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Wicked Cool Stuff

Who wouldn’t want to make these wicked cool cookies!?!?!?!  These fantastic cookie cutters are available now for only $20.00 at Williams-Sonoma here.  You can also purchase the cool Starship cookie cutters too!  Of course you have to do your own decorating on top of the cookies but look at all the ideas above and below! [...]

A Deadly View of HIV

This 3D study of host proteins (here coloured grey) and viral proteins (orange) is the most detailed model of HIV to date. Ivan Konstantinov and colleagues from the Visual Science Company in Moscow, Russia, created the image using data from more than 100 scientific articles. A cutaway of the viral membrane peers into HIV’s core. Wrapping [...]

Gay & Lesbian Inns Forced to Allow Straights?

So over in Great Britain there was a recent court fight brought against an oceanside Christian  B&B by a gay couple who were were denied a room to share a bed.  The two gay men won and the B&B was slapped down and told “No-No.”   British law protects gays from discriminatory treatment in public [...]

Facebook Adds New Status Options

Facebook’s addition of civil unions and domestic partnerships to the list of relationships its users can pick from came after talks with gay rights organizations, including GLAAD, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.  GLAAD’s president, Jarrett Barrios said,  ”By acknowledging the relationships of countless loving and committed same-sex couples in the U.S. and abroad, [...]

California’s Prop 8 Voted Down!

California’s Proposition 8 which denied the gay & lesbian marriages within the state has been slammed down! CONCLUSION Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage license. Indeed, the evidence shows Proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the California Constitution the [...]

Gay & Lesbian Buying Power – $743 BILLION in 2010

Current market research firms Witeck-Combs Communications and Packaged Facts both have concluded that the GLBT spending for 2010 is actually going UP in this recession!!!  Last year the gay niche of the market spent roughly $732 Billion on goods and services and even though the same research companies found that the average gay man earns [...]

Ogunquit Maine Bartenders Must Keep Shirts On!

The mean city officials of Ogunquit, ME have told bartenders there that they must keep their shirts on due to “health reasons.”  Some of these naughty bartenders must be sweating into your drinks or something awful!     It appears that some of the locals, specifically Harriet Yaffe, don’t want Ogunquit to become the next [...]

First Openly Gay Pro Athlete in World

The world’s first openly gay athlete still playing in pro sports is Gareth Thomas of  Wales, UK now plays for the Welch Rugby team as a fullback.  He came out of the closet in December, 2009 because he wanted to inspire more young athletes to do the same.