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Discontent growing with U.S. gay movement leaders

Posted on 04. Mar, 2010 by .

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Picking up on the national discontent with elected leaders, grassroots LGBT activists are just as restless and dissatisfied with the community’s current leadership and are organizing to reshape the agenda.

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Kerry calls on FDA to end ban on gay blood donors

Posted on 04. Mar, 2010 by .

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Sen. John Kerry called on the government Thursday to abolish a “discriminatory” law that bars homosexual men in the U.S. from donating blood, saying “not a single piece of scientific evidence supports the ban.” In a letter sent to the Food and Drug Administration, Kerry, D-Mass., along with a host…

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Air Force secretary backs Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal

Posted on 04. Mar, 2010 by .

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The top Air Force civilian is unequivocally backing a repeal of the ban on gays in the military, while his top military counterpart is far more circumspect. The question, whether to repeal “don’t ask, don’t tell,” continues to arise as the Pentagon’s top military and civilian leaders testify on Capitol…

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Iowa College Names Openly Gay President

Posted on 18. Feb, 2010 by Gay In Phoenix.

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Iowa’s Grinnell College announced yesterday that it has named openly gay deputy director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dr. Raynard Kington, to be its next president

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Australian TV Commentators Criticized Over Anti-Gay Olympic Comments

Posted on 18. Feb, 2010 by Gay In Phoenix.

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In their Winter Olympics wrap last night, the pair took aim at some of the costumes worn by the male competitors in the figure skating.

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Sullivan, Gallagher trade barbs at marriage forum

Posted on 17. Feb, 2010 by .

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A forum intended to address whether LGBT people have a place in the conservative movement quickly gave way to discussion on the validity of same-sex marriage as a conservative value. Gay conservative blogger Andrew Sullivan and Maggie Gallagher, president of the National Organization for Marriage, presented opposite sides of the…

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70-year-old Brit tries to quash 51-year old buggery conviction

Posted on 15. Feb, 2010 by .

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For more than half a century John Crawford’s crime has cast a shadow over his life; a permanent stigma etched into the files of the national police database. His conviction in 1959 was for consensual sex with another man – which is no longer a crime – and based on…

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Outspoken gay soldier invited back to National Guard

Posted on 13. Feb, 2010 by .

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In a sign that the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy may be weakening under pressure from the White House and the Pentagon’s top leadership, Lt. Dan Choi, who is facing discharge from the New York Army National Guard because he publicly announced that he was gay, took part in a…

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Outspoken gay soldier invited back to National Guard

Posted on 13. Feb, 2010 by .

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In a sign that the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy may be weakening under pressure from the White House and the Pentagon’s top leadership, Lt. Dan Choi, who is facing discharge from the New York Army National Guard because he publicly announced that he was gay, took part in a…

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Obama Condemns Uganda Anti-Gay Bill as “Odious

Posted on 04. Feb, 2010 by Gay In Phoenix.

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