Congressman Barney Frank will appear on the Michelangelo Signorile show today at 5:15pm (Eastern) to discuss the ENDA debacle. Tune in to Sirius OutQ, channel 109. Related: I’ve been working on an ENDA link farm because I can’t post or react to the avalanche of ENDA-related news items and opinion pieces. But I see Andy Towle has beaten to me …

I’m a bit surprised that Michigan Avenue is so inexpensive compared to SF’s Union Square.

“For reason yet to be understood, most gay people exhibit sex atypical traits most clearly when we are very young. Many gay boys — the vast majority in some studies — report that they identified strongly with girls when they were very small. Many even thought of themselves as more female than male. The opposite seems true for most lesbians. …

Damn. What IS it with these wacky Republicans? They are doing so much toe-tapping, we’ve got us a kick-line from one end of the Mississippi to the other. Joey DiFatta, 53, running for the Louisiana state senate, was revealed last yesterday to have been detained twice for suspicion of Craigian conduct. Once for peeking at a man through a stall …

The only vehicular access to Roosevelt Island is via this bridge which connects to Queens. Before the bridge was built in 1955, the only way to get a car onto the island was via a car elevator that lowered vehicles from the Queensboro Bridge. The elevator was discontinued upon completion of the Roosevelt Bridge and was later demolished.

-This Sunday Wicked adds a special performance at 8pm, benefiting Bette Midler’s New York Restoration Project. Tickets are $150-$200. Proceeds will establish a maintenance fund for “The Friendship Garden”, a community space in upper Manhattan. Dedication of the garden is Oct.28th, “Wicked Day”, and will be hosted by Midler. -Original Xanadu lead James Carpinello will not be returning to the …

The logo for the GOP’s 2008 convention is causing a lot of blogosnickers. From Daily Kos: Wide stance? Check.In Minneapolis? Check.Prison stripe-wearing? Check.Starry eyed? Check. As for the elephant humping the “2008”… Are they going for a “Still screwing the country in 2008” theme, or is it a reference to hypocritical adulterers like David Vitter and just about the entire …

In a 27-page decision, the judge reviewing Sen. Toe-Tapper’s case has refused to allow him to withdraw his guilty plea. Judge Charles Porter: “The defendant, a career politician with a college education, is of at least above-average intelligence. He knew what he was saying, reading and signing.” Now let’s see if Tearoom Larry decides to un-unresign. UPDATE: Larry Craig responded …

According to poll results released today, Hillary Clinton is now 33 points ahead of Barack Obama. WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton has jumped to an astounding 33-point lead over Barack Obama, topping her main rival among every major slice of the electorate and widening a dominating advantage she has held all summer. Clinton got support from a full majority for …

Last night Aaron, Chris and I caught BearForce1, “the world’s only bear band”, at Splash. The guy on the left in my fuzzy pic appears to be a new member, he’s not in the video for BearForce1’s hit song, which already has almost 1 million views on YouTube. The (mostly) Dutch group got a nice reaction from an enthusiastic house, …

DC police are looking into whether Gotham nightlife impresario Dean Johnson’s death may have been caused by mixing erectile dysfunction drugs with anti-depressants or other medications. The bizarre details surrounding Johnson’s death continue to unfold. Johnson was the second man found dead in the Washington apartment of Steven Saleh, as one week before Johnson’s death, another man overdosed there. Johnson …

After a two-week-long police sex sting netted 40 men for having sex in two Johnson City, Tennessee parks, the Johnson City Press published the names, addresses and photos of all 40 men. Among the arrested was a Baptist minister, who has now resigned. According to the story, local cruisers had dubbed a section of one of the parks as the …

“It is one thing to pass laws that don’t cover groups that haven’t really organized or come into public consciousness yet — of course that is going to happen. But it is something else to deliberately cut out another, more politically vulnerable group that is asking to be included and just as much in need of protection just to get …

Here’s the fruit stand at the end of my block. In some parts of Manhattan, there seems to be a fruit stand every 50 feet.

After a birthday party and some bar hopping, last Saturday my buddy Chris and I somehow found ourselves in the basement disco of the Monster, a place we hadn’t been for years. We mused a bit about how our nightclubbing habits have wound down and about the post I made a few weeks ago regarding the decline of gay nightlife …

Producers of a major talk show diva wants to talk to gay men who live outside the United States about what gay life is like in their home country. If you are a foreign reader of JMG and this appeals to you, please respond in the comments to this post. Said diva’s producers will directly contact those that interest them. …

She’s a killer queen. Dynamite with a laser beam. And that “Oh, yeah, I’m bad” look is on her face because Shelley just made her first kill, a ginormous waterbug/roach that came in under the front door. I got it away from her before she ate it and then she wanted to give me kisses. Blech! Too soon for yet …

Citing “betrayal, distrust, and anger”, Donna Rose, the only transgender member of HRC’s board of directors has resigned over internal dissent regarding ENDA. In a lengthy statement on her personal website, Rose asks for others to join her. Rose: “I call on other like-minded board members, steering committee leaders, donors, corporate sponsors, and volunteers to think long and hard about …

The story about the dog-collared twins at Folsom that so outraged Michelle Malkin is actually over two years old. It was first published in the Golden Gate [X]Press on September 29th, 2005. I should have done some due diligence when it comes to anything spewing from Malkin’s vile mouth, since she’s well known for twisting events to suit her wingnuttery. …

I’ll be reading at Rapture next Wednesday with Eric Leven (pictured), Miss Understood, Jake Shears, and Michael Cunningham. Tonight’s installment will be a memorial to Dean Johnson, who was to host the series. From Rapture: “Please feel free to bring photos, music, writings or any other Dean Johnson-related memorabilia for the Honoring Wall which has already sprung up around our …