Category: GLBT
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Iowa Judge Strikes Down Gay Marriage Ban
And same-sex couples are lining up: A Polk County judge has struck down Iowa’s law that bans gay marriage. Judge Robert B. Hanson ruled that couples cannot be denied licenses to marry or marriage certificates or “in any other way be prevented from entering into civil marriage pursuant to Iowa Code Chapter 595 by reason […]
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Chicago Lawyers: Gay Not Protected by 14th Amednment
Whittle, whittle, whittle away: Ruppert was expelled from a bar and then arrested by Chicago police officers who then, according to Ruppert, pulled their cruiser over, forcibly removed Ruppert from their vehicle, and proceeded to assault him while uttering homophobic slurs, The Advocate reported. Ruppert was then taken to the hospital, where he received 16 […]
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In Canada, Gay Politicians Get Married – Not Arrested
The think that drives me nuts about the Larry Craig thing is he was obviously powerful and rich and had the resources to hire an escort in an anonymous hotel room. But he thought he’d never get caught. And when you aren’t out and honest about your sexuality then you think that being gay is […]
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Lesbian Woman in UK Faces Deportation to Iran – and Possible Stoning
Pegah Emambakhsh is an Iranian woman who sought asylum in the UK in 2005. Her claim failed. She was arrested in Sheffield and is being held in Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre pending deportation on Tuesday 28 August 2007 at 21.35 on British Airways flight BA6633 to Iran. If returned to Iran, Pegah faces imprisonment […]
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Rick and Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in the World (Episode One)
“Of course, a gay household. What don’t you guys have on a rheostat?” [youtube]gjsdX2NAjUI[/youtube]
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Small Town Holds Annual Gay Shame Parade (Satire)
From The Onion: After the last bit of confetti fell, spectators praised the parade’s highlights, including a float, presented by local Little League team the Tigers that depicts a mother, sitting alone with her head down on a kitchen table, crying. The first-place ribbon went to “Sodom and Gomorrah,” a miniature version of the two […]
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Highschool Surveillance Camera Captures 2 Girls Kissing, Adults Freak Out
Cue the ‘teen sex panic’ dynamics: A security camera captured two girls kissing, but it’s what happened next that sparked a surveillance debate. The dean of students said he saw two girls kissing. He checked the surveillance tape then shared what he saw with the parents of one of the girls. They then pulled her […]