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Daily Grumble

In full realization of how very cliched this post is, I must nevertheless denounce the Sales Prevention Team at the Best Buy on East 86th Street for the most aggravating purchase experience I’ve ever had. I can totally say without hyperbole that that place is a million times worse than Hitler. As I was told, because of “the shrink”, one …

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A Moment Of Light

American rescue workers free a woman trapped for several days in Haiti’s rubble as bystanders chant “USA! USA!” This is probably the most jingoistic thing you’ll see on this here website thingy.

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Gavin Newsom On Obama & Marriage

Today SF Mayor Gavin Newsom talks to Maureen O’Dowd about leaving politics and his disappointment with President Obama on gay marriage. “Oh, I can’t get in trouble here,” Newsom said with a playful wince. “I want him to succeed. But I am very upset by what he’s not done in terms of rights of gays and lesbians. I understand it …

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Hot Gay Singles

Two hot new singles from gay artists are out this week. First, Blowoff DJ and remix king Rich Morel has just released his take on Alan Cumming’s Next To Me, which is from Cumming’s new album, I Bought A Blue Car Today. Now available on iTunes. Another typically fantastic Pink Noise Mix from Rich. And B-52s frontman Fred Schneider has …

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The Plight Of Gays Across Africa Worsens

As the campaigns against gays in Uganda and Malawi continue to garner international headlines, many LGBT people across Africa are retreating further into the closet, fearful for their lives. This retreat effectively cuts many off from HIV/AIDS prevention outreach and life saving medications. Via PlusNews: More than two-thirds of African countries have laws criminalizing homosexual acts, and despite accounting for …

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Quote Of The Day – Peter Daou

“Nothing should have been a bigger red flag to the new administration than the growing complaints by established progressive bloggers that Democrats were veering off track on the stimulus, the health care bill, civil liberties, gay rights, and more. But scoffing at the netroots is second nature in many quarters of the political establishment, even though they laid the groundwork …

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On Hate Crimes And Prison Rape

Several times in recent weeks, commenters on this and other LGBT blogs have feuded over reader statements that the perpetrators of hate crimes deserve to get raped in prison. This has generated a number of complaining emails to me, including a couple from LGBT prisoner activists. Pertinent to that issue, the photos above are part of a new awareness campaign …

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Haiti Death Toll Hits 200,000, Charges Arise Of American “Occupation”

New estimates put the death toll in Haiti at over 200,000. That number approaches the estimated 230,000 killed by 2004’s Indian Ocean tsunami. With thousands of bodies being shoveled into mass graves, there is no accurate tally of the casualty count. Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive said Tuesday that 72,000 bodies had been recovered by the government. The European Commission, citing …

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New Hampshire Bigots Get To Work On Repealing New Marriage Law

Three weeks after same-sex marriage became legal in New Hampshire, the state’s bigots are already hard at work towards repealing the law. Two proposed bills, one to repeal marriage equality and the other to amend the state constitution, will be heard today by New Hampshire’s House Judiciary Committee, where the bills are expected to die. Opponents know their chances of …

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NOM: Prop 8 Happened Because Of San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders

Writing on NOM’s blog, Maggie Gallagher claims that Prop 8 would never have happened had San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders not come out in support of marriage equality. San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders testified today in the Prop 8 trial, in favor of misusing the Consittution to overturn the rights of 7 million Californian voters. Here’s the interesting thing most …

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