Monthly Archives: October 2012

Tweet Of The Day – Gov. Jerry Brown

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Senate Forecast

Over at Electoral Vote they are presently calling three Senate races as tied, with the Democrats leading the total seat count at 50-47.  Hit the link for an interactive forecast for your state.

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Romney Is Practicing Debate Zingers

The New York Times reports that Mitt Romney has spent the last few weeks practicing one-liners to zing at the president during the debates. Mr. Romney’s team has concluded that debates are about creating moments and has equipped him with a series of zingers that he has memorized and has been practicing on aides since August. His strategy includes luring …

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Voting Advice For Trans Citizens

From the National Center for Transgender Equality. Learn more.

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Night Of The Living Pelosi

From GOP House candidate John Dennis: “John’s campaign is not just against Nancy Pelosi, against the status quo of ever growing government and empire, but, most importantly, FOR the return of a society that values individual liberty as the end of all political action. Together we are sure to make a difference and advance our shared cause.” (Tipped by JMG …

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The CD Turns 30

NPR Music takes note: Today marks the 30th anniversary of a musical format many of us grew up with: the compact disc. It’s been three decades since the first CD went on sale in Japan. The shiny discs came to dominate music industry sales, but their popularity has faded in the digital age they helped unleash. The CD is just …

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NEW YORK CITY: Ali Forney Center To Hold Annual Gala On October 26th

Via press release: This October 26, the Ali Forney Center (AFC) – the nation’s largest services and advocacy organization working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) runaway and homeless youth – will hold its annual A Place at the Table benefit dinner at Capitale. This year’s event, hosted by MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts, will celebrate the tenth anniversary …

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Matt Baume: Marriage News Watch

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Marriage Leads By 21 Points In Maine

The Morning Sentinel reports that a new poll shows Maine’s marriage equality ballot measure is leading by 21 points. No one expects the 21-point lead to last, however. Maine has proven to be narrowly divided on gay marriage in past elections. Even with a strong lead, the issue is clearly dividing Maine voters along partisan, social and economic lines. The …

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LGBT History Month Begins

And there’s a website that will be posting biographies about a different LGBT figure every day. They begin today with Roberta Achtenberg.

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TODAY: SiriusXM At 2:30PM

Today at 2:30pm I’ll be on Michelangelo Signorile’s SiriusXM show to talk about some of the latest LGBT-related news items. The gays are on channel 108 and you can listen live online if you sign up for a freebie account. What are your top five gay news items of the last week?

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NOM Loses SCOTUS Appeal

We didn’t see any action on Prop 8, but in the meantime we can totally enjoy this: The Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from a national anti-gay marriage group that tried to thwart Maine’s campaign disclosure law requiring it to release its donor list. The high court on Monday turned aside an appeal from the National Organization …

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No SCOTUS Action On Prop 8

Prop 8 Trial Tracker’s Scottie Thomaston notes: Like last week, orders were expected this morning that could have addressed whether the Supreme Court will take up the constitutional challenges to Prop 8 and DOMA, as well as other gay rights cases. And like last week, no action was taken on these cases. The Court did not outright deny review, and …

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New Dating Site For Poz Dudes

Project Runway contestant Jack Mackenroth is the co-founder of a new site for HIV+ men. He tells Frontiers Magazine: Let’s not sugarcoat it too much. It’s a social networking site but it’s mainly a dating and hook-up site. It’s a hub to chat and meet with other HIV-positive men. It’s different from all of the other sites because we are …

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Headline Of The Day

Details. NOTE: In addition to representing arch homophobe Bradlee Dean in his lawsuit against Rachel Maddow, Klayman was the lawyer for World Net Daily’s failed libel lawsuit against Esquire Magazine. 

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Pet Shop Boys – Leaving

My favorite track from the new album. (Via Towleroad)

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Skewed!

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Quote Of The Day – Chris Kluwe

“Which version of ‘traditional marriage’ would you like to use Mr. Balling? Should we go back to ancient Israel and practice polygamy, with a woman’s only right that to own her own tent? Or should we use the ancient Greek definition of marriage, one more concerned with inheritance than love or procreation, one that would force a woman to divorce …

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How To Raise A Butch Boy

The new book by homophobic wackadoodle Doug Giles. (Via Christian Nightmares)

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Minnesota’s Haters Launch First TV Ad

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