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American Family Association radio host Bryan Fischer knows exactly what he’s doing when he uses the word “boy” to describe a black man.

“This sends a clear message to all these government departments and agencies that it’s all right to put up the motto on our buildings and in our classrooms. And I think it will stop the tide of the chilling effect over the past several years. We’re not forcing anybody to do anything. But at the same time, we want to …

After the Fort Worth police and the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission staged a widely criticized raid of the Rainbow Lounge in June 2009, authorities from both organizations admitted wrongdoings that resulted in the firings of three TABC officers and a rewriting of the rules regarding nightclub raids. Now the Fort Worth city attorneys are recommending a $400,000 settlement with Chad …

You might be amused by the reaction of the press when Ricky Martin appeared on the red carpet at Saturday’s GLAAD Awards. Most of the LGBT press was set up further down the row, but I jumped out of line to grab some video when I heard the shouting. This morning on Boy Culture, Matt Rettenmund has posted his red …

According to City Hall News, activists plan to ask NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg to lobby state Senate Republicans on marriage equality. Michael Bloomberg, who favors marriage equality, has promised advocates to do anything in his power to help push the issue. And those close to the planning say they plan on asking Bloomberg to appeal directly to fence-sitting Senate Republicans, …

Love, love, love. My favorite so far.

AT&T is buying the U.S. division of T-Mobile in a $39B deal that will create the nation’s largest cell phone company. If completed, the deal would allow AT&T, now the second- largest U.S. wireless operator, to add 34 million customers and surpass Verizon Wireless as the largest in the country. The acquisition, the largest in the wireless industry since 2004, …

Knut, the polar bear who as a cub captured the hearts of the world and sold millions in plush toys for the Berlin Zoo, died unexpectedly yesterday at the age of four. “Everyone is just in shock here,” said Claudia Bienek, a spokeswoman for Berlin Zoo where Knut shot to global fame in 2007 as a photogenic snow-white cub after …