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Debbie Wasserman Schultz Shows Support For Bullied Youth (VIDEO)

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The “It Gets Better” Project was created by Dan Savage “to inspire hope for young people facing harassment.”  It was started after there was a multitude of LGBT teens who took their own lives for being gay.  Everyone from President Obama to Justin Bieber to the cast members of HBO’s True Blood have created videos to let LGBT youth know that if they hold on, all will be okay. On Thursday, Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz was the latest person to release a video for the campaign.
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Madonna Defends Adele Over Designer's Personal Attack

Karl Lagerfeld is known for flashy Chanel designs that have been seen on the runway and in several stores.  But now it is his mouth’s flashy comments that are getting him noticed,  in trouble and offending no other than the Material Girl.  The Huffington Post is reporting that Madonna is totally flabbergasted and disgusted over comments Lagerfeld made about Grammy Award winning songstress Adele in early February, calling her “a little too fat.”
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NYC LGBT Pride Marshals Announced!

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Legendary pop goddess Cyndi Lauper, a strong advocate for the LGBT community, will have the duty of Grand Marshal in the 2012 New York City LGBT Pride March.  The 43rd annual event will take place on June 24 and joining Lauper will be Kiehl’s Since 1851 President Chris Salgrado plus Phyllis Siege and Connie Kopelov, NYC’s first ever same-sex married couple.
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Former Gay Porn Star Gets A Second Chance At Teaching After Being Fired For XXX Past!

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Shawn Loftis was working as a substitute teacher in math  for several Miami, FL schools when a principal discovered Loftis’ porn alter ego Collin O’Neal’s  gay videos on a website.  According to The Huffington Post, Loftis was dismissed last year from his Florida teaching position, after claims that he  ”violated a regulation requiring faculty members to act in a manner that will reflect credit upon themselves.”  Loftis decided to go file a complaint with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to try to get back into the classroom.
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Gay Bar Says No Women After 11PM!

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A gay bar is supposed to be a place where members of the LGBT community get together to socialize, get away from the pressures of their everyday lives, and just be themselves.  But Wang’s in Chicago see it differently.  According to The Huffington Post, they ban females at their busiest hour and it is being investigated by the Department of Human Rights.  Located in the gay friendly Boystown Neighborhood, Wang’s is one of several businesses under scrutiny for not accepting women.  There is an irony to this  because the East Lakeview neighborhood is made clear “by the slightly phallic giant rainbow pylons that line the streets” showing where all can eat, drink and be merry.  A drink menu on the wall of Wang’s contains “Men Only After 11p.m.”  It has made several area residents upset and angry.

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