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Marriage Equality: Time to Look Beyond Obama
In a blog entry at the Huffington Post, David Kaufman tackles critics of President Barack Obama who hold him responsible for the fate of marriage equality. Kaufman says that the debate obscures a larger issue, which is that the battle will ultimately involve the Senate or Supreme Court. Like a pesky hurricane season or annual…
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Why Kobe's Slur Wasn't Anti-Gay
The current beef brewing over Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant’s courtside cursing demonstrates once again the willingness of America’s LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) leadership to take a brother down by any means necessary. Bryant, once accused of rape and certifiably a hothead, came under the wrath of major LGBT institutions like HRC and…
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Is Marriage Equality the Right Battle for Gay Families?
In the run-up to the State of the Union Address, LGBT leaders have called upon President Obama to include support for same-sex marriage in this year’s speech. The request makes sense: Last year’s SOTU included a presidential promise to repeal “Don’t ask, don’t tell” by the end of 2010, and — albeit at the 11th…
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Will DADT's Repeal Mend Obama's Rift With LGBT Leaders?
When President Obama signs legislation Wednesday repealing “Don’t ask, don’t tell,” he will fulfill one of his key campaign promises to both the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community and the entire nation. Yet while high-profile gay and lesbian pundits such as Rachel Maddow and Andrew Sullivan are roundly declaring the repeal to be…
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Is President Obama Abandoning the Palestinian Cause?
Much has been made of President Obama’s recent tax-cut backtrack, but the most disheartening White House move actually played out far away from Capitol Hill. Buried within the news cycle was the announcement that the United States would no longer press Israel to stop West Bank settlement construction as a precondition for continued peace-process negotiations…
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Logo's 'The A-List': A Symbol of Gay Apartheid?
Like many American gay men, I’ve got a little secret — and it’s called The A-List New York. Currently showing on Viacom’s LGBT-focused network, Logo, this same-sex send-up of Bravo’s hit Real Housewives franchise charts the high-drama antics of six gay New Yorkers working in fashion, media and modeling. The A-Listers, like the real Real…
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Palin's Dangerous Race Game
As if a new reality show, Fox News commentaries and daughter Bristol’s Dancing With the Stars spin weren’t enough, Sarah Palin is back with another book: America by Heart: Reflections on Faith, Family and Flag, which was released on Tuesday. In it, the half-term governor and full-time Republican enigma shares her increasingly extremist worldview on…
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