Quickies: Wednesday, July 20 2011

> Obamaofficially endorses repeal of DOMA.

> Kevin Keller, the gay Archie comic book character introduced last September who got his own four issue mini-series this summer, is so popular he is getting his own full-fledged comic book series.

> First Ari Gold was told he couldn't hold hands with his boyfriend on a bus, and guard at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco told a lesbian couple that they weren't allowed to hold hands while viewing (get this!) a Gertrude Stein exhibit.

> Good news! The Magnetic Fields will release a new album in 2012 and an album of rare tracks next month.

> NY to implement a wedding lottery due to huge demand for gay nuptials.

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