Broke, hungover, lambless – the new year can only get better
In Ireland, New Year’s Day is further complicated thanks to … Friedrich Nietzsche, while killing off God in The Gay Science in 1882, also pledged that for the new year he would embrace positivity and celebrate the beauty in things.

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Christmas box office: Star Wars sinks Titanic and heads for Avatar
Photo: Hilary Bronwyn Gay. The family decision over which animated movie to see went in favour of Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur ($4.5 million) over Alvin and the Chipmunks: Road Chip ($3.8 million). The Force Awakens’ success in Australia echoes its results …

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Happy New Year from HRC!

This year, HRC is committed to moving #EqualityForward.

HRC will continue to work with lawmakers and advocates to pass the Equality Act in Congress, as well as work towards strong anti-discrimination protections at the local and state levels.

We will continue the fight against HIV & AIDS, anti-transgender violence and will make sure that all families are treated equally. We will work to increase critical protections and policies through our Healthcare Equality Index, Municipal Equality Index, State Equality Index and Corporate Equality Index for a more advanced and inclusive society.

We will work with advocates from around the world, from Australia to China, Mongolia, South Africa and Turkey to advance equality worldwide.

We wish you a happy new year and hope you can join us in celebrating the victories and remembering the moments of the past year, as well as what lays ahead in 2016.

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From Leo Vardkar to The Dress – test your brain with our end of year general and news knowledge quiz 2015
Do you log the tries of all New Zealand’s rugby games? How’s your knowledge of Irish … But please remember – Googling takes all the fun out of it…) TD Leo Varadkar came out as gay, live on radio, to which RTE presenter?

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Gay Open Marriages Need To Come Out of the Closet
Monogamish couples are a constant presence on apps like Grindr and Scruff, which allow gay men to connect with other men to chat or hook up … “On a macro level, we have the opportunity as ‘the new normal’ to redefine what a healthy gay relationship …

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Rainier’s Paradise Opens Again; Snow-Play by This Weekend?
Some backcountry enthusiasts grumbled on Twitter and in Internet chat rooms, unhappy that a favorite winter stomping ground has been inaccessible during the holidays. “From the webcam at Paradise the parking area looks clean. I’ll bring my chainsaw if …

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Obama enjoys cars, coffee, chat on Seinfeld web show
View gallery As the title of his web chat show “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” suggests, Jerry Seinf … The two men engage in amusingly banal banter, with Obama revealing he only wears one brand of underwear — and it’s all the same color. But “it’s …

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Tips for lunch to show off city food scene
Here is an excerpt from Craig LaBan’s online chat of Dec. 29, 2015: Reader: Could you suggest a spot for lunch where out-of-town friends can experience our exciting restaurant scene, sip good wine, talk and linger? (Walking distance or short ride from the …

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