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‘Millionaire Matchmaker’ offends gays, Jewish men, New York women
“Millionaire Matchmaker” Patti Stanger — appearing Sunday on Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live” — declared that gay men are not capable of monogamy, Jewish men are liars, and told a gay viewer she thought he was straight because he didn’t look “queen-y.”
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Lady Gaga performs tribute to Jamey Rodemeyer
Entertainer Lady Gaga on Saturday performed a tribute for Williamsville, N.Y. gay teen Jamey Rodemeyer, at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas. Jamey, 14, committed suicide last week after enduring years of anti-gay bullying at school and online. He was laid to rest on Saturday.
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Jamey Rodemeyer laid to rest
Jamey Rodemeyer was laid to rest on Saturday. .More than 500 mourners, many of who were strangers, turned out in Williamsville, N.Y. to say goodbye to Jamey, a 14-year-old gay teen who committed suicide earlier this week after enduring years of bullying at school and online.
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Remembering Tyler Clementi, one year since gay teen jumped to his death
On this day one year ago, Tyler Clementi — an 18-year-old student at Rutgers University — jumped to his death from the George Washington bridge after a sexual encounter he had with another man was allegedly streamed online by his roommate.
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NOM announces leadership change, Gallagher out as board chairman
The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) on Thursday announced that that John Eastman, a Constitutional law scholar, will be replacing Maggie Gallagher as its Chairman of the Board.
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Archbishop warns Obama of ‘conflict of enormous proportions’ over DOMA repeal
In a sharply critical letter to the President, Catholic Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan said that “recent actions” taken by the Administration “escalate the threat to marriage,” and urged Obama to discriminate against gay and lesbian Americans by supporting the “Defense Of Marriage Act.”
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Obama: ‘Patriotic Americans in uniform will no longer have to lie about who they are’
Following is the statement by President Barack Obama, marking the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the policy which prohibited gay and lesbians from serving openly in the U.S. military. Today, the discriminatory law known as ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ is finally and formally repealed. As of today, patriotic Americans in uniform will no longer […]
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Bachmann’s busy day: bullying ‘not a federal issue,’ Tonight Show, flash mob
Presidential long shot Michele Bachmann on Friday again avoided commenting on anti-gay bullying, tried to joke her way out answering Jay Leno’s question of reparative therapy, and spoke at a gathering of Republicans while protestors staged a flash mob, dancing to Madonna’s “Like A Prayer.”
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Gay WW II veteran finally sees discharge changed from ‘undesirable’ to ‘honorable’
After almost 70 years since receiving an “undesirable” discharge because he is gay, Melvin Dwork, a World War II Navy veteran has had his discharged finally changed to “honorable,” reported the Associated Press.
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Dennis Rodman outs Anderson Cooper: ‘He’s fucking gay as fuck’
NBA Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman this week, in an unfiltered interview with Graham Bensinger on “In Depth,” talked about — among other topics — sex, gays, and Anderson Cooper.