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An Australian Kookaburra sits on a branch in Sydney, Australia. An Australian school principal has asked students to stop using the word "gay" when singing a classic children’s campfire song trying to keep the kids from laughing.

Australian school drops ’gay’ from classic song

By Kristen Gelineau | Sep 2
An Australian school principal has asked students to stop using the word "gay" when singing a classic children’s song, but said Thursday no offense was intended - he was simply trying to keep the kids from laughing.

Glenn Beck’s "Dream"

Monday Aug 30, 2010
Jeff Glor talks to Senior Political Correspondent Jeff Greenfield for some perspective on the Tea Party

How Can Gay Asian Men Conquer Internalized Inferiority?

By Joseph Erbentraut | Sunday Aug 29, 2010
The 2nd of a series on the ’last bias,’ gay-on-gay anti-Asian-American prejudice, examines how these men manage to find self-acceptance amid the negative stereotypes and outright racism -- nor not.

Meet A Real Life ’Brokeback Mountain’ Couple

By Kilian Melloy | Friday Aug 27, 2010
It was a real-life "Brokeback Mountain" couple that Courier-Post staff writer Robert Baxter met--though this was when Baxter was a young boy, long before Annie Proulx wrote the story that filmmaker Ang Lee would eventually turn into an affecting story of love between two shepherds in the wilds of Wyoming and the life-long romance that followed.

Andrea LaHue :: Flower child for the New Normal

By David De Bacco | Wednesday Aug 25, 2010
Who’s painting these flowers? That was the question LAtians were asking when beautiful painted flowers began appearing on vacant properties. The answer: artist Andrea LaHue, who has taken her project nationwide. EDGE interviews her about it.

The Last Bias: How & Why We Tolerate Gay Anti-Asian Prejudice -- & Its Pernicious Effect on Our Community

By Joseph Erbentraut | Sunday Aug 22, 2010
It may be the last acceptable bias in the gay world. Anti-Asian prejudice extends from nightclub velvet ropes to postings on hook-up sites. In the 1st of a multi-part EDGE takes a hard look at why it persists & how it affects gay Asians.

Anna Nicole’s Doctor Claims About Drug Abuse

By Linda Deutsch | Wednesday Aug 11, 2010
The doctor was treating Anna Nicole Smith was riding with her in a gay Pride parade -- a extra-office relationship that prosecutors maintain clouded his judgment about her prescription drug use.

Welcome to ’post-gay’ America?

By Peter Cassels | Monday Aug 2, 2010
For the first time this year’s Gallup’s annual Values and Belief survey showed that more than half -- 52 percent -- of those polled perceive gay and lesbian sexual relations as morally acceptable, a gradual increase since 2006. This metric is another example of how America continues to change in its attitudes towards LGBTs. But have we reached a tipping point? In other words, have we entered a post-gay era in America? EDGE’s Peter Cassels investigates.

Sacred Intimacy, Compassion Practice :: Kevin Smith is Your ’Snugglebud’

By Kilian Melloy | Wednesday Jul 28, 2010
Kevin Smith maintains a touch practice that’s a little different from most bodyworkers: a form of structured holding he developed over time, and which he calls "snuggling."

Panel Examines Gay Life in the ’70s

By Steve Weinstein | Thursday Jul 22, 2010
A panel discussion in Downtown Manhattan looked back fondly on the crazy, hazy, lazy days of gay men (sex! sex! more sex!) in the 1970s, before economics, disease & politics turned life upside down.
PLEASE GIVE | Payne hopes people will vote in the Pepsi Refresh Project for his charity, the Sharon St. Cyr Fund, which assists the hearing impaired. (Arnold Wayne Jones/Dallas Voice)

Former International Mr. Leather Jeffrey Payne - Making Himself Heard

By Arnold Wayne Jones | Friday Jul 16, 2010
Former International Mr. Leather Jeffrey Payne shines light on the challenges faced by the hearing impaired in the gay community