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Giant dancefloors, viewing platforms, and circular stairs: the architect of Fire Island’s new Pavilion fills us in on what to expect this summer. Read more [...]

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USA Network premiered the first part of a two episode storyline on Necessary Roughness (Wednesdays at 10 p.m.) last night that addresses the question: what would happen if a football player was the first major league sports star to come out of the closet Necessary Roughness, one of USA’s biggest hits, is about Dr. Dani Santino, a recently divorced therapist who takes a job as the team therapist for the New York Hawks. A television series about the lives of football players decided to make Read more [...]

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The musician opens up about his eviction from fundamentalist church life, the drug abuse that nearly killed him, and how music saved him. Indie rocker Logan Lynn’s life story is indeed a wild one. Somehow, a kid who grew up in a fundamentalist Christian church where even musical instruments were too secular to have around has developed into an innovative adult musician with a dirty-honest edge. “Turn Me Out,” Read more [...]

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More than 100 organizations have joined the coalition working to pass the marriage equality referendum. Marylanders for Marriage Equality, the coalition working to uphold the new state law in a referendum, announced that more than 100 organizations have joined the campaign. The coalition reached the milestone this week, according to a news release. Marylanders for Marriage Equality includes a broad array of LGBT Read more [...]

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Attorney General Eric Holder, addressing the LGBT Bar Association, said attendees have a solemn responsibility to keep up the fight for equality. The Justice Department and gay rights activists have a “common cause,” U.S. attorney general Eric Holder told a gathering of LGBT lawyers Thursday night, calling on his audience to employ their “considerable passion and expertise” to achieve further progress. Holder Read more [...]

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The San Francisco folk rocker comes out with Modern Love to push for marriage equality. Matt Nathanson, the folk rock singer-songwriter who went platinum with his song “Come On Get Higher” is back with “Modern Love,” a new video supporting marriage equality that has already had nearly 200,000 views in just a week. “People deserve to be free to love who they choose, without prejudice,” says Nathanson, who toured Read more [...]

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The 49ers become the first NFL team with multiple players in an It Gets Better video. Donte Whitner The San Francisco 49ers have become the first NFL team to make an It Gets Better video featuring multiple players. Safety Donte Whitner, linebacker Ahmad Brooks, and defensive tackles Ricky Jean Francois and Isaac Sopoaga Read more [...]

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During the Republican convention, a TV ad with San Diego’s mayor will highlight why the party should embrace marriage rights for same-sex couples. San Diego mayor Jerry Sanders San Diego mayor Jerry Sanders, a Republican and marriage equality supporter, appears in an ad for the marriage cause that will air in the Tampa, Read more [...]

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The Second Circuit will hear oral arguments in Edith Windsor’s case September 27. Edith Windsor A U.S. appeals court has dealt another setback to the Republicans in Congress who are defending the Defense of Marriage Act. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals Thursday denied the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group’s request to Read more [...]

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The U.S. Department of State joins Amnesty International and LGBT activist groups in condemning police violence and harassment against LGBT Zimbabweans. The U.S. Department of State Thursday condemned police intimidation and harassment against LGBT people in Zimbabwe. On August 11, police raided the headquarters of Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe, assaulting members with batons and fists, and arresting 44 members. Read more [...]

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The Republican vice-presidential pick made the statement during a TV interview in Virginia. To Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan, Chick-fil-A means not only “good chicken” but also free speech. Reporter Orlando Salinas of TV station WDBJ in Roanoke, Va., played a bit of word association with Ryan during an interview that aired yesterday. When Salinas said, “Chick-fil-A,” Ryan replied, “Good Read more [...]

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A group founded by the former Vermont governor, presidential hopeful, and DNC chair endorses Baldwin’s effort at becoming the first openly gay U.S. senator. Tammy Baldwin Tammy Baldwin’s campaign to become the first openly gay U.S. senator is getting a boost from Howard Dean’s Democracy for America organization. Baldwin Read more [...]

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Matt Cartwright, who until now supported civil unions, said his views have changed. Matt Cartwright Matt Cartwright, the Democratic nominee for a congressional seat in central Pennsylvania, said that he supports marriage equality, bringing his stance in line with President Obama and the national party. “I’m for marriage Read more [...]

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