From his coming album, Innocents, which is due in October.
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Detroit Declares Bankruptcy
Yesterday the city of Detroit finally declared bankruptcy. The decision, confirmed by officials after it trickled out in late afternoon news reports, also amounts to the largest municipal bankruptcy filing in American history in terms of debt. “This is a difficult step, but the only viable option to address a problem that has been six decades in the making,” said …
Read More »Mexican Gays Picket Russian Embassy
About 30 gay activists in Mexico City picketed yesterday outside Russia’s embassy in a “message of solidarity” to Russia’s LGBT people. Details (in Spanish).
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Double Talk From Maggie Gallagher
“I don’t back something called ‘conversion therapy.’ I don’t even really know what conversion therapy is, and I’m not qualified to express an opinion on a particular kind of therapy. I back the right of gay people to seek the kind of counseling help they want, not the kind the SPLC lawyers want them to have, including help to live …
Read More »Mexico Elects First Openly Gay Mayor
An openly gay man has been elected mayor of a county in the northern Mexico state of Zacatecas. Benjamin Medrano, a 47-year-old singer and gay bar-owner, says he is proud to be openly gay and rights groups say his victory in the city of Fresnillo’s July 7 election marks a significant point in the fight for gay rights. They add …
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Armistead Maupin At Bear Week
My buddy Mike and I just returned from Armistead Maupin’s packed appearance at Provincetown’s Crown & Anchor, where a rapt audience heard excerpts from the coming The Days Of Anna Madrigal. Like last year, my favorite part of event came when Maupin invited questions from the audience. The show runs again tomorrow, get tickets here.
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BREAKING: House Republicans Cave On Defending Marriage Statutes
Chris Geidner has the story at Buzzfeed: House Republican leaders announced in a court filing Thursday that they will not be defending remaining statutes similar to the Defense of Marriage Act that ban recognition of same-sex couples’ marriages. Judge Richard Stearns had asked the parties in a lawsuit addressing the rights of service members and veterans and their spouses to …
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