Jamaica has the distinction of being a country that is particularly hostile to gays, thanks in no small part to U.S. evangelical speakers attempts to sow hatred there. The fallout of the hostility includes GLBT youth being forced into the sewers, hav…
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Archives for March 11, 2014
Posts from March 11, 2014
Anti-Gay Pasta Maker Barilla Opens Restaurant in NYC, Plans a Chipotle-Style Chain
Italian pasta maker Barilla, who last September made international headlines when he told an Italian radio show that the company would never make an ad with gay people and if they didn't like it they could find another brand of pasta, has…
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Chelsea Handler Tells Piers Morgan He’s a ‘Terrible Interviewer’ and That’s Why His Show is Over: VIDEO
Piers Morgan, whose show was canceled in late February following a set of fiery exchanges with trans activist and author Janet Mock, offended Chelsea Handler, who appeared on his show last night. Handler accused Morgan of not paying attention to her,…
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SXSW: Has Apple’s CEO Tim Cook Let Steve Jobs’ Dream Die?
Yukari Iwatani Kane — author of Haunted Empire: Apple After Steve Jobs — just held a SXSW Interactive discussion in which she discussed whether Apple's vision died with Steve Jobs. Kane covered Apple from fall of 2008 (right around the time that…
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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #1536
GORDON KLINGENSCMITT: "It's a tragedy every time somebody comes out of the closet." LITTLE MIX: Covers Cameo's "Word Up" TONIGHT SHOW PHOTOBOMB: Jimmy Fallon and Jon Hamm photobomb unsuspecting tourists. OSCAR SELFIES: Lot…
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News: Uganda, Mad Men, Game of Thrones, Skrillex
African gays seek legal help amid spate of harsh criminal penalties. Mad Men gets psychedelic promo poster from Milton Glaser. Family calls 911 after angry cat traps them in bedroom. Ugandan activists take anti-gay law to Constitutional Court: "…
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News: Uganda, Mad Men, Game of Thrones, Skrillex
African gays seek legal help amid spate of harsh criminal penalties. Mad Men gets psychedelic promo poster from Milton Glaser. Family calls 911 after angry cat traps them in bedroom. Ugandan activists take anti-gay law to Constitutional Court: "…
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Search for Malaysian Airliner Turns to Completely New Area
As the search for Malaysia Airlines' missing Boeing 777 airliner continues for a fourth day, authorities are turning their interest to a new, completely different area after military officials report radar data showed the plane may have turned ar…
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SXSW 2014: What Info Can (And Should) the Government Protect and Collect? – No Easy Answers
SXSW – Austin's annual tech, film, and music festival – is currently underway and has brought in thousands of film buffs, tech geeks, actors, and musicians from across the globe to meet, mingle, and enjoy the coolest city in Texas. An…
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Attorney Announces She’s Running Against California County Clerk Who Tried to Stop Gay Marriage: VIDEO
A California comsumer attorney says she plans to run against San Diego County Clerk Ernie Dronenburg, who last year asked the California Supreme Court to halt same-sex marriages and consider whether the Supreme Court’s Prop 8 ruling applied only to t…
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