Monthly Archives: January 2013

Papal Secretary “Gorgeous George” Makes Cover Of Italian Vanity Fair

Reuters reports: Archbishop Georg Ganswein, Pope Benedict’s private secretary, who has been dubbed “Gorgeous George” by the Italian media, is now a real-life cover boy. The prelate has landed on the cover of Vanity Fair. The cover on the Italian edition of the magazine shows the 56-year-old archbishop smiling, his blue eyes beaming, above a headline that reads “Father Georg …

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RHODE ISLAND: Hundreds Of Haters Rally At Capitol Against Same-Sex Marriage

Last night hundreds of anti-gay activists rallied inside the Rhode Island capitol building to wave signs and scream prayers against same-sex marriage as the House began hearings on its bill. About 300 supporters and opponents signed up to address the legislative committee reviewing the bill — they were limited to 2 minutes each to keep the hearing from going all …

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BRITAIN: Anti-Gay Group Distributes One Million Anti-Marriage Leaflets

Britain’s Coalition For Marriage says it is distributing one million anti-gay leaflets to voters in the home districts of members of Parliament who are considered wobbly on supporting the government’s plan to legalize same-sex marriage. The leaflets were being delivered door to door, and campaigners had been handing them out on the streets of marginal constituencies in the south west, …

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Britain’s Last Music Retailer Goes Bankrupt

Billboard reports that Britain’s last national music retailer has declared bankruptcy. Ailing music and entertainment retailer HMV is to suspend the trading of its shares and enter administration, the U.K. equivalent of Chapter 11 bank protection, the company has confirmed. The troubled music company is the U.K.’s last major high street music retailer and has over 230 brick and mortar …

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Sexy Beards Photo Shoot

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GEORGIA: Gay Spy Ring Exposed

Russia Today reports that police in Georgia claim to have exposed a government-run spy ring that used gay men to prey on celebrities who were then blackmailed into supporting the regime. The prosecutors claim the former head of the Military Police, Legis Kardava, instructed some high-placed officials of his agency to gather information on homosexual men. Specially selected gay agents …

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Minnesota Marriage Bill Is Coming

The Minnesota legislature will likely see a marriage equality bill in the next several weeks. Activists expect a tough battle. “The energy and excitement around getting this done is overwhelming,” said Carlbom, campaign manager for Minnesotans United for All Families. “That is what gives us the biggest boost of confidence.” Carlbom’s team is busy drafting language for a bill, which …

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NY Gov. Cuomo Signs Gun Bill

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Obama Selects Pro-Gay Episcopal Priest To Deliver Inauguration Benediction

Pro-gay Episcopal priest Luis Leon has been selected to deliver the benediction at President Obama’s second inauguration. The choice is a contrast to Giglio, a conservative evangelical who was until last week best known for his work combating human trafficking. That work was eclipsed when reports and audio emerged of a Giglio sermon in which he spoke out against the …

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Johnny Marr – Upstarts

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NY Assembly Passes Gun Bill

The New York Assembly today followed yesterday’s action by the state Senate in approving the bill that is being described as the nation’s strongest gun control measure. Openly gay Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell cheers via press release: We as a community are still reeling from our overwhelming losses in Webster, NY and Newtown, CT. Even one injury or death from gun-related …

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Florida Hate Group Flies Anti-Gay Banner Over Lady Gaga Concert

Right Wing Watch reports that the Florida Family Association yesterday flew a banner over an outdoor Lady Gaga concert in Washington state. The message: “NOT born this way.”  From the group’s website: How would you feel if your child or grandchild went to a concert where unbeknownst to you they were convinced to embrace a homosexual or transgender lifestyle for …

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Rep. John Boehner Secretly Ups The House DOMA Defense Budget To $3 Million

Zack Ford has the story at Think Progress: Late Monday, House Democrats learned that the Republican leadership had once again secretly renegotiated its contract with attorney Paul Clement to defend the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act at the Supreme Court. This is the third time the contract has been adjusted, raising total costs to $3 million from the original $500,000 …

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Glenn Beck: Civil War Is Brewing

RELATED: Remember yesterday’s Idaho survivalists? Glenn Beck is planning a $2 billion (sort of) version of his own. On his program last night, Beck revealed that his intention to “go Galt” is quite literal, unveiling grandiose plans to create an entirely self-sustaining community called Independence Park that will provide its own food and energy, produce television and film content, host …

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VA House Elects Openly Gay Judge

After more than a year of GOP obstruction, today the Virginia House elected openly gay Judge Tracy Thorne-Begland, a formal naval aviator dismissed under DADT, to a six-year term on the Richmond District state bench. The interim Manchester General District Court judge — a respected former Richmond prosecutor and decorated Naval aviator who in 1992 challenged the military’s now defunct …

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NOM Yanks “Death” Page

Following a blog post by Jeremy Hooper, this afternoon NOM yanked a portion of their anti-gay Rhode Island site that featured Liberty Counsel spokesman Matt Barber declaring that homosexuality is a sin and that “the wages of sin is death.” For his part, Barber has taken to Twitter with the usual backpedaling and claims that “liberals lie” about what he …

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Honey Boo Boo’s Uncle Poodle Sent His Boyfriend To Prison For Giving Him HIV

Here Comes Honey Boo Boo cast member Lee Thompson, who is known on the show as Uncle Poodle and who gained praise last year for being out on the program, has revealed that he had his former boyfriend charged with HIV transmission after learning that he himself was HIV-positive last year. I was adamant about getting my HIV status checked …

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The Skivvies – Hardbody Hoedown

Stacy Lambe writes at Buzzfeed: The quirky duo is comprised of Nick Cearley and Lauren Molina, both broadway actors who came together to perform in nothing but their underwear. [T]heir covers are (often hilarious) acoustic mashups of popular hip-hop, R&B and pop songs, usually only accompanied by a cello, ukulele, glockenspiel and/or melodica. After hosting several live revues with fellow …

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