Monthly Archives: February 2013

Press Release Of The Day

This just in… Muslims for Progressive Values, a national organization, has endorsed the Freedom to Marry and Religious Freedom Amendment in Ohio that would end marriage discrimination while protecting the freedom of religious institutions to choose to perform and recognize same-gender marriages or not.  Ani Zonneveld, Muslims for Progressive Values President and co-founder, said her organization strongly supports LGBT rights. …

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TODAY: SiriusXM At 2:30PM

Today at 2:30pm I’ll be on Michelangelo Signorile’s SiriusXM show to talk about some of the latest LGBT-related news items. The gays are on channel 108 and you can listen live online if you sign up for a freebie account. What are your top five gay news items of the last week?

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A Word From NOM’s Speaker

Visit the pro-gay March 4 Marriage page on Facebook.

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The GOP Is Not Racist

From Montana’s Cowgirl Blog: “Jennifer Olsen is the leader of Montana’s largest TEA Party faction, the Yellowstone County Montana Shrugged TEA Party. She’s also the chair of the Republican party in Billings, the Yellowstone County Republican Central Committee.” This story actually broke about ten days ago, but I just got the tip from JMG reader Win.

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BREAKING: Accused Cardinal Keith O’Brien Resigns As Archbishop Of Scotland

Cardinal Keith O’Brien has resigned two days after four priests accused him of “inappropriate contact” with them while they were seminary students in the 1980s. Via BBC News: Britain’s most senior Roman Catholic cleric, Cardinal Keith O’Brien, is stepping down as leader of the Scottish Catholic Church. It follows allegations – which he contests – of inappropriate behaviour towards priests …

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BRITAIN: “Ex-Gays” Sue To Place Ads On London’s Public Transit System

A British group of “ex-gay” wackos will this week file a lawsuit to force their message onto London’s public transit system. The “ex-gay” billboards mock those of the local LGBT rights group, Stonewall, which has run a transit campaign declaring that “Some people are gay. Get over it!”  Last year Mayor Boris Johnson blocked the “ex-gay” campaign, saying that “it …

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Raul Castro To Step Down

In five years.

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Hate Groups Are Furious About CBS Show Featuring “Ex-Gay” Serial Killer

“Ex-gay” crackpot Greg Quinlan is super-upset about this week’s episode of Criminal Minds, which featured a serial killer who’d undergone abusive “sexual conversion therapy.”  Via World Net Daily: The show portrays members of the ex-”gay” community as ticking time bombs who are potential serial killers. In one scene, a computer screen shot features a report portraying “The Ex-Gay Movement.” The …

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FLOTUS At The Oscars

The First Lady was the surprise final presenter at the Oscars, announcing the Best Picture winner via live video from the White House.  In her presentation, Obama gave a nod to the gay community. “These nine movies took us back in time and all around the world they made us laugh, they made us weep and they made us grip …

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Open Thread: 2013 Oscars

Tell us your predictions, reactions, and reviews.

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Afternoon View: Gay Historical Marker

The above sign was posted in 2005 by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. It stands about 100 feet from Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell and is surely seen by millions of tourists every year. Visit Philly, the city’s official tourism organization, has some details: Pennsylvania erected Philadelphia’s first LGBT marker to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the …

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Tired Old Queen At The Movies #112

Clip description: Marlon Brando gives an iconic performance while Vivien Leigh, Kim Hunter and Karl Malden walk off with the Oscars in Elia Kazan’s version of Tennessee Williams’ volcanic “A Streetcar Named Desire” (1951). Shot in beautiful black and white with a haunting jazz score by Alex North, this is the ultimate version of a Williams’ play, directed by the …

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New Look For Madonna

Posted yesterday to her Instagram page.

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Graph Of The Day

Source.

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Morning View: Philly City Hall

Philadelphia City Hall was the world’s tallest building from 1901-1908. The 548 foot tower remains the tallest masonry building in the world.  At 37 feet, the statue of William Penn is the tallest atop any building in the world.  So sez Wikipedia.

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Oscar Buzz

Got any predictions?

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Headline Of The Day

We don’t usually see these sorts of accusations from priests. Three priests and a former priest in Scotland have reported the most senior Catholic clergyman in Britain, Cardinal Keith O’Brien, to the Vatican over allegations of inappropriate behaviour stretching back 30 years. The four, from the diocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh, have complained to nuncio Antonio Mennini, the Vatican’s …

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IL GOP Chair May Lose Job

Illinois GOP chairman Pat Brady may lose his job over his support of marriage equality. A handful of GOP bosses have been calling for Brady’s resignation since he came out in favor of same-sex marriage via a public statement in January. Committeemen bristled at the fact that Brady took a public position contrary to the party’s platform, and didn’t notify …

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MSNBC Host Chris Hayes: I Won’t Attend CPAC If Ban On GOProud Stands

“I wrote to [CPAC head] Al Cardenas who runs the ACU in a letter yesterday and asked whether the policy [not allowing GOProud to participate] is still in effect. If it isn’t, I told him, I’m psyched to go and if it is, well, I’ll wait until it changes, which is, really, just a matter of time. “Now I should …

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Mayor Nutter At #LGBTmedia13

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter spoke today at the Haas Convening for gay journalists, where he explained his desire to make Philly “the nation’s most progressive city.” Tomorrow we’ll visit the construction site for Philadelphia’s coming housing center for gay seniors, which had its groundbreaking with Nutter in November. UPDATE: When Nutter took the podium, lots of folks took out their …

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