It’s a day of wedding bells for some gay couples in Washington.
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A country known for its beautiful people also has one of highest rates of bisexual behaviour, a survey shows. More than a third of young Swedish women (39 per cent) and eight per cent of young Swedish men said they had sexual fantasises about both genders, said experts at Malmo…
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The Monserrate juggernaut is rolling across the 13th District. Liz Benjamin reproduces a flyer that his people are allegedly handing around
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Turkish State Minister Aliye Kavaf continues to make controversial comments on morals and values that raise reactions. Following her criticisms on the love scenes in Turkish soap operas, she shared her opinions on homosexuality and gay marriage
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Virginia Attorney General Tells State Colleges To End Gay Protections
Posted on 08. Mar, 2010 by Gay In Phoenix.
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II has urged the state’s public colleges and universities to rescind policies that ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, arguing in a letter sent to each school that their boards of visitors had no legal authority to adopt such statements. In his most aggressive initiative on conservative social issues since taking office in January, Cuccinelli (R) wrote in the letter sent Thursday that only the General Assembly can extend legal protections to gay state employees, students and others — a move the legislature has repeatedly declined to take as recently as this week.
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Florida Considers Bill To Remove Tax Credit for TV Shows With Gay Characters
Posted on 08. Mar, 2010 by Gay In Phoenix.
A new bill being considered in the Florida house would make movie and TV productions with gay characters ineligible for a tax credit. Current state law gives tax credits on productions that are “family friendly,” i.e. no smoking, sex, nudity, or profane language.
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Microsoft’s Bing Blocks Gay Search Results in Arab Countries
Posted on 08. Mar, 2010 by Gay In Phoenix.
Microsoft’s Bing search engine blocks out “sexually explicit” results and gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender queries in Arab countries, claimed the Open Net Initiative late last week. The group carried out a test in January of Bing as intended for Middle Eastern sensibilities and found that it filtered Arabic and English words related to saucy material available online. Read the full story from the Register.
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Colorado Preschooler Kicked Out Of School Because Moms Are Gay
Posted on 08. Mar, 2010 by Gay In Phoenix.
A Catholic school in Boulder is kicking out one of its preschoolers because the child’s parents are gay. The decision has sparked intense debate in the community and beyond. The child has been denied re-enrollment in kindergarten next year because the parents are lesbians.
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Republican Sen. Roy Ashburn, who has been on leave from the California state Senate since his DUI arrest last week, confirmed today that he is gay. “I’m gay,” Ashburn told KERN radio host Inga Barks in an interview this morning
