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Community So Much More Than Just Cakes Are At Stake In Masterpiece Cakeshop SCOTUS Case
As June ushers in the arrival of “Wedding Season,” the air is filled with sounds of wedding bells, or in our community, the joyous smashing of glass. But millions of Americans are waiting for a United States Supreme Court decision that could determine whether the chimes of freedom ring equally for all Americans. At stake…
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Fast Forward Massachusetts GOP Candidate Blames Holocaust On Gay Nazis
A Republican candidate who won enough support at the party’s Massachusetts convention to advance the primary for governor is a pastor who once wrote a book claiming that the Holocaust was caused by a conspiracy of gay men within the Nazi party. Scott Lively, an attorney and pastor who has advocated for anti-LGBT laws around…
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The Schmooze Jewish Artist Troye Sivan Pens Chart-Topping Gay Sex Anthem
You can bet your bottom dollar that gay sex will not remain a taboo topic in mainstream culture much longer. For this we can thank Jewish and Australian singing sensation Troye Sivan, whose new hit song “Bloom” seems to be an anthem to homosexual discovery. Sivan, 22, who rose to prominence on YouTube and Star…
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Community My Orthodox Rabbi Father Taught Me To Love LGBT People
Growing up as a religious girl, I always pictured myself having a husband, enough kids to fit a minivan, and living in a comfortable home. I dreamed of having a wedding where I see my future husband meeting me halfway down the aisle and then finish the walk to get married under the chuppah. But…
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The Schmooze Disney Will Sell These Rainbow Mouse Ears For LGBT Pride Month
“Micky Mouse Rainbow Love” is not the street name of a club drug. It is the name the Walt Disney Company has assigned the rainbow mouse ears they are now selling in Disney parks. in a ? full of people you’re all i ? thank you @disneyland for a day full of magic, new video,…
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Community What Being Gay Taught Me About Zionism
This Wednesday marks the 70th anniversary of Israel’s independence, which incidentally lands a week after Holocaust Remembrance Day. It’s a symbolic reminder of how far the Jewish people have come in such a short span of time. Yet seventy years later, the debate over the history of the country continues to divide people across the…
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The Schmooze Listen To Bob Dylan Reimagine A Classic Ballad As A Gay Love Song
Bob Dylan is a little gay and a little corporate these days. Doesn’t sound much like the Robert Zimmerman you know and love to be confounded by? Well, he’s funny that way. On a new collaboration, “Universal Love,” Dylan joins artists including Kesha and St. Vincent in reworking classic love songs so that each singer…
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Fast Forward Lesbian Couple’s Jewish Wedding Goes Viral In Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — A same-sex Jewish wedding ceremony held in the iconic Brazilian hotel frequented by kings and queens has made headlines in Latin America’s largest nation. It is the first Jewish same-sex wedding to go so public and is believed to be the first Jewish ceremony between two women in Brazil. Some…
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