From the press release sent out by the Abbey, the L.A. gay bar that has, as Frontiers reminds us, been named the world’s best gay bar two years in a row by homosexual television network Logo: “Every Friday and Saturday night, we’re flooded with requests from straight girls in penis hats who want to ogle […]
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Posted inElection 2012
Gay Marriage Looking Good in Maryland Polls
Public Policy Polling says that gay marriage seems to be polling very well in Maryland: –57% of Maryland voters say they’re likely to vote for the new marriage law this fall, compared to only 37% who are opposed. That 20 point margin of passage represents a 12 point shift from an identical PPP survey in […]
Posted inElection 2012
Poll Says Nobody Cares About Gay Marriage
A new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll says President Obama’s announcement of support for gay marriage hasn’t made a difference at all. This is your daily reminder that polls are stupid: In the poll, a combined 17 percent says it makes them “much more likely” or “somewhat more likely” they will vote for him. That’s compared […]
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Dharun Ravi Sentenced to 30 Days
NYT: A judge here sentenced Dharun Ravi to 30 days in jail Monday for using a webcam to spy on his Rutgers University roommate having sex with a man, in a case that galvanized concern about suicide among gay teenagers but also prompted debate about the use of laws against hate crimes. The case drew […]
Posted inPolitics
“Marriages are intensely personal—defined not by courts or voters, but by the people who live inside them.”
Traditional marriage is not what they want you to think it is. (Via Queerty.)
Posted inMovies & TV
Win Passes to QDoc!
VITO A documentary about Vito Russo. I’ve got a pair of festival passes to QDoc: Portland Queer Documentary Festival sitting on my desk. Would you like them? You should! They are good for admission to all the screenings and the opening night party, so you will feel very fancy. Very fancy indeed. These things normally […]
Posted inEthics
Campaign Targets Defense of Marriage Act
A new campaign, “Freedom to Serve, Freedom to Marry,” released its first (emotional) video against the Defense of Marriage Act—a federal law that doesn’t recognize same-sex marriages and ultimately denies military personnel’s same-sex spouses the privileges that “traditional” spouses have (ie: access to military bases, legal counseling). In this video specifically, a woman’s request to […]
Posted inHealth
The FDA May Approve a Daily Anti-Retroviral Drug for HIV-Negative Gay Men Who Don’t Use Condoms
The drug can significantly reduce new HIV infections when taken daily and used correctly. One big aspect of correct usage? Condoms: If approved, the drug would be recommended for H.I.V.-negative people at high risk of becoming infected, like gay men who have multiple partners and do not use condoms consistently, prostitutes and people in relationships […]
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Another Amazing Column from Chicago Sun-Times Columnist Neil Steinburg
Chicago Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg’s editors asked him to find and profile a busy stay-at-home mom for Mother’s Day. Neil put a call out on his Facebook page for a woman with three or more small children. He heard about a woman with four children under the age of five—including one set of triplets—and she […]
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Attack of the Dutch Gay Spy Orgiers
Blogtown consulting detective Graham passed this along, saying, “So this is the funniest thing I’ve watched all week. I am not joking, and neither is she.” If you care about what the Dutch Gay Spy Orgiers of Winter Wipeout are doing to Lincoln, Nebraska, you’ll watch every hilarious, jaw-dropping second of this.
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Dear 40-Year-Old Me
Created by the Alliance Youth Committee of the Illinois Safe Schools Alliance: Beautiful.