Although the line-up for season 7 of Dancing with the Stars has yet to be revealed, The New York Daily News reports the openly gay idol could end up on the popular ABC show -- and if he joins the cast he would be paired with a male dance pro.
It would be the first time a same-sex couple was paired on the show. ABC has yet to comment on the rumor.
Produced and directed by Keith Elliott and Todd Kiech, the incredible show featured approximately 60 Chicago-based dancers, both female and male, who donated their time and many "talents."
ChicagoPride.com was pleased to be a sponsor and several from our team were on-hand for this sexy celebration of life, including CP's Editor-at-Large Jason P. Freeman, Celebrity Blogger Justin Boltz, Photographer Frank Failing and the blushing Miss Foozie.
(Watch for CTO photos by Frank Failing posting soon!)
The entire night was a fascinating display of local talent which served to remind me why I love Chicago's LGBT community so much.
And candyman... feel free to contact us!
Loud applause for Keith Elliott and Todd Kiech - and everyone involved with Chicago Takes Off!
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Though marriage rights is a big issue for our community, none of the forerunners for the Democratic and Republican nomination support marriage rights for gays and lesbians. According to their HRC survey responses, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have voiced support for civil unions. Republican presidential hopeful John McCain has been relatively moderate on gay-related issues.
In addition to the presidential primaries, there are a number of state and local races of interest. Many local candidates have been actively courting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender voters in an attempt to sway undecided voters.
There are also a number of gay and gay-friendly candidates running for office locally.
For more information on Super Tuesday and to see where candidates stand on LGBT issues, ChicagoPride.com encourages readers to pick-up this week's Windy City Times and review their Primary Election Guide (online PDF version).
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Whether a Republican or Democrat, one candidate of particular concern to every gay American is Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee.
Sunday on NBC's Meet The Press, host Tim Russert asked former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee if he believed "people are born gay or choose to be gay?" "I don't know whether people are born that way," responded Huckabee, "but one thing I know, that the behavior one practices is a choice."
Huckabee, a Southern Baptist minister, conceded that "people who are gay say that they're born that way," but added that he believed that "how we behave" and "carry out that behavior" is what is important.
Click here to watch the interview from You Tube.
As governor of Arkansas, Huckabee pushed to strengthen the state's anti-sodomy laws in order to "protect the traditional family structure":
In 1997, Huckabee requested an amendment to a state Senate bill stating "that it is Arkansas public policy to prohibit sodomy to protect the traditional family structure." [Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 1/23/1997]
Recently, he told GQ that "civilization" may not survive if "what marriage and family means" is "rewritten" to allow gay marriage.
I encourage every gay person to become informed about the candidates and their respective position on issues important to the LGBT community. We must participate and vote in 2008!
In the movie, which opened this weekend, firefighter Larry (Kevin James), after the death of his wife, enters into a domestic partnership with his coworker friend Chuck (Adam Sandler) to guarantee his children will receive his pension if he dies. There are a number of homophobic slurs in the movie including Dan Aykroyd telling the leads, “What you shove up your ass is your own business.” Or, Adam Sandler saying “Domestic partnership? You mean like faggots?”
After the laughter at Sandler’s pandering and gay innuendos subside, the real damage is the misperception that gays through domestic partnerships receive special benefits not available to the heterosexual community. Unfortunately, this message will resonate in the minds of thousands as they leave the theatres this weekend.
In reality, domestic partnership benefits, where available, fall short of the benefits of marriage and only 10 states out of 50 offer significant legal protections for same-sex relationships.
Domestic partnerships are an unequal joke – a compromise by the gay community unable to marry.
I was excited to learn the American Civil Liberties Union shares my opinion. The ACLU has set-up a website (10Couples.org) to find out what it’s really like to be denied legal protections for your family.
The website features videos of 10 same-sex couples who explain the difficulties of trying to protect their families without access to the many protections that come automatically through marriage.
Check out www.10Couples.org.
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"the indidious gay agenda..." (cue in sinister music)
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