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April 22nd: LGBT Leadership Town Hall

SiriusXM radio host Michelangelo Signorile will host a national LGBT leadership town hall in Washington DC on Thursday, April 22nd. The show will aired live nationally. The Panel: National Gay & Lesbian Task Force executive director Rea Carey; Human Rights Campaign president Joe Solmonese;National Center for Transgender Equality executive director Mara Keisling; Servicemembers Legal Defense Network executive director Aubrey Sarvis; …

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Taxes At Lowest Level In 60 Years

The truth about taxes is something that the teabaggers either won’t believe or deliberately lie about. Despite big tax cuts included last year’s economic stimulus package, the latest CBS News/New York Times poll finds that as many as 34% of Americans think President Obama raised their taxes. William Gale, head of the Tax Policy Center at the Brookings Institution, tells …

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16 Senate Dems Uncommitted On ENDA

The long overdue vote on ENDA does appear to be coming, but support is lacking in the Senate where 16 Democrats have not signed on as co-sponsors. DC Agenda reports: As of this week, there were 45 Senate co-sponsors of ENDA, along with chief sponsor Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), bringing the total committed votes to 46. Of the 46, 42 …

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CNN On Obama’s Hospital Ruling

President Obama’s hospital visitation rights order late yesterday was heavily covered by the networks. Last night Anderson Cooper hosted Janice Langbern, whose story about being blocked from seeing her partner in a Miami hospital made national news. Obama called Langbern yesterday shortly before his order became public and apologized for the manner is which she and her late partner had …

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Game Station Owns Your Soul

Video game retailer Game Station conducted a little experiment to see who really reads the terms and conditions on their site. The “Immortal Soul Clause” was added as part of an attempt to highlight how few customers read the terms and conditions of an online sale. GameStation claims that 88 percent of customers did not read the clause, which gives …

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HomoClimbtastic

Every week I get at least a hundred requests to help promote some event. Of course, I can rarely oblige and usually do so only if it’s something I’m attending myself. But the name and logo of the above rock climbing group amused me, so here goes. HomoClimbtastic returns to the New River Gorge for four extraordinary days (July 15-18) …

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A Case Of Gay Senior Abuse

Here’s a timely story in light of last night’s hospital directive from President Obama. The National Center for Lesbian Rights is helping out in the case of two gay seniors, one of whom has since died, after the two were kept apart when one was hospitalized. The case report is heartbreaking. Ignoring Clay’s significant role in Harold’s life, the county …

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Crack Is Whack

After Whitney Houston’s disastrous concert in Birmingham, England on Tuesday, some fans demanded ticket refunds amid rumors that the diva is again struggling with a drug problem. According to reports, Houston performed so ineptly during her two-hour stint Tuesday night that fans began to boo — and some, who paid upward of $200 for a ticket, told local outlets they …

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Broadway Friday

-Daniel Radcliffe will star in the 2011 revival of How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. Radcliffe received positive notice in 2008’s production of Equus, but has not yet performed in a Broadway musical. Matthew Broderick won the Tony in the same role in 1995. -The NFL makes its first foray into Broadway as a promoter of the upcoming …

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