Tom Prior and Oleg Zagorodnii in Firebird (photo: Herkki Erich Merila)
News Round-Up: January 4, 2017
Some news items you may have missed:
• These high school sweethearts share their love story in OUT’s latest “Love Portfolio”
• A NYC bartender is suing Manhattan restaurant Bagatelle for writing him up as “dressing up like a gay porn star” and looking “like a faggot.” The manager then posted the write up for employees to see.
• Over 1,200 law professors have told Congress to drop Sen. Jeff Sessions nomination for U.S. Attorney General.
• A new study shows one in five straight men like to watch gay porn.
• Repealing ObamaCare would increase the budget deficit by $350 billion over 10 years, according to a new study.
• The home of a California gay couple was trashed, painted with slurs and covered in bleach in apparent hate crime.
• Check the new music video from Randy Report fave Sia, “Never Give Up,” featured on the soundtrack for Lion.
An Arizona Love Story
Fred McQuire and George Martinez, both veterans of the US armed forces, were married in California this past July after 45 years together.
In recent years, both Fred and George battled life-threatening illnesses.
Sadly, George passed away on August 28, 2014 following a battle with pancreatic cancer.
The state of Arizona, where they lived together, does not recognize their marriage, and wants to issue a death certificate that will read “never married.”
Tomorrow, Lambda Legal will ask the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona to order the State of Arizona to provide an accurate death certificate.