The recent disclosure of the pregnancy of VP nominee Sarah Palin’s unmarried teenage daughter is a stark reminder that the abstinence-only sex education policies instituted by George Bush and strongly supported by the Alaska Governor have been an utterly miserable failure. 

A Republican Senator from North Carolina quietly introduced an amendment last week to name a Holocaust Reparation bill after Adolf Hitler.  The U.S. Senate passed the reparation bill, allotting $48 billion in aid and restitution to survivors of Hitler’s genocidal campaign.

The floats have been dismantled and Wilton Manors streets have been reopened to traffic as another successful Stonewall Street Festival celebrating the LGBT community comes to an end. But writer Jesse Monteagudo maintains that the celebration doesn’t need to end. Monteagudo offers GaySoFla.com readers some practical tips to continuing the ‘spirit of pride’ momentum throughout the year.   

In this guest editorial, author and LGBT activist Jesse Monteagudo debunks the idea of a ‘one size fits all’ lifestyle for gay men.  Young queer men are shattering stereotypes as they opt for “straight” normalcy over gay rebelliousness.

Even though Jamaica has recently experienced an increase in violence and murder against the LGBT Community, the island nation’s Prime Minister continues to spout anti-gay rhetoric.  In an interview last week with the BBC, PM Bruce Golding proclaimed that he would never allow gays into his cabinet.