Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Ryan Amador is out with a beautiful new video for his song "Define Me" featuring Jo Lampert of the band Avan Lava, which deals with the unwanted labels put on people because of their sexuality. Sing Amador a…
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Archives for April 18, 2013
Posts from April 18, 2013
Obama, Gabby Giffords Speak Out After Shameful Senate Inaction on Gun Control Legislation: VIDEO
Didn't get a chance to post this yesterday, but here's Obama's address in the Rose Garden after the shameful failure to pass gun control measures in the Senate. Also, read Gabby Giffords powerful, angry piece in the NYT: Some of the senat…
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Jon Stewart Lambasts CNN’s ‘Exclusive’ Boston Bomber Reporting: VIDEO
CNN's "exclusive" reporting on the alleged Boston bombing suspect was all over the map yesterday, and Jon Stewart really let them have it. "It's 'exclusive' because it was completely f**king wrong." Watch, AFTER TH…
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Homophobic Iowa GOP Lawmaker Warns Gay People Pose Health Risk to Public Like Smoking: VIDEO
Republican Iowa State Senator Dennis Guth unleashed one of the most disgusting homophobic diatribes on the Senate floor yesterday, accusing the media of tricking the public into accepting gay relationships and claiming that they are a health risk to…
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Stephen Colbert and Alan Cumming Respond to ‘Accidental Racist’ with ‘Oopsie-Daisy Homophobe’: VIDEO
Stephen Colbert notes that Brad Paisley's "Accidental Racist" has caused people from all races and ethnicities to join their voices as one and declare "this song suuuuucks." He adds: "This level of unifying suckage has in…
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Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA) Comes Out for Marriage Equality
Representative Jim Costa (D-CA), who was one of seven House Democrats who have not taken a position on same-sex marriage, has stated he is in support of it in a message quietly posted on the HRC website: "In the San Joaquin Valley, family always…
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Gay Catholic High School Teacher Fired After Partner’s Name Appears in Mother’s Obituary: VIDEO
Disgusting actions from Bishop Watterson, a Catholic High School in Clintonville, Ohio, have students and other supporters rallying around Carla Hale, a physical education teacher who was fired by the school after an anonymous parent informed them th…
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Gay Bar Attacked Amid Marriage-Related Homophobic Violence in France: VIDEO
Three employees of a gay bar in the northern city of Lille, France were attacked and assaulted by four men who broke the bar's windows, The Local reports: The bar's owner linked the incident to "tensions" surrounding the par…
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Crowd Takes Over Emotional National Anthem at Boston Bruins Game: VIDEO
At last night's Bruins game (the first post-bombing sporting event), Rene Rancourt, who has been singing the National Anthem there for more than 40 years, began to sing. He quickly let the crowd take over Watch, AFTER THE JUMP……
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Massive Explosion at Fertilizer Plant in West, Texas Decimates Area
An explosion at a fertilizer plant in West Texas around 7 pm last night leveled a small area taking more than a dozen lives and injuring more than 100, CBSDFW reports, Residents of the town, with a population of about 2,800, were asked to evacuate im…
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