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New HUD Study Shows Anti-LGBT Discrimination In Rental Housing Market

From the Department of Housing and Urban Development: This is the first large-scale, paired-testing study to assess housing discrimination against same-sex couples in metropolitan rental markets via advertisements on the Internet. The research is based on 6,833 e-mail correspondence tests conducted in 50 metropolitan markets across the United States from June through October 2011. For each correspondence test, two e-mails …

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Swag Tuesday

Today’s Swag Tuesday prize is two tickets to this week’s launch party for Shred Of Hope, the celebrity t-shirt fundraiser for the Ali Forney Center. This Thursday June 20th, Nasty Pig presents a kickoff party for Shred of Hope, an auction of one-of-a-kind celebrity-designed Shredder t-shirts benefitting the Ali Forney Center (AFC). AFC is the nation’s largest and most comprehensive …

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NEW YORK: State Legislature Grants Tax Breaks To Jillionaire Apartment Owners

The New York state legislature has approved a bill sponsored by GOP Sen. Martin Golden that will grant tax breaks to the owners of multimillion dollar apartments at five skyscrapers presently under construction in Manhattan. The millionaires buying apartments in a soaring tower rising on 57th St. will get more than sweeping views of Central Park: They’ll also be eligible …

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Teamsters Endorse Christine Quinn

From Quinn’s campaign site: The 120,000 member proud Teamsters Joint Council 16 provided an enthusiastic and robust show of support for City Council Speaker Christine Quinn today, endorsing her candidacy for Mayor of New York. Citing her unrivaled record of delivering real results for New York’s hardworking families and her forward-looking vision for making the City a place where middle …

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COLOMBIA: Deadline For Same-Sex Marriage Ruling Is This Friday

The Washington Blade notes that same-sex couples in Colombia might be able to register for marriages beginning this Friday. The country’s Constitutional Court in 2011 ruled gays and lesbians can legally register their relationships after June 20 if lawmakers failed to extend to them the same benefits heterosexuals receive through marriage. The Colombian Senate in April overwhelmingly rejected a measure …

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Pet Shop Boys – Vocal

Towleroad tips us to the Pet Shop Boys’ description of their clip in support of the first single from their coming album, Electric. (I posted the audio to the track a few weeks ago.) This short film has been produced and directed by the filmmaker and photographer, Joost Vandeburg. He has created it using authentic amateur film footage shot at …

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