Monthly Archives: October 2007

The Princes Of Tides

In another sign of the tidal change in how young people view gays, two 16 year-old boyfriends in Davis, California have been elected Homecoming “Princes” after a successful write-in campaign. For what appears to be the first time in school history, the Davis Senior High student body has elected a gay couple into homecoming royalty. With each boasting a white …

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The New Gay Stereotype

Embiggen for a laugh. (Via – Salon.)

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Mouse Tale

6 train, Saturday, 10PM A trio of frat boys get on the crowded train dressed as the Three Blind Mice (mouse outfits, sunglasses, white canes.) Mouse 1: Dude, fix my tail.Mouse 2: I’ve told you to stop asking me to touch your tail.Mouse 1: Seriously, fix it. It’s hanging wrong. I can’t sit down.(Mouse 1 turns around to present his …

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Unaffirmed

So much for last week’s self-affirmation. According to this scale at the American Natural History Museum, I’d weigh 2.9 trillion pounds on a neutron star. Meh.

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Fort Lauderdale Tops For Gay Tourism

In what a local guesthouse owner labeled “a bit of sweet revenge” for local activists, readers of Out Traveler have named Fort Lauderdale the top resort destination for gay vacationers. Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitor’s Bureau CEO Nicki Grossman, who was instrumental in the removal of anti-gay Mayor Jim Naugle from Broward County’s tourism board, said, “It’s a wonderful …

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HomoQuotable – Donnie McClurkin

“I’m going to say something that’s going to get me in trouble. They accuse me of being anti-gay and a bigot. We don’t believe in discrimination. We don’t believe in hatred, and if you do you are in the wrong place at the wrong time. That’s the whole premise of God. That’s the whole premise of Christ is love, love, …

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CCA Calls For Potter Ban

The “nation’s largest” conservative organization, the Christian Coalition of America, has called for a ban of Harry Potter books and movies after author J.K. Rowling’s revelation last week that Hogwarts head wizard Albus Dumbledore is gay. CCA chairman Roberta Combs: “It’s not a good example for our children, who really like the books and the movies. I think it encourages …

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Morning View – Strawberry Fields

Directly across from where he was murdered on the Upper West Side, a 2.5 acre section of Central Park is dedicated to John Lennon. The centerpiece of Strawberry Fields is the Imagine tile mosaic, which is always littered with fresh flowers. The creation of the tribute area was underwritten by Yoko Ono.

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Swagapalooza

Catching up on the last few weeks of Swag Tuesday winners…. Blogger is having one of its no-photo mornings, so I apologize that winners’ photos aren’t in this post. I’ll see about adding them later when Ms. Blogger gets her act together. If you don’t see your name on this list and you think it should be, contact me. Also, …

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Dad Of Dead G.I. Sues Fred Phelps,
First Amendent Cringes

In a case that will test the limits of the First Amendment, the father of a slain U.S. soldier is suing Fred Phelp’s Westboro Baptist Church for picketing his son’s funeral, charging the church with invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress. From the New York Times: Judge Richard D. Bennett, who is hearing the case, told the …

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Hillary Turns 60 Today

Hillary Clinton’s 60th birthday is today. Last night she celebrated here in New York, with Elvis Costello leading the crowd in singing Happy Birthday. What, she couldn’t get a Yank to sing? Why does Hillary hate America?.

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City Of Dallas: Hey, Pull Up Your Pants! What Are You, Some Kind Of Fag?

Via Towleroad comes the story of a new anti-saggy pants campaign by the city of Dallas that suggests that hip-hoppers who let their rear ends show are inviting other men to fuck them. And that’s a baaaad thing. The saggy-pants fashion got its start in prisons, where men are not allowed belts. Wearing your pants below your ass is supposed …

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Momentarily Self-Affirmed

Earlier this month at the Castro Street Fair, I stepped on the Self-Affirmation Scale. It worked. I immediately had a corn dog and another beer.

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Chaka Khan, Chaka Khan

The first single from Chaka Khan’s Funk This is #1 for the second week on Billboard’s dance chart, her first #1 dance hit in ten years and her 7th dance chart topper to date. Disrespectful features Mary J. Blige on vocals. Chaka’s first #1 club hit was 1984’s I Feel 4 U.

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Broadway Friday

-One-man show A Bronx Tale, starring Chazz Palminteri in his Broadway debut, opens today after three weeks of previews at the Walter Kerr Theatre. Reviews have been great. Palminteri performed the show in Los Angeles and Off-Broadway in the late 80’s. -Minnesota’s Guthrie Theatre has commissioned Tony Kushner (Angels In America) to write a new play. The work, The Intelligent …

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Putting The “X” Back In “Ex-Gay”

This didn’t take long. Clay Cane has posted an interview with an unnamed man claiming to have been “ex-gay” Rev. Donnie McClurkin’s lover from 2001-2004, the height of the period during which McClurkin was making his anti-gay rants. McClurkin is still slated to appear at Sen. Barack Obama’s fundraisers in South Carolina, despite a general outcry from gay activists. According …

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Senator Santorum II

JMG blogroller Princess Sparkle Pony has a huge scoop over on Wonkette, telling the story of his friend, IT geek bear David Phillips, who had a memorable (and messy) sexual encounter with Sen. Larry Craig some 20 years ago. You knew these stories would cum dribbling out, right Mr. Toe-Tapper? A Santorum-infused excerpt: When we got to what reminded me …

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Hollywood: No Mo’ Homo

According to Entertainment Weekly, the huge success of Brokeback Mountain has surprisingly failed to interest Hollywood in making more gay-themed films. Brokeback was more than a movie. It was a phenomenon that commanded the cultural conversation for months, from Jay Leno to YouTube to the cover of The New Yorker. More important, it proved that straight audiences would snap up …

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The Gay Monsters

Straight thugs may have ruined Halloween in the Castro, but you can still get your gay boo on with Andy Bauer’s webcomic The Gay Monsters. Tagline: The Closet Is No Place For A Monster. From the press release: The Gay Monsters are taking the world by thunderstorm! This flamboyant webcomic is pure camp about charming gay monsters and their contemporary …

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