Daniel Hauff's 3 Alleged Attackers All Indicted on Hate Crime Charges
The three men accused of attacking Chicago's Daniel Hauff on a train last month — after he came to the rescue of another passenger being assaulted — have been indicted on hate crime charges. Looks like a certain college student is thismuchcloser to being removed from campus. Permalink | 2 comments | Add to del.icio.us Tagged: benjamin [...]
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Perhaps the Pentagon Should Reach Out to the Civilian Photographer Who's Located 40 Active Duty Gay Soldiers
With Don't Ask Don't Tell hearings galore going on on the Hill this week — and Kathy Griffin parading around D.C. like she owns the place — all eyes are on lawmakers and the Pentagon as they continue … carefully choosing their words about whether repealing the law is the right thing to do. But [...]
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The One Where Ugly Betty's Justin Kisses a Boy
THE SHOT — We know some bitchy queens are going to get angry about "spoiling" last night's Ugly Betty, but c'mon, little Justin Suarez had his first gay kiss, right after having a straight kiss with a girl! CONTINUED » Permalink | 3 comments | Add to del.icio.us Tagged: Mark Indelicato, the shot, Ugly Betty
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Australia's Gender-Free Norrie Now Being Forced to Choose 'Male' or 'Female'
Over the weekend we learned about Norrie, Australia's first non-female, non-male, completely gender-neutral civilian as recognized by law. And then some high-up government officials got wind of her "sex not specific" certificate, and canceled it. CONTINUED » Permalink | 3 comments | Add to del.icio.us Tagged: androgynous, Australia, Gender, John Hatzistergos, norrie
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It Took 7 Months of a Sexless Marriage (And One Gay Kiss) to Realize Her Husband Was a 'Mo
We already know that gay marriage is going to hurt heterosexual marriage, but also: not having gay marriage hurts heterosexual marriage. Because it's allowing straight women to get scammed into getting hitched to homosexuals as part of a green card scam! CONTINUED » Permalink | Post a comment | Add to del.icio.us Tagged: farrukh khan, Immigration, Marriage, samina [...]
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PHOTOS: Yes Chris Can
MORNING GOODS — Ah Chris, sitting there, still, at the construction site, wearing his work gloves to make sure his hands stay protected. When operating heavy machinery. And such. CONTINUED » CONTINUED » Permalink | Post a comment | Add to del.icio.us Tagged: Models, Morning Goods, Photos, risque
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Task Force Asks Congress to Amend Fair Housing Act to Protect LGBT
National lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights leader urges Congress to protect LGBT people from pervasive discrimination Post by Melanie Nathan – 3-16-10 . National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Action Fund Executive Director Rea Carey today called on federal lawmakers to amend the Fair Housing Act to ban discrimination against lesbian, gay, [...]
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Headlines: Magnitude 4. 4 Earthquake shakes Southern California
Image via Wikipedia Nerves rattled but no damage from magnitude-4.4 earthquake that awakened Southern California Posted on 16 March 2010 by  Melanie Nathan,  LOS ANGELES – Southern Californians were jolted from their sleep before dawn Tuesday as a small but strongly felt earthquake struck beneath Los Angeles’ eastern suburbs. I have had the [...]
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Jon Stewart Takes On Catholic Church Gay Scandals In One Three Minute Segment
03/17/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Last night on the Daily Show, Jon Stewart took on a wide range of issues regarding the Roman Catholic Church in a segment entitled Holy Sh*t. He managed, in the three minute segment, to hit the Catholic Church scandal over the gay prostitution ring, the fact that it took twenty years [...]
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Kathy Griffin Holding Rally to Repeal DADT
Image by Getty Images via Daylife 03/17/2010- by Natasia Langfelder Kathy Griffin, comedian and longtime supporter of the LGBT community, is holding her own rally to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.  The rally is tomorrow, Thursday, March 18th at Freedom Plaza in D.C. Griffin released a statement about the rally: “Calling all DC gays and ALL good citizens [...]
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Irish Cardinal Sean Brady Apologizes For Role In Silencing Abuse Victimes Thirty-five Years Ago
03/17/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Thirty five years ago, Cardinal Sean Brady witnessed and even abetted the silencing of complaints against Father Brendan Smyth. Back then, Father Sean Brady attended meetings in which accusers of Father Smyth were made to sign vows of silence regarding his abuse of them. There have been calls for Cardinal Brady [...]
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Corrupt Former State Senator Hiram Monserrate Loses Race
Image via Wikipedia 03/17/2010- by Natasia Langfelder Yesterday, Queens voters faced a choice, re-elect expelled State Sentator Hiram Monserrateor elect Jose Peralta to represent the district. Voters chose Peralta, in a landslide. As mentioned on previous coverage on LGR, Monserrate was expelled from the State Senate by his peers after assaulting his girlfriend. The vote by the State Senate was 53-8 to [...]
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Rufus Wainwright Fills the Seats with Stars at New York Concert
Image by Project M·A·R·C via Flickr 03/17/2010- by Natasia Langfelder Out and Proud singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright performed at the Gramercy Park Hotel in New York City last night. Wainwright performed at the boutique hotel’s Rose Bar. The hotel is small and the bar even smaller, but that didn’t stop celebrities from packing in next to Rufus fans [...]
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Amanda Seyfried and Julianne Moore Discuss Their Love Scene in Chloe
Image via Wikipedia 03/17/2010- by Natasia Langfelder The film “Chloe” stars Moore and Amanda Seyfried (Momma Mia, Mean Girls) as a wife who pays an escort to seduce her husband and said escort, respectively.  Recently, screen shots of the movie have surfaced showing that Seyfried’s character, at the very least, kisses Moore’s character. At first blush, the [...]
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Colorado Lesbian Parents Speak Out About Catholic School Decision To Bar Their Children
3/17/10-by Paula Brooks Two Lesbian parents, who children were forced out of a Catholic elementary school in Boulder, Colorado because of their parents sexual orientations, have issued a statement saying they are not publicity seekers and are not threatened by their children hearing different points of views. Their statement was read Monday at a community forum hosted [...]
Family & Parenting | Lez Get Real

Evidence Fight Could Delay Prop 8 Trial
Image via Wikipedia 3/17/10-by Paula Brooks Attorneys for both anti-gay opponents and several civil rights groups who were ordered last week by a California magistrate to turn over internals memos and e-mails to lawyers defending Prop 8, say the fight over the decision could delay a verdict in the federal trial on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, [...]
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Child Abuse Allegations Hit The Vienna Boys’ Choir
03/17/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire The child molestation scandal which has been rocking Europe of late has expanded beyond just cases involving the Roman Catholic Church. Now it has spread to the Vienna Boys’ Choir. Eight cases of abuse have come forward out of the famed choir, and the victims range, today, from ages 40 [...]
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Shame America -Chris Plays Hardball – While the Undead Abuse the Lame
Shame America – The Undead Amongst You!  The Public Option is DOA and yet you still wag  fingers in the face of of the sick and suffering… There are American dying and in pain….. As we countdown to Health Care Reform – Chris Matthews- shows footage of a protest in D.C.   An old gray-bearded man, clearly [...]
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Rep. Cao To Cosponor Don’t Ask Repeal; Kathy Griffin Courts Controvery During Repeal Lobby Effort
03/17/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Today, Louisiana Republican Representative Anh “Joseph” Cao (pronounced Gao) joined to cosponsor the Military Readiness Enhancement Act. Cao, who is having trouble raising funds for his election bid, was lobbied by several of his constituents affiliated with the Human Rights Campaign. The lobbying effort, which has produced more than a [...]
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Pope Benedict Hopes That Open Letter Will Help Process of “Repentance, Healing and Renewal”
03/17/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire This Friday, Pope Benedict is expected to release his signed letter regarding the child abuse scandal in Ireland. He hopes that it will help heal the rift within the Church in Ireland, and that his “hope is that it will help in the process of repentance, healing and renewal.” Of [...]
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