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Color Me Queer: Dyke

Dyke? ...

See Speak Hear

Despite my seemingly calm and sane exterior, I often have strange thoughts, worst-case-scenario kinds of things. I imagine what I would do in this or that parlous situation if it were to arise. ...

Open Thread: Zen Monday

Find a job you love and you'll never work a day in your life. Confucius ...

Saturday Shopping With Amy

Hey gals! So, one of my favorite shopping trips is via email with my BFF, Sue. She recently moved from Chicago to the countryside of Massachusetts. ...

Open Thread: Weekend Edition

What's the best bargain you've ever found at a garage sale or thrift store? ...

Hang With Us at the Original Plumbing Release Party

Original Plumbing is a rad lifestyle mag for transguys. It's chock full of gorgeous photography, essays, and interviews. ...

Open Thread: Aug 27, 2010 & Voting Results!

What is the best fortune you've ever gotten from a fortune cookie? (And do you play the "in bed" game with those?) *A note from Julia: ...

The Sad Reality of Women's Mags

Daily Kos found this doozy of a douche ad in Woman's Day magazine. ...

Open Thread: Naked Thursday

What book would you recommend to a Velvetpark reader? ...

Trashy 80s Gay Erotica

From the creators of Breeder's Digest comes a new kind of erotica that will have you sweating money and oozing class. ...

The New Normal

Tom Leykis, a veteran radio talk-show host, recently launched a new online music project. ...

Open Thread: Aug 25,2010

What is the most interesting thing you have in your purse/wallet? ...

Dating and Mating: The Pronoun Edition

A few weeks ago a cab driver asked Prof C and me which one of us was the boy. ...

Walk in the Park

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Jaguar dumps Australian swimmer after anti-gay tweet
Reuters
September 7, 2010

Luxury car maker Jaguar has cut its sponsorship of star Australia swimmer Stephanie Rice, a triple Olympic gold medalist, after she sent a tweet using an anti-gay slur. Rice, 22, tweeted "Suck on that f--gots" after Australia's rugby union team, the Wallabies, defeated South Africa

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1st Serbian gay pride march in years planned
The Associated Press
September 7, 2010

Organizers are planning Serbia's first gay pride march in nearly a decade next month — after the one last year was canceled amid threats of violence by extremists. Gays and lesbians often face harassment and pressure in predominantly conservative Serbia. Extremists broke up

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Students protest Catholic school that forced out lesbian dean after legal marriage [video]
Last Word
September 7, 2010

Mark Dupont, spokesperson for Springfield Catholic Diocese of Massachusetts, explaining to CBS 3 why Christine Judd was asked to resign. She was a dean at Cathedral High School. (CBS 3)

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Oakland Pride celebrates LGBT community for first tme in six years
Mercury News
September 7, 2010

After a six-year lull, LGBT pride made a comeback in Oakland on Sunday. Oakland Pride, a daylong music, food and culture event drew at least 50,000 people, organizers said, to celebrate the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. The last such Oakland event was held in 2004.

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NYU receives four stars on LGBT friendliness index
nyunews.com
September 7, 2010

The 2010 Campus Pride Climate Index gave NYU an overall score of four out of five stars. NYU lost points for not having any LGBT specific scholarships and housing options.

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Mexico City Celebrates 400 Gay Marriages In 6 Months
On Top Magazine
September 7, 2010

Six months after a gay marriage law took effect in Mexico City, 398 gay and lesbian couples have married in the nation's capital

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White vs. Perry: Comparing the candidates on LGBT issues
Dallas Voice
September 7, 2010

Incumbent Republican faces former Democratic Houston mayor in race for Texas governor’s office

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