BY SAM GREISMAN A look back at today's top stories GAY ISSUES A group of scientists says that they are closing in on determining the biological reasons that certain people are gay. Apparently we might have our parents to blame. Ricky Martin…
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Archives for December 11, 2012
Posts from December 11, 2012
Ricky Martin Speaks at UN Forum on Homophobia: VIDEO
Ricky Martin also participated in today's Human Rights Day panel at the United Nations, talking to those assembled about his decision to come out. He added that he wishes he could come out again because of the joy that it brought him. Martin also…
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon Condemns Oppression of LGBT People at Human Rights Day Forum: REMARKS
Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon offered powerful remarks at a Human Right Day forum earlier today at the United Nations called "Leadership in the Fight against Homophobia" I'll post a video if it becomes available, but following are his r…
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Will Obama Weigh in on the Proposition 8 Case?
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney was asked today if the administration planned to take a public stance on the Supreme Court's consideration of the Proposition 8 case, "in particular some of the broader questions raised by that case, in…
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Christian Commander Mrs. Betty Bowers Reports from the Front Line of the ‘War on Christmas’: VIDEO
Embedded reporter Mrs. Betty Bowers is on the front line of the 'War on Christmas' – the local shopping mall: "I'm hearing from Macy's security forces that just moments ago secular insurgents invaded Jessica Simpson juniors and l…
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D.C. Radio Hosts Suspended for Transphobic Exchange
This morning I posted on the disgusting exchange between 980am ESPN radio shosts Steve Czaban and Andy Pollin in which they mocked trans college basketball player Gabrielle Ludwig. They have been suspended. Wrote the station in a statement: We strong…
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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #1264
TURKEY: Security camera captures collapse of pedestrian walkway in Corum, Turkey. ONE DIRECTION: A preview of Barbara Walters' "most fascinating". ADAM LAMBERT: On his Divas Live hosting gig, and the fact he'll be singing a Madonna…
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News: Pink Shoes, Edie Windsor, Squid, Obamadon, Spice Girls
A behind-the-scenes look at how marriage equality was won at the ballot! Do you think Helena, Montana needs an anti-discrimination ordinance. Vote here. Facebook photo of 5-year-old who wants to wear pink shoes to school sparks viral debate. Ian McKe…
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Watch LIVE: UN Panel ‘Leadership in the Fight Against Homophobia’ with Ricky Martin, Ban Ki-Moon – VIDEO
At 3:15 pm ET, Ricky Martin will join UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, South African singer Yvonne Chaka Chaka and other LGBT and human rights leaders at a Human Rights Day panel called "Leadership in the Fight Against Homophobia" organize…
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Group of Scientists Believe They Have Unlocked Hereditary Question of Why People are Gay
A group of scientists from the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis say they believe they have the answer to why people are gay, and believe it is an "epigenetic" one linking fathers to lesbian daughters and mothers…
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