SHOCKER OF THE WEEK: Paladino Property Housed Gay Clubs!

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I really thought that giving Carl Paladino two months to be involved with some scandal that made a mockery of his already ridiculous comments about the gay community was really generous. Two whole months! He had two. Whole. Months.

And he only took two days!

Apparently, the New York State liquor licensing records show that Paladino rented space in at least two of his buildings to gay clubs! And that his son operated one of these clubs! Ironically, one of the clubs describes itself as “a bar where anyone and everyone …

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Teacher Demoted for Revealing Sex Work Past – Further Proof Society is Afraid of Sex Workers?

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An elementary school teacher from the Bronx, New York, has been reassigned for publically revealing her past as a stripper and prostitute, the New York Post reported yesterday. The question this story has thrown up is whether this demotion, as well as the coverage the story has received in the press, confirms that society is afraid of sex workers.

Melissa Petro has been teaching art at the PS 70 elementary school in the Bronx for three years, and has been open about her profession prior to becoming a teacher. In an essay for The Rumpus, published in the June of 2010, Petro wrote about her experiences and explained her need to speak out about sex work, despite what her colleagues might think. And in a Huffington Post article earlier this month, Petro revealed that she had used Craigslist to facilitate a brief career as a prostitute. It was this revelation that apparently caused PS 70 to remove Petro from her classroom.

Parents of pupils at PS 70 are predictably outraged – and have …

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