2007 Gay Pride Vancouver
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Rich Scot fights against gay ‘sin’
A Christian millionaire is taking on a Scottish fire department for disciplining firemen for refusing to hand out information at a gay Pride parade.
George Hargreaves, made his fortune with a string of 1980s hit songs, including Yazz and Five Star, and used his royalties to launch the Scottish Christian party, which preaches that homosexuality is a sin.
Hargreaves is threatening to take the Strathclyde Fire and Rescue service to court, after they were disciplined for refusing to distribute safety leaflets at a Pride parade. One officer was demoted and took a 5,000 pay cut. Hargreaves claims the men were forced to undergo diversity training as part of their punishment, and says their human rights have been breached.
Who sets the bounds of acceptable diversity? Should it be employers, the state, the individual or the highly organised minority whose practices deviate so much from the mainstream that acceptance of their diversity needs to be forced by edict on the majority? he said.
'Diversity' course for firemen who rebuffed gay event
Nine firemen have been disciplined after refusing to hand out leaflets at a "gay pride" march, and will be forced to undergo intensive "diversity training". Senior officers reported the men from the red watch crew at Cowcaddens fire station in Glasgow after the Pride Scotia march in the city in June. Some refused to attend the event on religious and moral grounds, while others said they would be embarrassed to man a stall in uniform, and did not regard the handing out of leaflets to homosexuals and lesbians as part of their core duties. .
Open House: We'll stand up for right to hold gay parade
Representatives of the organization supporting gay rights and tolerance, The Open House in Jerusalem for Pride and Tolerance, met with Minister for Jerusalem Affairs MK Jacob Edery (Kadima) Wednesday afternoon, the organization told Ynet. .
ESTHER'S FOLLIES PRESENTS QUEERTOWN AUSTIN
They're here! They're Funny! Get used to it! This summer, Austin theatre goers will find a little pot of gold at the end of an extremely colorful rainbow. Queertown-the infamous sketch comedy and music revue that has taken Texas by storm-is setting up shop for a permanent monthly run at the legendary Esther's Follies Theatre in downtown Austin.
Queertown blends original social/political satire with improvisation and song to create a unique, hilarious perspective of gay life in the USA. The cabaret of characters finds themselves caught in a land that exists somewhere between Ellen, Kids in the Hall, and a bizarro gay pride parade. The audience is invited to embrace the more flamboyant side of "Gaybraham" Lincoln, see what cops REALLY DO when they're alone in their patrol cars, and experience the dancing Lucy Liu's.
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