News + Politics
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GLAAD bothered by upcoming episode of ’30 Days’
”This is an episode of 30 Days that GLAAD would have liked to support for its commendable effort to share the authentic story of everyday...
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Police beat transgender inside Memphis station, videotape emerges
”Actually he was trying to get me to come over to where he was, and I responded by telling him that wasn’t my name –...
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Women disproportionately discharged under military’s ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
”Women make up 15 percent of the armed forces, so to find they represent nearly 50 percent of Army and Air Force discharges under ‘don’t...
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Ted Haggard, disgraced televangelist back in Evangelical mecca, ousted from own church
”I can’t talk to you. I am forbidden from talking to the media.” Former head of New Life Church, Ted Haggard, apparently evading questions from...
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Bishop Paul Moore’s hidden bisexuality revealed by daughter
”Doesn’t it matter, even when someone is dead, that his most fervently held private life, and the unnecessary explicit details of his marriage, are exposed...
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Ellen wins 4th Emmy, plans wedding
”Yes, we have set a wedding date…. How do I feel about it? I obviously feel like it’s long overdue. I think someday people will...
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Pew’s rundown on religion and gay marriage
Acceptance of Gay Marriage Among Religious Organizations According to Pew Forum Name Support Gay Marriage? Notes American Baptist Churches No CA, HI, NV, AZ don’t...
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Gay groups seek to stop California initiative to repeal marriage rights
”If enacted, (the November initiative) would eviscerate the principle of equal citizenship for gay and lesbian people and strip the courts of their authority to...
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Sherri Shepherd still clueless [video]
”This is something that I struggle with all the time. Because, you know, I have a friend who is gay and he told me of...
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Queens of the Stoneage singer calls audience member gay slurs in anger
”My gay family & friends, as well as myself, KNOW I am not a homophobe. For years now I’ve known gay is not a choice;...
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‘Transvestite Toilet’ created for students at Thai college
”These students want to be able to go in peace without fear of being watched, laughed at or groped…. They don’t have problems with transvestites...
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Transgender teens in NY detention centers granted new policy
” has wisely said these students need an environment that is safe and that helps them reach their full...
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Anti-gay group in Maine runs out of cash and volunteers
”We’re pulling the plug…. don’t want to be aligned with bigotry and homophobia and hatred.” Michael Heath, executive director of the evangelical group, Christian...
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Jerusalem Mayor says Gay Pride Parade is ‘desecration of the holy city’
”Past experience shows that the parade greatly offends, deliberately and unnecessarily, the feelings of Jews, Muslims and Christians, who view its sheer existence, and the...
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Lesbian fertility v. Doctor’s religion: Case heads to California Court
”The case raises a whole series of questions about the basis for which people can be denied medical treatment, particularly the extent to which gays...
