Monday’s 5 Must Read LGBT Stories From Around The Internet

Too busy to spend time looking round all the LGBT sites to find out what you should be keeping up to date with? Fear not Queeried are here to do it for you with our Monday round up of the five GLBT stories you need to be reading.

1. First Foreign Gay Couple Marry In Nepal

The Daily Telegraph reports on the first foreign gay marriage has taken place in Nepal. As of yet not officially recognised, ceremonies by priests are generally accepted. First meeting in the UK, the couple was made up of an Indian man who did not want to be named in the media and Sanjay Shah for Leicester. Following a honeymoon in India, the pair plan to return to the UK.

2. Newly Gay Ken Mehlman Faces Further Criticism For His Anti-Gay Past

Unhappy with former Republican Ken Mehlman following his decision to come out Queerty highlight not only how Fox News seems to be actively avoiding the issues, but also Mehlman’s attacking of Senator Harry Reid back in 2005 for opposing the gay marriage ban.

3. WingNutDaily’s Farah Accuses Any Conservative Supporting Gay Issues Of  Being Sinister

Pam’s House Blend takes a look at WingNutDaily’s Joseph Farah latest email where he goes on the attack, not for once at the gays, but instead directs his criticism at his own saying any conservative that associates themselves with something like the Homocon conference is not a true conservative and potentially up to something all a bit sinister..

4. Crist Accused Of Being  A Big Old Flip Flop Over Gay Marriage

Tampa Bay reports on Charlie Crist’s latest little venture into the confusing world of gay marriage (really it’s not that confusing, we deserve it so give it to us..). Telling CNN, when he was asked if he was still in a favour of a ban on gay marriage, that he did indeed still believe marriage was sacred between a man and a woman, Crist’s campaign people then decided that perhaps wasn’t such a good thing to say and issued a statement going down the good old “it’s just my personal opinion” route.

5. Police Say Rumours That British Spy Was Gay And Murdered By Male Escort Unfounded

The Daily Mail say police investigating the murder of MI6 spy who was found in dead in his bath, where he had been stuffed into a holdall, say that the rumours that he was gay and potentially killed by a male escort are yet unfounded and being furiously disputed by friends and family.

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