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Gay & Lesbian Manners: A Lesbian Stereotype That's Not a Subaru

Steven Petrow | Posted 11.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Lgbt, Potlucks, LGBT Community, Lesbian, Subaru, Gays and Lesbians, Etiquette, Gays, Parties, Manners, Living News
Steven Petrow

Just because you want to invite them all doesn't mean you should. Masked or unmasked bitterness, rage or jealousy can quickly tank the best of parties.

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A City Approves of Lesbians in Love

Jennifer Vanasco | Posted 08.15.2009 | New York

Read More: The Balanced Life, Relationships, Lesbian, Chicago, Gay, Gays, Love, New York, Gay Marriage, New York News
Jennifer Vanasco

And we ARE in love - we are wildly, crazily, insanely in love, though it's been more than nine months since we started dating.

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Bush Justice Department Blacklisted LGBT Groups

The Washington Blade | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Attorney General Gonzales, Lesbian, Immigration, George Bush, Gay, Immigration Equality, Lgbt, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, White House, Justice Department, Gay Men’s Health Crisis, George W. Bush, Alberto Gonzales, Politics News

Applicants for Justice Department internships and honors programs may have been rejected based on their membership in LGBT groups during the Bush admi...

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High School "Best Couple"

Victoria Cruz | Posted 08.10.2009 | New York

Read More: High School, Gay, Lesbian, New York News
Victoria Cruz

For the past 3 years in Mott Haven Village Preparatory High School, I felt comfortable, not only because I am a female that likes the same gender (lesbian,) but my girlfriend Deoine and I were chosen as the "Best Couple" for our senior class.

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The Importance Of The Gay Cliche

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 08.01.2009 | New York

Read More: Lesbian, Gays and Lesbians, Gay, Ally McBeal, New York City, New York, Homosexual Rights, Culture, Homosexuals, Homosexuality, Gay Rights, LGBT Rights, Gay and Lesbian Rights, West Village, Society, Gays, Gay Issues, Stonewall, New York News
Michelle Haimoff

Gay stereotypes, in this day and age, are relevant enough to be funny but outdated enough to be innocuous.

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Gay and Lesbian Manners: When Best Friends Have Sex and the Sounds of Silence

Steven Petrow | Posted 11.03.2009 | Style

Read More: Friendship, Lgbt, Homosexuality, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Lesbian, Sex, Gays and Lesbians, Gay, Style News
Steven Petrow

Last week I ended up having sex with my best friend, Richard. At least he used to be my best friend -- we haven't talked since. Did I mess up?

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Code Orange And June Bugs

Rochelle Lefkowitz | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Media-Accountability, Media Activism, Lesbian, Kai Wright, Gay, Transgender Issues, Andy Humm, Journalism, Civil Rights, Pro-Media, Joan Garry, Lgbt, Transgender, Bisexual, Revolution, Media Criticism, Pride, Gay Pride, Gay Marriage, Stonewall, Gay Issues, Manhattan, New School, Nlgja, Politics News
Rochelle Lefkowitz

It's June, that month more or less identified with weddings -- and Rainbow Pride -- and we seem to have been busily courting a new generation to embrace gay marriage.

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Gays Should Drop the Washington Crack Pipe

Wayne Besen | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Obama, Gay, Washington, Lesbian, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Wayne Besen

What we seek is to reclaim our basic dignity and end needless suffering -- both goals that one is unlikely to achieve solely in the glamorous quicksand of Washington.

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Meeting the Maysles: Grey Gardens Comes to Harlem

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 07.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Harlem, Harlem's Maysles Cinema, Albert Maysles, Lesbian, Roman Catholicism, President Obama, Rebekah Maysles, Aristotle-Onassis, Sara Maysles, Gay Rights, Tiger Woods, Judge Sotomayor, Gay Parade, Big Edie Bouvier Beale, Stonewall, African-American Issues, Latinos, Women, Gillian Maysles, Little Edie Bouvier Beale, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Episcopal Church, Grey Gardens, Gay Pride Parade, New York City, Lgbt, Columbia University, Philip Maysles, High Society, New York Times, Hillary Clinton, Hotel St Regis, Gay Issues, Jerry Torre, Paper Magazine, Mr. Mickey, Jacqueline Bouvier, Lee Radziwel, New York, New York News
Michael Henry Adams

Bred to be lovely and pleasant, to take for granted an ample supply of cash, the women of Grey Gardens were essentially abandoned to languish in a mansion infested with raccoons and cats.

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Celebrating LGBT Pride Month

Gerald McEntee | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender, LGBT Issues, Workplace Discrimination, Gay Pride, Stonewall, Marriage Equality, Politics News
Gerald McEntee

This month, we mark the 40th anniversary of Stonewall, when the struggle for full citizenship for LGBT Americans began in earnest.

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Carrie Prejean to Appear on "I'm a Right-wing Tool...Get Me Out of Here!"

Andy Borowitz | Posted 06.11.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Andy Borowitz, Tom Delay, Carrie Prejean, Michael Moore, Lesbian, Miss California, Glenn Beck, Same-Sex Marriage, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

"It was a horrible experience," the former Ms. California said afterwards. "Maybe I should have just gone and posed for Playboy after all."

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Sexual Orientation and the Pursuit of Happiness

Marianne Williamson | Posted 06.29.2009 | Home

Read More: Freedom, Gay, Lesbian, Liberty, Home News
Marianne Williamson

Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.... These values are enshrined in our Declaration of Independence as inalienable rights of every American....

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The Road from Here to Marriage Equality

Gavin Newsom | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marriage, California Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Gavin Newsom, Lesbian, President Obama, Gays, San Francisco, Gay Marriage, Civil Rights, Marriage Equality, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News
Gavin Newsom

Today we must turn anger into action. With five states already on their way to marriage equality, it's our job to make sure history moves faster towards equality here in California.

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71% Say Newsom Beating Gallagher in Gay Marriage Debate

Joel B. Schwartzberg | Posted 06.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Lesbian, National Organization for Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Civil Unions, Maggie Gallagher, Mayor Gavin Newsom, California Gay Marriage, Homosexuality, Gavin Newsom, Ban on Gay Marriages, Homophobia, California Gay Marriage Ban, Gays, Gay Issues, Gay Marriage, Homophobe, Media News
Joel B. Schwartzberg

The California Supreme Court may have just weighed in on gay marriage, but participants in the NOW on PBS gay marriage interactive debate are still having their say.

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"Gay, or Straight, Black, or White: Love is Love, Right is Right!" Right?

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 06.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Civil Liberties, Lesbian, George W. Bush, Gays and Lesbians, Harry-Belafonte, African-American History, Clarence Thomas, Civil Rights, Edna Thomas, Gay Rights, Walter Nagel, Tiger Woods, Racism, Frederick Douglass, African-American Issues, Jasmyne Cannick, Sammy Davis Jr., Phillip Johnson, Pearl Bailey, Olivia Whyndham, Michael Bloomberg, Walter-White, Mildred Loving Interracial Marriage, Lena Horne, Interacial Relationships, Interacial-Sex, Interracial Marriage, Jimmie Daniels, Gays in the Military, Seal, Martin Luther King, Jack Johnson, Homophobia, California Gay Marriage Ban, Bayard Rustin, Gay Marriage, Gay Issues, Sidney Poitier, Living News
Michael Henry Adams

Many activist gays have readily embraced the notion that "Queers" are "today's African Americans," with marriage equality an issue comparable to earlier more bitter struggles for civil rights.

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Russian Lesbians Marriage License Rejected; First Attempted Application In Country

AP | MANSUR MIROVALEV | Posted 06.12.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Gay, Gay Issues, Gays, Russia Gay Marriage, Russia Gay Rights, Irina Fedotova, Irina Shipitko, Lesbian, Gays and Lesbians, Lesbians, World News

MOSCOW — Supporters considered it a historic moment: two radiant women applied for a marriage license in a Moscow government office, claiming to...

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Gay & Lesbian Manners: Is Outing Closeted Legislators Unethical?

Steven Petrow | Posted 11.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Lgbt, Gay Rights, Lesbian, Barney Frank, LGBT Rights, Kirby-Dick-Outrage, Outing, Gay Issues, Manners, Living News
Steven Petrow

Manners usually takes up on the side of privacy, but when hypocrisy is at play, truthfulness and honesty are our more important companions in our struggle for fairness and equality.

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Gay & Lesbian Manners: To Drink or Not to Drink with Your Alcoholic, Lesbian Sister?

Steven Petrow | Posted 11.03.2009 | Style

Read More: Food Allergies, LGBT Issues, Lesbian, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Gays and Lesbians, Etiquette, Lesbians, Gay, Alcoholics Anonymous, LGBT Families, Gay Issues, Manners, Addiction & Recovery, Style News
Steven Petrow

Since your sister is only recently sober, she no doubt feels especially vulnerable to relapse. In this light, you may want to abide by her request until more time has passed.

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Could When You Lie About Your Age, the Terrorists Win Be the Funniest Book of the Year?

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 06.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Carol Leifer, Jerry Seinfeld, Humor, Lesbian, When You Lie About Your Age the Terrorists Win, Entertainment News
Jesse Kornbluth

Carol Leifer, in a word, is funny like someone you know would be funny. Smart funny. Clever funny. But even more, funny in the heart -- funny like a really nice person is funny.

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Queeries: Going to Get Married in Iowa?

Steven Petrow | Posted 11.03.2009 | Style

Read More: Marriage, California Gay Marriage, Proposition 8, Gay Rights, Prop 8, Lesbian, Same Sex Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, California Prop 8, Gay Marriage, Iowa Same Sex Marriage, Marriage Equality, Same-Sex Marriage, Des Moines-Iowa, Style News
Steven Petrow

Who pops the question? Among straights, traditionally it's been the guy who asks the girl, but even that's evolved in recent years. For same-sex couples, we're not burdened by any such traditions.

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Queeries: Beware of Sexting

Steven Petrow | Posted 05.23.2009 | Style

Read More: Lgbt, Pornography, Sexting, LGBT Issues, LGBT Community, Lesbian, Teens, Gays and Lesbians, Gay, Gay Issues, Style News
Steven Petrow

It's simple enough: Sexting is the sending of nude (or semi-nude) photos with your cell.

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Jason Linkins

Lesbian YouTube Video Embraced By Virginia GOP (NSFW VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics

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Ahh, the Republican Party of Virginia. You know, in the recent past, they've sort of given the world no indication that they're anything other than a...

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11 Year Old Kills Himself After Gay Taunts Left Unaddressed

Sara Whitman | Posted 05.11.2009 | Living

Read More: LGBT Leadership, LGBT Issues, Lesbian Mom, Glsen, LGBT Families, Anti Bullying, Lesbian, Safe Schools, Living News
Sara Whitman

I'm angry. How can this happen today? Why did that mother have to lose her son? Why was that boy not taken care of by the school officials?

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Queeries: "Where Did These Kids Come From?"

Steven Petrow | Posted 11.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Lgbt, Gay Rights, Lesbian, LGBT Rights, Gays and Lesbians, Lesbian Moms, Gays, LGBT Families, Gay Adoption, Gay Issues, Adoption, Living News
Steven Petrow

Although millions of gay and lesbian households with kids now exist, this phenomenon is still, well, a phenomenon and by that I mean something new and remarkable.

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Queeries: Can Boyfriends Make out in Public?

Steven Petrow | Posted 11.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Lgbt, Gay Rights, LGBT Issues, Lesbian, LGBT Rights, Gays and Lesbians, Gay, Gays, Lesbian Kiss, Kissing, Gay Issues, Living News
Steven Petrow

Can a gay or lesbian couple kiss in public? On the cheek or on the lips? How about holding hands?

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