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The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington DC has issued an ultimatum to Washington DC, saying if marriage equality is approved without an exemption for them, they will end all their social service programs including food and shelter for the homeless, adoption programs, and public health services. Under the bill, headed for a D.C. Council vote next month, religious organizations would not …

Manhattan gets it first taste of mega-box retailing today with the opening of the massive East River Plaza mall on FDR Drive in East Harlem. Anchor tenant Costco’s 110,000 square foot store is open as of this morning, coming in the next few months will be the long panted-over Target, as well as other jumbo retailers at the 500,000 square …

Here’s local Tampa news covering the “gay panic” claim of USMC reservist Jasen Bruce, who attacked a Greek Orthodox priest with a tire iron.

“Young women should resist the pressures of popular culture and of sex. Our bodies are temples of the Lord. We should earn respect and admiration for our hearts, not for showing skin to look sexy.” – Carrie Prejean, from her memoir Still Standing. And today, TMZ reports: Carrie Prejean’s ex-boyfriend — the guy to whom she sent the XXX solo …

Thanksgiving is just two weeks away. Probably more than any other holiday, this is the one where gay folks juggle celebrations/obligations between their gay families and their bio families. Tell us how you handle this. Do you alternate years, as I used to? Do you do one and not the other? Or do you get everybody into one room?

After warning Larry King several times that his questions were “inappropriate,” Miss Ladyfingers USA unplugged her microphone and sat smirking as he took a call from a viewer who identified himself as a gay man. BELOW: Anderson Cooper reacts to the incident.

How many seconds until he takes his racist, anti-immigrant, birther ass over to Faux News?

Donnie McClurkin, the supposedly “ex-gay” preacher that has been spotted having intimate dinners with “flamboyant” young men in quiet Manhattan restaurants, appeared at the Church of God In Christ’s youth conference in Memphis to babble in tongues and call gays “vampires” (among other lovely things). Take it away Rod McCullom: In the first of three disgusting YouTube videos, McClurkin begins …

According to a just-released report (PDF) from the World Health Organization, the worldwide leading cause of death and disease for women 15-44 years-old is HIV/AIDS. Globally, HIV is the leading cause of death and disease in women of reproductive age. Of the 30.8 million adults living with HIV in 2007, 15.5 million were women. The prevalence of HIV infection in …

USMC Reservist Jasen Bruce, 28, who moonlights as a beefcake model, yesterday beat a robed Greek Orthodox priest with a tire iron, claiming the man had groped him sexually and said “Alluha Akbar.” The priest, who speaks little English, says he was lost and asking for directions. Later Bruce recanted his claim that the priest spoke Arabic to him and …