http://www.EDGEnewyork.com Your life... with an EDGE. en-us 2012 EDGE PUBLICATIONS, INC. editor@edgepublications.com (Managing Editor) webmaster@edgepublications.com (Webmaster) Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:00:31 -0500 http://www.EDGEnewyork.com/rss Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender/News/newyork http://www.edgenewyork.com/?129614 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129614 The "ex-gay" organization recently sent a flyer home with Maryland high school students that told them that "no one is born gay" and that sexual orientation is a choice. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?129592 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129592 This year's Super Bowl halftime show will feature gay icon Madonna. Several Christian groups have urged viewers not to tune in to the event while others have slammed the NFL's decision to have the singer perform. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?129588 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129588 Roseanne Barr said Thursday she's running for the Green Party's presidential nomination - and it's no joke. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?129573 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129573 Meryl Streep may have been nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady," but Argentine critics panned the film during its premiere in Buenos Aires on Thursday. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?129564 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129564 In response to New York City's new mandate that all public middle and high school students are required to take sex education classes; Gay Men's Health Crisis hosted a panel with health providers, school administrators and elected officials on Jan. 31. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?129561 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129561 OneMillionMoms.com recently attacked J.C. Penney for hiring openly lesbian celebrity Ellen DeGeneres as their spokeswoman. The anti-gay group is asking supporters to call the department store and demand that they fire the comedienne. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?129565 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129565 A federal appeals court refused to unseal video recordings of a landmark trial on the constitutionality of California's same-sex marriage ban but said it needed more time to decide if a lower court judge properly struck down the voter-approved ban. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?129553 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129553 The Catholic Church raised $750,000 in 2011 to back an amendment to the Minnesota constitution that bands gay marriage. Additionally, several anti-gay organizations raised large sums of money to support the same cause. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?129541 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129541 Hoping to draw attention to what they describe as The Fellowship's global anti-LGBT agenda, roughly two dozen members of GetEQUAL and other groups protested outside the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., earlier on Thursday. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?129529 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129529 Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, confident after his Florida primary victory, ended up inviting criticism Wednesday when he said he's "not concerned about the very poor" because they have an "ample safety net." Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?129528 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129528 A federal appeals court on Wednesday granted a new hearing to a 40-year-old man who claimed the Atlanta Police Department rejected his job application because he has HIV. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?129527 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129527 A South African court has sentenced four men to 18 years for a murder rights activists say was carried out because the victim was a lesbian. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?129526 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129526 A federal appeals court will announce if it will unseal videos of the landmark trial on the constitutionality of California's same-sex marriage ban, but it's not ready to rule on whether a lower court judge properly struck down the voter-approve ban. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?129507 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129507 An anti-gay group is criticizing Macy's for allowing an image of two grooms as a wedding cake to apper to be placed in their catalog. But the department-store chain is not backing down Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?129517 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129517 The Washington state Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would legalize marriage for same-sex couples. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?129516 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129516 A video about tolerance from the Gay Lesbian & Straight Education Alliance will be shown on the Jumbotron during the Super Bowl game in Indianapolis, a first for an LGBT group. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?129502 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129502 Tracey Cooper-Harris, who served in the Army for 12 years, announced on Wednesday that she will file a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs after her application for benefits for her spouse was denied. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?129501 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129501 The Russian airline Aeroflot allegedly forced a gay flight attendant to marry a woman in order to keep his job after he created an LGBT organization. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?129498 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129498 A furniture-maker from Lithuania took to Facebook and commented on an article about Lady Gaga criticizing the country's government. The man begged for "another Hitler" to "exterminate gays." Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgenewyork.com/?129469 http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129469 Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, the retired head of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and an uncharged central figure in a child sex-abuse case that involves the alleged shuffling of predator priests to unwitting parishes, has died. He was 88. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST