http://www.EDGEpublications.com Your life... with an EDGE. en-us 2009 EDGE PUBLICATIONS, INC. editor@edgepublications.com (Managing Editor) webmaster@edgepublications.com (Webmaster) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:00:01 -0500 http://www.EDGEnewyork.com/rss Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender News http://www.edgeonthenet.com/?103283http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103283In what the media has labeled a "bias attack," five men assaulted a lone 22-year-old victim in the Carroll Gardens section of Brooklyn, a gentrified Brooklyn neighborhood.Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?103276http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103276After his arrest for drunk driving (reportedly after leaving a gay club, a male passenger in his car), and the public admission of what was evidently an open secret--his homosexuality--will California State Sen. Roy Ashburn be reviled? Will he become an advocate for GLBT causes? Will he fade into oblivion?Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?103272http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103272A British cleric's "flippant" anti-marriage equality remark during a sermon ruffled feathers among parishoners and GLBT equality advocates alike.Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?103259http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=103259Houston's historic election of a lesbian mayor brings up the question of whether a place not before known as a gay Mecca can be marketed that way? The city's tourism board thinks so - as do other newly gay-friendly cities.Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?103250http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103250They may not be seen as sexy, but condoms can save lives by preventing the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The state of California is considering making it a matter of law for actors in adult movies to use condoms for their on-screen sex scenes.Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?103248http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103248Locked in a tight race with arch-rival Marco Rubio, Charlie Crist has accused him of getting his back waxed -Aan odd charge coming from mucho metrosexual Crist.Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?103241http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103241Hiram Monserrate may have become the first New York state senator to be kicked out of that not-so-august body since the 1920s on ethical violations in the wake of a domestic abuse episode, but supporters of his bid to re-take a special election prefer violence against women to marriage equality.Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?103237http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103237Facing a firestorm of criticism for refusing to allow the child of a lesbian couple to return to parochial preschool next year, the Denver Archdiocese has responded with a statement to the effect that the child's exclusion is the fault of his mothers--for being a committed same-sex couple.Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?103214http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103214Roy Ashburn, the California state senator (and divorced father of four kids) who was caught driving drunk with a man as he was leaving a Sacramento gay bar, has come out - but says he will continue his homophobic voting record.Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?103213http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103213The trial of the man who prosecutors contend brutally murdered Jorge Steven LApez Mercado last November had been scheduled to begin in Caguas on March 30, but a judge has postponed it until April 14.Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?103202http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103202A Brooklyn rabbi is on trial for allegedly molesting three men when they were in their teens; a fourth reportedly committed suicide.Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?103192http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103192Karl Rove is famed for ruthless political stratagem. What is lesser known is that Rove's stepfather was a gay man, and a prominent member of the piercing community, whose own body was heavily embellished with gold piercings.Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?103189http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103189Elements of the social and religious right have targeted a Maine proposal to allow transgendered students to use the facilities appropriate to the gender with which the students identify.Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?103187http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103187Former U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee, state Attorney General Patrick Lynch, state Treasurer Frank Caprio and Todd Giroux all spoke at a Marriage Equality Rhode Island rally at the State House in Providence on Wednesday, March 3.Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?103081http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103081As marriage equality takes greater hold in America, it's no surprise that gay couples are showing up in marriage-license lines or gazing over wedding bands at jewelry shops. Also not surprising, but still disappointing, is the homophobic pushback.Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?103068http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103068Congress to debate two separate bills aiming to remove the military ban on gays and lesbians serving openly.Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?103147http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103147An openly lesbian member of the Utah House of Representatives says that she will be leaving state government come the end of this year.Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?103145http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103145Three young men have been arrested in connection with a drive-by BB gun attack against a gay man in San Francisco. Online chat sites say the three are Muslims.Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?103139http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103139Prior to California state senator Roy Ashburn's DUI arrest, other politicians and the media had been hearing rumors about whether he might be closeted, or had even spotted him at gay clubs--but they said nothing, despite Ashburn's record on GLBT equality issues.Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.edgeonthenet.com/?102957http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=102957A Minnesota House of Representatives committee heard three bills that addressed marriage rights for same-sex couples on Monday, Feb. 22.Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST