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Presidential Evolution!

Presidential Evolution!

Obama Becomes First Sitting President In US History To Endorse Marriage Equality By Nathan James Following hard on the heels of his Vice-President’s stunning endorsement of same-sex marriage,…

North Carolina Voters Pass Anti-Gay Amendment One

North Carolina Voters Pass Anti-Gay Amendment One

Becomes 30th State To Prohibit Sane-Sex Marriage, Civil Unions, Domestic Partnerships By Nathan James By a nearly two-thirds vote, North Carolina constituents passed an amendment to their state…

Biden Endorses Marriage Equality

Biden Endorses Marriage Equality

On Meet The Press, Unequivocal Statement Of Support By Vice-President By Nathan James Vice President Joe Biden (D-Delaware), made an unequivocal endorsement of same-sex marriage this morning on…

Occupy Wall Street In Massive NYC May Day Protest

Occupy Wall Street In Massive NYC May Day Protest

Throngs March From Union Square To Financial District By Nathan James As the warm, sunny skies of Spring return to New York City, so, too did the Occupy…

India Declares Itself Major Missile Power

India Declares Itself Major Missile Power

India Thursday said it successfully test-fired a new missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead as far as Beijing – announcing itself as a major “missile power.” Indian…

Featured World News

Somalia’s national theatre reopens in Mogadishu

Somalia’s national theatre reopens in Mogadishu

Somalia’s national theatre has reopened in Mogadishu, more than 20 years after it last shut…

Raul Castro’s Daughter Says Dad Supports Gay Rights

Raul Castro’s Daughter Says Dad Supports Gay Rights

During one of the activities of Cuba’s “Day Against Homophobia,” Mariela Castro said on Saturday…

Jamaica struggles toward a sound economic future

Jamaica struggles toward a sound economic future

By Nicholas Davis Half Way Tree is always busy. The traffic intersection that seemingly splits…

Nigeria Seeks to Quadruple Electricity

Nigeria Seeks to Quadruple Electricity

By Heather Murdock The Nigerian government is privatizing the electricity business, hoping the move will…

Argentina Senate backs YPF oil nationalisation

Argentina Senate backs YPF oil nationalisation

Argentina’s Senate has approved the controversial decision to nationalise the oil company YPF. The plan…

Neo-Nazis Taking to Terror

Neo-Nazis Taking to Terror

By Pavol Stracansky PRAGU – Just days after a hotel was firebombed in a suspected…

Social Media Activism Takes Root in Malawi

Social Media Activism Takes Root in Malawi

By Katie Lin BLANTRYE, Malawi – As Malawians celebrate Joyce Banda’s appointment as president on…

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Featured Community News

Drama Amongst The Stars April 2012

Drama Amongst The Stars April 2012

Hello darlings!  Welcome back for another dose of Drama Amongst The stars! Can we say that Wendy Williams is rude?  Yes! Don’t let her “friend in my head”…

“Nhojj – MUSIC and the word” Out Now as YouTube Documentary Short

“Nhojj – MUSIC and the word” Out Now as YouTube Documentary Short

“Nhojj – MUSIC and the word” documentary short takes an up-close and personal look at Caribbean homosexual singer-songwriter Nhojj. Taken from the landmark Jan. 7, 2012 Brooklyn Museum…

Sofia Davis Launch Party makes huge splash in Harlem

Sofia Davis Launch Party  makes huge splash in Harlem

“Fashion on the Hudson.” By Delvon Johnson People swarmed in droves to attend the launch party of Fashion on the Hudson”, one of the hottest fashion shows in…

MTSU may get gay fraternity

MTSU may get gay fraternity

Small group of students hopes to start Sigma Phi Beta chapter on campus By Julie Hubbard Middle Tennessee State University’s first gay fraternity may be coming to the…

With the help of US Bank, Historic Howard Theatre reopens

With the help of US Bank, Historic Howard Theatre reopens

WASHINGTON – Officials from U.S. Bank, Howard Theatre Restoration, Inc., Ellis Development Group, and City officials will gather on Thursday, April 12 to celebrate the grand reopening of…

Mr Gay Ethiopia disowned by his family; father recommends suicide

Mr Gay Ethiopia disowned by his family; father recommends suicide

Ethiopia’s delegate for the Mr Gay World (MGW) competition, Robel Hailu, has been disowned by his own family and cut off financially. His father has recommended that Robel…

Mr Gay World comes to Africa

Mr Gay World comes to Africa

By DONNA BRYSON JOHANNESBURG — After Mr. Gay Ethiopia entered the Mr. Gay World contest, his father cut off all communications. Mr. Gay Zimbabwe withdrew, fearing the publicity…

Singing For Equality!

Singing For Equality!

Rutgers University Concert Benefits NJ Gay-Marriage Cause By Nathan James Last Saturday, producer JaVonne Armstrong held a concert in support of the struggle to legalize gay marriage in…

15 Most Powerful Gay Celebrities Of 2012

15 Most Powerful Gay Celebrities Of 2012

Let the debate begin…again By Nathan James Executive Editor Last year, MSN’s Wonderwall did an interesting feature listing their choices for the “15 Most Powerful Gay Celebrities”.  One…

Columns

Obama Supports Gay Marriage: Risky? Yes. Political Suicide? No.

Obama Supports Gay Marriage: Risky?  Yes.  Political Suicide?  No.

This morning, I’m more than a little surprised and disturbed by the number of gay people I know who are writing…

Obama joins global trend to gay marriage

Obama joins global trend to gay marriage

Boost to the worldwide campaign for marriage equality President Obama joins the British Prime Minister and the new French President in…

Romney’s gay fall guy Grenell

Romney’s gay fall guy Grenell

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, likes to play it safe. Romney avoids controversy, by any means necessary—even if he…

How anti-sodomy laws were sunk

How anti-sodomy laws were sunk

Racism, jealousy, and a false police report If you love John Grisham’s fictional legal thrillers, you’ll be riveted to Dale Carpenter’s…

Business
Jamaica struggles toward a sound economic future

Jamaica struggles toward a sound economic future

By Nicholas Davis Half Way Tree is always busy. The traffic intersection that seemingly splits Kingston into two is one of the best-known views of the city,…

Science
Scientist beams up a real “Star Trek” tricorder

Scientist beams up a real “Star Trek” tricorder

Starships, warp speed, transporters, phasers. Think “Star Trek” technology is only the stuff of fiction? Think again. By By Frank Simons Dr. Peter Jansen, a PhD graduate…

Technology
US introduces $60 LED light bulb

US introduces $60 LED light bulb

A prize-winning light bulb that lasts for 20 years is going on sale in the US on Sunday – also known as Earth Day. Made by Dutch…

Education
Point Scholarship for LGBT Students goes to Siddarth (Sid) Puri

Point Scholarship for LGBT Students goes to Siddarth (Sid) Puri

TITUSVILLE, N.J.– Janssen Therapeutics, Division of Janssen Products, LP, is supporting education for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students through the creation of a Point Scholarship.…

HIV
Turning Stem Cells into a Powerful Weapon Against AIDS

Turning Stem Cells into a Powerful Weapon Against AIDS

In an exciting medical breakthrough, UCLA scientists say they have found a way to turn stem cells into cells that fight HIV. The genetically engineered cells have…

Health
Top 10 Things Health Reform Does for Gay and Transgender Americans

Top 10 Things Health Reform Does for Gay and Transgender Americans

The Affordable Care Act Is ‘The Strongest Foundation’ for Closing LGBT Disparities “The Affordable Care Act may represent the strongest foundation we have ever created to begin…

Religion
Commentary: Was Jesus gay? Probably

Commentary: Was Jesus gay? Probably

By Rev. Paul Oestreicher I preached on Good Friday that Jesus’s intimacy with John suggested he was gay as I felt deeply it had to be addressed…

Culture
Kenya’s Rift Valley, where everyone runs

Kenya’s Rift Valley, where everyone runs

By Claudia Hammond Kenya produces some of the world’s very best distance runners, but the possibility of winning Olympic gold is not the only incentive for the…