· The Chicago Park District honors Lorraine Hansberry by naming a South Side park after the late playwright of A Raisin in the Sun, the first work written by a black woman to be produced on Broadway. Hansberry never openly declared her sexuality but later plays explored same-sex attraction and she wrote significant, pseudo-anonymous letters to an early lesbian publication.
· Also in Chicago: State Rep. Greg Harris, a gay Democratic state legislator from the city's North Side, introduced a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in Illinois. A Chicago Tribune columnist says the "marriage" bill is a good idea but the timing is "bad", especially when "the creation of civil-union rights for gay and lesbian couples has become plausible in a blue state like Illinois."
· Is Nick Cannon a married man? New reports say the abtastic young'n eloped in Las Vegas ...
· Finance guru Suze Orman comes out of the closet and diversifies her portfolio.
· Victims' advocates accuse the Southern Baptist Convention of concealing sex abuse charges against ministers and churches. Meanwhile, a lawyer for the Rev. Lonnie W. Latham, a prominent former Southern Baptist leader who spoke out against homosexuality, says the minister has a constitutional right to solicit sex from an undercover policeman.
· Interstate Q previews the Soulforce Equality Ride to the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Kentucky—the private, Southern Baptist college that expelled a gay student who came out on his MySpace.
Nick Cannon? Married? Oh Rod, I know you're depressed right now, lol.
Posted by: Tony R | 25 February 2007 at 12:14
Yes, well Rock Hudson got married. Cary Grant got married--five times. Tom Cruise got married--three times. The Cannon is young. Hope springs eternal...
Posted by: Andy in Seattle | 25 February 2007 at 14:27
Hey Rod. This may be off-topic in this post, but I wanted to tell how much I love the week in review you put up every Saturday. I try to read Rod 2.0 daily, but on Thursdays, I always find myself purposefully skipping until Saturday just so I can see the picture and the weekly "Review 2.0."
You probably don't hear it enough, but thank you. This is a wonderful site, it's so hip and now, I love it. As a black gay man, I'm proud, I can show this site to my friends and family.
Derrick in LA
Posted by: derrick | 26 February 2007 at 00:33