Monthly Archives: April 2008

NPR On Gay Bar Extinction

On Friday, NPR’s Marketplace show discussed the rash of gay bar closures around the country, citing Fortune Magazine’s recent list of “10 Businesses Heading For Extinction”, which includes gay bars. Listen to the audio here. An excerpt: Every year, Fortune Magazine releases a list of 10 businesses it thinks are facing extinction. Some of this year’s casualties? Record stores, crop …

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Florida Says Nuts To Nuts

Oh, those wacky Floridians. A bill is before the state legislature to ban the “ornamental testicles” that some Sunshine State idiots are hanging from their trucks and SUVs. Metal replicas of bull testicles have become trendy bumper ornaments in some parts of the Sunshine State, but state Sen. Carey Baker is campaigning to ban the orbs. Baker acknowledged that Florida …

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PhoboQuotable – Albert Mohler

In the Christian Post, Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, reacts to the Times Magazine article about young married gays, taking particular note of the couple that hinted that theirs would be an open marriage. “Young Gay Rites” is itself a noteworthy signal about the future of marriage. If Denizet-Lewis is right, the legalization of same-sex marriage …

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True Colors ’08 Tour Dates

The 2008 True Colors Tour lineup includes Cyndi Lauper, the B-52s, Andy Bell, Rosie O’Donnell, Joan Jett, the Indigo Girls, Deborah Cox, Wanda Sykes, the Cliks, Nona Hendrix, and others. 05.31.08 Boston MA US Bank of America Pavilion06.01.08 Wantagh NY US Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre06.03.08 New York US NY Radio City Music Hall06.04.08 Toronto ON CA Molson Amphitheatre06.06.08 Mashantucket …

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But She’s Too Young

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Ex-Boyfriends – Situation

Here’s the first video from San Francisco’s Ex-Boyfriends. The JMG reader who sent along the clip notes that the video was shot at SF’s armory, now the home of Kink.com, which may explain the bondage imagery. Great song.

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20/20 Explores “Gay PDA”

Friday night’s edition of 20/20 explored the reactions of the public to two gay couples engaging in public displays of affection in Birmingham, Alabama and suburban New Jersey. In Birmingham, the sight of two men kissing on a park bench prompted one woman to call 911, but overall the reactions were surprisingly supportive.

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The Chosen Family

On Saturday night my clan gathered at Nowhere Bar to celebrate Dr. Jeff’s 30th birthday. The next day, the always eloquent Father Tony reflected on our chosen family: As I looked about the room, I saw a few new faces, but mostly those of the men we have come to know over the past few years. Our little brigade has …

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Young, Gay, & Married (And Divorced)

Captioned with photos that mock the misty 1950’s image of domestic bliss, the lengthy cover story in yesterday’s New York Times Magazine tells the story of several gay male couples in their 20’s who have married in Massachusetts since it became legal in 2004. The author, a young gay man himself, was bewildered when some of his peers started getting …

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Rev. Ken Hutcherson Leads Protest At Seattle-Area Day Of Silence

Infamous Seattle-area anti-gay activist Rev. Ken Hutcherson led a walk-out of his daughter’s high school in protest of their Day Of Silence on Friday, with over one-third of the school taking part. A Day of Silence inside Mount Si High School meant to show support for gay and lesbian students erupted in noisy protests outside. More than one-third of students …

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JMG: Year Five Begins

Today is my 4th blogiversary. My first post: I was born and raised in rural North Carolina. My fondest childhood memory is of playing in the dense, acrid, poison fog that was belched out by the county mosquito control truck, during its daily dusk-time trip down our dirt road. The cry of ‘Smokey! Smokey!’ would fly up and down Nine …

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Poi Dog Pondering And Habibi

Last night the Farmboyz and I attended the Poi Dog Pondering concert at the Bowery Ballroom, the first time seen them since I had pretty much ignored them on some multi-act bill back in Florida a dozen or more years ago. Poi Dog’s style is impossible to pigeonhole – they’re a bizarre melange of blues, disco, house, and Hawaiian, with …

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Call Me….Azariah

I got a few emails yesterday to let me know that according to Gay City News, I had just shocked the world of televangelism by coming out. I think I’ll call my new ministry “Joedeism”.

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Wingnuts Protest The Protest

So much for the wingnuts keeping their kids at home today. Instead, these jokers in Nebraska took it to the school. A small group of anti-gay demonstrators who showed up at Lincoln East High School Friday morning prompted 10 to 15 students to stage their own protest, with one student running through a banner that said “homosexuality is a sin.” …

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Fewer Tests For Pozzers?

And interesting new study reveals that HIV+ people may not need the regular monitoring of their virus now insisted upon by most doctors. A paper published by The Lancet medical journal has revealed that patients who suffer from HIV may no longer need to have regular testing. The research showed that there was little difference between the survival rates of …

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Ban On Anti-Gay T-Shirt Reversed

Just in time for today’s Day Of Silence: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit reversed a lower court’s ruling against an Illinois student Wednesday, saying the district court must order a Naperville high school to suspend its ban on a T-shirt that reads “Be Happy, Not Gay” while the student’s lawsuit proceeds. School officials prohibited student Alex …

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Explicit Open-Mouth Homosexual Kissing!!!

The American Family Association is “repulsed” by what it calls “explicit open-mouth homosexual kissing” on As The World Turns, where the gay teen couple finally had their long-overdue kiss on Wednesday.Wheee! And here’s the kiss. It’s a sweet kiss, but not exactly the tonsil-probing that the AFA claims. Not that we’d expect those dried-up twats to know a proper snog …

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Best Bets For Furry Fun In May

Furball – Full-immersion bear-disco therapy with DJs Frankie Knuckles and Man Parrish. Saturday May 17th at the NYC LGBT Center. Doors open 9pm. Tickets $10 at the door.Flashdance SF – an 80’s flashback party in San Francisco put on by my pals that throw the annual Trocadero Transfer reunion, Remember The Party. DJ Rotten Robbie, 6PM – 2:30AM, Sunday, May …

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Stagecraft

Unsurprisingly, the NY Times has uncovered that the Obama campaign deliberately placed that trio of A&F-clad boys behind their candidate, a bit of “stagecraft” done by all campaigns interested in reaching a particular demographic. Mystery solved. The so-called Abercrombie boys who showed up behind Senator Barack Obama during his speech Tuesday night in Evansville, Ind., were just random Obama fans. …

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Sean Bell Verdict Rocks NYC

In a case that has riveted NYC for the last 17 months, today three NYC detectives were acquitted in the shooting death of Sean Bell, a black Queens man who was fired at 50 times after undercover officers claimed they thought he was going for a gun. No gun was ever found. Three detectives were found not guilty Friday morning …

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