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On Monday night, ABC’s Nightline devoted most of their episode to the Journey Into Manhood, that “ex-gay” conference where self-hating homos “hug the gay away” by getting all up close and sweaty with other men out in the woods. Truth Wins Out’s Wayne Besen lambastes Nightline: Sadly, Nightline’s producers elected to trade accuracy for access. They bragged that they were …

Via GLAAD’s press release: “ABC now knows that it put out dangerous and false information about HIV/AIDS on its airwaves, yet the network still refuses to take responsibility,” said Rashad Robinson, GLAAD’s Senior Director of Programs. “ABC and The View’s refusal to correct these inaccurate remarks comes at the expense of African American gay and bisexual men, straight African American …

GLAAD is demanding that View host Sherri Shepherd and guest moderator D.L. Hughley retract their comments that black men on the down-low are responsible for the majority of HIV infections in black women. While discussing the FDA’s ban that prevents gay and bisexual men from donating blood, Shepherd and Hughley communicated misinformation about the causes of increased HIV rates among …

From an upcoming episode of The Secret Life Of The American Teenager, which airs July 5th on ABC Family. Clearly Bristol has been studying at the Paris Hilton School for Robotic Acting.

ABC has yanked its banner ads from Perez Hilton’s site after the gossip queen tweeted a photo of Miley Cyrus without underwear. Perez Hilton, aka Mario Lavandeira, might not yet be facing legal action after tweeting a provocative picture of teen star Miley Cyrus, but he is facing repercussions from advertisers. A rep for ABC Daytime confirms that a rotating …

ABC’s hidden camera show What Would You Do? took actors playing gay families to a restaurant, where the proprietor (also an actor) pretended to refuse to serve them. Watch how patrons react. Or don’t.(Via – Towleroad)

Last night Nightline delivered an excellent report on the situation in Uganda, interviewing the genocidal Pastor Martin Ssempa and his American evangelical accomplice Scott Lively. Watch this.

The image above was ABC7’s misleading final message to NYC last night just before their parent company Disney yanked their signal to Cablevision’s three million subscribers. Disney wants a $40M annual chunk of the dough that Cablevision collects for local/basic channels like ABC7 and the cable provider won’t pay it. So Disney pulled the plug, not Cablevision, despite what the …

America’s most famous unwed mother will play herself in an upcoming ABC series called The Secret Life Of The American Teenager. Bristol Palin, daughter of former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, will play herself as a friend to the show’s protagonist, Amy, at a music program for teen mothers. “Secret Life” focuses heavily on how Amy’s family and friends deal …

While a new poll shows the public support for marriage equality remains unchanged, support for civil unions is growing. In a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, 47 percent say gay marriages should be legal, with 31 percent saying they feel that way “strongly.” Intensity is stronger among opponents, however: overall, half say such marriages should be illegal, including 42 percent …

“Democrat Scott Brown Sworn-In.” (Tipped by JMG reader Brad)

ABC announced today that Ugly Betty will end its run at the end the current season. After Elton’s Ed Kennedy wonders how things will wrap up: Does Betty marry Daniel? Does Wilhemina take over the world? Does Justin ever come out or get a first kiss? Can Marc and Amanda please have a spinoff? We don’t have the answers to …

“At the heart of the controversy is a simple fact: GLAAD solicits money from networks and entertainment companies and then hands them awards for what the organization deems positive media representation of the LGBT community. (In 2009, ABC actually led rival networks with its number of nominees.) Media companies receiving the awards—many of which often engage in or perpetuate the …

GLAAD has released the list of nominees for this year’s Media Awards. ABC leads the pack with eight nominations, an ironic position for the network that famously banned Adam Lambert from several shows after his controversial American Music Awards performance. For the fourth year running, the ABC television network leads nominees for media awards from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance …

Here are three examples of complaints received by the FCC about Adam Lambert’s performance on the American Music Awards, as obtained by the Smoking Gun via the Freedom Of Information Act. Embiggen to read, or see the full forms on TSG. Many of the complaints went far beyond the performance itself and launched into full-on anti-gay hatred.

Adam Lambert returned to ABC this morning to talk with the ladies of The View about health care reform and the escalation of the war in Afghanistan. PSYCHE. You know what he talked about.

After talking to them about a possible anti-gay double standard, GLAAD has issued a statement excusing ABC for canceling several scheduled appearances by Adam Lambert after his performance on the American Music Awards. After these discussions ABC issued the following statement to GLAAD: “Given the live nature of the American Music Awards, Adam Lambert’s performance, which differed greatly from his …

ABC has canceled another Adam Lambert appearance, this time for an episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live scheduled for next week. That naughty American Music Awards performance isn’t going to be behind Adam Lambert anytime soon. Even after his well-received performance on “The Early Show” last week, ABC continues to feel uncomfortable around Lambert. His Dec. 17 “Jimmy Kimmel Live” appearance …

In the wake of the national controversy over Adam Lambert’s performance on the American Music Awards, ABC parent Disney says they are rewriting their contracts for live performances to include promises from artists that their live shows will be the same as those seen in rehearsals. Disney/ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney told Reuters that in reaction to the Lambert …

Never one to miss a publicity opportunity, premiere closet case Peter LaBarbera has announced that the anti-gay Liberty Counsel has filed the first FCC indecency complaint (PDF) over Adam Lambert’s performance on the American Music Awards. The Lambert performance featured, among other things, simulated oral sex, suggestive crotch grabbing, simulated digital penetration, sadomasochistic conduct, and homosexual open-mouth kissing. The Lambert …