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2/16/10
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causecommandosGays to the Rescue in Haiti


Couple Runs Emergency Supplies to Survivors by Boat, Launch Website to Rally Support From LGBT Community

A gay couple running emergency medicine, food and tents into Haiti by boat has taken their mission online to the Internet and launched CauseCommandos.com to rally support from the gay community. The site allows supporters to watch video of the duo in action and contribute directly to buy emergency supplies.
 

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Out Magazine Introduces Stylized Mobile Application

Out`s new cutting-edge `City Guides` mobile application offers comprehensive information about the world`s hottest locales

Out, the world's leading gay fashion and lifestyle brand, today announced the launch of its new mobile application. iPhone users may now download Out's "City Guides" directly to their Apple mobile device free of charge.


 
MardiGrasGay Mardi Gras:
The Skinny On Fat Tuesday

By Jon Fairbanks, GayTravel.com


There has never been a better time to visit New Orleans for Mardi Gras.  Locals are still drunk on the Saints' Super Bowl win and an influx of young professionals from across the country are relocating to the city, bringing with them an exciting new energy.

Nearly five years after the traumatic devastation of Hurricane Katrina, the charm and resilience of New Orleans is not only still present, but today is thriving.

 

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Navigating `Don`t Ask, Don`t Tell` within the Real Estate Arena 

By GayRealEstate.com

As we enter a new decade, both the military and civilian sectors are major battlegrounds for LGBT civil rights in the USA. And although blatant, overt real estate discrimination may be illegal in many jurisdictions, silent bias is still widespread. But if gays and lesbians are buying homes and helping to build communities, they deserve a lot more than the kind of formal acceptance that has to be enforced by threat of lawsuits. Realtors and mortgage lenders should be eagerly competing for their business and proactively earning it.

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 Experts Concerned About Pentagon Depiction Of Gay Ban`s End As `Delicate`

Advice to Military Study Group Emphasizes Decisive Leadership as Key


Scholarly experts on "don't ask, don't tell" are expressing heightened concern about the rationale for a new Pentagon study group on gays in the military.  According to Dr. Nathaniel Frank, "Political and military leaders are saying that unless we study the feelings of straight troops, the Pentagon won't know how to manage the sensitive transition to an inclusive policy.  But the 1993 RAND report and other studies conclude that the way to implement this kind of change is to do it quickly and simply, and that if it's done this way, and with the full support of senior leadership, it will be a smooth transition." Frank is author of "Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America," the definitive book on "don't ask, don't tell," and Senior Research Fellow at the Palm Center.


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Matt-diverOlympic gold medal diver Matthew Mitcham makes his way to Gay Games VIII Cologne 2010

MATTHEW MITCHAM SHOWS: EVERYONE CAN PARTICIPATE

5,300 artists and athletes have already registered at Cologne's sports and cultural festival Gay Games VIII (www.games-cologne.com) and every new day the numbers grow. Now, Australian Olympic gold medalist Matthew Mitcham has announced he will travel to Germany to be part of Cologne's edition of the Gay Games. Matthew will be making appearances at several events while in Cologne, but won't be competing in the sports program.
 
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Welcome to America's most enjoyable franchise. As a wine lover, we invite you to learn more about Vino 100 franchise ownership. Combine both your love of wine and people and your dream of business ownership.

Rarely do we have the opportunity to cultivate from a passion and tradition to such an enjoyable and rewarding business concept. Not only has wine been a part of our history, we are now watching the wine industry enter a new era. In 2007, wine sales climbed to its highest levels in the history of the United States. American tastes have driven sales of premium wines to record levels. Current statistics put the retail wine business at 25 billion dollars with the fastest growing retail segment of the wine industry at the price points sold and marketed at Vino 100.

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tellurideProfile: Telluride Gay Ski Week.

February 20-27, 2010

Telluride Gay Ski Week is a week-long event designed to introduce gay men and women to this beautiful region and its many activities, both on and off the mountian.

Telluride Gay Ski Week is going to be just a little bit different than other gay ski weeks; the experiences you will have here will be flavored by the ambience of the charming yet upscale Telluride, and the hip more urbane and European-style town of Mountain Village. We offer an unpretentious FUN week including an incredible array of events that will leave you with a smile on your face, new friends that have been made, and ready to return for more!
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