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September 4, 2013 • Volume 4 • Issue 36 2520 N. Dixie Highway • Wilton Manors, FL 33305 Phone: 954-530-4970 Fax: 954-530-7943
Publisher • Norm Kent norm.kent@sfgn.com Chief Executive Officer • Pier Angelo Guidugli Associate publisher • Jason Parsley jason.parsley@sfgn.com
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‘N Sync’s Lance Bass Proposes to Boyfriend
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The pop star came out in an interview with People magazine in 2006
Soon after making an appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards with his former ‘N Sync crew, the ex-boy band member announced he’s engaged to his boyfriend. “He said YES!! Love this man,” Bass wrote on Instagram on Sep. 1 with a photo showing off an engagement ring on the finger of his new fiancé Michael Turchin.
The two started dating in December 2011, and Bass popped the question in New Orleans. The day before Bass posted the photo on Instagram, Turchin expressed his happiness about the engagement on Twitter. “Happiest guy in the world,” he tweeted. Bass came out in 2006, while dating Amazing Race winner Reichen Lehmkuhl. Before
that, the 34-year-old actor and singer had dated actress Danielle Fishel. “The thing is, I’m not ashamed – that’s the one thing I want to say. I don’t think it’s wrong, I’m not devastated going through this,” he told People magazine when he came out. “I’m more liberated and happy than I’ve been my whole life. I’m just happy.”
Republican: Gays Should be Like Alexander
Online Producer • Dennis Jozefowicz
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“Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) married a Bactrian woman. Alexander may have engaged in homosexual activity, but he married a woman,” he wrote in a blog post. The problem is, Sharer is omitting history. Alexander had a lifelong male lover, with his friend, commander, and
bodyguard Hephastion until Hephastion’s death. Sharer also cited the philosopher Aristotle, who is also said to have had sexual relationships with other men. “Sex between a man and a woman produces babies – society needs babies – babies need both moms and dads,” he wrote.
Lebanon Could Decriminalize Homosexuality
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“Because of 534 – the penal law that is used against any unnatural sex – these statements show to the world that being gay is not unnatural so 534 can’t be implemented in this case,” Bertho Makso, the owner of Lebtour, an LGBT gay guide in Lebanon, told GSN. Makso added that the next step is to work to change 534 to decriminalize homosexuality,
however, chances of that happening at the moment are slim as the conflict with neighboring Syria currently takes center stage. Psychologists made the announcement on Aug. 28. During the event, Makso recounts speakers said they would give testimony during a trial regarding the naturalist view of homosexuality if needed.
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Current law defines gay sex as “unnatural,” something which could now be repealed
Lebanon has had a major breakthrough among the Arab nations: psychiatrists and psychologists in the country have stated homosexuality is “natural.” According to Gay Star News, these new statements could help the LGBT community in the country repeal a law that makes gay sex illegal, precisely because the law defines gay sex as an “unnatural” sexual act.
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Sharer argues that gays should strive to be like the Greek conqueror
A Republican politician, who is mounting an effort to stop New Mexico from issuing marriage licenses to gays, said that gays should be more like Alexander the Great. Making the argument that marriage has been between a man and a woman even before the rise of the Judeo-Christian tradition, N.M. Sen. Bill Sharer explained:
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10-Year-Old Proposes ‘Rainbow Pride Bridge’ in Key West The project would connect Sunset Pier with land just west of Duval Street.
Legally Married Gay Couples Can File Joint Tax Returns The government is issuing the regulations to allow gay couples to file joint federal tax returns. Artist Who Painted Putin in Women’s Underwear Flees Russia
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