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Gay rights groups outraged over straight men who married to win rugby tickets
Gay rights groups in New Zealand are fuming over the legal, same-sex marriage between two heterosexual men in a radio station stunt in exchange for tickets to the Rugby World Cup to be held in the United Kingdom in 2015. Self-described best mates since childhood, Matt McCormick, 24, married engineering student Travis McIntos, 23, in a rugby stadium on Friday.
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Rochester radio hosts fired over transphobic broadcast back on the air
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A controversial radio duo fired earlier this year following a transphobic radio broadcast, are back on the air at a new station. Kimberly Ray and Barry Beck, know to Rochester radio listeners as “Kimberly and Beck,” announced Thursday they will host the afternoon “drive time” broadcast weekdays on WQBW Radio. The station began …
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Gay Wake Forest sports fans question anti-gay radio affiliation
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Some gay fans of Wake Forest University say they’re disappointed the college’s football and basketball games will be aired on radio stations belonging to an anti-LGBT Christian radio network. That business choice, says one fan, betrays Wake Forest’s history of inclusion and contradicts the college’s LGBT-friendly values.
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Fired Rochester radio show hosts apologize for transphobic broadcast
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Former WBZA radio hosts Kimberly Ray and Barry Beck, who were fired from their Rochester, N.Y., morning radio show following a segment in which they mocked and ridiculed the transgender community, have issued a statement of apology.
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New York radio station fires hosts over transphobic broadcast
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Two upstate New York radio hosts have been fired over their on-air, transphobic comments about the city of Rochester’s decision to cover gender reassignment surgery for city employees.
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Radio hosts call transgender people ‘nut jobs’ in rant over city health coverage
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A Rochester radio station’s morning show hosts have come under fire for a transphobic broadcast in which they mocked a new policy to provide transition-related health coverage to transgender city workers, and insulted a caller who dialed in to tell them they were being offensive.
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‘Truth Wins Out’ founder launches Chicago radio program
CHICAGO — Author and human rights advocate Wayne Besen will kick off a new radio show, “I’ve Got Issues,” on Saturday on Chicago’s WCPT, an independent progressive talk radio station.
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N.Y. radio hosts suspended over homophobic parent hoax
NEW YORK — Two Long Island radio personalities have been suspended over an on-air hoax about a homophobic parent.
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Garrett Miller: Chasing his dreams with ‘Eyes Wide’
Garrett Miller’s Rated G Radio is burning up the airwaves every weeknight, covering the latest in news, entertainment, and culture, culminating in a Friday night dance party.
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Gay rights activist Michelangelo Signorile working on new book
NEW YORK — Michelangelo Signorile, the activist, SiriusXM host and popular author, sees many battles ahead for gay rights.