Gay rights advanced signifintly the last 25 years — no thanks to Congrs - The Washgton Post

Contents:

• NEWS OF THE COLUMB GAY AND LBIAN COMMUNY
• HOMOPHOB GAY? STUDY TI ANTI-GAY OUTLOOK TO HOMOSEXUALY, AUTHORARIAN PARENTG
• GLAD TO BE GAY: THE SURPRISE H THAT BEME A PRI ANTHEM
• GAYOUTLOOK
• WEB ANALYSIS FOR GAYOUTLOOK
• A HISTORY OF GAY WASHGTON THAT LETS HOMOPHOBIA STEAL THE SPOTLIGHT
• GAY RIGHTS ADVANCED SIGNIFINTLY THE LAST 25 YEARS — NO THANKS TO CONGRS
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY

NEWS OF THE COLUMB GAY AND LBIAN COMMUNY

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HOMOPHOB GAY? STUDY TI ANTI-GAY OUTLOOK TO HOMOSEXUALY, AUTHORARIAN PARENTG

Over the years here Oh, we have weathered everythg om antigay legislatn, to signifintly ls-than-supportive muni/fai, to the vastatn of HIV/AIDS, to severe enomic downturns. Captured the k are the voic and stori of lbians who were not given their proper due other gay media, even as Dah provid a platform to brg the muny closer together both on and off the page. The publitn featured a mix of lol and natnal news, verage of Cleveland and surroundg area events, advertisg for gay bs, and que a few vers featurg origal works of art.

Lnchg the late 1970s, News of the Columb Gay and Lbian Communy is wily regard as one of Oh’s olst gay and lbian publitns. Dpe s name, the newspaper (which had more the appearance of a really thick newsletter on newsprt) featured news both lol and natnal, alongsi personals ads, movie reviews, and the regular prtg of the standgs the gay bowlg league. Unr the tagle of “Servg Gays, Lbians and Friends, ” the newspaper prented a wi swath of ntent: natnal LGBTQ+ news (ually on the ont page), updat om var LGBTQ+ anizatns Ccnati, photos om events, and a “Health Comments by Dr.

GLAD TO BE GAY: THE SURPRISE H THAT BEME A PRI ANTHEM

Gay People’s Chronicle beme Cleveland’s send major publitn for the LGBTQ+ muny when was lnched 1985 by Charl Callenr, a profsor of anthropology at Case Wtern Rerve Universy. From their first issue, “This day marks another kd of guratn as well, that of a lol, gay news publitn…The purpos of The GayBeat are the: to report the news; to te the readg public about the issu which impact our muny; and to help foster a llective, polil agenda for the lbian and gay male muny of greater Ccnati. ” Over s 10 years prt, Gaybeat took many forms, om photopied typed sheets to a newsletter appearance to more tradnal newsprt.

GAYOUTLOOK

The ont ver did not acknowledge s lnch, stead tailg a story about the phone book allowg the words “gay and lbian” an ad, alongsi a story of a Ccnati man who was fired om his job after was reported that he was tted for AIDS. The word self means ‘new’; but this magaze offers and gay and lbian muny somethg has long valued: lol news.

WEB ANALYSIS FOR GAYOUTLOOK

After both Outl and Gay People’s Chronicle had closed up shop, Spotlight was lnched to fill the void of accsg LGBTQ+ ntent Northeast Oh.

A HISTORY OF GAY WASHGTON THAT LETS HOMOPHOBIA STEAL THE SPOTLIGHT

” Although only lasted om January 2014 to Augt later that same year, Spotlight played a pivotal role dissematg rmatn and entertag the mass who had assembled for Gay Gam 9 om all over the world. (Our thanks to the followg who helped put this list together: Phebe Beiser, Jeff Bixby, Michael Chanak, Brian DeWt, Gay Oh History Iniative (GOHI), Staley Jophiel Munroe, Oh History Connectn, Oh Lbian Archiv, Bob Vale, and Wtern Rerve Historil Society. By: Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience Managg Edor Published: 04/09/2012 01:01 PM EDT on LiveScience Homophobics should nsir a ltle self-reflectn, suggts a new study fdg those dividuals who are most hostile toward gays and hold strong anti-gay views may themselv have same-sex sir, albe unrver on.

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GAY RIGHTS ADVANCED SIGNIFINTLY THE LAST 25 YEARS — NO THANKS TO CONGRS

Words clud "gay, " "straight, " "homosexual" and "heterosexual, " while the pictur showed straight and gay upl.

The rearchers said quicker reactn time for "me" and "gay, " and a slower associatn of "me" wh "straight" would dite said an implic gay orientatn. [Why Gay Parents May Be the Bt Parents] In another experiment, the rearchers measured implic sexual orientatn by havg participants choose to browse same-sex or oppose-sex photos on a puter screen.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY

" To gge homophobia a hoehold, stunts rpond to ems such as, "It would be upsettg for my mom to fd out she was alone wh a lbian" or "My dad avoids gay men whenever possible. " Participants dited their own level of homophobia, both overt and implic; word-pletn tasks, stunts wrote down the first three words that me to md when prompted wh some of the words' letters. Stunts were primed at some pot wh the word "gay" to see how that impacted the amount of aggrsive words ed.