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• This fan music video for Katy Perry's "Peacock" is the gayest thing I have seen in 2010

  When did fan covers of music videos become something that automatically happened multiple times for every music video? Also, the song is TERRIBLE.
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• William Hague, former leader of the UK conservative party, is embroiled in (yet another) gay rumours scandal

  Photographed around town with his 25-year-old and apparently unqualified advisor, who has subsequently resigned.
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• I actually think this Bootylicious cover video by PhatGayKiD says a whole bunch of good things

  These kids are a mish-mash of race, gender and body types and they are all totally owning it. That's neat.
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• Glenn Beck says that gay marriage is no problem, as long as churches can peacefully oppose it

  He even quotes Jefferson: "If it neither breaks my leg nor picks my pocket, what difference is it to me?" That's... weird. 
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• A Fox News contributor warns Republicans not to be "on the wrong side of civil rights history again"

  Is it me, or is the tide finally turning?
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• UK X-Factory contestant Joe McElderry has come out

  Apparently Cheryl Cole advised him on how to come out to his mother, presumably by telling her to finally watch any episode of X-Factor featuring her completely and obviously gay son.
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• Children of God is a movie about gay people in the Bahamas

  It is your standard gay movie: clichéd characters, predictable plot, religious tension. But this time in the Bahamas, with black people and an island soundtrack! Might be worth a glance.
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Politics from Good As You

• 'The Call'? Oh here, it's for you, Courage Campaign

  Tonight and tomorrow, this will happen: And fortunately, our dutiful (masochistic?) pals over at the Courage Campaign will be on site live to cover the whole thing! Follow their constantly updated coverage here: Prop 8 Trial Tracker We're gonna also...
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• Video:@SenGillibrand sits with, listens to booted soldiers. Something @[insert-GOP-repeal-foe] never does.

  [In The Life]
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• New CWA church insert: Aims at the heart, since the mind will surely be blown

  The following Concerned Women For America church bulletin insert is not only offensive because of its aggressive tale of homosexuality needing to be "sacrificed to God" in the way that a father might theoretically sacrifice his son. But also look...
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• Tune in: Signorile, panel give late summer closet-cleaning advice

  On today's edition of The Michelangelo Signorile Show" (Sirius 109/XM 98, 2-4PM ET), guests Mike Rogers, Michael Tripplett, and LZ Granderson will join the eponymous host for a discussion on "outing" in the age of Mehlman. Full press release: SIRIUS...
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• Seals: The deal

  Democratic candidate from Illinois's 10th congressional district [Dan Seals For Congress] ** *On the flip side: Dan's GOP opponent, Robert Dold, has come out for (un)constitutional bans on marriage equality.
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News and Gossip from Queerty

• Rachel Maddow's One-Time Radio Hero Was … Glenn Beck

  When I got hired by Air America they asked who I like in radio and I said I like Ira Glass, This American Life, and I really like this guy Glenn Beck. And I shit you not, the guy who was sort of leading the interview, he didn’t last long at the company, said, 'We’re [...]
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• The Calm Before The Fire Island Storm

  THE SHOT — A shot of serene Fire Island — where it's not always a "place where gay boys get drunk and party for 24/7" — that might not be recognizable once that Earl guy shows up. CONTINUED »Permalink | Post a comment | Add to del.icio.usTagged: Fire Island, the shot, Weather
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• The Chicago Gay Bar That's Apparently Letting Kids Pick Up Trans Hookers

  La Cueva, a Latino queer bar in Chicago's Little Village on the West Side and described as "oldest Latino drag club in the country" (it opened in 1972) is no longer welcome to some in the community. Something about all that prostitution? CONTINUED »Permalink | Post a comment | Add to del.icio.usTagged: Chicago, la cueva, Nightlife, [...]
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• Davey Wavey Promises to Blow Everybody at YouTube

  Think Google inviting Davey Wavey out to San Francisco to "present" at a conference comes without strings? Not in his mind, where RSVPing to a corporation's open arms involves pleasing all the tech geeks. CONTINUED »Permalink | 11 comments | Add to del.icio.usTagged: davey wavey, Google, YouTube
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• It's Problematic If You Don't Know Who's Naked By Now

  With all the markings of an Andy Samberg digital short, "Guess Who's Naked" is the work of Alex (naked guy), Spencer (friend in bed) and Kyle (general inspiration), some Berklee College of Music types with a Flip Cam and willingness to titillate the gays. CONTINUED »Permalink | 7 comments | Add to del.icio.usTagged: guess who's naked, [...]
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• Springfield's Catholic High School Lets Staffers Divorce, But Removes Those Who Gay Marry

  Normally it's kids getting kicked out of Catholic schools for having gay parents. But for Christine Judd, the now-former athletic director and dean of students, being forced out of Cathedral High School, part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield, only took marrying her lesbian partner. CONTINUED »Permalink | 3 comments | Add to del.icio.usTagged: Cathedral [...]
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• How William Hague's Totally-Not-Gay Sex Scandal Is Ruining Cronyism For All Of Britain

  Senior Whitehall figures concerned that Tory party employees have been given civil service roles
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• Did Utah's Republicans Just Pick a Homo to Compete for Salt Lake City's Senate Seat?

  Meet the Utah GOP's pick to secure the state senate seat that represents Salt Lake City: Melvin Nimer, owner of a tax consultancy the openly gay president of the Utah Log Cabin Republicans, who's jumping in the race after party officials had to do away with Nancie Lee Davis, who failed to file financial disclosure [...]
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• Cleveland Synergy Is Going To Sue Its Way Back Into The Gay Games' Good Graces

  Guess who's not to thrilled with being kicked out of the 2014 Gay Games? The Cleveland Synergy Foundation, which lobbied officials to bring the competition to Ohio but was then booted from its role after everyone started questioning their finances. So of course they're suing. CONTINUED »Permalink | Post a comment | Add to del.icio.usTagged: Cleveland, [...]
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• 19-Year-Old Tel Aviv Drag Queen Kidnapped, Beaten, Tormented … By His Own Family

  Angel, a 19-year-old gay man living in Tel Aviv, was kidnapped by his family three times before authorities managed to indict his abductors. Displeased with Angel's chosen profession — drag queen at a nightclub — his family began threatening him after seeing photos of him in drag on the Internet. There was the one time [...]
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