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Proudly Out: Myth Busters..Are Lesbians and Gays that Poor?
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Proudly Out: Myth Busters..Are Lesbians and Gays that Poor?

A recent study by the Williams Institute out of the UCLA Law School has also given us one more item for our list of great equalizers—lesbians and gay are also poor. The myth that all gays and lesbians are affluent with lots of disposable income is just that--a myth. 

Proudly Out: Obama's Gay Cabinet?
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Proudly Out: Obama's Gay Cabinet?

While some of us in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community are still holding our breath and, perhaps, even stomping our feet about the lack of an out cabinet member in Barack Obama's administration, the number of openly LGBT appointees, while scarcely two dozen, is actually scores more than we've ever seen before.

Proudly Out: LGBT People Helping Right Back
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Proudly Out: LGBT People Helping Right Back

Despite the stereotype that the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community, gay men in particular, have more disposable income, we've all been impacted by the economic downturn. Despite all the hardship, we have the opportunity to set the example just like we did during the early days of the AIDS crisis. Today, we face an economic crisis--one that knows no race, religion, sex, gender identity or sexual orientation.

Proudly Out: 'God Hates Fags' and Hate as a Brand
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Proudly Out: 'God Hates Fags' and Hate as a Brand

Their basic message is "God Hates Fags. 'Their brand -- it's just hate.Who am I talking about? A guy named Fred Phelps and his merry band of rabid homophobes from the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, KS, who even protested this weekend Oscars' ceremony over the inclusion of Milk.

Proudly Out: Homophobia's Idiocy and Duplicity
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Proudly Out: Homophobia's Idiocy and Duplicity

I don't know which one is worse -- the idiocy of homophobia or the duplicity of it. Oklahoman homophobes -- who are also, sadly, congressmen -- objected to gay Rev. Scott Jones invocation of openly gay representative Al McAffrey. And Sally Kern puts her conservative two cents in.

Sex and Politics�A Train Wreck Waiting to Happen
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Sex and Politics�A Train Wreck Waiting to Happen

Just ask Sam Adams, Portland, Oregon’s openly gay mayor. His election was heralded by progressives everywhere after winning a 12-way primary last May with 58 percent of the vote. But in the last few weeks, new evidence has surfaced and Adams was forced to admit to a relationship with a much younger intern. 

Proudly Out: The Political Week that Was
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Proudly Out: The Political Week that Was

Last week certainly was a political week for the record books. Barack Obama is now our president. Kirsten Gillibrand is now New York's junior Senator, filling Sec. of State Hillary Clinton's Seat. And, Joe Bruno? He's on his way to becoming a footnote in New York's political history.

Proudly Out: Obama, the End of Sound Bite Politics
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Proudly Out: Obama, the End of Sound Bite Politics

Listening to the media after President Barack Obama -- it's so good to say that, no more president-elect-anyway --  gave his inaugural speech there was disappointment because there was no one easy catchphrase, no one easy quote to take away. Perhaps the era of sound bite politics is over.

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