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I'm Just A Bill

Today the New York Assembly passed the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act by 97-38 votes. ...

“It’s Gay. Gay Things Need To Die” – Transgender Murder Trial Ends

Allen Andrade was found guilty yesterday on four counts, including first-degree murder and a hate crime, for the slaying of an 18-year-old transgendered woman, Angie Zapata, outside of Denver last Jul ...

April Relationships: Aries & Cancer

Q: I am a 40-year old bisexual Aries woman who is presently having a torrid affair with a slightly younger transgendered Cancer woman. ...

Euphemisms R Us

I know you are all big on Susan Boyle and feminism, so I thought I'd share this bit from Mother Jo ...

Malcolm Gladwell: Making a Case for Outliers

Since the first time I picked up Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, I’ve been a huge fan of Malcolm Gladwell, a writer for The New Yorker. ...

Tweet of the Day

Advocate political reporter and Velvetpark friend Kerry Eleveld Twittered on the House Committee proceedings today on th ...

Kelly Picks a Fight: Not-so-Slick Ricks

What is it about Ricks lately that's making them be such spotlight mongers? ...

Tweet of the Day

Today's Tweets come from Paula Poundstone, who is my favorite panelist on NPR's Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me and a generally humorous humorist: ...

Gay Marriage Debates Rage On

I've come across a couple of articles worth reading this week on the topic of same-sex marriage, so I thought I'd share. ...

Isabel Allende, Barack Obama and Latin America's Open Veins

Much has been made over President Barack Obama meeting Hugo Chavez over the weekend. ...

A Gaythering Storm

Cage posted this to her Twitter feed this morning. Those heroes of hilarity over at Funnyordie.com have done it once more! ...

Alice's Interrogation

Being that these interrogations have been so, um, random and nonsensical I totally forgot to post one yesterday. So here is Alice's interrogation, lets see if Lucy gets enough info for a conviction. ...

Tweet of the Day

Finally Margaret Cho posted something funny today: "Happy 4/20! I know you forgot. That's how you celebrate 4/20!" ...

Walk in the Park

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The Nazi Ties of Joseph Beuys
http://hyperallergic.com
May 21, 2013

A new biography argues that artist Joseph Beuys was not really progressive and enlightened, but rather reactionary in his politics. A new biography of the artist, kicks up the age-old debate about the separation of the artist and the art ...

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Skewering the Egos of Male Artists at Dia:Beacon
hyperallergic.com
May 21, 2013

Of the 25 artists whose work is currently on long-term view at Dia:Beacon, four of them are women. One of those women is half of a husband-and-wife team.

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Church of Scotland Takes Step to Allow Gay Clergy
ABC News
May 21, 2013

Senior members of the Church of Scotland voted Monday to let some congregations choose ministers who are in same-sex relationships...

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Liberace film throws spotlight on gay rights at Cannes festival
Reuters
May 21, 2013

The relationship between the flamboyant pianist Liberace and his young lover dazzled at the Cannes film festival on Tuesday and threw the spotlight on gay rights at the movie industry's largest annual gathering.

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Protests in New York after gay man's murder
Al Jazeera English
May 21, 2013

Thousands of New Yorkers - including mayoral candidate Christine Quinn - have marched to protest the shooting death of a gay man in the neighbourhood that was the cradle of the modern US gay rights movement.

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Egypt’s Growing Gay-Rights Movement
The Daily Beast
May 21, 2013

Though homosexuality is not illegal in Egypt, coming out has always been complicated and even dangerous.

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Bans Of Same-Sex Marriage Can Take A Psychological Toll
NPR
May 20, 2013

When several states passed laws banning same-sex marriages, researchers found that the mental health of gay residents seemed to suffer. Conversely, stress-related disorders dropped after the legalization of gay marriage in one state.

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