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Gay men and women have built digital community since dial-up BBS and AOL-style online services. These days, gay users spend significantly more time with blogs and social networks than the average user, and are twice as likely to respond to the ads. There's a lot more to the gay community online than chats, dates, and what puppets say the Internet is for.

With Internet access, gay kids can find support and coming out resources, anonymously even, which alone is likely to reduce the teen suicide rate. And, similar resources are now available for just about any life event a gay person might face from conception to wedding planning to remembering those who have been lost and everything in between: how gay people meet, parent, protest, collaborate, travel, and learn.

"Gay" remains the top tag decades after "disco" and "decadence" disappeared, through "diseased" and "pariah", though seems to be settling into a more bourgeois connotation set: "moisturizing," "classic-modern," "rainbows." Attempts to substitute inclusive/ironic "queer" stalled in San Francisco and with academics while at the other end of the rainbow "discreet" "bi" guys say they're "str8" or "downlow" that's just so much lipstick on the same old closet.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “gay”

• in Music
  Rising Star Hayla Reveals She Wrote Dance Hit “I’m Free” About Her Gay Ex-Boyfriend
  Hayla divulges that her Billboard hit “I’m Free” was written after she shockingly discovered her boyfriend of 7 years in bed with another man.
  by HollywoodGiant / on Mar 18, 2012
• in Social Media
  Hard Cases Make Bad Law
  Ravi Committed A Hate Crime But Did He Hate His Victim
  by Mozart99 / on Mar 16, 2012
• in Politics
  Catholic Church Wages War on Gay Marriage
  The Catholic Church persecution of gays continues.
  by jasonshaw99 / on Mar 11, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “gay”

 

• Another Judge Rules DOMA Unconstitutional

  
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  Another judge has struck down DOMA, Chris Geidner at MetroWeekly reports : On Thursday evening, a federal judge in California held that the Defense of Marriage Act and a provision of tax law unconstitutionally limit same-sex couples and domestic partners from participating in the long-term care plan offered by ...
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• Juliet Jeske: Travolta, Gay Or Not Gay… Why Should We Care?

  
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  Speculation on John Travolta’s sexual orientation has dogged the actor for years. Is he or isn’t he gay? He has been married to actress Kelly Preston since 1991. Publicly, they have always maintained that their marriage is completely traditional. So why do these rumors persist? Is it mere speculation? Is he ...
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• Celebrity Friday: Jim Parsons Comes Out

  
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  Jim Parsons  is one of the stars of CBSs The Big Bang Theory,  one of the highest-rated comedy shows on television. He has earned two consecutive Emmy awards (2010 and 2011) and a Golden Globe award (2011)  for his portrayal of Dr. Sheldon Cooper, the central character of the show. Parsons, 39, came out recently ...
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• Citing Marriage Inequality, The Abbey In WeHo Outlaws Bachelorette Parties

  
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  Phalanxes of drunk straight girls have been barreling into gay bars to celebrate an upcoming wedding ever since Sex & The City made it cool to have a gay BFF. Distracting, degrading and often disrespectful , these gatherings have been a topic of debate here and elsewhere for some time. CONTINUED » ...
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• Poppy Z. Brite (born May 25, 1967)

  
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  Poppy Z. Brite (born Melissa Ann Brite on May 25, 1967 in New Orleans, Louisiana, and now using the name Billy Martin in daily life) is an American author. Brite initially achieved notoriety in the gothic horror genre of literature in the early 1990s after publishing a string of successful novels and short story ...
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• Pope snubs Scottish First Minister over gay marriage

  
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  Scottish First Minister, Alex Salmond, has been banned from meeting the pope because of proposals to redefine marriage. Mr Salmond had hoped to put himself of the world stage by meeting the Pope at the Vatican ahead of a Scottish referendum on independence. But Roman Catholic leaders blocked the move because his plans ...
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• If We Are Like You

  
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  Check out this video of CNNs Brooke Baldwin interviewing Tony Perkins, the president of the American Family Association: I could write a long post countering his bullshit arguments about same-sex marriage being a matter of public policy and how it forces us to redefine marriage (news flash: marriage has been ...
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• A Rare Admission That Money Trumps Everything Else

  
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• Gay comic book characters under fire from One Million Moms

  
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  One Million Moms, the American ‘pro-family’ group, is up in arms once more after comic book giants DC Comics and Marvel announced homosexual story lines this week. In the past week both companies, owned by Warner Bros. and Disney respectively, have cemented their commitment to the LGB community by featuring ...
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• Phillip Blond: The Attempt to Redefine Marriage is a New Form of Totalitarianism

  
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  National Organization for Marriage (NOM) Phillip Blond is the founder of the think tank Res Publica in the UK, and appears in this video produced for the  World Congress of Families in London : He says: "The attempt to redefine marriage is profoundly important because what its actually saying is that a ...
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• Eminent Outlaws: Sir Ian McKellen (born May 25, 1939)

  
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  Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CH CBE (born 25 May 1939) is an English actor. He has won multiple Laurence Olivier Awards, a Tony Award, two Academy Award nominations, and five Emmy Award nominations. His work has spanned genres from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. He is known for ...
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• Anderson Coopers Questions Woman Who Regulars Church Who’s Pastor Called For Gays To Be Fenced Off

  
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  The Internet and the majority of America was outraged after video of pastor calling for gays to be locked behind an electric fence to ‘die off’ went viral.  Now, Anderson Cooper invited one of the regulars from the church to ask her about the pastor’s sermon and views . Sadly, her brain capacity is so ...
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• ‘Equality’ divides Christianity | Jessica Abrahams

  
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  http://www.guardian.co.uk ‘Equality’ divides Christianity | Jessica Abrahams Divisions over same-sex marriage and women bishops reveal two world views in which notions of equality differThe bishop of London, Richard Chartres, doesn’t think there is a clash between Christianity and equality. In ...
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• When To Say “Gay” Chart

  
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  With political correctness a really big deal these days you can be forgiven for not been that sure when it is okay and not okay to use certain words. Not to worry as we have found this handy chart which will tell you when it is okay or not okay to use the word gay. For more hints, tips, news and all things ...
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• Failbook: So That’s Why Lesbian Pr0n Never Ends With a Wedding Ceremony

  
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• Stay, Stay, Darlin

  
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• Equality divides Christianity

  
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  Divisions over same-sex marriage and women bishops reveal two world views in which notions of equality differ The bishop of London, Richard Chartres, doesnt think there is a clash between Christianity and equality. In fact, he sees Christianity as the original champion of equality. "Equality in the ancient world was ...
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• Thursday Trending Topics: The Golden Age Green Lantern

  
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  Rich has heard from some of his sources about which iconic character will be reintroduced as a gay man:  If my assumptions are correct, we will learn of Alan Scott’s sexual orientation and his role as a Green Lantern of Earth Two in Earth Two #2, out next month. I’ve seen plenty of other theories on which ...
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• Astonishing X-Men #51 Djurdjevic Variant

  
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  Marvel is pleased to present your first look at artist Marko Djurdjevic’s variant cover to ASTONISHING X-MEN #51! This June, get ready for the wedding of the year as Djurdjevic masterfully captures one of the happiest moments in  X-Men  history. It’s the story that has everyone talking, and this June witness the ...
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• AP NewsBreak: Maine churches taking collections to fund foes of gay marriage ballot question

  
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  Scores of Maine churches will pass the collection plate a second time at Sunday services on Fathers Day to kick off a fundraising campaign for the lead opposition group to Novembers ballot question asking voters to legalize same-sex marriages. Between 150 and 200 churches are expected to raise money for ...
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