<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Out &amp; About Newspaper - News</title><link>http://outandaboutnewspaper.com</link><description>Tennessee's Best GLBT Source for News in Print, on TV and on the Web</description><language>en</language><atom:link href="http://outandaboutnewspaper.com/RSS/1" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><item><title>Local HIV/AIDS activist attends White House ceremony</title><link>http://outandaboutnewspaper.com/article/4120</link><guid>http://outandaboutnewspaper.com/article/4120</guid><description>President to unveil new National Aids Strategy on July 13. When President Barack Obama officially launches the National HIV/AIDS Strategy from the White House next Tuesday, at least one Tennessean will be cheering him on.</description></item><item><title>Defense of Marriage Act takes hit in Massachusetts</title><link>http://outandaboutnewspaper.com/article/4121</link><guid>http://outandaboutnewspaper.com/article/4121</guid><description>Federal district court ruling claims Constitutional violations. Local gay-marriage advocates are heartened by yesterday&#39;s federal-court decision in two separate cases declaring parts of the 1995 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional.</description></item><item><title>Myint out in &#39;Top Chef&#39; competition</title><link>http://outandaboutnewspaper.com/article/4126</link><guid>http://outandaboutnewspaper.com/article/4126</guid><description>Ouster surprises chef, who had been faring well in recent weeks. The Bravo Network lost at last one viewing market on July 7, when its &#39;Top Chef&#39; ousted local restaurateur Arnold Myint.</description></item><item><title>Brooks Fund seeks grant applications</title><link>http://outandaboutnewspaper.com/article/4111</link><guid>http://outandaboutnewspaper.com/article/4111</guid><description>GLBT-related projects have been awarded more than $161,000 since 1997. The H. Franklin Brooks Philanthropic Fund is currently soliciting applications for grants to be awarded to non-profit organizations and groups that support the GLBT community.</description></item><item><title>Nashville Pride continues to clear old debt</title><link>http://outandaboutnewspaper.com/article/4116</link><guid>http://outandaboutnewspaper.com/article/4116</guid><description>2010 festival admission, Core 100 group improve event&#39;s bottom line. The Nashville Pride Festival was popular with vendors and attendees, but also generated enough income to almost retire debt that the organization had been carrying for several years..</description></item><item><title>State&#39;s hate-crimes report sends mixed signals</title><link>http://outandaboutnewspaper.com/article/4081</link><guid>http://outandaboutnewspaper.com/article/4081</guid><description>Overall number down, but some groups left out of tally. Tennessee released its most recent statistics on hate-crimes investigations last month, and many interested parties pored over the results.</description></item><item><title>Metro Human Relations Commission launches executive-director search</title><link>http://outandaboutnewspaper.com/article/4080</link><guid>http://outandaboutnewspaper.com/article/4080</guid><description>Community outreach, enhanced documentation part of growth agenda. As it moves forward with an ambitious agenda , the Metro Human Relations Commission also has begun its search for a new executive director.</description></item></channel></rss>