Monthly Archives: January 2008

Adoption Rights For Euro Gays

Good news from Europe: (Strasbourg, France) In a ruling that could have far-reaching consequences the European Court of Human Rights said Tuesday that the exclusion of individuals to adopt children simply because of their sexual orientation is discriminatory and in breach of the European Convention of Human Rights. [snip] “Henceforth, France will no longer be able to refuse approval to …

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Fed Make Emergency Interest Rate Cut

Yikes. It’s gonna be a grim day on Wall Street. The Federal Reserve, responding to an international stock sell-off and the likelihood of a sharp drop in America on Tuesday morning, cut its benchmark interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point. The Federal Open Market Committee lowered its target for the federal funds rate on overnight loans between banks …

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Oscar Noms Are In

Here are this year’s Oscar nominations: Best Picture: Atonement, Juno, Michael Clayton, No Country For Old Men, There Will Be Blood. Best Actor: George Clooney (Michael Clayton), Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood), Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd), Tommy Lee Jones (In the Valley of Elah), Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises). Best Actress: Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth: The Golden Age), Julie Christie (Away …

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Snap Queens

Well, you can’t say last night’s Democratic debate was boring. Hillary and Obama both got off some good lines. “You worked for a SLUMLORD!” “Oh, yeah? Well, youuuuu sat on the board of Wallllll-mart!” My favorite moment was when Obama told Hillary that sometimes he didn’t know if he was running against her or her husband. Ooh, suh-NAP! Hillary was …

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Afternoon View – Center City Philly

I hitched a ride back from DC with the Thruple, who brought me as far as their glam high-rise on Washington Square Park, Philadelphia. This is their view to the west, the downtown/Center City area. Independence Hall is a block to the north from here. Fancy!

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Obama Calls Out Black Bigots

Speaking from Martin Luther King’s former pulpit at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, Barack Obama called out African-Americans for their own bigotry towards Jews and gays. “For most of this country’s history, we in the African-American community have been at the receiving end of man’s inhumanity to man. And all of us understand intimately the insidious role that race still sometimes …

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Savage: Stone The Adulterers First

On the Bill Maher Show, Dan Savage turned in a hilarious report on Mike Huckabee and the way Christianists selectively interpret their bible.

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Cuba Moving Towards Marriage Equality

According to new interview with Fidel Castro’s niece, Cuba is continuing to move towards marriage equality for gays. The Cuban Communist Party is considering granting legal recognition to same-sex unions, as health officials prepare to authorise sex-change operations, the director of the Cenesex sex education centre in Cuba has said. The proposed change to Cuban family law would put members …

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UCSF Apologizes For MRSA Report

UCSF has apologized for the interpretation of their just-released MRSA study, saying that the study’s “medical jargon” caused the press and general public to misinterpret their findings. Right-wing and Christianist groups lept on the UCSF study, issuing statements about the “inherent unhealthiness” of gay sex. “We deplore negative targeting of specific populations in association with MRSA infections or other public …

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Approved: New HIV Med Entravine

Johnson & Johnson’s HIV drug, entravine, was approved by the FDA on Friday. As mentioned here in July, the medication has proven to be very effective against advanced multi-drug resistant HIV. Entravine is an NNRTI (non-nucleoside reverse transriptase inhibitor) and must be taken in combination with other anti-HIV medications. The drug was approved under the fast-track or “priority review” status …

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Suzanne Pleshette, 70

Suzanne Pleshette died yesterday at age 70. While you may most fondly remember her from The Bob Newhart Show, my favorite Pleshette role will always be her part as the icy yet fragile Bodega Bay schoolteacher Annie, Rod Taylor’s jilted lover in The Birds. I recall a quote from Pleshette saying, “I would have played one of the birds just …

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MAL-Content

I’ve been in DC for a few days for Mid-Atlantic Leather. The list of theme parties over the weekend is long and varied, but so far I’ve mostly been hanging out in the lobby of the host hotel and watching the shenanigans. Yesterday’s schedule featured a “puppy play party” in the hotel bar, where a dozen men in rubber body …

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Rethinking AIDS Spending

With the AIDS pandemic in the middle of its third decade, some AIDS experts are saying that resources spent to fight HIV/AIDS might be better spent elsewhere. [W]ith revised numbers downsizing the pandemic published last year along with an admission that AIDS peaked in the late 1990’s, some AIDS experts are now wondering if it might be wise to shift …

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Dressing “Casual Gay”

From LA sketch comedy duo Galadina.

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While The Iron Is Hot

Immediately on the heels of Apple’s unveiling of their new movie download program comes word that Time Warner Cable is planning to test a new pricing model that charges broadband users based on the amount of data they download in a given month. Under the experiment, TWC will offer customers four tiers of service starting with an introductory level that …

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Broadway Friday

– AMFAR will honor Julian Schnabel, Carine Roitfeld (Editor in Chief, French Vogue) and Bobby Shriver (Chairman, PRODUCT (RED)) at its 10th Annual New York Gala on Thursday, January 31 at Cipriani.Appearing: Marc Jacobs, Lou Reed, Natasha Richardson, amfAR Chairman Kenneth Cole, Cheyenne Jackson, Maggie Rizer, Miss Universe Riyo Mori, Ben Gazzara plus a special performance by Barry Manilow. The …

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On “De Facto” Gay Marriage

From an op-ed piece in the Annapolis Capital: Here’s how inevitable gay marriage is in Maryland, in one form or another. There was a debate on the issue last week in Annapolis, and the supporters didn’t even bother speaking. True, it wasn’t actually a debate over a marriage or civil union bill; it was a General Assembly committee hearing about …

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Manhattan Cross Training

Second Avenue, 9am A group of people are running from the subway to the bus stop across the street. Homeless Man: Run FASTER! You’re not making enough MONEY!

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Gays Fight Nicer?

In an interesting first-person story about the difference between gay and straight relationships, TIME writer John Cloud discusses the end of his 7-year relationship with his boyfriend. An interesting bit about the way gays fight: Research on gay relationships is young. The first study to observe how gays and lesbians interact with their partners during conversations (monitoring facial expressions, vocal …

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