News + Politics
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Ban on gay adoptions & fostering broadened to affect all non-married parents in Arkansas
”Arkansas needs to affirm the importance of married mothers and fathers. We need to publicly affirm the gold standard of rearing children whenever we can....
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Talking street fashion and techniques with transgenders of NYC’s ‘sidewalk runway’
”I would describe it as ‘Take me.’ … My friends say my sense of style is bitch.” — Shawn Rachel, 28 ”Today is classic and...
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Study finds kink seems normal; Gays & lesbians more open to BDSM
”Our findings support the idea that bondage and discipline and sadomasochism (BDSM) is simply a sexual interest or subculture attractive to a minority…. People with...
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Obama’s non-support for gay marriage loses donation from gay media owner, Paul Colichman
I thought, ‘Get over yourself!’ I had literally written out a check to the Obama campaign. And then I saw him in...
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Preaching parents transformed by lesbian daughter’s suicide
”We and our entire lives changed as a result of Anna’s death…. After Anna came out, I think I took her spot in the closet.”...
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Some Mormons are gay and they want you to know it
”When I heard and saw the letter that the church leaders had read in sacrament meetings, I was appalled. So I said, ‘That’s it.’ I...
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Gay Austrialian diver, Matt Mitcham, wins gold at Olympics
“It’s going to take a while to sink in. My cheeks hurt from smiling. My face hurts from the chlorine. My legs are sore from...
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Religions joining for mass push against gay marriage in California
”This is a rising up over a 5,000-year-old institution that is being hammered right now. What binds us together is one common obsession: . ....
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‘Lala’ – China’s lesbians go public
”The major change is that, there is more information about lesbians now, and more means of communication.” Dr. Hu, a lesbian in China who is...
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‘Plastic’ explores the popularity of transsexual surgery in conservative Iran
”There was the sex change craze that started in Iran, and the fact that it was completely supported by the goverment, the Islamic government. I...
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Hallmark adds gay wedding cards
”It’s our goal to be as relevant as possible to as many people as we can.” Hallmark spokesperson, Sarah Gronberg Kolell, on the addition of...
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Knights of Columbus funnels $1.25 million into anti-gay marriage effort in California
”From the day we were founded 126 years ago, strengthening and protecting the family has always been central to the mission of the Knights of...
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Transgender prostitutes, homeless wanted out of newly-gentrified Mount Vernon Square
”People aren’t going to pay the prices for these places and then put up with that.” Scott Lutz a construction worker helping to develop the...
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Rachel Maddow first lesbian to host major TV news program [video]
”Those people should just watch the show. We’re hiring Rachel because she’s a smart person. Rachel goes far beyond politics. She’s an expert on military...
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Friends and Front Pages
As the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association brings its national convention back to D.C., my travel plans have me elsewhere. That's unfortunate, as I...
