Gay men being drugged and robbed in the Castro: It seems there have been too many instances lately in which older gay men are being targeted by (straight) criminals who are coming into gay bars, flirting with men, and then robbing them a…
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Archives for March 17, 2012
Posts from March 17, 2012
Scott Heggart: A Jock Came Out (VIDEO)
Here is an excellent story from the Ottawa Citizen about Scott Heggart, a brave young ex-junior league athlete who did the thing that vanishingly few major league athletes have done in any sport: He came out to his team. Heggart knew he was gay…
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CNN.com Doesn’t Know Anything About Dharun Ravi And Tyler Clementi
A lot of smart people have spent the last 24 hours explaining the significance of the Dharun Ravi verdict. (If you don't know about the Dharun Ravi verdict, please click here.) One of those smart people is Paul Butler, a former federal prosecutor…
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Seventeen Year Old Irish Dancer’s ‘Only In America’ Story
And now, a nice St. Paddy's Day story. If you haven't already, meet Drew Lovejoy. He's 17. He lives in rural Ohio. He's half black, half Jewish. And he's the best traditional Irish dancer of his age in the world. In February, for…
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St. Patrick’s Day, NYC: Revelry, Beer, Discrimination
Happy St. Paddy's Day! At this very moment, many hundreds of festively attired and potentially very drunk people are either marching or preparing to march in New York City's 251st annual St. Patrick Day's Parade. It'll be a helluva sp…
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Two Men Kiss, Get Booted From Santorum Rally: VIDEO
Rick Santorum was 15 minutes into his very gloomy speech in the Grace Gym at Christian Liberty Academy in Arlington Heights, IL, when — suddenly! From the bleachers! "Mic check! Mr. Santorum! Mr. Santorum!" And the crowd's heads turned…
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Don’t Re-Nig: Site Down
Perhaps you've seen the above picture circulating on Facebook. I certainly have, and I assumed it was photoshopped. Nobody would go in public with that on their car. Right? Wrong. That's an honest-to-goodness bumper sticker that was, until to…
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