Carrie Prejean’s homophobia may have its origin in her parents’ divorce and protracted custody battle in which her mother accused her father of being gay. TMZ has the court records. Carrie’s parents filed for divorce in 1988 and the divorce and custody fights went on for more than a decade — it was a divorce filled with homosexual allegations hurled …

During a live broadcast, yesterday Washington DC NewsChannel 8 anchor Doug McKelway threatened to take activist Mike Rogers “outside and give you a punch across your face” when the two disagreed over the outing tactics of the film Outrage, in which Rogers appears. McKelway didn’t like it when Rogers said that if he felt outing was wrong, then he must …

Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), the hateful gay rights opponent whose name was in the little black book of the DC Madam, may have a challenger in porn star Stormy Daniels. Stormy Daniels strode onstage at a downtown Baton Rouge restaurant in a tight black blouse with a plunging neckline and a knee-length skirt in the popular purple of Louisiana State …

After a security guard was trampled to death by an unruly mob stampeding the entrance of a Long Island Wal-Mart, many called for the criminal prosecution of the company for staging the pre-dawn “doorbuster” holiday sales event with little security. Yesterday the company evaded charges. Mega-retailer Wal-Mart will avoid criminal prosecution for its role in the fatal post- Thanksgiving Day …

The Victory Fund’s Chuck Wolfe talks to MSNBC’s David Shuster about the possibility of President Obama appointing a gay or lesbian person to replace SCOTUS Judge David Souter.

”I think you can certainly anticipate that [gay marriage] is in the future of the District of Columbia. How soon, we don’t know. But this is a huge step forward in being — having a law that recognizes marriages from other jurisdictions. And I do believe that nationally there’s movement on this issue. Just in the past six to 12 …

Paging President Obama……

If you need a new time suck, check out this aerial virtual tour of NYC. Use your arrow keys to zoom around or click on the lower left boxes for specific destinations. Warning: bad new age music ahead. (Via – Gothamist)

Again, I’m surprised with Perez Hilton.

As expected (and predicted by Dial Idol).

If you didn’t have to work until Monday, where would you be today?

For the hardworking folks at Equality Maine!

The New Hampshire House narrowly approved its marriage equality bill today by a vote of 178-167, sending the bill to the desk of Gov. John Lynch, who has not said whether he will sign the bill. Another big win for the good guys! Congrats to all who worked so hard!

McDonald’s has settled a complaint brought by the ACLU on behalf of five gay customers who were verbally abused by a restaurant staffer at a Louisville, Kentucky outlet. Nine months after an employee at a McDonald’s restaurant in downtown Louisville called a group of gay customers a series of anti-gay slurs, the American Civil Liberties Union announced today that McDonald’s …

Freshman Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), a Mormon, has vowed to have Congress intervene in DC’s decision to recognize same-sex marriages from other jurisdictions. Chaffetz, who is the ranking Republican on the House subcommittee that oversees the district, says he is in discussions with House minority leaders on which of several options they will use to try to thwart the sanction …

Certified hate group MassResistance is claiming that LGBT activists led by Wayne Besen “terrorized” a meeting of “ex-gay” loonies Exodus International last week at a Boston church. Here’s the video MassResistance made of the protest. Besen’s group had a permit, police were called, no arrests, no citations. No “terrorism”. RELATED: In November 2007 the teenage daughter of MassResistance founder Amy …

The New Hampshire House is voting on concurrence with the state Senate’s marriage bill this afternoon. The vote should come shortly and is likely to be close. Live audio/video streams are here.

Although they’ll surely be rejected, next week a lesbian couple in Moscow will attempt to get a marriage license. Public relations worker Irina Fyet, 31, and her partner of the same age will apply for a marriage license at a register office on May 12 in Moscow, a city where mayor Yuri Luzhkov once described gay pride marches as “satanic.” …

Six dates were just announced for Kylie Minogue’s first ever North American tour. Sep. 30 Oakland, CA Fox TheaterOct. 3 Las Vegas, NV The PearlOct. 4 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood BowlOct. 7 Chicago, IL Congress TheaterOct. 9 Toronto, ON Air Canada CentreOct. 11 NYC, NY Hammerstein Ballroom Rainbows! Glitter! Unicorns! Kylie! Tickets go on sale next week. My pal Ken …

Today Maine became the fifth state to approve marriage equality! Democratic Gov. John Baldacci today signed into law a bill allowing gay marriage, making Maine the fifth state to allow same-sex marriage. The governor’s signature came barely an hour after the measure won final approval in the state Legislature, with a final 31-8 vote in favor in the Maine Senate. …