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• Video message | Ambassador Susan E. Rice speaks out on International Day Against Homophobia

  News release from the White House:

  Video Message by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on International Day Against Homophobia, May 17, 2013

  Today, as we commemorate International Day Against Homophobia, we rededicate ourselves to a basic but essential truth – that human rights [...]

  From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at May 17, 2013, 5:05pm in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs

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• Gay pride rally in Georgia derailed (with video of antigay violence in streets of capital)

  BY MISHA DZHINDZHIKHASHVILI, ASSOCIATED PRESS

  TBILISI, Georgia -- Thousands of anti-gay protesters, including Orthodox priests, occupied a central street in Georgia's capital Friday, with some threatening to lash with stinging nettles any participant in a gay pride parade which was to take place there.

  Police in Tbilisi guarded several dozen [...]

  From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at May 17, 2013, 4:50pm in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs

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• GLAAD President Herndon Graddick suddenly quits

  GLAAD President Herndon Graddick suddenly resigned Friday afternoon. Graddick became president 13 months ago, succeeding Jarrett Barrios, who resigned in 2011 along with six board members following a scandal involving AT&T and support for a proposed merger with T-Mobile.

  Here's GLAAD's news release about Graddick's resignation:

  STATEMENT [...]

  From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at May 17, 2013, 4:18pm in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs

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• Salguero's Top 50 NFL players

  There seems to be a lot of listing of NFL talent going around this offseason. The NFL Network is doing it. Pete Prisco over at CBSSports.com is doing it. And soon ProFootballtalk.com will be doing it.

  PFT asked me to be one of 50 voters submitting their Top 50 NFL players. [...]

  From Miami Dolphins In Depth at May 17, 2013, 12:07pm in Miami Dolphins, MiamiHerald.com Blogs, Sports

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• European Union survey: Many gays live in fear

  ASSOCIATED PRESS

  THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- The European Union is calling for action to [...]

  From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at May 17, 2013, 9:23am in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs

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• CLASSY!

  I’ve entered my unborn baby in a beauty pageant

  (Thanks to Ron G.)

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  From Dave Barry's Blog at May 17, 2013, 8:35am in MiamiHerald.com Blogs, Personal

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• TOTALLY PLAUSIBLE

  A South Carolina state representative's lawyer said a rock in his shoe explains why Rep. Ted Vick was walking funny, catching the attention of an officer who eventually arrested him for DUI, his second such charge in less than a year.

  (Thanks to Vernon Bowen)

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  From Dave Barry's Blog at May 17, 2013, 8:31am in MiamiHerald.com Blogs, Personal

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• THERE IS GREAT MUSIC...

  ...and then there is this.

  (Thanks to manual tomato)

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  From Dave Barry's Blog at May 17, 2013, 8:29am in MiamiHerald.com Blogs, Personal

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• WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?

  Tasked with finding some way, any way to get people excited for Iron Man 3, the manager of a movie theater in Jefferson City, Missouri, hit upon the idea of having people dressed in full tactical gear and carrying what appeared to be assault weapons storm the screening

  (Thanks to [...]

  From Dave Barry's Blog at May 17, 2013, 8:23am in MiamiHerald.com Blogs, Personal

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• Puerto Rico Senate approves non-discrimination bill (with video of celebration in Senate gallery)

  From reporter Michael K. Lavers of The Washington Blade:

  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—The Puerto Rican Senate on Thursday approved a sweeping bill that would ban anti-LGBT discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations and government services in the U.S. territory.

  Click here to read the complete article.

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  From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at May 17, 2013, 8:07am in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs

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