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Stereotypes Gays Perpetuate: We're Fine With How We Are

Stereotypes Gays Perpetuate: We're Fine With How We Are | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

I’ve gotten your emails and I know you want a change in The LGBT Community in terms of how gay men are behaving. Nobody really wants to be the gay police but I will be your martyr to better the community in the future. Here are 10 Stereotypes We Perpetuate, especially in Gay Magazines

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The Sad Truths Behind the L.A. Party Scene That Took Down Bryan Singer

The Sad Truths Behind the L.A. Party Scene That Took Down Bryan Singer | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
X-Men director Bryan Singer is not the only powerful gay man in Hollywood who likes to surround himself with handsome twinks. But according to a handful of sources who spoke with Gawker over the course of the last week, ...

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LGBT-Jewish Social Media HotSaltBeef

LGBT-Jewish Social Media HotSaltBeef | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

HotSaltBeef is a new Jewish and gay operated social network, serving the Jewish LGBT Community

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Lambda Legal Files Federal Lawsuit to End Marriage Ban for Georgia Same-Sex Couples

Lambda Legal Files Federal Lawsuit to End Marriage Ban for Georgia Same-Sex Couples | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
Today Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on behalf of a widow and three same-sex couples challenging Georgia’s discriminatory marriage ban.
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Sleep When I'm Dead: Gary Indiana Might Be Out of Print, But He's Still Going Strong

Sleep When I'm Dead: Gary Indiana Might Be Out of Print, But He's Still Going Strong | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Mr. Indiana—a novelist, playwright, critic, essayist and filmmaker, among other things—has inspired intermittent bursts of interest from the literary establishment. His novels—seven of them—are too stylized or too erudite or just too weird to ever fully break free of the so-called “transgressive” ghetto. Most of his books are out of print. He’s regularly given assignments from reputable publications, but a sizable portion of his criticism is uncollect

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Want Marriage Equality? Follow the Obama/Biden Model, Not the Mozilla Model

Want Marriage Equality? Follow the Obama/Biden Model, Not the Mozilla Model | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

In the days since Brendan Eich quit Mozilla, supporters of same-sex marriage have debated the wisdom of using pressure to punish their opponents. Eich, an executive with no known record of antigay bias in the workplace, was forced out for having donated $1,000 to the 2008 campaign for Proposition 8, a ballot measure that said California would recognize marriage only between a man and a woman. One way to cut through debates like this one is to set aside the rhetoric and look at a real-life case in which progress toward same-sex marriage was achieved. 

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Black LGBT Seniors Struggle with Double Discrimination

Black LGBT Seniors Struggle with Double Discrimination | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

In San Francisco African American seniors who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) often face double jeopardy in terms of discrimination. Within the black community, they struggle to overcome homophobia. In the LGBT community, they encounter race-based prejudices.

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What Andrew Sullivan Missed in the Mozilla Case

What Andrew Sullivan Missed in the Mozilla Case | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
The recent brouhaha over the appointment and rapid resignation of Brendan Eich as CEO of Mozilla prompted an unusual amount of soul-searching in the gay community.
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LGBT Kids Need to Know They're Not Alone Online

LGBT Kids Need to Know They're Not Alone Online | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
We have all felt alone, lost, and unsupported. We cannot let the next generation feel so abandoned when we have so many resources at our disposal to help them. Each and every one of us can be an active advocate for change by just using our voice, in ...
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Does it take a village to nurture a lesbian relationship?

Does it take a village to nurture a lesbian relationship? | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

When my beloved partner Michelle and I first started thinking about offering relationship tools to lesbians and queer women, we did a search to see who else was doing that kind of thing.

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PHOTOS: Equestrian Men Have Us Braying For More

PHOTOS: Equestrian Men Have Us Braying For More | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
Let’s face it, men riding horses are the paragon of masculinity. Whether they’re wielding polo sticks or throwing lassos, there’s nothing hotter than a man on horseback. The Gay Polo League came out in full force last weekend for the ...
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Victory! Court Declares Ohio Ban on Recognizing Marriages of Same-Sex Couples Unconstitutional

Victory! Court Declares Ohio Ban on Recognizing Marriages of Same-Sex Couples Unconstitutional | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
The Court also held that the state violates the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the Constitution by denying recognition to out-of-state adoption decrees and by refusing to amend the birth certificates of Ohio-born children.
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Marnie Alton talks about her new series ‘#Hashtag’

Marnie Alton talks about her new series ‘#Hashtag’ | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Marnie Alton made a splash in queer culture when she first appeared on LOGO’s lesbian-themed comedy, “Exes and Ohs.” Alton’s beauty, bubbly persona and knack for comedic timing makes her a welcome addition to any...

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Group's aim: Help caregivers better address the elderly LGBT community

Group's aim: Help caregivers better address the elderly LGBT community | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
Cathy Croghan, a geriatric consultant and public health nurse, isn't asking anyone to come out of the closet. She is asking caregivers -- from social workers to nurses and nursing home aides -- to think about the needs of elderly gays and lesbians a little differently.
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Steamy Homoerotic World War II Towel Ads

Steamy Homoerotic World War II Towel Ads | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
Hard bodies + soft towels. Slightly naughty. The series, titled "true towel tales," was based on real GI feedback.
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Meet the Families Fighting for Marriage in Georgia

Meet the Families Fighting for Marriage in Georgia | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
Lambda Legal has filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on behalf of three same-sex couples and the surviving spouse of one additional same-sex couple challenging Georgia’s discriminatory marriage ban.
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Young author came to terms with his sexuality while writing first novel

Young author came to terms with his sexuality while writing first novel | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

The biggest hurdle 17-year-old author Jamie B. Laurie faced when coming out as gay was not dealing with the reaction of his mom or dad or his friends or schoolmates. It was coming to terms with himself.

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Boy Scout Troop Loses Charter Over Gay Leader

Boy Scout Troop Loses Charter Over Gay Leader | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
The decision bars a church-sponsored troop in south Seattle from using logos, uniforms or names associated with the Boy Scouts as long as the gay scoutmaster remains in charge.
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Dismissal of lesbian police chief sparks controversy

Dismissal of lesbian police chief sparks controversy | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Until last Tuesday, Crystal Moore was the police chief in Latta, S.C. But then the openly lesbian, 22-year veteran of the department was fired by Mayor Earl Bullard, sparking controversy in the small southern town.

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Almost done! LGBT senior housing coming to Boystown

Almost done! LGBT senior housing coming to Boystown | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Elder care in Boystown is just months away as organizers shared that a new affordable senior housing facility—at the historic Town Hall building at Addison and Halsted St.—is expected to open its doors to residents in August or September. The new facility will also be home to a senior center, offering social services and activities for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender seniors. 


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LGBT Groups Working to End Seniors’ Isolation

LGBT Groups Working to End Seniors’ Isolation | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

A walk through Manhattan's gay Chelsea district is no longer as enjoyable for Charles Cole as it once was. Many of his longtime neighborhood haunts, from gay bars and hangouts to gay-catering businesses, closed as the area's lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender (LGBT) population moved to other sections of New York City.

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GaymerX president on LGBT convention closing: 'We're still here'

GaymerX president on LGBT convention closing: 'We're still here' | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

While Rocca noted that LGBT-themed events existed for various other entertainment media, including film and comic books, video games lacked a centralized event...

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Tales from inside the Diversity Lounge: PAX's half-baked experiment

Tales from inside the Diversity Lounge: PAX's half-baked experiment | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

I'm accepting of all people and the idea of shunning anyone who identified as LGBTTIQQ2SAAP (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer, Questioning,...

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Gay Cowboys Lasso An Often-Ignored Part Of The American West

Gay Cowboys Lasso An Often-Ignored Part Of The American West | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art in Indianapolis recently opened an exhibition of 41 evocative photographs Blake Little captured in the gay rodeo scene. Blake Little: Photographs from the Gay Rodeo chronicles the story of an...
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A 1920s Lesbian Nightclub in Harlem

A 1920s Lesbian Nightclub in Harlem | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
At a time when pursuing same-sex relations would have landed you in jail, “the blues world was the perfect realm for people who were thought of as ‘sexual deviants’ to inhabit, as it thrived far ou...
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