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Beyond Creepy

(Via – Newsweek)

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HIV Hysteria From The NY Post

The reliably yellow journalists at the New York Post have outraged AIDS activists with a front-page claim that the hotel maid at the center of an rape scandal lives in subsidized public housing for HIV patients. The Post darkly warns that alleged rapist and International Monetary Fund head Dominque Strauss-Kahn now “has more to worry about” than a lengthy prison …

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CNN Anchor Don Lemon Comes Out

CNN anchor Don Lemon has come out. Lemon made the revelation in his coming book, Transparent. Mr. Lemon has not made a secret of his sexual orientation in his work life; many of his CNN co-workers and managers have long been aware that he is gay. But he still acknowledged that going public in his book carries certain risks. “I’m …

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Minnesota Paper Comes Out For Marriage

The Minneapolis Star-Tribune has published a strongly-worded editorial denouncing the campaign to place a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage to a public vote. Opponents of marriage equity say a constitutional amendment is a necessary backstop that would prevent the courts from overturning existing law. In reality, enshrining this form of bigotry in the state’s premier governing document would be a …

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Obama Roasts Donald Trump At White House Correspondents Dinner

Trump attended as the guest of the Washington Post.

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Seth Myers Slams Donald Trump At White House Correspondents Dinner

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Maddow: Gay Anchors Should Come Out

“I’m sure other people in the business have considered reasons why they’re doing what they’re doing, but I do think that if you’re gay you have a responsibility to come out.” – Rachel Maddow, in a profile by the UK’s Guardian. Whoever could she be talking about?

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Tweet Of The Day – Jimmy LaSalvia

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CBS News Reporter Lara Logan Sexually Assaulted By Egyptian Protesters

During Friday’s celebration in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, CBC News and 60 Minutes correspondent Lara Logan got separated from her camera crew and was beaten and sexually assaulted by protesters. The attack reportedly happened moments after the photo in this post was taken. “A dangerous element” in the crowd surrounded Logan and her crew, said CBS spokesman Kevin Tedesco. “It was …

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Mummy Dearest

Buzzfeed has posted a fantastic collection of this morning’s headlines about Egypt. As always, the New York Post wins.

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Bryan Fischer: Leftist Media Owes An Apology To Christian Hero Scott Lively

“Even while admitting that the murder was ‘still being investigated,’ the Boston Globe was quick to lay the blame at Lively’s doorstep, who, along with other pro-family experts, visited Uganda in the spring of 2009 to raise awareness of the many social and health pathologies associated with homosexual behavior. The New York Times, the BBC and NPR all interviewed Lively …

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Naples News Boots Pamela Grothaus

The Naples Daily News has finally booted hate-blogger Pamela Grothaus after she posted a nasty attack on PFLAG over the group’s inclusion at a “religious freedom day” at Collier County, Florida public high schools. Last month Grothaus proudly declared that she was hoping to be named “JMG Bigot Of The Year” for her attacks on LGBT rights. That prompted many …

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GLAAD Announces 2011 Media Awards Noms, JMG Up For Outstanding Blog

GLAAD has announced the nominations for its 2011 Media Awards, which honor excellence in a broad range of LGBT-related media, including movies, television, theater, newspapers, magazines, and digital journalism. A first-time category this year is Outstanding Blog, for which this here website thingy is nominated! My co-nominees are Bilerico Project, Blabbeando, Pam’s House Blend, and Rod 2.0. All pals of …

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Media In The Crosshairs

Media critics are pointing out Saturday’s unfortunate front page of the New York Post, which depicts quarterback Peyton Manning with rifle crosshairs over his face and the caption “STOP HIM!” According to some, Palin’s usage of crosshairs is unimportant because it’s such a common device.

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Rick Sanchez TV?

MediaBistro has the low-down on what Sanchez has been doing since that whole “Jews run television” thing got him fired from CNN. Included in what’s coming from Sanchez is a “public dialogue” with a NYC-based rabbi. That should be….interesting.

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GLAAD To CNN: Stop Using Hate Groups To “Balance” Gay News Stories

GLAAD has issued a call to action, asking its supporters to write CNN to demand that representatives of hate groups no longer be used to “balance” the network’s stories on LGBT rights. As a recent example, GLAAD cites the appearance of the Family Research Council’s Peter Sprigg, who was invited to counter the opinion of DADT repeal activist Alex Nicholson. …

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Boston Herald Sportswriter Comes Out

Longtime Boston Herald sportswriter Steve Buckley came out in a column published today. An excerpt: I’ve put this off long enough. I haven’t been fair to my family, my friends or my co-workers. And I certainly haven’t been fair to myself: For too many years I’ve been on the sidelines of Boston’s gay community but not in the game — …

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UGANDA: Court Bans Media From Outings

A Ugandan court has ruled that local media may not name “suspected homosexuals” and has awarded damages to those named by Rolling Stone, a newspaper unrelated to the U.S.-based music title. The request for the ban was filed by three people from gay rights group, Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), whose pictures and towns of residence were published in a previous …

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BBC On Elton John Flap: We Had That “Kill Gays” Guy On For Balanced Coverage

Yesterday the BBC ended a story about the birth of Elton John’s son with an “opposing view” from the head of a Christianist hate group that has endorsed Uganda’s plan to execute homosexuals. Today Pink News reports that even in face of widespread condemnation, the BBC sees nothing wrong with their action. Here’s their terse statement. The practice of surrogacy …

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Headline Homophobia From The NY Post

Gawker’s Brian Moylan weighs in on the latest headline from the New York Post, which is rightfully famed for its witty headlines. Usually. It is just a cheap, dull, and unoriginal joke, that it’s below the NY Post, which prides itself on having some of the cleverest headlines in the business. Oh, and it’s doubly offensive to gay men, not …

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