Gay Iranian teen wins long asylum fight
by
Santo Gay
Posted May 22nd, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Gay Iranian teen wins long asylum fight
published Wednesday, May 21, 2008 Gay.com
Britain said Tuesday that it is granting asylum to a gay Iranian teenager who fears that he could face execution if forced to return to his homeland.
Britain's Border Agency said it would allow asylum for Mehdi Kazemi, who traveled in 2005 to London to study English and while there learned that his lover in Iran had been charged with sodomy and hanged.
Kazemi, 19, then sought asylum in Britain, but it was r...
Mexican donkey freed from jail after assault
by
Santo Gay
Posted May 22nd, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Here is news you don't see everyday, Donkey in jail. Thought I would just throw this in as News of the Weird.
Mexican donkey freed from jail after assault
The Associated Press
TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico (AP) — A Mexican donkey has been freed from jail after doing time for assault and battery. The Televisa network on Wednesday showed "Blacky" gobbling food from a bucket after spending three days in a jail that normally holds people for public drunkenness and other disturbances.
Blacky was...
Rosa & David throw a great party in Oak Cliff Texas
by
Santo Gay
Posted May 21st, 2008 at 5:18 am
The last party I attended was at Rosa's & David's place in Oak Cliff Texas. It was a great party under a full moon.
Click picture below for a slide show. Photos by Jesus Chairez
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Mexico transgender couple ties the knot, pushes law
by
Santo Gay
Posted May 19th, 2008 at 6:50 am
Mexico transgender couple ties the knot, pushes law
By Mica Rosenberg, Reuters.com
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A couple who both changed their sex married on Saturday in Mexico's first transgender wedding, as the traditionally conservative country loses some of its inhibitions.
Mario del Socorro, formerly Maria, and Diana Guerrero, who used to be Jose, held an austere ceremony for friends and relatives in a community center.
The couple said they hoped media coverage would pressure Mexico's...
Adiós, Old East Dallas
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Santo Gay
Posted May 19th, 2008 at 6:45 am
Gay Latino activist, Jesus Chairez writesa piece for the Dallas Morning News concerning his move to Mexico City.
Jesus Chairez: Adiós, Old East Dallas
12:00 AM CDT on Sunday, May 4, 2008 The Dallas Morning News
Community Voices
In my last column, I wrote about losing affordable housing in Old East Dallas and how my landlord went from thinking he would never sell my building to waiting for the right price. That column got me to thinking that I should move – and soon.
I have a passion for inne...
