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The DC Catholic Church's red herring

To hear the Catholic Church tell it, if same-sex couples can marry in DC they will have to stop providing social services here.

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The sexual politics of a hug

Far from just warm and fuzzy, hugging is commonly rich with personal revelations regarding our sexual and gender identity, as well as sexual equality.

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The history maker's historian: Jon Knoll on Jim Madigan

Illinois has had its share of making history lately, but we have the opportunity to make history once again with an unprecedented number of openly gay candidates going into this Spring's primaries.

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Should Heterosexuals be allowed to serve openly in the military?

According to One News Now the American Medical Association (AMA) is ignoring health facts in homosexual advocacy with it's passage of a resolution that opposes "don't ask, don't tell" and declaration that gay marriage bans contribute to health disparities:

Elaine Donnelly, the never served in the military but president of the alleged "Center for Military Readiness" (a.

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First Event 2010: One Big Happy Transgender Family

I will be presenting a keynote address at "First Event 2010" in Peabody, Massachusetts, just outside of Boston.

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Another Bill to Pass

"Voters understand discrimination and don't want to see it allowed in the Commonwealth. Legislators seriously underestimate their constituents if they think voters don't get this.

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No On One: The Documentary

This short documentary about the final days of the No On 1 campaign really captures the effort to protect marriage equality.

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Weekly Reader: Fruit Bat Fellatio, Las Vegas, & Scaring Our Elders

While I took a few vacation days this week to travel to NYC, the Editorial Team kept things plugging right along and the great contributor content didn't stop for an instant.

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Putting on the brakes: An apology

As Antonia said in my last post's comments, "My dear, you certainly stepped into it."

It has come to my attention that my counterpoint article on trans exclusion/inclusion has made the rounds on e-mail lists, forums, and the desks of executives at a few national LGBT organizations.

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A "Str8" Cologne? Smells like homophobia to me...

From our friends across the pond at Queeried Magazine, we get "Str8" Cologne, or what they are calling "The Most Homophobic Piece Of Advertising Ever":

Get it? There's only one way and it's to be straight.

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John Aravosis' "Don't Ask/Don't Give" has the wrong focus

Let me preface this by reminding everyone that my first Bilerico post ever was a critique of the President's LGBT record.

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Preacher's Sons: Two Dads, Five Sons, Four Cities

President Barack Obama, in his proclamation of November as National Adoption Month, said: "By continually opening up the doors to adoption, and supporting full equality in adoption laws for all American families [my emphasis], we allow more children to find the permanent homes they yearn for and deserve.

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Gandalf the Gay

"When I've been asked what should be on my gravestone, I've said: 'Here lies Gandalf. He came out.

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The multi-talented Ross Sisters (1944)

From 1944: The singing's cute and the dancing's fun, but just wait until you get to the acrobatics at the end.

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Queer music Friday - Kim Petras

Here's German trans pop singer Kim Petras. If you really like Europop ballads, well, she's about as Europoppy as you can get.

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Maine anti-marriage leader tied to several pro-gay companies

Schubert Flint Public Affairs, a Sacramento, Calif.-based consulting firm, worked extensively on California's Proposition 8 and Maine's vote to overturn the new marriage equality law.

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When Its Not Your Fight

So for my first actual contribution, I'm going to talk about something that's been on my mind of late.

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I just hope he doesn't become an economics professor

Over the past few years working here at Bilerico, I've become something of a free speech fundamentalist.

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Video WH 'held for review': Obama official Melody Barnes' support for marriage equality

This story is so weird; it exemplifies the paranoia over at the White House over anything G-A-Y, particularly regarding the President's current illogical-but-politically safe position on marriage equality.

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Vintage vaudeville with an equalitarian twist

Guessing it's from a 1920s-1930s vaudeville act but gee, what cool clip art for marriage equality.

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