http://www.EDGEpublications.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 04:00:01 -0500 http://www.EDGEnewyork.com/rss Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender News http://www.edgeonthenet.com/?98736http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98736After 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 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?98734http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98734In the aftermath of Maine voters having narrowly rescinded marriage equality rights for gay and lesbian families, GLBT equality advocates are looking to assign blame.Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?98733http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98733The 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 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?98691http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98691At 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 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?98671http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98671A 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 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?98670http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98670The 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 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?98666http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98666The 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 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?98633http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98633Ryan 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 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?98627http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98627The 13th annual Mr. International Rubber will take place this weekend at the Center on Halsted in Chicago.Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?98626http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98626A 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 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?98619http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98619Those 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 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?98614http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98614English 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 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?98613http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98613Maine 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 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?98521http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98521The 2010 census count has yet to begin but LGBT leaders and demographers are already pushing for changes to the 2020 census.Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?98555http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98555The Turnpike Series has left LGBT Phillies and Yankees fans--and everyone else--on edge as both teams prepare to square off in Game Six tomorrow night in the Bronx.Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?98554http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98554Danish soccer team FC Midtjylland has dismissed goalie Arkadiusz "Arek" Onyszko, a Polish player, in the wake of anti-gay comments in Onyszko's autobiography.Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?98552http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98552Sigma Phi Beta, the nation's first exclusively college-based fraternity for gays and gay allies, is opening a new chapter--the first after its original Arizona State University founding chapter.Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?98549http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98549GLBT online news sources have picked up on a story about a Jamaican town where a "Gay Eradication Day" had been proclaimed expelled all gay and lesbian residents on Apr. 26, 2007.Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?98526http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=98526Unregulated by local municipalities, not up to local building codes, sex clubs have been forced underground. A recent fatality points up the cost of operating clandestinely.Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?98512http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98512English prime minister Gordon Brown says that the House of Commons will be available for same-sex wedding ceremonies, and an openly gay Minister of Parliament (MP) and his partner are ready to inaugurate the new tradition.Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST