It was definitely Alison Krauss and Robert Plant’s night, wasn’t it? I was especially pleased to see gay favorite Adele win Best New Artist. I’d never even heard of Adele until seeing her perform at last fall’s Out 100 Awards here in NYC. Complete list of winners here. Album of the Year: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Raising SandSong of …

Best NYC tabloid headline: A-Fraud or A-Roid? You decide. (Via – Gothamist) UPDATE: I knew I should have waited for the Post.

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Continued from last week’s reposting of Ashes, Part 1. When Gary died, we scattered his ashes into the Gulf Of Mexico off Pass-A-Grill beach. That was the gay section of the beach in St. Petersburg and Gary had stipulated that we release his ashes in that place where he’d spent so many languorous afternoons with his best friends. Then we …

Today the Wyoming legislature voted down a public referendum on same-sex marriage. The Wyoming House has voted down a bill that would have allowed Wyoming voters to decide whether to amend the state constitution to deny state recognition of same-sex marriages. Rep. Owen Petersen, R-Lyman, sponsored House Joint Resolution 17. It failed by a vote of 35-25 after frequently emotional …

A marriage equality bill was introduced today in Vermont’s House of Representatives, although it may not be voted on during the current session. A bill that would allow same-sex unio A bill that would allow same-sex unions was introduced in the Legislature, causing a crowd of about several hundred supporters to gather at the Statehouse in celebration. “This really is …

Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, Kansas has a Gay and Straight Alliance club and last year elected an openly gay homecoming king. And yesterday, hundreds of its students poured into the streets to counter-protest the Westboro Baptist Church. The school’s administration and principal worked with local police and dismissed classes so that these hundreds of beautiful future …

In response to Wednesday’s story about the Passion 4 Christ Movement, somebody is already out with these. You can also get one that says “Liberal Masturbator”, but sadly there’s no “Ex-Ex-Homosexual.” Yet. (Via – Slog)

Portland mayor Sam Adams’ one-time paramour Beau Breedlove has given his first on-camera interview on the controversy. The state is continuing to consider criminal charges against Adams. (Via – Towleroad)

There’s a mini-storm of controversy sweeping the gay blogosphere regarding the use of the word “tranny” to describe a broad range of gender nonconforming people – transsexuals, drag queens, cross-dressers, etc. The use of the word is being vigorously objected to by some trans folks and their supporters, but is also strongly defended by some trans people themselves. GLAAD’s media …

Porno Pete LaBarbera is determined that no one in United States be allowed to enjoy sexual freedom. To that end, he’s now turned his piggy lust-filled eyes to the straight world’s cavalcade of kinkster and swing events, calling on his erect-for-Jeebus followers to deluge an Ohio hotel with complaints about a planned swinger/SM party. In his latest missive, LaBabera’s tongue …

“I’ve done a lot of reading on this. I wish I could describe to you their behavior. I will not because I would be redder than this suit. It’s their behavior that we oppose. This theme of equality and freedom is the approach that the homosexuals are using today – totally perverting the true intention of what our Constitution meant. …

Bob Mould and Rich Morel’s Blowoff party returns to NYC tonight at the Highline Ballroom in Chelsea at 431 W.16th Street. Doors open at 11:30pm. $15 advance, $20 at the door. Advance tickets are available online. Having been to Blowoff parties in four cities now, I can tell you that the NYC parties are the wildest. I have no explanation …

And it just gets dumberer. Michael Phelps was suspended from competition for three months by USA Swimming, the latest fallout from a photo that showed the Olympic great inhaling from a marijuana pipe. The sport’s national governing body also cut off its financial support to Phelps for the same three-month period, effective Thursday. “This is not a situation where any …

A year ago I posted the list of the most popular online “dating” sites as measured by an outfit called Online Personals Watch. Below is their most recent ranking, listed by number of visits, not membership. On the homo hook-up tip, Gay.com was #11 last year, now it’s dropped entirely off the chart. Manhunt moved up a notch to #7 …

The Uniting American Families Act will be reintroduced to the House next Friday by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY). The act would allow the same-sex partners of legal U.S. residents to enjoy the same immigration rights as heterosexual couples. The unfair current law has stranded thousands of gay couples overseas or forced them to separate to their native countries. Please use …

Damn, Mr. President. Tell us what you really think. Seriously, this rocks.

About twenty years ago, gay pride in major cities and the circuit party scene began to explode from single-day events to a stamina-testing series of parties stretched over long weekends, as glinty-eyed promoters swooped in to take advantage of a captive and restless audience. While the unprecedented successes of these events offered attendees a long menu of party destinations on …

Six weeks ago I told you about the Courage Campaign’s request for photo submissions to their “Please Don’t Divorce Us” project. Here’s the lovely video they’ve created from the photos.