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Big Freedia is the most popular artist in the New Orleans-based dance craze called Sissy Bounce, which was explored last summer in a lengthy New York Times Magazine profile. “Bouncing” typically involves turning your back on your partner and shaking your ass as violently as possible. My back hurts just watching all the clips on YouTube.

No matter what the president does, Gingrich is against it.

This morning a Maryland House committee voted 15-8 to advance its Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act to the full chamber. Equality Maryland reports via press release: House Bill 235 would add gender identity to the state’s anti-discrimination laws in the area of employment, housing, and credit. The subcommittee approved a few non-substantive amendments which the lead sponsor, Equality Maryland, and the …

Saying that they are annoying the customers, Target has filed suit against an LGBT group that has been gathering marriage petitions outside its San Diego locations. Target says that the gay group’s activists regularly canvass outside eight San Diego stores and refuse to leave when asked. The retailer says it receives around a dozen complaints every day from shoppers angry …

Infosec Island notes that Westboro Baptist Church’s dozens of websites remain offline more than one month after the initial attack by the famed hacker Jester. The sustained DoS attacks which began on February 21st represent a duration record for the hacktivist who is best known for his regular attacks on militant Jihadi websites as well as for an attack on …

1959’s Suddenly, Last Summer starring Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn and Montgomery Clift.

In a partnership with an LGBT group, Canada has announced a landmark asylum program to assist LGBT refugees fleeing persecution in their home countries. Through the project, Citizenship and Immigration Canada will work with the Rainbow Refugee Committee to share the cost of sponsoring gay, lesbian, transgender, transsexual and bisexual refugees overseas to Canada. The department will provide $100,000 in …

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Last night Joy Behar spoke to Fred Phelps’ estranged son about Westboro and Elizabeth Taylor.

“Islam has no fundamental First Amendment claims, for the simple reason that it was not written to protect the religion of Islam. Islam is entitled only to the religious liberty we extend to it out of courtesy. While there certainly ought to be a presumption of religious liberty for non-Christian religious traditions in America, the Founders were not writing a …