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Etta James Dies At 73

Such a tough and terrible ending, but what a legacy. The powerhouse singer, known as “Miss Peaches,” lived an eventful life. She first hit the charts as a teenager, taking “The Wallflower (Roll With Me, Henry)” — an “answer record” to Hank Ballard’s “Work With Me, Annie” — to No. 1 on the R&B charts in 1955. She joined Chess …

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BRITAIN: Guilty Verdicts For Three Men Charged With Stirring Anti-Gay Hatred

After distributing leaflets calling for the execution of homosexuals, three Muslim men have just been found guilty in the first-ever trial under Britain’s revised Public Order Act, which now outlaws inciting anti-gay hatred and violence. Ihjaz Ali, Kabir Ahmed and Razwan Javed handed out the pamphlet, called The Death Penalty?, which showed an image of a mannequin hanging from a …

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MILESTONE: Every Company On Fortune’s Best 100 List Protects Gay Employees

Google is the nation’s best company to work for according to the 2012 edition of Fortune Magazine’s annual rankings. And for the first time, every company in the list’s top 100 offers sexual orientation non-discrimination protections. “It’s been gathering strength over the 15 years that we’ve done the survey,” said Milton Moskowitz, a co-author of the list. Similar progress has …

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Equality Plate For South Carolina

It’s not overtly gay and it doesn’t have a rainbow thingy like the one in Indiana, but we’ll take it. We are delighted to announce the SC Equality license plate! The plate will be available on Jan. 30, and is a wonderful way to show support for the LGBTQ community in South Carolina. This plate is not just for the …

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Grindr Hacked In Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald reports: A popular “meat-market” smartphone app that spawned a sexual revolution in Australia’s gay community has been compromised by a Sydney hacker, potentially exposing intimate personal chats, explicit photos and private information of users. The location-aware Grindr app enables gay men to meet other gay men who may be just metres away, making use of their …

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