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Media professionals and LGBT activists were shocked Monday morning by news that the major gay publications in four cities, including the nation’s oldest gay newspaper, had shut down after the companies that published the papers, Window Media and Unite Media, were forced to close by the Small Business Administration—the federal agency that oversaw the companies in bankruptcy proceedings.
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The troubled gay media empire known as Window Media LLC finally collapsed and has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
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Window Media, the nation's largest publisher of gay and lesbian newspapers, closed its doors Monday, becoming the latest print media outlet to evaporate.
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LOLZ!
Yes, we know it is all in the name of good clean fun, but C'MON!
Jake Gyllenhaal and a gaggle of other celebrities are featured in this promo celebrating Sesame Street's 40th anniversary! (above)
Something kind of fishy attaches itself to Jake's head.
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Fort Worth Police Chief Jeff Halstead announced at a Thursday press conference that an internal department investigation has concluded that his officers did not use “excessive force” during a June raid at a Fort Worth gay club, the Rainbow Lounge.
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I suppose it could just be that more cool things tend to happen in entertainment at the end of the year, but for the third time in a row I received the final copy of one of my magazine subscriptions that I wasn't planning to renew (for general lack of interest) only to find it to be the most wonderful issue I've seen in ages.
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The Fort Worth, Texas, police have taken a major step toward repairing its relatioship with the LGBT community after a violent bar raid on June 28, 2009-‚the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising.
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In the above photo, Gael Garcia Bernal, the star of Y tu mama tambien and Amores perros, models the new T-shirt designed by John Rocha to mark the 40th anniversary of the human rights organization Survival International.
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Kelly Ripa is going back to her daytime soap opera roots.
The bubbly blonde will return to ABC's All My Children for the show's 40th anniversary.
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40 years, 40 headlines A look back at the biggest stories in Blade history By Friday, October 16, 2009 To help commemorate the Blade's 40th anniversary, employees worked to identify the top 40 headlines from our archives.
Now this is major. Model of the moment Dominique Hollington is featured with Pharrell Williams in the Gap 40th anniversary F/W 2009 campaign.
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WireImage.com photos of Special Olympics Southern California's 40th Anniversary Santa Monica, 10/04/2009
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Footwear designed by Pharrell Williams for the Gap. The eco-friendly clothing line is manufactured from the rapper slash fashionista's Bionic Yard line which is spun from recycled glass.
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According to a posting on POZ.com:
As part of his Rocawear clothing line, rap superstar Jay-Z has designed a T-shirt featuring late HIV-positive tennis great Arthur Ashe, to be sold for charity at the U.
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Check out Ciara’s new ad for The Gap, celebrating their 40th Anniversary and their perfect Skinny Jean.
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The Alcoholic Beverage Commission agents were part of a raid at the Rainbow Lounge that led to clashes with hundreds of patrons on the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall raid in New York.
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I’ve been on a space and astronomy kick since the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing was celebrated last month.
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This year the 40th anniversary of Stonewall was celebrated; quite less radically, I might add, than the actual riots of 40 years ago.
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Ron Schwizer and Doug Kimmel were married 40 years ago by a friend who performed a wedding ceremony for them on August 19, 1969 in a University of Colorado campus chapel.
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