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OMM Vs Discovery’s Naked & Afraid

“Dear Joe, As the newest show airing on the Discovery Channel, “N*ked And Afraid” has cast members who are completely uncovered and dropped in the jungle with no food and no clothes. They must survive with only one survival item each of their choice. The program airs on Sunday at 10:00 ET/9:00 p.m. CT. Either Discovery desperately wanted to hear …

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Janet Napolitano Quits Homeland Security

Janet Napolitano today announced that she will be resigning her Cabinet post with the Obama administration to become the president of the California state university system. Napolitano’s nomination by a committee of UC regents came after a secretive process that insiders said focused on her early as a high-profile, although untraditional, candidate who has led large public agencies and shown …

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HomoQuotable – Harvey Fierstein

“Putin has declared war on the gay community. He’s made it illegal to promote homosexuality in theater, film, tv, print that in any way could be seen by youth. In other words anything gay is now pornography. He’s outlawed the adopting of Russian children to any country that has legalized marriage equality. And now it is reported that his next …

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Ross Antony – Eine Neue Liebe

Ross Antony is a British reality show star and pop singer who has rather inexplicably (even to him) become one of Germany’s most popular gay artists.  His latest hit is so gloriously cheesy, all I can do is wonder why he didn’t compete with this at Eurovision.  The full title translates as A New Love Is Like A New Life. …

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Armistead Maupin Completes Next Book

“Anna’s Tree (a honey locust) was planted in the garden today as I finished and delivered THE DAYS OF ANNA MADRIGAL. Many thanks to Enrique and Raul for the hard work. And thanks to my beloved Chris for putting up with a madman for the duration. We’re off to Ptown in the morning.” – Armistead Maupin, posting to his Facebook …

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Judge OK’s Colombia’s First Gay Marriage

Michael Lavers has more at the Washington Blade: Caracol Radio reported that Carmen Lucía Rodríguez Díaz, a civil judge in Bogotá, the country’s capital, “defended the viability of marriage for gay couples” in a five page ruling she wrote after a couple identified as Diego and Juan petitioned her to legally recognize their relationship. The two men are expected to …

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Rand Paul: I Might Run In 2016

Sen. Rand Paul yesterday confirmed rumors that he is considering running for president. “We’ve been thinking about it,” Paul said in a phone interview. “And we will continue to think about it probably until after the 2014 elections. I haven’t made a decision, it’s a big decision you know with regard to family and the extensive travel that’s involved with …

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The Week’s Bloomberg Businessweek

The reaction to this week’s cover is mixed: A story about, ahem, underperforming hedge funds isn’t provocative or controversial, but the content could be overshadowed by the cover, writes The Atlantic Wire’s Alexander Nazaryan. “At what point do risque covers actually undermine the reporting they are supposedly advertising?” Nazaryan asks. “And is the purported audience of Businessweek going to be …

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