Monthly Archives: May 2010

Westboro Pickets Constance’s Graduation

Mississippi teen Constance McMillen graduated from high school this weekend as Westboro Baptist Church picketed nearby. GetEQUAL sent a contingent to counter-protest. As part of Harvey Milk Day on Saturday, Get Equal traveled to the South with its Mississippi Dignity Caravan, whose activities began with a rally at the Mississippi state capitol in Jackson. The group then traveled to Fulton, …

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Obama Administration: We’re Doing Everything We Can On Gulf Oil Spill

And yet millions of gallons are continuing to spew after more than a month. Meanwhile some are calling for the government to kick British Petroleum off the response team.

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BREAKING: White House Meeting With Gay Groups Over DADT Repeal Deal

Kerry Eleveld reports at the Advocate on some breaking news about DADT: The Advocate has learned that concurrent meetings took place Monday morning at the White House and on Capitol Hill that could help clear the way for “don’t ask, don’t tell” repeal to be attached to the Department of Defense authorization bill later this week. LGBT groups met with …

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Gay Couple Takes Second Place in Crate & Barrel’s $100,000 Wedding Contest

Gregory Jones and Jonathan Howard have finished in second place in Crate & Barrel’s $100,000 Dream Wedding Contest. They and the other gay couples in the contest generated quite a lot of positive press for the marriage equality movement (as well as some internet nastiness, of course.) Today they write via email: To those of you who stood alongside us, …

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Vimeo Pulls “Shoot And Burn Gays” Clip By Pastor Jeff Owens

On Saturday, YouTube yanked the now infamous clip in which Shenandoah Baptist Church Pastor Jeff Owens exhorted his flock to murder homosexuals. I was able to save the clip and upload it to Vimeo, who just sent me this message. Dear Joe Jervis: Your video ‘Shenandoah Baptist Church’s Pastor Jeff Owens: BURN AND SHOOT FAGS!(11950437)’ has been removed for violating …

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TRANSFER RUMOR: Hillary Clinton Considered For Secretary Of Defense

Ben Smith at Politico is floating the rumor that Hillary Clinton is being considered to replace Robert Gates as Secretary of Defense. Gates, for his part, has saved Clinton from a different kind of marginalization by a powerful White House staff, which has a sometimes-rocky relationship with her own staff of loyalists, a residue of the bitter 2008 campaign. He’s …

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PhoboQuotable – Gary McCullough

“While many entertainers who profess an alternate sexual lifestyle are individually accepted and enjoyed by the public — when sexual behavior becomes their identifying trait in a specific broadcast, it limits the audience they will draw. Beyond that, it actually drives away a significant market share of parents and teens who used to watch the show together, until mom and …

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Sean Hayes To Host Tony Awards

Sean Hayes has been named as the host of this year’s Tony Awards. Via press release: Emmy and SAG Award winner and 2010 Tony Award nominee Sean Hayes, will host the 64th Annual Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards® on Sunday, June 13th, live from Radio City Music Hall. The Tony Awards will air live on CBS from 8:00-11:00PM (ET/PT time delay). …

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DADT Vote Too Close To Call

According to the Washington Post, the coming vote to attach the repeal of DADT to a defense authorization bill is too close to call. The Senate Armed Services Committee is expected to vote by the end of the week on an amendment to the annual defense spending bill that would end “don’t ask, don’t tell,” which Congress passed in 1993. …

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ONTARIO: Gaybashing Victim Pleads Guilty To Assault For Fighting Back

Last September we were all appalled by the brutal anti-gay attack on Jake Raynard, who underwent extensive facial reconstruction surgery after being attacked by a group of brick-wielding thugs outside a bar in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Raynard himself was charged with assault for kicking one of his assailants and last week he plead guilty. But wait a minute — how …

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Gay PUMA Site Claims Obama And Rahm Emanuel Visited Chicago Bathhouse

HillBuzz, the Hillary Clinton PUMA site founded by gay political gadfly Kevin DuJan, has got the wingnut blogosphere all aquiver over a claim that some mysterious MSM journalist is at last investigating their ridiculous claim that the president and Rahm Emanuel were once regular patrons of the Chicago-area bathhouse, Man’s Country. This has to be cloak-and-dagger for the time being, …

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Pelosi: DADT Will Be A Memory By Xmas

Speaking at a Harvey Milk Day celebration in San Francisco, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed that DADT will be nothing but a memory by Christmas.

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Jim Brochu Wins Drama Desk Award

JMG reader Jim Brochu won the Drama Desk Award last night for Outstanding Solo Performance for his stunning turn as Zero Mostel in the one-man show, Zero Hour. At the podium, Jim thanked his husband of 25 years, Steve Schalchlin (also a JMG reader!) Congrats to both! Watch Jim’s funny and touching speech below. RELATED: Other winners are here. Of …

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Gene Wilder

I don’t even know what this commercial is selling, but it always makes my cold heart melt just a little bit.

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TODAY: Call Swarm Congress On DADT

Servicemembers United is asking everybody to call their members of Congress today in a “last chance” effort on DADT. Another chance for you to be a part of history is coming on Monday, May 24, 2010 with Servicemembers United’s “GIVE ‘EM HELL – Congressional Call Swarm” campaign. Next week, the Senate Armed Services Committee and the full House of Representatives …

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Bag Lady

Photo by Dr. Jeff.

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Your NARTH Proposal Is Due July 1st

If you are interested in being a presenter at NARTH’s convention this November in Philadelphia, you must submit your proposal by July 1st. The theme this year is “Preserving Personal Freedom: The Scientific & Ethical Treatment of Unwanted Homosexuality.” Email Kim Niquette at [email protected] with your ideas.

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Quote Of The Day – Bryan Fischer

“I was asked by a caller Thursday whether Jesus would, if he were governor, sign the Arizona immigration law. ‘In a heartbeat,’ I answered. Why, I asked rhetorically? ‘Because of his compassion.’ This compassion is for the citizens of Arizona who are subject to home invasions, out-of-control drug trafficking, human smuggling, the constant threat of kidnappings, and a $2.7 billion …

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NEW YORK: Ross Levi Tapped To Head Empire State Pride Agenda

The Empire State Pride Agenda has named Ross Levi as its new executive director. Levi has been with ESPA for ten years and since 2006 had been its director of public policy and education. Levi replaces Alan Van Capelle, who departed in February to be chief of staff for NYC Comptroller John Liu. Some have pointed to the failure of …

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Southwest Loves Your Bags

Possibly NSFW.

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