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• It's now officially legal to be gay in India

  Like many ex-colonial countries (like my native Trinidad), being gay itself is not banned, but homosexual intercourse is illegal, leaving gay people open to prosecution. It's good to see an unjust law struck down after nearly 150 years.
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• Daybreakers is a vampire movie told from the perspective of the vampires, struggling to find a new food source as the supply of humans runs out

  And it stars Ethan Hawke, so I am totally in.
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• Obama gave a strong defence of his position on gay rights at a speech today

  Addressing his administration's questionably-worded defence of DoMA (it drew parallels between gay marriage and bestiality), he said "We have a duty to uphold existing law, but ... fulfilling this duty in upholding the law in no way lessens my commitment to reversing this law." On Don't Ask, Don't Tell he said "I believe preventing patriotic Americans from serving their country weakens our national security," but that ending the policy would require an act of congress and would take time.
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• On gay in the military

  A picture worth well more than a thousand words in this instance [via @jeremiahlee]
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• An overview of the gay marriage debate, in flowchart form

  [via @tomo_connor]
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• Senator Chris Dodd, presidential ambitions over, has come out in favour of gay marriage

  Not very gutsy, but we'll take support wherever it comes from.
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• The 2012 theatrical trailer is out, and it is beautiful [via @highindustrial]

  It's been a long, dark winter without a really kick-ass disaster movie since The Day After Tomorrow, and this one -- from the director of Independence Day -- is pulling no punches. It is an all-out, science-free, everything-must-go end of the world romp. They blew the shit out of a ton of landmarks just in this trailer, so I really hope they've saved up some set-pieces for the movie itself. This is the kind of movie where the visuals make me giggle with glee.
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Politics from Good As You

• They who'd picket on Uranus vs. he who walked on moon

  Well you knew this one was coming: We always knew they were Jermaine fans. No word if they'll also hit up Billy Mays' memorial. Though something tells us that God was too big a fan of the Hercules Hook and...
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• They say 'cash for fams'; We hear, 'pennies for rights-depriving thoughts'

  New FOF head Jim Daly has put forth a new fundraising video: But wouldn't you know it? In an exclusive to G-A-Y, we have managed to obtain the alternate, ultimately nixed script: Personally we would have stuck with that version....
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• They say 'cash for fams'; We hear, 'pennies for rights-depriving thoughts'

  New FOF head Jim Daly has put forth a new fundraising video: But wouldn't you know it? In an exclusive to G-A-Y, we have managed to obtain the alternate, ultimately nixed script: Personally we would have stuck to that version....
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• GLAAD looks @homophobia, gives it (#onlineantigaynesssucks)

  Have you ever been happily watching old "Growing Pains" clips on YouTube, when a fellow online denizen's homophobia made you lose your Boner? Yea, well, so has GLAAD. And now they are doing something about it: New York, NY, July...
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• Appalled-apalooza: HRC/SU announce anti-bias summer tour

  A proactive DADT approach from HRC/Servicemembers United: Next week the Human Rights Campaign will launch a national tour to encourage repeal of the failed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy in conjunction with Servicemembers United. The kick off event will be...
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News and Gossip from Queerty

• Is Obama Not Doing Enough on AIDS?

  ON OUR GAYDAR — News, notes, clicks, and quips from around the web. • A speech from Housing Works chief Charles King that criticized President Obama on his inaction on AIDS policy led a few people to walk out of the room. • A decent primer on the Olson-Boies Prop 8 case thus far. • Eighteen-year-old British man [...]
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• TRIFECTA: TV Land, Tonys, And Now the Emmys for Neil Patrick Harris?

  Jon Stewart and David Letterman are obviously no match for Neil Patrick Harris, who's doing better PR-generating business as the host of awards shows than for How I Met Your Mother. After scoring the Tony-hosting gig on the heels of a well-received TV Land Awards-hosting job, the Emmys are said to be looking to NPH [...]
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• Anderson Cooper Expends Precious Journalism Resources on Chimp Hunt

  Breaking news from The Coop: Michael Jackson's BFF Bubbles has been tracked down in Florida! From yesterday's AC360 we learn the now-26-year-old chimp is as close to Anderson Cooper's heart as Jacko himself once was. Permalink | Post a comment | Add to del.icio.us Tagged: Anderson Cooper, Animals, Michael Jackson, Video
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• Is Next Magazine Buying What's Left of HX?

  Though fag rag HX announced its sale, it hasn't announced its buyer. But insiders tell Queerty that competing NYC gay weekly Next is the suspected acquirer — even though these two magazines are no strangers to feuding. CONTINUED » Permalink | 2 comments | Add to del.icio.us Tagged: HX, HX Media, Matthew Bank, Media, Next Magazine
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• What Legalizing Same-Sex Intimacy Means to This Gay Indian

  As India moves toward decriminalizing same-sex sex, with a Delhi court ruling this week striking down a 150-year-old British anti-sodomy law in the city, Queerty asked Pradeep Solanki to describe what the news means to him. He files from his home in Canada. About ten years ago I was walking excitedly around downtown Mumbai, soaking in [...]
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• Swedish Couple Refuse to Mark 'M' or 'F' Box For Gender-Less Offspring

  A Swedish couple is refusing to identity the gender of their now-2-year-old child, because they see gender as a "social construct." Which, well, it is. As the child ages, however, more troubling than not having a declared male or female status will be going through life with the name "Pop." Permalink | 3 comments | Add [...]
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• Stop Reading Andrew Sullivan. Start Reading Glenn Greenwald

  Homosexual blogger Andrew Sullivan, who makes good money writing books and opinion-y things, volunteered to become a foe of new media — and, generally, anyone currently hunting for a job — by announcing his disdain for journalist types who want to earn money from their work. CONTINUED » Permalink | 23 comments | Add to del.icio.us Tagged: Andrew [...]
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• PHOTOS: A Roll in the Jay

  GRATUITOUS SKIN — It will be by some miracle that we're able to continue working today after the adonis Jay Santucci graces our computer screen. We're starting you off with a black-and-white shot, because you're going to need to ease into this one. CONTINUED » CONTINUED » Permalink | 14 comments | Add to del.icio.us Tagged: gratuitous skin, Jay [...]
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• David Cameron Apologizes for Endorsing Discrimination. Your Turn, Republicans

  David Cameron is the man who wishes he was British Prime Minister Gordon Brown — but isn't. Cameron is instead the lead of the opposition Conservative Party, who may or may not be in bed with homophobes. But one thing Cameron is? Very, very sorry he ever tried to block schools from talking to kids [...]
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• Ft. Worth Cops Who Stonewall'd Gay Bar Are Up Shit's Creek

  [See post to watch Flash video] The news isn't good for the Ft. Worth police and Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, which raided the gay bar Rainbow Lounge in a hostile "crackdown on underage drinking" that left Chad Gibson in the hospital with a brain injury. While the cops say they're investigating allegations of wrongdoing on their [...]
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