Gay Issues

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The Death Penalty as Punishment for Being Gay - Apparently Uganda Doesn't Know it's 2009

Jenny Block | Posted 12.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Law, Homosexuality, Anti-Gay Laws, Gay Rights, Holocaust, Nazi, Africa, Hitler, Museveni, Hillary Clinton, Uganda, Gay, Gay-Issues, Nazi Germany, Gay Marriage, Politics News

In television and film they call it jumping the shark. In real life we generally call it ridiculous. In this case the only word is appalling. On second thought, disgusting fits too.

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Equality - What Are We So Afraid Of?

Douglas Forbes | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gay Rights, New Jersey, Civil Unions, Civil Rights, Gay Issues, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News

How can it possibly not be time that America acknowledges marriage for one and all? Otherwise, the people of this nation must exercise their right and responsibility to abolish this failed form and reinstitute it altogether.

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Annise Parker, Running For Houston Mayor, Hit By Anti-Gay Attacks

The Associated Press | Monica Rhor | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gene Locke Houston Mayor, Houston Mayoral Race, Houston, Houston Lesbian Mayor, Houston Gay Mayor, Houston Mayor, Gene Locke, Gay Issues, Annise Parker Houston Mayor, Annise Parker, Politics News

Annise Parker's mayoral campaign Web site bio reads like a catalog of campaign catch phrases: She has been Houston's City Controller and a member of c...

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Saturday Night Special: Houston's Great Gay Moment

David Kaufman | Posted 12.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Houston, Election, Gay Issues, Politics News

Many in the myopic LGBT mainstream have called for a boycott of the Democratic party and Obama administration -- a financial "time out" as they regroup their forces. This is misguided

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Straight Brooklyn Couple Applies to Annul Marriage Because Gay Marriage Still Not Legal

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 12.03.2009 | New York

Read More: Marriage, Governor David Paterson, New York Gay Marriage Bill, Gay Rights, New York Gay Marriage, Gay, Gays, Gay Marriage, Gay Issues, New York, New York City, Same-Sex Marriage, New York News

A couple in Brooklyn is looking to challenge the legitimacy of straight marriages in light of the recent New York Senate vote against gay marriage rights. Their strategy: apply for an annulment.

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Bearing Witness 2.0 -- On Twitter Feed, A Man Tells His Story of Living With HIV (w/ TRANSCRIPT)

Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 12.07.2009 | Technology

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Twitter, Gay, Being-Gay-in-America, Gay Issues, World AIDS Day, Jav on Tech, Gay Rights, Technology News

On Twitter, we are each other's witnesses, one tweet at a time. Chris MacDonald-Dennis gave new meaning to that Tuesday night when within two hours -- firing off about 100 tweets in succession, totaling some 2,100 words and chronicling the narrative and arc of his 40-year-old life, from his childhood as a biracial kid in working class Boston to dealing with being gay adult man in America -- he came out as HIV-positive on his Twitter stream.

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How Adam Lambert Is Hurting Gay Marriage

Jennifer Vanasco | Posted 11.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Adam Lambert, Abc, Gay Rights, Voters, American Music Awards, Gay Issues, Gay Marriage, Entertainment News

When Adam Lambert was worried about winning a contest, he didn't want to openly attest to being gay. But when he wanted to make a splash in public, suddenly he was all about gay sexuality.

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Catholic Church Threatens To Stop Feeding Homeless Over Gay Marriage

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, Catholic, Gay, Catholicism, Gay Issues, Gay Marriage, Politics News

The child molestations, and filing sticky-fingered priests from diocese to diocese, is all part of God's grand plan, but showing the slightest bit of consideration for gay couples is just too much.

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Same-Sex Marriage After Maine: What Can We Do Differently?

Isobel White | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

If experiences in California are any measure, LGBT residents of Maine can expect higher levels of stress and depression and greater feelings of political alienation. So what can we do differently?

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What the Gay Boycott of the DNC Can Do

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dnc, Boycott, Americablog, Two Party System, Obama Gay Rights, Obama, Gay, Democrats, Democratic Party, Lgbt, LGBT Politics, Gay Rights, Ralph Nader Presidential Candidacy, LGBT Rights, Fundraising, Gay Issues, Gay Marriage, Ralph Nader, Politics News

There is a gay boycott of the Democratic Party afoot, and it has the potential to turn into something that leads to real change in American politics.

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From "That's So Gay" to "No Homo": A Small Sign of Progress

Michael Kimmel | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Homophobia, Lgbt, Anti-Homophobia, Thats-Gay-No-Homo, Gay Rights, No Homo, Gay Issues, Living News

"That's so gay" is far less self-mocking, far less ironic, far less "nudge-nudge, wink-wink, I know that what I did was so gay, so now I'll declare it not gay and see if I can get away with it."

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The Power of Fear and the Obligation to Hope

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

It was not surprising to learn that New Jersey and Virginia both elected Republican Governors. But I could not have predicted the loss in the tiny, liberal, free state of Maine.

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Marine Commandant Defies White House on Gay Troops

Aaron Belkin | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gays in the Military, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Barack Obama, US Marines, Gay Rights, James Conway, Gay Issues, Politics News

Commandant General James Conway's opposition to the president on "don't ask, don't tell" could have many underlying implications. Some would say he should be taken out to the woodshed.

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Gay Dating: Can You Be Too Gay Online?

Mike Alvear | Posted 10.29.2009 | Style

Read More: Gay Online Dating, Gay Dating, Gay Nightlife, Lgbt, Gay Rights, LGBT Community, Gay Issues, Style News

What if you're too effeminate or too Goth and you know most guys aren't into that? Here's how to, ahem, massage the truth, without actually lying.

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Dueling Ads Released As Maine Gay Marriage Battle Draws To Conclusion

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Issue Ads, Political Ads, Gay Marriage, Gay Issues, Media News

Via Andrew Sullivan come a pair of political ads up in Maine, working both sides of the gay marriage issue as the state prepares to vote on "Question ...

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Tegan And Sara Interview: Gay Rights, Public Service And The Music Industry

Posted 10.29.2009 | Impact

Read More: California Gay Marriage, Proposition 8, Gay Rights, Human Rights, Tegan and Sara, Gay Marriage, Gay Issues, Public Service, California Proposition 8, Impact News

Identical twin Indie duo Tegan and Sara have been busy winning awards and producing work across genres since they first burst onto the scene in Canada...

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Q&A With a California Homosexual

C. Brian Smith | Posted 10.29.2009 | Comedy

Read More: California Gay Marriage, Proposition 8, Gay Rights, Ban on Gay Marriages, Prop 8, Obama Gay Rights, Gay Marriage, Gay Issues, Comedy News

Homosexuals are a lot like normal people.

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Rosie and Kelli Split and Remind Us About the Fight For Gay Divorce

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Montana, Toronto, Divorce, Kelli O'Donnell, Doma, Rosie O'Donnell, Same Sex Couples, Gay, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage Equality, Marriage, Gay Rights, Gossip, Gays, Gay Issues, Gay Marriage, Hollywood, Politics News

Rosie and Kelli are in the midst of what should be a pretty normal problem. But the legal protections for divorce, like for so many other issues, leave LGBT people out.

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Sharon Lubinski: First Openly Gay US Marshal Nominated By Obama

AP | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: US Marshals, Obama First Openly Gay Us Marshal, Obama Sharon Lubinski, Gay Rights, First Gay Us Marshal, Gay Us Marshal, Sharon Lubinski, Obama Gay Rights, Obama First Gay Us Marshal, Gay, Obama Gay Appointments, Sharon Lubinski First Gay Us Marshal, Gay Issues, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has nominated a Minnesota policewoman to become the first openly gay person to serve as a U.S. marshal. Sharon L...

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Jack Price Gay Beating: Daniel Aleman, Daniel Rodriguez Arrested For Hate Crime Attack (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 10.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Jack Price, Queens, Gay Slur, Crime, Hate Crime Beating, Hate Crime Assault, Video, Gay Rights, Queens Hate Crime, Hate Crime, College Point, Gay Hate Crime, Daniel Rodriguez, Jack Price Hate Crime, Gay Issues, Daniel Aleman, New York News

Shocking video of the brutal beating of Jack Price has been released just as news of a second arrest in the case was announced. Daniel Rodriguez was ...

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Our Generation's Defining Struggle

David Vines | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Doma, Obama Gay Rights Speech, Gay Issues, Civil Rights, Gay Rights, Gay Marriage, Politics News

Whether we like it or not, the fight for gay rights will be our struggle. Gay rights, not just the legal institution of marriage, but indeed rights, is what we must fight for.

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ActOnPrinciples.org: The Follow-Up to the Big Gay Weekend

Lane Hudson | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: LGBT Rights, Gay Rights, The Dallas Principles, Online Organizing, Act on Principles, Grassroots, Gay Issues, Politics News

The big question for gay rights following this weekend's march is whether the momentum will continue. Act On Principles is a call for full civil equality with "no delay and no excuses."

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It's About The Priorities, Stupid

Lady Bunny | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gay Rights, Daniel Choi, Lady Bunny, Dan Choi, Gay, Gays, Obama Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gay Marriage, Gay Issues, Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, Politics News

I'm a person who needs health care first. And a gay person second. And the vote on health care is tomorrow! How can that not be gays' and everyone else's primary focus now?

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Jack Price Hate Crime: Daniel Aleman Arrested In Assault Of Queens Gay Man

AP | Posted 10.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Gay Issues, Jack Price, Gay Slur, Gay Rights, Queens Hate Crime, Hate Crime, Hate Crime Beating, Queens, College Point, Gay Hate Crime, New York, Daniel Aleman, New York City, Hate Crime Assault, Jack Price Hate Crime, New York News