Mixner: No Nobel Prize for homophobes. "You really can't be an advocate for a peaceful world and hate a huge number of its citizens. The time has come for a change in Oslo." Photos from the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras here and her…
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Archives for March 4, 2013
Posts from March 4, 2013
Federal Judge Could Overturn Michigan’s Ban on Same-Sex Marriage This Thursday: VIDEOS
Back in September I posted about April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse, a Detroit couple suing the state of Michigan over its ban on gay adoption, who expanded their lawsuit to take on the state’s marriage amendment. Motions which could be decisive on the mat…
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James Franco Condemns Australian Censors for Banning Film Because of Gay Sex: VIDEO
Last month I reported that Australian censors had banned filmmaker Travis Mathews' film I Want Your Love because of its explicit scenes of gay male sex. Mathews film was scheduled for a tour of LGBT film festivals around Australia in cluding the…
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MSNBC’s Chris Hayes and Panel Look at CPAC and the GOP’s Trajectory on Gay Rights, Marriage: VIDEO
MSNBC's Chris Hayes and his panel took a lengthy look at CPAC and the GOP's trajectory on same-sex marriage over the weekend. Check it out, AFTER THE JUMP……
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NYC’s ‘Rawhide’ Gay Bar to Close
Chelsea's Rawhide bar, opened in 1979, is set to shutter, according to Vanishing New York: "The building that houses it on 8th and 21st in Chelsea was sold a couple of years ago and the new landlord has jacked up the rent, nearly doubling it…
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Eagle Scout Delivers 120,000 Petitions Calling on ‘National Geographic Channel’ to Denounce Boy Scouts’ Gay Ban: VIDEO
Eagle Scout Will Oliver today delivered more than 120,000 petitions to the National Geographic Channel calling on the network to denounce Boy Scouts' ban on gay scouts and leaders, GLAAD reports. Tonight is the premiere of Are You Tougher Than a…
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Goats Screaming Like Humans, the Sequel: VIDEO
For those of you who can't get enough of last month's caprine madness. Watch, AFTER THE JUMP……
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L.A. Police Chief Turns Down ‘Gay Pride’ Invite in 1975 Letter, Says He’d Gladly Celebrate ‘Gay Conversion Week’
Saw this letter floating around on social media over the weekend. A lot has changed in 38 years. Though not everywhere. Writes Police Chief E.M. Davis: As you no doubt expected, I am declining your invitation to participate in the celebration of…
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Darren Criss, Kristen Wiig, and Annette Bening in the New ‘Girl Most Likely’ Trailer: VIDEO
Girl Most Likely (aka Imogene) premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and is reportedly set for a summer release. The trailer's kind of a mess but I'd watch Kristen Wiig and Annette Bening in just about anything, though this has the added bon…
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Train Backs Out of Boy Scouts Jamboree Over Gay Ban
The SF-based pop rock band Train has bowed out of the Boy Scouts Jamboree following pressure from GLAAD, Eagle Scout Derek Nance, and over 3,000 people who signed a Change.org petition to do so. Wrote Train on its website: When we booked this show fo…
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