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NEWS | Hiram Monserrate’s Anti-Gay Flyers

Mar 9th, 2010 @ 12:55 pm | No Comments -
The Monserrate juggernaut is rolling across the 13th District. Liz Benjamin reproduces a flyer that his people are allegedly handing around. If you don’t have your glasses...

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NEWS | New York State Senate Passes Family Health Care Decision Act

Feb 26th, 2010 @ 12:27 pm | No Comments -
The New York State Senate passed the Family Health Care Decisions Act. The act has already passed the Assembly. The act that enables a loved one to make health care decisions when...

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NEWS | Louisiana court rules state must issue birth certificate to same-sex adoptive parents

Feb 26th, 2010 @ 12:20 pm | No Comments -
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Louisiana Registrar of Vital Statistics must respect a New York adoption by a same-sex couple of a Louisiana-born baby boy. The...

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NEWS | Buffalo Denied This Lesbian a Marriage License. A Moment Later She Grabbed a Stranger and Married Him

Feb 11th, 2010 @ 6:00 pm | 5 Comments -
Gay activist Kitty Lambert stopped by Buffalo’s City Hall this week to secure a marriage license for she and partner Cheryl. But as the staffer explained, she could not...

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NEWS | NY Senate Votes to Expel Anti-Gay Sen. Hiram Monserrate

Feb 10th, 2010 @ 11:21 am | 1 Comment -
Citing his misdemeanor conviction assault on his girlfriend, the New York state senate has voted to expel Hiram Monserrate , by an overwhelming majority.Senators voted 53 to 8,...

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NEWS | Lt. Dan Choi Reactivated For Deployment By New York National Guard

Feb 9th, 2010 @ 3:26 pm | No Comments -
Lt. Dan Choi has been called back to duty. This is an unusual event given that Lt. Choi is openly gay, and it has been recommended that he be discharged from the military for being...

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

Jan 22nd, 2010 @ 11:30 am | No Comments -
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...

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NEWS | Straight Woman Offers Right to Marry on Ebay

Dec 9th, 2009 @ 1:50 pm | No Comments -
In a clever bit of activism a straight unmarried woman named Jamie Frevele from New York is reacting to the NY Senate voting down marriage equality by offering her right to marry...

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