Monthly Archives: November 2012

Happy Thanksgiving From AFER’s Clients

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Frank Ocean On Coming Out

“The night I posted it, I cried like a fucking baby. It was like all the frequency just clicked to a change in my head. All the receptors were now receiving a different signal, and I was happy. I hadn’t been happy in so long. I’ve been sad again since, but it’s a totally different take on sad. There’s just …

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Feds Call For HIV Tests For All

A federal panel of experts has recommended that all Americans ages 15-64 should be tested for HIV. If their proposal is adopted, insurance companies and Medicare will be required to cover the tests. The draft guidelines were written by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent group that operates under the auspices of the Department of Health and Human …

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Dump Trump Protest At NYC Macy’s

Video by JMG reader Philip Davis.

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T-Shirt Of The Day

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Swag Tuesday

Courtesy of the Karpel Group, today’s Swag Tuesday prize is Lotus, the new album by Christina Aguilera which is now available nationwide. Entertainment Weekly has a review: You say you want a revolution? Good news! Christina Aguilera has already armed the battle-clones for war on ”Army of Me,” one of many thundering self-empowerment anthems on her fifth studio album, Lotus. …

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TRAILER: Inventing David Geffen

It airs tonight on PBS at 8PM. The New York Times has a review.  An excerpt: Mr. Geffen’s story starts on a classic Hollywood arc: Brooklyn Jewish boyhood, apprenticeship in the William Morris mailroom, quick success as an artist’s manager and record company executive. But then it refuses to follow the usual rise-and-fall trajectory — it just keeps rising, to …

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Marriage Campaigns Nominated

The four successful same-sex marriage campaigns have been collectively nominated as this election year’s most successful grassroots organizations. You can vote for them here.

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From The Red-Caped Catholic Loons

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Kevin Clash Resigns From Sesame Street

The New York Times has the statement from Sesame Street: Sesame Workshop’s mission is to harness the educational power of media to help all children the world over reach their highest potential. Kevin Clash has helped us achieve that mission for 28 years, and none of us, especially Kevin, want anything to divert our attention from our focus on serving …

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Russell Brand Vs Westboro Baptist Church

British comedian Russell Brand (who apparently now has a talk show) hosted two members of the Westboro Baptist Church who opened by presenting him with a sign calling him a “Fag Pimp.” The pair told the star that he is “an advocate for Satan” and that he encourages his audience to cut their lives short by promoting and encouraging sinful …

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Eating Their Own: World Net Daily Attacks “Wimpy” Focus On The Family

World Net Daily founder Joseph Farah today attacked Focus On The Family, saying that they helped the GOP fail because they don’t hate gays hard enough. (That’s news to US.) I could go on and on with reasons Christians are losing the culture. In fact, I would have to say they’ve already completely lost it. Abandoned it would be more …

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WA Couple Plans Mass Wedding

A lesbian couple in Washington state has reserved the Capitol Rotunda for the first Saturday that same-sex weddings can take place next month. And everybody is invited. She said that on election night, in the glow of victory, her idea evolved into a plan to have as many couples as possible get married in the Capitol in simultaneous or consecutive …

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UNAIDS Report: 50% Drop In New HIV Infections Across 25 Countries

The United Nations’ UNAIDS project today issued their annual report and there’s some promising news: Results, by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), shows that unprecedented acceleration in the AIDS response is producing results for people. The report shows that a more than 50% reduction in the rate of new HIV infections has been achieved across 25 low- …

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The Crystal Ark – We Came To

Retro deep house from Gavin Russom, who tours as the keyboardist for LCD Soundsystem. I can’t get enough of this.

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Peter Sprigg: The Rise In Out Gays Disproves The Gay Gene Theory

“There has been a significant growth in the number of women who identify as lesbian, bisexual or transgender — a much larger growth than the number of men. In 1994, there were twice as many homosexual men as women, but now homosexual women actually outnumber the homosexual men. During that time span, the number of homosexual men has increased by …

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TODAY: Transgender Day Of Remembrance

Today is the annual International Transgender Day Of Remembrance. The Transgender Day of Remembrance was set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. The event is held in November to honor Rita Hester, whose murder on November 28th, 1998 kicked off the “Remembering Our Dead” web project and a San Francisco candlelight vigil in …

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Global Marriage Map

Source. (Tipped by JMG reader Kevin)

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Allen West Finally Concedes

Tea Party darling and accused war criminal Rep. Allen West finally conceded this morning after his supporters had spent two weeks accusing Florida election officials of sabotaging the vote counts. In a statement, the Republican freshman said ‘‘There are certainly still inaccuracies in the results’’ but not enough to change the outcome, giving the race to Democratic newcomer Patrick Murphy. …

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Tea Party Leader: Romney Can Still Win

“Mitt Romney carried 24 states. We need to have conservative activists from all over the nation contact the electors, the Republican Party and the secretary of state in all of these states and tell them not to participate in the Electoral College when it meets on Dec. 17.  If we can get 17 of those states (just over one-third) to …

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