July 2011
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Are you such a bad kisser that your lover's entire... →
Kissing Quiz!
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U.S. Investing $70M to Find AIDS Cure →
The United States government is giving $70 million to nine universities to aid in research a cure for AIDS.
Apple Now Has More Cash Than The U.S. Government... →
Apple now has more cash than the U.S. government According to the latest statement from the U.S. Treasury, our government had an operating cash balance Wednesday of $73.8 billion. Even thought that is a lot of money, it’s less than what Steve Jobs has lying around at Apple: a whopping $76.2 billion in cash and marketable securities at the end of June, according to Apple’s last earnings...
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WatchKazaky Performing Live at Score for the 13 Year Anniversary
Score celebrated its 13 Year Anniversary on Lincoln Road with a packaged house and an amazing performance by Kazaky live on stage.
Wire Magazine was there to capture it all and we want to share a video of Kazaky performing live at Score with you that we posted on our Tumblr blog.
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HRC Poll Shows Increasing Acceptance of LGBTs
The Human Rights Campaign together with Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research released a poll this week that shows overall there is an increasing acceptance for LGBTs in America and that, even in the Midwest and South where legal progress has been slower, public support is rising.
From the Human Rights Campaign press release:
Today HRC also released a nationwide poll that found Americans...
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CONTINUING HIGH LEVELS OF WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION...
One in four LGBT employees report discrimination in the past five years. One in three employees are not out at work.
The Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law released a report summarizing academic studies and other documented evidence of employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and the negative impact such discrimination has on LGBT people. This report...
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60-day Countdown to End of Ban on Gays & Lesbians...
President Obama and top Pentagon brass formally certified to Congress that “Don’t Ask-Don’t Tell” will end in mid-September without harming “military readiness, military effectiveness, unit cohesion and recruiting and retention of the Armed Forces.”
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Same-Same Couples Marry in New York
Same-sex couples began marrying in New York today under the state’s new law that allows same-sex marriage. Phyllis Siegal, 76, and Connie Kopelov, 84, who have been together for 23 years, were married in a chapel at the city clerk’s office. Congratulations to all the gay couples who have chosen to celebrate their commitment to each other through marriage!
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Wire Magazine Issue 29 SummerFest Takes Over Miami →
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BREAKING: MIAMI-DADE SCHOOL OFFICIALS INCREASE... →
BREAKING: MIAMI-DADE SCHOOL OFFICIALS INCREASE PROTECTIONS FOR LGBT STUDENTS
Miami-Dade, FL – Three years after Florida passed the Jeffrey Johnston Stand Up for All Students Act, which prohibits the bullying or harassment, including cyber bullying, of any public K-12 student or employee, Miami-Dade County Administration amended their policy to be explicitly inclusive of students who are lesbian,...
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More than half of parents use Facebook to snoop on... →
In a recent survey of 2,000 parents by LAPTOP Magazine, fifty-five percent of parents admitted to using Facebook for digital snooping into the lives of their children. Another five percent would use Facebook if someone taught them how to utilize it. The most common tactic for the digital snooping is checking out the most recent status updates. Other methods of spying on their children included...
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The Sociology of Gay Politics: Inexpensive daily... →
In a groundbreaking series of recent clinical trials, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that a pill containing either one or two anti-HIV drugs taken daily can reduce transmission of the HIV-virus by as much as three-quarters among heterosexual couples.
Dr. Jonathan…
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Hot weather, hot men and women: SummerFest adds to... →
BY STEVE ROTHAUS,
The sweltering South Beach summer — a perfect time for the gays to strip down and hold a poolside fundraiser called SummerFest.
“Everybody loves a pool party, especially a pool party filled with gorgeous guys and skimpy, delicious bathing suits. I know what I’d be looking for,” said Thomas Barker, co-publisher of Wire Magazine in South Florida, who started SummerFest four...
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Straight man couldn't donate blood because he... →
Sit down for this.
A man in Indiana recently went to donate blood, but he was refused the opportunity.
During the screening process at Bio-Blood Components Inc., Aaron Pace, 22, was told he could not donate blood because he “appears to be a homosexual.”
He’s straight. And they sent him home because he looks gay.
The FDA has had a ban on MSM (men who have sex with men) donating blood since...
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Most Americans Think LGBT People Already Have... →
Think you know about LGBT employment protections?
Take this quiz and see how much you know.
A new poll from the Center for American Progress shows that 9 out of 10 voters think there is a federal law protecting LGBT people from workplace discrimination. They’re wrong. The poll found that 73 percent of voters do support such protections, including strong support from Catholics (74 percent),...
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No Evidence for Conclusion that Openly Gay &...
The article “Attitudes of Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans toward Gay and Lesbian Service Members” was the most-downloaded article in 2010 from the journal Armed Forces and Society.
The article, co-authored by Palm Center Scholar Bonnie Moradi and Laura Miller of the RAND Corporation, featured a statistical experiment on whether the “outness” of gay or lesbian service...
Photo Story: The Fight For Marriage Equality In... →
These photos tell the story better than words can describe of a well fought battle for marriage equality in New York. This is a victory that (let’s hope) will set the stage for the rest of our country.
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Wire Magazine Issue #28, 2011: Cirque Eloize iD at... →
Check out this week’s issue! Follow us on here on Tumblr for feeds of content, photos, videos & events!
