Yearly Archives: 2008

No Snow Days For Gotham’s Horses

Longtime readers will know that the only issue on which I’ll likely ever agree with PETA is the treatment of NYC’s carriage horses. Check out this clip from filmmaker Donny Moss (Blinders), which was taken during Friday’s ice and snowstorm. The tourists adore the carriage rides through Central Park and many New Yorkers see the trade as quintessentially Manhattan. But …

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DList To End

The New York Press is reporting that popular gay gossip/hookup site DList will be ending its run next month. If you’re a 20-something gay man in New York City, chances are you’ve heard of DList.com, have an active profile or have at least hooked up as a result of it. You can imagine my surprise Saturday night at Michael Formika …

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A Profile In Hate

The LA Times has profiled a California couple that has “devoted” themselves to fighting marriage equality. Abel Ferreira and his wife, Robbie, never considered themselves political activists. But when Proposition 8 landed on November’s ballot, the Spring Valley couple did everything they could to ensure that the constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage got passed. They made phone calls. They …

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NYC: City Hall To Open For Inauguration

If you can’t get your broke ass down to DC, the New York City Council will open City Hall to the public to show Barack Obama’s inauguration on big screen TVs. Via emailed press release: Speaker Christine C. Quinn, the Black, Latino and Asian Caucus and the New York City Council announce that City Hall will open its doors to …

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HomoQuotable – Jasmyne Cannick

“At a time when you should be apologizing to and trying to build bridges with African-Americans after exposing your closeted racism towards us over the passage of California’s Proposition 8, you’re at it again. “The man isn’t even in office yet and you are all up in arms over the inaugural invitation of evangelical pastor Rick Warren by President-elect Barack …

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Daily Grumble

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No Madonna For YouTube?

Warner Music announced yesterday that they will be pulling their clips from YouTube in a compensation dispute. Warner Music Group’s videos will no longer be available on YouTube due to a contract dispute between the music company and the popular video-sharing website, US media reported. Talks between the two firms over licensing agreements for Warner’s music videos collapsed last week, …

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Ecuador President Vows To Fight Homophobia

In the wake of the Brooklyn murder of Ecuadorean immigrant Jose Sucuzhanay, Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa has vowed to fight against homophobia and xenophobia. Andres Duque at Blabbeando provides a translation of Correa’s statement: The Ecuadorean immigrant José Sucuzhañay, of 31 years of age, was “vilely assassinated for xenophobic reasons, for homophobia; They mistook him for a homosexual and was …

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Caroline Kennedy: Yes To Gay Marriage

Caroline Kennedy began actively campaigning to replace Hillary Clinton last week. On Saturday her spokesperson told the NY Times that Kennedy supports same-sex marriage. In most respects, Ms. Kennedy’s answers described views similar to those of other New York Democrats, including New York’s senior senator, Charles E. Schumer, and Mrs. Clinton. But she appears to support same-sex marriage, a significant …

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Inauguration Program

(Via Radical Russ @ Pam’s House Blend)

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Morning View – Peep World

The Bolt Bus drops everybody off right in front of Peep World on 33rd Street.

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Billboard’s 2008 Year-End Charts

Billboard Magazine has compiled its year-end charts for 2008. With three singles in the year-end top ten, Chris Brown is the Top Artist for 2008. This year I’m at least vaguely familiar with everything in the pop singles top ten, but only know the Kristine W, Janet Jackson and (remixed by Rich Morel) Yoko Ono tracks on the dance top …

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Morning View – DC Metro

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Afternoon View – Swagauguration

DC is awash in inauguration swag – from Obama bottled water and breath mints- to pink “First Lady” sippy-cups, so you can look all feminique and shit while you get your inaugural krunk on.

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Maddow: More On Rick Warren

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Prop 8: Good News/Bad News

First the good news. California Attorney General Jerry Brown changed course on the state’s new same-sex marriage ban Friday and urged the state Supreme Court to void Proposition 8. In a dramatic reversal, Brown filed a legal brief saying the measure that amended the California Constitution to limit marriage to a man and a woman is itself unconstitutional because it …

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Blago’s Terrible Hair Declares Itself Innocent Of Everything

Via HuffPo: Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich defiantly proclaimed his innocence Friday and said that he will not let a “political lynch mob” force him to resign. “I will fight. I will fight. I will fight until I take my last breath,” Blagojevich said in his first official statement since being arrested last week on federal corruption charges. “And I’m not …

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Afternoon View – East 70th Street

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Ted Haggard: I Never Claimed To Be Heterosexual

Ted Haggard, the gay that won’t go away, now says he never claimed to be “completely heterosexual”, as was widely reported last year. In an HBO documentary set to air Jan. 29, disgraced evangelical leader Ted Haggard says he never claimed to be heterosexual, as was once reported, and he continues to struggle with same-sex attraction. But he’s committed to …

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Daily Grumble

I think about half of almost 900 unread emails in the JMG box are about Rick Warren, but I’m hoping to plow through most of them on my way to DC tomorrow. My apologies to the JMG tippers, I do appreciate your suggestions and messages. And here I had the inbox whittled down to under 100 just a couple of …

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