Tag Archives: LGBT

August 28

LGBT groups hold protest against Coca-Cola for its sponsorship of Olympics

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The Bloomberg News takes the Olympics to task, slamming them for their inaction and willful avoidance of Putin’s war on gays and anti-gay laws. Bloomberg also states that sponsors like Coke ‘will be tied to officially anti-gay Olympics.’

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August 27

The Bondi Beach Drag Queen Flash Mob

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Over 100 dancers surprised Bondi Beach with a Flash Mob on Sat Nov 14th 2009, organised by DJ Dan Murphy and starring one of Australia’s most famous & delicious drag queens.

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August 25

Equality Moment

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“Another Thing I’m Sick of Hearing: If I started that gay rights group, I must be gay. So if i start an animal rights group, what does that make me? A giraffe?” ― James Howe, Addie on the Inside

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August 21

“Prison Break” Star Comes Out

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Actor and screenwriter Wentworth Miller today rejected an invitation to attend the St. Petersburg International Film Festival, citing Russia’s anti-LGBT laws. In a letter to the Festival’s Director, the ‘Prison Break’ star stated that “as a gay man, I must decline.” Miller goes on to say that he is “deeply troubled” by Russia’s lawful brutality […]

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August 18

One gay writer’s experience with being skinny-fat in the gay community

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via The Atlantic. The Tyranny of Buffness My boyfriend expected me to be lean and muscular. But I couldn’t live up to that standard, and neither can a lot of guys–and we shouldn’t have to. I didn’t know I was skinny-fat until my Russian boyfriend told me so. Actually, I didn’t even know that was […]

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August 07

Maude Visits A Gay Bar – Back in the Gays

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Classic episode from the final season. Maude is fed up with Arthur’s conservative bigotry and she especially gets fed up when she learns the Harmons are moving in with them while their house is being fumigated. Meanwhile, Arthur becomes obsessed when he learns that a gay bar has opened up in the neighborhood and he […]

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August 05

A Look Back on the Origins of Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras

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via The Age. Mardis Gras still marching for social change 35 years on In the 35 years since the 1978 march for gay rights, Steve Warren has never missed a Mardi Gras parade. Mr Warren was among the hundreds of young gay men and lesbians who came out of the Oxford Street gay bars that […]

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August 05

The Castro: The Rise of a Gay Community

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via KQED. The History of the Castro  Eureka Valley Eureka Valley, named for one of the Twin Peaks (the other was called Noe), began as sparsely populated ranchos that belonged to Mexican land barons like Jose Castro and Jose de Jesus Noe. In the 1880s when Irish, German and Scandinavian families homesteaded on the slopes […]

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August 05

Rapper Macklemore discusses gay marriage and his new song – Same Love

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“Same Love” was written in support of legalizing same-sex marriage particularly in reference to Washington Referendum 74 (R-74 or Ref 74), a Washington state referendum to approve or reject the February 2012 bill that would legalize same-sex marriage in the state. Macklemore explained that the song also came out of his own frustration with hip […]

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August 05

Pride Monday

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Today I am feeling particularly proud. There is someone I have started hanging out with and he’s a pretty special guy. Also, the announcement of Ben Whishaw coming out as gay and marrying Mark Bradshaw put me in the mood. I am dedicating my blog today to the guy I am dating, my predecessors, my peers, […]

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