Washington D.C.'s monuments are gorgeous and It's Okay to Be Smart's resident smartypants Joe Hanson is about to offer you some related geological factoids with which you can impress your friends on your next visit to the nation's cap…
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Archives for September 15, 2013
Posts from September 15, 2013
WWII Veteran Marries Partner of 20 Years in Senior Home’s First Gay Wedding: VIDEO
John Banvard, a 95-year-old World War II veteran married his partner, 67-year-old Gerard Nadeau, a Vietnam veteran at the Chula Vista Veteran's Home on Thursday. It was the facility's first gay wedding, FOX5 San Diego reports: “We were waitin…
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Meet Gay U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE Daniel Baer and His Partner: VIDEO
Back in June, Daniel Baer (above left) was nominated by President Obama to serve as the ambassador of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), becoming the fourth openly LGBT person to serve as a U.S. ambassador. Earlier this w…
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Romanian Gay Couple’s Wedding Ceremony Becomes Country’s First Televised Same-Sex Marriage
On a recent episode of a Romanian reality game show, a gay couple's wedding not only won the ceremony competition, but also became the very first televised broadcast of a gay wedding in Romania's history. Daniel and Mihai, who have been…
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Britney Spears’ Full ‘Work B**ch’ Single: AUDIO
Britney's new single "Work B**ch" has hit the web. Listen while it lasts, AFTER THE JUMP… Writes Billboard of the track's collaborators: The flashiest writing credit, of course, belongs to Sebastian Ingrosso, the Swedish DJ/produc…
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Bryan Hawn Presents the Miley Cyrus ‘Wrecking Ball’ Workout: VIDEO
Trainer and fitness model Bryan Hawn calls this a parody but it's really more of a showcase for his prodigious hindquarters. Enjoy the Hawnwrecking, AFTER THE JUMP……
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Russia Reluctantly Rewords Olympic Truce to Appease UN on Gays
The NYT reports on wrangling over verbiage in a resolution called the Olympic Truce, adopted every two years. The Russians, of course, made no mention of sexual orientation in a submitted draft which promised to include “people of different age, sex,…
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