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10/05/2007
Poor Larry -- he's getting snark form all sides
Look who's getting snarky! This is from a new post on the blog of the Family Research Council: And that asterisk? Well, it leads readers to a link to the IMDB page for the queer-themed movie In & Out, which...
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Mike & Larry & Ted & Who Else?
So remember Mike Jones, the former sex worker who got national attention when he revealed his affair with Rev. Ted Haggard? Well, he has a new book out. And as part of his promotional tour for said book, he has...
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Train wreck of a group lies about car wreck of another
You know how we're always telling you about the "pro-family" movements non-concern with facts? Yea, well, we just found out about a situation that might -- and this is a bold statement -- take the cake for the most irresponsibly...
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Peter's peculiar obsession: Uniting gays and 'ex-gays' alike
Whenever we see Peter LaBarbera conduct one of his graphic "exposes" of the fringe events that he wants to make look as if they're indicative of the gay rights movement as a whole, we always imagine that the vast majority...
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Video: The 'special' way they muddy facts
This anti-ENDA video, part of Focus on the Family's "Stoplight" series, has been around for a bit. However, since it (a) just became embeddable on YouTube, and (b) once again exemplifies the duplicity of FOF, we thought we'd show it...
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AR AG says OK to BS
Last month, the disturbingly narrow-minded campaign to ban adoption by gay and unmarried couples in the state of Arkansas was dealt a blow when the Attorney General rejected the proposed initiative on the basis of its title and wording. Now,...
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Ridiculous plan wins ridiculous award
The 2007 Ig Noble Awards were announced last night at Harvard's Sanders Theater. Among the dubious dishonors this year: The so-called "gay bomb" that was mulled over the by the U.S. military as a way to make enemy soldiers want...
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Hate crimes opponents: Focus on their Desperation
So you might have heard that Anthony Fortunato, one of the men allegedly responsible for the 2006 death of openly gay New Yorker Michael Sandy, has come out and said that he's had closeted encounters with other men and that...
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10/04/2007
Video: Bette Porter in '08!
January, 2008. The return of "The L Word": We have nothing more to say on this. We just genuinely like the show and want to see it stay on the air until a time when The Planet will becomes a...
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Judge denies Craig's 'Oops, I wanna redo'
A district court judge has refused to allow Sen. Larry Craig from taking back the guilty plea that he entered into the record after being arrested for toe-tapping in that Minnesota airport restroom: Sen. Craig can't withdraw sex charge plea:...
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Video: Loggin' Mitt's past
Fearing the thought of a Mitt Romney presidency: An issue that unites gay liberals and gay conservatives alike. Why do we say that? Well, just look at this latest ad from the the Log Cabin Republicans, in which those GOP...
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Saudis lashin' out
There is lots of outrage brewing over this story: Two Saudis to receive 7,000 lashes for committing "homosexual acts" [DigitalJournal] But we really don't get all the fuss. Yes, the punishment is a little unorthodox, and yes, it'd be a...
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Come on guys and gals, don't eat your own
With our community apparently incapable of understanding the concept of keeping your internal strife to yourself and instead combatting your opposition (a strategy our opposition has mastered to perfection), the public battle over trans-inclusive ENDA vs. gutted ENDA continues to...
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Video: A portrait in fidgetry
The good boys at Queerty have directed us to this video of Fred Thompson, wherein the GOP White House hopeful expounds upon his ideas to keep gay marriage at bay: Wow. This is an accomplished actor and GOP frontrunner?! He...
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10/03/2007
Video: Because 'Bette Davis Eyes' wasn't melodic enough
Condemning gays with a wrath so ferocious, they'll make you question the decency of all mankind? Westboro Baptist has fully mastered that concept! As for basing their parody videos around songs that are currently making an impact on the cultural...
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Video: Brown makes us blue
In Connecticut, there exists an outspoken anti-gay activist by the name of Brian Brown. This is Brian: Our thoughts for B.B.: - (01:00) It wouldn't seem to be conducive to your cause, Brian, to make comparisons between what might happen...
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Teens cowardly enter annals of spineless slurring
Two Vermont-based teenaged sisters will appear in court today to answer charges that they slashed the tires and spray-painted anti-gay epithets on the vehicles of two civilly-unioned gay men (one of whom was a distant relative): Two teenaged girls to...
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Will PA Gov. be a total rick?
It is being rumored the man who became synonymous with both early 21st century congressional gay condemnations and "man-dog sex," former Senator Rock Santorum, is considering running for the Governor of Pennsylvania in that state's 2010 election. Meaning, of course,...
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Poll: School tolerance still not winning popularity contests
In a poll on the website of New Mexico's Farmington Daily Times, 69% of respondents indicated that they don't think Gay-Straight Alliances should be allowed in local schools. Poll shows most against Gay-Straight Alliance [Daily Times] In a related story,...
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'Roid rage for gay actor
If you see a rainbow orb floating through the other end of your telescope, don't fret. For it's just that openly gay "Star Trek" and "Heroes" star George Takei now has an asteroid named after him: Group Renames Asteroid for...
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10/02/2007
Color by number (of mental disturbances)
A new study by Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health indicates that black lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals have significantly fewer mental disorders than whites of the same orientations. However, it also found that black and Latino gay men,...
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Do Ask, Do Tell @ Yale
For the first year in recent memory, Yale Law School was yesterday forced to either allow the military to attend their employer interview program or lose federal funds (due to a recent appelate court ruling that was itself based on...
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Video: Ron Paul on Ron/Paul marriage
Here is GOP candidate Ron Paul speaking on several issue, including gay marriage. Check it out (marriage comments begin at 3:41 mark) Our thoughts: 1) The "definition that can be found in the dictionary," Ron? Come on, brotha. We actually...
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Your actions are what are 'In-Defensible', Tony
From a short piece he's entitled "In-Defensible," Here is Tony Perkins speaking about the LGBT-centric hate crimes legislation that was recently passed by the Senate as an amendment to the Department of Defense authorization bill: "By hijacking the bill and...
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If party moves to center, they'll grab their coats and flee
Some far-right social conservatives, including such anti-gay workhorses as Tony Perkins and James Dobson, have indicated that if the GOP picks someone like Rudy Giuliani as their presidential nominee, then they will consider backing a third party candidate. Conservatives Consider...
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10/01/2007
Another hour, another ENDA letter
A few hours ago, we told you how 90+ LGBT groups had banded together to tell Congress to leave The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) in its original, trans-inclusive state. Well now, another set of groups has released their own ENDA-supporting...
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Fred wants both law & ducks in order
Social conservatives like James Dobson and Matt Barber have spoken out against Fred Thompson for his failure to support a constitutional amendment that would fully tarnish the principles of fairness and decency fully ban gay marriage. Other anti-gay leaders, such...
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In the ENDA, these 90 groups hope to prevail
So we told you on Friday how it was seeming increasingly likely that transgender protections were going to be dropped or at least separated from The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). And before that, we told you how a handful of...
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Fun with conservative typos
You'd think that since he spent last week decrying the event and this weekend documenting the action, 'mo foe Peter LaBarbera would by now know the name of the FolsoM Street Fair. Judging by this headline, however, he does not:...
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New rule: 'Advocate' honoree's wrong on some gay issues
This is how Advocate "Person of The Year" Bill Maher spoke about hate crimes on his show Friday night: "So – so Congress passed – the Senate passed this – or voted on this hate-crime legislation ...they attached it to...
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Video: She speaks in tongues; we respond with tongue in cheek
This lady has the right idea, in that she wants gays to come out. However, her reasons for busting the closet door down are less along the lines of "so you can live the truth that has always been within...
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