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DC vote to approve gay marriage expected this week
The D.C. City Council drew national attention this week as it made final preparations for the first of two votes on a same-sex marriage bill Tuesday that observers say was expected to pass by a margin as wide as 11 to 2, reports DC Agenda. Council insiders said there was no surge in phone calls […]
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Authorities agree to investigate Mercado’s death as hate crime
Puerto Rican authorities have agreed to investigate Jorge Steven López Mercado’s murder as a hate crime after they met with local representatives of the American Civil Liberties Union.
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Mexico City assemblyman proposes gay marriage
A lawmaker in Mexico’s capital has proposed changing the city’s civil code to allow gay marriages. Mexico’s Roman Catholic Church opposes the proposal. The church defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman, as does current law. Lawmaker David Razu says the changes he is proposing would give same-sex couples the same […]
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Veteran LA Times transsexual sportswriter found dead
Mike Penner, the veteran Los Angeles Times sportswriter who made international headlines in 2007 when he announced he was transsexual and began working under the byline “Christine Daniels,” has died. Colleagues said Saturday that Penner was found dead at his Los Angeles home and that suicide was the suspected cause of death. He was 52. […]
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NJ Catholic bishops campaign against gay marriage
Catholic bishops in the state are instructing priests to read or distribute a letter this weekend asking Catholics to pray that lawmakers in New Jersey not allow same-sex marriage in New Jersey, reports the New Jersey Star-Ledger. The bishops’ letter restates Catholic teachings that marriage should be allowed only between a man and a woman. […]
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Indy’s only gay bookstore to close after Christmas
Out Word Bound, Indianapolis’ only gay and lesbian bookstore, will close its doors after Christmas, reports the Indianapolis Star. “It has been a good run,” owners Mary Byrne and Tammara Tracy wrote in an e-mail to customers Wednesday. For more than a decade, the downtown store has served as a center of gay and lesbian […]
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Britain, Canada denounce proposed anti-gay laws in Uganda
Britain and Canada today led Commonwealth protests against a law proposed by the Ugandan parliament which would introduce the death penalty by hanging for “aggravated homosexuality”. Gordon Brown, Britain’s Prime Minister, expressed his country’s concerns about the parliamentary bill when he met Yoweri Museveni, the veteran Ugandan president, at the Commonwealth heads of government meeting […]
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Coming out: Brendan Burke’s journey, a story of love and acceptance
The son of former pro hockey player and current Toronto Maple Leafs General Mnaager Brian Burke has come out publicly as gay — and Burke has come out just as publicly in support of his son.
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California mayor under fire for anti-gay remarks
VALLEJO, CA – Vallejo’s Mayor Osby Davis is coming under fire for comments he recently made about gays and lesbians. Davis (pictured, left) finds himself in the middle of a controversy after an interview published this weekend in the New York Times. The article, titled “Faith and Tolerance Collide in Vallejo,” quotes Davis talking about […]
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New poll suggests gay marriage losing support in NJ
New Jersey voters now oppose gay-marriage legislation by a slim margin, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released this week, reports the New Jersey Star-Ledger. The poll, conducted between Nov. 17 and Nov. 22, found 49 percent of adult residents are opposed to giving gay couples the right to marry while 46 percent are in […]
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Double standard? CBS blurs Lambert’s kiss, but not the girl-on-girl action
CBS gave Adam Lambert a platform to address what he has said is a “double standard,” and in doing so they propagated one of their own. Appearing on CBS’ “Early Show” Wednesday morning to discuss his controversial performance at Sunday’s American Music Awards, where he kissed a man and simulated oral sex, Lambert said that […]
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Lambert offers no apologies on ‘Early Show’ appearance (videos)
Adam Lambert appeared on CBS’s “The Early Show” Wednesday morning to respond to critics of his risque performance on this weekend’s American Music Awards. Lambert said he understands why some people were offended by his sexually charged performance, but he offered no apology. The “American Idol” runner-up, who kissed a male keyboard player and had […]
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Jorge Steven López Mercado, teen slain in Puerto Rico, laid to rest
Footage from the funeral of Jorge Steven López Mercado in Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, on Monday shows his grief-stricken mother remembering the moment she accepted her son as gay. According to a translation provided by the blogger Blabbeando, Myriam Mercado recalls the moment an emotionally upset Steven told her he was gay. “Aw, son … […]
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City of Atlanta, police department, officers sued over raid at gay bar
A national gay rights group has filed a lawsuit against the Atlanta Police Department on behalf of 19 people who say they were forcibly searched and detained during a raid on an Atlanta gay bar. Lambda Legal filed the lawsuit against the city of Atlanta, the Chief of Police and forty-eight individual officers of the […]
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Lambert’s performance draws complaints, ABC cancels GMA concert, CBS steps in…
Updated: 3:30 pm ET. Two days after Adam Lambert’s hip thrusting, man-on-man make-out, show-closing performance on the “American Music Awards,” people are still talking. More than 1,500 complaints were leveled at ABC, according to The Associated Press. ABC officials deemed that a “moderate” response when compared to other events that have prompted viewer complaints. Though […]
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Gay marriage supporters rally at New Jersey Statehouse
Hundreds of gay marriage supporters took to the Statehouse in Trenton today as lawmakers began their first day of a lame-duck session, reports the New Jersey Star-Ledger. Steven Goldstein, chairman of Garden State Equality, rallied several hundred protesters on West State Street, directing them to take advantage of legislative committee meetings and speak with their […]
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Openly gay Republican picked for GOP ticket in MA governor’s race
A Republican political hopeful interested in serving as governor of Massachusetts announced Monday he has chosen Richard R. Tisei, an openly gay state legislator, to be his running mate in the 2010 gubernatorial election, reports CBS News. “Want you to be the first to know: I’ve chosen State Senator Richard Tisei as my running mate,” […]
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Maine HS student holds marriage equality rally
BANGOR, Maine — Who can marry and who can’t comes down to who has a Y chromosome and who doesn’t, a Bangor High School student told a crowd of more than 60 people gathered Sunday in Pickering Square in support of same-sex marriage in Maine, reports the Bangor Daily News. “What is the difference between […]
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Lambert’s provacative AMA performance: tongue, hip thursts and more…
Adam Lambert’s first big post-“American Idol” performance at the American Music Awards put risk-taking, boundary-pushing Lady GaGa to shame. The 25-year-old singer didn’t hold back from delivering a provocative show filled with leather-clad and fishnet-wearing backup dancers during his closing performance of his debut single, “For Your Entertainment,” reports the New York Daily News. In […]
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Adam Lambert speaks with Billboard about new album
Here’s Adam Lambert’s exclusive new interview with Billboard on Glam, Lady Ga Ga, 2012, & touring. Includes official “Time For Miracles” music video in HD.