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Gay and Lesbian Relationships

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    50 Cent on Gay Marriage: "I've Encouraged Same-Sex Activities ... I'm For It"

    See also "Is 50 Cent Dying? Rapper Tweets Pictures from Hospital, Reaches out to Floyd Mayweather." Just one day after having his colon stretched at a New York City hospital, according to Media Takeout, 50 Cent is following in Jay-Z's footsteps and weighing in on President Obama's decision to back ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    President Barack Obama: "Same Sex Couples Should Be Able To Get Married"

    In an interview with ABC News, President Barack Obama announced this afternoon that he now supports gay marriage. It's a striking change from the commander-in-chief on the same day that North Carolina's voters followed in Florida's footsteps in passing a gay marriage ban. "I think same-sex couples s ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 6, 2011

    Edith, Get Your Gun

    In an interview with ABC News, President Barack Obama announced this afternoon that he now supports gay marriage. It's a striking change from the commander-in-chief on the same day that North Carolina's voters followed in Florida's footsteps in passing a gay marriage ban. "I think same-sex couples s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    Florida Doesn't Want Gay Marriage, But It Still Wants Gay Honeymoon Money

    ​Florida has constitutionally banned its gay wedding cake and is trying to eat it, too.Gay couples in New York began exercising their right to marry this weekend. New York is the largest state so far to legalize gay marriage (permanently, at least), and Florida tourism boards are trying to make su ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Jackson Memorial Apparently Only Hospital in the South That Cares About Gay People

    ​We wouldn't wish a trip to Jackson Memorial Hospital on our worst enemies. Yet according to a new report from the Human Rights Campaign, the public Jackson Health System is the only hospital in the entire southern United States cited this year for providing equal care to LGBT patients. That's a b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    53 Percent of Floridians Still Think Gay Marriage Should Be Illegal

    In its seemingly random sports poll released today, Public Policy Polling did sneak in a few poll questions about actual public policy. Though a majority of Americans now support gay marriage, Floridians aren't quite ready for it. Though, they do, by a large majority, support civil unions for s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    Burger King Gay Bashing: "A Whopper of a Hate Crime"

    The King, it appears, hates gay people. ​After what an advocate called "truly one of the worst cases of a hate crime to happen in the LGBT community," a New Jersey court awarded $3.15 million to 46-year-old Noel Robichaux and 43-year-old Peter Casbar. The gay couple entered a Un ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 3, 2011

    Booty Booty Booty Booty Booty Everywher

    The King, it appears, hates gay people. ​After what an advocate called "truly one of the worst cases of a hate crime to happen in the LGBT community," a New Jersey court awarded $3.15 million to 46-year-old Noel Robichaux and 43-year-old Peter Casbar. The gay couple entered a Un ... More >>

  • News

    January 27, 2011

    Gaybies: South Florida same-sex couple travels to Central America for a family

    The King, it appears, hates gay people. ​After what an advocate called "truly one of the worst cases of a hate crime to happen in the LGBT community," a New Jersey court awarded $3.15 million to 46-year-old Noel Robichaux and 43-year-old Peter Casbar. The gay couple entered a Un ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2010

    What in Hell Is Charlie Crist Trying to Say About Gay Marriage?

    ​We're of two theories about Charlie Crist's latest string of "clarifications" (or flip-flops) on some positions: (1) The guy doesn't know what he actually believes and is being as vague as possible to attract as many voters as possible. (2) He has always personally held these positions, altered t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    Argentina Becomes First Latin American Country to Approve Gay Marriage

    ​After a heated debate that lasted until 4 a.m. in the morning, Argentina is set to become the first country in Latin America to recognize same-sex marriage. The Senate approved the measure following the foot steps of the lower house, and President Cristina Fernandez is certain to sign the measure ... More >>

  • News

    July 30, 2009

    Letters from the Issue of July 30, 2009

    "No law can change a disturbed mind that's a disaster waiting to happen."

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2009

    Elaine Lancaster to Perez Hilton: "Leave Miss California Alone!"

    Queen fight! Attention, everyone, Queen fight! No, seriously: It's South Beach's reigning queen versus the self-proclaimed "Queen of All Media" fighting over a beauty queen. Miami's premier drag queen and local paragon of sophistication and elegance, Elaine Lancaster, took to Steve Rothaus's  ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2009

    Pollsters Are Down with Gay Marriage, Florida Is Down with Old People

    Florida is behind the times when it comes to gay rights, (Remember Amendment 2? And that whole adoption thing?) But at least the rest of the country is catching on. Back in 2004, New York Times/CBS conducted a poll in which they asked people, "Do you support gay marriage?" Only 22 percent of respon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2009

    Famous Numbers Person Predicts Florida Could Have Gay Marriage by 2013

    Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com correctly predicted the outcome of the presidential election, and because of that, he can find the answer to everything with a few clicks of his calculator. Except for the Oscars; he sure got those wrong. Sorry, Mickey. Now Silver is trying to predict the years whe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2009

    Floridians Favor Some Sort of Legal Recognition for Gay Couples, Despite Banning Marriage in the Constitution

    It was pretty evident to anyone with basic reading comprehension skills that the part of Amendment 2 that read, "no other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized," would ban civil unions in the Florida Constitution. Florida voters pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2008

    Top Ten Miami News Stories of the Year

    Murder trials, drug busts, hurricane warnings and robberies may continue to grab the "If It Bleeds, It Leads"-headlines but 2008 was a year of events that will continue to affect us well past the changing of the calendar year. Riptide counts down the biggest new stories of 2008. 10. Murder Free ... More >>

  • News

    December 11, 2008

    Letters from the Issue of December 11, 2008

    "Anyone who lays out $6 million for a South Beach condo must be smoking some good stuff."

  • News

    December 4, 2008

    Letters from the issue of December 4, 2008

    "Finely is determining that 'gay, loving relationships' should be relegated to second-, third-, or no-tier status."

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2008

    News Roundup

    Gunnery Sgt. Marcelo R. Velasco, 40, of Miami died in Iraq last week. He is the 4,202nd US Troop to be killed in this war. [Defense Link]Do these people have any sort of heart? Do they have any sort of sense of what's right for society beyond responding to their base level fears and ignorance? Plans ... More >>

  • News

    November 20, 2008

    Letters from the Issue of November 20, 2008

    "I would never tell them to their face that I voted yes on Amendment 2 in Florida to avoid the inevitable fallout."

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2008

    Hate Never Pays

    Focus on the Family spent millions battling gay marriage this election cycle, and is believed to be the single biggest donor to Amendment 2 sponsors Florida4Marraige (Homophobe in Chief John Stemberger was awarded the "Family Champion Award" by the group, and has close ties to leader James Dobson). ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2008

    All the Gay-Lovers in Tallahassee Were Re-Elected

    Focus on the Family spent millions battling gay marriage this election cycle, and is believed to be the single biggest donor to Amendment 2 sponsors Florida4Marraige (Homophobe in Chief John Stemberger was awarded the "Family Champion Award" by the group, and has close ties to leader James Dobson). ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2008

    Bill Clinton Makes Last-Minute Push Against Amendment 2

    Focus on the Family spent millions battling gay marriage this election cycle, and is believed to be the single biggest donor to Amendment 2 sponsors Florida4Marraige (Homophobe in Chief John Stemberger was awarded the "Family Champion Award" by the group, and has close ties to leader James Dobson). ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2008

    Cyber Attacks on Say No 2 Website

    Focus on the Family spent millions battling gay marriage this election cycle, and is believed to be the single biggest donor to Amendment 2 sponsors Florida4Marraige (Homophobe in Chief John Stemberger was awarded the "Family Champion Award" by the group, and has close ties to leader James Dobson). ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2008

    Florida Voters Favor Civil Unions, But Want to Ban Them Anyway

    Focus on the Family spent millions battling gay marriage this election cycle, and is believed to be the single biggest donor to Amendment 2 sponsors Florida4Marraige (Homophobe in Chief John Stemberger was awarded the "Family Champion Award" by the group, and has close ties to leader James Dobson). ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2008

    Amendment 2 Battle May Get Florida Election Commission Involved

    Focus on the Family spent millions battling gay marriage this election cycle, and is believed to be the single biggest donor to Amendment 2 sponsors Florida4Marraige (Homophobe in Chief John Stemberger was awarded the "Family Champion Award" by the group, and has close ties to leader James Dobson). ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2008

    The Homophobe Amendment Will Leave Pie In All Our Faces

    Focus on the Family spent millions battling gay marriage this election cycle, and is believed to be the single biggest donor to Amendment 2 sponsors Florida4Marraige (Homophobe in Chief John Stemberger was awarded the "Family Champion Award" by the group, and has close ties to leader James Dobson). ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2008

    Homophobe Media Whizzes Not Doing So Great

    Focus on the Family spent millions battling gay marriage this election cycle, and is believed to be the single biggest donor to Amendment 2 sponsors Florida4Marraige (Homophobe in Chief John Stemberger was awarded the "Family Champion Award" by the group, and has close ties to leader James Dobson). ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2008

    News Roundup

    Focus on the Family spent millions battling gay marriage this election cycle, and is believed to be the single biggest donor to Amendment 2 sponsors Florida4Marraige (Homophobe in Chief John Stemberger was awarded the "Family Champion Award" by the group, and has close ties to leader James Dobson). ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2008

    Florida Supreme Court Takes Three Amendments Off the Ballot

    Focus on the Family spent millions battling gay marriage this election cycle, and is believed to be the single biggest donor to Amendment 2 sponsors Florida4Marraige (Homophobe in Chief John Stemberger was awarded the "Family Champion Award" by the group, and has close ties to leader James Dobson). ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2008

    Magic City Kitty - M.C. Quickie 04:32:58

    Focus on the Family spent millions battling gay marriage this election cycle, and is believed to be the single biggest donor to Amendment 2 sponsors Florida4Marraige (Homophobe in Chief John Stemberger was awarded the "Family Champion Award" by the group, and has close ties to leader James Dobson). ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2008

    A Crawl for Gay Rights

    Focus on the Family spent millions battling gay marriage this election cycle, and is believed to be the single biggest donor to Amendment 2 sponsors Florida4Marraige (Homophobe in Chief John Stemberger was awarded the "Family Champion Award" by the group, and has close ties to leader James Dobson). ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2008

    Weekly News Wrap - Super Tuesday, Money Laundering, Cuba Criticism and more

    Focus on the Family spent millions battling gay marriage this election cycle, and is believed to be the single biggest donor to Amendment 2 sponsors Florida4Marraige (Homophobe in Chief John Stemberger was awarded the "Family Champion Award" by the group, and has close ties to leader James Dobson). ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2007

    Gay Marriage Amendment Debate Gets Noisy

    Focus on the Family spent millions battling gay marriage this election cycle, and is believed to be the single biggest donor to Amendment 2 sponsors Florida4Marraige (Homophobe in Chief John Stemberger was awarded the "Family Champion Award" by the group, and has close ties to leader James Dobson). ... More >>

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    May 13, 2004
  • Film

    April 25, 2002

    See Queerly Now

    The Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival moves into identity-bending territory

  • Film

    April 26, 2001

    Let Go This Lego

    Rick and Steve have an awfully bad adventure

  • Music

    December 28, 2000

    Opium Dream

    A New Year's Reverie

  • News

    January 23, 1997

    Edward Albee's Mindscape

    The acclaimed playwright (and part-time Coconut Grove resident) remains an unparalleled observer of our culture -- and a genuine stickler for details

  • Film

    December 1, 1993

    Homo at Last

    The acclaimed playwright (and part-time Coconut Grove resident) remains an unparalleled observer of our culture -- and a genuine stickler for details

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