Mega outdoor sporting retailer REI, supporting marriage equality in Washington State

According to Washington United for Marriage (WUM), a group working to defend the state’s equitable marriage law, announced support for its cause by REI, a seller of sporting goods, mountain-hiking and other outdoor equipment, which was founded by “a group of Pacific Northwest mountaineers in 1938,” has publicly endorsed marriage equality. Writing in a blog post, REI’s CEO…

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Councilman mum after event promoted on partner’s Web site becomes crime scene

Neither officials at District 5 City Councilman Carl DeMaio’s council offices, nor at his campaign headquarters are commenting on the fact that DeMaio’s life partner’s media company helped publicize a midnight water-gun battle that became a crime scene in Balboa Park. “I have no comment on that,” said DeMaio spokesman, Jeff Powell, speaking by phone…

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Anderson Cooper faces questions as boyfriend allegedly caught ‘cheating’

NEW YORK – CNN news anchor Anderson Cooper’s recent coming out hit the headlines across the world. Now it seems Cooper’s relationship is coming under the spotlight for different reasons. The Daily Mail has revealed exclusively that Cooper’s boyfriend of three years, Ben Maisani, 39, was spotted kissing a dark-haired man in a park in…

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