For a few weeks Greg Newton and Donnie Jochum have been running their queer bookstore The Bureau of General Services – Queer Division (BGSQD) as a pop-up shop at Strange Loop Gallery, but are hoping to find a permanent location in New York’s Lower Ea…
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Archives for December 13, 2012
Posts from December 13, 2012
More From Third Way’s Report On Marriage Equality In Washington
Earlier I cited centrist Democratic think tank Third Way's poll on marriage equality support in Washington, where same-sex marriages just got underway. Well, that report, showing that framing marriage equality as a matter of love, rather than rig…
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POLL: Indiana Voters Reject Anti-Gay Constitutional Amendment
As Indiana Republicans say they’ll move forward with plans to constitutionally ban same-sex marriage, a new poll shows that a majority of Indiana voters are against such a negative move. From the Indianapolis Star: The poll, taken for the Bowen…
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Science Can Make You More Productive: VIDEO
While we’re on the subject of science, the always inquisitive gents at AsapSCIENCE explain how you – yes, you! – can be more productive, AFTER THE JUMP. (via BuzzFeed)…
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NASA Says World Not Ending On 12/21/12: VIDEO
Despite what the Mayan calendar may seem to say or doomsayers claim, NASA remains 100% confident that the world will not end on December 21, 2012. AFTER THE JUMP, the science team and outside experts explain why you’ll live to see 12/22/12. (Unless t…
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Scalia’s Political Theater Flops When Mixed With Anti-Gay ‘Animus’
In case you missed it yesterday, Amy Davidson at The New Yorker offered her thoughts on how Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s clear “animus” toward marriage equality, as seen in his stubborn and indulgent commitment to a compar…
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Dan Savage Wants Christian Left To Get A Bit Louder Now: VIDEO
Author and activist Dan Savage has heard from liberal Christians “we’re not all like that” so many times that he refers to them as NALTs (not all like thats), and to NALTs, Savage says they must speak up against the Christian right that has hijacked…
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Golden Globes Nominations Announced For 70th Annual Awards
Hollywood’s awards season is officially underway, and the Hollywood Foreign Press joined the party by announcing its Golden Globe nominations for best picture, best actor, best actress and all the other categories among cinema and television’s 2012 c…
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Lady Gaga To Moscow: ‘You Can Be Gay In My House:’ VIDEO
Fierce equality advocate Lady Gaga worked gay rights into her show in Moscow last night. Gaga had previously thanked Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev for rejecting conservative laws banning “homosexual propaganda,” and last night told the crowd…
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Manhattan Declaration Promotes Vague, Forgettable Decal: PHOTO
The anti-gay activists behind the Manhattan Declaration, a particularly nasty, rambling missive that skewers marriage equality, recently started peddling a new decal for supporters' car windows. To boost sales, they posted this picture on Faceboo…
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