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The It Gets Better Project is set to launch in South Africa this week and organizers say they will not be using a video message recorded for them by Olympian track star Oscar Pistorius, who stands accused of murdering his girlfriend. The campaign, which is to be launched at the Cape Town Holocaust Centre at 7pm, has the support of …

“If any NFL players happen to read this, I guarantee you’ve played with or against a gay player at some point during your career — that’s simple statistics. Guess what? It didn’t make him any less of a player. It didn’t make him any less able to push through conditioning drills, less able to stay awake during meetings, less able …

Germany’s Constitutional Court today ordered the government to draft new laws allowing same-sex couples improved adoption rights. Via Der Spiegel: The Constitutional Court ruled as expected that one member of a civil partnership must be given the right to adopt their partner’s stepchild or adopted child. Until now, unlike heterosexual married couples, they were only able to adopt a partner’s …

Since the courts always take a dim view of public schools officially sanctioning prayers and other religious activities, Christianists around the nation have been working to crowbar their way in via student-led prayers. And it looks like they’ve succeeded in Mississippi, the state that only officially outlawed slavery last week. Supporters say bills to guarantee religious freedom in Mississippi public …

Music industry legend Clive Davis, the man credited with Whitney Houston’s career (and the careers of many others), has come out as bisexual in a new memoir titled The Soundtrack Of My Life. Davis, who is twice divorced, remains close to his family, which includes three sons, a daughter and six grandchildren, and to friends, with whom he vacations regularly. …

A global coalition of wrestling groups has launched a website and several petitions which urge the International Olympic Committee to reconsider their decision to drop the sport starting with the 2020 Games.  The coalition has vowed to make changes in order to remain an Olympic sport. FILA President Nenad LalovicFILA takes its responsibly very seriously on behalf of all the …

“Dear Joe, This year the U.S. Supreme Court will hear two cases that will also have a lasting impact on the very soul of our nation. If the Supreme Court does not uphold the constitutionality of these two laws, it will not only lead to the destruction of traditional marriage as we know it, but subvert our American democratic process …

One of the young men who settled out of court after accusing Atlanta-based megachurch “Bishop” Eddie Long of sexual coercion has published a tell-all book about his encounters with Long. The accuser, Centino Kemp, was one of the five young men who settled out of court with Long over the alleged sexual relationships. Long has denied the accusations and tried …

Details. (Also: Seriously, Daily Mail? “Deaf and dumb“?)

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