http://www.EDGEpublications.com Your life... with an EDGE. en-us 2009 EDGE PUBLICATIONS, INC. editor@edgepublications.com (Managing Editor) webmaster@edgepublications.com (Webmaster) Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:00:01 -0400 http://www.EDGEnewyork.com/rss Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender News http://www.edgeonthenet.com/?109838http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=109838A New South Wales politician's office seems to have done a little research into the realm of porn--or rather a lot of research: up to 200,000 hits to "suspect" online sites.Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?109836http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=109836Britain's foreign secretary spoke out to say that he and his wife had "had enough" with speculations that he and a male aide were involved in an improper relationship.Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?109831http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=109831In a sign of the times, leading GOP lawmakers from the House and Senate are scheduled to appear at a Log Cabin Republicans event later this month.Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?109820http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=109820Forecasters say Provincetown, Mass., could experience hurricane force winds and up to two inches of rain as Hurricane Earl passes south of Nantucket Island on Friday, Sept. 3. The storm could also bring tropical storm conditions and beach erosion to Fire Island.Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?109819http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=109819Florida House candidate and Wilton Manors Commissioner Justin Flippen was among the gay and lesbian candidates who lost their races in Florida's Aug. 24 primary, but Attorney General Bill McCollum's defeat in the Republican gubernatorial contest indicates voters increasingly reject anti-LGBT rhetoric on the campaign trail.Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?109806http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=109806The District Attorney for Chatham County., Georgia, has decided not to charge two Marines with a hate crime in the beating of a gay man in Savannah.Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?109796http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=109796Austin-based psychologist Drema Dial writes about an unusual conundrum at Salon.com: having a son who comes out as gay--again and again.Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?109741http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=109741A vintage anti-gay law that remained on California's books for six decades is finally about to be put to rest.Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?109738http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=109738Gay farmers in Canada have come out--and banded together in a social club where they can talk about crops and the weather, just like any other farmer.Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?109735http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=109735Not only has Mexico City extended marriage equality to the city's gay and lesbian families, but now the metropolis seeks to become a honeymoon destination for same-sex couples married in other counties.Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?109689http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=109689EDGE editor/reporter Roger Brigham shares his experiences as a participant at the Gay Games VIII, held in Cologne, Germany, in early August. In Part 1, he describes the opening ceremonies & the world of sports the games open to LGBT enthusiasts.Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?109573http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=109573From a working group survey of opposite-sex spouses to a ''high priority'' to meet with same-sex partners, DADT repeal talk is moving out to military familiesTue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?109713http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=109713A former Rotarian says that he was forced to resign from one South African Rotary Club and then denied membership in two others because he is gay.Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?109695http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=109695An anti-gay church that pickets military funerals and claims that the deaths of American servicemembers in Iraq and Afghanistan are God's way of punishing the nation for not doing more to persecute gays was targeted by a man with pepper spray during a picketing action outside a Marine's funeral.Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?109692http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=109692The New Zealand arm of "ex gay" group Exodus has lost a bid to gain charity status, because the government there says that being gay is okay--and not a disease requiring charitable support.Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?109678http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=109678LGBT groups in New Jersey continue to seek answers in the fatal police shooting of Defarra "Dean" Gaymon in a popular cruising area in a Newark, N.J., park on July 16, but this case is the latest in a series of incidents in New Jersey, New York City, Boston and other cities that have shed a harsh spotlight on sting operations that opponents maintain unfairly target gay men.Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?109572http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=109572Two men or two women marrying is not the shock that it once was, and the view is starting to spread across the nation on several significant levelsMon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?109662http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=109662The 2nd of a series on the 'last bias,' gay-on-gay anti-Asian-American prejudice, examines how these men manage to find self-acceptance amid the negative stereotypes and outright racism -- nor not.Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?109570http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=109570News Analysis: The timeline of the elections for governor and attorney general in California mean everything ... or nothing ... or something to the Proposition 8 appealSat, 28 Aug 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?109566http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=109566A new report from the National LGBTQ Young Adult Tobacco Project revealed that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender young adults have higher rates of smoking than their heterosexual peers.Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST