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Elizabeth Edwards helped my breaking heart

While living in New Mexico, I heard many folk stories. Tales of emergence, creation stories, even UFO sightings.

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Pure Kitsch: vintage sexual humor postcards

I've been on a bit of a kitsch jag, and collected images of many a tragically ridiculous and astonishing postcard.

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The Secret Weapon in HIV Treatment

Editors' note: Greg Smith is a gay, HIV+ native Montanan, a Rome-educated former priest who is now a mental health therapist, health educator, activist, spiritual adventurer and overall wiseguy who loves to write.

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Architreks - My First 2009 Christmas Shopping Recommendation

Have you ever wondered why architectural photography books make such delicious gifts even in a Google Earthy world in which every building on the planet may be zoomed at your desk.

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It's About All of Us

"We didn't [win in Maine], and there's a simple reason. Our message to protect our civil rights is about us, not about all of America.

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Jeff Merkley's opening statement on ENDA

Jeff Merkley's opening statement on ENDA.

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Queer music Friday - Aiden James

TBP reader Scott sent in this video for gay pop/rock singer Aiden James' video for "On the run." Scott says: "A good song, even after the election results.

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Take a tip from the Lions: or why I don't like the marriage fight

Thinking of gay marriage reminds me of Detroit. Here was a team that did everything wrong; up until the third game of this season they hadn't won a game since 2007.

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Happy Birthday Sesame Street!

Today is Sesame Street's 40th birthday! Google has a special front page image for the show and I automatically thought back to my dad's favorite story about me as a kid.

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The Top 10 Best Ballot Questions Ever

If "Let the people vote!" is now the dominant, deeply-considered political philosophy, I don't see why we can't all dream about what we want to see on the ballot.

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Ok... So, now what?

It's funny, Tuesday afternoon, after watching the noon news, inside my head, I was willing to entertain the idea that we could lose.

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Chaz Bono & Media Representation of Trans People

Editors' note: Antonia "Toni" D'orsay is an advocate and sociologist based out of Phoenix Arizona working for several organizations in an advisory capacity, where she works on issues of empowerment, education, and language within and without the LGBT community under the pen name of Dyssonance.

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WWJD? Incite Hate Crimes Against LGBT People, according to this "Pastor"

The furious explosion of nutjobs over the passage of the Matthew Shepard & James Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act continues.

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Delaware's Senator Ted Kaufman: Legislator of the Day

Interesting doings yesterday at the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee's hearing on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which you can view here.

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Thank GOD police didn't use excessive force at the Rainbow Lounge in Ft. Worth, Texas

The police are expected to come out with the results of their internal investigation of their raid on a Ft.

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Tolerance and Sex Education

"Some faiths have a view about what in religious terms is right and wrong - what they can't do though is not teach the importance of tolerance.

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Video: Trans inclusive pre-ENDA press conference

Thanks to Senator Merkley's office for sending us the video of Thursday morning's press conference about the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.

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Marriage after Maine

As heartbreaking as it was for the people on the ground and as callous as this may sound, Maine 09 was just another move in the two steps forward, one step back dance that social change movements are.

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We can't deny the fact that you hate us right now, you hate us!

I was actually gone on vacation for the earlier part of this week in Seville, since French vacations don't line up with American elections.

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Why we Honor the Bloggers

Editors' note: Sharon Stapel is the executive director of the NYC Anti Violence Project.

The New York City Anti-Violence Project is honoring four LGBT Blogs - Bilerico, Joe.

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