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Man Sues Georgia To Have “GayGuy” On His License Plate

gayguyA Georgia man is suing the state’s driver services department, saying it violated his constitutional rights by denying his application for a vanity license plate reading: “4GAYLIB,” “GAYPWR” or “GAYGUY.”

Atlanta resident James Cyrus Gilbert told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution he was not asking for something “vulgar or over the top” when he made the request in his vanity plate application. These three combinations are on a list banned by Georgia, the newspaper reported. However, the state has reportedly approved plates with some political or religious expressions in the past.

“Denying someone the right to put gay on their tag, that’s political,” Gilbert told the Journal-Constitution. “If I want I could get a tag that said straight man, but because it had gay on it, it’s not available.”

The lawsuit, filed against the commissioner of the Georgia Department of Driver Services, seeks approval for the requested vanity plate, nominal damages and attorney fees, as well as a court order saying the state regulation for vanity plates is unconstitutional, the newspaper reported

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“Queen James” Bible Offers Gay-Friendly Scripture

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I did not know how to feel at first when I saw this, I was honestly kind of upset, simply because it was not what I expected it to be.  I really wanted this book to be just dissing Lebron James from begging to end. But it was not.

This however is a bit more interesting.  It is a gay friendly Bible that is named the ‘Queen James’  Bible and as you see it features a rainbow-colored cross on the front of it. Now many people of course are going to be an an uproar about this but according to the editors of this new version, “King James I, the man behind the popular Bible translation, was a bisexual  known amongst friends and courtiers as ‘Queen James’ because of his many gay lovers.” This new version, named in his honor, aims “to prevent homophobic interpretations,” with several controversial verses strategically tweaked. “We wanted to make a book filled with the word of God that nobody could use to incorrectly condemn God’s LGBT children.”

And ladies and gentlemen there you have it….

J.R. Bang Morning Show Interviews Writer Lenox Magee

Special Contributor/Columnist for Redeye Chicago Lenox Magee returned to the J.R. Bang Morning Show to speak on some issues in the LGBT community. Topics include the Kevin Clash sex scandal, the Ugandan Gay controversy and more!

Join Lenox as he as created a petition to end the Ugandan “Kill the Gays” bill by clicking “here.”

Lenox Magee Returns to the J.R. Bang Morning Show

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red Eye contributor Lenox Magee returned to the J.R. Bang Morning Show yesterday to speak on a couple of topics in the gay community including his latest article “Has time come for gay blacks?” Other topics include the NAACP, Al Sharpton, Queen Latifah and more!

Part 1 includes Magee talking about the Red Eye Chicago article ”Has time come for gay blacks?“, President Barack Obama, Jay-Z and NAACP.

Part 2 includes Magee, his partner and myself talking about gay issues like Gays in sports, Queen Latifah, Raven Symone and more.

Does Newsweek Magazine’s Obama Cover Go Too Far?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last week President Barack Obama announced that he supports marriage for gays and lesbians, bringing on once again the debate on the subject. Newsweek Magazine takes the conversation a little further.

[Via Fox News]

Following President Barack Obama’s public announcement backing gay marriage last week, Newsweek magazine has featured him on its front cover with the headline, “The First Gay President.”

With Obama’s face pictured looking skyward and a rainbow-colored halo above his head, the controversial cover leads to a story written by gay writer Andrew Sullivan — a self-described political conservative — who analyzes the president’s backing of gay marriage.

Obama said Wednesday he supported gay marriage, reversing his position on a controversial social issue just six months before the November election and adopting a stance fraught with uncertain political implications.

The president said that after years of lengthy discussions with friends and family, including his wife and two young daughters, he now “personally” believes gays and lesbians should have the right to marry.

I understand the meaning on the cover but does it go too far? Vote!

Ignorant News: Rugby Player Says He Woke Up Gay After Stroke

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If your a member of the LGBT community I would very upset about this. Hell, I’m a straight male and I’m upset about this.

[Via Orange News]

A Welsh rugby player who claims suffering a stroke turned him gay says he is happier now than when he was straight.

Chris Birch, 26, was a 19st beer-swilling athlete from Caerphilly who loved motorbikes and was engaged to marry his girlfriend at the time.

However, after suffering a stroke, he woke up to realise that he was no longer attracted to women, reports the BBC.

He has since slimmed down, quit his job in a bank to become a hairdresser and is engaged to another man.

Mr Birch told BBC documentary ‘I Woke Up Gay’: “The Chris I knew had gone and a new Chris sort of came along.

“I came to the realisation that the stroke had turned me gay. I’m happier now than I ever have been, why would I want to change?”

Mr Birch had been attempting a forward roll down a hill in 2011 when the blood supply to his brain was cut off, causing a stroke.

Dr. Qazi Rahman, an expert in human sexual orientation, invited Mr Birch to undergo tests to see if he might have been born gay.

He found that in half the tests, Mr Birch performed in the “expected direction” for a gay man, and for the other half was within the range of a straight man.

Dr Rahman said: “The bulk of the evidence in the biological sciences of genetics and psychology and neuroscience suggest that sexuality is something you are born with and it develops later on through life.

“Sometimes it takes something like a neurological insult – which is what a stroke is – to make you reassess those feelings, perhaps that are lying dormant, and bring them into the front of your mind and it is possible that is what has happened.”

Why would a “stroke” turn you gay? A stroke effects your health and in not a positive way. It doesn’t effects your sexuality. Epic fail

Haaaaaaaay! The Gayest Cities In America?

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The Advocate.com, a Gay and Lesbian online magazine presented it’s list for the “15 Gayest Cities in America, 2012.” Surprisingly (I guess it is) Chicago is not on the list. Boystown wasn’t enough for The Advocate but check out the top 5! Haaaaaaaaaay!

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1. Salt Lake City

While those unfamiliar with the Beehive State are likely to conjure images of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, far-less-oppressive-than-it-used-to-be Salt Lake City has earned its queer cred. There are more than a half-dozen hot spots for men and women, including the eco-friendly nightclub Jam (JamSLC.com), though the sustainable bamboo flooring is perhaps less of a draw than the packed dance floor. The Coffee Garden (878 South 900 East) is a gathering spot for those looking for a caffeine fix, the Sundance Film Festival brings LGBT film buffs to screenings downtown, and lesbian-owned Meditrina (MeditrinaSLC.com) is a true wine bar — yes, you can get a drink in this town.

2. Orlando, Fla.

Besides hosting Gay Days at Disney World, where 50,000 LGBT folks and their kids dressed in red T-shirts invade the theme park the first Saturday in June (and spend $100 million in town), Orlando has more gay softball teams than you can shake a Louisville Slugger at. And residents just got domestic-partnership protections. For non-Mickeyphiles, there’s oodles of homo content each year at the annual Orlando International Fringe Theater Festival (OrlandoFringe.org).

3. Cambridge, Mass.

The home of Harvard University likes a smarty-pants, including the nation’s first African-American lesbian mayor, E. Denise Simmons. Though her reign ended in 2009, she is currently in her sixth term on the City Council, which enacted anti-discrimination protections for transgender people in 1997. The town’s Paradise bar (ParadiseCambridge.com) is billed as New England’s only gay club with hot male dancers six nights a week — hey, everyone needs a night off — and the town is right next to a little hamlet named Boston, where allegedly LGBT stuff sometimes happens too.

4. Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Booting spring breakers from its shores may have not boosted Jagermeister sales, but it sure has classed up the joint. Add to that a mass exodus from Miami, where a real estate boom priced out many gay clubs (then the boom busted), and you have the recipe for a rising homo mecca in South Florida. The area is teeming with gay bars and restaurants, and a ton of guesthouses and spas that run the gamut from mild to spicy. Lesbians are finally starting to move to Fort Lauderdale too, though most girl bars, like New Moon (NewMoonBar.com), are in nearby Wilton Manors.

5. Seattle

When Forbes named Seattle the most miserable sports city in the nation, many of us felt a twinge of empathy. No matter; there’s heaps of other stuff to keep us busy, including tons of locavore and cosmopolitan cuisine, funky bars in a robust LGBT scene, Dan Savage, and hookups — or at least the search for them. TheStir.com noted that Seattle ranks among the top cities for residents who list “casual sex” as the type of relationship they’re seeking.

Salute!