Monthly Archives: August 2007

Bob Allen: It’s Because The Cop Was Black

Disgraced Florida right-wing legislator Bob “Tea-room” Allen, whom you may recall was caught in a park restroom last month, offering a cop $20 for sex, now says he only played along because he feared black men: “This was a pretty stocky black guy, and there was nothing but other black guys around in the park.” According to the Orlando Sentinel, …

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Morning View – 72nd & 2nd

Here’s a shot taken two blocks from my place on Sunday afternoon. Ah, how empty Manhattan can get on summer weekends. The more touristy areas are still packed, but the nabes can be blissfully quiet.

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Re-View Redux

Friday night, with Dr. Jeff, Chris, and Aaron, I attended the Erasure concert at Brooklyn’s McCarren Pool. The concert was typically fantastic and I walked away as amazed as always at Erasure’s enduring appeal. Many in the crowd could not have been out of diapers when Erasure first started rocking gay dance floors around the world. The massive McCarren Pool …

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FDNY Pulls Calendar

The New York Fire Department has pulled its 2008 firefighters calendar from sale after revelations appeared on gay blogs that their cover model appeared nude in an episode of Guys Gone Wild. While 22-year old Michael Biserta of Brooklyn Ladder Co. 131 will not be disciplined, since he made the video before joining, an FDNY spokesperson says, “We will no …

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Manhattan AIDS Doc Collared

Dr. Ramon Torres, a noted HIV/AIDS researcher and former medical director of NYC’s St. Vincent’s AIDS Center, was arrested Wednesday for grand larceny and unlawful practice of medicine without a license. Torres is charged with submitting thousands of dollars of fraudulent Medicare claims and for continuing to treat patients after being suspended last year for drug and alcohol abuse. Torres …

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Broadway Friday

-The soundtrack to Hairspray has edged up to #2 on the Billboard Top 200, but Prince’s debut at #3 with Planet Earth will likely prevent any time at the top spot for Hairspray. – Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal have returned to the cast of Rent, reprising the roles they created. Rent is currently the seventh longest running show in …

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Village People: The Straight Story

Former Village People frontman and songwriter Victor Willis (seen here during a 2006 drug arrest) is planning a tell-all book about his days with the legendary disco group. Willis, who left the group in 1980, begins his musical comeback attempt on August 31 in Las Vegas, with a worldwide tour to follow the launch of his autobiography in 2008. Willis, …

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Rights Rally At UN: Noon Today

Human rights activists will gather at the UN’s Dag Hammerskjold Plaza at noon today, marching through the plaza and laying a wreath at the Raoul Wallenberg Memorial. LGBT activists including Brendan Fay and Gilbert Baker are calling on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, to ensure the rights of LGBT persons …

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Morning View – Stonewall Inn

The historic Stonewall reopened a few months ago, after closing last summer.

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HomoQuotable – Matt Foreman

“The Democratic candidates for president, as a group and individually, express more support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues and legislative and policy initiatives to improve our lives than any prior set of presidential candidates in the history of American politics. These new standards of support for LGBT people are worthy of our applause, our appreciation and our …

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9 Alarm Fire

I got an email late last night advising me that the NYFD cover model featured three posts below is the star of a rather legendary episode of Guys Gone Wild, in which he wraps his hose around his wrist. Porn For Patric (NSFW) has the video in case you know any gay homosexual men who also like hung fireman porn. …

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Open Thread Thursday

Career. Family. Relationship. Are you pretty much where you thought you’d be five years ago? Ten years ago? Would the person you were ten years ago recognize the person you are now?

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