PHOTO OF THE DAY: A UFC weigh-in gets steamy. BY SAM GREISMAN A look back at today's top stories WINGNUTTERY Last week it was reported that two cast members from this run of Big Brother were caught making homophobic and…
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Archives for July 8, 2013
Posts from July 8, 2013
White House Responds To Petitions, Says It Cannot Take Action Against The Westboro Baptist Church
After being sent five petitions on its "We The People" site, the White House issued a statement on July 1st condemning actions by the Westboro Baptist Church, but also stating that it cannot list the organization as a "hate group"…
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Farid Mammadov Photo Caption Contest: VIDEO
The folks over at Wiwibloggs decided to have some fun with Eurovision's muscle-bound Azerbaijani singer and are holding a caption contest for the above photo of Farid and his dancer in the green room. The submissions are pretty slim so far, so he…
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Chilean Teen To Have Leg Amputated After Anti-gay Attack
After suffering severe injuries in an anti-gay attack, a 19 year-old gay Chilean will now have to have his leg amputated as the result of his injuries. Esteban Navarro was the victim of a vicious attack by six men on June 23, where the perpetr…
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Barcelona Bars Raided During Pride
Pride ended poorly for the patrons of La Bata de Boatiné and El 23, two bars in Barcelona, Spain. At 3am on June 29th the gay bar La Bata de Boatiné was raided by about 20 Mossos, the civilian police force, as they broke down the door to the ba…
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Meet The Couple Who Entered into Arizona’s First Civil Union
Kathy Sowden and Deborah Grier have been together for 21 years, and now they share Arizona's very first civil union, as KGUN9 reports: Sometime small steps in small towns lead to big changes. In Bisbee, Kathy Sowden and Deborah Grier went to Bisb…
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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #1399
KENYAN TV: Should Africa decriminalize homosexuality? ALL YOU CAN EAT RIBS: Golden Corral employee turned whistleblower goes big on YouTube. TOURING GAME OF THRONES: A visit to Northern Ireland, where the show is filmed. MUMFORD & SONS: "Bab…
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News: Grizzly Bears, Baseball, Matthew Mitcham, Egypt, Zach Braff
NYC man electrocuted, killed after peeing on subway track. Kanye West returning to fashion design with APC collaboration. Zach Braff's Magic Mike 2 audition. Government expresses outrage and sadness over last week's brutal rape and murder of…
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Capital One Told To Dump Alec Baldwin After Homophobic Twitter Rant
As previously reported by Towleroad, Alec Baldwin came under fire last month after using homophobic language to threaten a reporter from the Daily Mail on Twitter. Baldwin subsequently deleted his Twitter account, explained himself in a Gothamist int…
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Geeks OUT Calls For LGBT Rights Supporters To ‘Skip Ender’s Game’
Author Orson Scott Card has already caused a stir earlier this year at DC Comics, thanks to his well-publicized homophobic views and his involvement with the anti-gay National Organization for Marriage. Card's anti-gay activism has become…
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