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Thousands attended a vigil last night at Pier 46 on the edge of New York's West Village. Similar vigils took place in cities around the country in response to the murder of Puerto Rican gay teen Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado. Last weekend thedecapitated, dismembered, and partially charred body of gay teen JorgeSteven LopezMer (Read More)
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I confess I'm one of those who haven't been a big fan of NBC's 30 Rock and it's wacky sense of humor. Of course, now that Cheyenne Jackson is on the show, Gay Editor Bylaws require that I love the show no matter what. (Of course, I'm only joking about that. Except I'm not.)I have always appreciated that 30 Rock has been gay (Read More)
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Hollywood filmmakers like their women like they like their coffee: shrill, stupid and submissive. And usually not black. As evidence, all you need to do is look at the "romantic" movies which are targeted toward women, yet somehow embrace every negative assumption about females that males have ever dreamed up. Movies like.. (Read More)
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YOUR CAPTION HERE As we go into the weekend, here's a handy shortlist of the biggest stories of the week on AfterElton.com. And to get you into a playful mood, each week's final post will feature a pic up top that desperately needs captioning. Each week we'll pick our fave suggestion from the comments and run it in the foll (Read More)
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Comedian Billy Eichner has been making a name for himself in New York City for quite some time. A 2005 New York Times article called his late night fake talk show Creation Nation co-starring Robin Taylor "a theatrical phenomenon", and with subsequent appearances on Bravo's A-List Awards and The Showbiz Show with David Spade (Read More)
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Last night, Jon Stewart discussed Peter Vadala, the dude who said he got fired from Brookstone because he didn't agree with his colleague's views on same-sex marriage, and Will Phillips, the 10-year-old who refuses to say the Pledge of Allegiance until gay people have equality.Stewart thinks Phillips needs protection, so h (Read More)
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A group of 145 Roman Catholic, evangelical, and Orthodox Christian leaders will present a document today at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. today saying they are in solidarity against abortions and same-sex marriage.The NYT reports: "The manifesto, to be released on Friday at the National Press Club in Washingto (Read More)
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In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Adam Lambert discusses the OUT magazine controversy that erupted earlier this week when editor Aaron Hicklin ripped Lambert and his handlers in an editor's letter for wanting to avoid being perceived as "too gay" in his interview or cover shot for the OUT 100. Lambert says he's res (Read More)
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Federal judge rules that gay couple denied benefits should receive compensation: "U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Stephen Reinhardt deemed thedenial of healthcare and other benefits to the spouse of federal publicdefender Brad Levenson to be a violation of the Constitution'sguarantee of due process and discriminatio (Read More)
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Every week we pick the gays who we think have made the biggest splash intelevision (or pop culture in general) and leave it to you, the keepers of theflame, to decide who will be crowned Gay of the Week.We'll announce the winner on Friday, and that champ will reign until a new setof challengers are introduced the following (Read More)
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The Mormon Church's endorsement of a Salt Lake City anti-discrimination ordinance that would protect gays and lesbians in matters of housing and employment has caused one of the state's biggest homophobes to ease in his positions on statewide rights for gays. Following the suggestion that the LDS Church's endorsement could (Read More)
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At this year's Miss Brazil Gay 2009, the winner, Ava Simoes, had her wig and tiara torn off by Miss Sao Paulo, who was jealous of the results. No doubt this is the same type of rage Carrie Prejean was feeling after her loss. Drag queens just know how to werq it out.
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The AP catches up with the story of slain Puerto Rican gay teen Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado. Over the weekend the decapitated, dismembered, and partially charred body of gay teen Jorge Steven LopezMercado was found by the side of a road in Puerto Rico. The policeinvestigator suggested that he deserved what he got because of (Read More)
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Jayron Martin, a 16-year-old student at Langham Creek High School near Houston, was attacked by a group of students on November 12 because he's gay. Martin said he heard the boys were planning the attack and asked two principals and a bus driver for help, but was ignored. Martin's fears were confirmed when he was chased off (Read More)
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Proving that NBC hates viewers of anything that has a script, they've chosen to move the date of the Emmy Awards, which they get to host in 2010, into August so they don't lose out on any football broadcasts. I guess if they figure they won't even be producing scripted programming at that point, why bother honoring those wh (Read More)