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More sources out of Albany (including David Mixner) are reporting that the New York Senate now boasts the 32 votes necessary to pass marriage equality legislation. Details follow.
Writes David Mixner on his Twitter account:
"Inside sources say 32 vote is found! Won't reveal name to protect him/her from pressure from outside."
Mixner's source corroborates what Capital Tonight reported earlier Wednesday.
Also, the Associated Press (among other outlets) speculates that a vote on marriage equality could come up as early as this evening.
"Democrats and Republicans emerged from meetings with Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo and said there is progress toward proposed additional religious protections that could bring a gay marriage bill to the Senate floor for a vote as early as Wednesday night. No deal had been struck as of Wednesday afternoon."More sources out of Albany (including David Mixner) are reporting that the New York... more
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There's a new "That's Gay" special to celebrate Pride 2011 coming, and Bryan Safi's hosting it all by himself! (How dare you doubt that he could?) Tune in Friday, June 10 at 9/8c to catch up on classic "That's Gay" segments. Plus, Ben Hoffman checks in for some of the fun, and the infoMania crew help Bryan premiere his very own Pride song.
"infoMania" is a weekly half-hour satirical show that puts a comedic spin on the 24/7 media overload. Picture the ultimate office water-cooler, only with funnier co-workers who willingly stay up late imbibing all forms of media so you don't have to. Hosted by Brett Erlich and co-starring Sergio Cilli, Erin Gibson, Ben Hoffman and Bryan Safi, "infoMania" airs on Fridays at 9/8c on Current TV.
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Several thousand people have attended a European-wide gay rights parade in the Polish capital Warsaw.
It was the first time the annual EuroPride march was being held in Central or Eastern Europe.
Several small counter-demonstrations were also held and some people hurled eggs and abuse at those in the parade.
A BBC correspondent says gay people in staunchly Roman Catholic Poland find it hard to be open about their sexuality.
Church leaders and politicians regularly speak out against homosexuality, Adam Easton reports from Warsaw.
EuroPride's organisers say they want to fight discrimination against homosexuality and promote a debate about legalising same-sex relationships in Poland.
Vuvuzelas and drums
The colourful parade began to the sound of pounding drums and vuvuzelas, our correspondent says.
Floats covered in rainbow flags and balloons carried politicians from Poland and across Europe.
One person was dressed in a devil mask and horns - a cheeky reference, perhaps, to the controversy this year's EuroPride has caused in Poland, our correspondent says.
"We feel like they are 20 years behind the Netherlands," said Ad Bakker, a 39-year-old from Holland who travelled to Warsaw to show solidarity with Polish friends.
"But the atmosphere is good and we hope that EuroPride will help," he told the Associated Press news agency.
A Polish friend of his, Sebastian Blaszczyk, 36, said the situation was improving every year but Poland still had far to go in accepting gay people.
While EuroPride's organisers had hoped a minimum of 20,000 people from across Europe would join the event, police estimates put the figure at several thousand.
By comparison, more than a million people attended a gay pride march in Madrid three years ago, our correspondent adds.
Warsaw's authorities were given a petition with more than 50,000 signatures from anti-gay groups demanding the cancellation of the event.
British solidarity
In a recent survey, almost two-thirds of respondents said homosexual couples should not be open about their sexuality.
It is extremely rare to see gay couples holding hands even in Warsaw, Poland's most cosmopolitan city, our correspondent says.
Those who do face verbal or physical violence, such as Ryszard Giersz, 25, from a small town near the German border.
He won a small amount of damages in court last year after neighbours repeatedly verbally abused him and threw tomatoes and stones at him.
The UK's ruling Conservative Party sent its most senior openly gay member to the event.
Nick Herbert told the BBC his presence at the parade illustrated Britain's support for human rights.
"Equality, respect for human rights, is fundamental for the ethos of the European Union and I think it's entirely appropriate and right that the British Government should be represented here by me and the ambassador in saying that we stand full square behind these values," he said.
Mr Herbert said his party and its coalition partner the Liberal Democrats had a "really ambitious programme of reform and entrenching equality for LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender] people".Several thousand people have attended a European-wide gay rights parade in the Polish... more
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Nobody is as obsessed with how gay people have sex as the anti-gay zealots who claim to be disgusted by it. In honor of LGBT Pride month, Bryan Safi counts his lucky blessings for people like Pastor Martin Ssempa, whose "eat da poo poo" rant lifted from Vanguard's "Missionaries of Hate" episode has scored some 2 million hits on YouTube.
Every day this week, infoMania's Bryan Safi, host of "That's Gay," will release an exclusive web extra about some of the reasons he's so proud to be gay.
Then tune into Current TV on Thursday at 10/9c for Bryan's special infoMania segment about Gay Pride -- or, as he likes to call it, Gay New Year. It's time to take a long, hard look at the last 12 months and ask ourselves: Just what are we so proud of?
infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV. The show puts a comedic spin on the 24-hour chaos and information overload brought about by the constant bombardment of the media. Hosted by Conor Knighton and co-starring Brett Erlich, Ben Hoffman, Bryan Safi, Sergio Cilli and Erin Gibson, the show airs on Thursdays at 10 pm Eastern and Pacific Times and can be found online at http://current.com/infomania/ or on Current TV.Nobody is as obsessed with how gay people have sex as the anti-gay zealots who claim... more
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Google will be grossing-up imputed taxes on health insurance benefits for all same-sex domestic partners in the United States, retroactive to January 1, 2010. Starting July 1, we'll also be providing the equivalent of the Family and Medical Leave Act for all same-sex domestic partners. And we've worked with our carriers to update their definition of infertility—it's now defined as the inability to conceive a child with no stipulations on trying for one year.Google will be grossing-up imputed taxes on health insurance benefits for all same-sex... more
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Happy Gay New Year (or as it's officially called, Gay Pride)! This week, Bryan Safi takes a long hard look at the last 12 months and asks: just what are we so proud of? From Constance McMillen and gay proms to surprise support from Eminem and McDonald's, it's been quite a year for the gay world.
That's Gay is a recurring segment on the weekly television show infoMania. In each episode of That's Gay, Bryan Safi explores gay issues and stereotypes as they are portrayed by the clueless media. For more Bryan visit http://current.com/groups/thats-gay/ and Current TV.
infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV. The show puts a comedic spin on the 24-hour chaos and information overload brought about by the constant bombardment of the media. Hosted by Conor Knighton and co-starring Brett Erlich, Erin Gibson, Ben Hoffman, Bryan Safi and Sergio Cilli, the show airs on Thursdays at 10 pm Eastern and Pacific Times and can be found online at http://current.com/infomania/ or on Current TV. And make sure to check out our facebook profile for special features at http://facebook.com/infomania.Happy Gay New Year (or as it's officially called, Gay Pride)! This week, Bryan... more
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In honor of LGBT Pride month, Bryan Safi celebrates the mother of all invention: gay men who want to get laid. From bandannas to toe-tapping to Manhunt to Grindr, if there's a way to find other ready and willing dudes, gay men have made the technology to seal the deal even faster.
Every day this week, infoMania's Bryan Safi, host of "That's Gay," will release an exclusive web extra about some of the reasons he's so proud to be gay.
Then tune into Current TV on Thursday at 10/9c for Bryan's special infoMania segment about Gay Pride -- or, as he likes to call it, Gay New Year. It's time to take a long, hard look at the last 12 months and ask ourselves: Just what are we so proud of?
infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV. The show puts a comedic spin on the 24-hour chaos and information overload brought about by the constant bombardment of the media. Hosted by Conor Knighton and co-starring Brett Erlich, Ben Hoffman, Bryan Safi, Sergio Cilli and Erin Gibson, the show airs on Thursdays at 10 pm Eastern and Pacific Times and can be found online at http://current.com/infomania/ or on Current TV.In honor of LGBT Pride month, Bryan Safi celebrates the mother of all invention: gay... more
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Constance McMillen, the lesbian teenager at the center of a prom season controversy at her Mississippi high school, will attend an LGBT Pride month event to be hosted by President Barack Obama at the White House on Tuesday.
Much speculation has surrounded the guest list for the White House event, which was announced last week. The event reportedly includes a focus on youth guests, which McMillen would exemplify.
According to USA Today, “McMillen will attend a White House reception Tuesday for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens from around the nation in recognition of gay pride month.”
This past spring, McMillen, 18, sued after Itawamba Agricultural High School in Fulton canceled the prom rather than allow the senior to attend with her girlfriend. A judge agreed that her constitutional rights had been violated, but the school was not forced to hold the prom. She eventually was directed to attend a fake prom that turned out not to be the prom the majority of her classmates attended.
Now a high school graduate with college plans, McMillen will serve as a grand marshal in this weekend’s New York City gay pride parade.Constance McMillen, the lesbian teenager at the center of a prom season controversy at... more
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If you attended some of the Pride events in Brighton last Summer, you might have seen us handing out postcards with questions on the back. Some of you filled them in with funny, interesting, and thought-provoking responses. And here are our favourites!
This is how people attending Pride events in Brighton answered the question "If you could come out again, what would you do differently?"
Remember to catch our brand new documentary I'm Coming Out on Current TV (Sky 183, Virgin 155) on Monday 24th May at 10pm.If you attended some of the Pride events in Brighton last Summer, you might have seen... more
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If you attended some of the Pride events in Brighton, you might have seen us handing out postcards with questions on the back. Some of you filled them in with funny, interesting, and thought-provoking responses. And here are our favourites!
This is how people attending Pride events in Brighton answered the question "What's the best thing about being Gay?"
Remember to catch the show This is Gonna Sound a Bit Gay on Current TV (Sky 183, Virgin 155) on Monday 31st August at 10pm.If you attended some of the Pride events in Brighton, you might have seen us handing... more
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If you attended some of the Pride events in Brighton, you might have seen us handing out postcards with questions on the back. Some of you filled them in with funny, interesting, and thought-provoking responses. And here are our favourites!
This is how people attending Pride events in Brighton answered the question "What's it like to be Gay?"
Remember to catch the show This is Gonna Sound a Bit Gay on Current TV (Sky 183, Virgin 155) on Monday 31st August at 10pm.If you attended some of the Pride events in Brighton, you might have seen us handing... more
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Why Aren't We Equal shows the world that everyone is human and deserves to be created equally. This is a moving video made with pictures off Google and "Big Love Adagio" by Bond as the song. I re-mixed the song and wrote the poem/text that goes across the screen.Why Aren't We Equal shows the world that everyone is human and deserves to be... more
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On Sunday (06-28-09) was the 36th Annual San Francisco LGBT Pride Parade.
The gay community gathered on a joyful march along Market Street in the spirit of its celebration theme: "In order to form a more perfect union…"
Mayor Gavin Newson e other local authorities participated on this event to show their support and commitment to preserve everyone's civil rights.
This event that usually attracts a joyful crowd this year seemed to have motivated everyone to come out. It felt like the rainbow was attracting everyone to show their support to marriage and family equality.
Prop. 8 gave the gay community a sense of union that is beyond the aspect of civil union. It made us realize that denying lawful recognition to longtime commitment among same gender couples affects the lives of their children as well.
The thought that children of same sex gender grew up by under the social stigma of their illegitimacy status, it's enough reason to recognize that Prop. 8 is extremely unfair!
Meanwhile, gays everywhere shall stand up and keep on shouting out loud: "homophobia got to go!"On Sunday (06-28-09) was the 36th Annual San Francisco LGBT Pride Parade.
The gay... more
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TEXAS - A crowd of more than 100 protesters chanted "No more!" from the steps of the Tarrant County Courthouse Sunday evening as they demanded an investigation into a police raid earlier in the day at a gay night club.
One patron was seriously injured in the raid, several protesters said, as police used excessive force in making seven arrests. Police defended their actions.
Speaker after speaker demanded an inquiry into the late-night raid at the Rainbow Lounge on South Jennings Street.
"I was scared," patron Todd Camp said at the protest Sunday afternoon. "I have never seen anything like this in my life."...
Witnesses say that police arrived at the nightclub about 1 a.m. Sunday and arrested seven people and that one of those arrested suffered a fractured skull during the take down and is at a Fort Worth hospital.
New CNN video - http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/06/29/dnt.tx.gay.bar.controversy.kdaf
Here's another link to the story as well. http://www.star-telegram.com/804/story/1458523.html
Another - http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2009/06/on_40th_anniversary_of_stonewa.php
Personally I believe this was done purposely, for them to do a "random bar check" with multiple cruisers and officers is hard to believe. They used excessive force, cracking one guys skull. To do this on the Stonewall anniversary is pretty unacceptable, I hope they get to the bottom of this.TEXAS - A crowd of more than 100 protesters chanted "No more!" from the... more
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“Commemorating Gay Pride: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning” is a commemorative, emotionally touching photographic-video essay on Gay Pride. It includes a number of beautiful HQ color photographs, a stunning slide show of vintage photographs and the timely, deeply moving, tender music video “First Day of My Life” by Bright Eyes. In addition, the piece presents the full version (HULU) of “The Times of Harvey Milk,” which won the 1984 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film and the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.“Commemorating Gay Pride: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning” is a... more
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Jesse Levey is a Republican activist who says he believes in family values, small government and his lesbian mothers' right to marry.
Levey is part of the "gayby boom" generation. The 29-year-old management consultant is the son of a lesbian couple who chose to have a child through artificial insemination. He's their only child.
Critics of same-sex marriage say people such as Levey will grow up shunned and sexually confused. Yet he says he's a "well-adjusted heterosexual" whose upbringing proves that love, not gender, makes a family.
"You can imagine what my parents thought when I was 13 and listening to Rush Limbaugh everyday," Levey says. "But my family had strong family values. I was raised in a loving, caring household that let me be a free thinker."
The modern gay rights movement began 40 years ago this weekend during the Stonewall Riots in New York City. While much of the controversy surrounding gay rights today has centered on same-sex marriage, a battle is brewing over another family issue: Is it bad for children to be raised by gay or lesbian parents. Explore the modern gay rights movement »
It damages the children, says Dale O'Leary, author of "One Man, One Woman: A Catholics Guide to Defending Marriage." She says that all children have a natural desire for a parent of each gender.
But children of same-sex couples are forced to repress that desire because their parents won't accept it, she says. Their parents won't acknowledge their children's needs because they don't want to admit that they have caused their children to suffer.
"A baby is not a trophy -- the child's welfare has to be considered," she says. "These children are more likely to experiment with same-sex relationships. They're more likely to be confused and hurt."
Children of same-sex couples come out of the closet
O'Leary says she doesn't personally know any same-sex parents or their children. That's the problem, some children of same-sex children say. So many people are talking about them; not enough are talking to them, they say.
Some gayby boomers say they are tired of hearing that their family isn't legitimate. It's an argument many have heard since they were children. They learned that they didn't fit the definition of the "right" family, and worried how others would react if they found out about their parents.
The result: the children of same-sex couples often lived lives that were more closeted than their parents.
"Many of us were so closeted that we didn't know others like us were out there," says Danielle Silber, a 26-year-old fundraiser for the International Rescue Committee, who was raised by lesbian mothers and gay fathers in Takoma Park, Maryland.
"In middle school, because of pervasive homophobia and taunting, I didn't tell any of my new friends in school about my family to the point where I wouldn't invite them to my birthday parties," Silber says.
Silber says she didn't tell her parents about her fear of harassment because she was afraid to stand up for her family in school even though she was proud of them.
"Although I would normally turn to my family, I couldn't because I was ashamed that I was ashamed of them," she says.
Shame has now turned to pride for some gayby boomers. Many are now adults. They're writing memoirs, searching one another out online and have even formed their own support and advocacy group.
Their numbers are increasing as well, according to COLAGE (Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere). At least 10 million people have one or more lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender parent.
"As Harvey Milk [the first openly gay man elected to a major public office] said, the more people know us, the less they'll vote against us," says Silber, coordinator of COLAGE's New York chapter. "The more our voices are heard, the less other people will be bigoted."Jesse Levey is a Republican activist who says he believes in family values, small... more
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Sunday, June 28, marks the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, considered by many the beginning of the modern gay rights movement in the U.S. NBC News Editor Sandra Lilley spoke to two men, one who was at the Stonewall Inn on the night of the riots and the other a historian who wrote a book about the events. They discuss how the movement for gay rights has, and hasn’t, changed over the last 40 years.Sunday, June 28, marks the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, considered by many... more
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What if noone is actually gay or straight, but rather we're all on a bell curve of bisexuality. The rules of the bell dictate that few, if any, can find themselves at the extremes.What if noone is actually gay or straight, but rather we're all on a bell curve... more
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As advocates for gays and lesbians intensify their criticism of the White House, President Obama has invited some of their leaders to an East Room reception next Monday to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion, the 1969 Greenwich Village demonstrations that gave birth to the modern gay rights movement.
The White House has not publicized the reception, and officials did not respond to e-mail requests for comment. But gay leaders from here and around the country said they had received either telephone calls from the White House or written invitations to the event, and were told Mr. Obama is expected to speak.
Some said it would take more than a reception to change their view that Mr. Obama has not been aggressive enough in pursuing gay rights. As a candidate, Mr. Obama campaigned to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal law barring gay marriage, and ‘’don’t ask don’t tell,’’ the military policy that bars gays and lesbians from serving openly. But advocates have accused him of dragging his feet.
“What’s going to change the way the community is feeling is seeing the introduction of a bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’’ said Jennifer Chrisler, executive director of the Family Equality Council, a Boston-based advocacy group, referring to two policies Mr. Obama pledged to overturn. She said gay rights advocates want to see “a president who is fulfilling the promises he made on the campaign trail.’’As advocates for gays and lesbians intensify their criticism of the White House,... more
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Coinciding with the Pride celebrations across the UK over the summer, This Is Gonna Sound A Bit Gay is a special documentary that celebrate sexual identity and provide an insight into gay rights in 21st Century Britain. Now that gay people have more or less equal civil rights, how have our attitudes towards homosexuality changed? Have the social barriers fallen or does prejudice and division still stand?
Cameras follow Current TV's host Graeme Smith as he confronts his past, examines events in his own life and looks at choices and compromises we have to consider when coming to terms with our sexuality. Along the way, his mum offers her own candid perspective as do some of the nation's foremost experts in sexuality and civil rights activists.
Current's community of film makers have contributed their short crowd-sourced documentaries to share their experiences and we feature them in the show. One short film we feature is called Sex and Love on Gaydar which brings us an insight into the lives of some of the men hooking up on the online dating and social networking site Gaydar.co.uk
This Is Gonna Sound A Bit Gay starts Thursday, 2nd July, 10pm
Only on Current TV (Sky 183, Virgin 155)Coinciding with the Pride celebrations across the UK over the summer, This Is Gonna... more
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