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Dance diva and Broadway star Deborah Cox preceded Cher at last night’s NYC Pier Dance, where she wowed the crowd with about a dozen of her biggest dance hits.  Partial set list: Absolutely Not, Things Just Ain’t The Same, Nobody’s Supposed To Be Here.

The photos above are from where Dr. Jeff and I were in the backstage area last night, where we could see Cher’s giant teleprompters, which not only scrolled the words to her hits, but included stage directions. Tell the truth (point, point), This is a woman’s world (four fist pumps), This is a woman’s world. I’m not convinced that the …

Yesterday Russian President Vladimir Putin signed Russia’s national bill against “gay propaganda” into law. The law will introduce fines of up to 5000 rubles ($150, €115) for individuals who promote information ‘directed at forming non-traditional sexual setup’ in minors. It will be illegal to say gay relationships are equal to straight ones. Gay rights campaigners say it will make homophobia …

Russian demons! During Bob Larson’s recent visit to Russia, he spoke to thousands of people, and found plenty of people who had demons — Vitali was one of them! He was very lonely — his friends had deserted him, his relatives had left him, he wanted to die. Only his mother would speak to him. It seems that drugs was …

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New York City Pride Grand Marshal Edith Windsor rode in triumph today as about a million people screamed her name. When Windsor’s car turned onto Christopher Street, the thunderous chants of “EDIE! EDIE! EDIE” echoed down the very blocks where our movement started 44 years ago this week.  I was completely verklempt as were many, many joyous people behind the …

The Los Angeles Times reports: The Supreme Court rejected an emergency request to stop same-sex marriages in California, a lawyer for the gay couples who sued said Sunday. Theodore J. Boutrous Jr., one of the lawyers who challenged Proposition 8, said that he had just received word from the court Sunday morning that Justice Anthony M. Kennedy denied a request …

It was 44 years ago this week that the queer community of New York City finally said “Enough!” For some historical perspective, I’m reposting the story that the New York Daily News ran one week after the Stonewall Riots. Note how the story drips with condescension and ridicule. We’ve come a long, long way in 44 years and we’ve still …

Via Policy Mic. (Tipped by JMG reader Eric)

And again we get citations from After The Ball, a 1989 book that hasn’t been in print for decades (as far as I know) and that very few gay people have even heard of, much less read. (Tipped by JMG reader Chris)