Iris Robinson lover, Kirk McCambley, was aged 19

The lover of DUP MP Iris Robinson was aged 19 at the time of their affair, the BBC can reveal. She was 59.
Kirk McCambley is now 21. He is the proprietor of the Lock Keepers Inn, a cafe on the banks of the river Lagan in south Belfast.
Details of the affair were revealed in an [...]

Vote for the Boston Pride Theme, Deadline December 5th

Via Pride Website
The Boston Pride Committee has reviewed the many theme suggestions for Pride’s 40th Anniversary Celebration and has narrowed them down to a selection of six candidates. The Committee is now proud to open up the vote to the community. Let your friends, colleagues, family and relatives know!
Deadline: vote by December 5th!
Candidates for 2010 [...]

Kymber Veautour Reviews Chestnut Street Cafe Gay, Owned and Operated Cafe in Rhode Island.

It took me a few weeks to get to Rhode Island to see what the fuss was about, but I finally made it down.  With a street name and a website address Chestnut Street Cafe to go on, I was off to the hot new place to be in Rhode Island.
I first had to look [...]

A Singles Guide to Getting Through the Holidays

Kymber Veautour
Kymberstyle.com
TIS the season to be jolly, or so goes the opening line of a well-known holiday song.  Many people, most notably single men and women who find themselves alone on yet another Christmas Day or New Year’s Eve, find the holidays are anything but a time of joy.
For most it is a time [...]

Human Rights Campaign Condemns Brutal Slaying of Gay Teen in Puerto Rico

WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, today condemned the brutal murder of Jorge Steven López, 19, in Cayey, Puerto Rico.  López’s body was discovered on an isolated road, dismembered and burned, last Friday.  Late Monday night, police arrested Juan A. Martinez in connection with [...]

Why Gay Adoption Matters in the Florida Governor’s Race

Florida is one of two states that have instituted bans on adoption for LGBT families, sharing the dubious honor with Arkansas. Thankfully, there’s movement in Florida to overturn this out-dated law that not only fosters homophobia, but punishes children by keeping them away from healthy families.
First a judge last year in Miami ruled that the [...]

Gay publications close after bankruptcy

Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) — When Laura Douglas-Brown got to work on Monday, she saw a note on the door. “It is with great regret that we must inform you that effective immediately, the operations of Window Media LLC and United Media LLC have closed down.”
It asked employees to return Wednesday, adding, “Please bring boxes [...]

Lawmakers defy church pressure on DC gay marriage

WASHINGTON — The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington wants the city to change its proposal to legalize same-sex marriages to exempt the church from the law, but so far city council members aren’t budging.
Catholic Charities provides social services to about 68,000 people, some of which are city contracts like the management of homeless shelters. The marriage [...]

Called to Serve

The military continues to operate under the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, which even the Pentagon says is unsubstantiated. As General McChrystal asks for more troops in Afghanistan, one gay Navy vet offers his service to his country in spite of the policy that would deny him.
By Christopher T. Landavazo

On May 13, 1996, I raised [...]

Ellen Degeneres on Oprah: I’ll Be With Portia De Rossi Until The Day I Die

Sorry for the poor quality!  This aired yesterday, so there are very few copies out.

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