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Breaking News
– Jul 17, 2011
A Roman Catholic bishop in Ohio has told parishes and schools of his diocese to stop raising money for a national breast cancer charity.
Toledo Bishop Leonard Blair sent a letter banning the fundraising for Susan G. Komen for the Cure to all priests and ...
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Breaking News
– Jun 6, 2011
Fox News aired a story June 5 about Sarah Palin being “50-50” on whether to run for president in 2012. But the picture that flashed on television screens to illustrate Palin was actually comedian Tina Fey portraying the former Alaska governor in a 200...
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Milwaukee Gaze
– Dec 2, 2009
An activist against child abuse reform legislation, same-sex marriage, reproductive freedom.
MILWAUKEE — The Vatican has named Bishop Jerome Listecki, an activist against child-abuse reform legislation, same-sex marriage, reproductive freedom and stem-...
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Wisconsin Gaze
– Nov 18, 2009
MADISON — Shortly after joining Congress, Tammy Baldwin took her partner to an official event and gave her a “spouse pin” to wear. A woman approached Baldwin’s partner, Lauren Azar, as she stood at a buffet table and asked, “Oh, who’s your h...
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Breaking News
– Mar 17, 2011
Ireland’s foreign minister criticized organizers of New York’s St. Patrick’s parade for excluding gays from marching.
In a historic meeting with Irish gay groups in New York City on March 16, Eamon Gilmore said equality and inclusion were part and ...
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Breaking News
– Mar 4, 2011
Christopher Lee, the disgraced former anti-gay congressman who was caught sending shirtless pictures of himself to women on Craigslist and trolling the site for transgender women and cross-dressers, might have a new career.
Playgirl’s Daniel Nardicio w...
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Breaking News
– Dec 23, 2010
Target has continued donating to anti-gay politicians, despite CEO Greg Steinhafel’s apology for a contribution that grabbed headlines over the summer and led to calls for a national boycott.
As reported by Abe Sauer to The Awl, documents filed with t...
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Breaking News
– Jun 22, 2011
A Houston-based Southwest Airline pilot was suspended after accidentally tying up air traffic control airwaves with a description of his flight attendant co-workers that was laced with profanity and homophobic slurs.
During the March 25 rant, the pilot a...
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Breaking News
– Jul 28, 2011
A married lesbian couple is credited with saving 40 young people from the right-wing shooter who gunned down 76 in twin attacks in Norway on July 23.
Hege Dalen and her spouse Toril Hansen were having dinner on the shore opposite a youth campsite on Utoy...
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Breaking News
– May 28, 2011
People who identify as “born-again” Christians tend to have smaller brains than mainline Protestants, according to a new study conducted by Duke University Medical Center.
Participants in the study, all them 58 or older, were initially recruited for...
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Art Gaze
– Oct 6, 2010
Jaume Plensa is obviously a Catalan, both emotionally and geographically. Born in 1955 in Spain, he was in town recently for the dedication of his sculpture, “Spillover II,” in Atwater Park. Dressed stylishly in a black shirt and jacket, wearing a ...
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Breaking News
– Sep 2, 2011
Brooklyn’s famed vagina tree was felled by Hurricane Irene, according to The Brooklyn Paper.
The London Plane tree hybrid, whose trunk bore a marked resemblance to female genitalia, was popular with queer women and stood in a neighborhood with a high ...
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Breaking News
– Jul 19, 2011
A South Carolina couple says an image that appeared on their Walmart receipt is the face of Jesus.
Jacob Simmons and his fiancee, Gentry Lee Sutherland, bought pictures from Walmart on June 12. Three days later, the couple was returning home from church ...
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Breaking News
– Jan 22, 2011
Gov. Pat Quinn will make same-sex civil unions official in Illinois during a public signing ceremony in Chicago’s Loop on Jan. 31, according to openly gay state Rep. Greg Harris.
Harris was lead sponsor of the bill legalizing civil unions, which passed...
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Breaking News
– May 5, 2011
Hamburger Mary’s, where large gourmet burgers are served with a side of campy fun, is headed to Milwaukee.
The company announced May 5 that it’s opening a location in the city’s trendy Bay View neighborhood at 2130 S Kinnickinnic Ave., which was or...
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Breaking News
– Jan 26, 2011
New federal regulations allow LGBT patients to decide who can visit them in the hospital. The rules went into effect Jan. 18.
Hospitals that accept Medicare and Medicaid, which means the vast majority of hospitals in the nation, must now adhere to visita...
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Breaking News
– May 10, 2011
Avena syrup, a botanical product often used as “natural Viagra,” was discovered at the Pakistan compound where Osama bin Laden, 54, was living with three wives of his wives, according to NBC News. The al-Qaeda chief’s youngest bride was 29 years old...
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Breaking News
– Feb 12, 2011
A stylish retirement community under development in Rancho Mirage, Calif., will cater to gay retirees – but everyone is welcome.
The $250 million community, called BOOM!, will be built in the desert near Palm Springs. Encompassing more than 100 acres, ...
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Breaking News
– Nov 28, 2011
Gen. James F. Amos, who strongly opposed repeal of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, has changed his tune. Since the ban was lifted two months ago, U.S. Marines across the globe have adapted smoothly and embraced the change, Amos to...
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Breaking News
– Aug 14, 2011
Fresh off her victory in the Ames Straw Poll in Iowa, GOP presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann (pictured yesterday at the Iowa State Fair) said today she would reinstate a ban on gay troops serving openly in the military.
The “don’t ask, don’t tel...
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