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Archives for December 18, 2012
Posts from December 18, 2012
Boehner Rejects Obama’s ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Offer: VIDEO
John Boehner has rejected Obama's latest offer on a fiscal deal. Watch, AFTER THE JUMP… Writes Jed Lewison at DailyKos: So the president agrees to continue some of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy and to cut Social Security … and John Boehne…
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Gay NYC City Council Candidate Corey Johnson Releases Campaign Video: WATCH
Out NYC City Council candidate Corey Johnson released a campaign video for the 2013 race in which he's running to succeed Christine Quinn.Johnson will be running against out lesbian Yetta Kurland. Gay City News wrote about the race last week: “I’…
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Mets Pitcher Syndergaard Tweets Anti-Gay Slur: ‘Nice Crocs Fag Lol’
Newly-acquired New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard tweeted and then deleted an anti-gay slur, the New York Daily News reports: Righthanded pitcher Noah Syndergaard, 20, acquired along with catcher Travis d'Arnaud in the deal that sent the Cy Y…
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YouTube Rounds Up its 2012 Stars for Mega-Mashup: VIDEO
YouTube is taking a look back at 2012 with a new video that highlights the channel's culturally defining moments. Featured along with ShitGirlsSay (above) are PSY, Walk off the Earth, AlphaCat, KassemG, DailyGrace, MysteryGuitarMan, DaveDays, DeS…
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PM of Trinidad and Tobago Promises End to Anti-LGBT Bias in Private Letter to UK Activist
In a private letter to Lance Price, executive director of the Kaleidoscope Trust, an NGO based in the UK which campaigns globally for gay/LGBT rights and diversity, Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar promised to end discriminat…
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Lust Blooms in Cheyenne Jackson’s ‘Don’t Wanna Know’ Video: WATCH
Cheyenne Jackson's most adorable music video to date is here, and features Jackson as a blissfully ignorant yet hopelessly-in-love romantic. Also, a cameo from several humpy members of the Broadway community, including Nick Adams as a member of N…
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Helena, Montana City Commission Unanimously Passes LGBT Non-Discrimination Ordinance
Helena. Montana City Commissioners unanimously passed an ordinance prohibiting discrimination in housing, employment and many kinds of public accommodation based on sexual orientation and gender identity at a meeting for which hundreds turned out, th…
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Nate Silver: ‘Sexually Gay But Ethnically Straight’
OUT Editor Aaron Hicklin delivers an engaging profile of Nate Silver, whom the magazine has named its 'Person of the Year'. Over drinks, Silver goes in depth with Hicklin about his critics, about how he became so good at being a stats geek (p…
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NBC’s ‘The Voice’ Pays Tribute to Sandy Hook Shooting Victims with Moving Rendition of ‘Hallelujah’: VIDEO
The coaches and contestants of The Voice stood in unison for the victims of the Sandy Hook shooting tragedy last night, opening the show with a devastating version of "Hallelujah". Watch, AFTER THE JUMP……
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