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Fighting to Save Our Youth
Charles Robbins never attempted suicide. Growing up in Denver and struggling as a gay youth, however, Robbins found solace in alcohol. ''I remember my first...
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Henry VIII at the Folger
Robert Richmond directs Henry VIII, Shakespeare’s final history play that reverberates with power struggles — both political and personal — as Henry’s advisors, paramour Anne...
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Federal Questions
Discussion of LGBT bullying and youth suicide has led to increased efforts by organizations and individuals to eliminate – or, at least, lessen – both....
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Helping Hands
''It has been unbelievably painful to have these kind of daily reminders,'' Eliza Byard, executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Student Education Network (GLSEN),...
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Cho-sen One
When gay-fave Margaret Cho takes to the Warner Theatre stage Friday, Oct. 29, she won't be alone. Aside from the audience, there will be one...
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Law and Order
Last year it was The Blind Side. This year it’s Conviction. That feel-good, based-on-a-true-story film that allows established stars to flex their acting muscles by...
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Honky Cat
''I know you could be just like you should,'' Elton John sings at the top of his new set The Union. ''If it wasn't for...
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Sweet Harmony
''Throughout the '70s,'' says Carol Maillard, ''there were a lot of pop and R&B singers putting out songs that had something to do with people's...
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Truth and Consequences
Trying to draw a conclusion about Constellation Theatre Company is not unlike looking up into the night sky, trying to discern the actual figures of...
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Frock On
''It was getting a little tedious, frankly,'' says Bette Bourne. ''All these men kind of waving their dicks around, telling us what they'd read and...
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Heading for a Home
Can people make it through the entire process of buying or selling a home without real estate agents assisting them? Maybe. Whether they should try...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: It's the kind of week where everything gets big quickly, with wildly unexpected outcomes. So buckle your seatbelts, you're all in for a...
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Discharged gay soldier, Dan Choi, begins Army re-enlistment after court, Pentagon halt DADT [video]
”Initially they were unsure of the status of my being able to come back in because of the RE code — the reentry code. And...
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Ohio high school students chant gay slur at football game [video]
”Powder blue faggots! Powder blue faggots!” A chant repeated by dozens of high school students caught on video at North High School in Ohio. The...
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US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, offers hope directly to gay, bullied teenagers [video]
”Like millions of Americans, I was terribly saddened to learn of the suicides of several teenagers across our country, after being bullied because they were...
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Maggie Gallagher of NOM: Gays abusing gays leads to suicide, not her attacks on gay marriage
”Forced sex, childhood sexual abuse, dating violence, early unwed pregnancy, substance abuse — could these be a more important factor in the increased suicide risk...
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Government Request Denied, DADT Injunction Remains in Place
After 5 p.m. Pacific Time today, U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Phillips denied the Department of Justice’s request for a stay pending the government’s appeal...
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Ninth Circuit Sets Schedule For LCR v. US Appeal
In an order entered by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday, the court set the schedule for the appeal of the Log...
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Plaintiffs Oppose Appeal, Overturning of Prop 8 Case
The Perry v. Schwarzenegger plaintiffs filed their opposition papers in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday evening. The plaintiffs, led...
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Pentagon to Recruiters: Accept Applicants “Who Admit They Are Openly Gay or Lesbian”
In a sign of the wide-reaching impact of U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Phillips’s injunction halting enforcment of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy,...
