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Pop superstar Adam Lambert returned to the stage of Fox’s American Idol to perform his new single “Never Close Our Eyes” last night. The 30-year-old singer-songwriter rose to prominence while appearing on the eighth season of the music competition program, during which he was ultimately voted runner up. Lambert’s acclaimed latest album, Trespassing, is now available. Watch him perform “Never Close Our Eyes” below.Check out the original source here. Read more [...]

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Monday, 02 April 2012 09:44 Written by Steve Smith A big question I get from potential visitors is, “How do you get to Key West?” When I moved to the island, our airport sporting the famous airport code EYW had occasional air-conditioning, a few ceiling fans that turned, and a big hole in the wall through which our luggage was tossed. DC3 aircraft served the island from Read more [...]

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Edie Windsor and Thea Spyer The string of rulings that have found the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional continues today.A federal judge in New York has sided with an 83-year-old woman who found herself subject to inheritance taxes when her wife died and the federal government wouldn’t recognize their marriage.Edie Windsor, who lives in New York, married her late Read more [...]

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Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi Nancy Pelosi had strong words for a Republican proposal to protect military chaplains from performing same-sex weddings, calling the whole idea a “fraud.” “There’s nothing that says that chaplains act against their faith,” the House Minority Leader said during a news conference Thursday, objecting Read more [...]

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Monday, 02 April 2012 09:55 Written by Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – President Barack Obama could be caught in an election-year bind on gay marriage, wedged between the pressure of supporters who want him to back same-sex marriage and the political perils of igniting an explosive social issue in the midst of the campaign. Interviews with Read more [...]

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Global superstars Elton John, Tom Jones, Kylie Minogue, Robbie Williams, Paul McCartney, and Shirley Bassey among others performed at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Concert at Buckingham Palace in London on Monday. The star-studded musical extravaganza comes on the third of four days of celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s 60 years on the throne.Check out the original source here. Read more [...]

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From kiss-ins in Paraguay to neo-Nazi attacks in Russia, the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia confronts prejudice and discrimination across the globe. After an IDAHO protest rally in St. Petersburg, Russia, activists were escorted back to their buses by police. But they drove only a few blocks before being stopped by groups of young men dressed in neo-Nazi insignia, some with face masks and many with shaved skin-head hairstyles. They attacked Read more [...]

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Monday, 02 April 2012 10:00 Written by Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) – Prosecutors in Chile asked for murder charges Wednesday in the death of a young gay man whose attackers brutally beat him and carved swastikas into his body. Daniel Zamudio died Tuesday night, 25 days after he was attacked. The case has prompted a national debate in Chile over hate crimes, Read more [...]

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Clockwise from upper left: Secretaries John Bryson at Commerce, Hilda Solis at Labor, Timothy Geithner at Treasury, and Kathleen Sebelius at Health and Human Services all support same-sex marriage. With June being Pride month, the list of Cabinet secretaries openly supporting marriage equality is growing fast.The Advocate has confirmed that Secretaries Hilda Solis at Labor, Read more [...]

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As mixed martial arts fighter Jessica Aguilar gears up to fight the top-seeded female strawweight in the world, she told Sports Illustrated’s Loretta Hunt that she has learned to be more open about her bisexuality. “I don’t put it in any titles,” said Aguilar, “but I’d say when I’ve found the right person-whether it’s a man or a woman-I’d be happy.” Her highly protective mother did not quite approve. Upon hearing the news, she asked her daughter where she picked up on bisexuality, but Aguilar explained, Read more [...]

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Monday, 02 April 2012 10:11 Written by Associated Press Carson Daly has taken heat from gay rights groups and a 9/11 victim’s family member for jokes he made about the JetBlue pilot incident on his morning radio program — jokes that many deemed offensive to gays and lesbians. In the incident, which has received widespread media attention, a JetBlue pilot went berserk Read more [...]

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President Obama at the Regent Beverly Wilshire President Obama riled up LGBT donors during a fundraiser at the Beverly Hills home of out Glee creator Ryan Murphy with a story about working out at the gym, “don’t ask, don’t tell” repeal and about how he views the country’s founding.The president first attended a DNC LGBT Leadership Council gala Wednesday night at the Regent Read more [...]

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When lesbian filmmaker Tanya Wexler heard about the treatment for female hysteria (i.e. orgasms) she says, “It made me laugh. I knew it was a story I had to tell.” Her new film, Hysteria, which premiers today, is a romantic comedy wrapped around the amusing story of the first electro-mechanical vibrator, invented in 1880 by happenstance, at a time when Victorian prudishness coincided with the dawn of the electrical age. Despite the fact that there are no out LGBT people in the film, the sentiment Read more [...]

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