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Starting a new blog...
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Will Gov. Paterson Appoint An Openly Gay Replacement For Hillary Clinton?
http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2008/11/will-gov-paterson-appoint-openly-gay.html
Politicos are speculating that among the candidates to replace Hillary Clinton in the Senate are two openly gay NYC politicians: City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Daniel O'Donnell (left), who represents the the Upper West Side in the state Assembly.
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A Cure for HIV/AIDS?
According to an article in The Wall Street Journal, a patient with both AIDS and leukemia, who underwent a bone marrow transplant two years ago, now appears to be completely free of the HIV virus. The cell donor had a rare mutation found in 1% of Europeans that creates HIV-resistant cells.
From The Wall Street Journal:
A Doctor, a Mutation and a ( Read more... ) -
I'm speechless...this doesn't happen often:-)...
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Attention NYCers - Please Take Action and Save the AFC Day Center!!
Hi all,
For those in NYC (and beyond), the Ali Forney Center is a critical provider of services for homeless LGBT youth in New York and is a national model for work in this area. As you may know, Mayor Bloomberg cut the funding stream to the Ali Forney Center’s Day Center, which is the only drop-in center for homeless LGBT youth in New York City. ( Read more... ) -
Straight People are the “Most Bullied and Maligned Group” in the US?
Below is a post I drafted for PFLAG National's blog...
Straight People are the “Most Bullied and Maligned Group” in the US?
Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays (PFOX), a national organization that claims that LGBT people can be “cured” has recently filed a lawsuit against the Washington, DC Office Of Human Rights (OHR), accusing the agency of failing to ( Read more... ) -
Queers Pushed Under the Proverbial Bus
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karen-ocamb/are-democrats-throwing-ga_b_134032.html
Are Democrats Throwing Gays Under the Bus?
With just over three weeks until the elections, it seems a pretty certain bet that most of the LGBT community will ( Read more... ) -
A Win in Connecticut!
"Like these once prevalent views, our conventional
understanding of marriage must yield to a more contemporary
appreciation of the rights entitled to constitutional
protection. Interpreting our state constitutional
provisions in accordance with firmly established equal
protection principles leads inevitably to the conclusion
that gay persons are entitled ( Read more... )