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TENNESSEE: Major Corporations Back Off Bill Banning All LGBT Rights Laws

Following the launch of a protest campaign by AmericaBlog Gay, several major corporations have denounced Tennessee’s pending bill which would ban all local LGBT rights laws. The bill was backed by the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce, where the companies below sit on its board of directors. Via HRC: Alcoa:“Alcoa provides equal employment opportunity without discrimination and supports state and local …

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Local News On MN Marriage Vote

As I reported yesterday, late Saturday night the Minnesota House voted 70-62 to place a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage on the 2012 ballot. Here’s a recap of the story from a local CBS affiliate.

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You Don’t Own Your Twitpic Photos

If you use the popular service Twitpic to post photos to Twitter, here’s some interesting news. World Entertainment News Network, a news and photo agency, announced this month that it had become the “exclusive photo agency partner” of Twitpic, a service with over 20 million registered users that allows people to upload images and link to them on Twitter. The …

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Queerty Vs. NOM

Queerty writes: We criticized the NYC pro-equality ads featuring two milquetoast lesbians as failing to meet the emotional pitch and engagement of their “queers will turn all kids and churches gay” ad. Well, this week NOM delivered totally predictable mailers with more of the same blather, but we thought, “Why not take off the kid gloves and aggressively respond with …

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Photo Of The Day – Ben Cohen

Last night I met Ben Cohen at a Chelsea gay bar, where he was raising funds for his anti-homophobia campaign. Also in the house was champion wrestler Hudson Taylor. I’ll post a slideshow later today. PS: Ben is completely sweet.

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NYC’s Prophet Of False Alarms

Harold Camping remains in hiding, but shortly after 6pm yesterday news crews in Times Square descended on his NYC rep, Robert Fitzpatrick, a retired MTA worker who spent his entire savings of $140,000 to post rapture billboards and placards all over NYC transit.

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