Third & 68th, Tuesday, 9AM Woman On Cell: Wait a minute. Hold up. Go back. You get a 20% discount at Bloomingdales? When? ALL THE TIME? And you’re just telling me this NOW? I’m sorry, but I’m going to have to totally reevaluate our friendship..

The Human Rights Campaign is trying to engineer a meeting between Mike Huckabee and Jeanne White-Ginder, mother of Ryan White, the Indiana teenager whose battle with AIDS in the 80’s riveted the nation and made Ryan a darling of AIDS activists such as Elton John. White-Ginder says Huckabee’s recent comments about AIDS have infuriated her and that “We have to …

This sounds like it was Mirapex. (Paris) A French civil servant who claims he was turned gay by his Parkinson’s medication has won a lawsuit against against a distributor of drugs containing dopamine. Didier Jambart is seeking about a half-million dollars in compensation. His lawsuit claimed that he was not told the medication could lead to compulsive behavior. He claimed …

As you can see, I am overwhelmed with the joy of the season.

An atheist group in Connecticut is drawing flak for their “Imagine No Religion” holiday display in front of Rockford’s town hall. The three-sided sign uses an image of the World Trade Center to suggest that to world would be a safer place without religion. (Uh, amen to THAT.) According to city officials, the Connecticut Valley Atheists’ permit request was for …

Yesterday on Meet The Press, Rudy Giuliani was asked if he agreed with Mike Huckabee that homosexuality was an “aberrant, unnatural, and sinful lifestyle” Giuliani: “No, I don’t believe it’s sinful. My moral views on this come from the Catholic Church. I believe that homosexuality, heterosexuality, as a way of somebody leads their life isn’t sinful. It’s the acts—it’s the …

Saying they “will not shy away from difficult discussions”, the Dutch government has pledged 2.5M euros to fight homophobia at home and abroad. The money will be spent between 2008-2011 and will be used to target young people, mostly Muslim youth in schools and sports organizations. The Dutch also plan to request the legalization of homosexuality from the countries to …

Clubland was rocked this weekend by the news that Mel Cheren, the “Godfather Of Disco”, has died from complications of AIDS. Cheren provided the financial backing to open legendary gay nightclub the Paradise Garage, and founded seminal dance music label West End Records. Earlier this year, Cheren’s biography, My Life and the Paradise Garage: Keep On Dancin’, was turned into …

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee yesterday refused to recant his 1992 call for AIDS patients to be quarantined, saying “I still believe this today, that we were acting more out of political correctness. I don’t run from it, I don’t recant it.” In 1992, Huckabee said, “It is the first time in the history of civilization in which the carriers …

Last night’s NYC Blowoff was even better than the last one, as positive word of mouth from October’s event brought in a huge crowd, causing a waiting line outside the Highline Ballroom and lines almost as long inside at the coat check and restrooms. Congrats to Bob Mould and Rich Morel for creating what will surely be a long-running Manhattan …

Art critic, author, PBS host, and Carmelite nun Sister Wendy spoke to the Huffingon Post about her new book, Sister Wendy On Prayer, but was also asked about her stance on gay marriage. Huffington Post: You’ve spoken out about gay marriage. How do you balance what you believe with what you have sworn to uphold?” Sister Wendy: I believe in …

Democratic Senate leaders, acquiescing to their anti-war constituents, yesterday stripped the Matthew Shepard Act from the defense funding bill to which it was attached. Matthew Shepard’s mother has released a statement regarding yesterday’s decision: We are truly dismayed to find that Congress now will put aside its leadership on passage of federal hate crimes legislation that includes sexual orientation and …

John Schneider will join the cast of Chicago to play Billy Flynn for nine weeks beginning January 14th. Now in its 11th year, Chicago is the 8th-longest running show in Broadway history and the longest running revival ever. – The cast recording of Xanadu hits stores on January 8th but will be available online two weeks earlier. The disc has …

Right-wing talk shows and forums are lighting up with accusations the Brigadier General Keith Kerr is not a “real” general because that rank was attained with the California State Military Reserve, not the federal armed forces. Kerr, the openly gay retired soldier whose question during the Republican YouTube debate launched accusations that he’d been planted by the Clinton campaign (with …

Newly elected Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said yesterday that his administration will not interfere with states or territories that move to legalize civil unions for gay couples. The state of Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory are both expected to pass civil union laws early next year. Previous attempts to pass such legislation were thwarted by previous Prime Minister …

The 40-story Manhattan Municipal Building was completed in 1915 and is considered the final building of Gotham’s City Beautiful movement. It’s one of the largest governmental buildings in the world and the place where 28,000 New Yorkers get married every year. Another Stanford White beauty!

New York City and LGBT people everywhere have lost one of their giants in the fight for fairness and equality. Bob Kohler, Stonewall veteran and co-founder of seminal 60’s gay activism group, the Gay Liberation Front, died of cancer on Wednesday at age 81. For more than 40 years, Kohler relentlessly advocated for gays, transsexuals, blacks, PWAs, immigrants, sex workers, …

By request, a pussy hat-trick. Shelley sits on the radio in my bathroom while I shave. She likes to perch on the strangest things: the tires of my bike, the top of the microwave. She’s getting weirder by the day.

Staying with the pussy motif, here’s the trailer and synopsis for upcoming horror movie Teeth. High school student Dawn works hard at suppressing her budding sexuality by being the local chastity group’s most active participant. Her task is made even more difficult by her bad boy stepbrother Brad’s increasingly provocative behavior at home. A stranger to her own body, innocent …

Patti LaBelle does not appreciate attention from the ladies. LaBelle: “When I got my divorce, the women jumped on me like white on rice! I said, ‘Look, I ain’t ever did fish, I don’t intend to do fish so leave me alone.’” OK, we hear ya, Patti. But maybe Massengill will want you as their next spokesperson. (Via – Queerty.)