Wow, this is cute. From the Guardian UK: Heinz is set to challenge some viewer expectations with a light-hearted TV campaign that features two men sharing a kiss. The TV commercial, which promotes a new range of dressing called Heinz Deli Mayo, breaks tonight and will be supported by a press campaign. Heinz’ new ad opens with a family on …

Another failure by the Liberty Counsel in their desperate last minute bid to stop California’s gay marriages: A California state appeals court on Tuesday refused a motion by a conservative group to halt the rush by same-sex couples to marry. The Campaign for California Families argued that marriage licenses should not be issued until the legislature amends dozens of state …

Veteran gay reporter Rex Wockner has posted a nice marriage photo essay from San Diego, following gay couples from paying for their license right up to saying their vows. Sweet. UPDATE: Rex’s partner has posted video of San Diego’s first gay wedding (the guys pictured above).

Oh, the tabloids will have a field day with this. Police said a 61-year-old Reading woman beat her 16-year-old granddaughter severely after finding her in bed with another girl. Joyce Beddell is charged with aggravated and simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and endangering the welfare of a child. Police said Beddell’s granddaughter suffered serious bruises to her legs and …

Anybody surprised?

That giant packing crate in the middle of Union Square is actually a walk-in advertisement for the new (America’s! Largest!) Ikea that opens in Brooklyn’s Red Hook nabe today – much to the endless quivering coverage of NYC blogs and news outlets. “It’s rampant gentrification!” “We need the jobs!” “But what about the traffic?!” “Fuck that, I want a cheap-ass …

In recognition of Pride month, the ACLU has launched the Blog Of Rights Symposium, which features posts from many of the nation’s top LGBT bloggers. “We know that people’s attitudes about LGBT people are more likely to be supportive when they have had an opportunity to talk to LGBT people about what it means to be LGBT,” said Matt Coles, …

Courtesy of Fly Life Inc, today’s Swag Tuesday booty is two tickets to Donna Summer in concert as she tours to support her hit album Crayons, which is now in stores and has already launched two hit singles: I’m A Fire (#1 Dance) and Stamp Your Feet (#6 Dance this week and rising.) Summer’s first studio album in 17 years, …

The National Gay & Lesbian Task Force’s Winter Party Festival (which took place in March) generated a record donation of $180,000 to Miami’s Dade Community Foundation GLBT Community Projects Fund. The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force announced at a Coconut Grove reception last night that $200,000 from the 11th Annual Miami Recognition Dinner and the 2008 Winter Party Festival …

Tuesday, 8:45AM, Third Avenue Woman On Cell: So he calls me, get this, at 3am, and he’s all ‘Ooh, baby. I miss you so much.’ And I’m all ‘Yeah, well I miss Jesus but you ain’t gettin’ any ass from either of us at 3am.’

A survey conducted in gay nightclubs in the UK revealed that 41% of the men who tested HIV positive were unaware of their status. The survey, which took oral fluid samples from over 3500 men in gay bars, clubs and sauna’s around the UK, found that 9% of men who took part in the survey were HIV positive. The surveys …

It’s a day for good news: Social conservatives and church groups are admitting defeat in their efforts to collect signatures for initiatives to repeal two Oregon gay rights laws in this November’s election. The campaigns were aimed at derailing a domestic partnership law and another new law banning discrimination based on sexual orientation. Both were enacted by the 2007 Legislature. …

These idiots were among the mere dozens of protesters at SF’s City Hall yesterday and were far, far outnumbered by those celebrating. Photo by Storm Bear, from the Bilerico gay marriage photosite.

Al Gore finally endorsed Obama last night. Former Vice President Al Gore made his debut appearance in the presidential campaign here Monday evening, offering a vigorous endorsement of Senator Barack Obama and urging Democrats to keep in mind the consequences of not taking the general election with grave seriousness. “Looking back over the last eight years, I can tell you …

Robin Tyler and Diane Olson were the first couple married in Los Angeles yesterday afternoon. Fabulous shot by LA Times photographer Luis Sinco.

I like this bit from E.B. White that I found posted in the subway: There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born there, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size, its turbulence as natural and inevitable. Second, there is the New York of the commuter …

Check out this incredible shot of a tornado touching down in Iowa as caught by local woman Lori Mehman. Somehow nobody was killed. And down in Fort Lauderdale our own Father Tony caught a gorgeous shot of a waterspout just off the coast.

You can watch today’s historic gay marriages in California online here. Ceremonies began at 5PM California time.

“This blog [Sullivan’s] has long described the useless organization called the Human Rights Campaign as a tool of the Hillary Clinton campaign. But the scale of the group’s enmeshment with the Clintons is revealed by Michael Petrelis’s research into the campaign contributions of all its major figures. “The final tally? Drum roll: Hillary Clinton: $4,300, Chris Dodd: $3,000, John Edwards: …