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Christopher Ciccone signed copies of Life with My Sister Madonna at Book Soup in West Hollywood last night. Since its release on......
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Australian Jury Finds Man Guilty of Deliberately Spreading HIV
An Australian man yesterday was convicted......
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Out-of-State Gays Will Be Able to Marry in Massachusetts Immediately
Towleroad Writes:
Due to a technical change made by the House, same-sex couples from out-of-state will not have to wait the standard 90 days before the repeal of the law takes effect. They w...
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Obama: McCain Taking the Low Road
The Obama campaign has released a response to ......
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Arrest Made in Murder of Colorado Transgender Woman
An arrest has been made in the murder of Angie Zapata, a transgender woman who was beaten to death last week in her home in Greeley, Colorado: "Alan Ray Andrade, 31, was arrested......
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hey,
i fell in love w/ my best friend a bout a year a go, and it pains me daily. I for some stupid reason told her how i felt las summer..yeah i got entirely shot down and i know she cares but she just a said "well i love u too"...in like a sisterly love kinda way by her tone and i specified...idk. its just hard to live w/ because, well i live w/ her family. so its difficult for me to move on and im just not sure how to. and i mean is kinda good it hasn't effected out friendship, considering i think she totally blocked it out and doesn't remember what so ever.idk. its just hard for me to move on. and i want to be in a relationship, but i'm scared that i wont be fair to someone f they have feelings for me...what if i don't for them because im still stuck on her.I've tried everything but i just don't know what to do. oh and my other best friend is in love w/ me, and its just really complicated. anyway i just feel like i'm caught up in this web of confusion and feelings and i just don't know what to do anymore, and being an insomniac, this really doesn't help. and because of all this +my living arrangements i feel like i cant be open about my sexuality, and keeping it in is killing me.please help me if u can?
Well first off, I'd like to applaud you on your maturity with the situation. I can't say that I know what you're going through, but I do understand that it is a very hard thing to deal with. It's very smart of you to not get into a relationship with someone while you still have feelings for someone else.I know it hurts to be shot down, and I can't imagine how awkward it must be for you, but you have to let it go. Loving someone is hard, especially if they don't love you back in the way you want.
I recommend finding something to get your mind off of this girl. Something PRODUCTIVE, mind you. It's going to be hard, I will promise you that. But it'll be better in the long run. As for your best friend having feelings for you, that is in fact a pickle. You're going to need to tell them the truth. As much as it hurt you, and as much as it's going to hurt them, if it wasn't meant to be, it's not meant to be. I know you're caught up now, but it will get better. Everything will even out and resolve itself.
I know it's cliche advice, but it's the truth. And even though you feel constricted by your living arrangements, you need to be true to yourself. I don't mean flaunt it all of the time, because that might not be best. But you can't keep it inside. And with the "power" of the internet, you can find someone to confide in. Even if it's just me.
Hope this helps a little bit, and good luck. Come back if you need more advice.
I was held in the office for three hours, and I had a sit in started for me. How intense is that?
I gave three wicked speeches, and I know next year will only be better.
I hope everyone's Day of Silence was filled with voices you couldn't hear, and it went FABULOUS.
It's gonna rock next year, guys. Promise. And even though it seems hard...It'll all get better. Maybe not easier.
But better for sure.
And remember. Your voice DOES count. One person can make the difference. You are important. <333
Ok so my ex-boyfriend was cheating on me for some one else and then left me. I then got together with my best friend DJ(Megan) and I can really tell she loves me. Now my ex came crawling back and is claiming he needs me and if I don't take him back he's going to kill himself. I don't want to leave my girlfriend at all but I don't want him to be too torn up about it. How do I get him to just stay my friend and quit begging me?
You really need to just talk to him. Tell him that you do care about him, but his chance has expired. Also tell him not to be so drastic. You're only so young! We all have so much life left to live!!
Stay with your girlfriend. Your ex-boyfriend did, in fact, cheat on you. Stay with DJ. Talk to your ex. Make him understand what happened.
You would be being unfair to your girlfriend. He needs to understand his mistakes. Trust me.
Hope this helps. Write back if you need more advice.
A Tel Aviv Court, which noted in its sentencing that the case was "one of the most vicious cases brought before this court," sentenced four young men to two to eight years in prison for robbing and assaulting young gay men in the city's old central bus station, Ynet reports:
"According to the indictment, in January 2007, the four scoured the station's area for men seeking to rendezvous with other men, going as far as to place one of them as a decoy. Around 4:30 am, one of the plaintiffs fell for the scam, picked up the man posing as a decoy in his car, and the two made their way to a nearby car park. Once inside the car park, the indictment continued, the three other assailants found the two. The plaintiff ? sensing danger - tries to escape ? but the four began beating him, ordered him to strip naked and robbed him, taking off with his clothes, his money and his car, which contained his cell phone and laptop."
In another case, the defendants bit off part of a victim's ear.
Said the judge: "This is one of the most vicious cases ever brought before this court. The defendants acted with premeditated malice, laying in wait for their victim, leading him to a secluded place and exercising brutal, unwarranted, violence."
"According to the indictment, in January 2007, the four scoured the station's area for men seeking to rendezvous with other men, going as far as to place one of them as a decoy. Around 4:30 am, one of the plaintiffs fell for the scam, picked up the man posing as a decoy in his car, and the two made their way to a nearby car park. Once inside the car park, the indictment continued, the three other assailants found the two. The plaintiff ? sensing danger - tries to escape ? but the four began beating him, ordered him to strip naked and robbed him, taking off with his clothes, his money and his car, which contained his cell phone and laptop."
