McCain Picks Alaska's Anti-Gay, Former Beauty Queen Gov. as VP

Rod Online  Aug 29 08

The morning after the Democratic Party nominates its first black presidential candidate, John McCain and the Republicans shake up the election. McCain has chosen as his running mate Sarah Palin, former beauty queen and the obscure governor of Alaska, as... Full story...

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Atty General Nominee Eric Holder Praised by Gay Rights Groups

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An update on the nomination of Eric Holder who would become the first black Attorney General of the United States.

Openly Gay Labor Activist Mary Beth Maxwell Shortlisted as Labor Secy

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When President-Elect Barack Obama said he would "change" Washington, he wasn't joking. Via Gay Politics and the Victory Fund is news that Mary Beth Maxwell, the founding executive director of American Rights at Work, is a top choice as Obama’s.

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Surprise! Anti-Gay Sen. Mel Martinez Will Not Seek Re-Election

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The hits keep coming for the scandal-plagued, increasingly irrelevant Republican Party. Now comes word that Mel Martinez—Flordia's rabidly right-wing anti-gay senator, a Bush clone and the former RNC chairman—is resigning "to spend more time with his family.

Charlene Cothran Debuts "Ex-Gay" Ministry, Needs Donations to "Prevent Homosexuality In Youth"

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Rod 2.0 in The Wall Street Journal: "Longtime Allies Move to Heal Rifts After Gay-Marriage Fight"

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What a compliment. Tamara Audi at the Wall Street Journal interviewed me for her piece "Longtime Allies Move to Heal Rifts After Gay-Marriage Fight" (PDF) on the post-Prop 8 fence building between gay rights groups and black and Latino activists.

HX's Holiday "Desires" by Thomas Synnamon and Kirk Shannon-Butts

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If something tall, dark and handsome is on your Christmas shopping list, well, you'd better stand in line.

Will Gay Marriage Activists in DC Reach Out to Black Voters?

Rod Online  3 days ago

This sounds very familiar. The Washington Blade reports black gay activists in our nation's capitol "caution" activists who are determined to bring a marriage bill to Mayor Adrian Fenty's desk by the spring.

Birmingham's Anti-Gay Mayor Charged with Bribery, Money Laundering, Corruption ...

Rod Online  3 days ago

And it couldn't happen to a better person. Larry Langford, the black anti-gay social conservative mayor of Birmingham who recently refused to issue a parade permit for gay pride, has been arrested on federal charges of bribery and money laundering.

A First: Openly Gay Marchers at Haiti HIV/AIDS Rally

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This is a first in Haiti. On the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day, about one dozen men in T-shirts declaring "I am gay" and "I am living with HIV/AIDS" proudly "marched with hundreds of other demonstrators" through a Haitian.

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