All posts by JD Uy
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House Speaker Pelosi appoints gay Representative Jared Polis to supervisory board of Air Force Academy
”We’re all reading the tea leaves here. I’m not saying ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ is going away. We can’t say that. But this is a...
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E. Lynn Harris, famed gay, African-American author, dies at 54
Publicist Laura Gilmore said Harris died Thursday night after being stricken at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills, and a cause of death had not...
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Big Gay Ice Cream Truck meets the welcoming streets of NYC [video]
”I started thinking, kind of happily about the suspect nature of a middle-aged, white, gay man driving an ice cream truck and the fact that...
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DC-area American Apparel stores vandalized, threatened for displaying pro-gay marriage t-shirt
”We took down the mannequin for 5 seconds to move it, and move it back to this window. But we will not take down this...
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Gay male beauty pageant ends with trophy being used as weapon against judge from Baltimore
”Apparently, I must have voted for the wrong person.” Sebastian Latta of Baltimore, MD, who had his jaw broken in three places after he was...
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”How Hetero” Twitter test garners attention, criticism
Screenshot of how our Twitter.com/metroweekly feed scored a super low 1% on the Stockholm Pride site that is measuring “How Hetero” people are through keywords...
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Texas Alcohol Commissioner apologizes for gay bar raid; police continue to claim they were sexually assaulted
”If our guys would have followed the damn policy, we wouldn’t have even been there. We have these conversations all the time, and we don’t...
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Episcopalians vote again in favor of gay equality: Bishops can bless unions
”I have a number of friends — straight and gay — who requested me to perform their weddings once I’m ordained. I would have felt...
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DOMA-signer President Clinton now says he supports gay marriage?
From TheNation.com: Asked if he personally supported same-sex marriage, Clinton replied, “Yeah.” “I personally support people doing what they want to do,” Clinton said. “I...
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Chip Pickering’s infidelity allegations make him third anti-gay politican to give “C Street” church reputation as hangout for family-values hypocrites
”After Pickering’s rejection of Governor Haley Barbour’s offer to the vacant Lott position, and because Pickering did not want to lose the love and affection...
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Marion Barry lashes out at gay Councilman David Catania, claiming emotional ‘personal vendetta’
”I attribute your latest actions to my ‘no’ vote on recognizing same sex marriages from other states. Prior to the vote, we worked together cordially...
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Tampa TV station airs 1-hour Christian commercial with extremely anti-gay statements on Gay Pride Day
”It was a slap in the face of the gay pride movement. It was an hourlong attack on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.” R....
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Broadway’s ‘Hair’ cancels October 11 show to be at new March On Washington
From Variety: Producers of “Hair” have decided to cancel the Oct. 11 perf…. Oskar Eustis — a.d. of the Public Theater, one of the producers...
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Sotomayor passes on question about impending gay marriage issue at Supreme Court confirmation [video]
Sen. Grassley: Do you agree that marriage is a question reserved for the states to decide based on Baker vs. Nelson? Judge Sotomayor: That also...
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Gay TV and film director, Todd Holland, apologizes for telling gay actors success is in remaining closeted
”For people who know me, they know that I believe it’s important for people to live openly and authentically, and I am sorry for my...
