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New York’s action last week signifies more than just one more state added to the list of those permitting same-sex marriage.

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Among the many landmarks of the turbulent decade of the 1960s, few have achieved the fame and symbolic resonance of events that began as a fairly routine example of police harassment on a hot June night in 1969.

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]]> 2011-06-27T08:15:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/reflections_on_israel_from_idealism_to_ethnic_cleansing_20110608/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/reflections_on_israel_from_idealism_to_ethnic_cleansing_20110608/ arabs, democracy, government, history, israel, larry gross, middle east, mideast, military, palestinians, security, war,

When I was a youngster learning Jewish history in Jerusalem’s schools, the story was clear and even simple. “A land without people for a people without land.” Well, there are several striking problems with this aphorism.

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]]> 2011-06-08T23:44:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/is_congress_more_progressive_than_hollywood_20101230/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/is_congress_more_progressive_than_hollywood_20101230/ closet, congress, don't ask, don't tell, entertainment industry, gay rights, gays, hollywood, larry gross, lgbt, media, military, movies, pentagon, politics, prop. 8, richard chamberlain,

Who would have thought that the political capital of Washington would be ahead of the entertainment capital of Hollywood when it comes to allowing gay folks to serve openly?

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It would appear that all us gay folks should don our gay apparel and go caroling from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. to the Capitol, thanking our elected representatives for finally giving us the right to kill and be killed without simultaneously hiding in the closet.

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]]> 2010-12-22T10:25:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/is_it_lady_whos_gaga_or_the_senate_20100922/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/is_it_lady_whos_gaga_or_the_senate_20100922/ clinton, congress, constitution, culture industry, democracy, don't ask don't tell, equality, gay marriage, gay rights, gays, history, lady gaga, larry gross, law, lgbt, maine, media, military, music, politics, senate, war,

We live in two simultaneous but radically incongruous realities, where undemocratic arrangements negotiated in the 18th century contend with commercial media industries that covet the enlightened youth.

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]]> 2010-09-22T09:42:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20081126_hollywoods_closet_still_closed_for_business/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20081126_hollywoods_closet_still_closed_for_business/ actor, brokeback mountain, closet, film industry, gay, harvey milk, hollywood, larry gross, lesbian, milk, movie, queer, sean penn,

Gus Van Sant’s “Milk” is the first major Hollywood “gay themed” film since “Brokeback Mountain,” and moreover (unlike “Brokeback”), this one is about openly gay activists, not tortured closet cases. Yet, once again, the lead gay roles couldn’t be filled by openly gay actors. What’s going on here?

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]]> 2008-11-26T08:46:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070827_merv_griffins_bodyguard_of_lies/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070827_merv_griffins_bodyguard_of_lies/ closet, gay, gross, hollywood, homosexuality, journalism, media, merv griffin, obituary, outing,

The not-so-secret gay sex life of Merv Griffin has once again raised the specter of the obituary outing, not to mention the power of prejudice to intimidate even the rich and famous.

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