Site: Reuters  Article:  Insurer targeted HIV patients to drop coverage Author: Murray Waas One of the nation’s largest health insurance companies appears to have systematically dropped policy-holders after an HIV diagnosis, Reuters reports, based on court documents from a South Carolina lawsuit. The insurance company was then called Fortis, but is now called Assurant Health. Court documents “reveal that Fortis had a company policy of targeting policyholders with HIV. A computer program and algorithm targeted every policyholder recently diagnosed with HIV for an automatic fraud investigation, as the company searched for any pretext to revoke their ...

View more pictures of the story photographed by Fabio Bartelt for the March issue of Elle Brazil after the jump.PS- Love the body suit above from the Osklen Lady Gaga collection. The models in the complete story are Andressa Fontana, Carol Pantoliano, Drielly Oliveira, Camila Mingori, Jessica Pauletto, Cristina Theiss, and Katia Selinger. Scans via TFS. ...

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A man stood naked, clung to a window ledge in full view of TV crews, photographers and fireman as he tried to flee a burning transsexual brothel in Basel, Switzerland. But he preferred to risk burning rather than reveal his face to the cameras watching the blaze below. According to reports, the 33-year-old who works at a gay bar in Zurich said he was visiting a transsexual friend who works in the apartment and was not there to indulge in any unsavory transactions of the building’s reputation. The pair had been friends for 10 years and he spent the ...

The Commons justice committee had started a study on Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act in the previous session of Parliament, but the government's decision to prorogue killed the committee — and the study. Now that Parl... ...

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Shane and I played tennis today at this public court in a park on Charlotte Harbor. It is such a beautiful set of courts on the water. It was a bit windy, but we had a great time. We're loving Punta Gorda! Oh yeah, I won, but it was super close. Shane had a set point, but I managed a comeback. ...

PUBLISHING IS DEAD (NOT): Internal video made public by Penguin Books. TEA PARTIERS: Mock and scorn Parkinson's victim. FOX NEWS: The network's contentious interview with President Obama on health care last night. For recent Guides to the Tube, click HERE. ...

The U.S. Postal Service temporarily blocked the mailing of a bulk newsletter from anti-gay group Family Research Institute advocating against the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, saying the content was "obscene" and "incited force-able resistance against the government," KKTV reports: "Local postal officials sent the newsletter to Washington for review. Wednesday morning, the United States Postal Service Pricing and Classifications board overruled the local interpretation that the newsletter violated guidelines for a non-profit bulk mailing rate. FRI will now be allowed to mail out their newsletter at a non-profit rate, which is 3 cents less than ...

Mayor Kasim Reed on Wednesday lashed out at a federal lawsuit against Atlanta over its botched police raid at the Eagle, calling the pending litigation a serious threat to the city. ...

BUY CALVIN KLEIN UNDERWEAR New images from Calvin Klein X underwear campaign featuring four of the hottest bods in the sporting and acting world… Fernando Verdasco, the Spanish tennis player, and Hidetoshi Nakata, the retired Japanese soccer player, along with the American actors, Kellan Lutz, of the ‘Twilight’ film series fame, and Mechad Brooks, who will be well known to fans of the TV series, Desperate Housewives and True Blood. It is the first time Calvin Klein has used four famous faces at once. The campaign was photographed by Mikael Jansson. ...

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Although this image of Judson and another sexy model shot by different photographers, but they have things in common which you can clearly see!! [Have you seen beautiful behind Part I,II, and III ?] Copyright © 2009 Please visit www.homotrophy.com (Digital Fingerprint:) ...

Today we bring you new images of Tyler Lough and Anton Antipov for Tactics at Undergear [click image to enlarge]. No, we haven’t gotten enough of seeing Tyler Lough since our first post, then the second and latest set a few weeks ago, and so Anton Antipov. After all we just wonder who would get enough of seeing images of these 2 [...] ...

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Today thousands of people will put pressure on Speaker Nancy Pelosi to bring the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) to a vote. Dr. Jillian T. Weiss of Bilerico put out the call to action and many LGBT and progressive blogs are participating in this blogswarm.ENDA (HR 3017) will prohibit job discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. The majority of the house and senate support this bill and Obama favors this civil rights legislation being passed. With a democratic majority now is the time to get ENDA on the floor for an up or down vote.Please call ...

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Hey NOM: How's that doleful attempt to improve your YouTube rating going for you? YouTube Oh what's that? The e-blast asking followers to rate and comment actually dropped the rating a full point. Well that's -- interesting. Guess we should just be glad they're not asking their supporters to vote in our favor! Our loss margins might actually be higher. ...

By James Schwartz SITUATION IRAQ: A SONNET   He cannot come out of hiding Squardrons of homophobia await Today saw escalation in the fighting Squadrons of hetero hate. He cannot come out as before to play Parading about a Bahgdad cafe Dancing the Iraqi night away With boys the color of cafe au lait. Beauty silenced with false desire The enemies step grows bold Wine, sodomy and gun fire The desert night grows cold. Marching boots, A sudden knock A whispered prayer, A ticking clock. James Schwartz is a poet and slam performer striving for the simplicity of Cavafy mixed with modern gay wordplay and elements; Schwartz’s poetry / slam material dialogues of GLBTQ issues and ...