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OPINION

TV's 'Loud and Proud' Gays Should Tone It Down

Outrageous characters may be hurting the cause

Nov 13, 09 10:49 AM CST
(Newser) - There was a time when homosexuality on TV helped the public become more accepting of gays and lesbians, but that time may be over. As the small screen fills with characters like Glee’s Kurt, “the sensitive gay boy who really wants to be a girl,” and a... More »

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entertainment • television • gay rights • gay marriage • lesbians • Don't Ask, Don't Tell • celebrity • homosexuality • Rachel Maddow • Adam Lambert • Glee • same-sex couples • gay

Magic Johnson: Isiah Spread Rumors I Was Gay

Thomas denies accusation, feels 'really hurt'

Oct 22, 09 4:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Magic Johnson blames former friend Isiah Thomas for spreading rumors that Johnson was gay after he announced he had HIV in 1991. "Isiah kept questioning people about it,'' Magic writes. "I couldn't believe that. The one guy I thought I could count on had all these doubts.... More »

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NBA • basketball • HIV • Magic Johnson • Larry Bird • Isiah Thomas • gay

Muslims, Gays Clash Over French Soccer Match

Muslim team banned after refusing to play Paris Foot Gay

Oct 21, 09 5:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - An amateur soccer game sparked an ugly culture clash in France after a Muslim team refused to play a rival that welcomes openly gay players. On the eve of the match between Creteil Bebel and Paris Foot Gay, the Bebel president sent an email declining the match: "In light... More »

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homophobia • France • soccer • Muslim • homosexuality • gay

 Vicious Beating 
 of NY Gay 
 Caught 
 on Tape 

Jack Price remains in coma

Oct 14, 09 4:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - The brutal hate-crime beating of a gay man on a deserted Queens street was captured on a neighborhood surveillance video. Jack Price, 49, tries repeatedly to escape his attackers who continue to punch and stomp him on the tape. "From beginning to end, it was absolutely horrible," Price's... More »

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homophobia • crime • hate crime • arrest • taped beating • videotaped beating • gay • Jack Price

Jamaican Busted in Murder of UK Diplomat

Cops suspect slaying motivated by gay hatred

Oct 5, 09 4:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 23-year-old Jamaican man has been arrested in the suspected gay-hate murder of a British diplomat. Consul John Terry, 62, was found last month bludgeoned and strangled in his long-time Montego Bay home with a handwritten note on his body containing a derogatory term for gays, reports the Telegraph. Police... More »

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homophobia • crime • murder • hate crime • Jamaica • diplomat • gay • anti-gay slur • John Terry

 Matador Puts 
 Gay Drink Ad 
 on Cape 

Spaniard breaks with macho tradition, and how

Sep 24, 09 2:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Joselito Ortega is breaking more boundaries than one. The little-known Spanish matador will be advertising his new sponsor on his cape while in the ring, an unheard-of break with tradition. Then there’s the sponsor itself, a club-scene energy drink called (seriously) “Gay Up.” It’s not exactly... More »

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advertising • bullfighting • matador • gay • Joselito Ortega

Facebook Friend List Can Indicate Sexuality: Study

MIT students identified gay men using sexuality of online friends

Sep 21, 09 2:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Students at MIT designed a program that allowed them to identify gay men using their Facebook friends' sexual preferences, and the results are sparking debate about online privacy, the Boston Globe reports. The "Gaydar" project looked at the “interested in” field and tabulated the number of gay friends... More »

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social networking • MIT • Facebook • homosexuality • gaydar • homosexual • gay

GLOSSIES

 How Neil Came Out, Made It Big 

Openly gay Neil Patrick Harris thinks he and his partner would 'make great parents'

Sep 14, 09 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Neil Patrick Harris has truly exploded this year. He's slotted to host and produce the Emmys, garnered rave reviews on Broadway, plays a womanizer on TV—and he does it all while openly gay, making his success story a sort of Hollywood first. He discusses painful memories of child stardom... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • homosexuality • How I Met Your Mother • Neil Patrick Harris • celebrity parents • gay • David Burtka

'Homophobic Attack' Kills Diplomat in Jamaica

'This is what will happen to all Gays,' warns note with body

Sep 11, 09 1:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British diplomat was found severely beaten and strangled in his Jamaica home in what police believe was a homophobic attack, reports the Telegraph. A note was found with John Terry's body referring to the 65-year-old married father as gay, using a Jamaican slur. “This is what will happen... More »

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crime • murder • Jamaica • diplomat • Montego Bay • gay • anti-gay slur • naked • John Terry

(Newser) - An editor of a Catholic newspaper criticized for a gay affair in a publication owned by the brother of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is out of a job, reports the New York Times. He resigned just days after he slammed the randy head of state in an editorial for... More »

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newspaper • Italy • Rome • Vatican • Catholic • Silvio Berlusconi • homosexual • gay • Il Giornale

'Big Gay Ice Cream Truck' Roams Streets of NYC

Truck fights homophobia with weird toppings

Aug 26, 09 2:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - This summer, there’s a new kind of ice cream truck on the streets of New York: the big, gay kind. Doug Quint, owner of the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck, tells Gelf Magazine about his weirdest topping (wasabi pea dust), the definition of a choinkwich (“a freshly-made chocolate... More »

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food • New York City • trucks • soft serve ice cream • ice cream • Twitter • gay

 Gay Toughs Bash Back 


Aug 25, 09 1:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Many gays are damn mad and they're not going to take it anymore. Now Bash Back!—formed just over a year ago—is boosting gay, transgender and sex worker protest to a freshly provocative level, reports Details. The group, with some 15 chapters nationwide, has forged its reputation with... More »

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gay rights • protests • transgender • protesters • gay • sex worker • Bash Back!

 Gay Man 
 Recounts 
 'Love Story' 
 With Jacko 

Or, at least, so he claims to be

Aug 21, 09 9:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - A man claiming to be Michael Jackson’s secret gay lover has stepped forward, telling Australia’s Woman’s Day, “I’ve lost my soul mate.” Jason Pfeiffer, 35, works for Jackson’s dermatologist, Dr. Arnold Klein, and claims his relationship with the King of Pop started... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • Michael Jackson • homosexual • lover • gay • celebrity death • Arnold Klein • Jason Pfeiffer

Rush to Barney Frank:
Oh Yeah? You Live on Uranus

Finds town hall protester 'fabulous and hilarious'

Aug 20, 09 7:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh is eating up the town hall protests. Covering the Barney Frank town hall last night, Rush said it was “fabulous and fantastic and hilarious” that a woman showed up with a poster of Obama as Adolf Hitler and asked why Frank supported a Nazi health care policy,... More »

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homophobia • Rush Limbaugh • protests • Barney Frank • town hall meeting • right wingers • homosexual • gay

OPINION

 'Fag Hag' 
 No Longer 
 Hip Label 

Gay men slowly becoming less of an 'accessory' for women

Aug 18, 09 4:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thanks to Will & Grace, the young gay men of a decade ago were turned “into something unexpected: a must-have item,” writes Thomas Rogers for Salon. Though he was “jockish, pop-culturally illiterate, and dressed in mom jeans,” Rogers “remained a strangely alluring target for... More »

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pop culture • homosexuality • Will and Grace • homosexual • trend • gays • gay

 Family Guy 
 Baby Stewie 
 Is Gay: Creator 

Explains why he wants to take over the world, MacFarlane says

Aug 13, 09 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Baby Stewie was this close to coming out as gay in an episode of Family Guy, but creator Seth MacFarlane says he decided “to keep it vague” because “he’s a 1-year-old,” the New York Daily News reports. “Ultimately, Stewie will be gay... More »

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entertainment • animation • Fox • Seth MacFarlane • Family Guy • homosexual • gay

OPINION

 RIP Gaydar: 
 You Just Can't 
 Tell Anymore 

Straight and gay behavior not so different these days

Aug 11, 09 1:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gaydar just isn’t what it used to be: The line has blurred between what was long considered classic gay and straight behavior, Danica Lo writes in the New York Post. These days, the fact that a guy's “handsome,” “well-groomed,” and wants to hold real conversations... More »

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men • homosexuality • gaydar • homosexual • heterosexual • gay

(Newser) - Gaydar is real, according to a new study, but only if you don’t think about it too hard. Participants were shown the faces of 98 straight women and 94 lesbians taken from a dating website, reports Miler-McCune, and were able to guess sexual orientation rapidly, at a rate better... More »

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lesbians • psychology • gaydar • gay

(Newser) - Author E. Lynn Harris, who offered a glimpse into the secret lives of closeted gay black men, died last night at 54, the AP reports. His publicist says the cause is unknown, and that Harris suddenly took ill just days ago. An autopsy will be performed next week. Harris was... More »

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entertainment • African Americans • obituary • fiction • author • novel • LGBT • best seller • Jay-ZTV • gay • E. Lynn Harris • black men

Senate Votes to Expand
Hate Crime Laws to Gays

Five Republicans join in 62-38 vote

Jul 17, 09 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate has voted to extend hate crime protections to include those attacked because of their gender or sexual orientation, mirroring a similar measure already passed in the House, the Hill reports. Five Republicans, including Olympia Snowe and Dick Lugar, joined all the Democrats present in supporting the bill. Other... More »

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Congress • gay rights • Senate • hate crime • Richard Lugar • Olympia Snowe • gay • Jim DeMint

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