Monthly Archives: May 2010

Oil Continues To Spew Into Gulf After Capping Attempt Fails

Here’s what it looks like, 5000 feet down on the ocean floor. No end in sight. (No audio on this clip.)

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Michelangelo Signorile: Out Them ALL

Activist and SiriusXM host Michelangelo Signorile says that it’s time that the gay community stops cloaking anti-gay politicians that are known to us to be gay themselves. Writing for the Advocate, Signorile uses the recent example of California state Sen. Roy Ashburn, who was outed by West Sacramento’s openly gay mayor on Facebook, although few took notice. West Sacramento’s Mayor …

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John McCain: I Am Outraged That Elena Kagan Blocked Recruiters At Harvard

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Luggage Will Be Lifted

NARTH has announced their 2010 convention, which will be held at Philadelphia’s Renaissance Hotel on November 5th-7th. This year’s “ex-gay” confab will be called “Preserving Personal Freedom: The Scientific & Ethical Treatment of Unwanted Homosexuality.” Who’s down for a drop-in? The luggage prop opportunities are irresistible!

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Missed Connections

Jason Clark is running for governor of Colorado. And since he doesn’t have a running mate, he’s put an ad on Craigslist. Clark, who currently serves as the president of the Aurora, CO investment firm Clark Brothers, forked over $25 for a to-the-point listing on the website, calling on average Coloradans to apply for the job, via the standard anonymous …

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HAWAII: Birthers Blocked From Requesting Obama’s Birth Certificate

Hawaii has passed a law authorizing state agencies to ignore repeated requests for President Obama’s birth certificate. The law is aimed at so-called “birthers,” who claim Obama is ineligible to be president. They contend the Democratic president was born outside the United States, and therefore doesn’t meet a constitutional requirement for being president. Gov. Lingle didn’t elaborate on her reasons …

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HomoQuotable – LZ Granderson

“The gay and lesbian community has plenty of Uncle Toms trying to blow us up from inside, but what we don’t have is our own word or phrase to identify them. Some call them ‘closet cases,’ but there is a difference between someone who is unwilling to live openly and honestly, and someone who takes that a step further and …

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Arizona Bans Ethnic Studies

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a bill banning ethnic studies classes for public school students. Because they “promote resentment” of white people. Gov. Jan Brewer approved the measure without public statement Tuesday, according to state legislative records. The new law forbids elementary or secondary schools to teach classes that are “designed primarily for pupils of a particular ethnic group” …

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GLAAD Demands Apology From Newsweek Over “Gay Actors Can’t Play Straight” Flap

GLAAD is asking the editors of Newsweek for an apology after running a column by openly gay writer Ramin Setoodeh in which he claimed that gay actors cannot convincingly play straight characters. The creator of the hit Fox show Glee has also called for a boycott of Newsweek. “An actor’s personal life should not be a factor in their believability …

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Liberty Counsel: We’ll Back Rekers

The anti-gay Liberty Counsel announced yesterday that they would provide legal support to Dr. George Rekers should he follow through on his vow to sue the Miami New Times and its reporters for claiming that Rekers patronized a rentboy. “I think [Mr. Rekers] would have a great case to file a defamation action,” said Mathew D. Staver, founder and chairman …

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Ten Things Not To Do In NYC

Travel site Concierge lists their ten most over-hyped tourist experiences in NYC. 1. Hansom cab ride through Central Park.2. Dining at Tavern On The Green.3. Eating anywhere in Times Square.4. Comedy shows in Times Square.5. Shopping at Century 21.6. Nightclubbing in the Meatpacking District.7. A pedi-cab ride through mid-town.8. Eating from a hot dog cart.9. Visiting the Empire State Building.10. …

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PUERTO RICO: Parents React To Guilty Plea From Gay Son’s Killer

Activist Pedro Julio Serrano and the parents of murdered gay teen Jorge Mercado spoke to the local news after their son’s killer plead guilty. You don’t have to speak one word of Spanish to be moved by this.

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MASSACHUSETTS: Catholic School Refuses Student With Two Moms

Once again, a Catholic school has refused to admit a student because he has lesbian parents. A Roman Catholic school in Massachusetts has withdrawn its acceptance of an 8-year-old boy with lesbian parents, saying their relationship was “in discord” with church teachings, according to one of the boys’ mothers. It’s at least the second time in recent months that students …

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Morning View – Park Avenue South & 26th

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Tired Old Queen At The Movies #31

Marilyn Monroe in 1953’s Niagara!

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Open Thread Thursday

Summer is almost here. Tell us about your favorite undiscovered secret getaway, that place that turned out to be unexpectedly great. Guesthouses, restaurants, beaches, bars.

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Ex-Gay Freeze Tag

Good As You calls this ad from “ex-gay” nutters Stonegate Fellowship “creepy,” probably because of the zombies who come to life momentarily to spew “we can save you from the gay” nonsense before turning back into statues. They’re from Texas! Zombie, Texas!

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Roy Zimmerman: George Rekers Is Completely Heterosexual

Musical satirist Roy Zimmerman updates his classic.

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George Rekers: I Am Getting Spiritual Counseling For My Weaknesses

Even though he’s still saying the he will sue all the involved parties for saying he is a homosexual, Dr. George Rekers told Christianity Today via email today that he is getting counseling to overcome the “weaknesses” that made him hire Jo-Vanni Roman. “I confessed to the Lord and to my family that I was unwise and wrong to hire …

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Family Research Council’s First President Headed Florida’s DCF Until The Year Before George Rekers Was Paid $120,000

In 2002 then Florida Gov. Jeb Bush appointed Jerry Regier, another Family Research Council co-founder and a buddy of George Rekers, to head the Department of Children and Families, the very agency now at the center of controversy over Rekers’ payment of $120,000 to testify in against allowing gay adoption. Shortly after Regier assumed the top post at DCF, the …

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