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Gay Persons of Color: An Eye On The Gay Worlds Of Color And Their Allies
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Exploring the diverse vantage points of being gay and of color.
Recent Posts
Openly gay Annise Parker wins Houston mayoral election
After the recent oppressive defeats on the same-sex marriage front for the LGBT community in Maine and New York, this past weekend finally brought some historic happy-making news to America with the election of openly gay Annise Parker as mayor of Ho...
China to host first gay pageant
Living in North America, I sometimes forget the fact that the majority of people in the world are of color, and when I read this story about the first ever Mr. Gay China pageant, to be held in Beijing in January 2010, I began to wonder how the LGBT c...
Austria steps in the right direction, legalizes same-sex civil unions
The parliament of Austria passed legislation Thursday allowing same-sex couples to enter into civil unions. Of the 174 lawmakers who cast ballots, 110 voted in favor of the bill, while 64 voted against it. The new law, which comes into effect on 1 Ja...
New Jersey gay marriage vote delayed, hope precarious
The vote on same-sex marriage in the New Jersey Senate scheduled for Thursday was canceled late Wednesday when its Democrats sponsors, Raymond J. Lesniak and Loretta Weinberg, unsure of getting enough support for the bill to pass, requested more time...
Bruce Springsteen endorses gay marriage
New Jersey born music superstar Bruce Springsteen has released a message on his website endorsing gay marriage in his home state:"Like many of you who live in New Jersey, I've been following the progress of the marriage-equality legislation currently...
Spaniards give AIDS the finger
From the Catalonian organization Coordinadora Gai Lesbiana comes this new Spanish safer-sex ad, "Fuck You, SIDA [AIDS]," which uses as its motif the ancient gesture of showing the back of a clenched hand while extending the middle finger.Hat tip to m...

