George Takei took some time out of his busy schedule of being generally awesome to stop by Bill Maher’s Real Time hot seat last Friday to talk about the gay-themed episode of Star Trek that never was. Takei, who was not publically out as a gay may wh…
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Archives for July 23, 2014
Posts from July 23, 2014
Federal Judge Strikes Down Colorado’s Gay Marriage Ban
As expected, a federal judge in Colorado has struck down the state's gay marriage ban and issued an immediate stay, the AP reports: Judge Raymond P. Moore's ruling Wednesday was in response to a lawsuit filed July 1 by six gay couples who ask…
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ExxonMobil Agrees To Follow Executive Order Protecting LGBT Employees
After 17 years of rejecting workplace protections for LGBT employees, the oil and gas company Exxon Mobil has agreed to abide by the new LGBT workplace discrimination protections for federal employees recently signed into law by President Barack Obam…
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Decriminalization of Sex Work Among Top HIV-Prevention Strategies
The decriminalization of sex work is among one of the most important steps needed in order to curtail the spread of HIV, according to the findings of a group of HIV researchers recently published in The Lancet and presented at the 20th Annual Interna…
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Dragopolis 2.0 Game Coming to iOS & Android
So Much Drama is the California-based video game house responsible for Dragopolis, a mobile game for iOS and Android that takes queens from RuPaul’s Drag Race and stuffs them into a side-scrolling action/adventure. As the studio gears up to release a…
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Maryland To Provide Trans Health Coverage
As a result of a settlement to a legal claim filed on behalf of Sailor Holobaugh, the state of Maryland will now provide nondiscriminatory health coverage for its transgender employees. Holobaugh, a transgender man and neurological clinical research…
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News: The Simpsons, Chris Pratt, Snoop Dogg, Cat Tail Beard
Federal judge in Louisiana: no more marriage briefs, please. Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA) introduces Social Security fix for gay couples. Snoop Dogg says he smoked weed at the White House. "Though Mr. Dogg did not explicitly say so, the implication w…
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News: The Simpsons, Chris Pratt, Snoop Dogg, Cat Tail Beard
Federal judge in Louisiana: no more marriage briefs, please. Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA) introduces Social Security fix for gay couples. Snoop Dogg says he smoked weed at the White House. "Though Mr. Dogg did not explicitly say so, the implication w…
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Saudi Man Sentenced To Three Years And 450 Lashes For ‘The Practice Of Homosexuality’
Saudi Arabia has sentenced a man to three years in prison and 450 lashes for attempting to arrange to meet another man using Twitter for “the practise of homosexuality.”…
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Lawyer Requests Summary Judgment in Case Challenging North Dakota’s Gay Marriage Ban
Joshua Newville, the lawyer representing seven gay couples in a challenge to North Dakota's gay marriage ban has filed a motion for summary judgment in the case, the AP reports: In June, Newville filed the federal lawsuit, which challenges a vote…
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