Former NYC mayor and closeted homosexual Ed Koch has penned an editorial praising the imprisonment of Pussy Riot, saying the jailed Russian punkers are as bad as ACT UP, who also once demonstrated inside a Catholic cathedral. You may recall that Koch and ACT UP tangled many times during his 80s reign as mayor when he resisted their calls for …

According to a just-published Johns Hopkins University study, the declining U.S. rate of newborn circumcision will result in higher health costs for the nation when these boys become sexually active adults. About 55 percent of the 2 million males born each year in America are circumcised, a decrease from 79 percent in the 1980s, according to the report in the …

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More good work from Washington state based T-Mobile, who yesterday announced corporate support for marriage equality. Bellevue-based T-Mobile USA will support Washington’s Referendum 74, the company announced Monday. The referendum, which would affirm the legislatively backed law that legalizes same-sex marriage, will be on the ballot in November. The company will contribute $25,000 to Washington United for Marriage, the group …

According to a new USA Today survey, this November another ten million Americans will join the 80 million who did not vote in 2008. A majority of those staying home this year say they support Obama. A nationwide USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll of people who are eligible to vote but aren’t likely to do so finds that these stay-at-home Americans …

World record-holding distance swimmer Diana Nyad had to cut short her fourth attempt to swim from Cuba to the Florida Keys due to rough seas and jellyfish stings on her lips. The 62-year-old American, who battled squalls, rough seas and jellyfish, had set out from Cuba on Saturday. Nyad spent more than 60 hours in the water before she abandoned …

“Gay Republicans are touting new language in the GOP platform as being a step forward for LGBT equality and as evidence the Republican Party is moderating on LGBT issues. The specific text reads, ‘We embrace the principle that all Americans have the right to be treated with dignity and respect.’ The idea that this generic bit of meaningless rhetoric is …

San Francisco’s dragapella beauty shop quartet is back. Don’t miss a chance to see one of their shows. The Kinsey Sicks are in Fort Lauderdale and Tampa this week with more dates around the country in September.

Two years ago I told you about my longtime dear friend Leif Wauters (above left), who was forced to move from San Francisco to New Zealand in order to stay with his Kiwi husband, who had to leave the United States due to DOMA. In a brighter turn of events, Leif has just been named the editor of New Zealand’s …

“The group staged a protest against President Vladimir Putin inside the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, a Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow. Their ‘punk prayer’ spewed hate-laced anti-Christian lyrics as they stood on the solea (platform in front of the altar). From the concealment of their balaclava masks they ‘courageously’ followed the PR example of fading American singer Madonna — …

“I’m not going to suggest all LGBT folks are non-violent because that would be silly. However, if you look at the organized movement toward LGBT equality, there are no mainstream or even left of mainstream organizations who advocate that the murder of people who are opposed to LGBT equality is a viable solution to meeting our goal. “Yet a quick …

The red-caped Catholic loons of Tradition Family & Property have taken time out from faking attacks in strip mall parking lots and training young boys to kill Muslims. This time they stand on a Texas corner and ask drivers to honk against our Marxist Kenyan president because he’s going to make churches pay for sex-change operations. This one is kind …

A federal appeals court has agreed to re-hear a challenge on whether Baltimore can force fake “pregnancy crisis centers” to post signs admitting that they do not perform abortions. Such sham clinics lure in desperate young women all over the country. Once inside “faith counselors” then try to talk women out of having abortions or using birth control. A lower …

After the fire that destroyed his historic church was ruled to be arson, an Ohio pastor says he’s certain the attack came because of his welcoming of LGBT members. The Rev. Scott Davis bought the church in 2010 and opened it to the community for services in 2011. Davis said he suspects arson because he has received many death threats …

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Some of the largest companies in the sprawling porn industry centered around Los Angeles have come to a standstill after a performer revealed that he’d hidden his syphilis diagnosis from producers and filmed several scenes knowing that he’d been infected. His name has not been disclosed nor is it known if he performed in gay or straight scenes. (Or both.) …