http://www.EDGEnewyork.com Your life... with an EDGE. en-us 2009 EDGE PUBLICATIONS, INC. editor@edgepublications.com (Managing Editor) webmaster@edgepublications.com (Webmaster) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:00:26 -0500 http://www.EDGEnewyork.com/rss Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender/News/newyork http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103283 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103283 In what the media has labeled a "bias attack," five men assaulted a lone 22-year-old victim in the Carroll Gardens section of Brooklyn, a gentrified Brooklyn neighborhood. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103276 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103276 After his arrest for drunk driving (reportedly after leaving a gay club, a male passenger in his car), and the public admission of what was evidently an open secret--his homosexuality--will California State Sen. Roy Ashburn be reviled? Will he become an advocate for GLBT causes? Will he fade into oblivion? Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103275 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103275 Scott Brown, the new GOP U.S. senator from Massachusetts, is going to write up his memoirs. But will he give us the skinny about that Cosmo beefcake shoot? Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103272 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103272 A British cleric's "flippant" anti-marriage equality remark during a sermon ruffled feathers among parishoners and GLBT equality advocates alike. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103263 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103263 At least a dozen couples tied the knot in the District of Columbia on the first day same-sex ceremonies were legally allowed, and many more unions were on the way. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103262 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103262 Yiliam Gonzalez is living proof of a small but remarkable transformation for the rugged revolution of Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and a band of ever-macho, bearded rebels, who long punished gays and transsexuals - but now are paying for sex changes. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103259 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=103259 Houston's historic election of a lesbian mayor brings up the question of whether a place not before known as a gay Mecca can be marketed that way? The city's tourism board thinks so - as do other newly gay-friendly cities. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103250 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103250 They may not be seen as sexy, but condoms can save lives by preventing the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The state of California is considering making it a matter of law for actors in adult movies to use condoms for their on-screen sex scenes. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103248 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103248 Locked in a tight race with arch-rival Marco Rubio, Charlie Crist has accused him of getting his back waxed -Aan odd charge coming from mucho metrosexual Crist. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103241 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103241 Hiram Monserrate may have become the first New York state senator to be kicked out of that not-so-august body since the 1920s on ethical violations in the wake of a domestic abuse episode, but supporters of his bid to re-take a special election prefer violence against women to marriage equality. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103237 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103237 Facing a firestorm of criticism for refusing to allow the child of a lesbian couple to return to parochial preschool next year, the Denver Archdiocese has responded with a statement to the effect that the child's exclusion is the fault of his mothers--for being a committed same-sex couple. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103227 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103227 The Supreme Court is entering an emotionally charged dispute between the grieving father of a Marine who died in Iraq and the anti-gay protesters who picket military funerals with inflammatory messages like "Thank God for dead soldiers." Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103226 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103226 Tuesday is the first day same-sex couples can pick up marriage licenses and tie the knot in the city. Some couples planned quick ceremonies at a church or gay rights group's office while others said they'll wait and have more elaborate celebrations. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103214 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103214 Roy Ashburn, the California state senator (and divorced father of four kids) who was caught driving drunk with a man as he was leaving a Sacramento gay bar, has come out - but says he will continue his homophobic voting record. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103213 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103213 The trial of the man who prosecutors contend brutally murdered Jorge Steven LApez Mercado last November had been scheduled to begin in Caguas on March 30, but a judge has postponed it until April 14. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103202 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103202 A Brooklyn rabbi is on trial for allegedly molesting three men when they were in their teens; a fourth reportedly committed suicide. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103192 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103192 Karl Rove is famed for ruthless political stratagem. What is lesser known is that Rove's stepfather was a gay man, and a prominent member of the piercing community, whose own body was heavily embellished with gold piercings. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103189 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103189 Elements of the social and religious right have targeted a Maine proposal to allow transgendered students to use the facilities appropriate to the gender with which the students identify. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103187 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103187 Former U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee, state Attorney General Patrick Lynch, state Treasurer Frank Caprio and Todd Giroux all spoke at a Marriage Equality Rhode Island rally at the State House in Providence on Wednesday, March 3. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?103175 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=103175 The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments for the disease. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST