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Brad Pitt Donates To Fight Proposition 8

Hollywood A-lister Brad Pitt announced on Wednesday he’s donating $100,000 to fight Proposition 8, the November ballot initiative that could ban same-sex marriage in the state. The Los Angeles Times reports that Pitt’s contribution is the largest anti-Prop. 8 donation donated by a celebrity. Read the story HERE…

John McCain – Reformed Maverick

“I didn’t decide to run for President to start a national crusade for the political reforms I believed in or to run a campaign as if it were some grand act of patriotism. In truth, I wanted to be President because it had become my ambition to be President. I was sixty two years old

Gavin Newsome Speech – Vote NO On 8

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsome made a speech recently regarding how important it is for all Californians to come together to defeat Proposition 8 in November. Newsome notes that this is a close race at this point, and in order to make history for all LGBT Americans, all our involvement in this election and this

Register – Get Informed – Vote For Change

Now that the Democrat and Republican conventions are over, we have less than 60 days left before American citizens elect the next President and Vice President. Given the anti-gay and anti-choice stance of the McCain-Palin campaign, the choice seems incredibly clear who we need to elect to salvage the country from the disastrous Republican administrations.

Bridging the divide?

Mayoral candidate Henry T. Perea speaks on diversity, division and uniting a community:     Perea is young, clean-cut, and Catholic but has a penchant for mild cursing (I’ve omitted the expletives from the article…sorry). He’s a bit of a walking paradox, no question about it.

Gay foster ban cleared for Arkansas ballot

A proposal aimed at effectively banning gay men and lesbians from becoming foster or adoptive parents was cleared Monday to appear on this fall’s ballot in Arkansas. To read more of this article on PlanetOut.com click here.

Obama Chooses Biden As VP Candidate

CNN & The Associated Press are reporting that Barack Obama has chosen Joseph Biden as his Vice Presidential Candidate. Read the story HERE…

CA Supreme Court Get’s It Right Again

After a recent re-design by 365GAY.COM, our live news feed is officially active again, at the top of our homepage. We can’t help but point out one of the lead stories, about the CA Supreme Court ruling that doctors are not allowed to base their medical assistance to patients on the basis of their religious

Birth Control Is NOT Abortion

Can you imagine living in a place where birth control is considered an "abortion" and health insurers won’t cover it? Where even rape victims are denied emergency contraception? It seems unbelievable, but the Bush Administration is quietly trying to redefine "abortion" to include birth control. The Houston Chronicle says this could wipe out dozens of