Around 30 same-sex couples in Taipei, Taiwan symbolically tied the knot down the road from the presidential palace Saturday in a symbolic mass "wedding banquet" intended to push the government to recognize same-sex marriages. From Fo…
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Archives for September 7, 2013
Posts from September 7, 2013
Tokyo Selected as Host of 2020 Olympics: VIDEO
Tokyo, Japan is celebrating tonight after beating out Madrid and Istanbul as the host of the 2020 Olympic Games and Paralympics. Watch IOC President Jacques Rogge make the announcement, AFTER THE JUMP……
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Lawsuit Alleges South Carolina Teacher Bullied a Gay Student to the Point of Suicide: VIDEO
A lawsuit filed by a mother in South Carolina alleges that a teacher in South Carolina's Charleston County School District bullied a gay student to the point at which he attempted suicide. It says the school district failed to adequately put an e…
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Nick Jonas Exercises His Right to Bare Arms: PHOTO
The Jonas Brothers dropped some behind-the-scenes photos from a new OUT magazine photoshoot on their iPhone app. Do you think the other two appreciate being upstaged? (source)…
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Russian Gay Activist Says He Felt ‘Let Down’ by Meeting with Obama: VIDEO
Euronews reports that at least one of the LGBT activists who met with President Obama yesterday in St. Petersburg felt "let down" by his meeting with the President, because Obama said he had to consider his overall relationship with Russia.…
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NASA Moon Rocket Launch from Virginia Visible from NYC: VIDEO, PHOTO
Ben Cooper of LaunchPhotography took this amazing long-exposure shot from Rockefeller Center of a NASA rocket carrying LADEE, the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer robotic probe. It's the first deep space mission from Wallops Flight…
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Marriage Equality Demonstrates ‘Genius’ of the Constitution
Ruth Bader Ginsburg said that the recent same-sex marriage rulings demonstrate the "genius" of the U.S. Constitution, in a talk in Philadelphia last night, the AP reports: Ginsburg said equality has always been central to the Constitution,…
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Ben Cohen is Shirtless, Fit, and Ready to Dance: PHOTO
Rugby star and Strictly Come Dancing contestant Ben Cohen decided to show his Facebook followers yesterday what kind of shape he's been getting in for the tv dance competition, writing: "Quick warm up before the photo shoot! #HowvainamI…
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Texas Newspaper Denies Gay Couple’s Request for Wedding Announcement: VIDEO
A gay Texarkana couple’s request for a wedding announcement was denied by a local newspaper this week on the grounds that the paper only includes ‘marriages that are recognized by the states in which it circulates.’ KSLA 12 spoke to the couple…
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American Family Association Finally Ends Its Failed Boycott of The Home Depot
The anti-gay hate group American Family Association announced this week that it would be officially ending its ineffective, three-year boycott of The Home Depot over the company's policies in support of LGBT people. According to AFA's directo…
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