http://www.EDGEpublications.com Your life... with an EDGE. en-us 2009 EDGE PUBLICATIONS, INC. editor@edgepublications.com (Managing Editor) webmaster@edgepublications.com (Webmaster) Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:00:02 -0500 http://www.EDGEnewyork.com/rss Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender News http://www.edgeonthenet.com/?102129http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=102129In India, where gay relationships have been newly decriminalized, online dating has emerged as a means for men to forge new relationships; but scammers are online, too, looking to lure, and rob, gay men.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?102100http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=102100Troy Germain, 34, has been a fixture on northern New England and southeast Canada's stock car racing scene for nearly 20 years, but the Coos County, N.H., native has emerged as a nationally-recognized announcer.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?102094http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=102094An 11-year-old boy says he was harassed and humiliated at school for his long hair--by his teachers, who forced him to wear pigtails and encouraged his classmates to verbally abuse him, a federal lawsuit claims.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?102092http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=102092The judge in the case challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 8 is gay himself--and anti-gay pundits are jumping on the story.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?102089http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=102089Though national anti-gay organizations have targeted marriage equality for repeal in Iowa, the state's voters are largely unconcerned with the issue, rating the problem of drivers texting while at the wheel as being of greater significance.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?101907http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=101907Where should cruise shops dock in the Caribbean--and where not? A gay-rights cruise raises questions. EDGE gets the answers.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?101736http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=101736A cruise to the Bahamas benefitting Miami Beach Gay Pride this spring is once again calling attention to the appropriateness of visiting Caribbean nations that have a poor record on LGBT rights.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?102048http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=102048Details of Jorge Steven LApez Mercado's alleged cocaine use and prostitution have emerged during the preliminary hearing of the man who allegedly decapitated and dismembered him last November.Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?101976http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=101976The author of -openbracket-i-closebracket-A People's History of the United States-openbracket-/i-closebracket- stood up for American civil rights.Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?101962http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=101962Michael Crawford, co-founder of DC for Marriage and chair of the organization during its fight for marriage equality in the District, is taking his work to the national level. He announced last week that he would leave Washington for New York City, where he'll serve as director of new media for Freedom to Marry.Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?102029http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=102029A decency group has targeted Armani, claiming that the fashion company's advertising is "appalling" due to what the group says are depictions of "threesomes" and "same s*x couples [sic]" in Armani's advertising.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?102026http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=102026A male model allegedly offered police officers sexual favors in exchange for not arresting him; the cops, however, were not interested.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?102025http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=102025CNN's silver fox, Anderson Cooper, has long been rumored to be gay, but has never publicly confirmed it. Now the tabloid press is claiming that Cooper and a gay bar owner are living together.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?102001http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=102001Federal authorities allege Michael Weiss, co-owner of Woody's in Philadelphia's Center City, under-reported approximately $1.6 million in income from the Palmer Social Club, another establishment he operates with his father, in 2004 and 2005.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?101966http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=101966The decision of whether gays and lesbians should serve openly in the military strikes at the core of the integrity of the military itself. The top military advisor to President Barack Obama told senators on Tuesday, Feb. 2, that the integrity of the institution is harmed when soldiers are forced ''to lie about who they are'' -- a dramatic change from the comments of military leaders when the matter was last considered by Congress in 1993.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?101994http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=101994A majority of Americans, prominent military officials, and now the nation's major newspapers agree that the 16-year-old military ban on openly gay troops has outlived its usefulness and should be set aside.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?101984http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=101984Myra Chanel Ical's badly bruised body was found in a vacant lot near the Southwest Freeway in the city's Montrose neighborhood on Jan. 18. Her murder is the seventh unsolved trans homicide in the city over the last decade.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?101980http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=101980A U.S. Air Force officer has admitted to beating a gay man outside a Manhattan bar, and lost his rank for his role in the incident.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?101971http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=101971Comments made by Pope Benedict XVI regarding Britain's anti-discrimination laws have sparked protests and a petition condemning the pontiff's remarks.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?101917http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=101917The president of the Human Rights Campaign singled out Nevada's new domestic partnership law and Houston Mayor Annise Parker's election as examples of LGBT-specific progress outside of traditionally blue states.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST