Retired police officer Dennis Jay Mayer and his partner, John Robert Hart, the gay couple arrested on the Atlantis Cruise ship in Dominica are speaking out about their experience, KTLA reports. "I'm not going to implicate myself one way or a…
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Archives for March 23, 2012
Posts from March 23, 2012
Towleroad Guide to the Tube #1090
SOLAR STORMS: A NASA sciencecast on their surprising power. THE HOST: Up next from the creator of Twilight. SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING: TIME reporter Sean Gregory joins the U.S. women’s Olympic synchronized swimming team for a story. SIBERIA: Unidentified…
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News: Hunger Games, Kim Kardashian, Malaysia, Whitney Houston
Davidson, North Carolina to hold Saturday rally opposing Amendment One. GLAAD Commentator Accountability Project indexing high in Google to anti-gays' chagrin. For Hunger Games fans, a map of Panem. Kim Kardashian covered in flour. Michigan Nativ…
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Author of St. Petersburg’s Anti-Gay Law Will Attend Madonna Concert, Prosecute If Necessary
The man behind St. Petersburg, Russia's gay "propaganda" bill is threatening Madonna over her plans to speak out against the law when she comes to the city for a concert, ABC News reports. The bill’s author, city assemblyman Vitaly Mila…
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As Santorum Shoots Target, Woman Yells ‘Pretend It’s Obama’: VIDEO
Rick Santorum was campaigning at a gun range in Monroe, Louisiana today. As he fired a .45 caliber semi-automatic Colt pistol at a silhouette target, a woman shouted out, "pretend it's Obama." The Secret Service is investigating. The AP…
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Anti-Gay NC Blogger Quits Over Racist, Homophobic Obama Image
Tara Servatius, the blogger behind the racist, homophobic image used for a post blasting the Obama campaign's opposition to North Carolina's Amendment One that would ban same-sex marriage, has resigned from the John Locke Foundation, the cons…
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On a Sunny Saturday Afternoon in New York’s Underground: VIDEO
Animal NY notes that this short film by Tim Sessler, intended as "a test/experiment to capture the inspirational sounds and visuals of the NYC subway" has the feel of a dream sequence. Shot on a “sunny Saturday afternoon". Watch, AFTER…
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Gay Ohio Student in Coma After Attempting Suicide Following Bullying at School: VIDEO
Austin Rodriguez, a gay teen at Wellsville High School in Ohio who came out of the closet 6-8 months ago and immediately faced bullying from fellow students, attempted to take his own life last Friday by swallowing pills, and remains on a ventilator…
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Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, The Musical: VIDEO
Bayou City Performing Arts in Houston has turned the battle to repeal 'Don't Ask, Dont' Tell' into a musical production and will be performing it this weekend at the Cullen Theater at Wortham Center, Think Progress LGBT reports. Check…
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Flying Birdman Video Was Hoax
Congratulations to the doubters: Not only did Jarno Smeets not actually fly like a bird, his name isn’t even Jarno Smeets. It’s actually Floris Kaayk, a Dutch CGI artist and filmmaker who told a Dutch TV show today that the “Human Bird Wing” project…
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