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Busker Meets Jimmy Somerville

Gawker’s Neetzan Zimmerman writes: “While performing the classic ’80s synth pop anthem “Smalltown Boy” by Bronski Beat, a Berlin street musician is joined by the song’s original singer, Jimmy Somerville, who just happened to be walking by with his dog.” If you’ve somehow never heard the still-stunning Smalltown Boy, go here. It truly was a landmark musical moment for the …

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60th Senator Comes On Board: Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) Backs ENDA

Sorry, Eugene! Tough titties, Brian Brown. We now have the necessary 60 votes to block a filibuster of ENDA. From the website of Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV): “After listening to Nevadans’ concerns about this issue from a variety of viewpoints and after numerous conversations with my colleagues, I feel that supporting this legislation is the right thing to do. Under …

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Last Night On The Simpsons

The Hollywood Reporter recaps: The Simpsons paid tribute to Marcia Wallace, the voice of teacher Mrs. Krabappel who died Oct. 25, in the show’s opening Sunday night. “We’ll really miss you Mrs. K.,” Bart Simpson wrote on the chalkboard in the credits sequence ahead of Sunday night’s new episode, “Four Regrettings and a Funeral.” Wallace voiced teacher Edna Krabappel on …

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HomoQuotable – Brian Sims

“Dear Senator Toomey, As I am sure you know, the nation learned in the last several days that not only will the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) likely be put up for a long overdue vote next week by Sen. Harry Reid, but also that the three remaining members of the Senate Democratic Caucus who were not yet supporters of the …

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RUSSIA: Thugs Attack HIV Support Group Meeting, One Man Shot

The Advocate has details about yesterday’s attack. Anastasia Smirnova, the general project manager of the Interregional Social Movement Russian LGBT Network, reported on Russian queer newsgroups that two masked men with guns and baseball bats attacked a “rainbow social” at the offices of LaSky, an HIV organization for gay men, just over an hour ago. The police reportedly arrived at …

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Romney: President Was Fundamentally Dishonest About Obamacare

Mediaite has the recap: “The key that has really undermined the president’s credibility in the hearts of the American people is that he went out, as a centerpiece of his campaign, and as a centerpiece of Obamacare, over the last several years, saying time and time again, that fundamentally his plan was the right people would have to keep their …

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KENTUCKY: Gay Divorce Attempted

A Kentucky lesbian couple who married in Massachusetts in 2009 has filed for divorce in their home state. The case may end up before the Kentucky Supreme Court where a ruling could overturn the state’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. I have a career here, a life here, and I think I should have the same right as a heterosexual …

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