Monthly Archives: August 2008

Christianists Take Gov. Paterson To Court Over Gay Marriage Recognition

Tomorrow the New York Supreme Court will hear the petition of the Alliance Defense Fund, who is suing Gov. Paterson over his order that state agencies recognize out of state gay marriages. Hilariously, their suit claims that Paterson doesn’t understand the dictionary definition of marriage. The Alliance Defense Fund is suing Mr. Paterson, citing an online dictionary’s definition of the …

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For When The Spork Is Not Enough

File under: cubicle life. Biodegradable cutlery pen-caps. I don’t know, I’d probably lose them immediately. I guess this is for you greenies who don’t want to use disposable plastic. But since the average delivered lunch in midtown seems to be a tray in a box in a paper bag in a plastic bag, you know you’re still killing the world, …

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Rich Media

Via Valleywag: Maybe you haven’t heard about the $999.99 “I Am Rich” iPhone App by Armein Heinrich yet. We’ll catch you up, poor thing. Purchase this app for your iPhone 3G from the iTunes App Store now and it will do two things: display a glowing red gem for an icon and tell everyone who handles your iPhone 3G that …

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LOGO: The Money’s In The Gaybies

Cable network LOGO has issued a press release touting what it calls a “striking shift” in gay demographics. According to LOGO, most young gays now want to live in the suburbs and raise kids. The full release: LOGO RESEARCH REVEALS STRIKING SHIFT IN GAY DEMOGRAPHIC NEW YORK, NY – August 5, 2008 – Logo, a division of Viacom Inc.’s (NYSE: …

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Not Straight, Bisexual

Details has published a rather dumb story called What If You Only Thought You Were Gay? in which the author recounts the stories of a number of men who married women after years of living as gay men. It’s not a story about “ex-gays”, more a few anecdotal instances in which gay men fell in love with women. For Andrew …

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Paris Hilton Takes On “That Wrinkly White-Haired Dude”

And in the process, makes us like her a whole lot more. Seriously funny and totally the way to bite back.See Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad and more funny videos on FunnyOrDie.com

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Obama On Gay Families

Last month Jennifer Chrisler, executive director of the Family Equality Council, wrote identical letters to both presidential candidates to ask about their positions on gay families. Barack Obama has responded with a letter (PDF) that mostly talks about his own family and offers some general platitudes about family life, but closes with this paragraph: [W]e also have to do more …

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Record Number Of LGBT Delegates To Attend Democratic Convention

The Stonewall Democrats are reporting that a record 358 openly LGBT delegates will represent the community at the Democratic Convention. Via PageOneQ: A total of 358 participants from 48 states have signed on for this year’s Denver event, running from August 25 to August 28, directly after the Stonewall Democrats National Convention, also taking place in Denver from August 21 …

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Obama Heckled From Press Pit

A man heckled Barack Obama from the photographers’ pit at an appearance in Ohio yesterday, causing some to question the Secret Service and their vetting of press credentials at Obama events. The man shouted down Obama as he began to speak, demanding that he lead the crowd in the Pledge Of Allegiance, which Obama did with the crowd joining in. …

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CA Senate Approves Harvey Milk Day

Today the California Senate approved a bill designating May 22nd as Harvey Milk Day, the first such state holiday honoring a LGBT person in the history of the United States. The state Assembly approved the bill last month and the bill will return to the Assembly one more time for a “concurrence” vote before landing on the desk of Gov. …

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JMG: The Fire Island Cocktail

Via Dr. Jeff comes this shot of the drink menu at Jumpin’ Jack’s Seafood Shack in Fire Island’s Cherry Grove. The drink is the invention of their bartender, a JMG reader who used to work at the NYC Eagle and who has been the subject of an Overheard post on this here website thingy. Anyway, I sound delish but I …

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National Go Topless Day: August 23rd

I was handed a flyer for National Go Topless Day as I was leaving Central Park over the weekend. Organizers hope to draw attention to public nudity laws that allow moobs but not boobs. The flyers were being handed out by a cute young chick, but the presence of a sign-carrying Raëlian nearby should have tipped me that those very …

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Weirdest. Ad Campaign. Ever.

Extended Stay Hotels want you to know that their hotel rooms are so clean you can safely lick any surface. (Click the room key on their home page.) In any case, as Slog notes, surely there is some freak out there masturbating to this. And yes, she licks the toilet.

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Charlie Crist Comes Out….
Against Gay Marriage

Florida Gov. Charlie “Closet Case” Crist has reversed his previous “live and let live” position on gay marriage, saying that he now supports the ballot referendum to amend the state’s constitutional against gay couples. Gay marriage is already illegal in Florida, but as in other states, the haters want to make it extra illegal. Crist has also finally responded to …

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Hate Crimes Charge For Transwoman’s Killer

The murderer of Colorado transwoman Angie Zapata has been charged with a hate crime, adding a potential 18 months to his sentence. Zapata’s supportive sister says that she had long been worried about the crowd of “dangerous men” that Zapata had been hanging with. “One time she came home crying saying, ‘Why, Monica, why won’t people accept me?’ ” Monica …

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Beijing Restaurants: Dogs Are 86’d, May We Suggest The Whale Penis?

China has taken dog off the menu at the official Olympic eateries and is asking local restaurants to do the same. Those who hope to taste dog meat when they visit Beijing for this summer’s Olympics may be disappointed. The Beijing Catering Trade Association has ordered all 112 designated Olympic restaurants to take dog off the menu, and has strongly …

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CA Bishops: Marriage Is For Making Babies

The bishops of the California Catholic Conference, which comprises all of that state’s dioceses, have signed on with the haters of Protect Marriage, saying that marriage is meant for procreation. They then went on to condemn marriages for infertile men and post-menopausal women. PSYCH! From their press release: Same-sex unions are not the same as opposite-sex unions. The marriage of …

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McCain Trailing In Crucial Stage Mothers Demographic

Paris Hilton’s mom is pissed about the McCain ad that compares her daughter and Britney Spears to Barack Obama. From her Huffington Post column: I’ve been asked again and again for my response to the now infamous McCain celebrity ad. I actually have three responses. It is a complete waste of the money John McCain’s contributors have donated to his …

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Bipartisan Crazy

An Indiana preacher is reaching out to everybody. Cute. (Via – Wonkette)

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