The Spitzer debacle is the sort of thing that makes late night TV hosts very happy. Here’s David Letterman’s “Top Ten Messages Left On Eliot Spitzer’s Answering Machine.” 10. “Hey, what’s new?” 9. “It’s Barack Obama. Remember our conversation about being my running mate? Never mind.” 8. “Ralph Nader here. Glad to hear I’m not the only politician who has …

Kudos to UPS for reaching out to gay businesses, but they might need to rethink their slogan. United Parcel Service Inc. has added lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)-owned businesses to its supplier diversity program. The move comes with a partnership with the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC), Atlanta-based UPS (NYSE: UPS) said. The NGLCC represents the …

The Empire State Pride Agenda likes our new governor. David Paterson’s leadership is a story of commitment to civil liberties and human rights. He believes in equality and justice for all New Yorkers and has demonstrated this time and time again in both words and actions. He has been a strong and consistent friend of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and …

“I wasn’t the first such person in this situation, and Ms. Wall Spitzer isn’t going to be the last. This will happen again. And when it does, let’s skip the psychoanalysis and judgments heaped on the wife. She’s not the elected official. Let him face the cameras on his own. “Let’s get away from this notion that an elected official’s …

The building housing London’s G-A-Y nightclub, one of the biggest gay clubs in the country, is being torn down. A report from the Mayor of London released today has confirmed that London venue The Astoria will close as part of a redevelopment of the Tottenham Court Road area. The Astoria is best known as a live music venue and the …

Spitzer: “I am deeply sorry that I did not live up to what was expected of me. To every New Yorker, and to all those who believed in what I tried to stand for, I sincerely apologize. Over the course of my public life, I have insisted — I believe correctly — that people regardless of their position or power …

Last night Aaron and I went to the launch party for Tori Spelling’s new tell-all book, sTORI Telling. The slightly pregnant Ms. Tori looked fantastic, but the photographers’ mosh-pit seemed to scare her back up the stairs moments after I took this pic. Anyway, the party was the usual Manhattan book-art-design-fashion-homo mob scene and even the open bar couldn’t convince …

In college I had a roommate whose obsession with the Supremes was so consuming and such a non-stop topic of conversation that I began to resent them. And until then I had been a (much milder) fan myself. To this day I can’t hear Come See About Me without flashing back to that roommate. His cultish worship sort of ruined …

Dawn Wells, 69, who is Gilligan Island’s Mary Anne to you and me, was sentenced to six months probation for her October marijuana possession arrest. Wells spent five days in jail last month as part of her plea. Wells claimed she’d given three hitchhikers a ride and they’d smoked “something” in her car. Oh, Mary Anne.

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer will announce his resignation this morning. Gov. Eliot Spitzer has decided to resign and will begin notifying top state officials of his decision just after 9 a.m., The Post has learned. Word began circulating of his decision in state political circles just minutes ago, which came after what one source called “an agonizing night,” as …

Longtime JMG blogroll pal Johnny Is A Man does a raft of dead-on impressions for his boyfriend, Baby Chutney. Johnny’s Neil Tennant kills.

From the National Catholic Register: As a Christian, Elaine Huguenin is against efforts to legitimize same-sex “marriage.”[JMG: Scare quotes!] So, when the Albuquerque photographer was asked via e-mail in September 2006 to photograph a “commitment ceremony” for two women, Huguenin declined. That was the end of the matter, she thought. But Huguenin didn’t take into account New Mexico’s anti-discrimination laws. …

(Via – Dan Savage.)

“Homophobia is a fear of people loving, more than it is of the sexual act. There seems to be an innate distaste for the love involved, which I find absolutely extraordinary. The issue is love. It’s not about sex.” – Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, speaking about the right wing’s furor regarding her revelation that Dumbledore was gay. Rowling: “Fundamentalism …

Yesterday the American Family Association issued a press release claiming that the Ford Motor Company had surrendered to their ongoing boycott and would cease marketing to gays and end charitable contributions to LGBT organizations. This morning I made a few phone calls, initially speaking to Suzanne Wait, head of Ford GLOBE, the company’s LGBT employee group. Wait declined to comment …

The Vatican has updated their hit list of mortal sins, adding seven “modern” no-no’s: 1. Genetic modification2. Carrying out experiments on humans3. Polluting the environment4. Causing social injustice5. Causing poverty6. Becoming obscenely wealthy7. Taking drugs Holy hypocrisy, Batman! Causing social injustice? Causing poverty? Becoming obscenely wealthy? Clearly, the Il Papa is going directly to hell in red Prada slippers.

I took this from the roof of the Archive on Christopher Street. Embiggens nicely.

Madonna was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame yesterday. Madonna. Hall of Fame. Rock and Roll. But not Donna Summer, who has won a Grammy for Best Rock Vocal performance. This is no justice in this world. But I’ll at least give Madge props for bringing along the also shamefully uninducted Iggy Pop to sing punked-up versions …

Has Ford once again capitulated to the demands of the wingnuts? The American Family Association is claiming that Ford has bowed to their boycott. From WingNutDaily: In the face of plummeting car sales, Ford Motor Company has taken steps to reduce its aggressive pro-homosexual policies, thus prompting a family-rights group to call off its boycott of the carmaker. …AFA Chairman …