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Singer, Activist Lena Horne Passes Away At 92
05/10/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Yesterday, Lena Horne passed away at the age of 92. For my generation, possibly one of the few memories that one has of Lena Horne is her rendition of the song “It’s Not Easy Being Green” on Sesame Street in 1980. Not long before that, she played Glinda the Good Witch [...]
It’s Official, Kagan For SCOTUS- Let The Fallout Begin!
05/10/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire And thus, it is official, Elena Kagan is the nominee to replace Justice John-Paul Stevens. Let the fallout begin! The first major hiccup could come in the waning days of the Pennsylvania Senatorial primary where Joe Sestak, Representative and former Admiral, has started to poll ahead of Arlen Specter. Currently, two [...]
Kristen Chenoweth: Gay Actors CAN Play Straight
Kristin Chenoweth via last.fm 05/10/2010- by Natasia Langfelder An article in Newsweek suggests that gay actors struggle with playing straight characters. Ramin Setoodah, the openly-gay author of the article, specifically singles out Promises Promises costars, Kristen Chenoweth and Sean Hayes. Hayes’ plays Chenoweth’s love interest in the play. Setoodah calls Hayes’ casting a problem–”the big pink elephant in the [...]
OBAMA Picks Kagan for SCOTUS
Image via Wikipedia 5-09-10 MELANIE NATHAN President Barack Obama picked solicitor general Elena Kagan as his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, NBC reported on Sunday, choosing a relative moderate who may still face questions from Republican Senators on gays in the military. The move positions the court to have three female justices for the [...]
Judge Keeps Homosexuals’ Babies Abroad
5-9-10 Posted by Melanie Nathan Israel Family Court Judge Philip Marcus refuses to approve paternity tests for three gay men’s children, born to surrogates in India, reports Aviad Glickman – Israel News. A homosexual father has been denied a paternity test for his twin offspring, who were recently delivered from a surrogate mother in Mumbai, [...]
Defense Secretary Says It’s Time To Make Hard Choices
5/9/10-by Sue Fulton Yesterday, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates gave a momentous speech. In one of his closing paragraphs, he made this remarkable statement: “What is required going forward is not more study, nor do we need more legislation. It is not a great mystery what needs to change. What it takes is the political [...]
Utah Lesbian Challenging Incumbent For State’s Second District
05/09/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Could we see another lesbian gracing the halls of Congress after this election? That is the possibility. Claudia Wright is challenging Representative Jim Matheson in the first primary of his career. Matheson echoed some of the same sentiments that Republican Robert Bennet did before he was ousted from the Republican primary [...]
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Marriage Matters: Part 2 Marriage Mentors Using LGBT Tax Dollars
Image by epSos.de via Flickr 05-09-10 Melanie Nathan Making use of the services of Marriage Mentors, ahem, for my TAX Dollars – Wanna join me? Anti-Gay Proponents invite Gays and Lesbians ( except they do not realize it …yet,) to join mentoring program; Notice how matter of fact and polite my comments are. Not political [...]