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Ravi, Romney And Anti-Gay Bullying: What A Difference 50 Years Makes

Michelangelo Signorile | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Gay Voices, Crime, Gay Voices News, Politics, Media, Tyler Clementi Suicide, Tyler Clementi Dharun Ravi, Bullying, Anti-Bullying, Gay Voices News
Michelangelo Signorile

The Dharun Ravi verdict and sentencing represents a dramatic shift in society's view of anti-gay bullying and of bias crimes against LGBT people. Just compare what Ravi did to Tyler Clementi to what Mitt Romney reportedly did to a nonconforming student at his prep school in 1965.

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Clay Aiken's Mom: 'My Life Became A Roller Coaster'

Pat Gallagher | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Clay Aiken's Mother, American Idol, Clay Aiken, Mother's Day, Celebrity Apprentice, Gay Voices, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Faye Parker, Slideexpand, Fifty News
Pat Gallagher

Not all of us know what it is like to have a celebrity son or daughter, but it's interesting to pick the brain of a mother who has shared the "stage" with a famous offspring. And who better to talk to than Faye Parker, better known as Clay Aiken's mother?

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What Gay Marriage Can Teach Us About Divorce

D. A. Wolf | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Gay Voices, D. A. Wolf, Divorce, Barack Obama, Gay Marriage, Divorce Advice, Impact of Gay Marriage, Society, Women's Issues, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage, Marriage Equality, Divorce News
D. A. Wolf

If I have one concern about gay marriage, it is a concern about marriage itself... It is the possibility that more marriages will be entered into naively, and that means the potential for more divorce.

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Obama And Gay Marriage: A President Liberates Himself And The World

Michelangelo Signorile | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Gay Voices, Romney 2012, Bryan Fischer, Politics, President Barack Obama, Media, Mitt Romney, LGBT Rights, Barack Obama 2012, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Gay Voices News
Michelangelo Signorile

Watching the president sitting in the Oval Office speaking out in support of gay marriage, you couldn't help but notice how comfortable he was. Barack Obama didn't just come out of the closet on gay marriage. He's flaunting it!

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The Real Me

Sarah McBride | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: College Transgender, Gay Rights, Transgender, College, Transgendered, Gay Voices, Transgender Issues, Transgender Youth, College News
Sarah McBride

For my entire life, I've wrestled with my gender identity. It was only after the experiences of this year that I was able to come to terms with what had been my deepest secret: I'm transgender.

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Joe Biden Was for Marriage Equality Before He Was Against It

Michelangelo Signorile | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Gay Voices, Politics, President Barack Obama, Joe Biden Vice President, Media, LGBT Rights, Joe Biden, Marriage Equality, Barack Obama 2012, Barack Obama, Gay Marriage, Gay Voices News
Michelangelo Signorile

Before Obama could even spend a few days basking in the glory of the Romney campaign's hideous gay meltdown last week, another idiotic gay panic has gripped his own campaign. And it really makes you wonder, what are these guys thinking?

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Gay Men Who Lesbian-Bash: What's Up With That?

Michelangelo Signorile | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Gay Voices, Richard Grenell, Rachel Maddow, Politics, Mitt Romney 2012, Media, Gay Men, LGBT Rights, Gay Republicans, Lesbians, Gay Voices News
Michelangelo Signorile

Why would a gay man make a homophobic comment about a lesbian? Actually, it's all too common. And much of it (but certainly not all) comes from gay conservatives who seem to be embarrassed by much of the LGBT community.

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Am I Holding Back The Women's Movement?

Amy Shiner | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Healthy Relationships, Sacred Intimacy, Fifty Shades of Grey, Abuse, Love and Relationships, Kinky Sex, Gay Voices, Women's Movement, Bdsm, Dominance and Submission, Women News
Amy Shiner

If I understand my feminist friends correctly, choice is the primary right that the women's movement worked so hard to gain.

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Why Obama Must Come Out Of The Closet On Gay Marriage

Michelangelo Signorile | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: LGBT Rights, Politics, Gay Voices, Barack Obama 2012, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Gay Voices News
Michelangelo Signorile

Obama's closet on gay marriage is about as well-guarded as Liberace's was on being gay. And it's time for Obama to now kick down the closet door. It's no longer a matter of whether he can or should. He must if he wants to win the election.

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Happy Six-Month Birthday, HuffPost Gay Voices!

Noah Michelson | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Gay Voices Huffington Post, Huffpost Gay Voices, Gay Voices Huffpo, Gay Voices, Huffington Post Gay Voices, Gay Voices HuffPost, Huffpo Gay Voices, Gay Voices News
Noah Michelson

It really has been six months -- and an incredible six months at that. But not every reaction to Gay Voices has been positive. We've received our fair share of disgruntled emails, Tweets, comments, and Facebook posts, and I'd like to address the four topics that I've heard about the most.

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Queer and Undocumented: I Am Walking From San Francisco To Washington D.C. For The DREAM Act

Alex Aldana | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Immigration Reform, Dreamers Blog Series, DREAM Activist Blogger Series, DREAM Act, LGBT Rights, Gay Voices, Immigration, Marriage Equality, Latino Voices News
Alex Aldana

My struggle and voice as an undocumented Latino gay man hopes to bring together not only my LGBTQ community of color but to show how crucial it is for both movements to accept the fact that LGBTQ issues are irrefutable immigrant rights issues.

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Obama Advisers Debating Gay Marriage

The Washington Post | Hide This | Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Lgbt, Barack Obama, Politics News, LGBT Rights, Gay Voices, Presiden of the United States, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Politics News

Obama’s top political advisers have held serious discussions with leading Democrats about the upsides and downsides of coming out for gay marriage b...

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The Dharun Ravi Trial: What Exactly Is Hate?

Michelangelo Signorile | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Dharun Ravi, Politics, LGBT Suicide, Crime, Gay Voices, Gay Voices News, Tyler Clementi, Gay Voices News
Michelangelo Signorile

It was about mocking Tyler for being gay. That is bias, and it's part of the hate we all grow up with in a society that hates gays. The crime Ravi committed should not be punished severely or with deportation, but any way you slice it, it was motivated by that bias we all share.

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Santorum: Kirk Cameron's Tirade No Worse Than Dreaded B-Word

Michelangelo Signorile | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Rick Santorum, Gay Voices, Media, Michele Bachmann, Piers Morgan, Kirk Cameron, Politics, Gay Voices News
Michelangelo Signorile

It's beyond outrageous that people like Rick Santorum can even remotely defend the venom spewed by Kirk Cameron, and then twist the uproar into something that ultimately couches them as the victims. But it's not surprising, as it's how they've operated all along.

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Coming Out at Notre Dame

Tanya Barrios | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Coming Out, Lgbtq, College, Notre Dame, Coming Out Stories, College News, Gay Voices, Gay Voices News, College News
Tanya Barrios

Being in a homosexual relationship at Notre Dame was one of the hardest things in my life. We were accepted amongst our friends. But walking down the quad holding hands, or sharing a kiss outside of a classroom -- normal heterosexual couple actions were completely taboo for us.

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From Stupid to Dangerous

Michelangelo Signorile | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Homophobia, HIV/AIDS, Politics, Gay Voices, Gay Voices News, Gay Rights, Health, Stacey Campfield HIV, Stacey Campfield Don't Say Gay Bill, Senator Stacey Campfield, Stacey Campfield Aids Claim, Gay Voices News
Michelangelo Signorile

Newt Gingrich's Tennessee campaign co-chair is none other than Tennessee GOP state Sen. Stacey Campfield, which seems only fitting since Campfield, too, appears to fancy himself a historian -- in addition to a public health expert.

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Tyler Clementi: The Story Of A Suicide

newyorker.com | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Lgbt, Dharun Ravi Trial, Gay News, College, Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei, Tyler-Clementi-Suicide, Dharun Ravi, Gay Voices, Gay Voices News, Tyler Clementi Death, Tyler Clementi, Gay Voices News

Dharun Ravi grew up in Plainsboro, New Jersey, in a large, modern house with wide expanses of wood flooring and a swimming pool out back. Assertive an...

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Memory and The Freedom Maze

Kelly Cogswell | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Delia Sherman, Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King, Children's Books, Lesbian, Books, Freedom Maze, Gay Voices, Fantasy, Books News
Kelly Cogswell

Books like The Freedom Maze remind us that it's a radical act to remember -- or imagine -- the past, which is all history is, and why it's so essential.

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Fighting Back Against Bullies

Michelangelo Signorile | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Gay Voices, Parenting, Gay Voices News, Gender Discrimination, Anti-Gay Bullying, Bullying, Slidepollajax, Gay Voices News
Michelangelo Signorile

Self-defense doesn't mean hitting anyone who taunts you, nor promoting violence. It does mean standing up to the bullies and saying, "I'm confident, I'm in control, and I'm not going to take it."

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Romney Likes 'Being Able to Fire People' for Being Gay

Michelangelo Signorile | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Politics, Media Criticism, Gay Voices, Media, Gay Marriage, Gay Voices News
Michelangelo Signorile

Romney surely gave ammunition to opponents regarding his leadership at Bain Capital when he said during a speech on health insurance yesterday, "I like being able to fire people." But he also unwittingly underscored his position on discrimination against LGBT people.

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Toward Freedom And Enlightenment Queerly: LGBTQ And Dharma

Larry Yang | Posted 03.09.2012

Read More: Gay Voices, Meditation, Lgbt, Buddhism, Religion News
Larry Yang

When we feel assailed in whom we are, we each can invoke the strength of the Buddha and the courage of all peoples who have lived through experiences of suffering and oppression.

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'Don't Say Gay' -- But 'Sodomite,' 'Pervert' Are Fine

Michelangelo Signorile | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Religion, Politics, Gay Rights, Gop, Religion and Politics, Gay Voices, Gay Voices News, Republicans, Gay Voices News
Michelangelo Signorile

The same state senate that last year was pushing the "Don't Say Gay" bill is this year pushing what can be called the "Do Say Pervert" bill. I'm talking about Tennessee, where the GOP senate last year became a national laughing stock.

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Cold-Blooded on the Campaign Trail

Michelangelo Signorile | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Politics, Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich 2012, Gay Rights, Iowa Caucuses, Elections 2012, Rick Santorum, Gay Voices, Rick Perry, Gay Voices News, Gay Marriage, Gay Voices News
Michelangelo Signorile

The iconic image of two female Navy petty officers sharing the first same-sex kiss at ship's return represents the future. And Rick Perry represents the ugly and wretched past that we can hopefully move on from after this hideous GOP primary campaign.

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Mad Man of the South: Bryan Batt's Big, Easy Style

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Book News, New Orleans, Mad Men, Slidepollajax, Big Easy Style, New Orleans Holidays, Bryan Batt, Culture News, Television, Publishing, Style, Television News, Celebrity, Tv, Bestsellers, Gay Voices, Slidefreestyle, Books News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

AMC's Mad Men brought brought Bryan Batt international fame, but his character left the screen last year. His new book, Big, Easy Style, now tops of Amazon's bestseller list in home decor.

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The High Cost of Political Gay-Bashing

Michelangelo Signorile | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Politics, Gay Rights, Media, Rick Perry 2012, Elections 2012, Gay Voices, Gay Voices News, Gay Marriage, Rick Perry, Gay Voices News
Michelangelo Signorile

I'm not exactly ready to say we've reached the end of the line for political gay-bashing in presidential election campaigns. But Rick Perry's widely-ridiculed "Strong" ad, in which he attacks the idea of gays serving openly in the military, surely shows we're getting there.

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