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Harrison Ford On Orson Scott Card
“No part of the story concerns Mr Card’s theories about society in terms of gay issues or homosexual issues. I think he has a right to his opinions and has also made it clear that it was a battle that he fought and lost and would like to get on with the rest of life.” – Harrison Ford, promoting Ender’s …
Read More »Moby – A Case For Shame
From his coming album, Innocents, which is due in October.
Read More »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).
Read More »Cher – The Golden Girls Remix
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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