Utah House Majority Leader Kevin Garn (R) has resigned. The decision comes two days after his admission that he’d paid $150,000 to a woman in return for her silence that they’d partied nude in a hot tub when the woman was only 15 years old. While GOP leaders scramble to find a replacement for Garn, new accusations surfaced Saturday from …

Last night I attended the 2010 NYC GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square, where industry hotshots mingled with wealthy supporters as media contributions to LGBT equality were recognized in numerous categories. Joy Behar and Cynthia Nixon were honored for their outspoken activism and other top awards went to ABC’s Brothers & Sisters for Best Television Drama, …

Christianist extremists have successfully rewritten American history. Here’s just a few of the textbook changes approved by the Texas State Board of Education. -The Board removed Thomas Jefferson from the Texas curriculum’s world history standards on Enlightenment thinking, “replacing him with religious right icon John Calvin.” -“Teachers in Texas will be required to cover the Judeo-Christian influences of the nation’s …

A lesbian sergeant in the Air Force has been fired under DADT after local police in South Dakota reported her to base commanders. Police were at Rene Newsome’s home seeking her wife on a warrant when they saw the couple’s marriage certificate from Iowa. Newsome and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a complaint against the western South Dakota police …

The San Francisco police have found eleven other victims on the video made by the three men arrested for shooting a gay man with a BB gun. The men have been charged in San Francisco with a hate crime and assault for allegedly firing a BB rifle Feb. 26 at the face of a man they believed was gay. The …

Andres Duque at Blabbeando provides the transcript for this debate on NYC Spanish television. Monserrate complains about the “wealthy homosexuals” such as activist Tim Gill who are funding Peralta’s campaign, calling Peralta a “marionette” of the gay community.

A NYC charter school teacher is being sued by the parents of a 9 year-old boy, who say the teacher forced him to write a note to a female crush, falsely “confessing” that he is gay. According to court papers filed this week, the teacher, Jared Alessandroni, 29, threatened to “out” a straight 9-year-old boy, James Pastrana, to his class …

According to the Catholic Church’s top exorcist, Satan himself lives in the Vatican. Father Gabriel Amorth has conducted 70,000 exorcisms in the last 50 years and says he needs to do a few inside the palace as well. In the last few months, the Catholic Church have been rocked by a series of sex scandals in Ireland, Holland and, most …

The NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission has uncovered a massive scam on the part of the city’s taxi drivers, many of whom are are charging out-of-borough rates to unsuspecting riders. The drivers’ scheme, the commission said, involved 1.8 million rides and cost passengers an average of $4 to $5 extra per trip. The drivers, officials said, flipped switches on their …

We’re springing ahead tomorrow and Rachel Maddow explains that much of what we think about it is a myth.

Mississippi teen Constance McMillen’s daddy is not only ridiculously hot, he supports his gay daughter. This national outpouring of support for Constance is, in my reckoning, unprecedented. Major national LGBT organizations could work all year and never create such a perfect storm of media attention focused on an attractive, well-spoken, sympathetic figure. Please strike while the issue is hot and …

Diana Ross has just announced a nationwide tour set to begin in May. Miss Ross promises a show heavy on her greatest hits, a live string section, and “breathtaking costumes.” May 15 – Boston, Mass. – Citi Performing Arts CenterMay 16 – Mashantucket, Conn. – MGM Grand Theater at FoxwoodsMay 18 – Red Bank, New Jersey – Count Basie TheatreMay …

Over on Slate, a Las Vegas bear hooker talks about his workday. Yes: I’m a Las Vegas call bear. But don’t be fooled into assuming that all my clients come from the world of the bears. Far from it. The men who hire me run the gamut from 18-year-olds who want their first male-male experience to be with a man …

Barbara Stanwyck in 1953’s Titanic.

Two days ago infamous Georgia nutcase Neil Horsely was arrested for making death threats to Elton John over his comment that Jesus Christ was gay. Today Jim Burroway at Box Turtle Bulletin reports that Horsely is also responsible for a campaign in Kenya that calls for the death of homosexuals. Horsley is not only calling for Elton John’s death, but …

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced today that the final version of the health care reform bill that she is sending to the Senate will not include the public option. “We’re talking about something that is not going to be part of the legislation,” Pelosi said, noting “with sadness” that the public insurance option won’t be part of legislation. “I’m quite …

Fox contributor Father Jonathan Morris defends the expulsion of kids from a Catholic school because their parents are gay. Bill O’Reilly, perhaps surprisingly, attacks Morris for the Catholic Church’s selective punishment of “sin.” BTW, Morris sets my gaydar ping-diddly-inging.

Utah GOP House Majority Leader Kevin Garn has admitted that in 1985 he skinny-dipped in a hot tub with a nude 15 year-old girl and has paid her $150,000 since 2002 in return for her silence. The devout Mormon and “family values” advocate was married at the time. With his wife by his side, Garn yesterday told reporters: “I expect …

Seventies disco legend D.C. LaRue writes to let us know that he’ll be interviewing dance pioneer Tom Moulton tomorrow night on his internet show on Newtown Radio. March 13th my special guest will be the legendary record producer/re-mix genius TOM MOULTON. Tom’s work ruled the dance floors around the world for many, many years and even now he continues to …