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Marriage Victories in Rhode Island, France; Action Pending in Illinois, Delaware, UK

Marriage Victories in Rhode Island, France; Action Pending in Illinois, Delaware, UK

BY PAUL SCHINDLER | The Rhode Island State Senate has cleared away the last major hurdle to that state becoming the 10th in the nation to allow same-sex couples to marry. In a 26-12 vote on April 24, the Senate approved a version of marriage equality legislation somewhat different than the one adopted earlier this [...]

April 25, 2013No CommentRead More

A Scurrilous Feint by the Boy Scouts

A Scurrilous Feint by the Boy Scouts

BY PAUL SCHINDLER | Perhaps after years of their heels dug in deeply amidst mounting PR problems, the Boy Scouts of America thought they could garner some favorable press with the announcement last week that gay members would no longer be barred from their ranks. In late May, the 1,400 members of Scouting’s National Council will [...]

April 24, 2013No CommentRead More

Queer Brooklyn, Really

Queer Brooklyn, Really

BY GARY M. KRAMER | Turtle Hill, Brooklyn,” a film that addresses issues of trust and fidelity between two partners, is an outstanding example of what independent queer cinema can be. Smart and savvy, it introduces two-dozen-plus characters that viewers will come to know — and care about — as the film unfolds over the course [...]

April 24, 20131 CommentRead More

Divine Dish

Divine Dish

BY DAVID KENNERLEY | When I first heard that Bette Midler was returning to Broadway, after a 30-year absence, to take on a new solo play portraying notorious Hollywood agent Sue Mengers, I was both thrilled and concerned. Would the Divine Miss M, with her distinct, outsized personality, be able to disappear into another character? After [...]

April 24, 2013No CommentRead More

City Law Department Says Mayor’s Office Ordered Video Store Busts

City Law Department Says Mayor’s Office Ordered Video Store Busts

BY DUNCAN OSBORNE | Material unearthed in a federal lawsuit brought by a gay man who charges he was falsely arrested for prostitution in a Manhattan porn shop in 2008 suggests the Bloomberg administration was actively involved in directing such prostitution arrests at that time. Police arrested at least 30 men for prostitution in at least [...]

April 24, 201324 CommentsRead More

Stuck in the Basement With You

Stuck in the Basement With You

BY CHRISTOPHER BYRNE | The first thing you need to know about “Buyer & Cellar” is that it’s a hilarious and heartfelt comedy, one of the most delightful evenings to be had on the New York stage right now. Jonathan Tollins’ new one-man show was inspired by a home design book written by Barbara Streisand. In [...]

April 24, 2013No CommentRead More

Tribeca’s Got Your Type

Tribeca’s Got Your Type

BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Like a thumbprint or a snowflake or a beautifully crafted excuse to miss work on a warm spring day, each piece of work in this year’s Tribeca Film Festival is a unique creation. That said, even the most unconventional effort can, for marketing and viewer choice purposes, be lumped into a handful [...]

April 24, 2013No CommentRead More

As Pride Agenda Heads to Albany, GENDA Push Accelerates

As Pride Agenda Heads to Albany, GENDA Push Accelerates

BY PAUL SCHINDLER | As the Empire State Pride Agenda (ESPA) prepares to lead roughly 700 LGBT advocates to the State Capitol in Albany for the group’s annual Equality and Justice Day lobbying effort on April 30, supporters of a decade-old transgender civil rights measure are stepping up the push to secure Senate passage this [...]

April 24, 20131 CommentRead More

The Boston Attacks: Learning to Regret

BY KELLY JEAN COGSWELL: He looked just like a young Bob Dylan, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev — handsome as sin and a little lost, with the same dark angelic ringlets, same soulful eyes. All the networks kept showing the photo Friday, right next to one of a boat parked in a suburban yard. Then, they’d show the scene [...]

April 24, 20131 CommentRead More

US Court Okays National Class Action Suit Against DOMA

US Court Okays National Class Action Suit Against DOMA

BY ARTHUR S. LEONARD | A federal district judge in Los Angeles has certified a nationwide class action lawsuit attacking the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act’s Section 3 in the context of the immigration rights of same-sex spouses. Section 3, currently under review by the US Supreme Court in Edie Windsor’s challenge to DOMA, [...]

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