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Given the fact that Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcieri is solidly in with NOM and giving speeches about "traditional marriage" to the Massachusetts Family Institute, this thaw is encouraging.
As I posted earlier this week, Carcieri vetoed a...
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Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch has criticized Governor Donald Carcieri's veto of a bill that would have given gays and lesbians the right to make funeral arrangements for their deceased domestic partners.
Said Carcieri: "This bill...
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Now, for your blogging enjoyment, here are some of the stories & links that are keeping my eyeballs busy today:
Updates on the search for a female viagra.
Your water bottle and your penis may be enemies.
Dealing with the sexual side effects of...
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Two odd pieces of news on the gay rights front:
Salt Lake City becomes the first place in Utah to pass anti-discrimination legislation against gays and lesbians. The law, which provides gays and lesbians protection from housing and employment...
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If you're gay and you die in Rhode Island your domestic partner won't be able to make funeral arrangements for you because Governor Donald Carcieri just vetoed a bill providing for that.
Why?
According to Carcieri, "This bill represents a...
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This is how an American soldier is made.
Brooklyn's oldest gay bar, The Starlite Lounge, in danger of closing: "The Starlite Lounge has been a Crown Heights fixture since the 1960s,
serving gays and non-gays. In recent years, the venue has become a...
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is taking a stand to support the opening of the Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health in Rhode Island. A zoning officer from the city has blocked the business from opening in a Main Street building on the...
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The Rhode Island Senate voted 36-2 yesterday on a bill to criminalize indoor prostitution in the state, reports the Providence Journal. (Besides certain counties in Nevada, Rhode Island is currently the only state in the US where prostitution...
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Nearly 200 supporters of same-sex marriage rallied on the steps of the Rhode Island state house in Providence on Saturday, angry that Rhode Island is an actual 'island' in a sea of New England states that have marriage equality or civil union laws...
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Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcieri crossed state lines last night to deliver a speech about "traditional marriage" to the Massachusetts Family Institute. In September, gay groups had asked Carcieri to cancel the appearance. Here's what the MFI...
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"This has nothing to do with sex."
—City of Pawtucket town clerk's office
After my column a few weeks ago, I left many of you hanging regarding the political fallout over the...
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Rhode Island lawmakers may not be passing any new legislation until the end of the year, but that hasn't stopped Providence mayor David Cicilline from pre-emptively trying to ban indoor prostitution in the capital city. In a letter sent to...
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Picture this seedy scene: an undercover cop pays to enter an establishment advertising itself as a spa. After a massage, the female attendant offers him a hand job. (Or if you're feeling coy, "simulate[s] a sex act with her right hand".) The officer...
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The laws governing sex work are changing all over. In Taiwan, the government announced this week that they're going to begin decriminalizing prostitution. Right here in the United States, Rhode Island is poised to outlaw prostitution by closing a...
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Today CarnalNation published a column by Monica Shores that takes a level-headed look at the moral panic surrounding the so-called "Craigslist murder" of Julissa Brisman, and how it's been bad for sex workers. Many of the issues about how the law...