Tony Perkins gets panties in a bunch over gay content in video game.

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So if you’re a gaymer, you might have noticed how videos games as of late are including gay content, Dragon Age II, Mass Effect 3, and with the latest announcement, Star Wars: The Old Republic. Pretty awesome right? Well Tony Perkins, President of the Family Research Council, is calling out for his listeners to barrage Bioware with comments “to show companies who the Force is really with!” in a radio bulletin entitled ‘Rebel Fleet Surrenders to Gay Empire’.

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Australia will now let it’s gay citizens marry overseas!

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Australia has just made itself a little less discriminatory to it’s gay citizens. While still not approving of same-sex marriage, (in spite of super cute TV ads)  the Australian Government will now give a Certificate of No Impediment to same-sex couples who want to get hitched overseas. The certificate provides proof a person is over 18, not married, and there are no other barriers to them getting married. The certificate was previously only issued to heterosexual couples, and is usually required when one wants to get married in another country. As of February 1, same-sex couples can apply for the certificate.

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Derek Williams – Musician, Composer, Arranger, Conductor

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” I am passionate about the creation and performance of music, both self-composed and composed by others, with a substantial publication list of arrangements and compositions in a variety of fields including music for theatre, film and television.  I am committed to achieving excellence in both live and recorded music.”

I currently reside in Scotland, where I recently completed my PhD in music at The University of Edinburgh.

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A picture that’s worth 1,000 words

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A few months ago I came across a new spelling of the word Gay.  It seems that Ghey has made its way into the Urban Dictionary and is meant to denote something that is “a derivation of gay meaning lame. meant to be non-offensive to individuals of a homosexual persuasion.”

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Fred Phelps, Democrat.

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Little known fact, or so it seems to be, Fred Phelps, the man in charge of the infamous Westboro Baptist Church, ran for Governor of Kansas 3 times (1990, 1994, and 1998)…registered as a Democrat.

He is still registered as a Democrat.

He supported Al Gore quite vocally, along with many other members of his family.

He also ran, twice, as a Democrat, for Mayor of Topeka. (1993 and 1997).

In 1992  he ran in the Democratic Party primary for U.S. Senate. Phelps won 31% of the vote…in a state that runs closed primaries.

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Ugandan Family and Activist Mourn Anniversary of David Kato’s Death

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This day last year, the godfather of the Ugandan gay rights movement, David Kato, was horrifically beaten to death. Over 100 activists and family members publicly gathered in Kampala today, facing hostility and stigma, to remember David on this bitter anniversary.

“We are here to celebrate and thank God for our beloved friend and human rights activist David Kato,” gay rights campaigner and  former Anglican bishop Christopher Senyonjo told the crowd.

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PZ Myers: Avoid Anoka-Hennepin School District

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PZ Myers is a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris.  In a post at his blog, Pharyngula, Professor Myers today warns people visiting Minnesota to avoid the Congressional District of Michele Bachmann, and specifically the Anoka-Hennepin School District.

Why am I so eager to separate myself from that area, and why am I urging you to shun it? Because it seems every state needs a sphincter where the unpleasant inhabitants must congregate, and Anoka-Hennepin is it for us (well, and a few other places: states aren’t restricted by metazoan anatomy, and can have many sphincters). This is one of the areas that elected Michele Bachmann; it’s been in the news lately because it is the center of a wave of teen suicides, where bullying is common and gay kids are often the target. 

Parents in the district have put pressure on the school board to adopt a list of actions they’ve drawn up.

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Notes left by EricJames

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The site Gay USA has posted excerpts from the notes left by EricJames.  (Suicide claims another LGBT youth: Eric James Borges, 19)  In them, he requests that $500 go to Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation, $500 to the Trevor Project, and $521.56 to the Human Rights Campaign.

Also posted at the site are excerpts from the eulogies given by William “Van” Vanlandingham, and the woman who took him in after he was kicked out of his home by his parents, Jennifer McGuire.

McGuire pulled no punches in her eulogy.

 “I am not going to avoid the elephant in the room.  He tells his story better than any of us could in his short film and “It Gets Better” video, but I need it to be spoken out loud – and said for him… his parents tortured him – there is no other word to describe it.  What he shared in his video was the tip of the iceberg, and that’s only compared with what he shared with me, and I am sure there was more.

His parents tortured him by not protecting him from the extensive bullying.  His parents tortured him through their relentless, extremist religious teachings.  His parents tortured him with shame and intolerance and emotional and physical abuse that most of us can’t even begin to imagine.  And yes, I blame them, and not just a little, but for a majority percentage… His parents killed him.”

Full story at Gay USA.