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House Extends Hate Crime Law to Cover Gays

Oct 9th, 2009 @ 11:26 am | Comments Off -
Civil rights groups and their Democratic allies have been trying for more than a decade to broaden the reach of hate crimes law. This time it appears they will succeed. The measure...

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New trial of HIV vaccine in gay men begins

Oct 5th, 2009 @ 2:08 pm | Comments Off -
AIDS researchers have begun recruiting gay men in various American cities for a new HIV vaccine trial they are hopeful will be more successful than a previous vaccine trial that...

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Cleveland Awarded 2014 Gay Games

Sep 29th, 2009 @ 1:45 pm | 1 Comment -
Cleveland has been awarded the 2014 International Gay Games. The Gay Games will have around 12,000 participants and an estimated 100,000. The 14 original contenders for host city...

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Ellen DeGeneres to be 4th American Idol judge

Sep 10th, 2009 @ 9:16 am | 1 Comment -
Out Lesbian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has announced that she would be permanently replacing Paula Abdul as the fourth judge on Fox’s top-rated show on television,...

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HIV Antibodies Discovered

Sep 4th, 2009 @ 9:54 am | Comments Off -
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that antibodies preventing HIV from causing severe AIDS have been discovered. Read story here The infamous Scripps Research Institute in La...

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