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We heard about this last week and now it’s official. The Pentagon plans to extend to legally married same-sex couples the same privileges and programs that are provided to legally married heterosexual couples, including benefits tied to health care and housing, the official said. In addition, the official said that service members who are stationed in one of the 37 …

For the second time, Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel has rejected a proposed ballot measure that would repeal that state’s ban on same-sex marriage. McDaniel decided Monday that Arkansans for Equality’s proposed measure to repeal Amendment 83 was problematic over the ballot initiative’s language. Aaron Sadler, spokesman for the Office of Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, provided The Christian Post with …

The New York Times has the story: In a jolt to the Democratic campaign for mayor, a new poll suggests that Bill de Blasio, the most liberal of the leading candidates, has vaulted into first place among likely voters. The new Quinnipiac University survey of 579 likely Democratic voters in the Sept. 10 primary found Mr. de Blasio, who has …

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“Our [Russian] problem with homosexuals is that they behave in a provocative, victim-like way. They deliberately provoke situations, so that they become victims. Nobody prevents them from loving each other the way they want to. They are aggressively foisting minority’s values on the majority. It is likely that society would counteract this. Naturally, right? In various ways, including brutal ones. …

Just in from Gay Cities / Queerty: In lieu of the national Stoli boycott by some in the LGBT community, GayCities has convinced SPI (Stoli’s parent company) to donate $5 for each person whom RSVP’s and attends The Most Original Stoli Guy Live in San Francisco, San Diego, Dallas and D.C. The participating charities include local chapters of Equality CA, …

FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) has asked the Russian government for “clarification and more details” regarding the “homosexual propaganda” ban.  FIFA’s World Cup is set to be hosted by Russia in 2018. “Russia has committed to provide all visitors and fans with a warm welcome and ensure their safety” during the monthlong tournament,” FIFA said, adding that “FIFA trusts …

A symbolic but welcome gesture in Michigan: The city council voted unanimously last night to sever its “sister” relationship with St. Petersburg, Russia, over that city’s anti-gay policies, which effectively prohibits any expression of gay identity or support for equal rights for gay people. “I think all of us that sit at this dais believe that this is extremely important,” …

We’ve already heard advance tracks by Giorgio Mororder and Chromeo from the coming Donna Summer remix album and today Billboard tips us to some of the rest of the slate. “Love to Love You Donna” will be released on Oct. 22 through Verve Records, and is produced by Dahlia-Ambach Caplin and Randall Poster. The project features new re-workings of classic …