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Mexican-American Judge Carlos Moreno still proud of Proposition 8
”Someday at some point my dissent will be the majority view in California. I think that’s where the law is headed. Equal protection is either...
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Walter Cronkite “zapped” into becoming friend of gays recalls PGN news publisher
”He was the kind of man who believed in human rights for everyone. I am amazed and humbled by his willingness to reach out to...
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Hearsay will take a six pack with that Taylor Lautner, please
Hearsay didn’t care much for Twilight — what a yawner — but it thinks it might just enjoy the second film in the series, New...
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Duplex Diner and Halo make it an anniversary weekend
It seems like just last year Hearsay wished a happy anniversary to Eric "Leaving Logic and Reason" Hirshfield and his 18th & U Duplex Diner....
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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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Show us your amateur secret
If you're thinking about going to Secrets tonight, July 22, Cliff "Show Me" Witt has advice. "You don't need to bring a lot of clothes,"...
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Pulling Together
In politics, as in life, we have to seize our moments. The current political moment belongs to Barack Obama and the Democrats. Obama’s polling numbers...
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DC Coalition Stirring
When it comes to cities known for vibrant, black-GLBT communities, D.C. routinely sits in the upper tier. DC Black Pride, for example, is the world's...
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Honoring Deschaine
With the tragic death of Desi Deschaine, 29, who apparently drowned in Baltimore's Inner Harbor after a day of boating July 12, friends were tasked...
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A House Becomes a Home
When Johnny Sabbat lived with his mother, he wasn’t allowed to have gay friends. “My family didn’t approve of my homosexuality because they viewed it...
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Hitting Out
Every sport has its hallowed grounds and those few athletes who have the good fortune and great talent to compete on them. In tennis, few...
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Still a Thrill
Jody Watley (Photo by Mike Ruiz) Jody Watley has been an advocate for gay rights since her solo career took off in the mid-’80s. In...
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F**k Buddies
Humpday is a movie more awkward and squirm-inducing than Brüno. Who would have thought it possible, let alone come so soon on the heels of...
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Profanity and Puzzlement
We’re all adults here, yes? We can handle a little swearing? A little vulgarity? A conversation that might veer into controversial areas like abortion, adultery...
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Sporting Makeup
Bryan Watkins has already carved out a career from something that started as a teenage gag. “A bunch of my friends were going out to...
