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发帖数: 17 | 1 既然没人答，我来答一下吧。顺便把后面两门的考试也说一下。
Exam P/1 我用的是Actex出版的，也就是Samuel A.Broverman的那本，感觉很好，
notes解释详细，习题的难度和数量也比较合适。在actuary.com上examP/1版有Samuel
A.Broverman和Krzys' Ostaszewski的weekly problems,个人还是比较喜欢Samuel A.
Broverman的，虽然不是选择题的形式，但是难度适宜，用作补充练习挺好的。
Exam FM/2 我用的也是Actex的，但是强烈不推荐。因为notes太简单，习题又太难，不
适合自学的人用。我考试的时候基本上放弃了这本manual,只是把参考书详细看了一遍
（Samuel A.Broverman）那本，做了SOA上的sample题+actuary.com上Samuel A.
Broverman的weekly problems，最后模拟考试就做了SOA上公布的2005年的两套题。
Exam MLC 我用的是ASM的，感觉notes比较简单，但是重点突出，而且有很多针对考点
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发帖数: 256 | 2 Subject: Cheating behavior by undergraduate student Shiwei Fang
Dear Prof. Stafford, Prof. Lin, Prof. Brenner, and Prof. Broverman,
I'd like to report a serious fraudulent behavior during the college
admission process by a junior student named Shiwei Fang in your department
in fall 2011.
Shiwei FANG, Female, DOB: March 10, 1993, was admitted to the Department of
Statistics, University of Toronto in Fall 2011. She claimed that she had two
journal research publications [1] and [2] in her resume su... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 3 Super Bowl的同性恋交友网站广告被拒
Gay Super Bowl Ad Rejected by CBS
By Neal Broverman
Man Crunch x390 (Screen grab) | Advocate.com
The much-derided ad for a new gay dating website called ManCrunch.com has
been formally rejected by CBS on Friday, reports CNNMoney.com.
"After reviewing the ad, which is entirely commercial in nature, our
standards and practices department decided not to accept this particular
spot," CBS spokeswoman Shannon Jacobs told CNN. "We are always open to
working with a client on alter |
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发帖数: 19713 | 4 昨晚，老麦刚宣布完他挺DADT的立场，同一天，他的女儿Meghan McCain就说她爸对同
性婚姻的立场正在改变。Meghan McCain是昨晚在佛州大学说这番话的。她说“他已经
73了，不容易啊，我一直跟别人说：你们要继续对O总统施压，我继续给我爸施压。”
至少，这位小马坎已经在同性婚姻的问题上影响了她的母亲，她母亲最近为反对加州第
8提案做了广告。
Meghan McCain: Dad Coming Along on Gay Marriage
By Neal Broverman
MEGHAN MCCAIN X390 (ADAM BOUSKA) | ADVOCATE.COM
The same day Senator John McCain declared his love for "don't ask, don't
tell," his daughter was telling young Floridians that her dad was changing
his views on same-sex marriage.
Meghan McCain spoke at the |
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发帖数: 19713 | 5 2009年12月25日，Missouri的高速公路巡警Cpl. Dennis Engelhard（右）在执行公务
中殉职，其15年的同性伴侣Kelly Glossip无资格继承逝者的退休金。Glossip目前没钱
付账单，其与Engelhard共同拥有的房子也有随时被回收的危险。
Partner of Missouri Trooper Denied Benefits
By Neal Broverman
KELLY GLOSSIP DENNIS ENGLEHARD x390 (grab) | Advocate.com
The longtime partner of a Missouri Highway Patrol trooper killed on
Christmas Day is fighting for his spousal death benefits.
A spokesperson for the Missouri Highway Patrol told Fox2 St. Louis that
Kelly Glossip (pictured left), the partne |
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发帖数: 19713 | 6 Virginia于2006年的中期选举中以57%的票数通过禁止同性婚姻法，目前，该州代表
David Englin正在第三次尝试推翻此法令。
Virginia for (Married Gay) Lovers?
By Neal Broverman
VIRGINIA IS FOR LOVERS X390 (FAIR USE) | ADVOCATE.COM
An effort is under way to overturn Virginia's constitutional ban on same-sex
marriage, but it's a long shot.
State delegate David Englin is trying for the third time to repeal his state
's ban, which was passed by 57% of the electorate in the 2006 general
election.
Englin sponsored House Joint Resolution 55 to get the ba |
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m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 7 大家可以去它网站上看看FAQ，国际学生也可以申请。
Point Foundation Deadline Looms
By Neal Broverman
POINT FOUNDATION STUDY X390 (POINT FOUNDATION USE ONLY) | ADVOCATE.COM
The Point Foundation, the country's largest scholarship and mentoring
organization for LGBT college students, is accepting applications for the
2010-2011 academic year, but the deadline is fast approaching.
The Los Angeles-based organization will accept applications until Friday.
The Point Foundation received 2,463 applications for the 2009-2010 acade |
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发帖数: 19713 | 8 Citibank's Gay Problem
By Neal Broverman
Citibank x390 (Getty) I Advocate.com
Citibank has some explaining to do after freezing the account of a gay start
-up website for "objectionable content."
Fabulis, a yet-to-launch social networking and travel site aimed at gay men,
had its account at Citibank shut down recently without notice. Citibank
decided to "block Fabulis’s bank account due to what was described to us on
the phone as 'objectionable content' on our blog," Fabulis founder Jason
Goldbe |
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发帖数: 19713 | 9 D.C.的同性婚姻明天就要正式生效了，但是反同阵营还在垂死挣扎，又对高法提交了文
件，要求拖延同性婚姻的生效日期。
Plea to Supreme Court: "Stop D.C. Marriage"
By Neal Broverman
SUPREME COURT BUILDING X390 (GETTY IMAGES) | ADVOCATE.COM
Gay-marriage opponents have filed papers with the Supreme Court to stop same
-sex marriages from taking place in Washington, D.C., this week.
Court papers were filed Monday with Chief Justice John Roberts that asks for
a hold on the marriage law, which was passed by the city council in
December and goes into effect Wedne |
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发帖数: 19713 | 10 Perez Talks Prop. 8, HIV, and the Economy
John Pérez (left) became California's first openly gay assembly speaker on
Monday. By Tuesday he was laying out his agenda for issues including HIV
funding, jobs, and reinstating marriage equality in the Golden State.
By Neal Broverman
JOHN PEREZ MAIN X390 (SPEAKERS OFFICE) | ADVOCATE.COM
One day after being sworn in as California's assembly speaker and becoming
one of the most powerful politicians in the Golden State, John Pérez
discussed an issue close |
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发帖数: 19713 | 11 位于曼哈顿第五大道的J. Crew服装店被指责歧视易性癖工作申请人，周日，该店被一
群示威者抗议。纽约州近日刚刚通过一个旨在保护易性癖免受歧视的提案。
Trans People Need Not Apply at J. Crew?
By Neal Broverman
J. CREW EXTERIOR X390 (FAIR) | ADVOCATE.COM
The J. Crew store on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue was barraged Sunday by
protesters who accused the store of discriminating against transgender job
applicants.
Make the Road New York, a group that advocates for minorities in America's
biggest city, say that research indicates a pattern of employment
discrimination involving |
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发帖数: 19713 | 12 Gainesville, Fla.'s Gay Mayoral Candidate Mocked
By Neal Broverman
GAY AGENDA HOAX X390 (FAIR USE) | ADVOCATE.COM
In an effort to stop Craig Lowe from becoming the first gay mayor of
Gainesville, Fla., someone has plastered cars and buildings with pink fliers
mocking Lowe's orientation.
Placed on cars at a Baptist church as well as along Main Street, the fliers
sarcastically urge voters to "Support the Gay Agenda." The posters claim
that Lowe's agenda includes “Gays in Women’s Restrooms,” “Gay M |
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发帖数: 19713 | 13 此提案旨在保护LGBT群体在租赁、出售房屋和申请房屋贷款方面免受歧视。Joe Sestak
目前是国会众议院的议员，正在竞选国会参议员。
Sestak Submits LGBT Housing Bill
By Neal Broverman
JOE SESTAK 2 X390 (GETTY IMAGES) | ADVOCATE.COM
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and current congressman Joe Sestak
submitted a bill last week that would prevent anti-LGBT discrimination in
the rental, sale, or financing of a home.
The Housing Nondiscrimination Act would add sexual orientation and gender
identity to the characteristics that cannot be considered in housing
trans |
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发帖数: 4174 | 14 Niu!
Gay Marriage War Heats Up in Pennsylvania
By Neal Broverman
Pennsylvania's senate judiciary committee will take up a bill on Tuesday
that could constitutionally ban same-sex marriage — and a blogger is
prepared to out any gay politicians who vote for it.
Blogger John Morgan writes on The Pennsylvania Progressive that, "I spend a
fair amount of time in Harrisburg. I know who is closeted. Any closeted
senator who votes for Eichelberger's bill will be outed. I also know a state
senator who is |
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发帖数: 19713 | 15 宾州的反同性婚姻修宪被州参议院否决
Penn. Senators Votes Down Antigay Marriage Bill
By Neal Broverman
American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property X390 (
CHRIS A. COUROGEN, Of The Patriot-News) | ADVOCATE.COM
Pennsylvania legislators on Tuesday voted against advancing a bill that
could have constitutionally banned same-sex marriage.
The state's senate judiciary committee tabled senate bill 707 by an 8-6
bipartisan vote. The bill, sponsored by antigay Republican senator John
Eichelberger, cou |
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发帖数: 19713 | 16 果不其然啊，他们没有搞到足够多的签名，意味着今年不会repeal prop8了。
Prop. 8 Wont Be Repealed at Ballot Box in '10
By Neal Broverman
REPEAL PROP 8 x390 (getty) | ADVOCATE.COM
The effort to repeal California's Proposition 8 at the ballot box in
November 2010 has come up short in its signature-gathering effort, meaning
the antigay measure will remain in place for the foreseeable future.
The group Restore Equality 2010 said in a press release it will not reach
its goal of 694,354 petition signatures for the Tuesday deadline; |
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发帖数: 19713 | 17 Antigay Virginia AG to Sue Over Health Care Bill
By Neal Broverman
Ken Cuccinelli X390 (FAIR USE PUBLICITY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia's antigay attorney general, says he plans to file
suit against the federal government for the impending health care overhaul.
Cuccinelli, who last week said gay acts were a detriment to society and
earlier in the month ordered his state's colleges to stop protecting gay
people from discrimination, argues that the congressionally passed health
care bi |
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发帖数: 19713 | 18 Gay Activists Rally for Pope's Resignation
By Neal Broverman
PETER TATCHELL POPE PROTEST X390 (CHRIS HOUSTON/OUTRAGE) | ADVOCATE.COM
Peter Tatchell, the head of the U.K.-based gay advocacy group OutRage!, was
one of about 50 protesters on Sunday calling for Pope Benedict XVI's
resignation outside London's Westminster Cathedral.
The protest was held in response to accusations that Benedict, during the
years he served as a cardinal, did not take action against numerous reports
of priests molesting |
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发帖数: 19713 | 19 Gay Equestrian Facing Trial for Spreading HIV
By Neal Broverman
Darren Chiacchia (2004) X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Olympic medal-winning equestrian Darren Chiacchia could face prison time for
allegedly having sex with his boyfriend and not disclosing he was HIV-
positive.
The New York Times reports that Chiacchia, who won bronze as part of the
Olympic 2004 equestrian team but later suffered a devastating injury after
falling off a horse, was arrested in January. He will be in court in June to
c |
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发帖数: 19713 | 20 George Rekers是著名的反同活动家，坚持同性恋可以治疗的观点，倡导同性恋治疗运
动。他是“国家同性恋研究与治疗协会”的会员，也是反同组织“家庭研究理事会”的
创建者之一。前几天因召男妓而被暴露同性恋身份。
George Rekers is Gay, Says Escort
By Neal Broverman
Lucien Jo-vanni Roman George ALAN REKERS X390 | ADVOCATE.COM
Antigay activist George Rekers is indeed gay, according to the male escort
he hired for a 10-day trip across Europe.
The escort spoke to the Miami New-Times at length Wednesday night, detailing
his sexual exploits with Rekers, who had previously claimed the young man
accompanied |
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发帖数: 19713 | 21 呵呵，这个PETA是我们公司几个大affiliate之一，她们的CEO还来我们公司讲过话，所
以，看见这条新闻我还挺兴奋的。
PETA's New Spokeswoman: Jane Lynch
By Neal Broverman
JANE LYNCH 201001 X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Glee's out star Jane Lynch is the latest celebrity to appear in a campaign
for the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, but she won't be taking
her clothes off on a billboard.
Lynch recently filmed a public service announcement on spaying and neutering
pets for the animal advocacy group.
"There's 8 to 10 million dogs that are pu |
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发帖数: 4174 | 22 Posted on Advocate.com November 01, 2010
Harris: Don't Forget About Me
Kamala Harris, San Francisco district attorney and California attorney
general candidate, wants to remind the gays of the Golden State to remember
her opponent has promised to fight for Prop. 8 in a federal appeals court.
By Neal Broverman
KAMALA HARRIS 1 X390 | ADVOCATE.COM
While recent polls suggest that the races for California governor and U.S.
senator will favor Democratic candidates Jerry Brown and Barbara Boxer, the
ro... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 23 Posted on Advocate.com November 01, 2010
Harris: Don't Forget About Me
Kamala Harris, San Francisco district attorney and California attorney
general candidate, wants to remind the gays of the Golden State to remember
her opponent has promised to fight for Prop. 8 in a federal appeals court.
By Neal Broverman
KAMALA HARRIS 1 X390 | ADVOCATE.COM
While recent polls suggest that the races for California governor and U.S.
senator will favor Democratic candidates Jerry Brown and Barbara Boxer, the
ro... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 24 赢了！！！！！！！！！！！！！！
Posted on Advocate.com November 24, 2010
Harris Wins Calif. A.G. Race
By Neal Broverman
KAMALA HARRIS 1 X390 | ADVOCATE.COM
California's excruciating-close race for attorney general is over as
Republican Steve Cooley, a defender of Prop. 8, has conceded to Democrat
Kamala Harris.
Cooley, currently Los Angeles's district attorney, initially declared
victory on November 2 but by the next morning, Harris was ahead. Harris, San
Francisco's district attorney, increased her lead in th... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 25 在某些花岗岩脑袋的梦里！！！！！！！
Posted on Advocate.com December 20, 2010
Antigay Group: DADT Will Be Back
By Neal Broverman
Mathew Staver x390 (fair) | ADVOCATE.COM
The head of the fiercely antigay group Liberty Counsel is steaming mad about
the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" and says he will push the next
Congress to bring the ban on openly gay soldiers back to life.
The lobbying group, with offices in Florida, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.,
sent out an action alert Monday. After thanking its members f... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 26 OBAMA等不及了。
Posted on Advocate.com December 20, 2010
Repeal to Be Signed Wednesday
By Neal Broverman
OBAMA SIGN DADT X390 (GETTY IMAGES) | ADVOCATE.COM
President Obama will sign the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" Wednesday,
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs indicated Monday.
An exact schedule has yet to be laid out, but Gibbs said he expected a
formal ceremony for the signing on December 22. A presidential press
conference is also expected this week, but not until the Senate has wrappe... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 27 Posted on Advocate.com January 28, 2011
Hawaii Senate Passes Civil Unions
By Neal Broverman
The Hawaii senate passed a civil unions bill Friday that, unlike a previous
civil unions bill, will likely make its way to a supportive governor.
The bill, SB 232, passed by a 19-6 vote and is identical to HB 444, a 2010
civil unions bill passed by both Hawaii's house and senate but vetoed by
then-governor Linda Lingle. Lingle, a Republican, was termed out of office
in 2010, and Democrat Neil Abercrombie,... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 28 Posted on Advocate.com February 14, 2011
Wash. State Senate Introduces Marriage Bill
By Neal Broverman
Lawmakers in Olympia, Wash., introduced a marriage equality bill in the
state senate Monday — Valentine's Day — and a companion bill is set to be
introduced in the state house Tuesday.
Same-sex marriage has been banned in Washington since 1998, when the
legislature passed the state's Defense of Marriage Act. Washington's DOMA
doesn't prevent the legislature from reversing the ban on marriage eq... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 29 Rick Santorum, President?
By Neal Broverman
RICK SANTORUM POINTS X390 (FAIR WIDE USE) | ADVOCATE.COM
A day after insinuating gay couples don't make good parents, former
Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum announced Monday that he's launching an
exploratory committee for a presidential run.
The ultraconservative Republican was in Iowa Monday when he spoke about the
need for children to be raised by two parents. When asked whether two people
of the same sex should raise children, he said “children ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 30 By Neal Broverman
Alyssa Campanella NOH8 X390 (ADAM BOUSKA) | ADVOCATE.COM
America's new Miss USA, Alyssa Campanella, a former Miss California USA,
couldn't be more different than Carrie Prejean, the anti–marriage equality
Miss California USA from 2009.
Crowned Sunday in Las Vegas, the 21-year-old Campanella charmed audiences by
admitting her love for British history and HBO's fantasy drama Game of
Thrones. Bravo's Andy Cohen was cohost of the Miss USA pageant, and he
filmed a segment of his tal... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 31 Bank of America Grants S.F. Gay Orgs $130K
By Neal Broverman
Local entertainer Donna Sachet (left) and Bank of America’s
senior vice president Patrick D. Strieck (second from left)
award $130,000 to nine local LGBT nonprofit organizations.
Bank of America, the sponsor of San Francisco's Pride celebration for the
eighth year, earlier this week presented nine Bay Area LGBT organizations
with a check for $130,000.
The gift from Bank of America will benefit the Lavender Youth Recreation and
Informat... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 32 Posted on Advocate.com June 28, 2011 05:10:00 PM ET
Story Updated : June 28, 2011 07:00:00 PM
R.I. Gay Rights Group to Gov: Veto Civil Unions Bill
By Neal Broverman
Rhode Island House speaker Gordon Fox While many gays in Hawaii and Illinois
were jubilant when their states recently passed legislation establishing
civil unions, LGBT Rhode Islanders aren't seeing much to cheer about.
Rhode Island's Senate will likely pass a bill this week that allows same-sex
couples to form civil unions; the stat... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 33 请问家长同志们，这种教育可以接受吗？这不算是企图把“正常孩子”掰成弯人吧？
Calif. Legislature Passes Gay Education Bill
By Neal Broverman
1979 GAY RIGHTS X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Images like this one of a 1979 gay rights march featuring the Reverend John
Kuiper (right), a gay man who won a groundbreaking adoption-rights case,
could make it into California school books.
Following the state Senate's lead, the California Assembly Tuesday passed a
bill that requires the contributions of gay people to be part of public
school curricu... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 34 Calif. Gov Signs Gay Education Bill
By Neal Broverman
JERRY BROWN SMILING X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
California governor Jerry Brown signed landmark legislation Thursday that
mandates the contributions of LGBT people be included in school lesson plans.
The Fair, Accurate, Inclusive and Respectful Education Act was introduced by
gay state senator Mark Leno partly as a way to combat bullying of students
who are gay or perceived to be. The FAIR Act passed the Senate in April and
the Assembly earli... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 35 Ireland to Elect Gay President?
By Neal Broverman
DAVID NORRIS X390 (SOURCED) | ADVOCATE.COM
Irish Independent senator and presidential candidate David Norris, who
happens to be gay, comes out ahead in the nation’s latest polls.
The election is not until October, and Norris has not yet secured his party
’s nomination, but many Irish are already leaning towards the 67-year-old
gay rights activist and James Joyce scholar.
Norris won the support of 25% of likely Irish voters, four points ahead of
t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 36 Posted on Advocate.com July 22, 2011 02:40:00 PM ET
Ex-NOM Official Launches Gay Rights Org
By Neal Broverman
Louis Marinelli NOME LOGO X390 (FAIR AND PROVIDED) | ADVOCATE.COM
Louis Marinelli, the former tour organizer and social-media expert for the
antigay National Organization for Marriage (NOM), has gone one step further
than denouncing his former employer and calling for same-sex marriage — he
created a gay rights group.
Marinelli has launched the National Organization for Marriage Equality... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 37 Posted on Advocate.com July 23, 2011 04:25:00 PM ET
N.Y. Marriage Windfall: $155M
By Neal Broverman
I LOVE NEW YORK X390 (PHOTOS.COM, FAIR USE) | ADVOCATE.COM
The Williams Institute, an LGBT-related think-tank at the University of
California, Los Angeles, has the latest estimate on how many marriage
equality-related tourism dollars will roll into New York State in the first
year gay couples can marry there: $155 million.
"The estimate is based on the experience of the five previous states that
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发帖数: 19713 | 38 Rick Perry OK With N.Y. Gay Marriage
By Neal Broverman
RICK PERRY 201102 X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
The Republican governor of Texas and possible 2012 presidential candidate,
Rick Perry, says he has no objections to New York State legalizing gay
marriage on Sunday, saying it's a states' rights issue.
“Our friends in New York six weeks ago passed a statute that said marriage
can be between two people of the same sex. And you know what? That’s New
York, and that’s their business, and that’s fine ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 39 Posted on Advocate.com August 02, 2011 08:25:00 PM ET
S.C. Newspaper's Gay Interracial Wedding Announcement
By Neal Broverman
William Leonard Hasty III (left)and Gregory Maurice Smith
In what may be a sign of a national sea change, the South Carolina
newspaper The State has published the wedding announcement of a gay
interracial couple who married in New York State.
William Leonard Hasty III (left) and Gregory Maurice Smith were married July
26 at Town Hall in Mamaroneck, N.Y. While they live ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 40 Posted on Advocate.com August 24, 2011 01:50:00 PM ET
Marriage Vote Coming in Australia?
By Neal Broverman
AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT X390 (SOURCED) | ADVOCATE.COM
Members of Australia's parliament are pushing for a vote on marriage
equality, even though the nation remains deeply divided on the issue.
On Wednesday, 20 parliament members revealed the results of local surveys on
same-sex marriage. Only about 2% voice support for same-sex marriage in the
northeastern state of Queensland, while nearly 90... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 41 Posted on Advocate.com September 21, 2011 03:35:00 PM ET
Marines Already Recruiting for Gays, Lesbians
By Neal Broverman
In Tulsa, Okla., of all places, the Marines began recruiting for gay and
lesbian soldiers on the first day they could.
The New York Times reports that Marines, led by Master Sgt. Anthony Henry,
traveled to the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center in downtown Tulsa to find
some good men and women. Not many potential recruits actually showed up, but
those who did expressed gratitude ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 42 Wal-Mart Adds Trans Protections for Employees
By Neal Broverman
WAL-MART X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart has added gender identity to their list of
protected categories for employees.
Wal-Mart, the nation's largest retailer, already has protections for LGB
employees. The additional transgender protections were praised by the Human
Rights Campaign.
“What matters in the workplace is how you do your job, not your gender
identity or sexual orientation,” HRC President Joe... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 43 Posted on Advocate.com November 17, 2011 05:45:00 PM ET
The Shocking Truth About LGBT Seniors
By Neal Broverman
OLDER MEN SENIORS X390 (PHOTOS) | ADVOCATE.COM
A new report highlights the health and lifestyle disparities of LGBT seniors
, including social isolation and unequal treatment.
The Public Policy & Aging Report, from the groups Services and Advocacy for
GLBT Elders and the National Academy on an Aging Society, is designed to be
the first step in bringing concrete change to this populatio... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 44 Posted on Advocate.com December 08, 2011 08:10:00 PM ET
By Neal Broverman
In what was likely the last hearing before a ruling is delivered on the
constitutionality of Proposition 8, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on
Thursday appeared unconvinced that a previous ruling on the ban be tossed
because the judge was in a longterm same-sex relationship.
Before the issue of whether former Chief District Judge Vaughn Walker should
have recused himself from the 2010 case where he ruled Prop. 8
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发帖数: 4174 | 45 Posted on Advocate.com January 13, 2012 01:50:00 PM ET
N.J. Gov Christie Warming to Marriage Equality?
By Neal Broverman
New Jersey's high-profile Republican governor Chris Christie is playing coy
about his feelings on same-sex marriage, which Democratic lawmakers in the
state are trying to enact.
State legislators are making marriage equality a major priority in the
upcoming session. Formerly an opponent of gay marriage, senate president
Stephen Sweeney now supports it and thinks the legislatur... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 46 By Neal Broverman
SOUTH CAROLINA INDIANA LICENSE PLATES X390 | ADVOCATE.COM
Following in the footsteps of Maryland and, recently, Indiana, South
Carolina will offer pro–LGBT equality license plates.
South Carolina's subtle plates cost $25, with half of that money going to
the South Carolina Equality Foundation. Parties in Columbia and Charleston
take place Friday and Saturday to honor the new plates. Read more here.
Following a protracted battle, Indiana recently began offering LGBT plates,
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发帖数: 19713 | 47 By Neal Broverman
SAM BROWNBACK X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Kansas governor Sam Brownback
Even though the U.S. Supreme Court in 2003 struck down bans on consensual
sex between gays, many states still have unenforceable laws against gay sex,
including Kansas.
Kansas's conservative Republican governor, Sam Brownback, recently
recommended that 51 outdated laws be repealed, but the "criminal sodomy"
statute, which includes oral sex, was not not one of them. LGBT leaders say
the laws are kept on book... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 48 By Neal Broverman
Pastor O'Neal Dozier X390 (YOUTUBE GRAB) | ADVOCATE.COM
Rev. O'Neal Dozier of the Worldwide Christian Center
Rick Santorum has a scary friend leading his Florida primary effort: O'Neal
Dozier, an evangelical preacher who hates gays and Muslims.
Dozier runs the Worldwide Christian Center in Pompano Beach, Fla.; Santorum
spoke from the Center's pulpit on Sunday. Extreme may be putting it mildly
when describing Dozier, who is serving as honorary chairman of Santorum's
Florida effo... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 49 Posted on Advocate.com February 16, 2012 07:55:00 PM ET
Poll: Many Young Chinese Accepting of Gay People
By Neal Broverman
CHINA CHINESE CROWD X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Very few young Chinese have hang-ups about gay people, according to one of
the nation's most popular dating sites.
According to a poll on Jiayuan.com, 83% of Chinese born between 1980 and
1989 do not disapprove of homosexuality; roughly the same percentage was
found among people born in the 1990s. Over 85,000 people were survey... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 50 Posted on Advocate.com February 17, 2012 05:20:00 PM ET
Christie Vetoes N.J. Marriage Equality Bill
By Neal Broverman
CHRIS CHRISTIE 20120216 X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
New Jersey's Republican governor Chris Christie made good on his promise to
veto a marriage equality bill, sending the legislation to its possible death
on Friday.
One day after the Garden State's general assembly passed same-sex marriage
legislation and four days after the state senate did, Christie stamped a big
no on the bill... 阅读全帖 |
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