nothingpetty

Just your normal 65 year old gay man whose only claim to "history" being that I marched in the first Hollywood Gay Pride Parade (and many after). Currant concern (among others): Gay Senior Citizens. So many I know have dropped out of the community because they don't feel welcome, any more.

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Lawyer in Wisconsin Anti Gay Case wants New Hearing

Gay & Lesbian – A lawyer who was ordered to pay nearly $90,000 in costs wants the Wisconsin Supreme Court to rehear the case but without Justice Louis Butler.

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Wheelchair-bound Liz Taylor stuns in pink to help California celebrate gay marriage legislation

Gay & Lesbian – There's no doubt the party spirit still burns in Elizabeth Taylor. But at 76, the body sometimes can't keep up. So it was no surprise when she took the opportunity to rest her eyes at a celebration to mark the legalisation of gay marriage in California. Not that it stopped her cutting a dash at the glittering Hollywood event.

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Did you know that Iran has gay parade too?

Gay & Lesbian – Berlin, London, Paris... Did you know Iran has a Gay Parade as well?

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School District Settles Student Harassment Case

Gay & Lesbian – A Northern California school district has agreed to a comprehensive series of steps to protect students from anti-gay harassment and discrimination. The move avoids a lawsuit that most legal experts say the district could not win.

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For One Anti-Gay Woman, 30 Days Is Not Time Enough
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For One Anti-Gay Woman, 30 Days Is Not Time Enough

Gay & Lesbian – We've seen it a dozen times before on scripted television: an intolerant conservative, often a devout Christian, expresses anti-gay views at the beginning of the episode, but then encounters an actual gay person or couple, only to rethink their homophobic attitudes by the end of the show.

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Gay Marriage Is Good for America
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Gay Marriage Is Good for America

Gay & Lesbian – Marriage, remember, is not just a contract between two people. It is a contract that two people make, as a couple, with their community -- which is why there is always a witness. Two people can't go into a room by themselves and come out legally married.

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Is $200 Burger Decadent Or Despicable?

Food – It may be the most exotic, the most expensive and the most controversial burger ever flipped in a fast-food joint. "This is not just ordinary beef, this is special?" CBS News correspondent Mark Phillips asked. Burger King's Chef Mark Dowding said: "Absolutely; this is Wagyu."

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San Francisco Couple Tie The Knot - Again

Gay & Lesbian – Cheers filled San Francisco's City Hall shortly after 5 p.m. as longtime lesbian activists Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, partners for more than 50 years, began their second wedding - and their first legal union.

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Some gays are asking themselves: 'I do?'

Gay & Lesbian – In the weeks since the California Supreme Court's historic ruling legalizing same-sex marriage, gay men and lesbians have hugged, kissed, popped bottles of bubbly and danced in the streets.

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Bid To Repeal Oregon Gay Partner Laws Fails

Gay & Lesbian – Opponents of two Oregon LGBT rights laws are giving up their fight to have a repeal measure placed on November's ballot, but say they may try to have it placed before voters in 2010.

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Gay marriage from a different perspective

Gay & Lesbian – In light of the outrageous ruling in California over gay marriage I've decided to throw my two sense into the ring. The only difference is the perspective I'm coming from. On this issue its really all about the reason states even have marriage to begin with.

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How did the T get in LGBT?

Gay & Lesbian – The 30-year fight for a federal gay civil rights law may fail because activists insist on including rights for transgendered people too. Has gay inclusiveness gone too far too fast?

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Is 50 Cent Gay?

Gay & Lesbian – Rapper 50 Cent has a very homosexual way in showing his friendship- he just gave his co-star Val Kilmer a $100,000 car.

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Move to Broaden Chicago Gay Partner Benefits

Gay & Lesbian – An openly gay Chicago alderman is proposing changes to the city's domestic partner benefits plan to ensure that the partners of city workers remain insured if they marry in California.

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Nashville Schools To Protect LGBT Students

Gay & Lesbian – Nashville's Metro School Board has unanimously approved changes to the code of student conduct to protect students from discrimination based on sexuality and gender identity. The new policy also will cover school employees.

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