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Three Men Hanged for Gay Sex in Iran

OIA Staff — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:02:39 +0000

According to local press, three men were hanged in Iran on Sunday for having gay sex.ISNA, the state run Iranian news agency, reports the men were killed for committing “unlawful” acts and acts against Sharia based on articles 108 and 110 of the Iranian Islamic penal code. According to Article 108, “Sodomy or Lavat is [...]

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President Obama Announces the Death of Bin Laden

OIA Staff — Mon, 02 May 2011 17:26:44 +0000

Late last night, President Barack Obama announced Osama bin Laden was killed by United States forces. Crowds gathered in front of the White House and in Times Square to celebrate the news. via. Read the full article @ President Obama Announces the Death of Bin Laden Read more articles @ our blogBecome a fan on [...]

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Ugandan “Kill The Gays” Bill Shelved For Now

OIA Staff — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:53:35 +0000

A Ugandan news report has indicated that the anti-homosexuality bill, better known as the “kill the gays” bill has appeared to be shelved by Parliament. The bill, if passed would have imposed one of the strictest punishments to those convicted of homosexual activity by imposing the death penalty on “repeat” offenders. The law would also [...]

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Those Who Ran On Hate Now Trying To Run Away From It After AZ Shooting Leaves Six Dead

OIA Staff — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:22:48 +0000

The Right Wing including the Tea Party, the Republicans, et al. are in a heap of denial over what caused the vicious attack that killed six and left several more, including Representative Gabrielle Giffords, fighting for their lives. The problem is that they are having to outrun their own violent rhetoric which often crossed the [...]

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“Kill the Gays” Ugandan Bill Author Interviewed by Rachel Maddow

OIA Staff — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:52:20 +0000

Rachel Maddow gave a major portion of her show on December 8 to Ugandan parliament member Bahati and followed up with a segment on December 9. Bahati was well prepared and framed his “kill the gays” bill as a means to “protecting children and families,” but said that gay people would be punished by God for being who they [...]

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Grief, Shock And Suicide – life beyond therapy

OIA Staff — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 17:58:30 +0000

Death is a part of life, yet somehow we all do our best to avoid thinking about it. Even though none of us gets out of this life alive, it sure is tempting to think that, somehow, maybe we won’t have to. Illogical? Sure. But it’s a way to cope. And yet, we will all [...]

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Another Suicide Death of a Gay Youth

OIA Staff — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:58:45 +0000

The body of an 18-year-old college student was found floating in the Hudson River on September 22. Authorities are ruling the death a suicide. Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi jumped from the George Washington bridge days after his roommate and a classmate secretly taped and broadcast him having a sexual encounter with another man over [...]

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Gay Couple, Famous for a Kiss, Separated by Tragedy

OIA Staff — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:06:21 +0000

Two young men electrified a conservative South African town when a picture of them kissing prompted anger–mostly from area males–but also spoke to gays of passion, commitment… and normalcy. The photo, capturing a moment in time, is immortal–but a month after it was taken, one of the young men is dead, and the other in [...]

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Beetlejuice Star, Glenn Shadix, Dies

OIA Staff — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:44:50 +0000

Glenn Shadix will always be remembered for what he accomplished under the watchful eye of a ghostly Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis. The gay actor, who played a pretentious interior decorator who communed with the spirits in Beetlejuice, died Tuesday at his home in his native Birmingham, Ala. He was 58. Cause of death wasn’t [...]

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Is it OK to Own a Canadian?

OIA Staff — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:24:34 +0000

In her radio show, Dr Laura Schlessinger said that, as an observant Orthodox Jew, homosexuality is an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22, and cannot be condoned under any circumstance. The following response is an open letter to Dr. Laura, written by a US man, and posted on the Internet. It’s funny, as well as informative: Dear Dr. Laura: Thank you [...]

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Doctors Using Birth Defect Enducing Drug Try To Prevent Lesbianism

OIA Staff — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:08:31 +0000

At what point does caring for a potentially non-fatal birth defect become human experimentation in not only preventing the birth defect but “curing” supposed behavior abnormalities in women? A group of doctors in the world are doing just that by giving women the Class C steroid dexamethasone in order to supposedly prevent congenital adrenal hyperplasia [...]

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Pawlenty vetoes death rights bill for gay couples

OIA Staff — Mon, 17 May 2010 16:04:45 +0000

Legislation that would have given surviving partners in same-sex relationships the right to make funeral arrangements for their deceased loved ones has been vetoed by Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty. [ via GayPolitics.com ] Read the full article @ Pawlenty vetoes death rights bill for gay couples Read more articles @ our blogBecome a fan on FacebookFollow [...]

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South African White Supremacist Eugene Terre’blanche ‘gay sex’ death probe

OIA Staff — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:56:13 +0000

RIGHT WING leader Eugene Terreblanche may have been murdered after sexually assaulting one of his workers, South African police confirmed yesterday. One of the two accused of bludgeoning to death the 69 year-old Afrikaner told his lawyer that the attack was in response to homosexual advances by his employer, who was buried last Friday. “My [...]

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Gay BBC TV Host, Kristian Digby, Found Dead

OIA Staff — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:33:59 +0000

Kristian Digby, the BBC television property expert and host of many shows was found dead yesterday. Towleroad is reporting today that Digby may have died of autoerotic asphyxiation a la Kill Bill star David Carradine and INXS singer Michael Hutchence. Still, police are investigating the death under “unexplained circumstances.” [ via Just Out ] Read [...]

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Second Known Gay Soldier Honored In Congress

OIA Staff — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:30:28 +0000

Today on the floor of the US House of Representatives, Congressman James Moran, (D-VA) honored a fallen American hero, and read into the Congressional Record the contents of an e-mail he had received from one of his constituents, a gay soldier currently on active duty. Congressman Moran stated that the soldier had, “learned that a [...]

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BBC Man Ray Gosling Admits Killing Aids-Suffering Lover

OIA Staff — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:18:42 +0000

Police are investigating after the Nottingham film-maker said he had a pact with the deceased man to act if his suffering increased. During a documentary on death and dying, Ray Gosling, 70, said: “I killed someone once. He’d been my lover and he got Aids. “And maybe this is the time to share a secret [...]

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Former Advocate Publisher Michael Phelps Dead at 45

OIA Staff — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:59:24 +0000

Michael Phelps, who started at The Advocate in 1996 and worked up the ranks to become publisher before being let go from the magazine, was found dead in his Los Angeles home Wednesday. He was 45. The cause of death is unknown. [ via Queerty ] Read the full article @ Former Advocate Publisher Michael Phelps [...]

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British Designer Alexander McQueen Commits Suicide

OIA Staff — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:48:34 +0000

“The 40-year-old committed suicide just days after the death of his mother, Joyce. His death also comes just three years after his close friend, Isabella Blow – who plucked him from obscurity and helped him become a star – killed herself. McQueen was found at his luxury flat in Green Park, central London. It is [...]

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NYPD hunting for gay lover after John Lea is found stabbed to death in Hell’s Kitchen apartment

OIA Staff — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:30:57 +0000

A man was found brutally stabbed to death inside his Hell’s Kitchen apartment Thursday – and detectives are looking to question his live-in lover. John Lea’s friends first went to his W. 46th St. pad Wednesday after the 41-year-old failed to show up to his job as an event planner with the New York Society [...]

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NOM Doesn’t Want Rhode Island’s Gays to Have Rights In Life. Or Death

OIA Staff — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:26:50 +0000

If you thought the National Organization for Marriage only concerned itself with “redefining” the “institution of marriage,” you’d be wrong. Now Maggie Gallagher & Co. are getting into the death industry. With Rhode Island’s legislators weighing whether there’s enough support to overturn anti-gay Gov. Don Carcieri’s veto of a bill that would have let the [...]

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Was Professor Don Belton Murdered Over a Rape? Or Regrets Over a Relationship?

OIA Staff — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:55:21 +0000

As if the Sunday morning murder of Anthony J. Perkins, the gay D.C. man found shot to death in his car, weren’t enough terrible news this holiday, here’s word that 53-year-old Don Belton, a Indiana University assistant professor and accomplished writer, has been stabbed to death with a 10-inch blade… The Chicago Tribune reports: Michael [...]

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Stop Hating Yourself: The Joys of Getting Older – life beyond therapy

OIA Staff — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:18:12 +0000

It seems like an epidemic: we’re all becoming older and feeling that we’re becoming more-and-more invisible. I get a lot of emails from mid-life gay men (and a few women) saying some version of: “I am physically aging much faster than I’d hoped (wrinkles, love handles, receding hairline, expanding belly). Who’s going to want me [...]

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Rachel Was All, WTF Is Going On In Uganda?

OIA Staff — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:41:48 +0000

Oh hey, Rach, we were wondering when Obama and Afghanistan would let up to give you some time to squeeze in some Uganda gay coverage! Like explaining how America’s leading faith-based bigots are shaping possible genocide of Uganda’s queers. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy [ Queerty ] Read [...]

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Uganda’s anti-gay bill causes Commonwealth uproar (life sentence to homosexuals)

OIA Staff — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:50:01 +0000

The Commonwealth convenes for a summit this week amid growing furor over a proposed law that would impose life imprisonment on homosexuals in Uganda, whose President is chairing the gathering. The law, proceeding through Uganda's Parliament and supported by some of its top leaders, would imprison anyone who knows of the existence of a gay [...]

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Esteemed Los Angeles Times Transgeneder Sportswriter Mike Penner Passed Away

OIA Staff — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:28:17 +0000

Esteemed Los Angeles Times sportswriter Mike Penner passed away on Friday evening at the young age of 52. He made headlines in 2007 for coming out as a transsexual and began to write under the name Christine Daniels for a brief period, yet the transition was difficult for him. “Mike was a first-rate journalist, a [...]

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Six reasons to save “Ugly Betty”

OIA Staff — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:20:49 +0000

Oh, Ugly Betty, I gave us so many chances and you kept breaking my trust! Now you’ve taken up with the Friday night death slot, and you are more awesome than ever. Why, Ugly Betty? Why?! Here are six reasons I think Ugly Betty deserves a save: 1) Ugly Betty is still the gayest show [...]

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The Not-So-Sudden Death of The Advocate

OIA Staff — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:26:30 +0000

In case you haven’t read the “official stories” or the gossip, Regent Media, the latest owner of The Advocate–once the national LGBT newsmagazine of record for America (41-years-old exactly!)–is reducing the publication to a 32-page mini-mag, taking it off the newsstands, and packaging it up with its “sister” publication, Out magazine. Subscribers will get a [...]

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R.I.P. – Patrick Swayze Dies at 57

OIA Staff — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:19:15 +0000

It has been reported that Patrick Swayze has lost his battle to pancreatic cancer at age 57. Said co-star Jennifer Gray in a statement: “Patrick was a rare and beautiful combination of raw masculinity and amazing grace. Gorgeous and strong, he was a real cowboy with a tender heart. He was fearless and insisted on [...]

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Good Boys and Bad Boys

OIA Staff — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:13:47 +0000

In the past few months, I’ve seen quite a few clients who find that their balance is off. The balance I am talking about the balance between excitement and safety, unpredictability and predictability…between being a “Good Boy” and a “Bad Boy” (women readers, feel free to consider it your “Good Girl/Bad Girl” balance…the ideas are [...]

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This Week in HIV/AIDS News

OIA Staff — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:56:47 +0000

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Author E. Lynn Harris dies at age 54

OIA Staff — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:51:51 +0000

The openly gay, best-selling author E. Lynn Harris died earlier this morning while on a book tour along the West Coast. The tour was in promotion of his eleventh novel, “Basketball Jones”, the story of a player in the NBA and his gay lover. While the cause of death is still unknown, his personal assistant [...]

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Camp Pendleton sailor found dead on base

OIA Staff — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:13:28 +0000

CAMP PENDLETON — The body of a 29-year-old sailor was found in a Camp Pendleton guard shack Tuesday, and a “person of interest” was taken into custody in connection with the suspected homicide, Navy officials said yesterday. The body of Seaman August Provost of Houston, Texas, was discovered about 3:30 a.m. on the western edge [...]

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Michael Jackson Dies

OIA Staff — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:13:27 +0000

Michael suffered a cardiac arrest earlier this afternoon at his Holmby Hills home and paramedics were unable to revive him. We’re told when paramedics arrived Jackson had no pulse and they never got a pulse back. A source tells us Jackson was dead when paramedics arrived. A cardiologist at UCLA tells TMZ Jackson died of [...]

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Pop culture icon Farrah Fawcett dies at 62

OIA Staff — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:54:45 +0000

A rare cancer claims the 1970s pinup beauty. First known for her looks and hairstyle, she captivated critics with ‘The Burning Bed’ and other serious roles. Later, she chronicled her illness. [ Los Angeles Times ] Read the full article @ Pop culture icon Farrah Fawcett dies at 62 Read more articles @ our blogBecome [...]

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