Monthly Archives: May 2010

Rand Paul Backtracks On Civil Rights

After 24 hours of nonstop ridicule and outrage from all quarters, Kentucky GOP Senate candidate Rand Paul is trying to spin his way out of his Civil Rights Act mess.

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Backstreet Boys To Headline SF Pride

The Backstreet Boys will headline San Francisco Pride on Sunday, June 27th. You weren’t expecting that were you? Main stage producer Audrey Joseph, who was brought on board by the San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration Committee only in April to line up talent for this year’s 40th anniversary of the LGBT Pride Parade and festival, confirmed the news Tuesday, May …

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Interesting….

A reader posted this link in the comments of the post below this one, should you want to listen in at 9pm EDT. UPDATE: Listened to the “call” for ten minutes. Nothing but interminable terrible music before “Rentboy2” mumbled something about having met Rekers, then clicked off. Just some idiot, apparently. My apologies for posting about it.

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Nasty Gays

Via Good As You, from Rosie O’Donnell’s radio show.

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Will Rekers Scandal Affect Prop 8?

Following up on the New York Times story about the legal implications of the Dr. George Rekers scandal, Amanda Terkel at Think Progress has found four instances of Rekers’ ties to the Perry Vs. Schwarzenegger trial to overturn Proposition 8. I don’t usually excerpt another blogger’s work so extensively, but this is a must-read. 1. Blankenhorn was the defendants’ star …

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Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) Introduces Federal Anti-Bullying Bill

Today Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) and 21 fellow Senators introduced a federal bill intended to protect LGBT students from harassment and bullying. Via the ACLU: The Student Non-Discrimination Act (SNDA) would help to end entrenched biases towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students in our education system. A similar bill was introduced in the House of Representatives in January …

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Goldfrapp – Alive

(Tipped by JMG reader Seattle Mike)

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CHICAGO: Thirteen Arrested At ENDA Sit-In At Office Of Sen. Richard Durbin

This just in via press release: As part of a broad strategy to gain a vote on ENDA this year, a group of thirteen Chicago activists have been arrested after a sit-in in Senator Richard J. Durbin’s office. The sit-in was initiated due to the Senator’s lack of response regarding a pledge (seen here) that a coalition of activist groups …

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PhoboQuotable – Archbishop Janis Pujats

“We must assert that homosexuality is an acquired vice that can be likened to addiction to drugs, alcoholism, tobacco smoking, etc., so that those who practice it cannot be treated as a ‘minority.’ We must say that sexual perversion cannot be tolerated in the public sphere so that this disorder is not turned into a bad example for all society. …

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MALAWI: Maximum 14 Year Hard Labor Sentence Imposed On Gay Couple

The Malawi gay couple arrest for “gross and indecent acts” has been sentenced to the maximum of 14 years in prison at hard labor. The judge said he wanted to protect the public from “people like you”. Steven Monjeza, 26, and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, 20, have been in jail since they were arrested in December after holding an engagement ceremony. The …

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BP Approves Use Of Kevin Costner’s Oil Separation Machine

As terrible at Kevin Costner’s Waterworld was, something great has actually come out of it. Costner has spent the last 15 years and $24M of his own money to develop a Waterworld-ish machine that removes oil from water. And it’s going to be put to use in the Gulf. “Kevin saw the Exxon Valdez spill, and as a fisherman and …

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Moscow Pride Banned By Mayor

For the fifth year in a row, Moscow Mayor Yury Lushkov has banned gay pride. Not unexpectedly, the homophobic Mayor of Moscow, Yury Luzhkov, has banned the march planned in Russian capital as part of Moscow Pride on May 29. It is the fifth successive year that the Mayor, who infamously described Gay Pride parades a “satanic happenings”, has invoked …

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Tea Party: Repeal 17th Amendment

A new teabagger project is the repeal of the 17th Amendment. Because they think U.S. Senators should be appointed by state legislatures, not elected by popular vote. Power to the people! Oh, wait.

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Intrepid Museum Head Bill White Under Investigation Over State Pension Fund

Yesterday Bill White abruptly resigned after 20 years as the openly gay head of NYC’s Intrepid Air Sea and Space Museum. Today the New York Post reveals that White has been under investigation since 2007 in a corruption probe of the state pension fund. The probers were trying to determine if he solicited campaign contributions for disgraced ex-state Comptroller Alan …

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Coast Guard Threatens To Arrest Journalists Filming Oil Spill

“These are BP’s rules, not ours.” Unreal. (Via – Towleroad)

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FDA To Consider End To Gay Blood Ban

The FDA is beginning the review process to lift the ban on donations from gay men. Chris Johnson at the Washington Blade reports: A notice published Thursday states the Department of Health & Human Services has scheduled a meeting next month of the Advisory Committee on Blood Safety & Availability to discuss the issue. The committee is charged with providing …

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Arizona Electric Official To Los Angeles: If You Hate Us So Much, Cut Off Your Power

Angry over the decision to boycott his state, an Arizona power commissioner has sent a letter to the mayor of Los Angeles, daring him to cut off the city’s power supply from Arizona. In a sharply worded letter to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa that raises the political stakes for America’s second-largest city, Arizona Corporation Commissioner Gary Pierce noted that Los Angeles …

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Family Research Council Applauds Steve Jobs For Porn-Free iPad

The Family Research Council would like you to know that they are VERY appreciative of Steve Jobs’ attempts to keep Apple devices free of nasty porn. The new Apple iPad offers consumers plenty of things–including “freedom from porn,” according to chief executive Steve Jobs. In an exchange with blogger Ryan Tate, who disagreed with the suggestion that the iPad is …

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Pakistan Blocks Facebook And YouTube On “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day”

Spawned by a Seattle cartoonist who later denounced the campaign, today is “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day.” In response, Pakistan has instituted a block on YouTube, Facebook and other social media sites. Prompted by a court order, the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority today told providers to suspend access. The order runs until 31 May. The Facebook group for “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day” …

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Exodus Family Values

Via Ex-Gay Watch, below is an exultant Facebook posting from Exodus International president Alan Chambers in which he excitedly celebrates that a lesbian couple has broken up after 22 years and “come to Christ.” Knowing Chambers, of course, it’s possible that the couple doesn’t exist at all. Still, the posting is a window into the grief that Exodus and its …

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