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One of the nation’s biggest banks went into damage control overdrive today after it reportedly froze the bank account of the startup gay social networking site, Fabulis.com, for what it described as “objectionable content” on the company’s blog. According to Fabulis founder Jason Goldberg, he was told by three different Citibank employees that his site […]

Harold Ford Jr., the former Tennessee congressman and potential U.S. Senate challenger to New York’s Kirsten Gillibrand, got a cool reception Wednesday from gay rights advocates who are skeptical of his new found support for gay marriage. Speaking at the Stonewall Democratic Club of New York, Ford was interrupted numerous times by protesters who waved […]

Angered by the defeat last year of a bill that would have allowed same-sex couples to marry, a group of well-financed gay rights advocates has started a political action committee to take aim at state senators who have opposed same-sex marriage. According to The New York Times, the political action committee, Fight Back New York, […]

Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler released a long-awaited opinion Wednesday saying that Maryland should recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states, drawing cheers from gay-rights supporters and igniting immediate debate on a highly contentious issue in an election year. From the Baltimore Sun: With the ruling, state agencies will be required to extend all […]

A beauty queen hopeful vying to become Miss California is making headlines for her hatred of gays, and has the city of Beverly Hills is crying foul over her false representation of the city. According to AP: Beverly Hills Mayor Nancy Krasne said Wednesday she is outraged over a Miss California USA contestant who is […]

According to a post Wednesday by Fabulis, a new social networking site aimed at gay men, Citibank has suspended their account due to “objectionable content” on their blog. Fabulis founder Jason Goldberg said he learned that the company’s account had been blocked only a few days after the fact, having received no notification from the […]

Two gay softball players in Austin were assaulted over the weekend in what they are calling a hate crime. Matthew Morgan and Emmanuel Winston say and were physically attacked by four men yelling anti-gay epithets. Matthew Morgan and Emmanuel Winston say they were attacked early Saturday morning after they left the gay bar Oil Can […]

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) is expected to introduce a bill next week to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” adding an independent voice to the movement to overturn the 1993 law that prohibits gay people from serving openly in the armed forces. In a statement released this week, Lieberman said: “I will be proud to be […]

Charges against three Chicago-area men who allegedly beat up a gay man were upgraded Tuesday to felony hate crimes, reports WBBM-TV. On January 10, Daniel Hauff of Rogers Park was riding a Red Line CTA train when he came between three men that were verbally harassing and shoving a gay teen. The three men — […]

More than a year after disclosing he is gay, Clay Aiken is speaking before a gay-rights event in his hometown of Raleigh, NC, reports the Raleigh News & Observer. This weekend, he will speak as part of the Human Rights Campaign Carolinas gala at the Raleigh Convention Center. HRC provided a speechwriter to help Aiken, […]