According to this clip’s description, one-third of all trips in Utrecht, Netherlands are made by bicycle. The U.S. average is less than 1%.
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Arab Immigrant Wins Miss USA Pageant
Lebanese immigrant Rima Fakih was crowned Miss USA in Las Vegas last night, becoming what may be both the first immigrant and first Muslim to win the 60 year-old pageant. Fakih was born into a powerful Shiite family in a village in southern Lebanon that was heavily bombed during the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war. But she and her sister said the …
Read More »JAMAICA: Activists Stage Violence-Free LGBT Rights Demonstration
As part of the today’s International Day Against Homophobia observations, activists in Jamaica marched with signs at a busy intersection in Kingston. And for once, nobody got beaten up. From the anti-gay Jamaica Observer: Held between 8:00 to 8:30 am the protest was intentionally short to avoid a disturbance, said one human rights activist to whom the Observer spoke. He …
Read More »f(x) = ½x + 7
Via the Awl comes this graph which charts the age range of “socially acceptable” dating partners. According to this, I won’t be shunned if I date a 32 year-old, nor would an 86 year-old be mocked for dating me. It’s nice to know that I have a 54 year range to work with. I guess.
Read More »HAWAII: Gov. Linda Lingle (R) Indicates She May Veto Civil Unions Bill
Saying that it appears to be a defacto legalization of same-sex marriage, Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle has indicated she may veto the state’s pending civil unions bill. Her description is identical to complaints from religious conservatives who oppose civil unions and to a resolution approved yesterday by state Republicans who want her to veto the bill. “It does appear to …
Read More »Obama’s Coming For Yer Guns!
Attendees at this week’s NRA convention are convinced that the president is going to make gun ownership illegal. Because Fox News told them so!
Read More »PhoboQuotable – Jonathan I. Katz
“What of those cursed with unnatural sexual desires? Must they forever suppress these desires? Yes, but this is hardly a unique fate. Almost everyone has desires which must be suppressed. Most men and women think adulterous thoughts fairly often, and find themselves attracted to members of the opposite sex to whom they are not married. Morality requires them to suppress …
Read More »Six Years Of Marriage For Massachusetts
Today is the sixth anniversary of the day that Massachusetts because the first American state to legalize same-sex marriage. And somehow, the world kept revolving. Congrats, Bay Staters!
Read More »Fired Geico Announcer Hits Back At FreedomWorks And Teabaggers
Voiceover artist D.C. Douglas, who lost his gig with Geico after FreedomWorks publicized an angry voicemail he left for them, fires back with this hilarious bit. “Tweaking the nipple of hypocrites in power can be dangerous and lead to blacklisting. Please, don’t drunk dial FreedomWorks!”
Read More »International Day Against Homophobia
Today is the International Day Against Homophobia. Around the world, unions, employers, activist groups, and others are campaigning to end discrimination against LGBT people. Have you taken part in any of today’s observations? Tell us about it. And watch this wonderful clip of this weekend’s Great Global Kiss-In.
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