There’s a growing call to boycott Utah in the wake of Proposition 8 and the referendum’s massive support by the Utah-based Mormon Church. Utah’s growing tourism industry and the star-studded Sundance Film Festival are being targeted for a boycott by bloggers, gay rights activists and others seeking to punish the Mormon church for its aggressive promotion of California’s ban on …

Batshit crazy homophobe Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (the architect of the Federal Marriage Amendment) still won’t concede that she lost the election. Bitterness generated by the bruising battle between Betsy Markey and Marilyn Musgrave apparently lingers days after voters decided the winner of the 4th Congressional District. Incumbent Republican Musgrave, who lost to Democrat Markey by a 56 to 44 percent …

Schwarzenegger: “They had a very, very strong campaign, the pro-Proposition 8 people, and I think that the people that tried to defeat it did not have, maybe, as good a campaign or had as much money behind it, whatever. I think it is unfortunate, obviously, but it’s not the end, because I think this will go back into the courts, …

Head over to Rex Wockner’s site for his coverage of this weekend’s Prop 8 protests in San Diego and Los Angeles. Rex reports that both cities saw at least 13,000 protesters on the streets.Photos by Rex Wockner and Karen Ocamb.

On Friday, San Francisco saw one of the largest Prop 8 protests to date. Crowd estimates run as high as 25,000. These photos are via JMG reader James Loduca. Thanks James!

It’s a spectacular day today, brisk and clear, so I took a long walk along the waterfront, something I rarely did when I lived here. I ran into JMG reader Billy on the F Line streetcar on the way home, big shoutout to him.

New York City will see its first Prop 8 protest on Wednesday at the Manhattan Mormon Temple on the Upper West Side. Via Facebook: Tens of thousands of our brothers and sisters are in the streets in California and Salt Lake City and around the country protesting the votes banning same-sex marriage in California. Join them! Make your voices heard …

I’m in San Francisco for a few days, staying downtown next to the Embarcadero. I’ve got the balcony door open and the wet fog is just whipping through the room, it’s kinda fabulous. If you embiggen this pic, you can see the a bit of the Ferry Building and the Bay Bridge. Not much to do today except maybe stroll …

As I’ve said here before, I consider the 1993 March On Washington to have been the single most thrilling event of my entire life. I will never forget the rush of goosebumps and tears as my posse of Florida queers rode up that enormous subway escalator into Dupont Circle as hundreds of our brothers and sisters applauded our arrival from …

“Gay sex produces AIDS, which the state doesn’t have — or should have an interest in. They should charge homosexuals more for their — for their health insurance than they charge the rest of us. I mean, just like they charge — look, if I’m a tobacco smoker, I pay more, right? Why? Because I’m risking my life, and the …

Another one for the history books. Barack Obama wasn’t the only candidate who made history Tuesday. On the same day the United States elected its first black president, the tiny town of Silverton, Ore., elected the country’s first openly transgender mayor. Stu Rasmussen served two terms as Silverton’s mayor in the 1990s, but he was still living in the closet …

You may remember Sorry Everybody, the site that went viral with photos of sad-faced Americans posting messages of apology to the world for Dubya’s reelection in 2004. Today we have the similarly conceived From 52 To 48 With Love, in which young people on both sides on this year’s election (mostly) express messages of unity and offer olive branches to …

Al Franken continues to refuse to concede in his Senate bid in Minnesota. The vote gap between Senate candidates Norm Coleman and Al Franken fluctuated throughout the day Thursday, with Franken closing to within 236 votes by Thursday evening. The fluctuations are normal, said a spokesman at the Secretary of State’s office, as county’s double check their work and report …

Damn funny shit from the reliable folks at 23/6.

Mayor Bloomberg hopes to help the city’s budget woes (oh, also: the environment) by instituting a five to ten cent tax for every plastic bag issued by Gotham’s stores. The controversial charge could raise at least $16 million for the cash-strapped city while keeping tons of plastic out of landfills, city officials said Thursday – but some outraged shoppers aren’t …

(Via – Andrew Sullivan)

And we thought the power of Facebook could only be used for good. Mollygood reports: Apparently this anti-Obama Facebook phenomenon is really getting out of control and, luckily, some ignorant crazies are being forced to pay the consequences. Meet Buck Burnette, a football player for the University of Texas and blatant racist. Shortly after the election, his status read: “all …

There’s already been a boomlet of kids being named Barack, Michelle, and Obama. The U.S. election has triggered a new generation of mini Barack Obamas with parents in Kenya and the United States naming their newborns after the new president-elect. At the Nyanza Provincial General Hospital in Kisumu, western Kenya, Barack’s ancestral homeland, several mothers were naming their babies after …

JMG reader and fellow blogger Jake has written a chilling account of the legal morass he and his partner find themselves in as they care for a mentally challenged family member. It begins: Thomas (not his real name) came to live with us on October 13, 2007. Developmentally disabled since birth, Thomas had been essentially abandoned by his father years …