Out lesbian and right-wing radio host Tammy Bruce spoke at one of them tea-bagger thingies in Tuscon this weekend, where she railed in familiar fashion against the liberal elite. Such a contradiction for a former ACT-UPer, former NOW chapter president, longtime abortion rights kinda gal. She’s like Rachel Maddow gone horribly wrong. (Via – Good As You)

The Daily Beast is following a growing rift among the Young Republicans after their vice president Audra Sigler Shay appeared to respond positively to a racist comment left on her Facebook page. On Wednesday, Shay—a 38-year-old Army veteran, mother, and event planner from Louisiana who has been endorsed by her governor, Bobby Jindal—was holding court on her Facebook page, initiating …

Al Sharpton thinks the media is focusing too much on Michael Jackson’s legal woes, rather than his musical accomplishments. He also wants a “national day of mourning” (to be declared by whom?) and for the USPS to immediately issue a commemorative Michael Jackson stamp, something that is not usually done until five years after the death of a celebrity (with …

Welcome to JMG, Bishop Harry. That’s an interesting list of Twitter users you follow.

You know, it’s kinda cool when somebody you went to high school with tracks you down on Facebook 32 years after you’d completely forgotten they existed. But including a photo of you and your eleven grandkids is not the kind of “OMG, we’re OLD” reminder I needed today.

“I’d love to play a drag queen or transvestite, but not just because of the costumes. Wait, what am I saying? Yes, because of the costumes! If the script was good – I wouldn’t just do it because I got to dress up. Although I maintain that I look good with eye make-up. And I’m not going to be an …

Colin Powell says DADT “was correct for the time” it was created, but that the Joint Chiefs “need to study it” now and “make recommendations” to the president. Blah, blah, blah..same old, same old.

Rainbow Lounge bar raid victim Chad Gibson wants the cops involved in his arrest prosecuted and says the city is covering up the real details of the incident. Although the city has asked the U.S. Attorney General to review the investigation, Gibson said he has lost all confidence in law enforcement. “You used excessive force and that’s why I got …

You may recall back in December when JMG reader Mark tipped us to his concept for a marriage equality flag, one in which stars are added as states legalize same-sex marriage. Eight months ago, Mark explained: The flag is based in the custom of 19th century suffragettes. At their annual convention they would add a star to the flag for …

Christianists in Fort Lauderdale are so angry about a billboard promoting atheism that they are calling on the city and/or Jebus to tear it down. After seeing the billboard, Team of Life community activist Essie “Big Mama” Reed brought her students out to protest it Wednesday afternoon. “Nothing else matters, but that sign needs to come down. In the name …

I caught an cute segment about Auto-Tune on PBS’ Nova, in which music engineers point to Cher’s 1998 hit Believe as the first dramatically pitch-altered hit single. It seems like every other song on the radio right now uses the Believe gimmick, doesn’t it?

A cute story courtesy of SistersTalk: While the adults in Albany, NY still can’t get it together to vote on the gay marriage bill in the NY Senate, the students of Mott Haven Village Preparatory (Public) High School in the Bronx have already cast their vote – and made history. For the first time at their school (and perhaps in …

Over the last seven days… Uruguay: Bishop Francisco Domingo Barbosa Da Silveira resigns after being blackmailed for hiring male prostitutes. The Vatican has accepted his resignation.Louisiana: Pastor Keith Bertrand Cowart charged with bank fraud for charging $74K to credit cards he had opened in the name of his church.Indiana: Pastor Vaughn Reeves and his sons arrested for stealing $6M from …

Marion Barry, the noble defender of marriage who recently joined with Bishop Harry Jackson to fight DC’s same-sex marriage recognition bill, has been arrested for the 87th (or so) time. D.C. Council member Marion Barry was arrested last night and charged with stalking a woman after the woman reported that Barry was “bothering her” as the two traveled in separate …

From Sarah Palin’s attorney: “To the extent several websites, most notably liberal Alaska blogger Shannyn Moore, are now claiming as ‘fact’ that Governor Palin resigned because she is ‘under federal investigation’ for embezzlement or other criminal wrongdoing, we will be exploring legal options this week to address such defamation,” Van Flein said in a statement. “This is to provide notice …

Two monorail trains collided at Walt Disney World in Orlando this morning, killing the driver of one of the trains. Walt Disney World spokesman Mike Griffin said the crash happened at about 2 a.m. Sunday, on one of the monorail’s last runs of the day. Austin Wenneberg, 21, a Disney employee who was piloting one of the monorails died at …

Yesterday was the annual Fire Island Pines drag queen invasion, in which the queens of Cherry Grove right what is now a 33 year-old slight by a Pines restaurateur. Check out Wayne Anderson’s great gallery of queens and hot menz over at World Of Wonder.

Those wacky tea-baggers are at it again, protesting in 1500 U.S. cities today because, now, after eight years of Dubya wrecking the economy, NOW they don’t like deficit spending.