“The human rights arm of the Washington-based Organization of American States recently launched a database about the trend, with killings in the region often running at several a day. Yet like most other sources, it may only include a fraction of the real toll. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) …

“We recently found a McDonald’s in Taiwan with cashiers who served customers in ultra-cute pink maid uniforms, but apparently that was just the beginning. Not happy with just catering to McDonald’s customers with maid fetishes, this particular McDonald’s has been branching out and workers were seen wearing the iconic Japanese-style …

“Marlene Hoeber is feisty, tattooed, transgender, a self-described feminist, a queer activist – and a crack shot with her favorite “toys,” guns of just about every kind. One thing she’s not – and proud of it – is a member of the National Rifle Association. “We make ourselves a special …

“Studies have shown people in couples will have sex with their partner when they don’t feel like it simply to please their other half – or avoid an argument. But new research says e-loving via text and other virtual methods happens for many of the same reasons. College-age sexters in …

“An Indiana woman faces multiple charges after allegedly slicing a captive man’s penis with a box cutter. Johnson County sheriff’s deputies said Bonita Lynn Vela, 35, thought the unnamed 18-year-old, a boyfriend of one of her daughters, had molested her 2-year-old son. The victim denied he had done so. When …

“Rodney Lee Conover launched his campaign in California’s 8th Congressional District with a video published on YouTube Thursday in which he compared House Republicans to his 1972 Ford Ranchero. “Hi, I’m Rodney Lee Conover, and I’m running for Congress. This is my 1972 Ford Ranchero. I love this car. It’s …

The NSA is currently developing a quantum computer designed to break encryption codes. With the recent revelations by Edward Snowden and others, will the capabilities of this new hypothetical quantum computer be used to violate civil rights as well? Ana Kasparian, John Iadarola (TYT University and Common Room), Ben Mankiewicz …

“Ask people to imagine American life in 2050, and you’ll get some dreary visions. Whether they foresee runaway technology or runaway government, rampant poverty or vanishing morality, a majority of Americans predict a future worse than today. Whites are particularly gloomy: Only 1 in 6 expects better times over the …

“Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist apologized for backing a state constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage in 2008 during an interview with an Orlando LGBT publication on Tuesday. “I’m sorry I did that. It was a mistake. I was wrong. Please forgive me,” Crist told Watermark Online. When asked whether …

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