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Two trans activists are demanding the end of the conservative 'love affair' with 'radical religious schools' in a response to the Nashville mass shooting, in which they appear to shift the blame away from twisted killer, Audrey Hale, 28. Eli Erlick, who recently boasted about providing cross-sex hormones to children, posted a tweet with screen grabs to a story about false accusations of abuse at the Covenant Presbyterian Church of Nashville in 2013. The Covenant School in Nashville is connected to the church. Erlick described the school, at which three nine-year-olds and three adults were gunned down by Hale, as...

Pete Buttigieg said the baby formula shortage is affecting him and his husband Chasten as they have had to 'root around' and talk to friends out of state to get food for their nine-month old twins. The transportation secretary said their twins - Penelope Rose and Joseph August Buttigieg - are 'completely reliant' on formula.

* Trump lashed out at President Joe Biden again in an interview on Thursday following Biden's press conference * Suggested Biden was in cognitive decline saying his press conference was not a 'normal situation' * Trump slammed the president over inflation, Russia tensions and the Afghan withdrawal * Said Biden gave Russia a 'green light' to invade Ukraine in bumbling remarks about a 'minor incursion' Donald Trump has slammed President Joe Biden once again, suggesting something is not 'normal' with his successor and listing perceived shortfalls exactly one year after Biden took office. In a phone interview with Fox News...

To most ears, it probably sounds inoffensive. A little outdated and clinical, perhaps, but innocuous enough: homosexual. But that five-syllable word has never been more loaded, more deliberately used and, to the ears of many gays and lesbians, more pejorative. “ ‘Homosexual’ has the ring of ‘colored’ now, in the way your grandmother might have used that term, except that it hasn’t been recuperated in the same way,” said George Chauncey, a Yale professor of history and an author who studies gay and lesbian culture. Consider the following phrases: homosexual community, homosexual activist, homosexual marriage. Substitute the word “gay” in...

The New Normal has been canceled after one season at NBC. The semi-autobiographical comedy from Glee's Ryan Murphy and Ali Adler marked Murphy's first half-hour comedy and aired as part of NBC's Tuesday comedy block. Boosted by The Voice, the Justin Bartha-Andrew Rannells starrer about a gay couple starting a family earned a full-season order in October despite early protests from conservative watchdog groups.

When I learned that Madonna – aka the Grand Priestess of the music industry – would be performing at the Superbowl halftime show, I thought: “This should be interesting”. And it was. While most were amazed by a woman in her fifties dancing around with LMFAO and others were annoyed at her lip-syncing, I was interested with something else: the flurry of symbolism flashed to billions of viewers worldwide. While most considered Madonna’s performance as an entertaining interlude to the most important football game of the year, those blessed with symbol-literacy will probably agree with the following statement: Madonna’s halftime...

For research I'm doing into the facts about the effects of gay parents on children. I've heard so much about how there are absolutely no differences on kids when they've been brought up in a "Heather Has Two Mommies" kind of household, but I've seen very little, if any research. The URL I found above seems like a lot of puffery. I am not looking for opinions, but links and reports on any studies into this. If you have worked with this population, your insights would be welcomed.

Weekly Legislative Update As January came to a close, we are quickly nearing the halfway point, or "crossover", of the Virginia General Assembly. This next week will see action on all remaining legislation as each house works to clear their dockets by crossover, February 12. Read Friday's Washington Blade article "Pro-Gay Bills Advance in Virginia Legislature." Don't forget to make sure your voice is heard! Speak out and contact your Senator and Delegate about issues that are important to you! You can use the links below to send a free email if you have not already done so, or call...

A bill requiring students to learn about the contributions homosexuals have made to society and that would remove sex-specific terms such as "mom" and "dad" from textbooks has passed another hurdle on the way to becoming the law of the land in California. Having already been approved by the state's Senate Judiciary Committee, SB 1437, which would mandate grades 1-12 buy books "accurately" portraying "the sexual diversity of our society," got the nod yesterday of the Senate Education Committee. The bill also requires students hear history lessons on "the contributions of people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender to...

SAN FRANCISCO - In what may be the first legal action of its kind in California, a Cameron Park transgender person is alleging that co-workers and supervisors harassed her and tried to force her out of her job after she switched genders. In an interview Monday, Danielle Ryan described the hostile work environment that she claims developed at the South Natomas office of the international engineering firm Parsons Brinckerhoff. A computer technology specialist, Ryan said incidents began 15 months ago, after she announced that she considered herself a woman and would start wearing women's clothing to work. Ryan, 44,...

TAMPA, Fla. -- A Tampa man convicted in federal court of drugging and raping nine young men was sentenced to the maximum 200 years in prison Friday. Two of the victims of Steven Lorenzo ended up dead, and he is likely to face murder charges in state court later. "I hope that he never sees the light of day again," said U.S. District Judge Richard A. Lazzara after the sentencing. A jury in November found Lorenzo, 46, guilty of slipping the date rape drug, GHB, into the drinks of all nine victims and then sexually torturing them at his home....

Now that the Mass. Supreme Court has acted to force the legislature to adopt gay marriage, the time is now for Republicans to act to save this most basic institution of this country. We need a US Constitutional Amendment to save us from activist courts who assult religion and basic family values. The public will be outraged over this and the GOP must capitolize on it. The GOP must put the Democrats in a bind. Oppose the Amendment and lose their base, or support it and expose themselves as the radicals they are. Now is the time to act. Put...

MIDI - HOME ON THE RANGE Oh, give me a show where the liberals can't go Where the good guy conservatives play Where we will not hear any DemocRAT smear And there's no Billy Boy DNA Colmes, Colmes is deranged…and besides he is so very strange He's still on his knees and forgives Clinton sleaze How does Sean go to work everyday He looks not all there…and his tight underwear May be very well choking his brain He seems to be lost…does he come to work sauced He is really a major league pain Colmes, Colmes is deranged…and besides...