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Ever wondered why surrogates for the McCain and Obama campaigns always sound perfectly in sync no matter which channel you happen to flip to on any given day? Well, the answer is that campaign surrogates receive daily talking points to keep them from straying too far off-message in interviews. In an amusing mix-up today, the Obama campaign inadvertently released the pre-debate talking points for Barack Obama surrogates along with a press release Wednesday morning.

Just last month, Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson went public about their relationship with the announcement that they were officially a couple. The announcement ended much speculation about whether one-time Hollywood ‘It’ Girl Lindsay had entered into a Sapphic relationship with Mark Ronson’s, DJ baby sister Samantha. Now, no sooner than the news of their coupledom made international headlines, come rumors that the couple are already calling it quits.

Hollywood may change some people, but Oscar-winning Tinseltown ‘It’ girl Jennifer Hudson is not one of them. In this GayWired exclusive interview, JHud, the American Idol also ran who has gone on to become an award-winning actress and recording star, opens up about her devotion to her gay fans, the unexpected blessings of her Cinderella story, finding love and the gay tour she dreams of doing.

Here's another update from Tony Wagner, HRC's Western regional field director: ********************************************************* Last Friday I was honored to conduct an Advocacy Training for the Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS. The suggestion that I conduct this training came from Linda Elliott who...

As a lesbian mom, I have unique concerns when it comes to my legal issues and financial estate.

I am in a committed lesbian relationship with children from a previous marriage. The issues of child custody, visitation and support are a given whenever children are involved in a relationship. However, a heterosexual marriage is afforded many rights automatically upon union whereas a same-sex relationship has limited to zero rights in many parts of the world. Whenever a person enters a committed relationship they are entering a form of partnership. There are certain responsibilities relevant to the relationship that each party is expected to maintain. The government sometimes has laws and/or programs in place to provide aid and support to those people who might need it if they are experiencing problems with their relationship/partnership. The concerns of the gay and lesbian community are not included in many government systems, and in some parts of the world homosexuality is frowned upon and sometimes illegal, which means zero rights and support for the gay men and lesbian women in committed relationships.

"The folks at PETA caught word that a gay-friendly high school might be making its way to the city of Chicago, and consequently came up with a unique opportunity to ...

Last night on MSNBC, Rachel Maddow hosted David Frum, former speechwriter to President Bush, to discuss the increasingly nasty - and sometimes racist - tone among some of the attendees at McCain-Palin rallies. Frum has been openly critical of the McCain campaign, and Maddow intended to discuss his concerns about the campaign's turn toward negativity.

From his first answer, however, it was clear Frum had a very different agenda: to attack Rachel Maddow. Discussing the "ugliness of tone" in American politics, he said that Maddow's show, "unfortunately, is itself an example of that problem." He then compared her tone to the hateful outbursts of some McCain-Palin supporters:

MADDOW: Do you think that my tone on this show is equivalent to people calling Barack Obama somebody who pals around with terrorists, people yelling from the audience at McCain-Palin rallies, Bomb Obama. Kill him. Off with his head. Traitor. Are you accusing me of an equivalence in tone?

FRUM: I don't think that's an important question. I think the question is, given the small plate of responsibility that you personally have, how do you manage that responsibility? The fact that other people fail in other ways is not an excuse for you failing in your way.