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GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE
January 20, 2006
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for meetings explaining the tentative agree-
ment.
Last February, the University of Toledo faced its second protest in three months over the lack of domestic partner benefits. The school, after refusing for a decade to provide them, had agreed to include them in negotiations for upcoming contacts.
But after voters passed a state constitutional amendment barring same-sex marriage and the recognition of any relationship “approximating" marriage, the school rescinded that agreement.
The university at the time said that it could not afford to defend itself against legal challenges to domestic partner policies. However, representatives of the American Civil Liberties Union offered to defend the school
if such a suit were brought.
Of the five public universities in Ohio that offer domestic partner benefits, only one has been sued.
Ohio State University, Cleveland State, Youngstown State, Miami University and Ohio University offer benefits to the domestic partners of employees.
Miami University is currently facing a suit challenging its benefits. State Rep. Thomas Brinkman, backed by an Arizona anti-gay group, claims that they violate the marriage ban amendment.
Butler County Common Pleas Judge Charles L. Pater on January 9 allowed two lesbian Miami employees and their partners to join with the university, represented by the gay and lesbian Lambda Legal Defense Fund.
Two Ohio appeals courts ruled in December that the amendment does not invalidate protections for unmarried couples in Ohio's domestic violence laws.
targeted today, has resonated in these times,
Golden Globes parallel for many to the McCarthy era
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acceptance and a need for America to move away from homophobia. While that may disappoint some in the GLBT community, it was perhaps a concerted effort not to get too political because in the past, political speeches at the Golden Globes have affected Oscar consideration.
In accepting the biggest prize of the night for Best Film (Drama) for Brokeback Mountain, producer James Schamus said, "We are stunned in thanks to the Hollywood Foreign Press."
Dennis Quaid made a tasteless joke about Brokeback being the movie that rhymed with "chick flick." His attempt at insinuating that Brokeback was a "dick flick" was in extremely poor taste at best and downright degrading and offensive at worst.
Quaid played queer three years ago in Todd Haynes' Far From Heaven. He made the joke while introducing Brokeback—in which his older brother Randy is Joe Aguirreas one of the films nominated for the top honor. The bigoted comment registered on star Heath Ledger's face; he seemed as shocked by it as many others.
Quaid's choice of words was offensive because it implied and cemented the worst notions about the film in the public, that a gay love story is simply about two guys getting it on. It also took away from the dignity of the film and the utter heartbreak at the core of the story, created by a homophobic society that will not allow certain loves to exist.
That was the only downer of the whole evening, which clearly belonged to Brokeback.
George Clooney won the first award for the night for best supporting film actor for Syriana. He was also nominated for Best Screenplay and Best Directing for his stunning and relevant Good Night, and Good Luck, about Edward R. Murrow who took on Senator McCarthy during the 1950s Red Scare. The film, relevant to how GLBT folk are
"I'm proud of both of the films," Clooney said backstage. "Picking a favorite is like picking a kid."
Clooney indicated, according to the Hollywood Reporter, that the two films share a willingness to take on difficult subjects, which interests Clooney as an actor and director. "There are a lot of things that are interesting
Dennis Quaid made a tasteless joke about
Brokeback being the
movie that rhymed with 'chick flick.'
and socially relevant right now," he said, adding that he would be eager to star in a Brokeback Mountain sequel.
"Heath is awfully handsome," he joked. The Globes are awarded by the relatively small Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which has 84 members, compared with the 5,800 film professionals eligible to vote for the Academy Awards. But the Globes are often a good predictor for the Oscars, which have their ceremony on March 5. The nominations are January 31.
It was a poetic coincidence that the domination of queer-related material at the Golden Globes was celebrated on the day honoring Martin Luther King Jr., who said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
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