Monthly Archives: April 2010

Hands-Free Subway Safety

Jen Carlson at Gothamist tips us to this entry on Subway Douchery. Jen: “Impressive, but, we’re pretty sure this is how one contracts pink eye.”

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Sen. Carl Levin Calls Out Goldman Sachs Partner For “Shitty Deal”

And you probably haven’t heard “shitty” used ten times in three minutes on C-SPAN.

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Cartoonist Backpedals From “Everybody Draw Mohammad Day”

Seattle-based cartoonist Molly Norris says she has nothing to do with “Everybody Draw Mohammad Day” and wishes people would leave her alone. Slight problem: Norris kickstarted the phenomenon when she emailed her original cartoon to media figures like Dan Savage, who then published it. On Friday, Norris told a radio talk show host in Seattle that she came up with …

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Apple’s Revenge: Cops Raid Blogger’s Home Over iPhone Prototype Story

California police raided the home of Gizmodo editor Jason Chen on Friday after the tech blogger posted a story about the next generation iPhone. Chen had paid a source $5000 for the phone after it was accidentally left in a bar by an Apple researcher. Gizmodo.com editor Jason Chen came home Friday to find cops in his house, looking for …

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A Barebacker Repents

Former barebacking porn star Brent Corrigan has amended his unsafe ways and is apologizing to the to the gay male community by participating in a safer sex campaign conducted by the Washington-based DC FUK!T. Via press release: DC FUK!T, a Washington D.C. based safer sex advocacy group, released its latest “How to Put on a Condom” video, staring adult performer, …

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Apartment Transformer

An architect in Hong Kong has turned his tiny studio into an “apartment transformer” through clever rolling walls and hidden spaces. His place is the same size as mine, but I think I’d tire quickly of all that rolling. Lazy American.

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PhoboQuotable – Eugene Delagaudio

“Frankly if you really do support the radical Homosexual Agenda — or if you just no longer care enough to stand up for the family — insiders in Congress say the entire Homosexual Agenda could pass in a matter of months. Special job rights for homosexuals and lesbians. Businesses may have to adopt hiring quotas to protect themselves from lawsuits. …

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Melee In Ukraine’s Parliament

Ukraine’s parliament dissolved into fistfights, smoke bombs, and egg throwing as members argued over allowing Russia to extend their lease on a Ukrainian naval base. And you thought our health care debate was tough.

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KENTUCKY: Defense Lawyers Claim Murder Attempt Was Staged Prank

Lawyers for the three Kentucky girls charged with attempting to murder a lesbian classmate are claiming that the entire incident was a staged prank with the full participation of the victim. Cheyenne Williams, 18, and supporters have said that on April 16, three girls with whom she’d been friends for years took her against her will to picturesque Flat Lick …

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Exodus Co-Founder: It Never Worked

Box Turtle Bulletin interviewed Exodus International co-founder Michael Bussee, who says he never once saw his former organization’s “ex-gay” program actually turn somebody straight.

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CA Assembly Ends Search For “Gay Cure”

By unanimous vote, the California Assembly has repealed the archaic law requiring research into a “cure” for homosexuality. Part of a decades-old state law that characterized homosexuality as a sexual deviation that must be cured is no longer on the books. The law was written in 1950 and classifies gay people as sexual deviants. It requires the state to conduct …

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Photo Of The Day – Arizona Driver

(Via – Andrew Sullivan)

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Busenfreunde

From Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s Facebook page: “Had such a great time with Sarah Palin last night that we went to the Diamondbacks game today before she left town. It was great talking to her about my efforts here in Arizona of securing our borders, fighting Obama Care and preserving our 2nd Amendment rights.”

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Pelosi Promises 2010 Vote On DADT

Speaker Nancy Pelosi has promised a House vote on the repeal of DADT sometime this year. “It is the Speaker’s intention that a vote will be taken this year on [‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’] in the House,” Drew Hammill, a Pelosi spokesperson, told DC Agenda in a statement Monday. The announcement is promising news for repeal advocates because Pelosi has …

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Nothing On You, Betty White

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Washington Blade Returns

Washington DC’s venerable Washington Blade is back to publishing under its original name after six months as DC Agenda. The 40-year-old newspaper — founded as a one-sheet newsletter in October 1969 just months after the Stonewall riots in New York incited the modern gay rights movement — has published weekly editions under the name D.C. Agenda since Nov. 20, four …

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Crayola Thanks The Teabaggers

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RuPaul’s Drag Racers Shout Out To JMG

Late this afternoon, JMG staff photographer Dr. Jeff and I attended a press conference for the contestants of season two of RuPaul’s Drag Race, where the above five queens sent their love to the readers of this here website thingy. The finale is tonight. I know who won! I think! SLIDESHOW: Here’s Dr. Jeff’s great photos from the event. Some …

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Bull To Matador: Ole’ THIS

One of the world’s most famous matadors was brutally injured during a bullfight in Mexico this weekend, prompting renewed calls to ban the “sport.” You may not want to watch this.

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Tweet Of The Day – GetEQUAL

GetEQUAL is sitting in at Sen. John McCain’s office in Arizona. Follow the developments on their Twitter feed.

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