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Gay Penguins tie the knot

The gay penguins of the Polar Land zoo in China (see previous post) have been given a wedding service, reports The Sun. The male birds turned out to be such a great parenting pair their keepers thought they deserved a reward and let them marry. They were once given the cold shoulder at the wildlife park in China for stealing heterosexual couples' eggs to nest as their own. But after being allowed to try out with eggs rejected by their mothers the couple have become the zoo's best penguin parents. Now keepers at Polarland Zoo in Harbin, north east China, have rewarded their devotion with a wedding day. One wore a tie and the other was dressed in a red blouse – a traditional Chinese bridal colour – as they stepped into their icy wedding room to the music of the Wedding March.

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GLAAD's President Neil G. Giuliano resigns

Neil Giuliano, the president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), announced his resignation to pursue personal interests while completing his forthcoming book about his public and political life. Giuliano has served as president since September 1, 2005 and will continue as president until a date to be announced later this year. Prior to GLAAD, he served for ten years as the mayor of Tempe, Arizona and had retired from a 25-year career as a university administrator and faculty associate at Arizona State University.

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Society | People | Music

Boy George jailed for 15 months

Boy George has been jailed for 15 months for falsely imprisoning a male escort in his flat in east London. The singer, whose real name is George O'Dowd, denied the charge and claimed the victim, Norwegian Audun Carlsen, 29, had stolen photos from his laptop, reports BBC News.

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Hotel employee Fired for being Gay

David Hill, a Tennessee hotel's director of human resources, said he was fired from his job for his sexual orientation and claims the owner who let him go dared him to sue, says WSMV Channel 4.

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Seattle Gay bars anonymously threatened

Eleven gay bars in Seattle received anonymous letters Tuesday threatening ricin attacks — in what some are describing as a hate crime, reports Seattle Times. The letters say, "I have in my possession approximately 67 grams of ricin with which I will indiscriminately target at least five of your clients. ... I expect them to die painfully while in hospital." A 12th letter was sent to the alternative weekly The Stranger, according to its Web site. That letter says the paper should be "prepared to announce the deaths of approximately 55 individuals." In a statement, the Seattle Police Department said it takes the threat seriously. It has seized the letters and is processing them and is coordinating efforts with the FBI and other federal agencies. Ricin is a poison found naturally in castor beans that can be deadly if purified and then ingested or inhaled, say U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.

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British Police Force is Gay-Friendly

Hampshire Constabulary is the U.K's most gay-friendly public sector employer, according to the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index 2009, reports BBC News. The force ranked second in Britain's top 100 employers for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual people.

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LAPD Chief honored by Gay Website

A gay website named the tough-talking Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton, its "2008 Homo Hero of the Year," reports LA Times.

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Sony censors the Gay word

Sony has banned the use of the words "gay," "lesbian," "bi-sexual" and "Jew" - among others - as club names on PlayStation 3, and is filtering them from text chats, reports the Washington Post.

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GLAAD's message for 2009

GLAAD President Neil Giuliano has recorded a video message with a special call to action asking you to share your stories with families and friends this holiday season. "Telling our stories, illustrating the injustices we face, and reminding people of the common ground we share is more important now than it has ever been," says he. GLAAD's work in 2008: over 2,000 LGBT advocates media trained to share their stories; 335 stories pitched by GLAAD were picked up by local, regional and national media outlets; 1,462 consults were held with allied organizations across the U.S.; 1,390 meetings were executed with over 1,509 media professionals. Learn how you can help GLAAD here. Watch a Neil Giuliano video...

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Gay Penguins become Fathers

A pair of gay penguins thrown out of their zoo colony for repeatedly stealing eggs have been given some of their own to look after following a protest by animal rights groups, reports the Daily Mail. "We decided to give them two eggs from another couple whose hatching ability had been poor and they’ve turned out to be the best parents in the whole zoo," said a keeper of Polar Land zoo in Harbin, northern China. Wildlife experts at the park say the three-year-old male birds are still driven by an urge to be fathers. "One of the responsibilities of being a male adult is looking after the eggs. Despite the fact that they can't have eggs naturally, it does not take away their biological drive to be a parent," said one.

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