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Big Gay News for Friday, Mar 19 2010

Gay In Phoenix — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:18:51 +0000

Today’s Top Headlines Dutch Angry Over US General’s Claim That Gays Soldiers Led to Massacre Lt. Dan Choi Arrested at White House During Rally N.Y.

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Big Gay News for Friday, Mar 19 2010

Ga. Senate kills the only perk for gays: legal incest

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:46:00 +0000

The Georgia Senate voted with unanimity and speed on Thursday to close a loophole in state law and strip gay couples of the only advantage they enjoy over their heterosexually-coupled neighbors. The Georgia Senate—hell, the entire General Assembly—is so bent on making sure that same-sex couples in the state know…

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Miley Cyrus quit tweeting after anti-gay hate mail

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:40:00 +0000

Miley Cyrus has revealed that one of the reasons the pop star closed her Twitter account was due to the amount of hate mail she received after she said she supported gay marriage.

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WATCH: "Ugly Betty’s" Justin gets first same-sex kiss

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:01:00 +0000

With Ugly Betty winding down its run, producers have decided it’s time for Betty’s young nephew Justin (Marc Indelicato) to experience his first kiss … with another guy.

NCAA’s only lesbian coach makes tournament debut

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:49:00 +0000

Just three years ago, Sherri Murrell fired herself as Washington State’s basketball coach, after compiling a 27-114 record in five seasons. She didn’t have another job waiting and wasn’t even sure where she’d live

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DADT activists plead not guilty in White House arrests

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:00:00 +0000

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Mo. lawmaker says gay troops heighten terror threat

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:45:00 +0000

Sen. Gary Nodler doesn’t want to offend the terrorists. The Joplin Republican who is running for Congress suggested as much Tuesday when opposing the movement to repeal the nation’s “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.

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Dutch Angry Over US General’s Claim That Gays Soldiers Led to Massacre

Gay In Phoenix — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:30:22 +0000

Dutch government officials reacted angrily on Friday to claims by a retired U.S. general that Dutch forces were overrun in Srebrenica in 1995 in part because of the presence of gay soldiers

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Lt. Dan Choi Arrested at White House During Rally

Gay In Phoenix — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:30:21 +0000

Lt. Dan Choi, the openly gay Iraq war veteran who has been an outspoken opponent of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, was arrested Thursday after chaining himself to a fence at the White House. The Advocate reports that Choi, along with former Army infantryman Jim Pietrangelo, was arrested after chaining themselves to the fence following a rally in Washington for repeal of the policy, which bans gay men and women from serving openly in the military

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N.Y. Woman Says She Was Tricked Into Marrying Gay Immigrant

Gay In Phoenix — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:30:21 +0000

A Long Island woman claims she was hoodwinked into marrying a Pakistani immigrant — who tricked her into thinking he was a wealthy computer whiz who shared her devout Muslim faith, when he was actually using her to get a green card while canoodling with another man, court documents allege.