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New Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations Cause Obama Officials to Run For Cover.

New Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations Cause Obama Officials to Run For Cover.

11/19/09-by Paula Brooks The Obama administration distanced itself Wednesday from new recommendations on breast cancer screening called for earlier this week by a federally appointed task force after concerns among women caused lawmakers of both sides of the isle to attack... (Continue reading)

Mitrice Richardson, Still Missing After Two Months

Mitrice Richardson, Still Missing After Two Months

11/18/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire She’s young, pretty, intelligent and missing. The rest of the factors regarding the disappearance of Mitrice Richardson seem to be what is getting in the way of the case getting a great deal of attention. ... (Continue reading)

RCC study finds gay priests no more likely to molest children then straight priests

RCC study finds gay priests no more likely to molest children then straight priests

11/18/09-by Paula Brooks A study commissioned by US Roman Catholic bishops on the roots of the clergy sex abuse scandal, has so far found no evidence that gay priests are more likely than heterosexual clergy to molest children. The full report by... (Continue reading)

Anti-Gay DC voter initiative rejected by Board of Elections as discriminatory

Anti-Gay DC voter initiative rejected by Board of Elections as discriminatory

11/18/09-by Paula Brooks The District of Columbia’s Board of Elections and Ethics (BOEE), Tuesday rejected a proposed voter initiative that sought to define marriage as ”only between a man and a woman,” declaring that the initiative would violate the city’s anti-discrimination... (Continue reading)

Orlando LGBT Community Center Hit By Vandals

Orlando LGBT Community Center Hit By Vandals

11/18/09-By Paula Brooks A central Florida LGBT community center and a gay-owned business in Orlando were the target of vandals Sunday night. The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Community Center of Central Florida — also known as The Center — and a second nearby... (Continue reading)

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Bizarre New Ruling from Israeli Orthodox group

Bizarre New Ruling from Israeli Orthodox group

Posted by Melanie Nathan an BLOG by David Taffet  and Tammye Nash (quoting Haaretz); Also appeared Boston Globe; 9/2009 If you Think some things you hear from American right wing Christian groups are loony? Well, we Jews are very proud of our... (Continue reading)

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Our Bodies and our Boobs – the Fight is On…

Our Bodies and our Boobs - the Fight is On...

Ten days ago, the House passed the Stupak Amendment, which would be one of the biggest setbacks to women’s health and rights in recent decades; unless we stand together and stop it, this will provide license for our rights to... (Continue reading)

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Shirley Tan Advocate’s Activist of the Year 2009 – Political Aftermath…

Shirley Tan Advocate's Activist of the Year 2009 - Political Aftermath...

   By Melanie Nathan- Congratulations to Shirley Tan and Jay Mercado  and the boys and Mommy. Shirley was named  ADVOCATE MAGAZINE ’s  Activist of the Year for 2009.   This is well deserved.  However they may have been used in a... (Continue reading)

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New Hampshire radio host fired after calling Dem party boss “a faggot”

New Hampshire radio host fired after calling Dem party boss “a faggot”

11/17/09-by Paula Brooks A New Hampshire radio station has terminated a talk show after its host called that state’s Democratic Party chairman a derogatory name. Nassau Broadcasting, the owner of WEMJ 1490am in Laconia, says it terminated its contract with air conservative... (Continue reading)

Desire To Return To a Mythological Past Fuels The Right’s Battles On Abortion, Marriage

Desire To Return To a Mythological Past Fuels The Right's Battles On Abortion, Marriage

11/16/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire In the 1890’s, the New York Post published an article detailing the arrest for murder of a woman who conducted illegal abortions for patients in New York City. She was not arrested for providing the abortions,... (Continue reading)

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Recession and Financial Mismanagement May Claim Distinguished LGBT Newspapers

Recession and Financial Mismanagement May Claim Distinguished LGBT Newspapers

11/16/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Southern Voice and David Atlanta have both shut their doors as the downturn in the news media’s economy strikes the smaller, minority directed newspapers hardest. The Washington Blade’s site has slowed to a crawl as the... (Continue reading)

Pressure Grows Over Stupak-Pitts Amendment, Calls For IRS Investigation Of Bishops Attacked

Pressure Grows Over Stupak-Pitts Amendment, Calls For IRS Investigation Of Bishops Attacked

11/13/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire The lobbying by the Roman Catholic Bishops to get the Stupak-Pitts Amendment made into law has drawn the ire of several people, including MSNBC commentator Dr. Nancy Snyderman. On a recent episode of her show, Dr.... (Continue reading)

Prejudice and Hate Led to Perfect Storm In Fort Hood

Prejudice and Hate Led to Perfect Storm In Fort Hood

11/13/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Sometimes the death penalty is not a punishment, but rather a release. It can be the easy way out. If Major Nidal Malik Hasan is guilty of the murder of thirteen soldiers at Ft. Hood,... (Continue reading)

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Double Standard? Feds Seize Muslim Property… But is the Vatican Guilty too?

Double Standard? Feds Seize Muslim Property... But is the Vatican Guilty too?

11/13/09-By Paula Brooks Federal investigators moved to seize four mosques in the US and a skyscraper in Manhattan yesterday over their alleged financial aid to Iran. Federal Attorneys in Manhattan filed a civil complaint in the federal court seeking the forfeiture of... (Continue reading)

Kirsten Gillibrand to speak out against Stupak Amendment in NYC

Kirsten Gillibrand to speak out against Stupak Amendment in NYC

Image by Freedom To Marry via Flickr 11/12/09-by Paula Brooks New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced today that she would be holding a press conference with other elected women in Manhattan next Monday. They are expected to speak out against the Stupak-Pitts... (Continue reading)

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