Monthly Archives: November 2013

People’s Sexiest Man 2013: Adam Levine

People Magazine today named Maroon 5 lead singer and The Voice judge Adam Levine as its sexiest man alive for 2013.  They’ve got a problem with this over at Jezebel: To be fair, sexiness is an entirely subjective concept! Apart from Alan Alda and Beyoncé, there’s probably not a single person on this planet who we can all agree is …

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Magic Johnson Tells Anderson Cooper: I’m The Blessing And The Curse Of HIV

Last night Magic Johnson talked to Anderson Cooper about the paradox presented by living with HIV for 22 years in the public eye, which has prompted many Americans to get tested but has also led some to discount the very real dangers of the virus. Johnson: “They say ‘Oh, HIV is nothing. I can be like Magic. He’s doing good.'” …

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CNN Panel On The N-Word & F-Word

Mediaite‘s Josh Feldman recaps the show: They first tackled the n-word, with Don Lemon saying “you shouldn’t use that word like a pronoun” and Charles Blow admitting his conflicting feelings on the use of that particular word, even when used among young black youths. Lemon pointed out that it’s not just black youths, but also young white people who feel …

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Gays Caused The Illinois Tornadoes

“The massive tornadoes that hit Illinois after the passing of the same sex ‘marriage’ bill, has stimulated many people to reflection. In it, some see God’s chastisement; others see it as yet one more merciful warning from Providence; others yet deny both options and give various reasons. What do you think? [JMG: Link goes to this bit.] God punishes collective …

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OREGON: Nike Donates $280K To Overturn Ban On Same-Sex Marriage

Sporting goods giant Nike, which is headquartered in Oregon, has created a political action committee in order to contribute $280K to the campaign to place a repeal of the state’s marriage ban on the 2014 ballot.  The PAC, called the Nike Equality PAC, plans to focus its efforts on collecting donations from Nike employees and Nike-affiliated companies. The news was …

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Scott Lively: Anti-Gay Violence In Russia Is Committed By Butch Homosexuals

Scott Lively was on Linda Harvey’s show on Saturday to say this: “Russia does have nationalists, these are Nazis, the same as I wrote in the book ‘The Pink Swastika: Homosexuality and the Nazi Party,’ that’s the same thing,” Lively said. “The guys that are beating up gays in Russia—and it’s not any more prevalent than it ever has been …

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Palin PAC Writes To MSNBC: Why Haven’t You Disciplined Martin Bashir?

“We would now like to know what disciplinary measures you are taking about Martin Bashir’s appalling statement on his MSNBC show last Friday that someone should defecate and/or urinate in Governor Palin’s mouth because she used the word ‘slavery’ to describe the burden the federal debt will have on future generations of Americans. You fired Don Imus for offensive language …

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Today: Transgender Day Of Remembrance

Find events in your city with this list. New Yorkers: There will be an observance tonight beginning at 6pm at the LGBT Community Center in the West Village.

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Times Square Underwear Flash Mob

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Natalie Maines On “Cocksucker”

She got some blowback (ahem) from her followers, but she made it clear that she was kidding.

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ILLINOIS: Gov To Sign Marriage Bill Today

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn will sign the marriage equality bill today and according to one report he will sign the bill on Abraham Lincoln’s desk, which Quinn is quietly having shipped from the state capital to his office in Chicago. Oh-em-Jeebus, the Tea Things will scream. I’ll post a live stream of the signing ceremony later today.

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Swag Tuesday II

Courtesy of Oxford University Press, our second Swag Tuesday prize this week is The AIDS Generation: Stories of Survival and Resilience by Dr. Perry Halkitis, which is now available online and at booksellers nationwide. For young gay men who came of age in the United States in the 1980s, the HIV/AIDS epidemic was a formative experience in fear, hardship, and …

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Swag Tuesday

Courtesy of the Weinstein Company, today’s Swag Tuesday give away is a prize package for the film Philomena, which opens in New York City and Los Angeles on Friday and nationwide next week. The Weinstein Company presents: Philomena, in theaters this THANKSGIVING. Based on the incredible true story. The highly acclaimed new comedy from director Stephen Frears. Starring Dame Judi …

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GOP House Rep Busted With Cocaine

Freshman US House Rep. Trey Radel (R-FL), who bills himself as a “hip-hop conservative,” has been charged with cocaine possession. Radel, 37, was charged with misdemeanor possession of cocaine in D.C. Superior Court on Tuesday. He is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday. Radel faces a maximum of 180 days in jail, as well as a possible fine up …

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New Site: The Regnerus Fallout

Via press release: The University of Central Florida (UCF) has ramped up its legal efforts to block the release of over 50,000 documents related to the flawed same-sex parenting study by Mark Regnerus that appeared last year in the publication Social Science Research, housed at UCF. A judge ruled the university had to release the documents, deemed public records under …

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One Million Moms Vs Kmart

Told you this was coming. The title of the current ad is “Show Your Joe,” and Kmart includes sexual content during a Christmas hand bell choir performance. The commercial focuses on several men wearing Joe Boxer underwear thrusting in a sexualized way to the tune of Jingle Bells. They start gyrating and shaking themselves instead of the hand bells, intending …

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TEXAS: Three Lesbians Freed After 15 Years Of Wrongful Imprisonent For Molestation

Three Texas lesbians were freed yesterday after 15 years of imprisonment on child molestation charges that have now been debunked. Cheers erupted in a San Antonio court when a lawyer for the women told a packed gallery that a deal had been reached to allow the release of Kristie Mayhugh, Elizabeth Ramirez and Cassandra Rivera. A fourth woman convicted is …

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Zimmerman Makes Court Appearance

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Monty Python To Reunite

The details so far: The five surviving members of Monty Python are reuniting for a stage show. The five — John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin — will announce their specific plans Thursday at a press conference in London, where the hit comedy TV series “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” debuted in 1969. Idle, the man …

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HRC Reacts To NOM’s 2012 Losses

The Human Rights Campaign has posted a blistering mocking of NOM’s just-released 2012 tax form, which as I reported this morning shows a net loss of over $2.7M. Just three donors accounted for roughly two thirds of the organization’s funding – further evidence that everyday Americans have little interest in furthering NOM’s extremist agenda. According to the 990 form supplied …

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