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Exclusive: Congress Plans Historic Hearing on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

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Aubrey Sarvis

Any serious discussion of the crisis the country faces in recruiting and retaining qualified men and women in the military will require a fresh and serious look at the odious "compromise" known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."

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Selling Out Sometimes? Okay. Selling Out All The Time? Not.

Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

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Jonathan Leigh Solomon

Barack Obama dealt a bit in platitudes during the primaries so that he'd have less to disassociate himself from once he had the nomination in hand. But he held back on a few whoppers, too.

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Gay Day or May Day

Joan Z. Shore | Posted 06.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Gay Rights, Flamboyant Gays, Gay Muslims, Gay Parade, Obama Gay Rights, Gays, Contradiction, Living News
Joan Z. Shore

The irony of the gay rights movement is that it demands that sexual differences be accepted as normal while portraying these variations in an "un-normal" way. It's self-contradictory.

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Presbyterian Church's Gay Clergy Ban Overturned

Huffington Post | Posted 06.28.2008 | Living

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On the heels of a landmark California Supreme Court ruling that overturned a ban on gay marriage, the Presbyterian Church (USA) has done the same thi...

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The World As It Should Be: What Michelle Really Said

Steve Ralls | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Dnc, John McCain, Michelle Obama, Gay Rights, Gays, Barack Obama, Marriage Equality, Obama Gay, Obama Gay Rights, Michelle Obama Gay Rights, Politics News
Steve Ralls

Can the LGBT community take heart in the leadership Michelle brings, and in the words she says? Yes, I think, we certainly can.

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Gays in the Military: It's Time for Spine

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: General Pace, Naval Academy, Iraq, Dadt, Military, Defense Department, Gays, Army War College, Libby, Admiral Mullen, Gays in the Military, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

When Secretary of Defense Robert Gates failed to recommend Peter Pace for a second two-year term as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff one year ago...

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How Obama Can Win the White House

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vice President, Latinos, White Males, Terrorism, Abortion Rights, The Economy, George Bush, Democrats, Foreign Policy, South, Barack Obama, Blacks, National Security, Voters, Iraq War, Gop, Gays, John McCain, Environmentalists. Medicare, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Bush and the GOP's domestic fumbles are potentially Obama's biggest selling point. He must repeatedly remind voters that they should be mad about the economy.

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California Marriage Forms Rewritten For Gays

AP | MICHAEL R. BLOOD | Posted 05.22.2008 | Living

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LOS ANGELES — You have to figure "bride" and "groom" are out. So, what will the California marriage license look like in the new era of same-se...

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Smiles and Slurs

Ryan J. Davis | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Homophobia, Hillary Clinton, Gays, Mike Easley, Democrats Homophobia, Mike Easley Pansy, Politics News
Ryan J. Davis

Clinton owes the gay community, which she has shamefully used as an ATM during her campaign, an apology for gay-baiting. We're waiting, Hillary.

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2008: The Year to Win for GLBT Equality

Joe Solmonese | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Human Rights Campaign, Glbt, Lgbt, Lesbians, Gay Rights, Gays, Politics News
Joe Solmonese

From mobilizing millions of GLBT Americans, we are working from the ground up to ensure that issues of equality are never again used as a divisive wedge by anti-gay forces on the right.

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What If Your Kid Is Gay? (Or Not?)

Terrance Heath | Posted 04.23.2008 | Living

Read More: Masculinity, Parenting, Children, Gender, Family, Gay Children, Details Magazine, Gays, Gay Parents, Living News
Terrance Heath

When people ask me "Do you think your kids will be more likely to turn out gay?" I have a very simple answer. I don't care.

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Bittergate: It's Not About Mayhill Fowler

Linda Hansen | Posted 04.13.2008 | Home

Read More: Abortion, Religion, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Poverty, Journalism, Barack Obama, Huffington Post Bias, Guns, Clinton Impeachment, Mayhill Fowler, San Francisco Fundraiser, Illegal Aliens, Pennsylvania Primary, Hypocrisy, Alienating Rural Pennsylvanians, Hillary Clinton, Gays, Bittergate, Home News
Linda Hansen

Are we bitter in Povertyland, USA? Hell, yes. That's what the story was about. We've been hung out to dry so long, we feel like ragged, abandoned laundry. All those election year promises? Please.

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Don't Expect an Unkind Word from McCain About His Pastor

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Christian Evangelicals, Abortion the Bible, Gop, Jerry Falwell, Dan Yeary, Focus on Family, Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright, Christian Fundamentalists, Gays, White House Race, James Dobbs, John McCain, Liberty University, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Jeremiah Wright may have been a liability for Obama, but Dan Yeary is certainly not one for McCain. Don't expect an unkind word here from McCain about his pastor.

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Brokeback Barack: Our First Gay President?

Shaun Jacob Halper | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics

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Shaun Jacob Halper

If Bill Clinton was, as Toni Morrison once argued, our first black president, could Barack Obama be our first gay? Is he the hope lesbians and gays have been waiting for?

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The Anything But Homosexuals Agenda

August J. Pollak | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Draft, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gays in the Military, Army, Army Recruitment, Homosexuality, Homophobia, Gays, Politics News
August J. Pollak

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Today is Freedom to Marry Day - Just Don't Say "Gay Marriage"!

Evan Wolfson | Posted 02.12.2008 | Politics

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Evan Wolfson

Much as we want people to understand that the words gay and marriage do belong together, we don't want "gay marriage." It's the freedom to marry that matters.

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A Policy Unbecoming

Bruce Kluger | Posted 02.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Will & Grace, Policy, Ellen, brucekluger.com, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Politics, Homosexuality, USA Today, Military, 2008, The L Word, Tv, February 6, Discrimination, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Gays, U.S. Army, Showtime, Ilene Chaiken, Bruce Kluger, Politics News
Bruce Kluger

In the 15 years since Bill Clinton approved the provocative "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" plan, the social stigma often tagged to homosexuality has, in many cases, dropped away like molting feathers.

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The Gays, The Dems, Some Serious Trouble, and Dough

Andrew Belonsky | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Homosexuality, Dnc, 2008 Election and Gays, Democrats and Gays, Paul Yandura, Gays, Democrats, 2008 Election, Donald Hitchcock, Politics News
Andrew Belonsky

Gay voters are torn: do we support the party that offers us at least nominal inclusion, or do we strike off and find a more independent-minded politico?

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Perez Hilton Covers The New German Polar Bear

236.com | Posted 01.14.2008 | Home

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House Dems Selling Out Gays? Again.

Lane Hudson | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics

Read More: Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Matthew Shepard Act, Homosexuality, Hate Crimes, Democrats and Gays, Enda, Hate Crimes Bill, Matthew Shephard, Homophobia, 2007 Defense Authorization Bill, Gays, Sexuality, Politics News
Lane Hudson

The Matthew Shephard Act is shaping up to be a complete sell-out of any campaign promises that Democrats made to the gay community.

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Time Warner: Brown Is The New Gay

Marty Kaplan | Posted 12.01.2007 | Media

Read More: Tim Rutten, CNN YouTube Debate, Cnn, Illegal Immigration, Lou Dobbs, Los Angeles Times, CNN YouTube, Gays, CNN YouTube Republican Debate, Media News
Marty Kaplan

CNN thinks Mexicans Gone Wild is a sexier topic for our country to fight about in 2007 and 2008 than health care, education, the environment, energy, and all the other issues that got shockingly short shrift at the YouTubaganza.

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Confessions of My Inner Fat Girl

Ash Christian | Posted 11.01.2007 | Living

Read More: Homophobes, Small Town, Ash Christian, Coming of Age Film, Homosexuality in Media, Gays in Texas, Fat Girls, Indie Film, Women and Body Image, Texas, Homosexuality, Fat Girls Film, Independent Film, Body Image, Brokeback Mountain, Gay Actor, Homophobia, Canton Texas, Gays in Film, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Will and Grace, Gays, Homosexuals in Film, Living News
Ash Christian

I thought shooting a film with gay lead character in today's society would be easy and not be met with much opposition. I was wrong.

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PFLAG, Obama, The Castro and Dumblegay

Corinne Marshall | Posted 10.31.2007 | Politics

Read More: Open Closet, Dumbledore Gay, Homosexuality, Dumbledore, Barack Gospel Singer, Donnie McClurkin, Obama Donnie McClurkin, Gospel, Gays, Homosexuals, Politics News
Corinne Marshall

Some homophobia is scarier than anything Christian groups can "thou art" on their blogs and newsletters.

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Why Barack Won't Dump McClurkin: It's Cynical Politics Baby Pure and Simple

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 10.25.2007 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Thompson, Donnie McClurkin, Black Evangelicals, Barack Obama, Politicians, South Carolina Democratic Primary, Giuliani, Gays, Democrats, Romney, Gay Marriage, Obama Donnie McClurkin, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Obama has looked hard at the numbers, and knows that there are a lot of socially conservative blacks who loathe gay marriage and any talk of gay rights.

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Obama Got it Right and Wrong on Gay Bashing

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 10.23.2007 | Politics

Read More: Donnie McClurkin, Black Evangelicals, Gay Bashing, Barack Obama, Black Voters, South Carolina Primary, Homophobia, Gays, Democrats, African-Americans, Hillary Clinton, Obama South Carolina, Obama Donnie McClurkin, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

One line missing from Obama's disavowal was, "I will not appear on stage with Reverend McClurkin unless he publicly disavows his rabid anti-gay statements and crusade."

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