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Gay NYC voters give Ford the cold shoulder, demand answers on anti-gay marriage votes
Harold Ford Jr., the former Tennessee congressman and potential U.S. Senate challenger to New York’s Kirsten Gillibrand, got a cool reception Wednesday from gay rights advocates who are skeptical of his new found support for gay marriage. Speaking at the Stonewall Democratic Club of New York, Ford was interrupted numerous times by protesters who waved […]
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NY political action committee targets anti-gay marriage senate senators
Angered by the defeat last year of a bill that would have allowed same-sex couples to marry, a group of well-financed gay rights advocates has started a political action committee to take aim at state senators who have opposed same-sex marriage. According to The New York Times, the political action committee, Fight Back New York, […]
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Maryland AG: State must recognize gay unions performed out-of-state
Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler released a long-awaited opinion Wednesday saying that Maryland should recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states, drawing cheers from gay-rights supporters and igniting immediate debate on a highly contentious issue in an election year. From the Baltimore Sun: With the ruling, state agencies will be required to extend all […]
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Beverly Hills slams anti-gay beauty contestant for false representation of city
A beauty queen hopeful vying to become Miss California is making headlines for her hatred of gays, and has the city of Beverly Hills is crying foul over her false representation of the city. According to AP: Beverly Hills Mayor Nancy Krasne said Wednesday she is outraged over a Miss California USA contestant who is […]
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Citibank blocks account of gay social networking site due to ‘blog content’
According to a post Wednesday by Fabulis, a new social networking site aimed at gay men, Citibank has suspended their account due to “objectionable content” on their blog. Fabulis founder Jason Goldberg said he learned that the company’s account had been blocked only a few days after the fact, having received no notification from the […]
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Two Austin men say attack was a hate crime
Two gay softball players in Austin were assaulted over the weekend in what they are calling a hate crime. Matthew Morgan and Emmanuel Winston say and were physically attacked by four men yelling anti-gay epithets. Matthew Morgan and Emmanuel Winston say they were attacked early Saturday morning after they left the gay bar Oil Can […]
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Sen. Lieberman announces plans to introduce repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) is expected to introduce a bill next week to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” adding an independent voice to the movement to overturn the 1993 law that prohibits gay people from serving openly in the armed forces. In a statement released this week, Lieberman said: “I will be proud to be […]
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Chicago men charged with hate crimes in January assault on gay man
Charges against three Chicago-area men who allegedly beat up a gay man were upgraded Tuesday to felony hate crimes, reports WBBM-TV. On January 10, Daniel Hauff of Rogers Park was riding a Red Line CTA train when he came between three men that were verbally harassing and shoving a gay teen. The three men — […]
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Clay Aiken to speak at hometown gay rights event
More than a year after disclosing he is gay, Clay Aiken is speaking before a gay-rights event in his hometown of Raleigh, NC, reports the Raleigh News & Observer. This weekend, he will speak as part of the Human Rights Campaign Carolinas gala at the Raleigh Convention Center. HRC provided a speechwriter to help Aiken, […]
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Minnesota House holds first ever hearing on gay marriage legislation
On Monday, the Minnesota House held its first ever hearings into legalizing gay marriage in Minnesota. There are three bills that the House is considering but there will be no votes. Still, the hearing for the Civil Justice Committee is stirring up a lot of emotion. The bills would recognize gay marriages in Minnesota and […]
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Gen. Petraeus doesn’t believe soldiers really care if they serve with gays and lesbians
Gen. David Petraeus, head of Central Command, indicated on Sunday that he doesn’t believe soldiers care if they serve with gays and lesbians. “I’m not sure that they do,” Petraeus said told moderator David Gregory on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “I served, in fact, in combat with individuals who were gay and who were lesbian […]
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First ever Pride Houses welcome LGBTQ athletes, visitors to Olympic games
It should come as no surprise that cities as gay friendly as Vancouver and Whistler would extend that hospitality to this year’s Olympic Games. The two communities are the first Olympic hosts to with Pride Houses to welcome gay and lesbian athletes and tourists and educate Olympic visitors about diversity and the LGBTQ community. Vancouver’s […]
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Amaechi would advise gay athletes not to come out: ‘We don’t need martyrs’
Former NBA basketball player John Amaechi says that a sporting society tolerant of gay would achieve greater results in the competitive arena, but in an interview with London’s Daily Telegraph, he says he doesn’t advise gay athletes to come out. Amaechi came out as gay in 2007, the first NBA professional ever so to do. […]
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Seth MacFarlane on ‘Real Time’ on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Quote of the week… from Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, appearing on last night’s season premiere of HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher: “If you’re sitting at home in your undershirt, watching TV, worried about terrorism, and at the same time objecting to the person who’s putting their life on the line so that your […]
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Judge rejects gay marriage opponents — refuses to ‘usurp’ DC elections board
Another Superior Court judge has denied a request by gay marriage opponents to overturn a D.C. Board of Elections rulings against a referendum on the issue. Earlier Friday, attorneys for Stand4MarriageDC and the Alliance Defense Fund, a conservative legal organization, went to court seeking a preliminary injunction, which would have stayed the effective date of […]
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Gay couple wins legal battle over birth certificate of adopted child
A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of a California couple’s quest for a birth certificate for their adopted son that includes both fathers’ names Oren Adar and Mickey Ray Smith, who adopted a Louisiana-born baby boy in 2006 through a court in New York, filed suit in 2007 after they were refused the […]
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Speaker booed off stage after condemning CPAC for inviting gay republican group
Here’s another homophobic loudmouth looking for his fifteen minutes of fame on Fox News: During a lightning round of two-minute speeches by young activists at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, DC. today, Ryan Sorba, of the Young Conservatives of California attempted to incite an anti-gay riot by bashing CPAC organizers for inviting a […]
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Virginia governor strips ‘sexual orientation’ from state’s non-discrimination policy
Gay state workers in Virginia are no longer protected from discrimination now that the new Republican governor, Bob McDonnell, has stripped sexual orientation from the state’s policy. McDonnell quietly signed an executive order on February 5 that prohibits discrimination “on the basis of race, sex, color, national origin, religion, age, political affiliation, or against otherwise […]
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Anti-gay groups speak out on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ call homosexuality a ‘deathstyle’
Several leaders of anti-gay groups held a press conference Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, DC., to voice support for maintaining the failed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy on gays in the military. The press conference coincided with the release of a report, “To Keep Our Honor Clean: Why We Must […]
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‘Jersey Shore’ cast member posts apology for homophobic rant
I’ve spent more time on Jersey Shore and Ronnie Magro than I care to, but in the interest of equal time, here’s is Magro’s apology, posted Wednesday on Twitter. Earlier this week, TMZ.com released unaired footage of Magro in an altercation with an unidentified man who he refers to as a “fucking faggot” and “fucking […]