Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting Event
TCF’s website, www.compassionatefriends.org, will host extended chat room hours and a message board for families to post tributes. Last year there were over 4,000 posted messages from all corners of the world. In Haywood county, parents, grandparents …

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Barry grateful for acceptance of his marriage and music
Manilow credits a mass change in attitude toward gay men and women for the acceptance of his marriage … He wants to say good-bye to his arena fans in the United States and then Great Britain. After that he’ll perform only occasionally, without …

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Candlelight Coda: Some Songs We Missed In Our Hanukkah Music Chat
When Hanukkah starts to kind of be rebranded in the United States in the late 19th century, a big part of that rebranding was its songbook. What kind of songs could be written that could help popularize Hanukkah among Jews in the United States. One of the …

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Josh Thomas
If you were among the hoards who were disappointed by the cancellation of the HBO series Looking, fear not, Pivot’s Please Like Me, starring gay actor/creator Josh Thomas more than amply fills the void. The sexy and funny Australian series, now in its …

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Kiwi Punks No Tag Have Reissued Their Classic 1982 Album ‘Oi, Oi, Oi’
Released as a 12-inch EP on Propeller Records, the album debuted at 15 in the NZ Top 40 and the band reached a level of success including a support for the Dead Kennedy’s on their 1983 visit to New Zealand … We had a chat to guitarist Andrew Boak …

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Tales of Emasculated Gay Men
In the United States, same-sex marriage has become the law of the land … Meanwhile, in other parts of the world, gay men can be executed simply on the basis of their sexual orientation, HIV/AIDS is rampant among the heterosexual population, and refugees …

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Survivors of Tasmania's Dunalley bushfires donate art show proceeds to South Australian appeals
Artist’s work influenced by fire tragedy Artist Gay Hawkes lost her home and her art studio in … He wanted to send a message of hope to those victim to bushfires in South Australia. “You will come through it folks.”

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MSU hockey vs. Alabama Huntsville — live chat
MANKATO — The Minnesota State men’s hockey team will go for the series sweep when it plays its final game of 2015 on Saturday night against Alabama Huntsville. The Mavericks came from behind to beat the Chargers 2-1 on Friday night. The puck drops at 7 …

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Saudi prince calls Trump a disgrace to America
‘The Saudi government routinely rounds up people suspected of being gay. All that is needed is a complaint from … Saudi Arabia, which is current chair of the United Nations Human Rights Council Panel, has executed over 150 people this year, mostly …

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Chris Martin on reincarnation and more celeb dumbness this week
I was like, ‘Dude, just say you’re gay.’ … For me, it was a great opportunity to be … which just got picked by TIFF for Canada’s Top Ten. BLATHER: 1. “Watch kanye name his kid “saint” or some stupid s—.” A prescient tweeter posted his thoughts …

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