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Can You Put Gay Characters In A Kid's Book?

Christian Science Monitor | Marjorie Kehe | Posted 11.06.2009 | Books

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Would a book with a pair of gay characters appear at Scholastic's book fairs? If not, there was angry talk of a boycott. And if so, well, there is als...

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Kenya To Launch Gay Census

BBC NEWS | Posted 10.29.2009 | World

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Kenya is to carry out a census of its gay population in an effort to bolster the fight against HIV/Aids - despite homosexuality being against the law....

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Sex And The Illusion Of Physical Form

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Skin, Homosexuality, Illusion, Physical Form, Sex, Water, Prejudice, Srini Pillay Srinivasan Pillay, Love, Gender, Living News
Srinivasan Pillay

"Maya" is a Sanskrit term that refers to the "illusion" of physical and mental forms. If the physical form is in fact an illusion, who are you having sex with?

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'He's Just Not That Into You' Really?

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Srini Pillay, Homosexuality, Fear, Rejection, Guilt, Brain, Trust, Srinivasan Pillay, Sex, Abandonment, Homophobia, Love, Intimacy, Relationships, Living News
Srinivasan Pillay

What does "not being into you" mean? People assume that it is just about sexual attraction, but is it just this?

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The Gay Generation Gap: Reflections on the National Equality March

Jay Michaelson | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Homosexuality, National Equality March, Cleve Jones, Gay Rights, Aids, Obama Gay Rights, Self-Esteem, Homosexuality and Religion, Human Rights Campaign, Jay-Michaelson, David Mixner, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Politics News
Jay Michaelson

Where are the GLBT prophets who call us all to account? If it is true that denying marriage to gays is a moral deficiency, why haven't gay leaders framed it that way?

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Blake Hayes: NYPD Ignored Gay-Bash Incident Says Victim

NBC New York | Posted 09.29.2009 | New York

Read More: Homosexuality, Hate Crimes, Gay Rights, Gay Bashing, New York Cops, Nypd, Crime, Balke Hayes, New York News

A local radio personality says he and two friends suffered an anti-gay attack in Hell's Kitchen over the weekend and police turned a blind eye to the ...

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Roots of Right-Wing Populist Rage -- Reds to Beds

Chip Berlet | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Homosexuality, Values Voters, Populism, Family Values, Evangelical Christians, Sociology, Anti-Abortion, Christian Right, Right Wing, Right-Wing Populism, Sex Education, Politics News
Chip Berlet

There are tens of millions of conservative Christian evangelicals who read, watch, or hear crazy messages on a weekly basis. Stop laughing and start organizing.

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Jamaica's Only Gay Church Gives Parishioners A Community In Secret

GlobalPost | Posted 09.22.2009 | World

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INGSTON, Jamaica �" It takes just 15 minutes to set up an underground church. Two boxes and a white sheet make up the pulpit. The altar is a card t...

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Michael Schwartz: "Homosexuality Is Inflicted On People... All Pornography Is Homosexual Pornography" (VIDEO)

Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tom Coburn, Pornography, Homosexuality, Video, Michael Schwartz, Values Voters Summit, Family Research Council, Michael Schwartz Video, Politics News

Think Progress had someone videotaping at the Family Research Council's "Values Voters Summit" and they caught Michael Schwartz, the chief of staff fo...

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Indonesia: Adulterers Can Now Be Stoned To Death In Aceh Province

AP | FAKHRURRADZIE GADE | Posted 09.14.2009 | World

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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Lawmakers in a devoutly Muslim Indonesian province voted unanimously that adulterers can be sentenced to death by stonin...

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Homosexuality as a Weapon of Torture

Karen Ocamb | Posted 09.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Homosexuality, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Youth Radio, Aaron Belkin, Project on Government Oversight, Gays in the Military, Americablog, Don't Tell, Gawker, John Aravosis, Don't Ask, Amorgroup, Politics News
Karen Ocamb

Policy makers must understand that if their job is to ultimately protect the citizenry, they are complicit in torture if they continue to dismiss abuse of power as "boys will be boys" or bullying or "hazing" as if everyone is just having some good clean fun.

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Isn't Adequate Healthcare a Moral Issue?

Byron Williams | Posted 10.22.2009 | Home

Read More: California, Type 2 Diabetes, Statistics, Blindness, Moral Issues, Homosexuality, Uninsured, Barack Obama, Amputations, Ethics, Same Sex Marriage, Health Care Reform, Morality, Diabetes, Health Care, African-Americans, Gay Marriage, Kidney Disease, Home News
Byron Williams

Why don't we see the same fervor -- particularly emanating from the churches that seek to block gay marriage -- transferred, at least temporarily, to the 47 million Americans who must go without health care?

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Lessons In Hope and Inspiration From Harvey Milk

Jason Mannino | Posted 09.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Obama, Living, California, Gay Rights, Barack Obama, Gay Marriage, Lgbt, Equality, Homosexuality, Relationships, Homosexual, Stuart Milk, Harvey Milk, Sexual Preference, Gay, Harvey Milk Day, Living News
Jason Mannino

Honoring Harvey Milk with a day that commemorates him helps to send the still dire messages of hope, inspiration, and equality. It also boldly states that we do not live in a culture that tolerates violent oppression.

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Miami Social: My Hair Raising Experience

Michael Cohen | Posted 09.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Bravo TV, Miami Social, Miami Beach, Homosexuality, Farrah Fawcett Died, L'Oreal, Gansevoort Hotel, Homosexuality in Media, Farah Fawcett, Vicodin, Gays on TV, Restylane, Gays, Gay Issues, Entertainment News
Michael Cohen

I went on for opportunities. The opportunity to further my professional and personal fronts and now the PR firm that reps Rogaine has found me and they are sending me samples.

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Iraq: Stop Killings for Homosexual Conduct

Human Rights Watch | Posted 09.17.2009 | World

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Human Rights Watch

The killings -- committed without evidence or trial, on the basis of prejudice and whim -- violate standards in Sharia law for legality, proof, and privacy.

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Masturbation and Gay Sex Cause Swine Flu, Apparently

Disgrasian | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

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Disgrasian

"Normal sexual union," though, is perfectly safe! Hurrah! Score another one for heteros!

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Advocate: Gay People Have To Fight If They Want Obama To Act

The Advocate | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Gays, Homosexuality, Defense of Marriage Act, Gay Rights, Barack Obama, Doma, Dodt, President Obama, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Gay Marriage, Politics News

As a candidate Obama promised us a lot; as president he's delivered very little -- and many gay people are getting impatient. Does the outcry unmask t...

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What Lies Below: Taking Time to Consider E. Lynn Harris' Literary Legacy

Clarence Haynes | Posted 08.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Homosexuality, E. Lynn Harris, Gay, Doubleday, Sexuality, African-American, Entertainment News
Clarence Haynes

I once missed the point of E. Lynn's work, which provided a safe forum for African-American female readers to think about sex, sexuality and the realities of male desire.

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Mighty Movie Podcast: The Love That Haunts: Monika Treut on Ghosted

Dan Persons | Posted 08.29.2009 | Entertainment

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Dan Persons

Treut took a pause in her globe-hopping to speak to us about lesbian love stories, Taiwanese ghosts, and the life of the world filmmaker.

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James Wharton, Gay British Soldier, Makes Cover Of Army Mag

The Independent | Terri Judd | Posted 08.27.2009 | World

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The Independent In the genteel atmosphere of the Coldstream Guards' officers' mess, Lieutenant Mark Wakeling was known as "thug". Amongst his fellow ...

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In Defense of Bruno

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 08.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Equality, Homosexuality, Gay Rights, Sacha Baron Cohen Bruno Movie, Sacha Baron Cohen, Glaad, Gayface, Bruno, Homophobia, Homosexuality and Religion, Gay, Sacha Baron Cohen Bruno, Gay Adoption, Gay Issues, Marriage Equality, Homophobe, Homosexuals, Entertainment News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

Bruno documents the real hatred and craziness gripping many corners of this country. Sacha Baron Cohen pushes people to confront homosexuality, and he exposes violent and shocking intolerance.

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Ensign Scandal Reminds Us of the Double Standard Placed on Gays and Lesbians

Rupert Russell | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Homosexuality, Gay Rights, John Ensign, Eliot Spitzer Prostitution, Hypocrisy, Bribery, Scandal, Defense of Marriage Act, Privacy, Civil Rights, David Vitter, Eliot Spitzer, Gay Marriage, Republicans, Marriage Equality, Politics News
Rupert Russell

My issue here is not that we do not prosecute our politicians adequately but the double standard that is placed on heterosexual and homosexual relationships.

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Mighty Movie Podcast: Lynn Shelton on Humpday

Dan Persons | Posted 08.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Pornography, Joshua Leonard, Lynn Shelton, Emotions, Marriage, Homosexuality, Amateur Porn, Sex, Homophobia, Gay, Bromance, Porn, Comedy, Mark Duplass, Exclusive, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

In Humpday, two friends back themselves into a corner when they resolve to make an amateur porn video together, examining the straight male's anxiety over his nascent gay side.

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When Gay Comes Home

Peggy Drexler | Posted 08.07.2009 | Living

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Peggy Drexler

For those who are fine with the children of friends, neighbors, and relatives being gay, things may get complicated when sexuality hits home.

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Queen Elizabeth Sends 'Supportive' Letters To Religious Movement Accused Of Homophobia

Huffington Post | Posted 08.06.2009 | World

Read More: Homosexuality, Religion, Gay Rights, Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans, Foreign Affairs, England, Homophobia, Queen Elizabeth II, Gay Issues, Advocacy, World News

Queen Elizabeth--who is the head of the Church of England--has irked gay rights advocates this week by sending letters described as 'supportive' to th...

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