Monthly Archives: November 2013

Fargo Gets A Gay Men’s Chorus

From North Dakota’s Inforum: For a lot of people here, Sunday mornings mean church. For a group of about 15 area men, Sunday evenings mean going back to church – to First Congregational United Church of Christ in Fargo for weekly rehearsals of the new Fargo-Moorhead Gay Men’s Chorus. “Gay men have been singing forever,” chuckles Jon Landre, the director …

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L’Manda –Feeling So Free (Haggin’)

Via Boy Culture, here’s a great nod to 70’s gay disco culture via a track the label winkingly claims to have “discovered” in their vaults. They nailed it – lyrics, music, costumes, and video effects. “Pretty boys on the prowl and the girls who are draggin’ / I’m part of their world cuz baby I’m haggin’.”   Loving this. 

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School Board Member On Trans Student Rights: Not Until They’re Castrated

“Massachusetts and California have passed laws relating to calling a student, irrespective of his biological gender, letting him perform as the gender he thinks he is, or she is. I just want to emphasize, not in this district. Not until the plumbing’s changed. There would have to be castration in order to pass something like that around here.  I don’t …

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Ben Cohen Voted Off Dance Show

LGBT ally and anti-bullying advocate Ben Cohen was voted off Strictly Come Dancing last night after a nine week run. Former England rugby star Ben Cohen has said playing in a World Cup final was easier than taking part in Strictly Come Dancing. The 35-year-old was booted into touch from the ballroom contest on Sunday night after failing to out-tackle …

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Nor’easter Imperils Holiday Travel

Airlines are facing thousands of canceled flights for tomorrow and Wednesday as a developing nor’easter is forecast to bring high winds, rain, and snow to much of the east coast. American Airlines and its affiliates alone have already canceled over 950 flights, mostly out of the Dallas/Fort Worth hub. The National Weather Service has issued an advisory: The bad weather …

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One Million Moms Vs Radio Shack

Just in via email: “Joe, One Million Moms is calling for a limited one-month boycott of Radio Shack over the company’s censorship of the word “Christmas.” For years, Radio Shack has refused to use the word Christmas on its website, in television commercials, newspaper ads and in-store promotions, despite tens of thousands of consumer requests to recognize Christmas and in …

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SPOILER: Family Guy

Stay out of the comments if you’ve not yet seen last night’s shocking episode of Family Guy in which a major character died. Fans are hoping the death will be resolved via one of the show’s occasional forays into time travel, but the producers (so far) are saying that’s not the case. Otherwise dive in and dish.

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Video Game: Ultimate Gay Fighter

“The only colors in this rainbow are black and blue.” Coming to all cell phone platforms in January. The press release is here. (Tipped by JMG reader TJ)

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Frothy Flick Flops

Despite aggressive marketing to evangelical churches nationwide, Rick Santorum’s first movie release appears to be a major flop. The power of prayer has failed to save The Christmas Candle, the new release from Rick Santorum’s faith based film studio, EchoLight. The Christmas Candle, set in the fictional English village of Gladbury and billed as “a timeless holiday film for the …

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Macklemore Denounces Racial Profiling, Mentions Trayvon Martin At AMAs

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis used their acceptance speech for Best Rap Album at last night’s American Music Awards by denouncing racial profiling and mentioning Trayvon Martin. Breitbart and Twitchy are very angry about this.

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Texas Hater Has The Houston Sadz

“In Texas, the state of the law on this issue could not be any clearer when it comes to the definition of marriage, when it comes to the state of Texas giving recognition to same-sex arrangements. All of those are banned in our state. There’s no question about that. So it is outrageous that Mayor Parker and the city of …

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Quote Of The Day – Tom Comstock

“I told God, if he’s going to save me from death from this and he doesn’t send me a boyfriend, I’m going to call a party foul.” – Portland resident Tom Comstock, after pieces of lumber speared the cabin of his SUV when he was rear-ended during rush hour traffic. Emergency room doctors gave him a tetanus shot and told …

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TRAILER: HBO’s Looking

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REPORT: Gas Attack On Moscow Club

An unknown gas was reportedly released inside the Moscow gay club Central Station on Saturday night. Around 500 clubbers were escorted outside of the building where some were told to go to hospital. After the staff turned on a smoke removal machine, it eliminated the gas in a matter of minutes. Police are investigating the attack and currently have no …

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Palin Accepts Martin Bashir’s Apology

Palin was on Fox News Sunday this morning where she said that she accepts the apology of MSNBC host Martin Bashir. Then she went on with her usual Mama Grizzly routine. “As for the networks condoning those type of statements—because there’s been no punishment of a fella who said these words—that’s hypocrisy, that’s a given, though, when a conservative woman …

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JFK And The Roots Of The Tea Party

“The president is a socialist. He is neutering the United States on the world stage. He is spending us into bankruptcy. He is hellbent on expanding national health care, which will surely lead to government death panels. He is advancing big-government agendas everywhere from Main Street to Wall Street. And do we really know the truth about his personal history …

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Netanyahu Slams Iran Accord

He goes on for another six tweets.

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Porno Pete: Yes, I’m A Hypocrite

Note that Porno Pete doesn’t acknowledge that his name is on the 2005 letter that I tweeted to him three days ago.  Nope, it’s just conservatives in general that are “all over the map.” But hey, it’s something.

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Quote Of The Day – Ben Shapiro

“The Iran deal marks the second brokered deal within six months that leaves brutal anti-Western regimes seeking weapons of mass destruction better off than they would otherwise have been. The approach of the Obama administration in the Middle East seems to be one of making parchment agreements without any real verification or enforcement mechanisms. Each agreement puts Israel in a …

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SPOILER: Doctor Who 50th Anniversary

Stay out of the comments if you’ve not yet seen last night’s 50th anniversary and mega-twisty episode of Doctor Who.  Otherwise dive and dish.

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