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Arts

‘Sontag Reborn’: Unplugged And Fully Lesbian

by Tanya Domi ● 12:29 PM June 18, 2013
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New Yorker theater goers must see a tour de force performance by Moe Angelos who portrays a young, intellectually and erotically obsessed Susan Sontag — whose first loves were women — in “Sontag: Reborn”

Discrimination

NYPD’s Recent Civil Rights Record Undermines New ‘It Gets Better’ Message

by David Badash ● 10:27 AM December 4, 2012
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The NYPD, 43 years after raiding a gay bar in Greenwich Village, sparking the Stonewall riots, have just released a video for LGBTQ youth, saying, “It Gets Better.”

Civil Rights

NOM Suffers Crushing Defeat In New York State

by Scott Rose ● 7:00 AM September 28, 2012
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Equality is here to stay in New York State, and there is literally nothing the NOM bigots can do about it.

News

Did NOM Chairman Joke It ‘May Be A Good Thing’ If Iran Drops Nuclear Bomb On New York?

by David Badash ● 2:32 PM September 18, 2012
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Did John Eastman, the Chairman of NOM, the National Organization For Marriage, say, “it may be a good thing” if Iran drops a nuclear bomb on New York?

Marriage

NY GOP Senator Grisanti, Who Voted For Gay Marriage, Defeats NOM Candidate

by David Badash ● 11:41 PM September 13, 2012
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Mark J. Grisanti, one of the four NY GOP senators who voted for gay marriage last year tonight won his primary race against a candidate NOM aggressively supported.

News

Famous Roman Catholic Priest Blames Children For Their Rapes

by David Badash ● 7:00 AM August 31, 2012
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A famous NY Catholic priest told a news reporter for a Catholic publication that many of the child victims of pedophile priests are often to blame for their rapes.

News

Empire State Building Shooting: 1 Victim Plus Shooter Dead. 9 Shot, Are Alive. (Graphic Images)

by David Badash ● 12:48 PM August 24, 2012
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One 41-year old man is dead, along with his 53-year old killer at a mass shooting that began at 9:03 AM ET at New York City’s Empire State Building today.

Civil Rights

Eliot Spitzer: Boycott Chick-Fil-A

by David Badash ● 12:57 PM July 26, 2012
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Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer says Americans concerned about equal rights for LGBT people and equality in general should boycott Chick-Fil-A.

Legal Issues

Breaking: Court Throws Out Lawsuit That Could Have Killed Gay Marriage In NY

by David Badash ● 5:00 PM July 6, 2012

A court just tossed out a lawsuit that, if successful, could have killed New York’s one-year old same-sex marriage law, possibly nullifying thousands of marriages.

Farce

Republican Offers Working Women A Class On “Feminine Presence.”

by Jean Ann Esselink ● 12:14 PM July 4, 2012
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Oh what a man, what a man, what a mighty good man is Republican New York State Senator Marty Golden. The Senator is so worried about his female constituents that he gifted them with a workshop on “Posture Deportment and the Feminine Presence.”                         [...]

Civil Rights

Today: One Year Anniversary of New York State Marriage Equality

by Tanya Domi ● 9:09 PM June 24, 2012
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One year ago today the New York State Legislature passed marriage equality for  gay New Yorkers on the eve of  New York City’s Pride celebration One year ago this weekend the New York State Senate voted to legalize marriage equality for gays and lesbians in New York State with four Republican senators joining the affirmative [...]

Analysis

On Our Radar – The Love So Strong It Could Take Down DOMA

by Jean Ann Esselink ● 10:32 AM June 24, 2012
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Marriage is too significant an event for it to ever come too late in life. Today, a love so strong it changed the minds of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Attorney General Eric Holder, President Barack Obama, and could even be the reason DOMA is overturned, is On Our Radar.               [...]

Bigotry Watch

GOP Senator May Lose Alma Mater Hall Of Fame Status For Anti-Gay Comments

by David Badash ● 5:18 PM June 13, 2012
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Anti-gay state senator Stacey Campfield, who made homophobic comments about HIV/AIDS and homosexuality, may lose his hall of fame status from his old high school.

Legal Issues

Cardinal Dolan’s $20,000 Pedophile Priest Payoffs To Quitting Clerics

by David Badash ● 10:12 AM May 31, 2012
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Cardinal Timothy Dolan authorized payoffs to pedophile priests of as much as $20,000 each as an incentive to get them to quit or not contest firing.

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