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New Role For Gays In The Military -- End World Fashion Week

Abe Gurko | Posted 03.19.2010 | Style

Read More: Mohamed Atta, Al Qaeda, Krygyzstan Fashion Week, Ahmad Hikmat Shakir, World Fashion Week, Don't Ask Don't Tell Policy, Gay, The New York Observer, Kiev Fashion Week, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gays in the Military, Gay Terrorist, The Hurt Locker, Guantanamo Bay, Lakme Fashion Week, Los Angeles Fashion Week, Cuba, Madrid Fashion Week, The Observer, Couture, Style News
Abe Gurko

You can thank me later. For now, I have devised a devilishly good plan to put an end, once and for all, to World Fashion Week.

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Did Dan Choi Jump the Shark, or Has the Gay Community Forgotten What Real Activism Is?

Rob Smith | Posted 03.19.2010 | Politics

Read More: Gays in the Military, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Dan Choi, Gay, Gay Rights, Gay Issues, Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, Politics News
Rob Smith

People keep wondering who's going to be the Martin Luther King of the gay rights movement, and that I still don't know, but I think yesterday's actions may have put us one step closer to finding our Malcolm X.

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CIA Sought Ahmad Hikmat Shakir, Alleged 'Gay Terrorist,' To Infiltrate Group Of 9/11 Planners

New York Observer | Posted 03.17.2010 | World

Read More: Terrorists, Terrorism, Homosexual, Homeland Security, Ahmad Hikmat Shakir, 9/11, Fbi, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Gay, New York City, September 11, Spy, Cia, Al-Qaida, Espionage, Informant, Shakir El Iraqi, Mohammed Atta, World News

... A new story about the run-up to 9/11 has emerged--a previously undisclosed, covert C.I.A. effort to recruit a spy to penetrate Al Qaeda a year and...

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Coming Out For A Kiss Out: Battling Hate With Prolonged PDA

HuffPost Citizen Reporting | Nikki Zeichner | Posted 03.16.2010 | New York

Read More: Carroll Gardens, Gay Rights, South Brooklyn, Kiss Out, Brooklyn, Gay, Gay Violence, Gay Issues, New York, New York News

Produced by HuffPost's Local Citizen Reporting Team "Does everybody have a partner to kiss?" called out Ryan Tracy, co-coordinator of Kiss Out, to th...

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Petraeus Sells Gay Troops Down the River

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 03.16.2010 | Politics

Read More: Gays in the Military, Lgbt, Don't Ask Don't Tell, US Military, Military, Gay Rights, David Petraeus, LGBT Rights, Senate Armed Services Committee, Gay, General Petraeus, Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

Petraeus has announced that he supports a review of the military's Don't Ask Don't Tell Policy. Too bad that he told the Committee that eliminating DADT could negatively impact military function.

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Column: Anti-Gay Pastor Shouldn't Be Allowed To Protest At Marine's Funeral

Philadelphia Inquirer | Michael Smerconish | Posted 03.15.2010 | Politics

Read More: Fred Phelps, Sara Phelps, Marines, Gay Rights, Gay, First Amendment, Protest, Gay Protest, Westboro Baptist Church, Matthew Snyder, Politics News

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Lutheran Bishops Prepare To Welcome Gay Clergy

pewforum.org | Daniel Burke | Posted 03.12.2010 | Religion

Read More: Gay, Religion, Gay Clergy, Lutheran, Bishops, Sexuality, Religion News

ishops in the nation's largest Lutheran denomination have approved preliminary steps to welcome a group of openly gay and lesbian ministers as officia...

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Stop The Gayhunt on Massa and Listen to Kennedy

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 03.11.2010 | Politics

Read More: Krxa, Kfi, Entertainment, Karel, The Karel Show, Charles Karel Bouley, Kgo, Economy, Aprilia, Obama, Massa, Liberal, Gay, Show, Cindy Sheehan, Charleskarelbouley, Kkgn, Kngy, Bouley, Afghanistan, Longbeach, Knx, Politics News
Charles Karel Bouley

Leave Massa alone -- he's a hot gay, bi, or questioning mess who is having a stress related breakdown. It's time to talk about what really matters for this country: the men and women overseas.

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Can Senator Ashburn Keep His Job Now That We Know He Is Gay?

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 03.11.2010 | Politics

Read More: Drunk Driving, Senate, California, Roy Ashburn, Roy Ashburn Gay, Human Rights Campaign, Dui, Gay, Censorship, Harvey Milk, Gay Marriage, Voting, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

Do we really think that Ashburn can do his job now that we know he is gay? While admitting he is gay, he maintains his commitment to the undermining of gay rights.

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Gay & Lesbian Youth Likely Victims of Cyberbullying

Larry Magid | Posted 03.11.2010 | Technology

Read More: Warren Blumenfeld, Cyberbullyiing, Transgender Issues, Gay, Bullying, Lesbian, Technology News
Larry Magid

A study by Iowa State University researchers Warren Blumenfeld and Robyn Cooper found about half of "lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and al...

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Why Massa Can't See Straight and Why It Matters

Mark Olmsted | Posted 03.11.2010 | Politics

Read More: Eric Massa, Sexual Harassment, Rep. Eric Massa, Gay, Larry Craig, In the Closet, Navy, Roy Ashburn, Politics News
Mark Olmsted

If you're not out, come out. If you aren't willing to come out, then at least don't get married and for heaven's sake, don't run for office.

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New Xbox LIVE Policy: 'Gay' And 'Bi' Allowed In Player Names

Posted 03.08.2010 | Technology

Read More: Internet, Video, Screen Names, Transgender, Xbox Live Player Names, Xbox LIVE, Straight, Gay, Video Games, Mmorpg, Xbox, Mmpog, Bi, Sexuality, Gamertag, Technology News

Xbox LIVE gamers can now use the words "gay,""straight," "lesbian," "bi," and "transgender" in their nicknames and profiles. Previously, Microsoft, Xb...

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Gay In Uganda: One Couple's Story

TIME | Posted 03.08.2010 | World

Read More: Uganda Gay, Gay Rights, Africa Gay Women, Africa Gay Rights, Africa Gay Men, Gay, Gay Issues, Africa Homosexuals, World News

Pepe Julian Onziema looks great in a suit. Tall and lanky, she doesn't slouch to hide her height and doesn't apologize for her boyish figure. Or for a...

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GOP Lawmaker Demands Recall of Car That Drove Him to Gay Club

Andy Borowitz | Posted 03.06.2010 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Recalls, The Tonight Show, Andy Borowitz, Gay, Roy Ashburn, Sarah Palin, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

Anti-gay California State Sen. Roy Ashburn today demanded a sweeping recall of the vehicle that drove him to a gay nightclub this week.

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Focus on the Mission: Repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Rachel Laser | Posted 03.05.2010 | Politics

Read More: Lesbian, George W. Bush, Sexual Orientation, Admiral Mike Mullen, Iraq, Congress, Gay, Democrats, Dick Cheney, Military, Independents, Robert Gates, Moderates, Americans, Afghanistan, Saxby Chambliss, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Republicans, Politics News
Rachel Laser

They serve in Iraq. They fight in Afghanistan. Their names are etched in marble at Arlington National Cemetery. And three out of four Americans believe they shouldn't be forced to lie to serve the country.

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Majority Rule -- Majority Party Major Mistake

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 03.04.2010 | Politics

Read More: Long Beach, Krxa, Kfi, Entertainment, Charles Karel Bouley, Karel, Kgo, Liberal, Iraq, Motorcycles, Gay, Huffingtonpost, Karel Economy, Politics, Majority Vote, Talk Radio, Kkgn, Radio, Kngy, Knx, San Francisco, Health Care, Republicans, Reconciliation, Politics News
Charles Karel Bouley

So the minority president from the majority party has finally given the majority party permission to rule by majority vote. Unfortunately, this may be too little too late.

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Raoul Abdul, Rodney Leonard and a Great House of New York, in Harlem!

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 03.07.2010 | New York

Read More: Harlem, Langston Hughes, Entertrtain, Ken Robertson, The Mannes College of Mus, The Cleveland Institute of Music, James Baldwin, Avenue Q, Homosexual, The New School for Social Research, The Vienna Academy of Music, Gay, New York, Harvard, Leonard-Hanna, Raoul Abdul, Style, Astor, Cleveland, Party, Duplex, Vanderbilt, Nina Simone, Larry Bentley, New York College of Music, Rodney-Leonard, NY Times, Congressman Charles B. Rangel, Ny Amsterdam News, Muse, New York News
Michael Henry Adams

Just who is Rodney Leonard, and how has he come to occupy one of handsomest and most comfortable duplex apartments in the city, decorated with a king's ransom worth of African art?

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No Gold Medal for Homophobic Olympics Coverage

Jarrett Barrios | Posted 02.26.2010 | Media

Read More: Lgbt, Transgender, Gay, Glbt, Lesbian, Figure Skating, Sports, Winter Olympics 2010, Sports Media, Men's Figure Skating, Johnny Weir, Media News
Jarrett Barrios

There is a deep and deeply troubling assumption in the minds of sports commentators that "it's a man's world" and that means gay people or those who break gender norms aren't welcome.

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Gay Soldier Killed in Afghanistan

Aaron Belkin | Posted 02.24.2010 | World

Read More: Gays in the Military, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gay, Gays, World News
Aaron Belkin

The opposition to repealing DADT is based solely in a false argument for morality. And no matter how many sacrifices gay and lesbian troops make defending this country, that's all that matters.

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The Heisenberg Effect of Televising Political Negotiations

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.17.2010 | Politics

Read More: White House, Job Loss, President Obama, Quantum Mechanics, Homosexual, Lesbian, Economy, Summit, Jobs, Democratic, Poll, Obama, Republican, Bush, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Television, Dadt, Military, Unemployment, Jobs Jobs Jobs, Observing, Quantum Physics, Chart, C-Span, Framing, Physics, Observer, Democrat, Congress, Gay, Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, Stimulus, Recovery Act, Democrats, Barack Obama, Heisenberg, Schrodinger's Cat, Chris Weigant, Camera, Health, Televising, George W Bush, Kinko's Effect, Heisenberg Effect, Schrodinger, Schroedinger, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Because I wanted as wide an audience as possible, I wrote this article the way I did. Because I know in advance that I'm "being observed," I changed my presentation. The same is true in politics.

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Jon Karl & ABC Give Cheney a Sunday Valentine

Linda Milazzo | Posted 02.15.2010 | Media

Read More: House of Representatives, Abc, High Crimes and Misdemeanors, Articles of Impeachment, Jonathan Karl, Lesbian, Corporation, This Week, Bruce Fein, Don't Tell, Valentines Day, Gay, Joe Biden, Media, Barack Obama, Journalism, Jon Karl, Dick Cheney, Jonathan Turley, Bush Administration, George Stephanopolous, Dennis Kucinich, Secretary of Defense, Disney, Don't Ask, Media News
Linda Milazzo

Like every other corporate-controlled 'journalist' who's ever interviewed Cheney, Karl never confronted him on the accusations of un-Constitutional acts that have been lodged against him.

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Friday Talking Points [111] -- Use It Or Lose It

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.13.2010 | Politics

Read More: Use It or Lose It, White House, Republican Hypocrisy, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Deficit, Health Summit, Military, Emanuel, Midotw, Nancy Pelosi, Bob Corker, Confirmation, Press Conference, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Health Care, Reid, Budget, Labor, Democrat, Congress, Big Labor, Stimulus, Democrats, Barack Obama, Mddotw, Nlrb, Rahm Emanuel, Health, Harkin, Harry Reid, Shelby, Obstructionist, Dodd, Senate, Healthcare, President Obama, Cloture, Corker, Tom Harkin, Summit, Filibuster, Deficit Reduction, Obama, Democratic, Chris Dodd, Leverage, National Labor Relations Board, Friday Talking Points, Republican, Pelosi, Dadt, Gay Rights, Cfpa, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Gays in the Military, Tax Cut, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Obstructionism, Hold, Taxes, Gay, Lowered Taxes, Nuclear Option, Happy Expletive Valentines Day, Valentine, Chris Weigant, Recess Appointment, Nominee, Politics News
Chris Weigant

President Obama this week has successfully put the Republican Party on the defensive. This could be a fleeting thing, or it could be the start of a whole new way for Obama's administration to operate.

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An Open Letter to the Closeted Leading Man

David Pevsner | Posted 02.12.2010 | Entertainment

Read More: Gay, A-List, Prop 8, Hollywood, David Pevsner, Greg in Hollywood, Closeted Leading Men, Entertainment News
David Pevsner

Even if only one A-List out leading man took a vocal personal affront to Prop 8, it could have done worlds of good by speaking out. Right now, no issue concerning gay rights is too small.

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In Reality, Purple Is The Color of Success

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 02.12.2010 | Los Angeles

Read More: Long Beach, Krxa, Billboard, Kfi, Entertainment, Charleskarel Bouley, The Karel Show, Karel, Charles Karel Bouley, Kgo, Economy, Hal Sparks, Liberal, Advocate, Huffingtonpost, Gay, Long Beach Poly High, Oprah Winfrey, Vesta Williiams, Charleskarelbouley, Arsenio Hall, Pantages, Fantasia, Alice Walker, Talk, Bouley, Knx, Color Purple, Comedy, Los Angeles News
Charles Karel Bouley

In the five years since Fantasia, Fields and others under Oprah's umbrella and Griffin's direction took Broadway by storm, "The Color Purple" has only matured and ripened.

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Modern Family Needs Some Fearless Love

Yolanda Reid Chassiakos | Posted 02.12.2010 | Living

Read More: Gay Rights, Gay, Modern Family, Gay Marriage, Family, Living News
Yolanda Reid Chassiakos

Even with the evolution of inclusion and equal rights, many of my coupled gay friends still felt restricted in publicly expressing not just their sexuality, but their human warmth to their beloved partners.

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