News + Politics
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Mormons claim gays responsible for white powder ‘terrorism,’ BB gun holes, graffiti
”It is false to conclude that yesterday’s suspicious package came from gay protesters. Overwhelmingly, gay and allied Utahns have expressed their pain, frustration and commitment...
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Gay protests continue in California and across America against Prop 8
”I’m fed up and disgusted with religious institutions taking political stances and calling them moral when it’s nothing but politics. It’s hypocrisy. Meanwhile they enjoy...
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Legal same-sex marriages begin Connecticut [video]
”We decided that we wanted to hold out for the real thing. Parties are fun, but it’s not about the celebrating piece of this. It’s...
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UHU Turns 20
Us Helping Us, People Into Living Inc., will soon mark 20 years of working to prevent HIV infections among black gay and bisexual men, and...
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The GLBT Beat
On election night, Nov. 4, Steven Kensinger and Zack Pesavento were just like so many other Washingtonians who poured out onto District streets to celebrate...
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Proposition 8 Challenge
In the wake of Californians voting to pass Proposition 8, a constitutional ban on same-sex marriages that trumps an earlier California Supreme Court ruling that...
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History's Heroes
With the recent election, I was hopeful that Proposition 8 would not pass. A former Floridian, I might've cared more about their similar Proposition 2,...
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Prop 8 Protest
''This is not a California issue. This is an issue of equality across America,'' states a release regarding planned Nov. 15 protests against California's newly...
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Schwarzenegger to gays: Never give up. Like weightlifting, be on it & on it [video]
”It’s not the end. I think this will go back to the courts. This will go back to the Supreme Court ...
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Gays push back: Thousands protest churches in California [video]
”In San Francisco, on Friday night, about 1,000 people gathered in the streets in protest. In Los Angeles, on Saturday, 12,000 people converged in the...
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Mickey Rouke apologizes after using gay slur [video]
”I want to sincerely apologize for the derogatory word I used. It was insensitive and inappropriate of me and I am deeply sorry that I...
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Organizers hope for Prop8 marriage protest in D.C. this Saturday, Nov. 15
”We can’t wait for any large scale organization to get the word out for us. We have 1 week to put together a NATIONAL PROTEST...
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First Out Crossdressing Mayor elected in Oregon town [video]
“I identify mostly as a heterosexual male, but I just happen to like to look like a female…. The first 30 seconds they think, ‘Am...
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Divided & Conquered: As predicted, anti-gay black voters given disproportionate blame for Proposition 8 [video]
”Whites voted very narrowly against the ban, 51-49 percent. Asian-Americans voted the same. Hispanics voted for it, by 53-47 percent. Blacks voted for it, overwhelmingly,...
