He may not get marks for high employment of gays in his administration, but President George W. Bush appointed an additional six gay nominees to federal positions recently. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, one of the positions went to Arthur Collingsworth, who sits on the board created to interest people in careers as linguists.
The Raelian religious group told the French Press Agency that the second human cloned baby was born last week to a lesbian couple in the Netherlands. Scientific experts are skeptical that the two children the Raelians have reported are in fact clones, but the group may provide DNA testing.
An Ohio appeals court ruled that it’s OK for police to hide video cameras in public restrooms without warrants, according to the Gay People’s Chronicle. The case stemmed from the indecency conviction of James Henry, who received a notice of arrest via mail after he was filmed leaning back from the urinals at a public park restroom before zipping his pants even though, according to the Chronicle, the police chief had privacy dividers removed from the bathrooms to improve the camera’s view.
Oscar Goodman, the mayor of Las Vegas, played a comedic gay lover in a one-night-only performance of ‘A Very Gay Christmas Carol’ this year.
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force joined a coalition of progressive groups that oppose a U.S. war against Iraq when it endorsed a statement from the ‘Keep America Safe: Win Without War’ coalition Dec. 26.