Even in death, same-sex couples face extra tax burden, study finds

Unless Congress acts before the end of the year to renew the law the federal estate tax will disappear for one year in 2010 before returning with a much higher tax rate in 2011.

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Shock value of Glambert’s AMA performance well-planned

‘The Kiss’ from Adam Lambert’s AMA performance via CNN

If there was any doubt that Adam Lambert’s provocative performance at last night’s American Music Awards show was well planned, then this report by Associated Press entertainment writer Derrik J.

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Item: Miami hospital nurses apologize to woman who couldn’t visit her dying partner

   ::: At a town-hall-style meeting Thursday, several nurses from Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital personally apologized to Janice Langbehn, a lesbian from Lacey, Wash.

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Video: Mrs. Betty Bowers, ‘America’s Best Christian’, on voting about civil rights

  Mrs. Betty Bowers calls herself “America's Best Christian”, and who are we to disagree.

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Item: Gay candidate to run for Mass. GOP Lt. Governor spot

   ::: Charlie Baker, a moderate Massachusetts Republican running for his party’s gubernatorial nomination, has chosen State Sen.

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Item: Gay teen latest victim in string of Liverpool attacks

Liverpool’s gay village via PinkNews

   ::: The latest in what activists are calling a distressing string of anti-gay attacks in Liverpool, England occurred last week when a gay 19-year-old student was beaten in the city center by eight boys who abused him for being “flamboyantly dressed”, PinkNews reports.

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Video: Adam Lambert’s kiss at AMA show gets tongues wagging

‘The Kiss’ from Adam Lambert’s AMA performance via CNN

Some might wondered why the singer was kissing a chick near the conclusion of Adam Lambert's performance of "For Your Entertainment" at last night's American Music Awards.

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Warnings from right and left as Aussie PM mulls veto of civil unions ceremonies

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd yesterday gave the strongest hint yet that civil unions legislation recently passed by Australia Capital Territory (ACT) would be scuttled by the federal government, but stopped short of confirming the legislation would be overturned, Canberra Times reports.

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Documentary recounts ‘two-spirits’ life of murdered Colo. teen

Source: Durango Herald, Huffington Post, Denver Post, Two Spirits website

Fred Martinez, who was murdered in June, 2001 near his remote hometown in southeastern Colorado, is honored and remembered in a documentary that premiered Saturday at the Starz Denver Film Festival.

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Video: Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado – tribute to vital, exuberant teen

Most of us first heard of 19-year-old Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado through news stories about his brutal murder.

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