ABC, Lifetime among winners of GLAAD Media Awards

(New York) Joy Behar, Cynthia Nixon and the ABC drama series “Brothers & Sisters” are among this year’s recipients of media awards from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.

Presented Saturday in New York, winners of the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards also include the NBC sitcom “Parks and Recreation,” …

Exclusive video: Olson and Boies Q&A on Prop 8

Last Wednesday, the New York Times hosted an intimate question and answer session with the lawyers currently working to overturn Proposition 8 in California, Ted Olson and David Boies. (Our earlier recap of the discussion).

Even if you’ve read stories about the evening, Boies and Olson speak with such passion and …

Prop 8 forum: Olson & Boies speak

Last night, the New York Times’ gay and lesbian affinity employee group hosted a Q&A session with Prop 8 superlawyers David Boies and Ted Olson.

I saw Joe Sudbay from Joe.My.God and Paul Schindler from Gay City News there – also Andy Towle and Corey Jonson from Towleroad (go there for …

A Different Kind of Struggle – Cincinnati CityBeat

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A Different Kind of Struggle
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Karen Taylor is director of outreach and education with SAGE (Services & Advocacy for Gay, Bisexual, Lesbian and Transgender Elders), the nation's oldest …

Brokeback, Will & Grace mean homophobia don’t exist

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‘Glee,’ ‘Modern Family’ among GLAAD nominees

(Los Angeles) For the fourth year running, the ABC television network leads nominees for media awards from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.

The network earned eight nominations Wednesday for the 21st annual GLAAD Media Awards, with “Brothers & Sisters,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Private Practice” and newcomer “Modern Family” among its …

Staceyann Chin speaks out against Buju Banton Grammy nomination

From GLAAD:

(New York) The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organization, today welcomed the decision by Jamaican performance artist Staceyann Chin to speak out about Buju Banton’s Grammy nomination.

Banton has a long history of advocating the killing …

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Sex-toy study at Duke raises some eyebrows

(Durham, NC) A campus religious leader is unhappy about a study at Duke University that invites female students to attend parties where they can buy sex toys.

The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Friday that the director of the Duke Catholic Center has lodged a complaint with researchers. The Rev. …