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The Media and Gay Men in Sacramento—Including West Sacramento’s Gay Mayor—Knew Anti-Gay Pol Roy Ashburn Was Gay AND SAID NOTHING

Unbelievable. And what Joe said: The Californian decided that Ashburn’s sexuality wasn’t “relevant.” The unnamed Sacramento paper apparently did too and never published. To recap: It’s not relevant that a state politician with a 100% rating from an anti-gay group is gay himself. Can you fucking BELIEVE that? And it turns out that the openly […]

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Gay Marriage Comes to Washington D.C.

There’s a challenge before the Supreme Court—and that’s enough to make you nervous—but barring a little judicial activism by the Supremes, Washington D.C. will start issuing marriage licenses tomorrow. Three days later same-sex couples in D.C. will be start marrying and will then be entitled to all the legal rights and obligations of marriage that […]

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Americans Think Gay Men and Lesbians Should Be Able to Serve Openly in the Armed Forces…

…but not homosexuals. John at Americablog: CBS just found that if you ask Americans how they feel about “gay men and lesbians” serving in the military, a large majority support it. But if you ask people whether “homosexuals” should be allowed to serve in the military, support drops. Bottom line: Homosexual is a nasty, clinical-sounding […]

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Straight Up

So (as Matt mentioned in GMN) it turns out that the federal judge overseeing the Prop 8 trial in San Francisco is… gay. The haters at NOM aren’t happy because as everyone knows only straight people can be impartial when it comes to issues like gay marriage because straight people are scrupulously fair at all […]

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