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NY has now lived up to its legacy as the progressive state she is known to be! I have worked tirelessly, walking around getting people to call and email their Senators, and I watched the vote. My Senator stepped up--Mark Grisanti and voted YES! I am so proud of my state and her Senate! I am glad as a black man who understands that civil rights are for all not just blacks but gays as well and as a gay man, I am proud to celebrate two pieces of myself integrating themselves, and the right to marry recognized.

NOW TO REPEAL DOMA AND PASS GENDA, Gender Expression Non Discrimination Act!

 
Moderator: Terry, I am proud of you for what you have done. I need everyone to start placing the link for this group and Obama group in their yahoo profiles. You all need to email all your friends, requesting them to join. We need a huge coalition. I am looking for 100,000 additional members by the 21012 elections. Yahoo works against me as groups have been deleted 4 times i the past. Than group gets de-listed, than I make sure they relist it. But, members need to step up and spread the word ABOUT OUR GROUPS. Pres. Obama must get re-elected or everything goes to hell. I know our pres. is pro-gay rights and i know he plans to reverse DOMA. However, that was always planned for the beginning of his 2nd term. More members need to step up, be aggressive, take action. If the president openly comes out and states he is pro-gay marriage, it will back-fire on him. Yes, polls say that most Americans favor gay marriage. But, Guess what? The ones who favor gay marriage are not the ones who go to the voting booth. What is the problem with progressive that they stand back and do nothing? The religious right votes in higher numbers. We have no excuse. Terry, i am sure you will agree with me.
Yes, this is a wonderful time for us.
Best personal Regards,
...Jake
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Alert: Target + Minnesota Forward + Tom Emmer = Support for a rather dangerous and radical political philosophy that diminishes LGBT people to pests that should be murdered. And "Target" is cool with this? in San Diego we peacefully canvassed customers near their stores. In return, TARGET is suing the LGBT community for voicing our right of FREE SPEECH! Now, Target lost in court! David beat Goliath! AWWW! Return everything you bought to TARGET and tell them why! ....Boycott TARGET!!!!!
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Gay Marriage May Complicate LGBT Health

Big Think Editors on June 25, 2011

What's the Latest Development?

When the New York state Senate legalized gay marriage yesterday, New York became the largest state to grant same-sex couples the right to marry. On one hand, there will likely be psychological benefits to the decision: "A 2010 study published in the American Journal of Public Health found a rise in psychiatric disorders—including a 200% increase in generalized anxiety disorder—in lesbian, gay and bisexual people living in states that had put in place bans on same-sex marriage." On the other hand, might universal marriage rights undercut civil unions which, according to Columbia Law School professor Katherine Franke, has offered an alternative to the "one-size-fits-all rules of marriage."

What's the Big Idea?

Numerous studies support the claim that same-sex couples suffer mental anguish when they live in states that will not permit them to marry. The same studies say the stress carries into the lives of their family members. But besides mental health effects, legalizing gay marriage may carry complicated legal consequences. "If the rollout of marriage equality in other states, like Massachusetts, is any guide," says Franke, "lesbian and gay people who have obtained health and other benefits for their domestic partners will be required by both public and private employers to marry their partners in order to keep those rights."
Take Action:
  • Boycott advertisers of Glenn Beck's radio show and his quest spots on Fox News. Glenn Beck is anti-gay rights. Update: Boycott Successful: Update 4/7/2011: Beck has been fired by FOX NEWS! Radio stations dropping Beck as well in several locations. Now, tell FOX to stop having Beck as a Guest.
  • Update: DADT has been repealed. President Obama has kept his promise!
  • Boycott Bill O'Reilly and FOX News and their advertisers. Bill discussed a French commercial by McDonalds that was meant to show that McDonalds is Gay Friendly. Bill said what is next? Is McDonalds going to be Al-Qaida friendly as well? Imagine - Bill O'Reilly compares Gays to Al-Qaida!
  • Boycott Arizona the home of "hater" - U.S. Senator John McCain. Arizona's Hateful anti-Immigration Law - encourages racial profiling and increases hatred towards minorities. A remedy: Demand Republicans to support Immigration Reform (The Dream Act). Further, Senator McCain voted against ending DADT and Blocked Immigration reform!
  • Boycott Target, Best Buy, Gold's Gym - for donating money towards anti-gay political candidates/organizations. Update: (12/26/2010): Target is continuing to donate to anti-gay groups/causes/politicians. Update 03/08/11 - Lady Gaga Ends Target Partnership, Reportedly Over Target's Poor LGBT Stance. Update 3/25/2010 - Target displays their hypocrisy and Sues California Gay Rights Group for Lobbying Outside Stores. Target is attempting to block the LGBT right of free speech! STOP SHOPPING AT TARGET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Update 4/8/2011: Target lost it's case to stop the LGBT from canvassing in front of their stores. A huge PR Disaster for TARGET! Perhaps Target should go out of business as they betrayed their investers and customer base. Target contributed massive funds to a politician who would like to exterminate gays. Now, Target can not stop us from Boycotting them, nor picketing, nor talking to customers near their stores; although, Target allows a anti-gay company such as the Salvation Army to stand outside their door and speak with customers and raise money. Isn't this a double standard?
  • End DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act). Prevents Federal employees and Gays in the Military from gaining equal benefits. Prevents Gay Partners from gaining equal benefits.
  • Pass ENDA (Employee Non-Discrimination Act). ENDA would prevent employment discrimination of LGBT workforce.
  • Boycott Salvation Army as they will not hire Gays! "DO NOT DONATE TO THEM."
  • BOYCOTT "Chick-fil-a" for donating to anti-gay marriage groups.
  • BOYCOTT KOCH INDUSTRIES PRODUCTS- to include their products: Angel Soft toilet paper / Brawny paper towels / Dixie plates, bowls, napkins & cups / Mardi Gras napkins and towels / Quilted Northern toilet paper / Soft 'n Gentle toilet paper / Sparkle napkins / Vanity fair napkins / Zee napkins / Georgia-Pacific paper products & envelopes / All Georgia-Pacific lumber & building products (INVISTA Products) / Lycra / Stainmaster Carpet. The billionaire - Koch brothers are ultra republican - tea bag founders/supporters that do not support causes of the LGBT community.
  • Boycott WALMART - The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, force criticized Wal-Mart for denying employee benefits to same-s-x partners and for failing to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity. By comparison, the group said two other chain stores with a strong presence in New York, Costco and Walgreens, did much better.
  • Remember David Kato, Gay activist - Uganda, who was slain because he is gay!
  • "Tune Out Trump", Boycott all Trump Hotel, casinos, holdings, The Apprentice and NBC Network! At CPAC, Trump said he is considering a run for president as a Republican. In a interview with the Des Moines Register, Trump added that he opposes all forms of legal recognition for gay couples, not just marriage. "They should not be able to marry," he said. So why does NBC keep the Apprentice when Donald Trump has stated he may run for president? After making racist remarks about Obama and recv'g public backlash, Trump decided not to run for president after NBC renewed his awful TV Show. How can NBC re-new the clown's show after he pulled such hateful shenanigans? Boycott NBC! Boycott advertisers of The Apprentice and Trump's other business's. Don't shop at any bullding with Donald Trump's name to include Trump Hotels, Casinos, Condo's, Offices, Shops! The Donald has expressed extreme Hatred towards gays and blacks with his birther remarks and anti-gay rhetoric. Remember how poorly Trump treated Rosie O'Donnel? Now we know why he did that! It was hate against a lesbian as we now know he is biget. Unforgiveable! Again, Dump NBC because they air/re-newed Donald Trump's "The Apprentice"! Now the Donald Claims the Long Form Birth certificate is a fraud. And NBC keeps this guy?
And Now, Our War of the Fittest!
This group is called "Peckers Pics." The English - slang definition of "pecker" is to pluck at the truth. Therefore, we peck at items such as Gay Men's Health, Male Fitness, Gay (LGBT) Politics & Issues. In this section you may peck at each photo in order to decide the winner of the "war of the fittest!" Whereas, you should select the guy that may inspire you to exercise and "get fit!" Warning: This may stoke you!

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Rockstar chef Nadia G. and her cohorts may tear it up in the kitchen on Cooking Channel's Bitchin' Kitchen (Wednesdays at 10:30pm ET), but it shuld be watched for Hans. This perennially-shirtless, beefed up, and oiled down sidekick knows his food.
 
Hans (real name: Bart Rochon) took a break between sets to dish with the Hunk du Jour team about working with Nadia, how he keeps in such fantastic shape, and what he loves so much about chocolate.
 
Troy, Hunkologist: Obviously, working with Nadia, you know a lot about how important food is to being a hunk. What's a typical menu for you on any given day?
 
Hans: Food is extremely important when trying to maintain a stellar physique. I like to vary my food as much as possible to avoid boredom... this helps me avoid 5 day binges which inevitably find me waking up on my couch with a tub of fried chicken, mounds of burger wrappers and soft ice cream melted all over my face.
 
Although the foods change in my daily diet, the basic rules stay the same: I try to eat every 3 to 4 hours, usually about 6 times a day. I consume 20 to 30 grams of protein in every meal, and I am careful to limit my sugars and starches.
 
Troy, Hunkologist: What about the gym - what's the typical gym-time like?
 
Hans: I can usually get in the gym for about 20 minutes before they kick me out for leaving excess grease stains on the upholstery.
 
With all honesty, I can usually get in the gym 3 to 4 times a week, and I keep the workouts around 45 minutes. I have always gone by the philosophy of "Go strong, go hard, and get the hell out of there."
 
Troy, Hunkologist: How would you describe your job with Nadia?
 
Hans: Its pretty intense work. Nadia is not as easy to work with as you would think...."Take your shirt off Hans!"..."Hans needs more body grease!". It just never stops, but I guess it's worth the free gym membership she pays me with.
 
Troy, Hunkologist: Fess up, what's your guilty food pleasure that might not be all that good for you?
 
Hans: Well if you've seen the some of our Bitchin' Kitchen episodes, you know that I have a very strong affection for melted chocolate...not really to eat though. I much prefer to slowly pour it down my chest and then...uh-hum ...I was told to keep this interview "PG" so we'll need to go on to the next question.
 
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XTG's campaign for Winter 2010-2011 Collection featuring Eugen Bauder
 
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In this photo made Saturday, June 18, 2011, released by FC Zenit Press Service, and showing Zenit St. Petersburg player Danko Lazovic, right, as he inspects his body as a Russian riot police officer turns towards him brandishing a police electric shock batton, during a Russian Premier League soccer match between Volga Nizhny Novgorod, and Zenit, St. Petersburg in Nizhny Novgorod, 433 km (270 miles) east of Moscow, Russia. Lazovic has accused police in Nizhny Novgorod of stricking him with an electric shock which has left a burn under his right shoulder. Police deny the accusation. (AP Photo/Vyacheslav Yevdokimov, FC Zenit Press Service, HO).
 
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Gay Marriage Celebration!
New York State passes Marriage Equality Act!
Celebrations at Stonewall Place in Greenwich Village, NYC, June 24, 2011.
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Gay Marriage Celebration!
New York State passes Marriage Equality Act!
Celebrations at Stonewall Place in Greenwich Village, NYC, June 24, 2011.
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Marriage Equality Celebration by The Stonewall!
New York State passes Marriage Equality Act!
Celebrations at Stonewall Place in Greenwich Village, NYC, June 24, 2011
Gay Marriage Bill Passes In New York; Governor Cuomo Signs Same Sex Marriage Bill Into Law
06/25/11 - Huffington Post

Gay couples and proponents of gay rights have a reason to celebrate tonight, as the New York State Senate has passed a bill that allows same sex marriage.

New York will be the sixth, and largest, state in the union to adopt gay marriage. Governor Cuomo signed the bill into law at 11:15pm on Friday, which means the law will take effect on July 24, 2011.

The decision, which passed 33-29, was the culmination of weeks of contentious debate and negotiations between Governor Cuomo and the GOP-controlled Senate. After the bill passed in the Assembly, it was unclear if the bill had secured enough votes to pass in the Senate. When a few notable undecideds joined the cause --including Republican Roy McDonald who famously defended his decision, saying "fuck it, I don't care what you think. I'm trying to do the right thing" -- the scale in favor of gay marriage seemed to tip.

Gay rights advocates are hoping the vote will galvanize the movement around the country and help it regain momentum after an almost identical bill was defeated here in 2009 and similar measures failed in 2010 in New Jersey and this year in Maryland and Rhode Island.

"We are leaders and we join other proud states that recognize our families and the battle will now go on in other states," said Sen. Thomas Duane, a Democrat.

Though New York is a relative latecomer in allowing gay marriage, it is considered an important prize for advocates, given the state's size and New York City's international stature and its role as the birthplace of the gay rights movement, which is considered to have started with the Stonewall riots in Greenwich Village in 1969.

A huge street party erupted outside the Stonewall Inn Friday night, with celebrants waving rainbow flags and dancing after the historic vote. They included Sarah Ellis, who has been in a six-year relationship with her partner, Kristen Henderson, said the measure would enable them to get married in the fall. They have twin toddlers and live in Sea Cliff on Long Island.

"We've been waiting. We considered it for a long time, crossing the borders and going to other states," said Ellis, 39. "But until the state that we live in, that we pay taxes in, and we're part of that community, has equal rights and marriage equality, we were not going to do it."

"I am spellbound. I'm so exhausted and so proud that the New York State Senate finally stood on the right side of history," said Queens teacher Eugene Lovendusky, 26, who is gay and said he hopes to marry someday.

He then repeated a chant he had screamed during a protest at a fundraiser for President Barack Obama last night: "I am somebody. I deserve full equality."

A number of celebrities also praised the vote. Lady Gaga tweeted that she couldn't stop crying, while Pink tweeted, "congratulations! About time!"

"I have never be prouder to be a lifelong New Yorker than I am today with the passage of marriage equality," Cyndi Lauper said in a statement.

The New York bill cleared the Republican-controlled state Senate on a 33-29 vote. The Democrat-led Assembly, which passed a different version last week, is expected to pass the new version with stronger religious exemptions and Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who campaigned on the issue last year, has promised to sign it. Same-sex couples can begin marrying begin 30 days after that. The passage of New York's legislation was made possible in two Republican senators who had been undecided.

Sen. Stephen Saland voted against a similar bill in 2009, helping kill the measure and dealing a blow to the national gay rights movement.

"While I understand that my vote will disappoint many, I also know my vote is a vote of conscience," Saland said in a statement to The Associated Press before Friday's vote. "I am doing the right thing in voting to support marriage equality."

Gay couples in gallery wept during Saland's speech.

Sen. Mark Grisanti, a GOP freshman from Buffalo, also said he would vote for the bill. Grisanti said he could not deny anyone what he called basic rights.

The effects of the law could be felt well beyond New York: Unlike Massachusetts, which pioneered gay marriage in 2004, New York has no residency requirement for obtaining a marriage license, meaning the state could become a magnet for gay couples across the country who want to have a wedding in Central Park, the Hamptons, the romantic Hudson Valley or that honeymoon hot spot of yore, Niagara Falls.

Governor Andrew Cuomo praised the vote on Friday, saying that "I am always proud to be a New Yorker. Tonight, I am especially proud to be a New Yorker."

New York, the nation's third most populous state, will join Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Washington, D.C., in allowing same-sex couples to wed.

For five months in 2008, gay marriage was legal in California, the biggest state in population, and 18,000 same-sex couples rushed to tie the knot there before voters overturned the state Supreme Court ruling that allowed the practice. The constitutionality of California's ban is now before a federal appeals court.

While court challenges in New York are all but certain, the state -- unlike California -- makes it difficult for the voters to repeal laws at the ballot box. Changing the law would require a constitutional convention, a long, drawn-out process.

The sticking point over the past few days: Republican demands for stronger legal protections for religious groups that fear they will be hit with discrimination lawsuits if they refuse to allow their facilities to be used for gay weddings.

The climactic vote came after more than a week of stop-and-start negotiations, rumors, closed-door meetings and frustration on the part of advocates. Online discussions took on a nasty turn with insults and vulgarities peppering the screens of opponents and supporters alike and security was beefed up in the capitol to give senators easier passage to and from their conference room.

The night before, President Barack Obama encouraged lawmakers to support gay rights during a fundraiser with New York City's gay community. The vote also is sure to charge up annual gay pride events this weekend, culminating with parades Sunday in New York City, San Francisco and other cities.

White House spokesman Shin Inouye told The Huffington Post that "The President has long believed that gay and lesbian couples deserve the same rights and legal protections as straight couples." Inouye added that, "The states should determine for themselves how best to uphold the rights of their own citizens. The process in New York worked just as it should."
Every gay and lesbian person who has been lucky enough to survive the turmoil of growing up is a survivor. Survivors always have an obligation to those who will face the same challenges."
....Jake
 
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