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ANALYSIS-NBA-Collins coming out will encourage more to follow suit
ReutersBy Simon Evans April 29 (Reuters) - Times are changing for gays in American sports and National Basketball Association (NBA) player Jason Collins' decision to come out will encourage others in the top leagues to be open about their sexuality. Two...Tags: Miami Dolphins, Feminism, Super Bowl, Football, San Francisco 49ers
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Gay kicker wants to put boot to NFL stereotypes
It will happen one day, hopefully soon. The announcement will be accompanied by a frenzied media circus, complete with carnival barkers and clowns shouting homophobic slurs. There will also be rational minds who will simply laugh at the absurdity of it...
Tags: Soccer, Super Bowl, Football, San Francisco 49ers, NFL Draft
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Orlando gay kicker wants to put boot to NFL stereotypes
It will happen one day, hopefully soon. The announcement will be accompanied by a frenzied media circus, complete with carnival barkers and clowns shouting out homophobic slurs. There will also be rational minds who will simply laugh at the absurdity of...
Tags: Soccer, Super Bowl, Football, San Francisco 49ers, NFL Draft
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France approves same-sex marriage
PARIS — The French Parliament on Tuesday approved a bill allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt, voting after months of often angry debate and sometimes violent protests in the streets. Members of the Socialist government chanted "Equality,...
Tags: Politics, AIDS, Francois Hollande, Elections, Gays and Lesbians
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Gender-bending rapper Mykki Blanco is Chicago through and through
Before Michael Quattlebaum was going glamazon in the pages of Vogue, being christened the most exciting thing in the downtown party scene by The New York Times, before he was boasting about being Jay-Z's natural-born legatee in song — which is to...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Chicago Loop, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Gatekeeper (music group), Gays and Lesbians
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Stephen Colbert parodies 'Accidental Racist' with 'Oopsie-Daisy Homophobe'
RedEyeI don't know of anyone who actually likes the Brad Paisley-LL Cool J track "Accidental Racist." But Stephen Colbert may have expressed his displeasure best. "This song suuuucks," he said on Wednesday night's edition of "The Colbert Report" on Comedy...Tags: The Colbert Report (tv program), Comedy Central (tv network), Brad Paisley, Social Issues, AIDS
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NHL, players join with You Can Play to fight homophobia in hockey
Maybe it really is as simple as it sounds. That for the NHL and its players, establishing a partnership with the You Can Play project — which fights homophobia and advocates for the inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual athletes in...Tags: Brian Burke, National Hockey League, Anaheim Ducks, Football, Baseball
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Hopkins should be ashamed of the way it bullied Dr. Carson
In what possible way is Dr. Ben Carson's belief that marriage is between a man and a woman "in conflict with [Johns Hopkins University's] core values of diversity, inclusion and respect," as Hopkins Dean of Medicine Dr. Paul B. Rothman put it in a...
Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Same-Sex Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Family, Marriage
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The Three O'Clock rolls around again, this time for Coachella
Showtime was only minutes away at the Glass House in Pomona on a recent Saturday night as Michael Quercio, Danny Benair, and Louis Gutierrez, three original members of the Los Angeles psychedelic pop quartet the Three O'Clock, prepared for their first...
Tags: Theater, Entertainment, Twitter, Inc., Entertainment Events, Arts and Culture
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NHL, players partner with You Can Play against homophobia
The National Hockey League and the NHL Players’ Assn. on Thursday announced they have formed a partnership with the You Can Play project, which promotes respect for athletes regardless of their sexual orientation. The league and the players’...
Tags: Donald Fehr, Gary Bettman, Sports, Brian Burke, National Hockey League
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AP makes 'illegals' illegal
This week the AP Stylebook, the standardized style guide for newspapers and other publications across the United States, announced that no longer, under their rules, will it be acceptable to use the term "illegal immigrant." AP Executive Editor Kathleen...Tags: The Washington Post, Illegal Immigrants, Social Issues, Politics, Immigration
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Carson critic reveals his own problem with intolerance
I found Dan Rodricks' column on Dr. Ben Carson jaded and biased ("Ben Carson's biblically based conservatism," March 31). Mr. Rodricks accused Dr. Carson of making homophobic remarks, but it was just his opinion that the remarks were homophobic in...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Minority Groups, Gays and Lesbians, Family, Marriage
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Apr 12, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
Apr 16, 2013
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Apr 11, 2013
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Apr 5, 2013
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Apr 5, 2013
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