June 2010
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Income Tax Fairness Stripped from N.Y. Budget Bill →
A proposal that would have granted married same-sex couples in New York the ability to file state income taxes jointly was stripped from a budget bill Tuesday following opposition by antigay Democrat Ruben Diaz, Sr.
…Remarkably, Diaz framed his opposition as an attempt to spare same-sex couples the “insulting” invitation to file taxes together when the state does not allow them to legally...
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Are Male Characters More Likable Than Female... →
For some time now, I’ve held the hypothesis that, to the majority of the American population, if not the majority of the population of Earth, male characters are automatically more likable than female characters. It seemed to me, based on my experience on the Interwebs, that many male characters were given a pass for deplorable behavior while female characters tended to be hated for the vague sin...
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“I love Pride. You’d think I wouldn’t. People. Crowds. Noise. Dancing. Only...”
– Dorothy Surrenders: My Weekend Pride
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“I’m sure there are even worse Sandler movies to come for future...”
– Grown Ups (2010) - Critics’ Reviews - MSN Movies
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“The assertion that Will [Phillips] is too young to have come to his own...”
– That Sound You Hear Is the Death Rattle of Dinosaurs
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What it's like to own an Apple product - The... →
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“Human rights are gay rights and gay rights are human rights.”
– Sec. of State Hillary Clinton, keeping her campaign promises even though she didn’t get elected.
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A Climate of Uncertainty for Gay Rights →
My awesomely smarty-pants wife has begun a tumblr devoted to LGBT equal rights. Digesting the news, explaining the issues, and of course a little bit of humor. Obviously, all much needed. Go Tiffs!
civillyunioned:
Very interesting article from Newsweek that underscored two major issues for me. First, the LGBT equality movement (sorry for turning it into some monolith, but here it is does mean...
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“So when I first tried Hey Baby, a new Web game that takes aim at catcalling and...”
– Video Game Review - In Hey Baby, Street Wolves Meet Their Match - NYTimes.com
“The post-9/11 “unity era” was an era in which people were told to...”
– That 9/12 Feeling
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“Mainstream journalists have taken great pains over the past year to distinguish...”
– The Spirited Atheist: The Reproductive Right - On Faith at washingtonpost.com
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