Recent Gay & Lesbian Issues- Female Impersonator Sues Simon Cowell
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The Advocate - A female impersonator who claims he was portrayed as a transvestite on Britain’s Got Talent wants Simon Cowell and other producers of the UK-based reality show to pay up for defaming him.
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The Advocate - Hugh Hefner, a vital cultural figure of the past 50 years, has frequently been vilified by militant feminists for objectifying women and praised by activists for championing civil rights. In Oscar-winning filmmaker Brigitte Berman’s riveting new documentary, Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (opening Friday in select cities) both sides of the 84-year old mogul are revealed — the hedonistic playboy and a man who’s been a tireless advocate and catalyst for civil rights and the First Amendment.
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 Reuters - Gay couples rushed to tie the knot in Argentina on Friday, two weeks after the country became the first in Latin America to grant them the same marriage rights as heterosexual couples.
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 AP - After a 27-year courtship, two men on Friday became the first gay couple to wed under Argentina's historic same-sex marriage law — the first of its kind for a Latin American nation.
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The Advocate - Officials from the L.A. County sheriff's office say there have been several credible sightings of missing woman Mitrice Richardson in Las Vegas.Â
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 AP - Thousands of Israelis marched calmly Thursday in Jerusalem's longest gay pride parade despite opposition from anti-gay demonstrators.
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 AFP - Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox deputy mayor plans to march 50 donkeys through the streets of the Holy City to coincide with a gay pride parade on Thursday, his office said.
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 AP - Six gay couples in Hawaii are filing a lawsuit Thursday asking for the same rights as married couples, three weeks after Gov. Linda Lingle vetoed a same-sex civil unions measure.
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. - Nepal To Integrate Pride Parade into Traditional Festival
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. - Open Letter to Pelosi on ENDAÂ
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The Advocate - Eight LGBT groups including GetEqual, the Transgender Law Center, and the National Center for Lesbian Rights have written an open letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi demanding a floor vote on ENDA immediately.
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. - Would Be Idol Sues Show for Exploiting His Sexuality
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The Advocate - A would be contestant on American Idol has filed a complaint against the popular reality show for exploiting his sexuality and appearance, and is seeking $300 million in reparation for the mental duress he endured.
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. - NJ Supreme Court rejects gay marriage case
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AP - The New Jersey Supreme Court has declined to hear a case from six same-sex couples seeking the right to marry, saying the case needs to wind its way through the lower courts first.
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. - Kids Continues As Box Office Draw
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The Advocate - The Kids Are All Right, the acclaimed film about a lesbian couple dealing with a family crisis, continues to be a strong draw at the nation's box office, according to website Box Office Mojo. In its third weekend in release, Lisa Cholodenko's well-reviewed dramedy starring Annette Bening and Julianne Moore, added 163 screens and saw its box office take increase 148.8%. Kids has the highest per-screen average with $13,174 and to date has grossed $4,963,000.
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. - Gay tango festival puts new spin on Argentine dance
(Reuters)
Reuters - Two men locked in a tight embrace step in time to the mournful chords of a tango. Gustavo Aciar follows his partner's lead, but halfway through the melancholy song, he takes charge.
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AP - Seven pastors who work in the San Francisco Bay area and were barred from serving in the nation's largest Lutheran group because of a policy that required gay clergy to be celibate are being welcomed into the denomination.
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. - Target Contributes to Antigay Politician
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The Advocate - Target, the LGBT-friendly department store chain, has contributed $150,000 to Minnesota Forward, a political action committee that supports Minnesota Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer, an opponent of gay marriage, reports NBC Bay Area. Emmer, who says "I believe marriage is the union between one man and one woman," received the money for TV ads. Website SFist reports that Emmer is also friends with controversial musician Bradlee Dean, of the Christian rock band called You Can Run But You Cannot Hide. Dean was recently quoted saying that Muslim countries that execute LGBTs are "more moral than even the American Christians." Target, whose company headquarters is located in Minneapolis, released a statement that says, "Target supports causes and candidates based strictly on issues that affect our retail and business interests."
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. - Lessons in Marriage Equality Campaigns
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The Advocate - The manager for the No On 1 campaign in Maine that sought to keep voters there from overturning marriage equality legislation last fall pondered the lessons of the unsuccessful effort at a Netroots Nation panel in Las Vegas Thursday.
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. - Gay group asks for halt to 'don't ask, don't tell'
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 AP - Lawyers for a Republican gay rights organization asked a federal judge Friday to issue an injunction halting the military's ban on openly gay service members.
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. - Church blasts gay priests leading 'double life'
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AP - The Catholic Church in Italy, still reeling from the clerical sex abuse scandal, lashed out Friday at gay priests who are leading a double life, urging them to come out of the closet and leave the priesthood.
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. - Gay solider from Calif. honorably discharged
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AP - A gay soldier from California says he's been honorably discharged from the Army National Guard under the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
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