Thursday’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 Thursday round up of the five GLBT stories you need to be reading.

1. Fidel Castro Says He’s To Blame For Cuban Homophobia

The BBC News site reports on Fidel Castro’s announcement that he is to blame for the homophobia that exists in Cuba. Saying he was distracted from the issue because of other issues like armed attacks on the country, Castro, who is said to be near death, admitted he’s not given the issue the attention it had deserved, something his gay rights advocate daughter Mariela Castro has been making up for in recent years.

2. Republicans Urge Arnold Schwarzenegger To Defend California’s Gay Marriage Ban

On Top magazine reports on how twenty seven members of the Assembly’s Republican caucus have written to Governor Schwarzenegger asking him to appeal a ruling that saw gay marriage ruled as unconstitutional.

3. Californian Republican Senate Candidate Carly Fiorina Speaks Out Against Gay Marriage And Proposition 8 Ruling

The Washington Blade reports on Carly Fiorina, the Californian Republican candidate for the US Senate has stated that she is not only against gay marriage (but for civil unions) but also against the ruling of Prop 8 as unconstitutional. She is however for the repeal of DADT which is something!

4. Is Hollywood’s Portrayal Of The Gay Community Only Acting To Reinforce Stereotypes?

Flyer News, the Dayton’s student newspaper raises an important question about whether the way Hollywood portrays the gay community is doing damage by reinforcing the stereotypes that are negatively impact on the way that we are seen

5. Chris Matthews Explores the Changing Shifts And Divisions In The GOP Over Gay Marriage

Mediaite have attempted to round up Chris Matthew’s exploration of the growing support and division in the Republican Party over gay marriage last night on MSNBC’s Hardball. Including Joe Solomonese of the Human Rights Campaign and R Clarke Cooper of the Log Cabin Republicans in the discussion, the article looks at Solomonese’s belief it has split the party in three and Matthew’s arguments against it.

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