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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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In the latest surprising twist along the long and winding path of the Maryland marriage equality bill, the house of delegates voted Friday afternoon to recommit the bill to committee, effectively ensuring there would be no further action on the bill until next year.
Continued here ...Could former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA), the culture warrior ex-legislator and now potential presidential candidate, be shifting his position to the left on a key issue he used to speak up about: Whether gay sex should be illegal?
Continued here ...On the eve of a historic vote on marriage equality, a member of Maryland’s legislature announced in an exclusive interview with the Washington Blade today that he is gay. Del. Peter Murphy (D-Charles County), a divorced father of two who also has two grandchildren, said his colleagues and family have known for years that he is gay.
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According to E! Online’s Marc Malkin and Brett Malec, Leonardo DiCaprio and Armie Hammer have filmed their kissing scene for the upcoming Clint Eastwood–directed biopic J. Edgar.
Continued here ...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.
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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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Penthouse founder Bob Guccione died today after a long battle with lung cancer. He was 79. Guccione launched Penthouse in 1965 in England, building it into one of the world’s most popular magazines for men. He got the idea of Penthouse as a cartoonist on The London American, an American weekly newspaper, targeting the magazine to “regular guys.”
Continued here ...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."
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