http://www.EDGEboston.com Your life... with an EDGE. en-us 2009 EDGE PUBLICATIONS, INC. editor@edgepublications.com (Managing Editor) webmaster@edgepublications.com (Webmaster) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:00:02 -0500 http://www.EDGEboston.com/rss Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender/News/boston http://www.edgeboston.com/?98736 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98736 After weeks of on-again, off-again speculation, as well as how much he'll show, Playgirl has (finally!) announced the dates for the much-anticipated nude New York photo shoot of Sarah Palin's nightmare ex-future-son-in-law. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?98734 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98734 In the aftermath of Maine voters having narrowly rescinded marriage equality rights for gay and lesbian families, GLBT equality advocates are looking to assign blame. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?98733 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98733 The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) says that South Park has gone too far by poking fun at an anti-gay slur. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?98715 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98715 French scientists mixed gene therapy and bone marrow transplants in two boys to seemingly halt a brain disease that can kill by adolescence. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?98695 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98695 Washington voters have approved the state's new "everything but marriage" law, expanding rights for domestic partners and marking the first time any state's voters have approved a gay equality measure at the ballot box. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?98691 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98691 At last, some good news: New York Gov. David Paterson is calling on a special session of the state's Legislature to tackle gay marriage. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?98675 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98675 Openly lesbian Wanda Sykes is coming to Fox, while George Lopez is getting his own show on TBS. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?98671 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98671 A Scottish man who betrayed his friends and preyed on their children has been sentenced, as has another Scot; the two men were described as the "ringleaders" in a pedophilia ring. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?98670 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98670 The purported existence of a graphic sex tape in which former Miss California Carried Prejean allegedly appears reportedly was the reason why Prejean settled with former employer Miss USA--for no money at all. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?98666 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98666 The final tally is not yet in, but gay and lesbian families in Washington state are expected to hold onto legal privileges that give them all the same state-level rights and protections of marriage--though not under that name. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?98648 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98648 A medical aid group says funding for AIDS is threatened, and that could set back "dramatic" progress in decreasing HIV illness and death. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?98647 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98647 Stunned and angry, national gay rights leaders Wednesday blamed scare-mongering ads - and President Barack Obama's lack of engagement - for a bitter election setback in Maine that could alter the dynamics for both sides in the gay-marriage debate. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?98646 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98646 What we learned from the off-year elections: The president's influence is limited, independents rule, incumbents beware, issues trump ideology and, once more, "It's the economy, stupid." Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?98633 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98633 Ryan Keith Skipper's brutal murder in 2007 and the death of a Broward County man nearly six months after two men attacked him near his home are among the cases that have motivated Florida activists to lobby Tallahassee lawmakers to enact tougher hate crime statutes in the Sunshine State. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?98627 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98627 The 13th annual Mr. International Rubber will take place this weekend at the Center on Halsted in Chicago. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?98626 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98626 A gay couple got tossed out of a taxi in New York after the cabbie spied them hugging in the back of his vehicle. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?98619 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98619 Those who worked on the ground to defeat Referendum 1 vow they will continue the fight for marriage for same-sex couples, but some activists have already begun to question the effectiveness of a state-by-state strategy to ensure gays and lesbians are allowed to tie the knot. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?98614 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98614 English and Irish Anglican bishops are refusing to attend the ordination of one of their own fellow clergy in Stockholm--because she is a lesbian. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?98613 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98613 Maine voters may have chosen to take marriage rights away from their neighbors, but not all was gloomy for LGBTs: three wins around the country brought victory to gay and lesbian politicians and their constituents. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeboston.com/?98609 http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98609 At least four times in the last 2 1/2 years, Keith Bardwell says he refused to marry interracial couples while serving as a Louisiana justice of the peace. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST