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Anti-gay activist sends out fliers opposing Parker for mayor

Google Gay News / Houston Chronicle  6 days ago

PinkNews.co.uk Anti-gay activist sends out fliers opposing Parker for mayorHouston ChronicleHe said it was not intended to be a personal attack on Parker, and that he has great sympathy for homosexuals because two of his uncles were gay and died of .
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Gay Groups Praise Report on Gay Priests and Sexual Abuse

Google Gay News / Beliefnet.com  6 days ago

ABC News Gay Groups Praise Report on Gay Priests and Sexual AbuseBeliefnet.comBALTIMORE (RNS) Gay Catholics and victims of clergy sexual abuse are hailing preliminary results of a study commissioned by US Catholic bishops that says .
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Lesbian mayor candidate in Houston 'targeted by conservatives'

Google Lesbian News / PinkNews.co.uk  Nov 17 09

PinkNews.co.uk Lesbian mayor candidate in Houston 'targeted by conservatives'PinkNews.co.
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Lesbian Candidate for Houston Mayor Faces Anti-Gay Opposition

Google Lesbian News / EDGE Boston  Nov 17 09

OregonLive.com Lesbian Candidate for Houston Mayor Faces Anti-Gay OppositionEDGE BostonAnnise Parker, Houston's openly lesbian city controller, did well enough in her bid to become mayor that she'll be facing off against .
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Lesbian Mayoral Candidate Annise Parker Targeted

Google Lesbian News / SheWired  Nov 16 09

Dallas Voice Lesbian Mayoral Candidate Annise Parker TargetedSheWired... to discourage voters from supporting mayoral candidate Annise Parker in a December run-off election because she is a lesbian, according to the Advocate.
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Anti-Gay Groups Oppose a Lesbian for Mayor of Houston

Google Lesbian News / Passport Magazine  Nov 16 09

Passport Magazine Anti-Gay Groups Oppose a Lesbian for Mayor of HoustonPassport MagazineParker would be the first lesbian elected Mayor of a major US city.
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Toward a better understanding of age in the gay community

Bilerico  Nov 16 09

Buried in a longer throw-away piece on how femmy TV gays are hurting the movement (no, the Bush years weren't just a nightmare - it's really 2009 and someone's still arguing that) is this paragraph on the old-young divide among gays:

For gays, that schism falls along generational lines.
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Gay marriage foes win with message about schools

Google Gay Parenting News / The Associated Press  Nov 13 09

Seattle Post Intelligencer Gay marriage foes win with message about schoolsThe Associated PressAlthough the topics usually are broached in the context of appreciating diversity and tolerance, for some parents any discussion of gay people is too close .
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Rhode Island Governor Expresses Openness to 'Everything But Marriage' Domestic Partner Law After Meeting with Gay Groups

Towleroad  Nov 13 09

Given the fact that Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcieri is solidly in with NOM and giving speeches about "traditional marriage" to the Massachusetts Family Institute, this thaw is encouraging.
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PhoboQuotable - Bert Chapman

Joe My God  Nov 12 09

"Think of how much constructively such money could have been spent on public health issues such as improved sanitation, immunizations, and other more worthwhile programs instead of promoting immoral and self-destructive behavior through needle exchanges and widespread condom distribution.
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'South Park'-GLAAD Debate Rings Familiar

Topix Gay News  Nov 07 09

After the first ArtsBeat post on the South Park controversy appeared today, a commenter using the identifier "RW," wrote , "Didn't 'queer' used to be a derogatory name for homosexuals - " and yet today many gay groups embrace the term.
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Thank GOD police didn't use excessive force at the Rainbow Lounge in Ft. Worth, Texas

Bilerico  Nov 06 09

The police are expected to come out with the results of their internal investigation of their raid on a Ft.
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Focus donates $115266 to Maine gay marriage fight

Google Gay Marriage News / Seattle Post Intelligencer  Nov 05 09

Boston Globe Focus donates $115266 to Maine gay marriage fightSeattle Post IntelligencerConservative Christian group Focus on the Family donated just over $115000 to the fight against gay marriage in Maine.
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Gay groups say loss won't alter strategy

Google Gay Marriage News / Washington Post  Nov 05 09

Seattle Post Intelligencer Gay groups say loss won't alter strategyWashington PostSome gay rights organizations are considering putting the same-sex marriage issue before voters there again as early as next year.
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Item: Report expected to mostly clear Rainbow raid officers

Qnews  Nov 04 09

   ::: At a press conference tomorrow, Forth Worth Police Chief Jeff Halstead will announce the results of a long-anticipated internal investigation by his department of a June raid on Rainbow Lounge, a gay club in Fort Worth, a police spokesman confirmed today.
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Voters Void Gay Marriage in Maine: Are we Angry Yet?

Night Charm  Nov 04 09

Next time anti-gay groups launch a public referendum to strip same-sex couples of their civil rights, I’d like to see a television ad like this as a response: Two married women and their young children are happily raking leaves in front of a cozy, suburban-style home, laughing as one of the kids leaps into the pile.
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Should anti-gay supporters be exposed?

About.com Gay Life  Nov 03 09

Voters in Washington and Maine will decide today whether existing protections should be extended to same-sex couples.
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Gay groups split over mayoral race

Google HIV News / Sovo.com  Oct 30 09

Gay groups split over mayoral raceSovo.com... fought the 2004 state constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, and recently passed a bill requiring HIV testing and counseling for inmates.
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Census will report same-sex couples, gay groups see opportunity

Google Gay Marriage News / CNN  Oct 28 09

Baltimore Sun Census will report same-sex couples, gay groups see opportunityCNNCurrently, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Iowa and Vermont allow gay marriage.
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Family Research Council: Obama program to help gay elderly is wasted since gays die young anyway. Is FRC again using "science" of known hate

America Blog  Oct 28 09

I've been tracking the extremism, and lies, of the religious right activist group Family Research Council for about 16 years now.
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