"LGBT Rights Window Closing In Egypt": In many ways, the huge demonstrations of early 2011 that took place in Tahrir Square and led to the toppling of President Hosni Mubarak inspired Egypt’s gay community to join the call for a new,…
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Archives for March 11, 2012
Posts from March 11, 2012
More News On The Killing Of Gays & Emos In Iraq
New developments re: the killings of gays and/or emo kids in Baghdad … The New York Times has settled the question raised in my last post on the subject: Why were the reports of "emo" killings in Reuters so similar to the report of ga…
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‘Gay Propaganda’ Legislation Signed By St. Petersburg Governor
Well, that's it — you're now a criminal if you "promote" homosexuality to minors in St. Petersburg, Russia. Promotion, as Andy's been writing for months, includes the participation in/organization of Pride Parades and gay…
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‘Old School’ Italian Dad Gets Tattoo To Support Bisexual Son: VIDEO
Description of a YouTube video: So: my brother came out that he was Bisexual last year and it was one of the hardest things he's ever had to do and one of the most courageous. He was most nervous about coming out to my old school Italian father w…
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Iraqi Death Squads: Targeting Emos, Gays, Or Both?
Last night I recapped a Reuters story about the murder of "emo" teens by fundamentalists in Shi'ite neighborhoods around Baghdad. Human rights activist and literary scholar Scott Long has more: At his blog, he reports that two of his Ir…
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Sarah Palin On Obama’s Racism
If you haven't seen this yet — if you've stayed away, as did I, because you suspect you really don't need more Sarah Palin in your life right now — well, give it a chance. Its awfulness approaches the level of art. This is Sarah Palin r…
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NEWS: Julianne Moore, Anne Frank, And Why The UK’s Catholics Don’t Want You To Marry
Julianne Moore apparently does a wonderful Sarah Palin in Game Change: As it becomes apparent to McCain’s team, via briefing sessions, that she is a know-nothing, they prep her on hot-button foreign policy issues—informing her that we fo…
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