:: Google announced on its official company blog that it's joining other prominent California companies in opposing Proposition 8. Google co-founder Sergey Brin said the company had laid aside its usual reluctance to enter the political fray because of "the chilling and discriminatory effect of the proposition on many of our employees." Earlier this summer, utility giant PG&E donated $250,000 to the No on 8 campaign. Levi Strauss & Co. announced last week they would co-chair the businesses against Proposition 8 campaign.
:: A San Diego jury is expected to get the case today in a suit a suit brought by four city firefighters who claim they were sexually harassed at last year's Pride parade. The jury is expected to hear closing arguments today after two weeks of witness testimony. A paramedic who rode an ambulance in the parade directly behind the engine carrying the four firefighters testified that he wasn't bothered by comments from the crowd including, "You're so hot!" Asked if he was offended, the paramedic said, "No. If anything, it was flattering."
:: The Bronx, a "very machismo" and "very religious borough", is nonetheless the New York City borough where gay/lesbian couples are most likely to have children according to a study by the Williams Institute. It's home to only 11% of the city's gay couples, but 49% of the same-sex couples there have children. Manhattan, by contrast, is home to 38% of the city's same-sex couples, but only 4% have children. Demographers say that's largely because black and Hispanic same-sex couples are two to three times more likely to have children than white same-sex couples and the Bronx is 83 percent black or Hispanic. It's also much cheaper to raise children there.
![Darryl Stephens [click to enlarge]](http://lgbtqnews.com/blogs/qnews/WindowsLiveWriter/375f6da78a72_E67C/Darryl_Stephens_thumb.jpg "Darryl Stephens [click to enlarge]")
:: Clay Aiken's unsurprising public announcement that he's gay has prompted another round of consideration about whether it matters anymore. "We've gone from the revolution to the evolution," says a gay publicist. But coming out can still present an extra challenge for celebs on any of the X-lists. But out actors like Neil Patrick Harris, TR Knight, Cynthia Nixon, and Noah's Arc star Daryl Stephens [right] are rattling the foundations of the Hollywood closet, but not yet tearing it down. LiLo? Oh, please.
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