Last October, Louis Rispoli, a well-known gay rights activist in New York, was beaten unconscious by a blunt object, dying several days later in the hospital. He was 62 years old, and only a couple blocks from the Sunnyside, Queens home he shared wit…
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Archives for October 17, 2013
Posts from October 17, 2013
Gay Man Runs for Mayor of Tel Aviv, Hopes for Historic First in Middle East
Just yesterday, Towleroad posted about Sheka and Teka, sexually ambiguous puppets who set off a firestorm of excitement when a baby was brought into their lives. Are they gay? Should they "come out" in order to raise awareness for LGBT fami…
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November Workshop Will Pinpoint LGBT Historical Sites In San Francisco, Asks For Public Input
San Francisco has long been a gay mecca in the United States, and for the entire global community. Now, things are going to become a little more official. The San Francisco Historic Preservation Fund Committee has issued a grant to the GLBT Historica…
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Five Favorite Men of TV’s Period Pieces
Tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern the CW premieres Reign, a period drama focusing on a young Mary, Queen of Scots. Since this is the CW, there will be lots of scandalous teenage sexuality. This series is also boasting a buzzy soundtrack featuring current art…
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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #1446
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL: Classic Wes Anderson. JOE LHOTA: Releases NYPD scare ad against Bill De Blasio. ANTI-GAY PASTOR KEN HUTCHERSON: Coming to Glenn Beck's network The Blaze. More on this nutjob here. SAROO BRIERLY: Google shares story of or…
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News: Sean Patrick Maloney, Air Pollution, Tan Mom, Jonas Brothers
Are 'trans rights' and 'gay rights' still allies? FOX News's Todd Starnes says that Obama plans to turn the military against the people and attack Christians. London Natural History Museum's wildlife photographs of the year. B…
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News: Sean Patrick Maloney, Air Pollution, Tan Mom, Jonas Brothers
Are 'trans rights' and 'gay rights' still allies? FOX News's Todd Starnes says that Obama plans to turn the military against the people and attack Christians. London Natural History Museum's wildlife photographs of the year. B…
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Gay MSNBC Anchor Thomas Roberts to Host ‘Miss Universe’ in Moscow: ‘Let People See I am No Different…’
MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts is going to host the Miss Universe pageant in Moscow in November, and explains why he "aggressively went after" the job when it came up, in an op-ed on the MSNBC website: "because it is a huge, visible oppor…
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Killers of Daniel Zamudio, ‘Chile’s Matthew Shepard’, Found Guilty
Four men have been found guilty of the murder of gay Chilean Daniel Zamudio, whose brutal killing at the hands of neo-Nazis recalled that of Matthew Shepard. Judge Juan Carlos Urrutia said Thursday that Patricio Ahumada Garay, Alejandro Angulo Tapia,…
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Do Your Friends Come with Benefits? – VIDEO
If so, then you might relate to Naked Highway's new clip, AFTER THE JUMP… (possibly work-unfriendly) You may recall "In and Out", a clip we featured by the group back in 2010, which paid homage to New Order's clip "Round and…
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