BY SAM GREISMAN A look back at today's top stories GAY ISSUES There is a heartbreaking story out of Oregon today, where a 15-year old boy has taken his own life after incessant anti-gay bullying. Our hearts go out to his family. Life…
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Archives for January 29, 2013
Posts from January 29, 2013
High School Student’s Senior Project Documents the Coming Out Stories of 10 Gay Men from Ages 15 to 82: VIDEO
Devon Yaffe, a high school senior in L.A., sent us this clip of his Senior Project, a 90-minute documentary in which ten gay men talk about their experiences growing up and coming out. Its concept is simple and compelling. Writes Devon: When given th…
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French Parliament Begins Debate on Marriage Equality Bill: VIDEO
France's government began a two-week debate on President Francois Hollande's bill that would allow gay people to marry and adopt children, France 24 reports: But key areas of the bill, which redefines marriage as "contracted between two…
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Boy Scouts Taking Phone Calls, Email Feedback on Gay Ban
The Boy Scouts of America are taking feedback from the public as they consider putting an end to their ban on gay scouts and leaders. Their board is scheduled to discuss the matter next Wednesday. Right wing groups are already churning their follower…
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Reuters: Gay Marriage Foes Deep in Debt, Struggling to Meet Supreme Court Costs
ProtectMarriage.com, the group defending Proposition 8 before the Supreme Court, is deep in debt and struggling to raise funds to fight that case, not to mention its past debts, Reuters reports: The 2012 accounts are not yet available. ProtectMarriag…
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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #1295
MARRIAGE NEWS WATCH: AFER's Matt Baume with the lates from Rhode Island and Colorado. MDNA: The making of Madonna's latest tour. PANHANDLER PARTY: A NYC subway prank. COOLING TOWERS: The Slo-Mo Guys show off their biggest project yet. For rec…
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News: Kutcher’s Jobs, Kentucky, Frank Ocean, Hillary Clinton
Chick-fil-A hasn't ended its anti-gay donations. stunning interactive photo from the top of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. Ashton Kutcher's new role as Apple founder Steve Jobs is being reviewed as "not a casting disaster", but this hal…
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Here’s Obama’s Immigration Speech and What It Says in White House Guidance About Gay Couples: VIDEO
President Obama gave a speech this afternoon in Las Vegas laying out his immigration reform plans, which include same-sex binational couples. Here's what it says in the White House fact sheet: Keep Families Together. The proposal seeks to elimina…
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Bullied Gay Teen Hangs Himself in Oregon Schoolyard: VIDEO
A tragic story out of La Grande, Oregon, where 15-year-old Jadin Bell has been taken off of life support after hanging himself in a schoolyard last week, KOMO News reports: Dozens of people came together last week in La Grande in a vigil for Jadin, t…
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Gay NJ Teen Who Came Out to Entire Class Meets His Idol George Takei on ‘Anderson Live’: VIDEO
Anderson Cooper sat down today with Jacob Rudolph, the NJ teen who came out to his entire high school class in a video that went viral last week. Jacob told Anderson that his idol is George Takei, and surprised him with the fact that Takei was there…
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