Monthly Archives: November 2010

GOProud Vs. Concerned Women

As part of their hilarious campaign of asking the anti-gay teabaggers they endorsed to not be so darn anti-gay, yesterday GOProud’s Jimmy LaSalvia battled Wendy Wright from Concerned Women for America, who shot holes in LaSalvia’s argument.

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Donald Trump: If Sarah Palin Really Runs For President, I Might Too To Stop Her

Donald Trump says he’s not really all that interested in running for president, but the threat of a President Palin might force him into the race. On Thursday’s edition of Good Morning America, Trump said “it could be fun” to mount a run for the White House because he’d “like to see some positive things happen for the country.” He …

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Joe Biden – It Gets Better

“There’s not a single thing about you that’s not normal, good and decent.” And this: “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Don’t give your consent.”

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Tony Perkins: So Many Will Quit Over DADT, The Draft Will Be Reinstated

Family Research Council president Tony Perkins says that because the military is primarily made up of blacks, Latinos, and people from rural areas, President Obama will be forced to reinstate the draft if DADT gets repealed. Because everybody knows blacks, Latinos, and folks from rural areas are totally anti-gay and they’ll all quit rather than serve alongside homos. The military …

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Stars Speak Out On LGBT Homelessness

This month’s celebrity-filled edition of Cyndi Lauper’s We Give A Damn project includes Susan Sarandon, Alan Cumming, Pete Wentz, Rebecca Romijn, and Eden Riegel speaking out on LGBT youth homelessness.

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Patti Smith Wins National Book Award For Memoir Of Life With Robert Mapplethorpe

Punk legend Patti Smith has won the National Book Award for Just Kids, her “sweetly evocative” memoir of her life with the late legendary gay photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. Accepting the award to applause and cheers, Ms. Smith — clearly the favorite of the night — choked up as she recalled her days as a clerk in the Scribner’s bookstore in …

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DADT Study Co-Chair: No Early Release

The Wonk Room reports that the co-chair of the DADT survey today told Sen. Carl Levin that the survey will not be released in advance of its scheduled December 1st debut, despite all the leaks. Mr. Chairman, I think it will take until the first of December. The key factor remaining for us in the review group is to receive …

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Golden Revenge On A Bully

From today’s Ask Reddit, which queries the Reddit community on legal issues. Question: A relative of a close friend helped a school bully drink piss, and now the family is suing. Is he liable? Background: Relative of a close friend (we’ll call him Todd) carried Mountain Dew in his backpack to school every day. For a few weeks, this bully …

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Brothers & Sisters– It Gets Better

Sally Field joins the cast and crew of Brothers & Sisters for their It Gets Better message.

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Will Sen. Mark Kirk Vote Against DADT Repeal In Senate Like He Did In House?

Senator-elect Mark Kirk (R-IL) will be seated on November 29th, putting him in the unique position of being able to vote on the repeal of DADT twice. Earlier this year as a House member, he infuriated LGBT supporters and reversed his previously pro-gay record by voting against the repeal, a move most said was a transparent attempt to pander votes …

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Two Gay Dads By Glenn Beck

Well, that’s what Buzzfeed thinks it looks like.

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No No No No No No NO!

Former JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater fancies himself a rapper. Here’s a snippet of his single, I’m Steven Slater, Bitches. Make it stop, please.

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Tons Of Remixed Sequins

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Glee Cast’s Gay Cover Of Teenage Dream Debuts At #1 Digital, #8 Billboard Pop

The Glee cast’s cover of Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream, sung memorably on last week’s episode from one boy to another, has debuted at #8 on Billboard’s top ten, becoming the highest debuting single of the show to date. The single has also bowed at #1 on the Digital Sales chart with 214,000 downloads in one week, become the show’s first …

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Murkoswski Dodges DADT Question

We’re glad she beat that teabagger whackadoodle, but Sen. Lisa Murkowski still bobs and weaves under direct questioning like any typical Republican.

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Taiwan’s Animators Cover TSA Story

I’m trying really hard (but mostly failing) to get all revved up about the “national outrage” on TSA scanning and searches.

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Maddow On Today’s DADT Actions

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Tired Old Queen At The Movies #58

1954’s The Naked Jungle, starring Charlton Heston and Eleanor Parker.

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Open Thread Thursday

Speaking of gay coffins, what are your plans for disposing of your body?

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CNN On DWTS Teabagger Cheating

Jeannie Moos edited out 99% of Kevin DuJan’s dumbass and racist commentary, which is really too bad in a way. Note how DuJan sent them a photo from a previous century.

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