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	<title>Friend of Dorothy's</title>
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	<description>Pop Culture, Politics, and Media from a gay perspective.</description>
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		<title>Cher On Christina: &#8220;I&#8217;m Shocked, She&#8217;s Really Good&#8221;</title>
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Shooting is nearly finished for Burlesque, a contemporary musical that focuses on a neo-burlesque club in Los Angeles, loosely inspired by Bob Fosse&#8217;s Cabaret. Entertainment Tonight recently sat down with the cast to get the scoop on what the movie&#8217;s about and what it&#8217;s like working with the legendary Cher. The film stars a league of notable actors [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://friendofdorothys.net/2010/02/08/cher-christina-burlesque/</link>
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		<title>The Evolution of Gay Men On Primetime Soaps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A look back at several prime-time moments from American network television over the past 25 years reflecting changes in portrayal of gay male characters in prime-time soaps.

It would be interesting to look at which has portrayed the lgbt community better&#8211;primetime soaps or daytime soaps.  If Young and the Restless is any indication, I&#8217;m going [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://friendofdorothys.net/2009/11/02/the-evolution-of-gay-men-on-tv/</link>
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		<title>Yellow Brick Links: Women Fare Better In Indie Film World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New research reveals&#8211;not surprisingly&#8211;that female writers, directors, producers, etc. fare better in the world of indie films&#8211;though still make up only about 24% of the field.
KRS-ONE says hip-hop needs more women.  I&#8217;m not sure what happened to female rappers.  We used to have Queen Latifah, Lil&#8217; Kim, MC Lyte, where&#8217;d everyone go?
In its [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://friendofdorothys.net/2009/11/02/yellow-brick-links-4/</link>
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		<title>CNN Drops Story of Ten Dead Black Women For One White Girl</title>
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Newsweek has an article on ten black women in North Carolina who are either missing or dead, in what might be a case of a serial killer.  The murders began in 2005, and have received no national attention until now&#8211;except not really.
Ten women have been found slain or have been declared missing in Rocky Mount, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://friendofdorothys.net/2009/11/02/cnn-drops-story/</link>
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		<title>Queens Hate Crime Victim Jack Price Speaks Out</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jack Price, the gay man whose bashing by two thugs in Queens, NYC three weeks ago was captured on surveillance video, left the hospital yesterday following six days in a coma, six days on a respirator, and four surgeries. He lost the vision in one eye.
Here he speaks to local news about his attack, which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://friendofdorothys.net/2009/11/02/queens-hate-crime/</link>
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		<title>Pat Robertson: Hate Crimes Bill Discriminates Against Christians</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Delibrately spreading misinformation, Christian extremist Pat Robertson discussed the Matthew Shepard &#038; James Byrd, Jr. Hates Crimes Prevention Bill on The 700 Club, saying &#8220;The noose has tightened around the necks of Christians to keep them from speaking out on certain moral issues.&#8221;

The most hilarious part is that he seems to be blithely unaware of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://friendofdorothys.net/2009/11/02/pat-robertson-hate-crimes/</link>
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		<title>CNN Talks Blacks and Gays</title>
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It seems this is a preview of a &#8220;Gay In America&#8221; special that&#8217;s supposed to be similar to CNN&#8217;s previous &#8220;Black In America&#8221; special that aired earlier this year.  I sincerely hope that the special goes beyond the &#8220;Down Low&#8221;.
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		<link>http://friendofdorothys.net/2009/11/02/cnn-talks-blacks-and-gays/</link>
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		<title>High School Teacher Suspended For &#8216;Gay Animals&#8217; Article</title>
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And the bigots strike again.  This time they&#8217;re after one of our country&#8217;s limited excellent public school teachers.
A Southwestern High School English teacher has been suspended after reports he had students in his classes to read an article about homsexuality in the animal kingdom.
Delong is said to have allowed students to read the article “The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://friendofdorothys.net/2009/11/02/high-school-teacher/</link>
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		<title>Daily Voice Says MLK&#8217;s Daughter Should Renounce Her Homophobia</title>
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Martin Luther King Jr.&#8217;s late wife Coretta Scott King and eldest daughter Yolanda King were vocal gay rights supporters but one of King&#8217;s other daughters Bernice King has on the other hand been very anti-gay and has even marched in anti-gay rallies against same-sex marriage.  
Now that Bernice has been named the first female leader [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://friendofdorothys.net/2009/11/02/daily-voice-says/</link>
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		<title>Homophobic NFL Star Larry Johnson Owned</title>
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I don&#8217;t know if any of you heard about this, but I had to post it &#8217;cause I found it both poignant and hilarious, especially coming from a straight guy.  Some background:
Kansas City Chiefs Larry Johnson has been suspended by his team after conducting a series of unnecessary remarks aimed at head coach Todd [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://friendofdorothys.net/2009/10/31/homophobic-nfl-star/</link>
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