Archive for August, 2008
On Aug. 29, presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain announced Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his pick for vice president.
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DENVER, Colo. – Linda Ketner, the Demnocratic Party nominee for Congress from South Carolina’s First Congressional District, received star treatment [...]
Jared Polis is on track to become the third openly gay member of Congress this November. Mark Segal speaks to Polis from Denver and the Democratic Convention.
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In early August, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released revised figures on the number of new U.S. HIV infections each year. The updated statistics revealed an increase of more than 16,000 cases over the agency’s previous estimate of 40,000 new infections annually — even though rates declined for injection drug users and heterosexuals.
The stunning news was met with a flurry of media coverage.
LGBT activists and AIDS service organizations (ASOs) immediately took notice of the fact that the CDC said the burden of new HIV infections is “greatest among gay and bisexual men of all races.” Of the total 56,300 new HIV infections each year, a full 53 percent of them occur in gay/bisexual men and men who have sex with men (MSM).
WASHINGTON, D.C. — When state delegations head to Denver, Colo., for the Democratic National Convention Aug. 25-28, they’ll be bringing [...]
COLUMBIA — A week-long series of events will lead up to what organizers said might be the largest SC Pride [...]
CHARLOTTE — In its third successful year under the direction of Charlotte’s Lesbian and Gay Community Center, the 2008 Pride [...]
In this lamentable time when censorship runs amok and sex is still treated as something dirty, award-winning celeb/fashion photographer Joe Oppedisano daringly pushes the envelope with his arresting images of the human body.
At their best, his photos artistically explore the margins of raw sexuality — with hyper-masculinity being one of his favorite subjects. Through his lens, he captures a world inhabited by posing porn stars, rugged men openly engaging in bondage on urban sidewalks and hunky athletes surrounded by lush landscapes.
Major publications and corporations around the globe have long sought out Oppedisano, who is openly gay, for high-end commercial work — fashion spreads, cover shoots and advertising campaigns. These mainstream clients have included Esquire, New York Times Magazine, Men’s Health and Pepe Jeans. Oppedisano recently shot a 25th anniversary Calvin Klein spread for Italian magazine Collezioni Uomo.
CHARLOTTE — The history of the LGBT movement is replete with examples of queer men and women who turned their [...]
There’s something strange in the air. Do you smell it? Can you taste it? Christianity is changing, my friend. Well, [...]
Is ManHunt, the wildly popular online cruising site with the slogan “get on, get off,” a blessing or a curse [...]
“Therefore, accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us to the glory of God.”
This Bible verse, found in Romans [...]
Little Jackie — “The Stoop” (S-Curve) Regular readers of this column (hmmm, is that a bit like saying regular unicorns [...]
The case of Jim Adkisson, the fellow who murdered churchgoers in Tennessee, brought up such a hodge-podge of thoughts and [...]
Homophobia is endemic to impoverished places. Look at U.S. slums and the portions of America that are awash in paucity [...]
Gay man looks set for Congress
BOULDER, Colo. — Jared Polis (pictured) will likely become the first-ever openly gay man elected [...]
How serious can a movie be with a title like “Itty Bitty Titty Committee?” Too serious, unfortunately; certainly more serious [...]
Ed. Note — This is part two in a series on trans issues and the DSM V, continued from the [...]
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LONDON, England — As previously reported by Q-Notes, Member of Parliament Iris Robinson (Democratic Unionist [...]