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Fort Bragg army wife told to stop breastfeeding - created non- 'business-like...

This is outlandish - there is zero excuse for this in 2011.  Jess Lanham, who has a husband deployed, went to  Picerne Housing to apply for on-post accommodations. The company, contracted by the Army...

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Towleroad Interview: Fagbug's Erin Davies

On April 18, 2007, The National Day of Silence, a still unidentified person spray-painted the words "fAg" and "U R gay" on Erin Davies' Volkswagon New Beetle. Since then, the openly lesbian Davies...

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New Doctor Who Trailer: "Have You Ever Looked in a Mirror?"

With the return of Doctor Who just a few weeks away now (three, if you're counting!), BBC America has released its first trailer for the new season, which sits comfortably beside the creepy one that...

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Illinois Lesbian Wins Right To Wear Tuxedo To Prom

An openly lesbian Chicago-area high school senior who was told she could not wear a tuxedo to her prom has now won the right to do so. Belinda Sanchez's Proviso East High School principal initially...

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Who's Actually Doing Maryland's Gender Identity Bill (HB 235) Grassroots...

As a parent of five adult & teen children, a grandparent of five grandchildren, an aunt to over a dozen nieces and nephews living in Maryland, and a worker at St. John the Evangelist School in...

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Homeless Man Arrested In NYC Attack

Earlier this week, Andy wrote about the brutal anti-gay attack of Damian Furtch outside of a McDonald's in NYC's West Village. Late last night, police in Brooklyn arrested a 21-year-old homeless man,...

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Dog Adrift On Floating Debris Rescued In Japan

A dog was found alive on top of a large debris field floating one mile off the northern shore of Japan - three weeks after that country's earthquake and tsunami. A helicopter crew spotted the dog who...

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Watch: Stephen Colbert Does Rebecca Black's 'Friday'

No matter how you feel about Rebecca Black's "Friday," the song continues to dominate pop culture. Stephen Colbert performed his own rendition of the much lambasted tune on last night's Friday night...

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News: James Franco, Matthew Morrison, Japan, Southwest Airlines

James Franco says goodbye to Twitter. Matthew Morrison tweets his new album cover. Vanilla Ice to play a gay wedding coordinator in new movie alongside Adam Sandler. Officials in Japan find crack in...

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Texas College Republicans Chair Resigns After Use Of Anti-Gay Slur

Charlie McCaslin, chairman of the Texas College Republicans, has resigned from his post following the emergence of a video in which the Southern Methodist University junior is heard calling the...

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Virginia Considering Gay Adoption Protections

According to Liberty Council, the home state of Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson has proposed adding anti-discrimination regulations for LGB adoptive and foster parents.This is not a bill in the state...

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Fired Gay Priest Gets New Teaching Job

You may recall the story of Father James St. George, a popular Old Catholic Church Of The Americas priest who was fired from his job at Chestnut Hill College earlier this year for being gay even though...

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Blade: certification of DADT repeal could happen this summer; GOP anti-gays...

The trainings are already in progress, and the Pentagon says DADT repeal could happen as early as this summer. Washington Blade: In a hearing before the House Armed Services personnel subcommittee,...

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Watch: Elton John Hosts Saturday Night Live

Elton John hosted Saturday Night Live for the first time ever last night (he'd been a musical guest in the past) and the show's writers made sure to include plenty of jokes about John's British...

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California Bill Would Require Schools Teach LGBT History

With Governor Jerry Brown now in office, Democratics in California have introduced a bill, SB 48, that would require the state's public schools to teach its students about LGBT history.  The Los...

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Watch: Peter Sprigg Claims FRC Is Not A Hate Group

Peter Sprigg, who has in the past advocated for both criminalization of homosexuality and the mass exportation of gays from the United States, is criticizing last year's addition of the Family...

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Too many heathens in Durham? What about 'political heathens'?

I know the South has a reputation for representing a wide, "moral", red-behind-slapping Bible Belt, but I know for a fact that, at least in our Blue area of NC, the fundies just aren't making headway....

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Tune-In Notice: Lifetime Rewinds Drop Dead Diva

Lifetime will offer fans of Drop Dead Diva the opportunity to catch the pilot episode of the series, as well as several other episodes from the first season, on Sunday, April 8th. The cable network...

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STD Awareness Month: Get tested, and please volunteer

The US Centers for Disease Control observe April as STD Awareness Month. According to the CDC: * There are approximately 19 million new cases of STDs each year in the United States, almost half of...

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Video: Five Activists Arrested in NYC Marriage Equality Protest

Five activists from the group Queer Rising were arrested this afternoon following several protests demanding marriage equality. Writes the group, in a press release: Balloons carrying a large sign...

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