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Crowd of Pride partiers at Charles and Eager Streets in Baltimore ''We need more love in the world,'' Amber shouted from Baltimore Pride's main stage last Saturday evening, June 20, using her headliner status to inject a bit of passionate politics with pointed barbs for Proposition 8 and support for the protestors in Iran.
It was a well-received injection, as pride celebrants felt both the love and the beautiful weather at the 34th Annual Baltimore Pride -- although the latter was never guaranteed.
''We dodged a bullet with the weather,'' says Craig Wiley, executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Baltimore, the organization presenting Baltimore Pride. Forecasted thunderstorms and heavy downpours never materialized Saturday night. Instead, there was a slight breeze and a largely clear-blue sky. ...more
Crowd of Pride partiers at Charles and Eager Streets in Baltimore ''We need more love in the world,'' Amber shouted from Baltimore Pride's main stage last Saturday evening, June 20, using her headliner status to inject a bit of passionate politics with pointed barbs for Proposition 8 and support for the protestors in Iran.
It was a well-received injection, as pride celebrants felt both the love and the beautiful weather at the 34th Annual Baltimore Pride -- although the latter was never guaranteed.
''We dodged a bullet with the weather,'' says Craig Wiley, executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Baltimore, the organization presenting Baltimore Pride. Forecasted thunderstorms and heavy downpours never materialized Saturday night. Instead, there was a slight breeze and a largely clear-blue sky. ...more
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Frank Kameny in the 2009 Capital Pride Parade Fifty-two years after being fired from the federal government for being gay, Frank Kameny has now being honored by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for his accomplishments as a gay-rights pioneer.
''I would not have been able to accomplish what I have in my career without all of Frank's work,'' said OPM Director John Berry, the highest-ranking openly gay appointee in the Obama administration, at the June 24 ceremony. Berry's agency is the successor to the U.S. Civil Service Commission, the agency whose policy against gays in the federal government resulted in Kameny's termination.
Berry presented Kameny with a letter officially apologizing for the firing. ...more
Frank Kameny in the 2009 Capital Pride Parade Fifty-two years after being fired from the federal government for being gay, Frank Kameny has now being honored by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for his accomplishments as a gay-rights pioneer.
''I would not have been able to accomplish what I have in my career without all of Frank's work,'' said OPM Director John Berry, the highest-ranking openly gay appointee in the Obama administration, at the June 24 ceremony. Berry's agency is the successor to the U.S. Civil Service Commission, the agency whose policy against gays in the federal government resulted in Kameny's termination.
Berry presented Kameny with a letter officially apologizing for the firing. ...more
Gauge: Two years after the Virginia DMV sent a letter of apology to a Virginia resident for demanding he return his ''poofter'' license plate, 41-year-old Sidney Antommarchi of Herndon, Va., is reaping the benefits of what he calls an ''open-minded'' DMV.
Sitting on the back of his Toyota Corolla, framed by a rainbow sticker and an HRC decal, is his new ''boy4boy'' license plate, just a few months old.
''My last plate was 'hotboyz,''' says Antommarchi, ''but I got that with my ex-partner, and it was time for a change.'' ...more
Sitting on the back of his Toyota Corolla, framed by a rainbow sticker and an HRC decal, is his new ''boy4boy'' license plate, just a few months old.
''My last plate was 'hotboyz,''' says Antommarchi, ''but I got that with my ex-partner, and it was time for a change.'' ...more
WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. (AP)A youth choir from a Texas church the Southern Baptist Convention cut ties with because it didn't adhere to the denomination's stance on homosexuals has been told they aren't welcome to participate in a Kentucky Baptist mission program.
The Broadway Baptist Church Chapel Choir, made up of high-schoolers, was informed Monday that it was "uninvited" to participate in the University of the Cumberlands' Mountain Outreach program, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.
The Southern Baptist Convention voted during its national meeting in Louisville last week to sever ties with Broadway Baptist C ...
From Washington Blade staff reportsStephen Andrew Moller, who was convicted in June 2008 for the death of Sean Kennedy, was released from prison early after serving one year, according to a press release from the Human Rights Campaign.
Witnesses testified at Moller's t rial that he used anti-gay slurs when beating Kennedy outside a Greenville, S.C., bar in May 2007.
“This adds insult to injury. To release a man just one-year after his sentencing in this heinous crime and to inform the victim's mother through an automated recording is despicable,” said Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese. “Sean Kennedy was vio ...
From Washington Blade staff reportsThe CEO of Window Media and Unite Media has resigned from his position after eight years with the company to pursue another position in the finance industry.
David Unger announced his resignation Wednesday to employees. The Window Media portfolio includes the Washington Blade.
In a statement, Unger said he's leaving “for an excellent opportunity in New York” and that his departure “will have no effect” on the Blade or other Window Media publications.
“I will be around to help if needed and I wish everyone the best,” he said.
Unger's resignation leaves Mike Kitchens, chief ...
Out and Equal Workplace Advocates, an LGBT-focused business advisory group based in San Francisco, has scored a major get for its annual summit this fall: John Berry, the openly gay director of the Office of Personnel Management.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today picked Ronald E. Albers for a judgeship on the San Francisco County Superior Court.
Theresa Sparks, the transgender woman who has served two terms as president of the city’s police commission, has ruled out running for a third term. When she first won the coveted seat by one vote back in 2007, Sparks became the first transgender person to head a city oversight panel. But her ascension led to [...]
In a shocking announcement on Friday, Alaska Gov. and former vice-presidential ential candidate Sarah Palin announced she is resigning from office. 
In Oakland Park, Florida at least... The Servicemembers Legal Defense Network has been working to get local governments to support an act to eliminate "don't ask, don't tell." The Oakland Park City Commission passed the Military Readiness Enhancement Act unanimously. 
The Westboro Baptist Church clearly knows no boundaries. 
Some gay AAA members say there's no real problem. Stock photo The American Automobile Association (AAA) division that serves members and residents in Florida, Georgia, Middle and West Tennessee, and...
Karma, a posh downtown straight bar, held its first 'gay night' on Wednesday, June 24.
by Laurie Holloway Contributor Experts at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt recommend that families attend professional fireworks displays instead of buying their own to shoot at home. However, if parents choose to buy fireworks...
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A million people are expected at London Gay Pride, where an emphasis on fun over politics is being criticized
With Franken, Senate Democrats get 60 votes _ on paper _ and a lot more pressure
The gay minister who survived a challenge by religious conservatives will take his post Friday
I finally got around to watching Sarah Palin’s entire resignation speech — described universally as “disjointed” and “rambling,” and rightly so — but what had my lovely wife and me in stitches was the background noise. First, there was the kid (”Why doesn’t somebody shut that squalling brat up?” I asked, adding: “And then maybe [...]
But that’s still a darned big “-gate” — you betcha! Per The Inquisitr: Multiple sources have been digging around in the wake of Sarah Palin’s cryptic resignation speech Friday and they’ve found that when Palin was Mayor of her home town of Wasilla, AK in 2002, she was influental in the construction of the Wasilla Sports [...]
Man, oh man, is The Great Deceiver ever feeling the pressure from his betrayed liberal base — and he doesn’t like it one bit. And neither do the libs hornswoggled into voting for him: Obama Urges Groups to Stop Attacks President Obama, strategizing yesterday with congressional leaders about health-care reform, complained that liberal advocacy groups ought to [...]
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