Gay Presbyterian Pastor: "It's a New Day"

Rev. Scott Anderson, who recently became the first openly gay Presbyterian pastor after the denomination formally changed its policy in July, told CNN that “it’s a new day” for gay and lesbian clergy. Anderson, who had lift the ministry after he was outed by congregants in 1990, was ordained last weekend in Madison, Wisc. "I had been a Presbyterian pastor for eight years, and when I left, I never thought this day would come in my lifetime. God has brought a variety of surprises to my life, and this certainly is the biggest one," Rev. Scott Anderson said.Watch the video below. ...

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Cher Cries As Chaz Earns Highest Score Yet!!

Chaz Bono performed a rousing paso doble with dance partner Lacey Schwimmer to the theme from Rocky, earning his highest score yet of 21 as his mother Cher stood applauding wildly with tears in her eyes. It was movie theme night on ABC's competition seriesDancing With The Starsand Bono, who is battling a knee injury, calls the 1976 Oscar-winning best picture one of the first films he saw about an underdog and says he wanted to be just like the title character. Bono and Schwimmer starred in a boxing montage that featured a cameo by fitness guru Richard Simmons .“In the true spirit of Rocky, no matter how many knocks you take,...

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Showtime Developing Drama Series About Little-Known LGBT Subculture With Merritt Johnson & Lee Daniels

EXCLUSIVE:Temple Grandinwriter W. Merritt Johnson has teamed withPrecious director Lee Daniels for a drama project in development at Showtime that sheds light on a little-known LGBT subculture. The contemporary drama, which Johnson is writing and Daniels is attached to direct, is set in New York City and centers on the disenfranchised multicultural transgender youth of the Ball subculture, previously portrayed in Jennie Livingston’s 1990 documentary Paris Is Burning. Some say the roots of the New York ball house culture can be traced to the 1930s,when the first underground drag balls were held in and around New York City by white men...

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Bank of America Equalizes Health Costs for Gay Employees

Chuck Burton/Associated PressBank of America’s corporate headquarters in Charlotte, N.C. THE COST OF BEING GAY A look at the financial realities of same-sex partnerships. Bank of America’s new monthly debit card feehas been roundly criticized in recent weeks. But a new change in corporate policy change is likely to receive a much warmer reception. Starting next year, the nation’s largest bank will begin reimbursing its employees with same-sex partners for the extra taxes they pay for health insurance — something that their married heterosexual co-workers don’t have to worry about because the federal government recognizes them...

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Traffic court lawyer who used slurs agrees to suspension

If approved, deal would require anger management counseling A Chicago attorney who repeatedly used homophobic and offensive language to describe other lawyers while competing for traffic court clients has agreed to at least a monthlong suspension of his license. Thomas Guadagno, 66, engaged in the name-calling for at least six years, using terms such as "gay scum" and "child molester" to refer to other attorneys, according to a complaint filed by the state's attorney disciplinary body. He also allegedly told one client not to hire an attorney because the man had a "sexual torture chamber in his basement." In 2009, a Cook County...

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SMH: Children Banned From Attending Ricky Martin Concert In Honduras

A concert in Honduras by musician Ricky Martin will proceed but the government has banned children under the age of 15 from attending due to "erotic content," according to Fox News Latino. The sexy entertainer, known for songs such as "Livin' La Via Loca" and "Shake Your Bon Bon," is currently on his "Musica + Alma + Sexo" world tour and his planned concert in Tegucigalpa, Honduras on October 16 has been in doubt after speculation that show would be canceled following opposition from religious groups.Last Friday Honduran President Porfirio Lobo ordered that plans for the concert proceed, and that banning the event would be "a highly...

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Marines Recruit at SoCal Pride Event

Marine recruiters looking to add to the ranks of the few and the proud attended the San Gabriel Valley Pride festival in Pasadena over the weekend, the Los Angeles Times reports.Via LAT:With the official repeal last month of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, the Marine Corps, the service that was most opposed to ending the policy, appears to be leading the charge into new recruitment territory.The end of the hush-hush era opens up another qualified pool of applicants, said Sgt. Monique Wallace, marketing and public affairs representative for the Marine Corps' Recruiting Station Los Angeles.Carlos Ramirez, a board member...

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