Monthly Archives: July 2013

New Mexico Couples Sue For Marriage

Via press release from the National Center for Lesbian Rights: Late Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico, ACLU national, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), Albuquerque law firm Sutin, Thayer & Brown PC, and Albuquerque attorneys Maureen Sanders, Kate Girard, and Lynn Perls filed a writ of mandamus with the New Mexico State Supreme Court …

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Hail Satan?

All of Teabagistan went into an uproar last night after a handful of pro-choice activists allegedly chanted “Hail Satan” as a group of anti-abortion activists sang Amazing Grace in the rotunda of the Texas Capitol. I’ve watched the video several times and as far as I can tell only one woman says it to the camera, but you wouldn’t know …

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New Animated Movie Shows Gay Family

The coming animated feature from Laika Studios mentions a two-dad family. Via The Hollywood Reporter: In the new trailer for The Boxtrolls, the latest 3D animated feature from Portland-based Laika Studios, a sweet-faced toddler stands alone on a street as various combinations of parents in Victorian garb appear and disappear beside him. “Sometimes there’s a mother,” the narrator intones. “Sometimes …

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Priest Son Of Justice Antonin Scalia: Homosexuality Does Not Actually Exist

“In this regard we must note the unfortunate title The Homosexual Person (and therefore also the unfortunate title of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith document). In short, we should not predicate ‘homosexual’ of any person. That does a disservice to the dignity of the human person by collapsing personhood into sexual inclinations.  The chronology of the books …

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Tweets Of The Day – Seattle Police

Via Paul Constant at Slog.

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The Bible II, Electric Boogaloo

NBC has picked up the sequel to the History Channel’s hit mini-series, The Bible. Via press release: “NBC is thrilled to bring this highly-anticipated sequel to Mark and Roma’s ‘The Bible’ to network television,” said Salke. “There was huge interest in this project within the television community and NBC is gratified by Mark’s confidence in our ability to partner with …

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NEW YORK CITY: Parker Posey To Host 4th Annual Ali Forney Fundraiser

Via press release: Join us for our 4th Annual Barclays Oasis Summer Benefit hosted by Parker Posey and a special performance by Detox from RuPaul’s Drag Race! This year we are moving the party to the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers! The evening includes a very generous open bar for the entire evening hosted by Chopin Vodka & Barefoot Wine. Browse …

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Janelle Monáe – Dance Apocalyptic

From her coming album, The Electric Lady.

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Hipster Heat Map II

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Magically Gaylicious Flap Continues

“Your children’s breakfast cereal is now gay. Just so you know. Your children’s breakfast cereal is now gay. I don’t think that’s a sentence anybody not a comedy writer ever imagined penning. What’s next? Snap, Crackle, and Poppers?” – Conservative pundit Rod Dreher.  Gotta admit, I totally LOL’d.

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TRAILER: The Wizard Of Oz IMAX 3D

Never seen it on the big screen. I’ll be tempted.

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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Cardinal Calls Gay US Ambassador Nominee A “Faggot”

Last month President Obama nominated openly gay DNC co-chair Wally Brewster to be ambassador to the Dominican Republic. Here’s how the local the Catholic Church reacted this week: Catholic Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez referred to Brewster as a “maricón” — which is usually translated as “faggot” — during a press conference. At his side, Monseñor Pablo Cedano promised …

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NEW YORK CITY: Young Pride Goers Harassed And Assaulted On Subway

My pal Damian alerts us to a video taken as two men harassed and then assaulted a group of young New York City Pride goers on the subway. From the clip’s description: On Sunday, June 30th at around 11:45 PM, I was riding home on the Queens-bound F train following a day of LGBT Pride festivities. Two men were loudly …

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Kazaky – Touch Me

Ukraine’s stiletto-wearing hotties are back with a homoerotic dig at the TSA. It appears that the group has shed a member and is now a trio.

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US Haters Praise Russia’a Anti-Gay Bill

Unsurprisingly, the enemies of civil equality here in America are doing cartwheels over Russia’s ban on “gay propaganda,” which was just signed into law by Putin. Via ABC News: “You admire some of the things they’re doing in Russia against propaganda,” said Austin Ruse, president of the U.S.-based Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute. “On the other hand, you know …

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HomoQuotable – Michelangelo Signorile

“The marriage equality movement has been a success for a lot of reasons. One of them, no doubt, is branding and framing. And it’s time to learn from that and apply it to other battles, like the battle against employment discrimination, which has been a dismal failure. For almost two decades we’ve tried but failed to get federal workplace protections. …

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Yelp Posts Hipster Heat Map Of NYC

Gothamist explains: If you’ve been wondering where the bearded, slim-hipped throngs of Daft Punk-worshipping, artisanal razor-shaving blog cliches prefer to get their kale and PBR, well, Yelp has got you covered; the all-encompassing Reviews of the People site has been kind enough to create heat maps documenting where reviewers mention words like “yuppie,” “tourist” and “bacon” most, and naturally they’ve …

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Dan Savage: I Kind Of Respect Porno Pete

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INDIANA: NOM Launches Renewed Bid To Ban Marriage In State Constitution

Just posted by Brian Brown: Despite issuing two terrible decisions on marriage, the US Supreme Court stopped short of fabricating a “right” to redefine marriage in our Constitution, allowing individual states to settle the question. And today, Indiana has that chance! Governor Pence has called upon the legislature to take up the second vote needed to put marriage before the …

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Concerned Women Are Concernstipated About Going To Prison Over Gay Marriage

“The bottom line is that the Supreme Court rulings fly in the face of a growing mountain of social science research showing that the best household arrangement for children is a married mom and dad. It contradicts centuries of experience across time and cultures for the best family structure for strong nations. It represents a national experiment in social reconstruction …

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