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HomoQuotable – Michelangelo Signorile

“For years, those who are anti-gay have been emboldened by the often hateful declarations of homophobic religious leaders and by the attacks by groups like the National Organization for Marriage, which have demeaned gays. After decades of struggle, we’re finally beating them back in the courts, in legislatures and even at the ballot box. And perhaps the frustration and anger …

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More On Georgia’s Anti-Gay Riot

As I reported over the weekend, on Friday an anti-gay mob of 20,000 rioters chased 50 gay rights activists through the streets of Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi.  Today the New York Times tracks the government’s non-response. Some of the priests leading the rock-throwing throngs who stormed past police cordons could be seen participating in the melee; one repeatedly slammed a …

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TODAY: SiriusXM At 2:30PM

Today at 2:30pm I’ll be on Michelangelo Signorile’s SiriusXM show to talk about some of the latest LGBT-related news items. The gays are on channel 109 and you can listen live online if you sign up for a freebie account. What are your top five gay news items of the last week?

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Martha Wash At AIDS Walk New York

JMG reader Wayne sends us his video of Martha Wash performing You’ll Never Walk Alone at yesterday’s AIDS Walk New York. The second clip is Alex Newell’s stirring rendition of I Know Where I’m Going. Newell plays Unique on Glee.

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Today’s Top Trending Topic On Twitter

Above is the most popular response to today’s #1 trending topic on Twitter.  Another example: “It’s never on a car parked in a business park or office complex between the hours of 9-5.” And another: “I let the air out of their tires, because air was meant to be shared by everyone.” Democrats are getting their shots in too: “Awkward; …

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Yahoo Buys Tumblr

The New York Times reports: The board of Yahoo, the faded Web pioneer, agreed on Sunday to buy the popular blogging service Tumblr for about $1.1 billion in cash, the companies announced Monday, a signal of how the company plans to reposition itself as the technology industry makes a headlong rush into social media. The deal would be the largest …

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China Arrests Gay Activist

Via the Associated Press: Police in central China have detained the 18-year-old organizer of a gay pride march in a sign of the government’s nervousness over a growing civil society movement and demands for stronger individual rights. The man, identified only by his surname Xiang, was detained following the Friday event in the city of Changsha and ordered to serve …

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