Tag Archives: Bloggers

Bilerico, the nation’s largest group LGBT blog, is sending a contingent to cover the Democratic National Convention and they are asking for help in meeting their funding goal. Help Send Marti, Jerame and Bil to the Democratic Convention! Marti Abernathey, Jerame Davis and Bil Browning are heading to Denver for the 2008 Democratic National Committee Convention (DNCC) from August 22 …

In recognition of Pride month, the ACLU has launched the Blog Of Rights Symposium, which features posts from many of the nation’s top LGBT bloggers. “We know that people’s attitudes about LGBT people are more likely to be supportive when they have had an opportunity to talk to LGBT people about what it means to be LGBT,” said Matt Coles, …

On Friday night, the Farmboyz, Tater, and I started our weekend way uptown in the triple-digits at the book launch party for Joel Derfner’s Swish, where I grabbed this shot of Joel and his editor, Andrew Corbin. Next stop was the opening party for GB:NYC-5 at the HK Lounge in Hell’s Kitchen, where it got so crowded that our nametags …

An update via the GB:NYC5 blog: Friday night. 9PM. HK Lounge. 405 W39th St @ 9th Ave. Password is GB5. Weather forecast for Saturday in Central Park: 70s, but 30% chance of rain. Possible alternative rain plans are under discussion. Stay tuned. More details for this year’s meet-up are on the blog. We’re hoping the weather holds for the Saturday …

This year’s GB:NYC5, the fifth annual gathering of gay bloggers in NYC, is under the management of Father Tony and Little David and they report that attendance from around the country will be even greater than last year. As in previous years, there will be drink-up/meet-ups in a Hell’s Kitchen bar, a picnic in Central Park on Bear Hill, and …

Last night I stopped by for a few drinks in the swank Chelsea pad of Sirius FM host Michelangelo Signorile (left) with cub cutie Corey Johnson (center) and über-blogger Andy Towle (right). We gossiped about other bloggers (of course!), gay politics, and the merits of Fire Island versus P-Town. (I remain agnostic on the issue.) Hard to believe that I’d …

Speaking of things hooker-ish, four years ago this here website thingy got a huge kick in the readership when out of nowhere JMG was added to the blogroll of Belle De Jour, the secret-identity blog of an English call girl which was the fascination of the UK public. Belle landed a book deal, the book was a smash and has …

My pals Matt and Damian celebrated their co-birthday yesterday. I think this is one of the few pics of my gang in which everybody has their shirts on. Father Tony and I took pics from the second floor, but as usual mine are blurry. Hmmm. There’s about a dozen bloggers in this shot.

There’s a short interview with me in this month’s Junior Magazine in a feature titled “Blogger Power.” While I don’t speak Portuguese, Junior seems like a Brazilian mash-up of Out and Instinct. There sure is a lot of eye candy there in between the stories. Besides JMG, the story mentions Queerty, Made In Brazil, Andrew Sullivan, Towleroad, Ooh, La La …

No more blogging today, I’m off for an all-blogger sleepaway weekend up at the Farmboyz gracious Connecticut home, in celebration of Father Tony’s retirement. Attending: Eddie, Little Tom (whose blog is on hiatus), Aaron, Dr. Jeff, Little David, and Chris. Amusingly, the Farmboyz have added a new AirPort to support the blogging needs of their guests. Tonight we’re going to …

Somehow last week I forgot to mention the latest news from the Bilerico Project, the Indiana-based LGBT activism blog which has relaunched with an impressive array of top-rung contributors: Over thirty prominent LGBT community members have decided to make The Bilerico Project home including Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force executive director Matt Foreman …

Last weekend I hosted DC blogger/rugby stud/sci-fi geek Jimbo and of course we had to bring him to Central Park for our regular roller-disco picnic. Tons of mobloggeratti attended, including this winsome four with Jimbo. L-R: Farmboy C, Jimbo, Glenn, Chris, Father Tony.

Armistead Maupin has launched a blog. Interestingly, he mentions wanting to meet Mike Jones, saying, “Hustlers, for my money, do far more good than pastors.” Testify! I sent Mike an email to nudge him to drop by and say hello to Mr. Maupin. You should do the same. I was rereading a bit of Michael Tolliver Lives last night, and …

Press release: Please join Queerty THIS THURSDAY, June 14, in New York City as we celebrate gay pride with special guest Sen. Mike Gravel, the U.S. Presidential Candidate. In the running for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, Sen. Gravel has bestowed us the extreme honor of meeting Queerty’s readers. He tells us that he’s thrilled to be welcome at this …

Birthday Party, Upper West Side, Monday, 8PMMomentarily abandoned by the two people at the party that I know well, I am engaged in conversation by a yellow Crocs-wearing, pop-collared, fauxhawked angertwink:Angertwink: So, Rob said you are a writer? JMG: Depends on your definition. I have a blog. AT: A what? A blog? Wait, is that on the internet? JMG: What, …

Father Tony took this shot at yesterday’s picnic on Bear Hill in Central Park. I’ll post some pics of my own after the weekend is over. In the meantime, Father Tony has lots more over at his place. This photo is now embiggen-friendly.

Shelley Winters plans on spending her holiday weekend pursuing her two favorite hobbies: spazzing out attacking random objects and creating pillow forts. Myself, I’ll be haunting the various gay blogger meet-ups that are scheduled for GB:NYC4, where I hope to run into lots of y’all that aren’t escaping to the beach.

The fourth annual gay bloggers meet-up takes place in NYC this weekend. Largely organized by Dallas-based bon vivant Zeitzeuge Mark, this year’s drunkathon stretches over the holiday weekend. Friday 9PM: Cocktails at Therapy in Hell’s Kitchen, 348 W.52nd Street. Saturday 2PM-6PM: Central Park picnic on Bear Hill above the roller-disco near the flagpole. Live DJs, wacky NYC characters, no alcohol …

Brooklyn has the bloggiest ‘hoods in the country, according to a study that tracked 100,000 posts about 3000 neighborhoods. Unsurprisingly, the ten most blogged-about neighborhoods in the nation are hotbeds of education and the creative arts. Here are the top ten nabes for hipster hype. 1. Clinton Hill, Brooklyn2. Shaw, Washington DC3. Downtown Los Angeles4. Newton, Massachusetts5. Rogers Park/North Howard, …