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Openly Gay CNN Anchor Don Lemon to Moderate First NAACP Town Hall on LGBT Issues

OIA Staff — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 05:00:25 +0000

The NAACP will host its first-ever town hall meeting on GLBT issues during the 102nd Annual National Convention in LA. Panelists at the event include lesbian mom/actress/comedian Wanda Sykes and civil rights icon Julian Bond. Moderated by CNN News Anchor Don Lemon, the forum will examine the significant contributions of black gay leaders within the [...]

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Squeeze Play – General Gayety

OIA Staff — Wed, 25 May 2011 17:00:39 +0000

In just a week four male sports figures came out. From the basketball world, Rick Welts, the CEO of the Phoenix Suns, and Will Sheridan, a former player at Villanova, went public. Pro bowler Scott Norton and ESPN sports reporter Jared Max decided it was time, too. What’s going through the minds of other gay [...]

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‘Anonymous’ Is Coming For The Westboro Baptist Church

OIA Staff — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:07:56 +0000

Anonymous, the hacktivist group responsible for bringing down Gawker Media and major credit card companies, has set its sights on a new target: The Westboro Baptist Church. The Westboro Baptist Church has responded to the threat: via & via. Read the full article @ ‘Anonymous’ Is Coming For The Westboro Baptist Church Read more articles [...]

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Sarah Palin: Misinformer of the Year

OIA Staff — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:23:20 +0000

Congratulations to the Fox commentator, political activist and reality TV star who has boldly created new frontiers in spreading falsehoods and distorting the national conversation. Palin has truly earned the 2010 Glenn Beck Honorary Award for Excellence in Misinformation. via. Read the full article @ Sarah Palin: Misinformer of the Year Read more articles @ [...]

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Oprah Winfrey Tells Barbara Walters: ‘I’m Not Even Kind Of A Lesbian’

OIA Staff — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:53:59 +0000

Talk show host Oprah Winfrey has denied rumors she’s gay. In an upcoming interview with ABC’s Barbara Walters, the 56-year-old media mogul says she’s “not even kind of a lesbian.” “I’m not a lesbian,” she says in the special. “I’m not even kind of a lesbian.” VIA. Read the full article @ Oprah Winfrey Tells [...]

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SHOCKING: Fox News Rejects Pro-DADT-Repeal Ad

OIA Staff — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:42:06 +0000

Fox News has rejected an ad about lesbian and gay troops featuring testimony from various militaries with LGBT friendly policies including one Australian General calling the lifting of their ban a ‘non-event’. The ad comes from the Palm Center ahead of the push in the Senate to repeal DADT. “Major General Semianiw: ³There is no [...]

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“Will the acceptance of homosexuality in this society be the downfall of America?”

OIA Staff — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:37:50 +0000

Yes, that was a question actually posed to viewers by a Texas-based NBC affiliate TV station, both on the air and online. It gets worse. The question was posed by two KETK-NBC news anchors in reaction to a larger story about how President Obama has appointed a “record number of gays” to his administration, more [...]

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Okay, So What The Heck Is The Status Of DADT Right Now?

OIA Staff — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 15:45:34 +0000

The problem with that question is that even the White House and the Pentagon don’t seem to know, but let’s watch Rachel Maddow and Walter Dellinger (Acting Solicitor General 1996-97) stab. VIA. Read the full article @ Okay, So What The Heck Is The Status Of DADT Right Now? Read more articles @ our blogBecome [...]

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Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton vows to quit bullying

OIA Staff — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:11:43 +0000

Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton, who has made headlines by outing gay and lesbian stars, has vowed to stop being a bully and support a growing campaign to raise awareness about teen suicides and gay bullying. Watch the Ellen interview below… Is Perez sincere or only hoping for more publicity? VIA. Read the full article @ Celebrity blogger [...]

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A Message from Kathy Griffin on suicide

OIA Staff — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:07:20 +0000

Watch Kathy Griffin address the recent string of gay suicides. Visit www.thetrevorproject.org or call 1-866-4-U-TREVOR for more information. Read the full article @ A Message from Kathy Griffin on suicide Read more articles @ our blogBecome a fan on FacebookFollow us on Twitter

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Major ‘Ex-Gay’ Life Coach Accused of Sexual Misconduct By Former Clients

OIA Staff — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:36:55 +0000

Truth Wins Out (TWO) released an exclusive video statement today from two former clients of “ex-gay” life coach Alan Downing. The clients, Ben Unger and Chaim Levin, alleged that during individual therapy sessions, Downing (pictured) made them undress in front of a mirror and touch their bodies while the significantly older therapist watched. Unger and [...]

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Fake President Maddow’s Oval Office Address on BP Oil Spill & Energy

OIA Staff — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:18:03 +0000

Maybe Real President Obama should borrow some of Fake President Maddow’s cojones. After watching both, my vote goes to Maddow. Watch the real and fake address below: [ via & via ] Read the full article @ Fake President Maddow’s Oval Office Address on BP Oil Spill & Energy Read more articles @ our blogBecome a [...]

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Cynthia Nixon responds to homophobic Newsweek article

OIA Staff — Thu, 20 May 2010 14:17:06 +0000

Sex in the City’s Cynthia Nixon – and out mother of two – responds to the controversial article: “I think it’s horrible. And I think it’s really terrific that there’s been such an enormous response, and so much back and forth and discussion about it and people trying to explain to this gentleman why they’re [...]

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No, Virginia, There Is No Nondiscrimination Policy

OIA Staff — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:42:00 +0000

News Analysis: Virginia Gov. McDonnell’s executive directive on employment discrimination is about appearances, not policy Over the past month, three differing documents produced by two statewide elected officials in Virginia have led to a whole lot of confusion about where the Commonwealth stands on protection of LGBT people from discrimination. Following outrage over Attorney General [...]

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Anglican Anger After LA Episcopal Diocese Elects Lesbian Bishop

OIA Staff — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:21:22 +0000

THE Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles has elected the second openly homosexual bishop since the national church lifted a ban on gays in the church’s highest ordained ministry. The leader of the world Anglicans, the Archbishop of Canterbury, immediately issued a statement saying the development raised “serious questions” about the Episcopal Church’s place in the [...]

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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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Transgender Day of Rememberance 11/20/09

OIA Staff — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:31:09 +0000

Today, November 20th marks the eleventh Transgender Day of Remembrance, a solemn time to think back and honor our transgender brothers and sisters who were murdered for being who they are. [ Queers United ] Read the full article @ Transgender Day of Rememberance 11/20/09 Read more articles @ our blogBecome a fan on FacebookFollow [...]

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Kansas City Chiefs Release Running Back Larry Johnson Over ‘Conduct Detrimental to the Team’

OIA Staff — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:00:43 +0000

The Kansas City Chiefs have cut running back Larry Johnson on his first day back from a two-week suspension. The suspension was the result of an October 26 incident in which Johnson told two members of the media in the Chiefs locker room, “Get your faggot asses out of here.” He directed similar language at [...]

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Three Officers Suspended in Rainbow Lounge Raid

OIA Staff — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:12:31 +0000

Three Fort Worth police officers involved in the controversial raid of a gay bar were suspended Thursday for a total of five days – a punishment gay activists immediately decried as “wholly inadequate.” Fort Worth Police Chief Jeffrey Halstead announced he had suspended one officer and the sergeant who oversaw the raid at the Rainbow [...]

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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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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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Inside Whose Mind? – General Gayety

OIA Staff — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:13:45 +0000

You remember Mark Foley. How could you forget him? It was just three years ago that the Republican Congressman from Florida resigned over the salacious instant messages he’d sent male teenagers who were former Congressional pages. The dude was disturbed. Now he’s been given a radio show. If it flies, this will be a resurrection [...]

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A Candid Debate On Black Manhood, Same Gender Love & Civil Rights: Fact & Fiction

OIA Staff — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:23:41 +0000

A Summer 2009 debate in Atlanta, GA, on homosexuality in Black communities, Civil Rights and attitudes behind Black resistance to affirming homosexuals, and some breakthroughs on the issue. [ Vimeo ] Read the full article @ A Candid Debate On Black Manhood, Same Gender Love & Civil Rights: Fact & Fiction Read more articles @ [...]

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Marriage Equality Brings out the Fire on Top Chef

OIA Staff — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:05:42 +0000

Bravo television’s Top Chef: Las Vegas had something of a brush with the issue of marriage equality on a recent episode. One of the contestants named Ashley became upset over preparing food for somebody’s wedding when she and the other gay and lesbian contestants could not themselves legally marry in much of the country. [ [...]

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Sandra Bernhard Will Do ‘Whatever It Takes’ for Truth

OIA Staff — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:49:03 +0000

Sandra Bernhard isn’t one for conversational detours or verbal frills. This may not surprise many. Bernhard needs not a garden of adjectives and imagery from which to pick; she’s got a pocket full of ammunition in the form of pointed observations. And let it be known: she’s got rapid fire. What may come as a [...]

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Wanda Sykes will bring the funny business to her new talk show

OIA Staff — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:19:38 +0000

I would watch Wanda Sykes read the tax code. So to watch her talk about the week’s news on her late-night talk show sounds like heaven. The out comedian, new mom and all-around-hilarious lady, told reporters at the Television Critics Association press tour Thursday what to expect when her Saturday night show debuts in November: [...]

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This Week in HIV/AIDS News

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

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Hawaii football coach Greg McMackin’s gay slur is merely a symptom of a much larger problem

OIA Staff — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:21:03 +0000

Hawaii football coach Greg McMackin must feel like a victim of the old bait-and-switch routine. On Thursday, he apologized for describing one of Notre Dame’s traditions with a gay slur during the Western Athletic Conference media preview. He then dropped the slur a couple of more times as he winked at the media, asking them [...]

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Gay iPhone Radio Application from GayInternetRadioLive.com Reaches 50,000 Downloads

OIA Staff — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:25:37 +0000

GLBT Radio Network, LLC announced today its customized iPhone application for GayInternetRadioLive.com (G.I.R.L.) has surpassed 50,000 downloads from Apple iTunes. The application debuted in the Apple iTunes store four months ago this week and remains listed as one of Apple’s top 100 free music applications. The wildly popular dance formatted station appeals to all dance [...]

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This Week in HIV/AIDS News

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Impact Of MA Marriage For Same-sex Couples On Workforce, Economy

OIA Staff — Fri, 15 May 2009 13:48:18 +0000

After 5 Years of Extending Marriage to Gay Couples, New Studies Show Massachusetts Has Attracted Highly-Skilled Workers and Experienced Economic Boost of Over $100 Million On the eve of the fifth anniversary of same-sex couples marrying in Massachusetts, two new studies released today by UCLA’s Williams Institute show clear economic gains for Massachusetts that have [...]

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The King of All Media & The Gays

OIA Staff — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:01:38 +0000

Here is what the King of All Media (Howard Stern) had to about the gays: “My feeling about gay people is that we have a responsibility not only to make gay marriage acceptable and to make gays feel accepted as much as heterosexuals…Gay people are downtrodden. They are beaten. They are abused for their sexuality, [...]

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Out Magazine’s 3rd Annual Power 50

OIA Staff — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:49:36 +0000

April 6, 2009: What a difference a year makes. The global economic crisis has pushed Democratic congressman Barney Frank to the top of Out magazine’s third annual list of America’s most influential gay men and woman. The 69-year old head of the House Financial Services Committee, who ranked second last year, has been a leading [...]

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This Week in HIV/AIDS News

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Just Don’t Tell Anyone You’re Gay and You Won’t Be Discriminated Against

OIA Staff — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:17:04 +0000

VIEWPOINTS —”Gays don’t have a genetic difference that changes their outward appearance. Hypothetically speaking, if a gay employee is scared that his new boss will not promote him because he is gay, all he has to do is not tell his new boss. But if a black employee is scared that his new boss will [...]

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Tyra Banks and Suze Orman to be Honored at 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards

OIA Staff — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:20:49 +0000

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) announced today that Clay Aiken will present the Excellence in Media Award to Tyra Banks at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Presented by IBM and New York presenting partner Prudential. T.R. Knight will present the Vito Russo Award to Suze Orman. Special Recognition awards will be [...]

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Activists Call For Immediate National Response to CA Supreme Court Decision

OIA Staff — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:49:15 +0000

Recognizing that win or lose, the LGBTQ community must have an immediate response to the forthcoming California Supreme Court decision on whether or not to uphold Proposition 8, veteran activists Robin Tyler and Andy Thayer have called for “Day of Decision” actions the night that the court releases its decision. Volunteers for the effort are [...]

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Less is More: Gays on TV 2009

OIA Staff — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:32:17 +0000

In recent years we have heard about the declining number of gay characters appearing on the four major networks’ line-up of shows. In 2007 gay characters represented just 1.1% of scripted regular characters. GLAAD, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, has completed the study for 2008 and found that number doubled, but it is [...]

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Colorado Senator Scott Renfroe: “Gay Sin Is Equal to Murder”

OIA Staff — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:06:29 +0000

In a deliberation over whether the state of Colorado should extend health care coverage to same-sex partners of state employees, Senator Scott Renfroe (R) quoted scripture and pointed to verses that he believes are about homosexuality in his effort to encourage his colleagues to vote against the bill. He also equated homosexuality with other sins [...]

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A Queerer than Queer Oscar Night

OIA Staff — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:37:31 +0000

The Academy Awards rank as one of my favorite spectacles of excess and celebration. As a registered homo, I love the outfits on the red carpet, the procession of celebrity and the feeling of anticipation that comes over me as I review the films and the performances of Hollywood’s past year. I always look for [...]

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When Asked Whether He Would ‘Consider’ Gay Civil Unions, Steele Replies, ‘What Are You, Crazy?’

OIA Staff — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:42:51 +0000

Last night, actor Sean Penn and screenwriter Dustin Lance Black both won Oscars for their work on “Milk,” which told the story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official. Today, the right wing expressed its disgust that the movie received such acclamation. On his radio show, Mike Gallagher slammed Penn for ignoring “the [...]

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GLADD Best & Worst of National News January 2009

OIA Staff — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:20:53 +0000

THE BEST New York Post Publishes Inclusive Story about Lesbian Couple’s Upcoming Wedding The New York Post published a refreshing portrait of a lesbian couple who were planning wed on Valentine’s Day, elevating the newspaper onto GLAAD’s “Best” list for the first time ever. The January 19 story, “Empire State Lesbian Brides,” by Aliyah Shahid, [...]

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