Monthly Archives: October 2015

Ariana Grande – Focus [VIDEO]

Music sites are going nuts about today’s release by gay fave Ariana Grande. USA Today recaps: Here’s a checklist of things all future music videos will probably have: Cell phones (flip phones optional), heavy eye-liner and people dancing in boxes. At least we feel a little bit like that after watching the new music video for Ariana Grande’s Focus, which …

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BROOKLYN: Hanging With The Gay Foodies

I recently trekked out to Crown Heights, Brooklyn to hang out with the gay foodies, a world in which many of my friends (and you, maybe) are deeply immersed, but one that is, regrettably, rather alien to me. The event was called Gay Food 101, where self-publishing giant Blurb Books hosted LGBT chefs, food columnists, and authors who explored the …

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GOP Candidates Plot Debate Revolt Against RNC

The GOP presidential field is so unhappy with this week’s CNBC debate that they are actually plotting a revolt against their own party. Politico reports: Republican presidential campaigns are planning to gather in Washington, D.C., on Sunday evening to plot how to alter their party’s messy debate process — and how to remove power from the hands of the Republican …

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Pastor: Houston’s Gays Are Pawns Of Satan [VIDEO]

“Here’s the bottom line for us today, I believe as we go forward in what we do next. We need to remember as we are facing the enemy, if you will, that the enemy that we are really up against we can’t see. Those that we can see are caught in the snares of deception and are being used as …

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Sally Field: Houston’s Haters Are Lying

Dominic Holden reports at Buzzfeed: “It’s a lie. It’s a lie. It’s a lie. It’s a lie.” That was Sally Field on Thursday as she described an ad campaign currently running here in an attempt to repeal the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance, known as HERO. Field stood abreast with a group of women political leaders in Texas who encouraged a …

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IRELAND: Same-Sex Marriage Signed Into Law

Ireland’s same-sex marriage vote has been signed into law and weddings will commence by mid-November. “The Presidential Commission today signed the ‘Marriage Bill 2015’ into law,” the president’s office said in a statement, paving the way for the first weddings within a month. Ireland voted 62.1 percent in favour of allowing marriage between two people “without distinction as to their …

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Bad Lip Reading: The First Dem Debate [VIDEO]

1.5M views in 24 hours. Rolling Stone recaps: The first Democratic presidential debate of the 2016 election will be remembered for several things: The man Jim Webb killed in Vietnam, Bernie Sanders’ selfless condemnation of the hubbub about Hillary Clinton’s e-mails and, now thanks to Bad Lip Reading, selfless commendation of her “dynamite pinto beans.” After masterfully turning the horrifying …

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Cruz, Jindal, & Huckabee To Speak At Event Organized By “Death To Gays” Pastor Kevin Swanson [VIDEO]

Ted Cruz, Bobby Jindal, and Mike Huckabee are all scheduled to speak at an Iowa event organized by Pastor Kevin Swanson, who regularly calls for a return to the “biblical punishment” for homosexuality. Right Wing Watch points us to the press release: Over 1,600 Christians around the country are gathering for a National Religious Liberties Conference, Freedom 2015, November 6th-7th …

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One Million Moms: Boycott Mattel For “Promoting Sin” By Featuring Gay Adoptive Dads In Magazine

One Million Moms is calling on their supporters to rain down boycott threats on Mattel for daring to feature gay adoptive dads in their American Girl magazine. Monica Cole writes: One Million Moms is extremely disappointed that American Girl, owned by Mattel, is promoting sin in the November/December 2015 issue of its magazine. On pages 28-31 of the magazine is …

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French Ambassador To USA Slams Jeb Bush Over Work Week Comment Made To Rubio During Debate

As you can see by the above tweets by French Ambassador Gerard Araud, the French are not very happy about the snide comment Jeb Bush directed at Marco Rubio last night when he said, “I mean, literally, the Senate — what is it, like a French work week? You get, like, three days where you have to show up?” Those …

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Obama Cheers After Cop Defuses Standoff With Teens With “Nae Nae” Dance-Off Challenge [VIDEO]

The Washington Post reports: On Monday afternoon, D.C. police officers broke up two groups of fighting teenagers. A few minutes later, a female officer approached the lingering crowd and told the teens to disperse. That’s when Aaliyah Taylor, a 17-year-old senior at Ballou High School, walked up to the officer and started playing “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” on her phone. …

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Hillary Clinton: Vote “YES” On Houston LGBT Rights

Hillary Clinton today jumped into the Houston battle today in a tweet that preceded the below White House announcement by two hours. The Human Rights Campaign and Houston Unites are also going all-out in the last few days before the referendum.

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Obama & Biden: Vote “YES” On Houston LGBT Rights

With the referendum now five days away, today President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden gave a thumbs-up in the battle to retain Houston’s LGBT rights law. Two recent polls show the “Yes” side leading by a slim margin with a large percentage still undecided.

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Postmodern Jukebox – Give It Away [VIDEO]

In this week’s installment the always inventive Postmodern Jukebox puts a “shagadelic” Swinging 60s spin on the Red Hot Chili Peppers, complete with Austin Powers-inspired dancers. Lots of fun. And stick around for the trombone solo from vocalist Aubrey Logan.

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Christian Money Beg: Help! My Husband Is Committing “Secret Adulterous Sodomies With Other Men”

Porno Pete is promoting a money beg by a woman whose husband came out to her after the boyfriend of HIS boyfriend threatened to tell her himself. Complicated! Take it away, Wonkette: In recent months, aggrieved fundamentalists have turned grifting into an absolute artform. Did a mean homogay come into your flower shop wanting to buy flowers? GoFundMe. Did a …

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New York City Gets Third Cat Cafe

Just opened on the Lower East Side is Gotham’s third kitty coffee shop, where you can play with (and adopt!) felines over your nonfat extra-hot no-foam light-whip semen-free mocha latte. This one also serves booze! Gothamist reports: The Lower East Side grew ten cats stronger yesterday with the opening of Koneko, NYC’s newest cat cafe located on Clinton Street. Koneko …

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Rachel Maddow To Moderate Democratic Forum

Rachel Maddow will moderate a “forum” for the Democratic presidential candidates which will be held at South Carolina’s Winthrop University on Friday, November 6th. The event will be carried by MSNBC and coverage will begin at 6PM with a special live edition of Hardball co-hosted by Chris Matthews with Steve Kornacki. Anderson Cooper hosted the first Democratic debate so this makes …

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Jetliner Bursts Into Flames On Fort Lauderdale Runway

A Caracas, Venezuela-bound charter plane from North Carolina-based Dynamic Airways burst into flames on the Fort Lauderdale runway this afternoon. Photos and video from the scene show the plane engulfed in thick black flames before firefighters came and extinguished the fire with a white foam. As of 1pm ET, the fire has been put out and everyone was safely off …

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Porno Pete: The Other Haters Don’t Like Me [AUDIO]

“Let’s just be honest here. There is a political correctness within the pro-family movement and you talk about it, I talk about it, but most people don’t. I love the Values Voter Conference and the Family Research Council; I went this year and had a great time, but Brian Camenker, or myself, or even you will never be invited to …

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Paul Ryan Elected House Speaker [VIDEO]

In a huge humiliation for Teabagistan, Paul Ryan was elected to House Speaker minutes ago with 236 votes, 18 more than needed. As is tradition, all of the Democrats voted for Nancy Pelosi. Teabagger Daniel Webster, who abstained, got eight votes. And interestingly, one vote went to Colin Powell.

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