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Famed WWII codebreaker Alan Turing will be granted a posthumous pardon by the British government. Turing committed suicide after being convicted of gross indecency under Britain’s anti-homosexuality code. The government signalled on Friday that it is prepared to support a backbench bill that would pardon Turing, who died from cyanide poisoning at the age of 41 in 1954 after he …

Grover Norquist (above) wasn’t too happy with a joke Dan Savage made on last night’s Bill Maher show. Mediaite has a recap: Savage credited all of the people brave enough to come out to their families as one of the biggest contributing factors to the social progress that’s been made in the United States. One significant achievement was that, while …

CNN reports: Longtime White House journalist Helen Thomas has died at age 92 after a long illness, sources told CNN Saturday. Thomas covered 10 presidents over nearly half a century, and became a legend in the industry. She was a fixture at White House news conferences — sitting front and center late in her career — where she frequently exasperated …

San Diego County Clerk Ernest Dronenburg yesterday filed a petition to the California Supreme Court asking that all county clerks statewide be barred from issuing same-sex marriage licenses. About a week ago, a group opposing same-sex marriage asked the state Supreme Court to declare that Proposition 8 is still valid. Among other things, the group said the U.S. Supreme Court’s …

Brian Tashman writes at Right Wing Watch: Since first reporting on the creation of “Ex-Gay Pride Month” and its now-cancelled reception at the Family Research Council, we have uncovered more unhinged rants by organizers DL Foster and Greg Quinlan. Foster, who previously called for Dan Savage’s arrest and claimed gay Christians are like people wearing “blackface,” has posted several blog …

“Gay marriage is a done deal. The only reason I had a stake in it is children’s rights. If you browse through my blog, you’ll find that I do a lot of work on three basic human rights regarding children — 1. Kids have a right to be born free, not bought or sold. 2. Kids have a right to …

A parody of Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines, created in support of Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis.

Earlier this week a woman who claims to be able to exorcise the demons out of gay people testified against a Massachusetts bill to ban “ex-gay” therapy for minors. Wayne Besen writes for Truth Wins Out: Known exorcist, Joanne Highley of Life Ministries in New York City, testified as a key witness on Tuesday in front of the Massachusetts legislature’s …