Monthly Archives: May 2010

Folsom Street Fair’s 2010 Poster

Folsom Street Fair has released this year’s poster. From their press release: This year, the official Folsom Street Fair poster was inspired by both the film The Usual Suspects and the 2009 police raids on gay bars like the Atlanta Eagle and The Rainbow Lounge in Ft. Worth, Texas. In light of these recent events, the organization felt it was …

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Miami New Times Writers: We Didn’t Want To Out George Rekers’ Rentboy

Brandon Thorp and Penn Bullock, the young freelancers who exposed Dr. George Rekers, say they didn’t want to out rentboy Jo-Vanni Roman in the process. In fact, they expected gays everywhere to help cloak Roman’s identity. Via Norm Kent at South Florida Gay News: A gay blog site, Unzipped.net, was dissatisfied that the New Times feature refused to reveal the …

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Alicia Keys – Rapture

JMG reader JM tips us to this Blondie cover on the upcoming soundtrack to Sex And The City 2. This clip probably won’t last long on YouTube.

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PhoboQuotable – Slaggie Gilamonster

“There has been an effort to obfuscate Kagan’s position on gay marriage using statements she made when nominated to be solicitor general, but these efforts are all either sad or laughable. Take, for instance, this Cornell law professor: He pretends to believe that, when Kagan stated that she has never taken a public position on whether the Constitution ought to …

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American Family Association: No Gay Person Is Qualified For The Supreme Court

The American Family Association, judging for yesterday’s furious flurry of press releases, is launching an all-out campaign against Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. They want to her admit her “guilt” of being a lesbian, because no gay person could ever be qualified for the job. A refusal to answer is a tacit admission of guilt. But she may not be …

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San Francisco Underbears

JMG reader Robbie sends us his video from this weekend’s Walter Van Beirendonck fashion show in Berkeley. This is the underwear portion, the regular fashion is here. Keep an eye out for writer and newly-minted underwear model Michael McAllister, who blogs at Dogpoet.

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Door Locks For Drunks

Or for people like me, who can’t see the keyhole without his glasses.

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Would Kagan Have To Recuse Herself On Some LGBT Issues?

According to the Advocate, should Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan be confirmed, she may have to recuse herself from several critical LGBT cases due to prior work on their issues she’s done as Solicitor General. The cases in question include Gill et al v. Office of Personnel Management et al, a suit challenging a section of the Defense of Marriage …

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Today: Veterans Lobby Day In DC

Iraq war veteran Eric Alva, who was the first U.S. soldier to be injured in the current war, tells us about the HRC’s Veterans Lobby Day in Washington DC.

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Morning View – Eighth Avenue & 25th

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Harvey Fierstein On Nurse Jackie

Harvey Fierstein guest starred on last night’s episode of Nurse Jackie, playing the husband of a man being kept alive by a machine. Click over to this excellent commentary by Fierstein about the state of patient rights for LGBT people in New York.

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FL Attorney General Bill McCollum: I Wish Dr. George Rekers Hadn’t Been Hired

As our “Facebook riot” continues on Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum’s campaign page, yesterday he issued a statement of regret over the hiring of Dr. George Rekers. “I will not do it again,” McCollum said, but defended his agency’s handling of the case, and steered the blame toward the Department of Children and Families, which he said hired him. “I …

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Outing Aftermath: Can We Forgive Our Enemies? Should We?

JMG reader Stephen wonders if the LGBT community shouldn’t extend an olive branch and a rainbow flag to homophobes like Dr. George Rekers after they’ve been outed. He writes: In light of this most recent outing of an anti-gay conservative, I’ve had some thought that I’d like to share with you. Last summer, I saw that great documentary, Outrage, that …

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The Evil Of Dr. George Rekers

Head over to Rob Tisinai’s blog and read some excerpts from the 2008 gay adoption trial in Florida where “expert witness” Dr. George Rekers testified against a gay couple attempting to adopt two young brothers. We’ve had a lot of fun at Rekers’ expense here over the last week, but let’s not lose sight of the evil he has perpetrated …

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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Announces Plan To Resign By September

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced his intent to resign today after last week’s election failed to produce a majority party. Brown’s startling news conference upped the ante in talks between the Conservatives, who won the most seats in Thursday’s election but not a majority in Parliament, and the Liberal Democrats, whose third-place finish still leaves them kingmakers. Almost immediately, …

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And Now, Carol Burnett

After Betty White’s successful and highly-rated hosting of Saturday Night Live, advocates for geriatric comedians everywhere are now campaigning for Carol Burnett to get the gig. Of course, there’s a Facebook group. According to organizers, Burnett, 77, has said take the job in a minute. I’d love to hear her open the show with her trademark Tarzan yell.

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Turmoil At GMHC Over Headquarters

NYC-based Gay Men’s Health Crisis is under fire over the search for a new home to replace their longtime headquarters on West 24th Street, which they must vacate by the end of this year after losing their lease. According to cofounder Larry Kramer, the new building being considered is unacceptable. Somehow a building was eventually located that GMHC’s leadership felt …

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Quote Of The Day – Cynthia Nixon

“She’s basically a short man with boobs. A lot of what I love about her is her butchness. I’m not saying I fell in love with her in a sexually neutral way. I love her sexuality—it’s a big part of what I love about her—but I feel like it was her. It wasn’t something in me that was waiting to …

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Carl Siciliano Gets Horny

The Ali Forney Center’s executive director Carl Siciliano struck a horny pose at a photo shoot for Pride Magazine 2010 this weekend. And big thanks to the JMG readers who responded to our annual couples photo shoot, you all turned out beautiful!

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Afternoon View – Lexington & 28th

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