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Dancing w/ the Stars Goes Gay with Out

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:05:27 EDT

Out.com in conjunction with ABC.com has launched a new web series that manages to gay up the already extremely gay Dancing With the Stars. Titled Show and Tell, judge Bruno Tonioli partners with such gay celebs at Chad Allen, Lady Bunny and Robert Gant for a spin around the floor.

Too Queer for the Yearbook?

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:05:27 EDT

Recent graduate Andre Jackson is suing after East Side High School in Newark, N.J. blacked out a photo of him kissing his male partner in the yearbook. The school did not not censor photos of heterosexual students kissing.

Mullen Tells Obama to Slow-Walk DADT

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:05:27 EDT

Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Sunday that he has advised the president "to move in a measured way" on overturning the military's gay ban, a policy known as "don't ask, don't tell."

Powell Calls for Review of DADT

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:05:27 EDT

Former secretary of State Colin Powell called for a review on Sunday of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy he helped to craft, but stopped short of saying the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military needed to be repealed.

Rumer Willis Plays Gay for 90210

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:05:27 EDT

Bruce Willis and Demi Moore's daughter Rumer Willis is slated to play gay for the CW network.

Roundup: News From Around the Web

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:05:27 EDT

Gay rights groups rise in India, Rachel Maddow catches a big fish, and more.

Texas Bar Raid Victim Speaks Out

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:05:27 EDT

Chad Gibson, who was seriously injured in the Fort Worth gay bar raid last Sunday, wants the officers involved to be prosecuted, and says the city's response to the incident is a cover-up.

Jonathan Ross Cleared of Antigay Remarks

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:05:27 EDT

Media regulators on Monday cleared host Jonathan Ross of making "offensive and derogatory" comments towards gay people on his live BBC Radio 2 show, reports The Guardian.

Singapore Unmoved by India Ruling?

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:05:27 EDT

The decision by the Delhi high court last week to strike down a British colonial-era law banning gay sex in India will not influence Singapore to eliminate a similar prohibition, according to the city-state’s law minister, as reported by Agence France-Presse via Singapore media.

N.Y. D.A. Hopeful Calls for Hate-Crimes Unit

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:05:27 EDT

As authorities in New York City continue to investigate a string of possible antigay bias attacks, a candidate for Manhattan district attorney says that, if elected to the top prosecutor’s job, he would create a unit focused on hate crimes prosecution and prevention in a “forceful and directed way.”