The Gay Times (08/04)

All the LGBT New York Times copy that's fit to aggregate:

Czech Mates: At long last, a gay pride festival is coming to Prague. Read HERE.

Tax Changes: Now that gay marriage is legal in New York, legally wed couples will be subject to new state tax rules, which affect everything from income and sales taxes to estate planning. Read Tara Siegel Bernard's report HERE.

Making a Presence: Donald E. Wildmon’s American Family Association -- which harshly opposes what it calls an anti-Christian "homosexual agenda" -- is thrusting itself into presidential politics by putting on Gov. Rick Perry’s prayer rally in Texas this weekend. Read Erik Eckholm's story HERE.

HIV Among Blacks: Donald G. McNeil Jr. writes that the number of new H.I.V. infections has remained around 50,000 a year for a decade in the United States, but the epidemic is growing rapidly worse among young gay black men. Read HERE.

End of an Era: The historic Chelsea Hotel has closed its doors to guest. Read HERE. And meet the Cheslea Hotel guest who wouldn't leave. Read HERE.

The Shame Game: A review of gay author Wayne Koestenbaum’s new book, “Humiliation.” Read HERE.

Mourning a Flamboyant Friend: Michael Schwirtz profiles one of the victims of the Norway attacks, a 19-year-old native of Somalia who loved to dance and wore Lady Gaga-inspired outfits of his own making. Read HERE.

Rabbis and Marriage Equality: The Conservative Judaism movement has been particularly divided over same-sex marriage, offering advisory rulings that support those rabbis who will perform wedding ceremonies and those who won’t. Read Joseph Berger's story HERE.

Unluck of the Irish: David Norris, a frontrunner for Ireland's presidency who is openly gay, dropped out of the race on Tuesday, after it was revealed that he once appealed for clemency for a former partner who had been convicted of the statutory rape of a 15-year-old boy. Read HERE.