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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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GQ features a lengthy interview with former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in the latest issue, which eventually gets around to the subject of gay people:
GQ: DHR still lives by a code that no doubt served him well?to a point. You don't self-aggrandize, you don't kiss and tell, you don't open a vein and act like you're on Oprah. An example: I tell him I'd really love to know where he stands on social issues. He has lived a life fuller than most, and his intellectual wattage is undeniable. Surely he has thought about some of this stuff. He snorts. No, really. How does Donald Rumsfeld feel about gay marriage, abortion, etc.?
RUMMY: "Um, I'm not gonna get into it."
GQ: But why?
RUMMY: "The administration has positions on these things, and if you're part of the administration, you're supportive of the administration."
Two alums of American University are suing the school, according to the afer a newsletter went out to fellow classmates identifying them as recently married "life partners". The newsletter also reportedly said they were "leaders of a nonexistent group called the Gay Rights Brigade."
"Ross Weil, 29, and Brett Royce, 28, college buddies and former New York housemates, filed a $1.5 million defamation suit against American University in Manhattan federal court on Aug. 30, claiming the school acted maliciously and with 'gross negligence' by printing the announcement. The Class Notes section of the spring edition of American Magazine, a quarterly publication for the Washington, D.C., university, asserted that Weil and Royce tied the knot in Boston on June 10, 2006.... The lawsuit declares both men have been harmed by the newsletter's mistake - even though they say there's nothing wrong with being gay. 'It has nothing to do with homophobia,' [lawyer Michael] Kaufman insisted."
Alexis Smith found her car spray-painted with homophobic slurs in a Montpelier, Vermont Park-n-Ride lot upon returning from a three-day weekend in Maine, the Times Argus reports:
"Smith, 41, said she isn't gay and is unsure why her vehicle was targeted. She said she worries the epithets, painted in large, yellow letters on the hood, driver-side windows and rear of her 1986 Corolla, were intended for someone else."
There is concern in the community because less than three weeks ago the home of a Jewish family in the area was burglarized and swastikas were left spray-painted on the walls.
Smith told the paper: "I feel like because of what else has gone on, this is a really big issue in Montpelier. This is not OK. There's somebody driving a white Toyota Corolla right now who could potentially be in danger. I'm not gay. I'm not a gay activist. But I am now. I'm going out to the flag store right now and putting a big rainbow flag on here."
Fonseca: "You're writing musicals and aiming for Broadway now. The EW offices are in the Theater District and a lot of the gay bars around here have special musical nights where they welcome some stage star onstage. You need to do that. Trust me ? there's a whole generation of younger gays who grew up with you on their TV. I think they'd eat it up."
Gifford: "Oh, thank you! It's interesting ? in all the years that I was on the show, I had a very strong gay following and I always cherished that, you know? That they didn't think that because of my faith that I was some sort of intolerant, condemning, self-righteous person. I never got that from them. I got a lot of criticism from the faith world, believe me, for the choices I made through the years. I think people are sometimes afraid of somebody who's different from themselves simply because they don't know it. I think anybody that can only stay in their own pew, people who think and act and believe every way exactly the same, I mean...you want to talk about living a boring life. So I've always sensed tremendous support from the gay community and I'm very, very grateful for it, so I'm going to take your advice and I thank you very much for it. I'm supposed to do a show right now in Queens ? how perfect! If I do it, I'm going to call you back and you give me the name of the best gay bar in New York and I'll do it."
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"Ross Weil, 29, and Brett Royce, 28, college buddies and former New York housemates, filed a $1.5 million defamation suit against American University in Manhattan federal court on Aug. 30, claiming the school acted maliciously and with 'gross negligence' by printing the announcement. The Class Notes section of the spring edition of American Magazine, a quarterly publication for the Washington, D.C., university, asserted that Weil and Royce tied the knot in Boston on June 10, 2006.... The lawsuit declares both men have been harmed by the newsletter's mistake - even though they say there's nothing wrong with being gay. 'It has nothing to do with homophobia,' [lawyer Michael] Kaufman insisted."
Fonseca: "You're writing musicals and aiming for Broadway now. The EW offices are in the Theater District and a lot of the gay bars around here have special musical nights where they welcome some stage star onstage. You need to do that. Trust me ? there's a whole generation of younger gays who grew up with you on their TV. I think they'd eat it up."
