PHOTO OF THE DAY: Bradley Manning is a pale shell of his former self as he arrives at day three of his trial. BY SAM GREISMAN A look back at today's top stories ENTERTAINMENT It seems that I am not the only one that is SURE Mad Men…
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Archives for June 5, 2013
Posts from June 5, 2013
StudentsFirst Stands with 11-Year-Old Marcel Neergaard Against ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Author
The other day we told you about 11-year-old Tennessee student Marcel Neergaard and his MoveOn.org petition to have StudentsFirst rescind their award to Rep. John Ragan. Today, StudentsFirst responded, and they stand with Marce…
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Twerking It: VIDEO
Julian Serrano cooks up a twerking masterpiece. Watch (work-unfriendly), AFTER THE JUMP… (via buzzfeed)…
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‘Is This Statue Real?’ — Video
YouTube user and New Yorker Jeff Greenspan felt that the statue "Human Statue (Jessie)" (2011) by Frank Benson on display in the Meatpacking District wasn't getting the attention it deserved. So, he placed a tip jar at its feet. S…
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Tony Perkins: Gays Are 30% Of TV Characters, Are Make-Believe People
Hate group leader Tony Perkins, President of the Family Research Council, claims that gays make up 30% of TV show characters and storylines, and that "lovable gay characters" – presumably ones like Cam and Mitchell from Modern Family…
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Chinese Gay Activist Detained for 12 Days Over Pride March: Video
A few weeks ago we reported on the LGBT rights march in the city of Changsha in central China for the International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia (IDAHO). Today, Queer Comrades posted a video of the march to their YouTube accou…
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Here’s the Video of Michelle Obama Confronting a Gay Heckler: WATCH
This morning we reported on a fundraiser in Northwest Washington at which First Lady Michelle Obama was heckled by Ellen Sturtz, an activist with GetEQUAL, demanding that President Obama sign an executive order barring workplace discrimination. The h…
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National LGBT Groups Distance Themselves from Ohio Campaign to Put Gay Marriage on 2014 Ballot
Today, FreedomOhio, a group working to put same-sex marriage on the ballot in Ohio in 2014, announced that "the Human Rights Campaign, Equality Ohio, the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, National Freedom to Marry, the Gill Action Fund, the…
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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #1382
SPOKE SPINNERS: NYT fashion watcher Bill Cunningham on NYC's bike craze. GIVE ME ALL YOUR LUVIN': A preview of Madonna's forthcoming MDNA tour broadcast on June 22. TEXTING WHILE RIDING IN ABU DHABI: A death wish. SH*T PEOPLE SAY: To preg…
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News: Lauryn Hill, Keith Olbermann, Paris Jackson, John Galliano
Fashion designer John Galliano gives VF first interview since firing. Lauryn Hill responds to accusations of homophobia on Tumblr: "Neurotic Society is a song about people not being, or not being able to be, who and what they truly are, due to t…
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