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Martin Luther King’s daughter is wrong
The self-proclaimed keepers of Martin Luther King Jr.’s flame have never shied away from expressing their bigotry toward the LGBTQ community and gay rights in general. Bernice King, Martin Luther...
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Kevin Hart won’t play gay, but it makes sense why
Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty. Funny guy Kevin Hart—recent guest host of Saturday Night Live and star of new movie The Wedding Ringer—told a radio station that he wouldn’t play gay on-screen. And quite...
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Did ‘Looking’ just air the most perfect gay sex scene ever?
Since debuting last year, Looking hasn’t necessarily been lauded as a completely accurate portrayal of modern gay men. Just last week, the show’s leading man, out actor Jonathan Groff, sat down with...
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Anti-corruption IVI-IPO endorses Chicago candidates
Jesus “Chuy” Garcia with Cook County Clerk David Orr. Photo: chicagoforchuy.com. We noted that respected anti-corruption group IVI-IPO in essence asked us to dump our city’s openly gay aldermen....
View ArticleCause we’re Chirish! St. Pat’s weekend in Boystown
“Kiss me, I’m Irish!” Michael Kelm—popularly known as Mak—shared this moment from their St. Patrick’s weekend festivities in the Boystown gayborhood.
View ArticleThe moment Indiana gov made LGBT discrimination legal
The Republican governor of Indiana signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in a private ceremony on Mar. 26. He was surrounded by religious when he did it, as seen in this photo tweeted by the...
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Bird’s Nest Cookies
This holiday* weekend, are you stuck in your childhood home with tons of resentful relatives, screaming kids, early-risers and not nearly enough sweet wine or mimosas? Stuff their face holes with your...
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I didn’t know I was fat
The human mind is phenomenal. Scientists, doctors and philosophers alike have worked for years to figure out exactly how it works. They want to map out all the little ways it performs, and while they...
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Mocked for eating healthy
“Oh, he’s on a diet right now. Give him a week and he’ll want that cupcake.” The hardest part about making the leap to a healthier lifestyle, is the flack you get from making the lifestyle change. The...
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How a photo changed my world
“You two stand together and I’ll take your picture.” While that seems like an innocent enough statement that anyone holding a camera might ask, they were the words that would literally send me into a...
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Fat does not equal unhappy
Photo: tumblr The hardest part about shifting your mindset from an unhealthy lifestyle to a healthy one, is changing your public image. Sadly, your public image is the hardest thing to change since you...
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Popcorn The Kitten gets a new toy
Popcorn got a gift in the mail from Go Cat Toys® and her present is quickly becoming her favorite thing that’s ever happened in the history of the cat world. (Including the time she got the toilet lid...
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Negative body image not a given for this fat guy
Photo: fitnessprincessblog.com It is one thing to be aware that you are fat, and something totally different to really know you are fat. It was always known to me that that I had a few extra inches...
View ArticleDenali, a dog’s tale of love for his owner
“When someone you love walks through the door, even if it happens five times a day, you should go totally insane with joy.” Meet Denali the dog. And his owner, cancer survivor, surfer and photographer...
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How I lost the weight
Photo: Alan Cleaver/Flickr I’ve said it once, and I will say it again: “The easiest part of losing weight is actually losing weight.” Once I had my head on straight about needing to shed some serious...
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Confession: I got away with more when I was fat
After finally making the lifestyle change that resulted in my weight loss, I thought the hardest part was over. Physically, I guess it was, but psychologically, the hardest part was just beginning....
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Let’s do brunch! (How weight loss suffers when your social life revolves...
Photo: Erica Firment/Flickr People change you when you finally lose the weight. Some of it can be for the better, and some of it not so much. It is up to you to decipher the difference. Of course, the...
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“So, you think you’re better than us now?”
Aside from eating healthy, one of the big changes I made in my new life was becoming very physically active. I started going to the gym regularly, making new jock friends. I started finding new ways...
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Don’t ask people to be ‘patient’ on civil rights as the movement continues
On Memorial Day 1963, Vice President Lyndon Johnson spoke on the hallowed grounds of Gettysburg. He was trying to lead his own party toward an appreciation for advocating the civil rights of Black...
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Wanna lose weight? Up your daily mileage.
Nike FuelBand is a wearable activity tracker. Photo: Intel Free Press/Flickr Though I have discussed some of the negatives in having a substantial weight loss, the positive outcomes far outweigh them....
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