Gay News Blog: Gay-bashing case charges dismissed against 2 defendants
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God gave Norah Vincent A gift: huge feet. Ned looked a lot like Norah but with accessories: a sports bra to keep her breasts under wraps, a manly new flat-top haircut, a weight-lifting routine to bulk out Norah’s girly shoulders, and a prosthetic penis to fill out his/her crotch. And Vincent hired a voice coach to teach her to talk like a guy–slowly, with as little expression as humanly possible, keeping those emotions under wraps and the hand gestures to a minimum. Ned also came with a dusting of fake stubble for Vincent’s smooth, pink, ladylike cheeks–"I was always thinking, Is it coming off? For Vincent, putting on Ned’s costume almost every morning was like descending into the ocean in a bathysphere or hacking her way into the interior of the Amazon jungle, only that jungle is all around us every day. Looking out from behind Ned’s stubble, she was surprised at how much sexual power women have over men, even when women may feel disempowered in other ways, and how icily they wield it.
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Hours after a Baltimore judge ruled that a Maryland law banning same-sex marriage violates the state constitution, reporters cornered the typically loquacious Sen. James Brochin near his desk on the Senate floor. The issue of same-sex marriage arrived Friday like an unwelcome houseguest for many Maryland Democrats, who say only a quick reversal from the state’s highest court can keep the divisive issue from reshaping the 2006 campaign season. For years, elected officials in Maryland have been well-insulated from the highly combustible issue of same-sex marriage. Even if the issue is not put directly to Maryland voters — and the early betting in Annapolis is that it will not be — same-sex marriage is certain to receive elevated attention in coming months.
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Luckily for O’Brien, whose store was one of the first advertisers in the Gay People’s Chronicle 21 years ago, the used book business is as cooperative as it is competitive. There will be a rent party at the store on January 21, followed by a book auction featuring signed books and antiquarian tomes. Zubal Books, the Old Erie Street Bookstore, Mac’s Backs and Loganberry Books. “There’s only three independent used book stores in the city that are open to the public, which is not a lot of a city this size,” “Every independent book store fulfills a different need, and the book business breeds more book business, so the Bookstore on West 25th is good for me.” However, walking through a good used book store can open new worlds to a customer, with thousands of volumes of knowledge available.
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Gay-Lesbian Community Center opens in Tampa @ Tampa Bay’s 10, FL See the Video Story Tampa, Florida - While many people march to a different beat, those at the opening of Metro Diversity center point to the fact they are part of this community. Herbie, who is thankful for the center off Florida Avenue in Seminole Heights, says it provides a sanctuary for the gay community.
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State House gives its OK to gay rights The Olympian The House voted to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation in employment and housing Friday. said Rep. Ed Murray, D-Seattle, who champions the bill annually and saw it pass 61-37 in the House last year and pass this year 60-37 with one lawmaker absent. Cox, noting many religious groups oppose homosexuality, said the bill would give protection to homosexuals over the established freedom of religion. And he argued against comparing the bill to civil rights legislation, noting racial minority groups were denied voting rights, segregated and sent to internment camps. The bill, HB 2661, has been sent to the Senate housing committee for a public hearing Tuesday, and if it’s passed out of the committee, it will wait for a final vote on the Senate floor. There, Sen. Bill Finkbeiner, R-Kirkland, has said he will switch his vote and support the bill, which died 25-24 last year.
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On Friday, Vigil dismissed charges of aggravated battery, conspiracy, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and criminal damage to property against Montoya and Valdez because prosecutors did not notify them they were targets 10 days before the grand jury that indicted them met, as legally required.
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God gave Norah Vincent A gift: huge feet. Ned looked a lot like Norah but with accessories: a sports bra to keep her breasts under wraps, a manly new flat-top haircut, a weight-lifting routine to bulk out Norah’s girly shoulders, and a prosthetic penis to fill out his/her crotch. And Vincent hired a voice coach to teach her to talk like a guy–slowly, with as little expression as humanly possible, keeping those emotions under wraps and the hand gestures to a minimum. Ned also came with a dusting of fake stubble for Vincent’s smooth, pink, ladylike cheeks–"I was always thinking, Is it coming off? For Vincent, putting on Ned’s costume almost every morning was like descending into the ocean in a bathysphere or hacking her way into the interior of the Amazon jungle, only that jungle is all around us every day. Looking out from behind Ned’s stubble, she was surprised at how much sexual power women have over men, even when women may feel disempowered in other ways, and how icily they wield it.
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Hours after a Baltimore judge ruled that a Maryland law banning same-sex marriage violates the state constitution, reporters cornered the typically loquacious Sen. James Brochin near his desk on the Senate floor. The issue of same-sex marriage arrived Friday like an unwelcome houseguest for many Maryland Democrats, who say only a quick reversal from the state’s highest court can keep the divisive issue from reshaping the 2006 campaign season. For years, elected officials in Maryland have been well-insulated from the highly combustible issue of same-sex marriage. Even if the issue is not put directly to Maryland voters — and the early betting in Annapolis is that it will not be — same-sex marriage is certain to receive elevated attention in coming months.
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Luckily for O’Brien, whose store was one of the first advertisers in the Gay People’s Chronicle 21 years ago, the used book business is as cooperative as it is competitive. There will be a rent party at the store on January 21, followed by a book auction featuring signed books and antiquarian tomes. Zubal Books, the Old Erie Street Bookstore, Mac’s Backs and Loganberry Books. “There’s only three independent used book stores in the city that are open to the public, which is not a lot of a city this size,” “Every independent book store fulfills a different need, and the book business breeds more book business, so the Bookstore on West 25th is good for me.” However, walking through a good used book store can open new worlds to a customer, with thousands of volumes of knowledge available.
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Gay-Lesbian Community Center opens in Tampa @ Tampa Bay’s 10, FL See the Video Story Tampa, Florida - While many people march to a different beat, those at the opening of Metro Diversity center point to the fact they are part of this community. Herbie, who is thankful for the center off Florida Avenue in Seminole Heights, says it provides a sanctuary for the gay community.
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State House gives its OK to gay rights The Olympian The House voted to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation in employment and housing Friday. said Rep. Ed Murray, D-Seattle, who champions the bill annually and saw it pass 61-37 in the House last year and pass this year 60-37 with one lawmaker absent. Cox, noting many religious groups oppose homosexuality, said the bill would give protection to homosexuals over the established freedom of religion. And he argued against comparing the bill to civil rights legislation, noting racial minority groups were denied voting rights, segregated and sent to internment camps. The bill, HB 2661, has been sent to the Senate housing committee for a public hearing Tuesday, and if it’s passed out of the committee, it will wait for a final vote on the Senate floor. There, Sen. Bill Finkbeiner, R-Kirkland, has said he will switch his vote and support the bill, which died 25-24 last year.
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On Friday, Vigil dismissed charges of aggravated battery, conspiracy, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and criminal damage to property against Montoya and Valdez because prosecutors did not notify them they were targets 10 days before the grand jury that indicted them met, as legally required.
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