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Open Forum: Metrosexuality - The Unlikely Ally for Gay Liberation?

Queers United  less than a day ago

"Metrosexual" is a term given for straight men who are very concerned with their appearance and maintain stereotypes generally associated with gay men.
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OMG, who hates 'The X Factor'?

OMG Blog  less than a day ago

What British singer has this to say about The X Factor (the UK's version of American Idol)?

It's a preposterous show, and you have judges who have no recognizable talent apart from self-promotion.
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Tatchell: 'Alan Carr and Graham Norton are camp and cliched'

Pink News  3 days ago

Gay rights activist Peter Tatchell has said that TV executives should chose a wider range of gay presenters, not just "camp and cliched" stereotypes.
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10 Key Facts South Floridians Should Know About NARTH

Truth Wins Out  5 days ago

This weekend, a discredited  “ex-gay” fringe organization, The National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH), will visit South Florida to peddle its fraudulent cure for homosexuality.
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Kim Cattrall Thinks The ‘Cougar’ Is So Over

EyeGossip.com  6 days ago

Sex and The City's Kim Cattrall, is done with the whole 'cougar' thing and tells Grazia Magazine:Cougar is passe,' I think we're on to something else now.
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Eunuchs, transsexuals given third gender option on India’s election forms

Qnews  Nov 13 09

“(India) Rajasthani Eunuchs” Flickr photo by seekingshangrila

Eunuchs, transsexuals, and others in India, who had previously been required to record their gender on election forms as either “male” or “female”, will now have a third option: “other”.
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Newsweek says "True Blood," "Grey's Anatomy and "House" are promoting gay stereotypes

After Ellen  Nov 13 09

Our job here at AfterEllen.com is to not only let readers know about what is going on in the world of lesbians and bisexual women in pop culture, but to analyze whether or not that exposure is good.
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How To Fight Racism in the LGBT Community

Wicked Gay Blog  Nov 12 09

You would think that because gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people experience discrimination that racism would not exist within the community.
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Recent Racist Italian Laundry Ads

Bilerico  Nov 11 09

Check out this 2006 television ad for the Italian laundry product Coloreria Italiana. Nothing like reinforcing the stereotype of the black man as the virile, better lover, eh?

Of course, while we're using stereotypes to hawk Coloreria Italiana, we might as well include gays too.
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Top 10 'Sesame Street' controversies

Google HIV News / The Week Magazine  Nov 11 09

The Week Magazine Top 10 'Sesame Street' controversiesThe Week Magazine(Watch a dizzyingly diverting Sesame Street clip) To fight stereotypes about people with AIDS, "Sesame Street" introduces an HIV-positive muppet named Kami.
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Lesbians fall into stereotypes on "Bored to Death"

Google Lesbian News / AfterEllen.com  Nov 06 09

Lesbians fall into stereotypes on "Bored to Death"AfterEllen.com... perhaps the most enigmatic one is this: If a lesbian storyline falls in the writers' room and no sperm is around to touch it, does it make a sound? .
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Dan Savage On Maine Vote

Joe My God  Nov 05 09

Archdiocese of Portland employee and Stand For Marriage spokesdouche Marc Mutty says the vote in Maine "had nothing to do with hate.
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Sunday Funnies: InfoMania's 'Conversion'

Bilerico  Nov 01 09

The brilliant and irreverent satirist Bryan Safi, from my favorite nerdy show on my favorite nerdy channel - InfoMania, is back exploring more LGBT issues and stereotypes as they are portrayed by the clueless media and pop culture.
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HOMOTIPOS: A short film about lesbian stereotypes

The Lesbian Question  Oct 30 09

Hi girls! I just wanted to show you a short film about lesbian stereotypes. The spanish version was very successful and now I want to show it to you.
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Transgender suicide prevention program launching in MA

Wicked Gay Blog  Oct 30 09

A first-of-its-kind coordinated effort is being launched in Massachusetts, according to the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC), that will work to prevent transgender suicide.
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Video: Ballad Of Gay Tony With Dancing, Drugs, And Derogatory Terms

GayGamer  Oct 28 09

I'll admit - I was reluctant to post this video, because it starts with "Gay" Tony Prince himself busting out a couple of ethnic slurs and then an F-bomb of the anti-gay variety.
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Ricardo Muniz' Sancocho

Beautiful Mag  Oct 24 09

IT IS REALLY UNBELIEVABLE THAT IN THE 21ST CENTURY WE ARE STILL HAVING SO MANY PREJUDICES AND STEREOTYPES.
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Breaking Down Stereotypes With A Bidet Hose

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  Oct 24 09

Jason Jones and Tim Greenberg talk about their revelatory trip last spring: Daily Show Goes to Iran from sahar sarshar on Vimeo.
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Same-Sex Marriage Foes Need to See Past Stereotypes

Gay Agenda  Oct 23 09

I listen to the ignorant, rampant anti-gay sentiment everyday and encounter it regularly at Windham High School.
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WCG Ultimate Gamer's Australian Debut

GayGamer  Oct 23 09

While this is old news to anyone in the United States, last night Sci-Fi Sy-Fy Channel's WCG Ultimate Gamer had its debut on Australian television.
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