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Weekly Round Up for Friday May 6th.

Happy Friday! Mother’s day is this Sunday. Last minute flowers can be found at most grocery stores… and don’t forget how far a hand-made card and a Starbucks gift certificate can go!  (Not that any of us forgot or procrastinated or anything. Right? Right? Ahem, moving on…) In case you missed it, this week had a […]

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The Eagle Tavern In SF Closes It’s Doors

The Eagle Tavern, a gay bar in San Francisco for 30 years and a favorite of many, particularly the bear community, has closed. The last day of the current bar was April 30th. There’s a possibility the bar ownership may be taken up by someone else… There was a time when many American cities had

Weekly Round Up for Friday April 29th

Happy Friday!   According to Rebecca Black today is all about fun, fun, fun, fun, but before you rush off to celebrate the royal wedding/ or get dolled up for Saturday’s ICD’s “An Evening Under the Stars” event, here are a a few highlights from this week’s news. You know, in case they somehow missed your Facebook feed. Because

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Hate Crime in Ohio Kills Eight Horses

A case of arson connected to a hate crime in Ohio, has killed eight horses. “FAGS” and “FREAKS” were spray painted on the property where an ignited barn fire killed the helpless horses. Seven adult horses and one foal died as a result of an arson fire at 874 West Richards Road in McConnelsville just

VIDEO: Transgender Woman Beaten at McDonalds While People Watch

WARNING: The attached video is very violent and difficult to watch but illustrates the violence trans people face every day. Use the link in the attached text from Bilerico Project to contact McDonald’s about this incident. Courtesy Bilerico Project… This is absolutely disgusting. After an unidentified transwoman tried to use the bathroom at a Baltimore

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Al Franken Questions Steve Jobs

Here comes the first major threat to iPhones (well, not the first, the Droid by Motorola is already performing impressively against the iPhone, and in many areas surpassing its initial breakthrough). It appears the phones track your every movement and it doesn’t take much for someone else to get that information. Android devices are riddled