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Zachary Quinto Comes Out

OIA Staff — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:33:10 +0000

There have always been whispers, but now we know for sure: Zachary Quinto, who made pointy ears sexy again, has come out as a gay man in the pages New York Magazine. via. Read the full article @ Zachary Quinto Comes Out Read more articles @ our blogBecome a fan on FacebookFollow us on Twitter

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Texas Gay Cheerleader Suspended Over Kiss

OIA Staff — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:28:59 +0000

There are reports that a male cheerleader from Alice, Texas was deliberately entrapped and kicked off of the cheerleading squad for kissing another boy. He was also suspended from school. The gay teen was caught on a surveillance camera that school officials checked. via. Read the full article @ Texas Gay Cheerleader Suspended Over Kiss [...]

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Tim Cook To Helm Apple After Steve Jobs’ Resignation

OIA Staff — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:21:12 +0000

Tim Cook, an openly gay man, will helm Apple after the sudden resignation of tech visionary Steve Jobs. Jobs, 56, who has battled pancreatic cancer in the past, notified Apple’s board of directors of his decision on Wednesday. “I hereby resign as CEO of Apple,” Jobs wrote. “I would like to serve, if the board [...]

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First Gay Federal Judge Gets Appointed

OIA Staff — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:11:00 +0000

The first federal judge to be an openly gay man was confirmed July 18 by a vote of 80 to 13. J. Paul Oetken will take his seat as a federal judge in Manhattan after President Obama signs his commission. via. Read the full article @ First Gay Federal Judge Gets Appointed Read more articles [...]

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Yahoo Bans Anyone From Searching For ‘Gay’ Clues

OIA Staff — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:30:49 +0000

Yahoo Clues, which lets users “explore how people are using Yahoo! Search”, allows you to enter multiple search terms and compare which is a more popular query. Unless you want to know who’s searching for a gay. Yahoo Clues brings up zero results for the search term gay, though lesbian, bisexual, transgender, fag, faggot, homosexual [...]

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ACLU Sues U.S. Military Over Lesser Discharge Pay for Gays

OIA Staff — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:25:56 +0000

The ACLU has filed a class action suit against the Department of Defense over a policy which apparently halves separation pay for soldiers discharged from the military for homosexuality. The ACLU writes: The lead plaintiff in the case is Richard Collins, a decorated former staff-sergeant in the U.S. Air Force who served for nine years [...]

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Right-Wing Conference Dumps Ann Coulter for Speaking at Homocon

OIA Staff — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:15:59 +0000

A few months ago, right wing firebrand Ann Coulter reacted to words of advice from a Canadian University official with stringent claims that she was being silenced and was the victim of a “hate crime.” But how will Coulter respond now that her own fellow conservatives have dumped her from a “Taking Back America” conference [...]

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Catholic priests ‘filmed at gay clubs and having casual sex’

OIA Staff — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:17:23 +0000

The Catholic Church in Italy was embroiled in a fresh scandal on Friday when photographs apparently showing homosexual priests attending gay nightclubs and engaging in casual sex were published in Panorama magazine. VIA Read the full article @ Catholic priests ‘filmed at gay clubs and having casual sex’ Read more articles @ our blogBecome a fan [...]

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Iceland’s Prime Minister Marries Female Partner

OIA Staff — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:12:56 +0000

She was the first openly gay head of state. Now Iceland’s prime minister Johanna Sigurdardottir, 68, has broken new ground once more, with her marriage to longtime civil partner Jonina Leosdottir. [ via Topix ] Read the full article @ Iceland’s Prime Minister Marries Female Partner Read more articles @ our blogBecome a fan on [...]

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Betty White Gays Up Saturday Night Live

OIA Staff — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:59:07 +0000

The ratings on Saturday’s SNL were through the roof with Betty White. Her appearance produced the shows best ratings in 18 months. Catch some of the best clips from the night below. Molly Shannon, Ana Gasteyer, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Rachel Dratch even showed up to support Betty. Make sure you experience Betty’s legendary [...]

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Michael Jackson’s dad: ‘Michael was not gay’

OIA Staff — Tue, 04 May 2010 15:47:17 +0000

Joe Jackson wants to set the record straight about his late son: “It’s not true. Michael was not gay.” After longtime Michael Jackson friend and dermatologist Dr. Arnold Klein and Klein’s onetime office assistant Jason Pfeiffer told “Extra” last week that Michael was gay and that Pfeiffer was “the love of his life.” [ via [...]

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Chely Wright First Openly Gay Country Music Star

OIA Staff — Mon, 03 May 2010 13:27:40 +0000

Singer, songwriter, and 1999 Academy of Country Music Awards New Artist of the Year Chely Wright is gay, according to TMZ. It has been common knowledge for the past week or so that People magazine was going to reveal on an upcoming cover a country music star proclaiming that they were gay. It’s a bold career [...]

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Gay dogs not welcome, diner in South Australia

OIA Staff — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:43:24 +0000

The Thai Spice restaurant, in a northwest suburb of Adelaide, refused a blind man entry because it thought his guide dog was “gay” was ordered by the Equal Opportunity Tribunal to pay him $1500. [ via Herald Sun ] Read the full article @ Gay dogs not welcome, diner in South Australia Read more articles [...]

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Australian Olympic hero,Daniel Kowalski, announces he is gay

OIA Staff — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:48:33 +0000

Kowalski, 34, who won four Olympic medals, told The Sunday Age he was “tired of living a lie” and that he hoped to inspire other gay people. “I felt really compelled to do it because it’s very tough to live a closeted existence,” said Kowalski, who at the Atlanta Games in 1996 became the first [...]

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Scientists turn moths gay to save crops

OIA Staff — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:21:02 +0000

Scientists have found a way to save millions of pounds worth of crops every year – turning the moths which eat them gay. Previously, the only way to prevent them killing crops was spraying fruit with pesticides, which had the effect of killing other harmless insects and disrupting the food chain. Instead, scientists at Sainsburys [...]

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CBS Refused to Air LGBT PSA

OIA Staff — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:07:01 +0000

It has recently leaked that CBS refused to air a PSA sponsored by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network. The PSA starred wholesome pop-star Hilary Duff was part of the “Think before you speak” campaign. The PSA shows two girls shopping, when one tries on an ill-fitting top, the other says “That’s so gay.” [...]

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AFA Moms Group Protests ‘Predatory’ A/X Campaign Featuring ‘Scantily Dressed’ Gay and Straight Couples

OIA Staff — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:22:29 +0000

A group called One Million Moms (which is a project of the American Family Association), is protesting a Valentine’s Day campaign by Armani Exchange featuring three sets of couples showing affection to one another. Writes the group: “Malls, where teens hang out, have retailers whose window displays poison our children with 10-foot posters that are [...]

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Lady Gaga Bites into the Gays with “Teeth”

OIA Staff — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:01:33 +0000

Lady Gaga goes super gay in her new video “Teeth” featuring some boy vampires. The “word” is that this is just promotional, but Gaga approved. Directed by Sergio Ceron. Video removed, (updated) Read the full article @ Lady Gaga Bites into the Gays with “Teeth” Read more articles @ our blogBecome a fan on FacebookFollow [...]

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Pennsylvania Will No Longer Treat Homosexuality As an Automatic Strike In Child Custody

OIA Staff — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:31:24 +0000

With the just-decided M.A.T. v. G.S.T. case, the Pennsylvania Superior Court, in an en banc ruling (that means all judges heard the case), overturned two previous precedent-setting rulings from 1986 and 86 that had automatically slapped a scarlet letter on gays involved in child custody disputes. [ Queerty ] Read the full article @ Pennsylvania [...]

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Campbell Council Expected To Elect Country’s Youngest Openly Gay Mayor

OIA Staff — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:05:15 +0000

Campbell Vice Mayor Evan Low is hoping to make history Tuesday night by becoming the country’s youngest openly gay mayor. If chosen as expected by his fellow council members tonight to fill the mayoral seat, Low, 26, will also be the country’s youngest Asian American mayor, he said. He would replace current Mayor Jane Kennedy. [...]

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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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Rhode Island Governor Won’t Even Give Rights to Dead Gays

OIA Staff — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:25:15 +0000

If you’re gay and you die in Rhode Island your domestic partner won’t be able to make funeral arrangements for you because Governor Donald Carcieri just vetoed a bill providing for that . [ Topix ] Read the full article @ Rhode Island Governor Won’t Even Give Rights to Dead Gays Read more articles @ [...]

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Children of Gay Parents

OIA Staff — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:45:16 +0000

Parenting is a complex task, one that doesn’t lend itself to easy generalizations … So in our focus on raising good children, we should respect research that demonstrates that it’s not one’s sexual orientation that determines good parenting or not. (In fact, that’s a ridiculous assumption to begin with; why not suggest that people who [...]

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We Finally Understand Why the Mormon Church Attacked These 2 Gay Kissers

OIA Staff — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:53:26 +0000

It was the kiss heard ’round Salt Lake: Derek Jones and Matt Aune smooched in front of the Mormon Church on Main Street, and forced LDS to go and spend a few bucks erecting new warning signs. But hey, have we ever looked at it from the Church’s eyes? [ Queerty ] Read the full [...]

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Self-confessed mobster comes out in court

OIA Staff — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:45:48 +0000

A confessed gunman for the Gambino crime family, who is also a government informer, added a surprise personal disclosure to his guilty plea on Monday in a Brooklyn, N.Y., courtroom. Robert Mormando told the court he was gay in the hopes of getting a lesser sentence because he alleged his status as a formerly closeted [...]

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WTF: Military’s Own Research Concludes Gay Soldiers Are OK

OIA Staff — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:18:15 +0000

While the Pentagon loses millions by dismissing well-trained gay soldiers because of their sexuality, they’ve also been spending money — since 1957 — researching whether gay soldiers have any effect on military preparedness. And the resounding answer? From the military’s own research? NO… [ Queerty ] Read the full article @ WTF: Military’s Own Research [...]

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Was Torontonian Chris Skinner Murdered Because He Was Gay?

OIA Staff — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:14:20 +0000

Chris Skinner was killed after being beaten and driven over by an SUV at 3 am on Sunday at Victoria and Adelaide Streets in the eastern part of downtown Toronto after a birthday celebration for his sister. He later died in the hospital. Skinner was gay. Toronto authorities are apparently not investigating if his murder [...]

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Gay Video News Channel

OIA Staff — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:56:17 +0000

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