Monthly Archives: June 2009

PhoboQuotable- Deacon Keith Fournier

“Some maintain that same sex attraction is a genetic predisposition. This is disputed. Even if it were the case, that does not give homosexual activity any more of a claim to being given a special civil rights status. Should we really give disordered appetites civil rights status under the law? Let’s consider an absurd example. I have struggled most of …

Read More »

Lesbian Collapses After Fresno March, Partner Refused Hospital Access

Kristin Orbin collapsed with an epileptic seizure after marching 14 miles from Selma to Fresno in Saturday’s Meet In The Middle march. Her partner Teresa Rowe was then denied access to Orbin’s hospital room and was not allowed to direct her medical care despite offering to provide documentation that she was entitled to do so. Orbin said the paramedic told …

Read More »

NY Unions Back Marriage Equality

A coalition of New York’s largest labor unions including the AFL-CIO are working with the Empire State Pride Agenda to sway state Senators into the light on marriage equality. Community organizers from the powerful health care union 1199 SEIU and its sister union, building service union SEIU 32BJ, have worked for the past few weeks with the Empire State Pride …

Read More »

Radio Show Loses Sponsors After Hosts Suggest Beating Transgender Kids

Several major advertisers have pulled their support from Sacramento radio station KRXQ after its hosts suggested beating transgender behavior out of children. Via GLAAD, below is a partial transcript of the show. ROB WILLIAMS [11:12]: This is a weird person who is demanding attention. And when it’s a child, all it takes is a hug, maybe some tough love or …

Read More »

Daily Beast Reports: HRC Told Congress To Wait On DADT, Push For ENDA, Hate Crimes Instead

In a video posted at The Daily Beast, reporter Jason Bellini claims that Sen. Chuck Schumer “let it slip” that the Human Rights Campaign told “Senators and members of the U.S. House” to put aside the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” and instead focus on ENDA and the hate crimes act. UPDATE: Michael Cole, Senior Communications Manager of the …

Read More »

Florida: Broom Handle Teen Rapists Charged As Adults

The four Florida middle school students arrested last month for raping a fellow student with a broom handle were charged as adults today in a Tampa court. At a bond and arraignment hearing, the defendants appeared before Hillsborough County Judge Wayne Timmerman to hear the counts against them read in court. Prosecutor Kimberly Hindman described to the court how two …

Read More »

NYC High Line Opens June 15th

The long-anticipated opening of the High Line, an elevated freight rail line turned into park space along the west side of Manhattan, is scheduled for June 15th. However the city is limiting admittance to 1700 persons at a time. During peak periods, access to the facility would be limited to the southernmost entrance at Gansevoort Street and interested visitors would …

Read More »

Cicadas Appear Four Years Early

Cicadas are appearing on Staten Island four years before their 17-year cycle due date. Scientists are blaming global warming. Similar early risers have been detected all along the Eastern Seaboard, and an Ohio researcher who has studied the bugs for 35 years is sure warmer winters are to blame. “This is the fifth brood where part of it is coming …

Read More »

Wingnut Radio Host Arrested For Death Threats Against Gay CT Lawmakers

Deranged internet radio host Hal Turner, whom I have blogged about in the past, is under arrest for making death threats against gay Connecticut lawmakers. Internet radio host Hal Turner — accused of inciting Catholics to “take up arms” and singling out two Connecticut lawmakers and a state ethics official on a website — was taken into custody in New …

Read More »

How To Definitely Prove You Aren’t Gay

When you are the rumored-to-be-gay Jonas brother, a very late-to-the-game, extremely badly danced Single Ladies routine should put those pesky net whispers to rest. As a bonus, you get to appear bravely gay-friendly for doing it in semi-drag. RELATED: Mother Jonas says she won’t hate her sons if they fail in their famous purity pledge.”They are men. They have desires. …

Read More »

CBS To Birthers: Get Bent

World Net Daily is outraged because CBS is refusing to allow their billboard company (the nation’s largest) to sell them space for their “Where Is The Birth Certificate?” campaign. The WND site presently has nine separate posts on its main page alleging that Barack Obama is not a “natural born” American citizen and is therefore ineligible to be president. “Here …

Read More »

Disco Grandma

Yoko Ono, 76, scores her fourth #1 on the dance chart this week, continuing her impressive run as the oldest person (by far) to hit the top of that chart. From my January 2008 post, when she last hit #1: A month shy of her 75th birthday, a remix of Yoko Ono’s 1981 single No, No, No has hit #1 …

Read More »

The Vendor-Client Relationship

Oh man, does this ever ring true – especially if you’ve ever worked in advertising. (Via – See My Briefs)

Read More »

NYT To State Senate: Vote NOW

An editorial in today’s New York Times strongly rebukes the state Senate and Majority Leader Malcolm Smith for dragging their feet on a vote on marriage equality and calls on them to immediately approve marriage equality. Six states have now made it legal for same-sex couples to marry. New York is not one of them. Gov. David Paterson wants the …

Read More »

David Carradine Commits Suicide

David Carradine, the non-Asian actor who played the most famous half-Asian character in American television history, has committed suicide at age 72. Actor David Carradine, star of the 1970s TV series “Kung Fu” who also had a wide-ranging career in the movies, has been found dead in the Thai capital, Bangkok. A news report said he was found hanged in …

Read More »

Bwah Bwah Bwah Bwaaaaaaaah

NOM is sounding the sad trombone. “Governor Lynch and a narrow majority of the Legislature today have ripped a significant hole in the fabric of New Hampshire society by passing same-sex marriage legislation,” said Brian Brown, executive director of NOM. “The institution of marriage has served our country well since its founding. The vote of the legislature sends New Hampshire …

Read More »

The Big Gay Ice Cream Truck

New to Gotham, the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck. Via Serious Eats: Rainbow sprinkles might mean something a little different on a soft serve cone from The Big Gay Ice Cream Truck. Doug Quint, a New York-based bassoonist who just finished coursework for his musical arts doctorate at CUNY, is rolling out his playful new mobile dessert business as soon …

Read More »

Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling

Don’t usually dig the Peas, but I like this. I could totally see this getting played at Blowoff. Cameo appearance by Ongina at 1:40.

Read More »

PhoboQuotable – Matt Barber

“If freedom to marry means, as he [Dick Cheney] said, that people ought to be free to enter into any kind of union they wish, well then, he’s virtually endorsing polyamory and polygamy, and incestuous marriage, and bestiality. [There are] no holds barred here.” – Liberty Counsel spokesdouchenozzle Matt Barber, speaking to wingnut site OneNewsNow.

Read More »

Cooper Gets A Birthday Surprise

Read More »