A few quick links for your perusal…. – USA Today publishes a guide to where 14 of the presidential candidates stand on gay rights. – Ted Kennedy to introduce ENDA in the Senate in 2008. It will be the same gay-only version of the bill that passed in the House last year. – Bilerico Project guest blogger Jim Pickett of …

I imagine the poor folks in Florida will have to endure this crap a few thousand times.

Via Daily Kos: Total Voter Turnout (approximate): 356,000 Percentage of total vote:24.5% Obama20.5% Edwards19.8% Clinton11.4% Huckabee (R) From Daily Kos diarist Devil’s Tower: Who walked away with the most impressive number of the night? We did. In 2000, the last time there was a caucus in both parties, Republicans turned out 87,000 voters, while Democrats produced 59,000. There are around …

Gays domestically-partnered in California are now protected from increased property taxes in the event of the death of one of the partners. (San Francisco, CA, January 3, 2008) – Today, in a major victory for same-sex couples, the California Supreme Court denied a petition by county assessors seeking review of a California Court of Appeal decision affirming the validity of …

– The Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of the Olivier Award-winning Hitchcockian thriller The 39 Steps begins previews today at the American Airlines Theatre. Maria Aitken, director of the original hit London production, stages the work in New York. The limited engagement will officially open Jan. 15 and run through March 23.–The revival of Cyrano de Bergerac — which will play …

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has released their list of the worst incidents of anti-gay behavior in 2007. In chronological order: 1. Isaiah Washington uses the “f-word” during a Golden Globe interview. 2. Snickers promotes anti-gay sentiment with ad campaign. 3. Tim Hardaway says he hates gay people. 4. Ann Coulter calls John Edwards the “f-word”. 5. General …

After last night’s Iowa Caucus results, some are saying the GOP is now in total disarray, and others are expressing shock that the once seemingly unstoppable Clinton train has gone off the rails, with the New York Times calling her performance a startling setback. (THIRD place?) And not that anybody noticed or cares, but both Joe Biden and Chris Dodd …

Jeremy over at Good As You recorded the trailer from the American Family Association’s latest homo-horror DVD, They’re Coming To YOUR Town! From the AFA’s press release: AFA has just released a new DVD, “They’re Coming To Your Town.” The DVD shows how a small group of homosexual activists took over the city council in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, and began …

From the NY Times: The number of new H.I.V. infections in men under 30 who have sex with men has increased sharply in New York City in the last five years, particularly among blacks and Hispanics, even as AIDS deaths and overall H.I.V. infection rates in the city have steadily declined. New figures from the city’s Department of Health and …

On Sunday’s Meet The Press, Mike Huckabee tried to allay fears that he wants to impose Christian ideals on the nation after host Tim Russert brought up the quote in Huckabee’s 1998 book in which he equates homosexuality with necrophilia and pedophilia. “I don’t know whether people are born that way. People who are gay say that they’re born that …

After a New Year’s weekend with temps pushing 50, I wake up today to find the wind chill at 7 degrees. Wha’ happened? If it’s gonna be this cold, I demand snow. It’s only fair.

I’ll confess that I still don’t fully understand the rules for today’s Iowa Caucus. Predictions?

1. If a close friend is very interested in someone, is it OK to pursue that person yourself? 2. If a close friend is casually dating someone, it is OK to date him too? 3. If a close friend has broken up with his boyfriend, when is it OK to go after his ex? Ever? Even if your friend tells …

[UPDATE: You’ll probably want to view the below video with the sound off. My lil digicam can’t handle nightclub subwoofers. I shot the clip before much of the crowd arrived.] As I made my preparations for the Saint-At-Large’s New Year’s Eve party in Times Square late Monday night, I repeatedly reminded myself of my New Year’s resolution to banish any …

Yesterday hundreds of members of the Coney Island Polar Bear Club made their annual dip in the 42 degree surf. Over $30,000 in pledges was raised for Camp Sunshine, a camp for seriously ill children and their families in Casco, Maine. And then all the bears went to beer bust. I’ve always wanted to do the dip, but somehow I’ve …

(Since I didn’t get home from New Year’s Eve until almost 9am yesterday, I spent the entire day in a coma and missed putting up yesterday’s Swag Tuesday entry.) Courtesy of Showtime, today’s Swag Tuesday giftie is the complete fourth season DVD box set for their smash lesbionic series, The L Word, now available nationwide. THE L WORD Season 4 …

Shortly after midnight on New Year’s Eve, gay couples began being civil-unioned in New Hampshire, as the new state law took effect. New Hampshire’s civil unions law — enacted by the Democrat-dominated Legislature early last year and signed by Democratic Gov. John Lynch in May, gives same sex couples the same rights, responsibilities and obligations of marriage without calling the …

Dennis Kucinich is telling his supporters that if he does not make the 15% cutoff point to be considered a viable candidate in the Iowa caucuses, they are to change their support to Barack Obama. Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich, one of only two candidates to support gay marriage, on Tuesday asked his supporters to make rival Barack Obama their …

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I grabbed these shots this morning on my way home from the Saint’s NYE party, which I’ll review later today once I decipher my notes. The pole behind the “2008” is the one the ball drops down, but I guess security whisks the ball away immediately after midnight, since it’s made of dilithium crystals or gold pressed latinum or whatever. …