The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles uploaded a beautiful video yesterday: One of the largest gatherings of LGBT people in Russian history occurred when the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles performed in Moscow in 1999. Here's the climax of…
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Archives for February 1, 2014
Posts from February 1, 2014
NJ Governor Chris Christie Booed at Super Bowl Event in NYC: VIDEO
NJ Governor Chris Christie was booed today at a Super Bowl event in Times Square. Watch, AFTER THE JUMP… Meanwhile, Christie attacked the New York Times and David Wildstein after an article published yesterday said "evidence exists" that…
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Two Senegalese Men Get 6 Months in Prison for Being Gay
Two men in Senegal were sentenced to six months in prison each, for being gay, the AP reports: The two were arrested after neighbors alerted police to their home in Grand Medine neighborhood of Dakar, the capital. In court Friday the two men acknowle…
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Gabourey Sidibe Jokes About ‘Tranny on Tranny’ Crime with Arsenio Hall: VIDEO
Actress Gabourey Sidibe is under fire for remarks she made in an appearance on The Arsenio Hall Show, the HuffPost reports. Sidibe was discussing New Orleans, where she lives, and joked about all the "tranny on tranny crime" she sees there.…
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Idaho Lawmaker Introduces Bill That Would Allow Religion-Based Discrimination Against Gays
Idaho Republican Rep. Lynn Luker has introduced a bill in Idaho that would allow religious-based discrimination against gays, Al Jazeera reports: Republican Rep. Lynn Luker introduced the legislation, and said the bill is meant to "protect perso…
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Vice, Madonna, and Katy Perry Push #GayPropaganda PSA: VIDEO
From Vice Magazine and Madonna, comes this PSA as the finale of Katy Perry's month-long curation of their #ArtForFreedom project: They write: “The Peace Sign” is the third in a series of PSAs inspired by recent images of violence against the LGBT…
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Russian Tradition Wears the Rainbow with Gay Pride Nesting Dolls
Toronto artist Brahm Finkelstein wanted to find a way to bring awareness to the LGBT human rights abuses that are going on in Russia. Then, he came up with a subversive idea for perhaps the perfect representation of gay pride and Russia:…
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Brazilian Television Had its First Gay Male Kiss Last Night: VIDEO
Two men kissed for the first time on Brazilian TV on Friday in Amor à Vida, a soap opera produced by Rede Globo, the country's largest network, as the result of a campaign on social media. The kiss took place between the show's closeted villa…
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WH Press Secretary Jay Carney Grilled on ENDA, Executive Order: VIDEO
Chris Johnson at the Washington Blade grilled White House Press Secretary Jay Carney yesterday on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) and asked, given House Speaker John Boehner's remarks this week that there is "no way" it…
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Dame Helen Mirren Twerks Publicly for the First Time: VIDEO
Dame Helen Mirren: thespian, actress, winner of multiple performance awards…and, it would seem, a skilled twerker. While being honored as woman of the year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals on Thursday, Mirren was asked to part…
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