Monthly Archives: July 2013

Pope: Who Am I To Judge Gay People?

Pope Francis today refused to condemn gay people during a conversation with reporters on his return flight from Brazil.  Via NBC News: Pope Francis said “who am I to judge?” gay people as he discussed one of the most divisive issues affecting the Catholic Church Monday. “I have yet to find anyone who has a business card that says he …

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Campaign Sign Of The Day

Phoenix City Council candidate Austin Head, who is openly gay and openly HIV+, is raising eyebrows with the above campaign sign.  Hit the link, he tells quite the life story. (Via JMG reader Mich)

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Rep. Peter King Vs Sen. Rand Paul

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SPOILER: True Blood

Stay out of the comments if you’ve not yet seen last night’s episode. Otherwise dive in and dish.

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Editorial Of The Day

From the editorial board of the New York Times: To the long list of Russians whom President Vladimir Putin is persecuting, add gay people and those who support gay rights. Along with political dissidents, journalists and billionaire businessmen, they are increasingly the focus of repellent laws and repressive practices that could send them, and anyone who dares defend them, to …

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Lady Bunny – Take Me Up High

A surprisingly straight-forward deep house track.

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The Internet Galaxy

Via the Daily Mail: Imagine if the internet was mapped out like a solar system with the world’s biggest websites represented by individual planets. But instead of the map of just a handful of planets that we’re used to seeing when learning about space, The Internet Map, a website set up by a Russian data-visualisation designer, has in excess of …

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John Williams To Score Star Wars VII

Via the Hollywood Reporter: It’s official: the latest chapter of Star Wars will be scored by John Williams. The composer, who has crafted the score for all six titles in the space opera saga, was confirmed to be joining J.J. Abrams’ Episode VII by Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy on Saturday at a Star Wars fan event in Essen, Germany. The …

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Target Reponds To Cuccinelli Flap

On Friday questions were raised by Right Wing Watch regarding a $50,000 donation made by Target to a GOP group that supports, among others, the gubernatorial campaign of anti-gay Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli.  Target has issued a response: “Target has a long-standing commitment to the LGBT community. We also believe strongly in our civic responsibility to engage in a …

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HomoQuotable – Nikolai Alekseyev

“It’s official! The organising committee of Moscow Gay Pride and founders of the banned Pride House Sochi decided today against the boycott of Winter Olympics in Sochi and instead to organise Winter Sochi Pride on the day of the opening of Olympic Games on 7 February 2014. Join us! It will be much more effective to draw attention to official …

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Fiona Apple – Hot Knife

A new video for last year’s track. 400K views in two days.

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Tweet Of The Day – Scott Wooledge

As my pal Scott notes above, Skyy Vodka is sponsoring the Twitter hashtag #DumpRussianVodka. Skyy was founded in the US twenty years ago, but is now owned by Italy’s Gruppo Campari and is sold here through Campari America.

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LITHUANIA: Hundreds Of Anti-Gay Protesters Disrupt Baltic Pride Parade

Twenty-eight anti-gay protesters were arrested today at Lithuania’s second-ever Baltic Pride parade in Vilnius, where attendees were pelted with eggs and verbal abuse. Several hundred gay rights activists took to the grand main street of Vilnius to show their pride, waving Lithuanian and rainbow-colored flags, with some standing on top of buses decked out in colorful balloons. They were met …

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Sen. Ted Cruz: Christians Must Mobilize And Pray Against Same-Sex Marriage

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NBC Responds To IOC Statement

Yesterday the International Olympic Committee released a statement declaring that it had “received assurances from the highest levels” of the Russian government that athletes and fans would be exempt from arrest under the “homosexual propaganda” law during the Sochi Olympics. Buzzfeed‘s Chris Geidner reached out to NBC for a statement: “NBCUniversal strongly supports equal rights and the fair treatment for …

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Quote Of The Day – Desmond Tutu

Yesterday I reported that the United Nation’s had launched a global campaign for the LGBT rights during a meeting in South Africa.  At the launch announcement was Archbishop Desmond Tutu. South Africa’s Nobel peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu says he will never worship a “homophobic God” and will rather go to hell. The retired archbishop was speaking at the launch …

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NYC Bars Join Stoli Boycott

From the Facebook page of the NYC Eagle: Beginning immediately, the Eagle NYC will discontinue the sale of STOLI and any alcoholic product produced in Russia in protest of Russia’s anti-gay bill banning the “propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations”. This archaic bill effectively strips every LGBTQ member in Russia of basic human rights and puts gays in danger of being …

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Thirty Years Ago Today

Madonna’s first album was released by Sire Records thirty years ago today. Rolling Stone noticed the release two months later: Madonna, who crashed onto the dance charts last year with “Everybody,” has a voice that takes some getting used to. At first, it doesn’t sound like much at all. Then you notice its one distinguishing feature, a girlish hiccup that …

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Tired Old Queen at the Movies #118

Today’s movie: James Wilby, Hugh Grant and Rupert Graves turn in subtle and brilliant performances in Merchant Ivory’s adaptation of E. M. Forester’s romantic, gay love story; “Maurice” (1987). Published after Forester’s death and hidden for decades, it concerns the romance of a two young men at Cambridge at the turn of the century, what their love affair costs them …

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HRC: The IOC Shouldn’t Trust Russia

Via press release from the Human Rights Campaign: Mere verbal assurances from the Russian government that foreigners will be exempt from their repressive laws are not enough,” said Human Rights Campaign (HRC) President Chad Griffin. “The IOC must obtain ironclad written assurance from President Putin. But more importantly, they should be advocating for the safety of all LGBT people in …

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