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Author Dominick Dunne, who told stories of shocking crimes among the rich and famous through his magazine articles and best-selling books including “Another City, Not My Own,” about O.J. Simpson’s murder trial, died Wednesday in his home at age 83. He was long-rumored to be gay.
Continued here ...A soft-spoken slip of a young man, Abdellah Taia hardly looks the part of an iconoclast. But as Morocco’s first high-profile, openly gay man, Taia has made it his mission to win acceptance for homosexuals throughout the Muslim world.
Continued here ...Britain on Friday awarded the role of national poet laureate to Carol Ann Duffy - the first woman to hold a post that has been filled by William Wordsworth, Alfred Lord Tennyson and Ted Hughes.
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The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today challenged the National Organization for Marriage's so-called "Summer for Marriage" bus tour, saying it's nothing more than legal and rhetorical posturing in its campaign to keep its donor base secret.
Continued here ...When the Department of Defense distributed 400,000 online surveys to enlisted troops to gauge their opinions on gays in the military, there was an uproar. Many argued that nobody would have surveyed soldiers about racially integrating the military 60 years ago. Well, the Pentagon corrected this misconception last week when it revealed that in fact, soldiers were surveyed about integrating blacks and whites in the military.
Continued here ...Massachusetts Chief Justice Margaret Marshall, who wrote the landmark ruling making the state the first to legalize gay marriage, said Wednesday she’s retiring to spend time with her husband, who has Parkinson’s disease.
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A concert by Elton John has tested the limits of Morocco’s drive for modernity, probing this Muslim nation’s complex and ambiguous attitudes toward homosexuality like rarely before.
Continued here ...Malaysia’s first gay-themed movie could hit cinemas within months, its producer said, after government censors eased restrictions that have stifled the film industry here for decades.
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The city of Cleveland, Ohio, USA, has been chosen by the Federation of Gay Games (FGG) to host the 2014 Gay Games.
Continued here ...The New Hampshire Senate on Wednesday passed legislation that would make the state the fifth in the nation to grant marriage equality.
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Internationally-renowned porn star Robert Kovarik, 40, known to his legions of fans as "Robert van Damme," was arrested last Friday, May 21 on charges of domestic violence and contempt of court in Orange County, California, SFGN has learned. His bond was set at $100,000, and his booking sheet lists his occupation as an "Escort."
Continued here ...Australian customs officers have been given new powers to search arriving passengers' laptops, thumb drives and mobile phones for pornography, according to the Australian Sex Party.
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