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Rosanne Blogs About The Suicide Of Marie Osmond’s Son

  Marie Osmond’s poor gay son killed himself because he had been told how wrong and how sick he was every day of his life by his church and the people in it. Calling that "depression" is a lie! Yet the Osmonds still talk lovingly about their church, saying nothing about its extremely anti-gay Crusade. […]

Coming Out Coming Clean

My friends in Upward Educate, a college preparation program, have been the most accepting of my homosexuality. In the following essay I describe the importance of being honest about my sexual orientation. I provide a short story that applies this imperative truth when I was at an Upward Educate convention. The parts are labeled. Essay

Another Anti-Gay Conservative Gay Politician Caught Red Handed

GOP California State Senator Roy Ashburn was pulled over after leaving FACES, a gay bar in Sacramento, last night. His driving was erratic and in the end he was charged with a DUI and with driving with a blood alcohol level higher than .08%. A male passenger in the car with Ashburn was released and

Holy Hook UP!

  You know, I don’t have a lot of trust in a lot of things anymore, but some dreams do still come true… Police have wiretaps implicating Angelo Balducci, a "Papal Gentleman" (boy, that terms going to get some use behind bars…) in a gay prostitution scandal. I know, I need a cigarette too… Seems

Senators State Case to Lift Ban On Donated Blood

In my mind one of the most homophobic and frankly, insane, policies of recent years is the continued ban on gay men donating blood. The law remains in place even though there’s no science behind it and even though blood donated through gay men poses no more risk than blood donated from anyone else. Finally,

Male Sexual Harassment Claims Double

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jonathan Pilkington’s boss wouldn’t take no for an answer. During more than two years as a food runner at an upscale steakhouse in Scottsdale, Ariz., Pilkington says his male supervisor groped, fondled and otherwise sexually harassed him more than a dozen times. "It was very embarrassing," Pilkington said. "I felt like I

Latin America’s First Gay Marriage Law Takes Effect

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Throngs of Mexico City gay and lesbian couples registered for marriage licenses Thursday, the day Latin America’s first gay-marriage law took effect. The first gay weddings will take place within a week to 10 days, after the paperwork is processed. Mexico City’s legislature approved the first law explicitly giving gay marriages

Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Study Already Under Fire

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon’s upcoming study on gays in the military is biased, some GOP lawmakers already contend, because it assumes Congress will repeal the 1993 law known as "don’t ask, don’t tell." Republicans are likely to use that argument as they try to erode the credibility of the planned review, which Defense Secretary

Skittles

Spring is around the corner and the smell of leather is in the air. No, I don’t mean from chaps or whips…. but softball gloves. (sorry to disappoint) You can also hear the pounding of cleats in the dirt. Ahhh, spring time! As many of you know there is a local LGBT-Straight Ally softball team,

Same Sex Marriage Begins in DC & Catholic Charities React With Restrictions

Same sex marriage licenses will begin to be issued tomorrow, Wednesday March 3rd in Washington DC. Although couples can register for the licenses on Wednesday, there is a 3 day waiting period before they can exchange vows. Opponents of the new legislation attempted to have the Supreme Court block the law in order to allow