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LGBT community worried about haters winning in Maine

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/03/maine-gay-marriage-vote-e_n_344688.html

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Criticism towards late Irish boyband singer's death has garnered backlash.

In the aftermath of the untimely death of 33-year-old Stephen Gately, who enjoyed immense success overseas as a member of the group Boyzone during the latter part of the 90's, a particulary distasteful column has been written by The Daily Mail's Jan Moir.

If you have not heard of the story, Stephen Gately passed away last weekend on the Spanish island of Majorca, where he had been on vacation with his partner, Andrew Cowles. The subsequent autopsy results indicate that his death was caused by acute pulmonary oedema, which is a build-up of fluid in the lungs.

There has been much questioning and speculation involving Stephen's death, mainly because it was initially made aware to emergency services by 25-year-old Georgi Dochev, whom the couple had been seen leaving the Black Cat nightclub with the night before. Jan Moir has chosen to focus on a lot of presumption and harsh interpretation involving the circumstances of Stephen's death, which resulted in over a thousand complaints filed against her column. Stephen Gately had bravely come out of the closet years back and now unfortunately rather than mourning the loss of a talented musician, his death has incited an ugly war of words fueled by homophobia.

The Irish Times writes: In it [Jan Moir's article] she questioned the nature of his death: "Even before the post-mortem and toxicology reports were released by the Spanish authorities, the Gatelys' lawyer reiterated that they believed his sudden death was due to natural causes," she wrote.

"Whatever the cause of death is, it is not, by any yardstick, a natural one. Let us be absolutely clear about this. All that has been established so far is that Stephen Gately was not murdered."

"And I think if we are going to be honest, we would have to admit that the circumstances surrounding his death are more than a little sleazy."

"After a night of clubbing, Cowles and Gately took a young Bulgarian man back to their apartment. It is not disrespectful to assume that a game of canasta with 25-year-old Georgi Dochev was not what was on the cards."

She added that "Another real sadness about Gately's death is that it strikes another blow to the happy-ever-after myth of civil partnerships."

To me it is clear Jan Moir is a parasite that giddily jumps at the opportunity to deface a recently deceased celebrity in the attempt at gaining widespread exposure. Though it is equally as probable she has a personal vendetta towards homosexuals and this is a chance to reinforce stereotypes to her readers that gay men and women are all deviant in the bedroom and more likely than not substance abusers.

The death of Stephen Gately struck a personal chord with me because, although Boyzone never achieved success stateside, I was a fan of the group due in large part to the availability of their music online. Being gay myself, when Stephen came out I felt a bond towards him because I could only imagine what it must have been like to wear a false persona to so many people for so long, greatly magnified in comparison to my own experiences. He seemed to have a gentle spirit and a clearly beautiful voice. I don't believe it is anyone's place to assert why or how he died, least of all a bigoted, fame-seeking journalist.

I can only hope Jan Moir's article has the opposite effect that she had intended, and rather than tainting reader's opinions of homosexuality, it instead provides a platform for the voices of the many gay men and women who will speak out against her callous stereotypical viewpoints.In the aftermath of the untimely death of 33-year-old Stephen Gately, who enjoyed... more

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Arizona state drops domestic partnership benefits

Domestic partners are being eliminated from state employee benefits just a year after they were added to the benefits plan.

A bill signed by Gov. Jan Brewer redefined a "dependent," canceling the rule change made by Gov. Janet Napolitano that allowed domestic partners to receive benefits.

Also eliminated are children of domestic partners, full-time students ages 23-24 and disabled adult dependents. The legislation is in legal review.

About 800 state employees are affected, according to the state's administration department.
UA President Robert Shelton planned to issue a memo to college employees today alerting them to the change in benefits.

"We need to come up with a way this university can aid these individuals in buying separate coverage," Shelton said at a staff meeting Tuesday. "Because they're employees here, they qualify for benefits here, they should just like all of us do — and in this case they've been eliminated through a bill that I'm tempted to characterize but will restrain myself from certain adjectives."

The legal review will determine when the benefits will change, said Alan Ecker, spokesman for the state's Department of Administration.

It costs the state $3 million to cover domestic partners and $625 million for other employees and their dependents, Ecker said.

Liz Sawyer, a UA staff member, said the exclusion is "deplorable and it's tragic."
Sawyer is a spokeswoman for OUTReach, a staff group that lobbies for domestic-partner benefits at UA.

Last year 170 UA employees signed up for domestic-partner benefits, she said. Forty were same-sex couples and the remainder were unmarried, opposite-sex couples, she said.
Shelton's support for finding alternative coverage when benefits are taken away has been "tremendous," Sawyer said.

"It's a real step backwards for this university in terms of being able to compete for the best people," Shelton said. "I don't know of any other of our competitive universities that are put in this situation. It's extremely worrisome."Domestic partners are being eliminated from state employee benefits just a year after... more

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