Monthly Archives: September 2007

Swag Tuesday

Courtesy of here! Networks, this week’s Swag Tuesday prize is an advance DVD copy of Nine Lives, the sexy new here! movie starring out actor Steve Callahan. Nine Lives will be released October 2nd. View the trailer here. Based on Michael Kearn’s play “Complications”, this sexually provocative and tenderly executed film focuses on nine individuals whose lives intersect emotionally, sexually, …

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Brett Somers, 83

Brett Somers, whose cigarettes, wigs, and bawdy wit were ever-present on 70’s game show Match Game, turning her into a minor gay icon, died Saturday at 83. Viewers of the show may recall that Somers herself was often the subject of the show’s questions, as in “Brett got so drunk at the party, that she tried wear her _____ as …

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Tomorrow: LA Gay Center’s March
And Rally For Gay Marriage

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Marriage Equality has posted a list of cities across California who are also staging marches and rallies on Tuesday, September 18th. Click here to find your city and where to stage for the demonstration. Tuesday, September 18th (tomorrow), the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center will sponsor a march and rally in support of the recently approved California …

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ACLU Gets Behind Larry Craig

The ACLU has filed a friend of the court brief on behalf of disgraced Republican Sen. Larry Craig, urging that the toe-tapping legislator withdraw his guilty plea because the restroom sting that resulted in his arrest was unconstitutional. “The real motive behind secret sting operations like the one that resulted in Senator Craig’s arrest is not to stop people from …

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Gay Bars Wither, Where Is This Going?

For several months I’ve been meaning to suggest here that somebody should consider entering Orlando’s under served gay bar scene. In the last six months, three very long-running Orlando institutions have closed: Faces (a lesbians-only bar), Southern Nights (a disco/drag bar that I haunted regularly in the early 80’s), and Full Moon Saloon (the country/disco/bear bar and host of the …

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Broadway On Broadway

Yesterday, Little David and I attended Broadway On Broadway, the annual free concert in Times Square that showcases the casts of hit shows. Weather was great, a little chilly at times, but we were miles away from the stage. The sound system was fine in our location, but quite annoyingly the video screens were out of sync with the sound …

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The Captain Has Turned Off
The “No Toe-Tapping” Sign

Air New Zealand has announced a promotion aimed at the gay market. Passengers departing San Francisco for Sydney’s gay Mardi Gras on February 26th will be treated to an in-flight drag show, pink cocktails, and other “in-seat” (ahem) entertainment including gay-friendly movies. There will be a pre-boarding party called “Get on board, girlfriend.” Groan. Still, sounds like a riot. The …

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Morning View – Bryant Park

The last remnants of fall’s Fashion Week remain at Bryant Park where the massive lawn is covered twice a year for three weeks at a time. It takes ten days to set up the tents, the events run for eight days, then it’s another five days to restore the park. This was supposed to be the last year that Fashion …

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Rice & Bean

Via Michelangelo Signorile, I’ve been following the unfolding story about the latest revelations regarding the personal life of Secretary of State Condeleeza Rice. On Thursday’s SiriusOutQ show, Signorile hosted Glenn Kessler, author of The Confidante: Condoleeza Rice And The Creation Of The Bush Legacy, in which Kessler uncovers some heretofore unknown details of Rice’s closely guarded private life. According to …

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Seth Green On Chris Crocker

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Skool’d Fundraiser: September 19th

NEW YORK, NY – In the ongoing fight to end homelessness for youths in New York City, SKOOL’d is back in session for the third year in a row and is promising to be bigger than ever. Hosted by Heatherette’s Richie Rich with special appearances by multiplatinum-selling Universal recording artists Mya and JoJo, SKOOL’d will be held at SOL (609 …

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Shelter Kitty: Month Five

By request, here’s a new shot of Shelley, lounging on the furry sleep-pad that I picked out specifically because it matched her coloring. I guess that makes me a big sissy. Don’t be suckered by that innocent look, she just finished stealing a big hunk of roast beef off the kitchen counter.

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Mooderfookers!

Last night I was feeling a little restless, so about 8PM I decided to head up to 86th Street to do a little shopping and see what was playing at the movies. Normally, I’d walk – it’s less than 20 minutes to do so – but since the stores would be closing soon, I caught a cab on First Avenue. …

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In Defense Of Sissies

Kenneth Hill over at AOL’s QueerSighted has penned a fantastic piece on the issue of how the gay community treats its effeminate men, touching on YouTube personalities William Sledd and Chris Crocker and various insulting comments about them made on some gay blogs. Longtime JMG readers know that this issue is very important to me, one that I comment on …

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Mr. Freeze

I’ve heard from a few readers that JMG is crashing Firefox browers or “freezing” occasionally in the last few days. Anybody have an idea what the problem is? I am computarded and clueless.

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Broadway Friday

-Daniel “Harry Potter” Radcliffe will be baring all in a Broadway production of Equus in 2008. Radcliffe earned high marks for his performance in a London run of Equus earlier this year. No venue or dates have been announced. -All 21 shows currently playing on Broadway are musicals. Last week’s attendance sagged by over 43,000 admissions over the previous week, …

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Morning View – Highline, 16th & 10th

Here’s a cool shot of the Highline at W.16th Street and 10th Avenue. (What follows is old news to locals, of course.) The Highline is a decrepit elevated rail that runs for 22 blocks down the west side of lower Manhattan, terminating in the Meatpacking District. Trains stopped running on the Highline in 1980 and in 2001 Giuliani authorized its …

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The Power Of Dense

Andy Towle caught this bit of duncery at CBS’ The Power Of 10. Apparently, 47% of Americans would not swim in a pool with an HIV-positive person. I can remember at the very beginning of the epidemic how few guys would swim in the Parliament House pool. That lasted for a least a couple of years, until transmission methods were …

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Poz Poppas Legal In CA

HIV-positive men in California can now become fathers, as the ban on a sperm-washing procedure has now been lifted. The procedure, which removes the virus from semen before artificial insemination, has been available for 10 years, but California inadvertently blocked its use through a blanket ban on any transferring any tissues or fluids from HIV positive people. Tuesday, Gov. Schwartzenegger …

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Kathy Griffin: “Suck it, Jesus!”

As you may have heard by now, Kathy Griffin accepted her Creative Emmy Award a few days ago by saying at the podium, “A lot of people get up here and thank Jesus for helping them win this award, but I have to say nobody has been less helpful in getting me to this moment than Jesus. I don’t know …

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