Up Campaign Against Alito, Activists Push For Gay-Related Questions. Washington Blade
*Poll: High School Seniors Favor Gay Rights. Advocate
*Project Marriage Illinois Regroups, Will Push For Same-Sex Marriage Referendum. Peoria Journal Star
*Rick Santorum to Speak at Anti-Gay Conservative Rally For Alito. Advocate
*Screen Actors Guild, SAG, Ponies Up Kisses For Gay Cowboys. Boston Herald
*Suspect Jailed For 1994 Fairfax, Virginia Gay Murder Case. Washington Blade
*The Year 2005 in Black Gay Lives. Southern Voice
*TV Shows, Movies Are As Gay As Paris In The Spring. Hartford Courant
International News
*Gay Sex Scenes Annoy Unionist Councillor, Shocked to See Men Kissing on Soap Opera. Derry Journal
*Gay Roman Catholic Priest Quits Marathon’s Holy Saviour Church. Chronicle Journal Canada
*Hollywood Turns John Wayne's World Upside Down. Sydney Morning Herald
*Muslim Council Leader Steps Into Ring With Gay Rivals. Independent Online
January 5
*Bill O'Reilly Links Same-Sex Marriage to UK Woman Who "Married" Dolphin. Media Matters (View Video)
*Early Viral Load Predicts Success of HIV Therapy. aidsmap
*First Case For New California Justice To Be Gay Related. 365Gay.Com
*GOP Leaders: Lawmakers Should Have Final Say On Gay Unions. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
*Hate Monger Fred Phelps Pickets Tracy Church Services. Lodi News-Sentinel
*Judge Hears Challenge To Salt Lake Gay Benefits Plan. 365Gay.Com
*More NBC Affiliates Caving Into Christian' Critics Dropping 'Book Of Daniel'. 365Gay.Com
*Advocates For Tampa Vanished Gay Men Expect Charges. St. Petersburg Times
*Local Activist, County Commissioner Rhonda Storms At Odds. Bay News 9
*Bill Filed to Bar State Funds For University of Florida New Domestic Partners Benefits. Gainesville Sun
*Religious Right Wage Campaign Against Gay Hate-Crimes Measures. Forward
*American Family Association, Says NBC Series With Gay Character 'Anti-Christian Bias'. Washington Blade
*Author About Father's Death From AIDS Dies. Chicago Daily Herald - Yahoo News
*Bi? Asexual? Gay? Who Cares? Inside Debate Over Sexual Orientation. MSNBC
*Brokeback Mountain Has Unleashed Another Round of Lame, and Homophobic, Jokes. Globe and Mail
*Corporate America - The Unlikely Gay Ally. Proud Parenting
*Ford’s Brand Damage May Be Long Lasting For GLBT Community. Rainbow Network
*GLAAD Pleads for Support of NBC’s 'The Book of Daniel'. Gaywired
*Jurors Sought in Santa Fe Gay-Bashing Trial. New Mexican
*Nominations Piling Up For Gay Themed Films. 365 Gay.Com
*Oklahoma Anti-Gay Pastor Arrested on Lewdness Charge. Guardian Unlimited
*Parents Reject Gay Man's Adoption Plan. Letter to Dear Abby Philly.Com
*Stars and Straights Forever! - Gay Immigration Movie Launches Controversial On-line Store. P.R Web
*Three Gay Legislators Ascend to Leadership Positions in New Jersey and New York. U.S. Newswire
International News
*Venezuela Congress To Debate Gay Marriage. 365Gay.Com
*Exhibition to Fly Rainbow Flag in Capital. Scotsman
*Four Men Arrested For Running Internet Gay Club and Indulging in 'Unnatural' Sex. WebIndia123.Com
*Gay Group Gets Lottery Funding. UK Gay.Com
*Official UK Government Report: Outs Kevin Spacey As Gay. Mirror UK
*Scotland’s Gay Rights Fight Marked by Show. UK Gay.Com
*Sexuality To Be Grounds For Asylum In Spain, to Join Canada and Netherlands. Rainbow Network
January 4
*Anti-Gay Southern Baptist Leader Arrested For Soliciting Policeman. Southern Voice
*Anti-Gay Southern Baptist Pastor Busted For Trying To Pick Up Male Prostitute Decoy. KOCO 5 News
Indiana NBC Affiliate First Station to Drops 'Book Of Daniel' After Anti-Gay Pressure. 365Gay.Com
*Massachusetts Heading For Another Same-Sex Marriage Showdown. MTV News
*Ride 'Em, Cowboy. Mountain Men of 'Brokeback' May Face Tougher U.S. Trail. N.Y. Daily News
*Top Cherokee Nation Indian Court Upholds First Gay Marriage. Reuters
*Advocate Honors Georgia Student's Fight. WSBTV News
*African-American Gays to Hold Summit with Gay-Friendly Clergy. Gaywired
*California Civil Rights Agency Monitoring 'Lesbian' Student Suit, 365Gay.Com
*Chicago School Board Firm On Gay Article Ban. 365Gay.Com
*D.C.. Considers New Protections For Gay Couples. Gaywired
*First Out Lesbian Named to Arizona Senate. Pam's House Blend
*Gay Men Have “More Trouble” Sticking to Resolutions. UK Gay.Com
*Gay, Meth and HIV Laws Take Effect. Windy City Times
*Getting a Grip On the 'Marriage Revolution'. Kane Country Chronicle
*Homosexual Recruitment vs. Heterosexual Recruitment. Atheism - About.Com
*Hot Beds: Top 11 Gay-Friendly Hotels. Gay.Com
*Illinois Becomes 16th State With Gay Rights Law. Advocate
*Litigation Over Gay vs. Gay Atlanta Race May Be Coming to Close. Express Gay News
*Locals Unaware of Signing Massachusetts Anti-Gay Marriage Petition. Sentinel & Enterprise
*New Jersey Considers More Rights Under Domestic Partnership Act. Press of Atlantic City
*New Spokane Mayor Sworn In, Succeeds Recalled Gay Mayor Jim West. Advocate
*New York Likely to Welcome First Gay Councilwoman. Gaywired
*Oak Park Offers Possible Gay Games Sites. Windy City Times
*Scientific Study Crucial to "Gay Gene" Issue. Seattle Times
International News
*Civil Partnership Ends In Death. 365Gay.Com
*London Couple Bashed, Man Left in Coma After Anti-Gay Attack. Islington Gazette
*Another Anti-Gay Death in Jamaica? UK Gay.Com
*Iran's Anti-Gay Pogrom, USA Gay Rights Groups Ignoring Systematic Islamic Persecution. In These Times
*Lessons in Gay History For Pupils Aged Seven. Daily Mail
*Nigerian Church Fraud Warning Includes Allegation Against Gays. Ekklesia
*Outrage Over UK Muslim Leader's Anti-Gay Attack, 'Calls Gays Immoral'. 365Gay.Com
*Scottish Cardinal Attacks Same-Sex Marriage. Advocate




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*Gay Movement Boosted by '79 March on Washington.
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*Gay Couples Drop Marriage Challenges in Federal Court.
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Noon to 4:00 P.M.
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DATB's Annual Valentines Day GLBT Family Pride Rally.
Saturday, February 11th.
Noon to 4:00 P.M.
Lowry Park Picnic Shelter # 115
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7525 N. Boulevard, Tampa (Map)
(This Years Rally Sponsored By Winter Pr!de Tampa Bay 2006)
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