MONDAY KICKSTARTER: San Diego Gets Gay Mayor, the Gayest VMA Highlights and More

In a speech at the National Action to Realize the Dream March, Attorney General Eric Holder said MLK's dream includes gays and lesbians. Click photo for the story, or see the link below.

PROGRESS REPORT:

• Eric Holder: MLK’s dream now includes lesbians and gays
• U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer pens letter opposing Russia’s anti-gay ban
• Same-sex couples marry in Santa Fe, N.M.
• White House to host meeting on bisexual issues

HEADLINE MAKERS:

• New York TImes endorses NYC lesbian mayoral candidate Christine Quinn
• Queer Nation plans protest of Coca Cola Olympic sponsorship
• HIV-positive man may avoid deportation on persecution claims
• Former Exodus International leader says he’s haunted by harm he’s caused gay people
• Ben & Jerry’s speaks out against Russia’s anti-gay laws
• San Diego gets a gay mayor
• Billionaire philanthropist Col. James Pritzker comes out as transgender

BIGOT WATCH:

• Conservative groups file lawsuit contesting New Jersey’s gay-conversion-therapy ban
• Tennessee school board removes LGBT safe space posters because they are too “sexual”
• Tennessee church exiles family for supporting lesbian daughter

INTERNATIONAL:

• Gay couples begin marrying in Uruguay
• Israel plans monument to gays persecuted by Nazis
• Philippine gay group criticizes government for ignoring HIV crisis
• Zimbabwe’s President Mugabe calls gays “filthy” in inauguration address

ENTERTAINMENT:

• George Takei to receive leadership award for LGBT advocacy
• Honey Boo Boo goes to her first drag show
• 50 things you didn’t know about the Wizard of Oz

GAY VMA HIGHLIGHTS:

• Fashion at the VMA’s
• Lady Gaga opens the VMA with “Applause,” changes costumes five times
• Miley did an oversexed performance of “We Can’t Stop” that segued into a duet with Robin Thicke
• Jennifer Hudson joins Macklemore on stage to perform “Same Love”
• Macklemore accepts VMA for “Same Love” and gives touching speech
• Katy Perry performs “Roar” (aka “the biggest hit of her career”) under the Brooklyn Bridge

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