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Dude Looks Like a Lady: I have to say when Steve Stanton got fired from being the city manager of Largo, Florida, after announcing that he was about to undergo a sex change, I had my usual "why is it always the linebackers who have no chance of passing who are trapped in the wrong body?" moment. Then I saw Susan Ashley Stanton -- Susan was the name his mother would have picked for a girl, and Steve says he never met an Ashley who wasn't sweet and kind(!) -- for the first time, appearing at a National Center for Transgender Equality event at the National Press Club in Washington, and I have to say she doesn't look half-bad, in a Joyce Bulifant kind of way. (St.PetersburgTimes)

Will-You-Marry-Me Bill: Rhode Island lawmakers heard from same-sex couples on Wednesday that they face hardships and discrimination because they are not permitted to marry. (Source)

Gay or Straight? Is sexuality a personal choice or genes or the way you were raised? While science doesn't have definitive answers, there's been some fascinating and oftentimes controversial research that is beginning to provide some clues. See for yourself on "60 Minutes." (Source)

Harry Situation: It turns out Prince Harry is too hot to serve in Iraq. (AP)

Still Married, for Now: The marriages of more than 170 gay couples from New York who wed in Massachusetts before last July are valid because New York had not yet explicitly banned same-sex marriages, a Massachusetts judge ruled. (AP)

Thanks for the Add Rape! Citing federal privacy law, MySpace.com said Tuesday it won’t comply with a request by attorneys general from eight states to hand over the names of registered sex offenders who use the social networking Web site. (AP)

Ruling's So Gay: A judge ruled Tuesday that a high school student who sued after being disciplined and then mercilessly teased for using the phrase ''That's so gay'' is not entitled to monetary damages. Broke bitch is gonna have to come up with a new catchphrase on her own too. (AP)

Fair Housing? Did you know it's against the law for a roommate service to help you find someone who meets your criteria of whom you want to live with? (Advocate)

Teenage Enema Nurses in Bondage: Two lesbians who lost their nursing jobs have won what is described as a record amount in a sexuality discrimination case in the U.K. Wait, is this the plot of a porno movie or did this really happen? (Source)

Pre$idential Contender$: I guess it's not really a surprise, but if there was any doubt in your mind that you have to be filthy rich to run for president in this country, this should settle it for ya. (WP)

RIP: The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s eldest child, Yolanda King, who pursued her father's dream of racial harmony through drama and motivational speaking, collapsed and died. She was 51. King died late Tuesday in Santa Monica, Calif., said Steve Klein, a spokesman for the King Center. The family did not know the cause of death, but relatives think it might have been a heart problem, he said. (AP)