Archive for August, 2011

Gay bar ignites schoolyard brawl

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011

 
The gay sports bar Boxers wants to open a branch in Hell’s Kitchen — and some neighbors are putting up their dukes in protest, saying it’s too close to a school and playground.
 
Owners of the popular Chelsea hangout on West 20th Street want to open Boxers HK in a building at 776 10th Ave. — […]

Country singer Chely Wright weds girlfriend

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011

Chely Wright, the first mainstream country performer to come out as lesbian, married her partner, activist Lauren Blitzer, on Saturday in Connecticut, People magazine reported.
Wright, 40, met Blitzer, 30, soon after the singer’s 2010 announcement that she is a lesbian.
Named the top new female vocalist by the Academy of Country Music in 1995, Wright hid […]

2 men sue Calif. amusement park over slur on photo

Wednesday, August 10th, 2011

 
Two men are suing a Northern California amusement park after they say employees posted a photograph of them riding a roller coaster with a caption labeling them with a homophobic slur.
Craig Person and Edmund Yang were photographed holding hands on the Psycho Mouse ride at California’s Great America park in August 2008, according to the complaint filed Monday […]

Ann Coulter joins gay conservative group

Wednesday, August 10th, 2011

Right-wing provocateur Ann Coulter has joined the advisory board of GOProud, a small Washington, D.C.-based organization that represents gay conservatives, the group announced Tuesday.
Coulter has long been a supporter of the advocacy group, which claims the support of a string of high-profile conservatives, including anti-tax activist Grover Norquist, online media mogul Andrew Breitbart, and Republican strategist […]