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Memphis gay newspaper latest to cease publication
The Memphis Triangle Journal and its sister publication Triangle Quarterly have announced they will cease print publications. The Triangle Journal has been produced monthly since 1990 by an all-volunteer staff through the Memphis Gay & Lesbian Community Center (MGLCC). In a posting on the publication’s website, Len Piechowski, president of the MGLCC writes: “Due to […]
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NJ lawmakers debate gay marriage in committee hearing
TRENTON — New Jersey lawmakers prodded each other over issues of legal equality and religious freedom as the debate over same-sex marriage neared the three-hour mark today in the Senate Judiciary Committee, reports the NJ Star-Ledger. In a tearful introduction, Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen) said her relationship with her late husband Irwin Weinberg, inspired her […]
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Miami police charge teacher’s gay ex-lover with murder
North Miami Police have determined Miami teacher Charles Brown was stabbed to death last week because he didn’t want to make a relationship work with his former boyfriend, Gregory Higgs, reports WTVJ-TV. Higgs has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder. According to a police report, neighbors watched in horror as Higgs stabbed Brown several […]
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LA Episcopal diocese elects first openly gay bishop
The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles on Saturday elected the first openly gay bishop since the national church lifted a ban that kept gays out of its highest ordained ministry, a move that deepened divisions between liberals and conservatives in the faith, reports the LA Times. Clergy and lay leaders, meeting in Riverside for their […]
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Lawmakers say US House poised to pass trio of gay-friendly bills
Two of Congress’s three openly gay members said Saturday that the U.S. House is poised to pass a trio of gay-friendly bills, reports the AP. Speaking to an international conference of gay politicians in San Francisco, U.S. Reps. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and Jared Polis, D-Colo., said they expect a domestic partner benefits bill to come […]
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‘Landmark’ DC gay bookstore announces closing
Lambda Rising, a bookstore serving the LGBT community in the nation’s capital for 35 years, is closing its Washington DC store in Dupont Circle and its remaining out-of-town store in Rehoboth Beach, Del., in January, reports DC Agenda. The closings, announced Friday, mark the end of the city’s only exclusively LGBT bookstore and becomes another […]
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De Rossi schools ‘The View’ on gay marriage: ‘It’s a civil rights issue’
Portia de Rossi appeared on The View this week, discussing being married to Ellen Degeneres, Proposition 8, and civil unions vs. marriage. De Rossi schools the hosts on why the legality of gay marriage is important, that it’s “not a religious issue, or a moral issue… it’s just simply a civil rights issue.” “The fact […]
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‘SoVo’ founder announces plans to launch new GA gay publication
A new publication aimed at filling the void left by the Southern Voice is expected to launch early in 2010. The GA Voice (pronounce it as you wish, its creators say) is set to debut early next year both online and in print, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “We’ve pretty much got the money for the […]
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LA assemblyman may become CA’s first openly gay Speaker
Democratic Assemblyman John Perez of Los Angeles is about to become the California’s first openly gay speaker of the Assembly. The position will make Perez the highest-ranking gay politician in California history. The speaker is generally considered the second or third most powerful position in state politics, after the governor and the Senate president pro […]
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Next stop NJ: gay marriage bill up for vote next week
TRENTON — The New Jersey gay marriage proposal will be considered Monday by a Senate committee and could be posted for a full senate vote later in the week, reports the New Jersey Star-Ledger. On Monday in the Judiciary Committee, we’re going to vote on marriage equality,” state Sen. Ray Lesniak said, while making the […]