The musical version of Armistead Maupin’s Tales Of The City will see its world premiere in San Francisco next summer. “Tales of the City,” a new musical adaptation of Armistead Maupin’s famed stories – created with veterans of “Avenue Q” and members of the rock band Scissor Sisters – will receive its world premiere in the American Conservatory Theater’s 2010-11 …

Cafe Figo, First Avenue, 8:30am Nurse 1: I am so goddamn sick of hearing him talk about marrying Beyonce. ALL day. He’s crazy! He really thinks he’s gonna marry her! Nurse 2: Actually he’s saying fiance. Not Beyonce. It’s his accent. Nurse 1: Oh. Well, them damn Russians need to learn how to talk right.

Cochran, Georgia – home to gay teen Derrick Martin, used to be known as Dykesboro for its founder, B.B. Dykes. Maybe that’s why Cochran is so touchy about being known as a “pro-gay town.”

This weekend a British soldier followed his gay partnership ceremony with a reception in his regiment’s barracks. One groom wore ceremonial uniform with his Iraq medal, the other morning dress with an orchid. Surrounded by silverware and paintings commemorating great battles, Lance Corporal James Wharton, 23, and his new husband enjoyed their first dance to Tina Turner in the warrant …

Paula and Jay Gilbert are familiar sights in downtown Orlando’s nightclub district where they bellow about ho-mo-sexu-ality and the evils of punk rock (?) over their portable PA systems. The Gilberts and associates from their Sin Is A Choice Ministries have also picketed Orlando Pride. Here’s a clip just posted by Paula in which one of them there gay abominations …

On Friday Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) introduced the Equal Access to COBRA Act, which would allow same-sex partners access to COBRA benefits if their partner loses their job. The law would apply to companies that already offer health coverage to domestic partners and their children. Currently, more than half of Fortune 500 companies cover domestic partners under their health plans. …

After today’s twin bombings of Moscow’s subway system, the NYPD has stepped up its presence at many major NYC subway stations, especially in high tourist areas like Times Square. Following two suicide bombings in Moscow’s subway system on Monday morning, the New York City Police Department is beefing up security underground. The NYPD says straphangers can expect an increased police …

On Saturday a 250-foot construction crane collapsed onto the downtown Manhattan office tower that houses the headquarters of the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force. There were no injuries. A giant crane toppled onto the top of a 25- story building in lower Manhattan Saturday night, sending waves of bricks and stone plummeting to the sidewalk, authorities and witnesses said. …

After their “no more homo faggots and gays” clip got yanked from YouTube for TOS violations, Pastor Luke Jones of Gainesville, Florida’s Dove World Outreach Center responds with this rant about censorship, adding that “homosexuality is a sin that should be punished by death.” Jones also claims that 30% of gay men admit to having sex with minors, we all …

Over the last seven days… Texas: Pastor Dean Richard Tarkington found guilty of possession of child porn.Kentucky: Pastor Alonzo Bradley arrested for torturing his wife by “beating and burning her with implements.”West Virginia: Pastor Johnny Ray Dempsey pleads guilty to incest and sexual abuse by a parent.Florida: Rev. John C. Spinks charged with possession and distribution of child porn.Maryland: Father …

I think this and the one from Lithuania are my favorites so far. This one feels like it could be a hit on the American charts.

NY state Sen. Eric Adams is launching a billboard campaign against saggy pants in his home district of Brooklyn. His message probably won’t go viral like an “American Idol” audition, but one Brooklyn politician is urging young people to keep their pants off the ground. State Sen. Eric Adams will announce Sunday the posting of six giant billboards in Brooklyn …

Despite months of strenuous opposition from the right, openly lesbian Chai Feldblum has been appointed to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Chris Geidner at Metro Weekly reports: Feldblum was nominated by President Barack Obama on Sept. 14, 2009, more than six months ago. Her confirmation hearing was held two months later, on Nov. 19, and her nomination received a favorable …

My favorite YouTube atheist tackles the latest Catholic scandal.

What’s with the leather Harley jacket? Palin says the controversy over her gunfire rhetoric is just a “ginned up controversy invented by the lamestream media.”

Here’s the European version of the map I posted earlier in the week. Green dots mean more Catholics, blue dots mean more Protestants. UPDATE: I’m not really getting this map either. Maybe someone can suss out the methodology at the source.

All these 3D/IMAX movies have pushed ticket prices to near $20 in NYC. The cost of movie tickets is rising this weekend, with seats for the IMAX 3-D cartoon “How To Train Your Dragon” soaring to $19.50 for adults at one Brooklyn theater. And movie fans say it’s Hollywood robbery. “It’s pretty absurd that in this economy, they want to …

The UK hasn’t won Eurovision since 1997’s comeback by Katrina & The Waves. And I suspect that this is not their year again. I suspect it a LOT. Stand back, the cheese is mighty.

Folks, traffic on this here website thingy has more than doubled in the last year and our already comparatively high volume of commenting has zoomed along with that, usually running about 900 – 1000+ comments per weekday. As I simply don’t have the time to monitor 25,000+ comments per month, please take this post as my semi-annual caution and plea …

Italian Bishop Francesco Nolè says that “irregular” people like homosexuals don’t deserve to be honored with a funeral. In an interview published last Friday on pontifex.roma.it, a website created to ‘prove and defend Christianity’, Bishop Francesco Nolè declared that ‘irregulars’ such as criminals and homosexuals should not be given communions or funerals. This, he said, is not to be seen …