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Ex-NJ Gov. McGreevey, now openly gay, finds niche mentoring inmates

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:00:49 +0000

(Kearny, NJ) For anyone curious about what Jim McGreevey is up to seven years after coming out of the closet to become the first openly gay governor and resigning over an affair with a male(...)

Lesbian activist picked for Ill. House vacancy

Jennifer Vanasco — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:00:31 +0000

A Cook County state’s attorney will become the third openly gay member of the Illinois House.

On Saturday, LGBT activist Kelly Cassidy was appointed state representative for the 14th District.(...)

Gay candidate with defaced signs wins Florida council seat

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 20:02:00 +0000

A Miami Shores politician whose campaign signs were defaced with anti-gay slurs won his bid for a seat on the local village council.

Jesse Walters beat incumbent Prospero G. Herrera II and(...)

Candidate’s campaign signs vandalized with anti-gay slurs

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:57:56 +0000

Yard signs for openly gay council candidate Jesse Walters were defaced with anti-gay slurs in Miami Shores, Florida.

On one sign, the word “FAGGOT” was plastered over Walter’s face.

Lexington, Ky., voters elect 1st openly gay mayor

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 03:23:58 +0000

(Lexington, Ky.) Voters in Lexington, Kentucky’s second-largest city, have elected the city’s first openly gay mayor.

Businessman Jim Gray defeated incumbent Jim Newberry in Tuesday’s(...)

Mass. Rep. Frank lends $200,000 to own campaign

Jennifer Vanasco — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 21:00:34 +0000

(Boston) U.S. Rep. Barney Frank is lending $200,000 to his re-election campaign, citing the need to defend himself against an expected “flood of right-wing attack ads” by conservative(...)

Outed Calif. state senator apologizes

logointern1 — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:53:46 +0000

Senator Roy Ashburn, the California state senator who was arrested for driving under the influence after leaving a gay bar in March apologized on Monday for the harm he has caused the LGBT(...)

Thurs. Watercooler: A gay Real Housewife?

logointern1 — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:28:33 +0000

Ramin Setoodeh, the reporter who wrote a Newsweek.com article claiming that gay actors can’t play straight characters, left Newsweek for People this week.

In his article, Setoodeh analyzed(...)

Gay political roundup: Minn. next gay marriage state?

logointern1 — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:51:08 +0000

President Barack Obama includes gay Maryland legislator in his Father’s Day mentoring barbecue. The President’s father abandoned his family when he was a young boy, but Obama has used(...)

Obama administration has hired over 100 gay staffers

logointern1 — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:00:38 +0000

The Obama administration has hired more openly gay and lesbian staffers than the Clinton and Bush administrations combined, a White House staffer says.

White House spokesperson Shin Inouye used(...)