tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69864852009-12-02T20:06:55.552-08:00Up to the minute Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender News from dozens of leading prominent LGBT sources on the net. All the LGBT news you could use conveniently located on one site. Created by an Out and PROUD LGBT, for other LGBT, their families, friends, and loved ones throughout the world who want to stay informed to the news and events which greatly affect our LGBT community.Simonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05078032273077580411noreply@blogger.comBlogger4442125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986485.post-1160669830025856192006-10-12T09:16:00.000-07:002006-10-12T09:17:10.033-07:00

Michael Jackson Tramps It Up in HeelsSure, we may love the Mark Foley scandal story, but we really love a good Michael Jackon's a big fucking weirdo story. It seems Jackson's not content being known for his astonishing talent, alleged penchant for little boys, and keeping his children under black veils, now he's adding cross-dresser to his list of tabloid-ready insanity. We've got nothing

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Reporter Who Outed Foley Knew of ConductWe know you kids can't get enough of this Mark Foley scandal, so here's link to The Advocate's Q&A with Kurt Wolfe, the reporter who outed Foley in an Advocate article a decade ago. While the entire thing's a good read, what we find particularly interesting is that one of Wolfe's sources in the story was a congressional page who Foley had sent sexually

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Kirk Fordham To Testify TodayToday's the day we've all been waiting for: Mark Foley's former employee, Kirk Fordham, will be going before the House Ethics Committee to say, yet again, that he told Speaker Hastert about Foley's inappropriate behavior with Congressional pages.CNN reports:A source familiar with his account of events told CNN that Fordham will say he notified Scott Palmer, Hastert's

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Gay History Month Madness!A few weeks ago we made a passing, happy endings related mention to a school in Philadelphia that planned on including gay history in its academic schedule. Of course, the more conservative parents got their panties in a twist and raised a stink. Well, that stink just got way more pungent. Gathering at Kings High School, a group of concerned citizens got together to

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Queer critters on display: Museum exhibits gay animals A new exhibit at the Oslo Natural History Museum in Norway is putting a fabulous specimen on display: the gay animal. From birds to bugs to mammals, the exhibit (beginning today) details the homo-centric tendencies of the entire kingdom.Now that's a field trip from which our young selves could have truly benefited! I mean the tour of the

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ACLU clarifies why selling vacuums is different from protesting other things that suck A recent incident in Warrenton, VA -- in which a local police officer told volunteers from the pro-gay Commonwealth Coalition to stop going door-to-door campaigning against the state's proposed constitutional marriage ban because, he claimed, they were in violation of a local anti-solicitation ordinance -- has

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Marvin TestifiesIn which Marvin reveals issues he has with the Love in Action program and highlights the different approach he will take in his fledgling ministry. Marvin also shares his Pastor's Coming Out Day surprise. He is still looking for an appropriate name for his ex-gay program. Suggestions?10/12/2006 6:00:20 AM[Peterson Toscano's A Musing]Independent Ink: Small Press Expo in Bethesda

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Homophobia Reaffirmed: Commentary: OutRightCommentary: There are many things one could say about the scandal involving disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.). It is foremost a tale of an individual's misuse of power and trust, a willingness to disregard the vulnerable position and psychology of eager-to-please youths. It is a tale of self-abasement, a 50-something male trying desperately to

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FOF #406 - Ask Miss Ronnie Anything - 10.12.06Hello there babies! The "bomba atomica" of podcasting, Miss Ronnie and me the "chupacabra" of podcasting Fausto Fernós answer your very important questions about life, love and the nature of the universe. How do you pick up guys at the gym? Do you practice santeria? Do you belive in reincarnation? Why are nerds so hot? Listen as we answer every

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Page: Foley touched page on House floorMichigan Daily (Univ. of Mich.) | Oct. 12 at 11:37 AM ... 10/12/2006 10:37:00 AM [Washington Blade BladeWire]HIV-positive man accused of trying to infect 16 menSydney Star Observer | Oct. 12 at 11:24 AM ... 10/12/2006 10:24:00 AM [Washington Blade BladeWire]Birds and bees may be gay - museum exhibitionReuters | Oct. 12 at 10:15 AM ... 10/12/2006 9:15:00

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Good As You (satire)Queer critters on display: Museum exhibits gay animalsGood As You (satire) - 1 hour agoA new exhibit at the Oslo Natural History Museum in Norway is putting a fabulous specimen on display -- the gay animal. From bird ... 10/12/2006 8:23:00 AM [queer - Google News ]Gay attack on campus sparks off fight-back - African News Dimension (subscription)Gay attack on campus sparks off

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PinkNews.co.ukIrish Greens back gay marriagePinkNews.co.uk, UK - 3 hours ago... even have any laws regarding same sex unions, but the country’s Green Party has today vowed to introduce total equality between the gay and straight ... UK Gay Marriage Suit Abandoned 365Gay.comOur courts protect the dignity of all Vuvuzela OnlineGREEN PARTY SUPPORTS SAME SEX CIVIL UNIONS GCNBloomberg -

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Black Gay Man Severely Beaten in NYCDEVELOPING STORY - New York police have arrested a suspect in the hate crime attack on 28-year-old Michael Sandy. Sandy was reportedly lured to the location where he was attacked by an Internet scheme targeting gay men. Once he arrived at the location, he was attacked by a group of four white men. Sandy escaped from his attackers and fled to the street, where

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For Nat'l Coming Out Day[FemmeNoir]

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The homobigots behind the Wisconsin marriage amendmentThat's Julaine Appling above. She's executive director of the Family Research Institute of Wisconsin ("preserving marriage and family, life and liberty"), and serves as president of Vote Yes for Marriage.I guess we could call her Wisconsin's Daddy D (would that make her "Momma A"?). She's the queen of the homobigot soundbite, as she works the

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Small Plane Crashes Into NY Bldg.A small plane reportedly crashed into a Manhattan residential building this afternoon. The plane crashed some time around 3 p.m. today into a 50-story apartment building on East 72nd Street. CNN reported that the FAA closed down LaGuardia Airport and NORAD scrambled fighter jets over various American cities. However, the White House reports no evidence of

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Condi recognizes partner of new AIDS Coordinator at swearing-in ceremony(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)"I am truly honored and delighted to have the opportunity to swear in Mark Dybul as our next Global AIDS Coordinator. I am pleased to do that in the presence of Mark's parents, Claire and Richard, his partner, Jason, and his mother-in-law, Marilyn...You have a wonderful family to support you,

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How not to do it, pervBarenaked Joe's post, Mark Foley: Worst Coming Out Story Ever, hits the mark (no pun intended). A snippet:Dear Mark Foley,It really is a shame that as an out gay man you are spending your first National Coming Out Day today in "rehab" (wink, wink). But really, Mark, perhaps it's best that you stay out of the limelight for now, because besides the fact that gays don't want to

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Beyond Repair, Reprised Good as you has a great rant posted about the “ex-gay” fallacy, and I can’t resist getting in on it, mainly because the part about the “countless folks who have left” the “ex-gay” lifestyle reminded me of a previous post titled “Beyond Repair,” that got lost in a database crash (thats what I get for not backing up my database regularly). In that post I linked to a few more

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Senseless Crime Takes the Life of One of Africa's Best and Brightest The world lost one of its most talented and caring voices in the struggle against HIV/AIDS last week. Nigerian journalist and AIDS activist Omololu Falobi was shot to death in Lagos,Nigeria, on Oct. 5. He was 35 years old. Details of Falobi’s death are still unclear, but what we know is that he was returning home when he

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Coming Out Day Video II Another rousing installment in our National Coming Out Day Video Series! Hooray! This one comes from the classic episode of The Simpsons in which Bart gets kidnapped by an ape. Todd Flanders (or is it Rod? We've never known the difference) rescues him and Bart tells him he's gay, which means brave. Bart may have been taking the piss, but we think saying "I'm gay" is

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Coming Out Day Video I As loyal Queerty readers and all around social conscious folk, you probably already know that today is National Coming Out Day. To celebrate this plantetary unveiling of faggotry, we'll be bringing you a series of coming out clips throughout the day. Here's a little gay video collage from everyone's favorite teen sudster, Degrassi. If you're in the closet, come on out.

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Staver eager to bury gay marriage; we remain eager to cremate bias Responding to the news that two California men who were challenging federal and state laws against same-sex marriage were denied an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, Mat Staver (pic) of the extremely gay-unfriendly Liberty Counsel tells Focus on the Family's Citizenlink: "This is not just a good day for marriage, it's a great

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FOF #405 - Keeping the Junk on the Inside - 10.11.06At our live recording in West Hollywood, there was a strange sign backstage that read "No Handkerchief Dances." We were all asking ourselves, what's a handkerchief dance, and why is it illegal? On today's show the delightful Miss Ronnie comes over to talk about the good, the bad and the ugly side of West Hollywood- dishing the dirt about all

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One More DayIt’s been two years since I lost my wife Bette on October 11, 2004. I still have the image burned in my mind of her lifeless body laying in our bed when I found her at home that day.In some ways, it seems like just yesterday since we were sitting in the coffee shop at our favorite bookstore sharing articles we were reading from our different magazinzes or watching a Baltimore Ravens

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