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 Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund sponsored a study prepared by Patrick Egan, a New York University professor and public opinion expert, which analyzed 167 pre-election surveys on 32 ballot measures since 1988. He found that people usually do not change in their opinions on gay marriage or domestic partnership during the course of a campaign.
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 Yesterday, a large crowd gathered in Union Square for a rally in support of homeless LGBT Youth. The rally follows recent vandalism at the Ali Forney Center’s newly opened shelter for homeless LGBT youth in Astoria Queens and City budget cuts that may make it harder for such shelters to operate.
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Staten Island All Inclusive Prom
 The Staten Island LGBT Center is an initiative of Community Health Action of Staten Island. The Center located at 25 Victory Blvd. at the corner of Bay Street, on the third floor, features many programs for the lesbian and gay youth of the Island. Friday, June 18, the center will sponsor their first Gay Prom for kids aged 15 to 20. It is co-sponsored by the Gay Straight Alliance of Staten Island Technical High School.
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NY’s Christine Quinn Urges Clerk to Inform Gays on Marriage New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn wants the city clerk's office to officially inform gay couples where they can go to be legally married. She introduced official legislation Wednesday, that would require the clerk to provide information regarding legal gay-marriage to same-sex couples who register for domestic partnerships. It also would be posted online and in the city's marriage offices.
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 Hudson High School in Hudson, NY made history with its prom this past Saturday when two openly gay male best friends were named prom king and queen. Seniors Charlie Ferrusi and Timmy Howard won their respective crown and tiara by a landslide at their prom Saturday.
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 The non-discrimination bill known as GENDA died in the Senate Judiciary Committee this morning. The bill, was described as "AN ACT to amend the executive law, the civil rights law and the education law, in relation to prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity or expression; and to amend the penal law and the criminal procedure law, in relation to including offenses regarding gender identity or expression within the list of offenses subject to treatment as hate crimes."
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Make Homosexuals Marry California created a PSA for same-sex marriage staring Justin Long and Mike White. The video shows the highs and lows of marriage from a gay perspective. The campaign states that, “If you disagree with the homosexual lifestyle, support overturning Prop 8 and make them get married like the rest of us.” The entire video was made pro-bono; everybody down to craft services donated their services for the cause!
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Same-Sex Wedding Fair
Dubbed the “Illegal Wedding Fair” this event celebrates gay unions despite the Senate not legalizing same-sex marriage. The fair takes place this Sunday, June 6th 12 p.m. at 632 on Hudson, Manhattan, NY. Entry is $30-$35 and promises to be a very special, intimate wedding fair featuring a handpicked selection of talented, gay-friendly event professionals dedicated to helping same-sex couples celebrate their love and commitment in style.
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Kylie Minogue at Splash
 Michael Musto of the Village Voice is reporting that Kylie Minogue will be appearing at gay institution Splash Bar this Friday around 1 a.m. She will be previewing her new single and video to the Splash crowd. In Kylie’s new single All the Lovers leads hoards of people (some even gay) into the streets for a pants-off dance-off.
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NYC Pride: The Rally Gets a Whole New Groove
 Since its birth in 1969 as a protest and candlelight vigil shortly after the Stonewall Riots, the NYC Pride Rally has become the kick-off event of our annual Pride celebration in New York City. Once the culmination of the June Gay Power demonstrations, it retains a pure civil rights spirit showcasing LGBT talent and speakers mixing entertainers with activists to nurture our minds and souls.
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GLSEN Respect Awards
 Last night was GLSEN’s (The Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network) annual Respect Awards held at the beautiful Gotham Hall where they celebrated 20 years of advocacy for the safety and respect of LGBT youth. The evening started with a beautiful performance of True Colors by the Youth Pride Chorus to honor GLSEN’s Inspiration Award winner Cyndi Lauper.
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 Domestic partnerships registration has been available in New York City for 17 years but have lacked a level of romance. Now registrants are offered a marriage like ceremony to honor their domestic partnership according to the New York Daily News. The idea of providing a ceremony was suggested by a group of Fordham Law School students who spent time last year working with the City Council's legal division.
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Rentboy.com Defends Themselves in Rekers Scandal If you are not familiar with the story George Rekers, an outspoken minister leading the anti-gay movement, was found to have hired a gay male escort through Rentboy.com. George has stated that he only solicited, Lucian, his male escort to help him on vacation as he is not physically capable of lifting heavy luggage. Since he has resigned from his position with his anti-gay group and is fighting the rumors.
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Newsweek Article Questions Gay Actors & Receives Backlash
 In an April article published by Newsweek from writer Ramin Setoodeh is getting a lot of controversial attention. In the article Ramin claims that openly gay actors cannot play a convincing straight character. He points at Jonathan Groff on Glee saying when he, "smiles or giggles, he seems more like your average theater queen." He went on to bash Sean Hayes for his performance in Promises, Promises saying, "Frankly, it's weird seeing Hayes play straight. He comes off as wooden and insincere, like he's trying to hide something, which of course he is."
His article has offended many, gay and straight throughout the industry.
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SPOILER: True Blood Gets a New Gay
  Truman Capote’s immaculate 11-bedroom mansion at 70 Willow St. in Brooklyn Heights went on the market today for the low price of only $18 million. This is the third time the home has been on the market in the past 70 years and is likely to break sales records in the borough and be the most expensive townhouse in its history, which is currently $12 million.
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Givenchy Transgender Model
 Givenchy designer Ricardo Tisci decided to cast transgender model Lea T in the fashion house's fall ad campaign. The model, who was formerly known as Leo Cerezo, is actually Ricardo’s longtime personal assistant.
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New York Grants Rights to Same-Sex Parents
 The New York Court of Appeals ruled in favor of same-sex parents in two cases on Tuesday. The first, found that a woman is entitled to seek child support from her former partner, who is not the biological mother of a child the couple raised together before they separated. In the other, the court ruled that a woman can seek visitation rights from her former partner because she is a legal parent, even though she is not the child’s biological mother. The two women entered into a civil union in Vermont.
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Tony Nominations Announced
 The nominees for the 2010 Tony Awards have just been released. You can buy tickets to the awards show at Radio City Music Hall at TonyAwards.com. Broadway and Hollywood celebrities arrive early to meet the press—and walk the Red Carpet. TonyAwards.com be webcasting their arrivals beginning at 6:00 p.m. on June 13.Then at 7:00 p.m., you'll be able to watch a live webcast of the portion of the awards ceremony that takes place before the CBS telecast.
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NYC Dwarf Gay Activist Killed in Taxi Accident Harry Wieder, 57, who walked with crutches, was leaving a community board meeting last night when he crossed in the middle of the block and was hit by a yellow cab reports The New York Post. Mr Wieder was rushed to Bellevue Hospital where he was pronounced dead. He was a fixture at community board meetings, rallies and other political events, where he became well known to New York City’s political players.
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 In a show of good will and not a little promotion, Gaydar being the good chaps that they are, are getting behind major gay events across the US. The gay dating megasite is sponsoring the NYC Pride debut of top UK DJ duo, Freemasons, when they headline NYC Pride's 24th Annual Dance on the Pier (June 27). Earlier this year Gaydar was a sponsor at Miami’s Winter Party Festival, which annually donates over $2 million to local and national LGBT causes.
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OneNineBoys NYC Sweet Dreams OneNineBoys is a group of self-described unprofessional dancers that enjoy making music videos for other’s entertainment. On their FaceBook Fan Page they describe what they do as, “Choreographed movements entwined with Avant-Garde style is what you'll get.” The group dances skillfully choreographed steps to Beyonce’s Sweet Dreams while the video cuts to settings all across NYC.
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GLAAD Fights Washington Times ENDA Hate
 GLAAD released a statement today that is a call to action against a Washington Times editorial that bashes ENDA and other LGBT issues. The title of the article, EDITORIAL: Discrimination is necessary, speaks directly to the insanity of the article’s content.
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NYC Promoter Found Dead NYC gay party promoter and co-founder the weekly gay club magazine HX, Marc Berkley, was found dead Saturday on Fire Island. It appears that Marc died in his sleep after complaining of chest pains the night before at a residence on Fire Island. The promoter and entrepreneur died at the age of 57.
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NYC LGBT Center Flag Ceremony a Success
 After The Center was attacked just a week ago, The Center and the LGBT community came together to stand up against hate and raise the new 20 foot Rainbow Flag. A large group filled the street in front of The Center to show support and solidarity. Glenda Testone, executive director of The Center, and NYC City Council Speaker Christine Quinn spoke, with a performance by the Center's Youth Pride Chorus.
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Obama Heckled Over DADT at CA Fundraiser
 Obama, who supports the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell”, was heckled by members of GetEQUAL, a DADT repeal advocacy group, while giving a speech at a California fundraiser for Senator Barbara Boxer. Obama reassured the audience that both he and Sen. Boxer intended to repeal DADT, but the president seemed unusually jostled by the crowds heckling. While their message is noble, it was disrespectful to shout jeers and interrupt the most powerful man in the nation who is working to advance their cause. However, they wanted attention and they definitely got it!
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The NYC LGBT Center Fights Back Last Wednesday Apirl, 14th The Center was attacked when workers arrived to find their Rainbow Flag burned and pinned outside The Center. Now they’re fighting back, as a symbol of community solidarity and in an effort to stand up to hate The Center will have a new 20 foot long Rainbow Flag. The Center partnered with Gilbert Baker, creator of the Rainbow Flag, to release the super-sized flag this Wednesday April 21st at 5p.m. and all are invited to witness its unfurling!
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Obama Mandates Same-Sex Visitation Rights
 President Obama sent out a memo yesterday that mandates nearly all hospitals extend visitation rights to LGBT partners and respect patients' choices about who may make critical health-care decisions for them. The order directs the Department of Health and Human Services to prohibit discrimination in hospital visitation. The new rule will affect any hospital that receives Medicare or Medicaid funding, which covers the majority of hospitals and health-care institutions in the US.
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Hate Crime at NYC LGBT Center
 NYC Pride has announced that Constance McMillen will act as one of its Grand Marshals for the 41st Annual LGBT Pride March, which will occur on June 27th, 2010. She joins fellow grand marshals this year Lt. Dan Choi and Judy Shepard. Despite her woes, she has been rewarded handsomely for her activism; she was invited to attend the GLAAD Awards with Wanda Sykes, was presented with a $30,000 scholarship check from Ellen DeGeneres and there is a Facebook group with more than 400,000 people who support her!
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NYC Designer Found Dead
 Alejandro Bulaevsky, 26, a lighting designer who studied at Parsons the New School for Design, was found dead on his kitchen floor with his hands cuffed behind his back. The NY Daily News reports that police say he was found in his Financial District apartment around 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Crime scene investigators say his body had no apparent signs of trauma and there were no signs of a break-in.
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Glee Goes Gaga: Spoiler Images & Preview
 It has been reported for a while now that Glee will be covering the mega hits of Lady Gaga and now there’s proof! Images have been released via Perez Hilton that show members of the Glee Cast dressed in some of Gaga’s most memorable costumes.
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Lady Gaga Can Get You High in NYC
 A strange new form of Gaga slang has been discovered right here in New York City; Lady Gaga has now become a euphemism for heroin. Perez Hilton reports that, a Syracuse man was arrested on Tuesday for possessing large amounts of heroin. Syracuse Police Special Investigations Division caught up with him in New York City. An assumption can be drawn that he manufactures upstate and comes to the city to distribute.
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Gay Apt Building Hell’s Kitchen, the up-and-coming gayborhood, is getting an apartment building that the first to market directly to the gay community according to NY Curbed. The first ad for the building is up at 303 Tenth Avenue, the under-construction rental building at West 28th Street near the High Line. It’s currently going by the name of Port 10 and has a teaser website for registration up now here.
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The (Gay) Marriage Ref
 If you’re not a fan of the new NBC show The Marriage Ref you have new reason to be one; tonight’s episode of the show will feature the first ever gay couple! Michael Wighand David Salinero of Tampa, FL will leave their marital dispute in the hands of celebrity judges Tracey Morgan, Kathy Griffinand Nathan Lane to decide.
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Gay Gaga Fan Punnished & Gaga Responds
 Cole Goforth, a student at Greenbrier High School in White House, Tennessee, wore a Lady Gaga inspired gay pride shirt that read “I [heart] Lady Gay Gay” to school where he was told to go home and change. School officials claim that the shirt would be too distracting and would provoke a string of recent related bullying. Cole’s mother has taken the issue up with the county school board where she argues that the other kids are allowed to wear shirts that express opinion even displaying the confederate flag.
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NY Gay Activists Protest Catholic Church
 A protest was held at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Easter Sunday to speak out against the Catholic Church which continues to divert blame for issues of pedophilia within the church on the gay community. New scandals have revitalized Catholic gay bashing. New Yorkers used Easter Sunday, the first mass of Archbishop Timothy Dolan, as an opportunity to bring awareness to the unjust blame the church has placed on the gay community.
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The Real L Word Inspired by the hit show The L Word Showtime has put together a cast of lesbians to make the show a reality in The Real L Word. The show is brought to you by Golden Globe winner Ilene Chaiken (who brought us The L Word) she is now bringing us a documentary series about the real lives of lesbians. The show will follow the lives of real-life high-profile lesbians as they go about their daily lives, at work and play. The producing team plans to show viewers that the cast can be every bit as glamorous, fashionable, fabulous and even as cutthroat as their celebrated-but-fictional counterparts.
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NYC Transgender Possible Robbery-Murder Transgender woman, Amana (Edelbuerto) Gonzalez-Andujar, 29, was found dead in her ransacked Queens apartment on Tuesday. Police found her body sprawled across her bed. The NY Daily News reports that her friends, concerned that she hadn’t been seen since Friday, got her landlord to let them into her apartment on Tuesday.
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