Gov. Deval Patrick became the first sitting Massachusetts governor to march in the Boston’s gay pride parade Saturday, just days before state lawmakers were expected to vote on a ballot question that could ban same-sex marriage. The Democrat, who walked with his daughter, Katherine, and Mayor Thomas Menino in the 37th annual parade, said he [...]
Isaiah Washington has lost his job on the hit ABC medical drama ”Grey’s Anatomy,” five months after creating a furor with his use of an anti-gay slur. Washington’s contract option was not renewed for next season, series producer ABC Television Studios said Thursday in Los Angeles. ”I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to [...]
When an Advocate reader was shopping for a Father’s Day card, he came across one greeting he thought highly offensive. The cover of the card featured a photo of an idyllic, upscale picnic spread: plaid blanket, wicker basket, a bottle of wine and two glasses, a round of bread, a fruit plate. Above the photo, [...]
Worries that the lovable George O’Malley on the ABC show Grey’s Anatomy may not return for the fall season can be laid to rest. T.R. Knight, who plays George on the hit show, will not only return but will also receive a raise. Knight will earn $125,000 per episode, plus a small piece of the [...]
Edwards said he doesn’t feel his belief in evolution is inconsistent with his belief in Christ and he doesn’t personally feel gays should be married, although as president he wouldn’t impose his belief system on the rest of the country. ”I have a deep and abiding love for my Lord, Jesus Christ,” Edwards said, but [...]
President Bush’s nominee to become the next surgeon general of the United States has a questionable record on gay issues. John Holsinger, a Kentucky cardiologist and professor, was nominated on May 24, but his past writings and activities betray a decidedly antigay bias. In a paper titled “Pathophysiology of Male Homosexuality,” for example, Holsinger claimed [...]
Candidates generally like to tout their differences, but all eight Democratic candidates who participated in the Manchester, N.H., debate Sunday night found rare unanimity in their view that the military’s ban on gays and lesbians serving openly should be repealed.
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A Northern California woman sued the online dating service eHarmony on Thursday, alleging it discriminates against gays, lesbians and bisexuals. Linda Carlson said she tried to use the Internet site in February to meet a woman but could not based on her sexual orientation. When Carlson wrote to eHarmony to complain, the company refused to [...]
The California supreme court announced in a unanimous decision that a San Francisco superior court must reconsider whether Marjorie Knoller, who served time for the fatal dog mauling of lesbian Diane Whipple, should have been sentenced under a more severe murder conviction and thereby be returned to prison, the Los Angeles Times reported on Friday. [...]