It looked earlier this year as if President Obama would go ahead and sign an executive order prohibiting LGBT discrimination by federal contractors. Then he didn’t. Now that he’s won a second term, though, groups like Human Rights Campaig…
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Archives for November 11, 2012
Posts from November 11, 2012
Movies: Skyfall’ is Quite a Birthday Gift For Bond
Daniel Craig has returned and will return again as 'Bond, James Bond.' Enjoy him! BY NATHANIEL ROGERS YOUR FEATURE PRESENTATION SKYFALL arrived on US screens Friday with such multiplex flattening hype that you'd be forgiven for thinking t…
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News: Hillary’s Future, Orlando Cruz, Demi, HK
Does Homeland dumb down the CIA? Orlando Cruz, the first openly gay professional boxer, spoke with Germany's Der Spiegel about coming to terms with his homosexuality: "For a long time I didn't want to accept that I was gay. Better said:…
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Report: Broadwell’s Threatening Emails Sparked Petraeus’ Downfall
There was some Beltway gossip that the CIA may have played a role in unraveling former director David Petraeus’ affair with Paula Broadwell, and the four-star general’s entire career. But the Washington Post reports today that Broadwell,…
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Nate Silver Rates The Ubiquitous Presidential Polls
The end of election season means that we have at least a year (468 different Congressional races are just around the corner!) before we're again inundated by an endless stream of polls, proclamation and other numerical electoral predications. Tak…
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Watch Hamm And Radcliffe In ‘A Young Doctor’s Notebook’ Trailer: VIDEO
The new Sky Arts mini-series A Young Doctor's Notebook, starring Daniel Radcliffe and Jon Hamm, airs next month in the UK and though there's no word when the project will make its way Stateside, it's only a matter of time before we get to…
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Watch New Video Highlighting Discrimination Against Gay Soldiers: VIDEO
In honor of Veteran's Day, Freedom to Marry and OutServe-SLDN today released a video called "Second Skin," a visual representation of how gay and lesbian soldiers, though allowed to be out, continue to be discriminated against under the…
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‘Gay Couple From Maine’ Discuss Election On ‘SNL:’ VIDEO
Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” segment covered the historic marriage equality wins in Maryland, Washington and Maine last night by inviting a “gay couple from Maine” — played by Bill Hader and Fred Armisen — to discuss how they met, the diffe…
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Writer Says Right Wing ‘Commentary’ Sacked Him Over Pro-Gay Post
Here's something you don't see everyday: a conservative writer claiming his editor fired him for supporting marriage equality. Ohio State professor D.G. Myers (pictured) says John Podhoretz, editor of the right wing literary magazine Commenta…
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