Bil Browning’s Bilerico Project, the LGBT community group blog where just about every gay activist you’ve ever heard of participates, is celebrating their first anniversary. Head over to Bilerico today and participate in their anniversary giveaway where you can win signed movie posters from John Waters and Margaret Cho and a package of 11 gay-themed DVDs. The contest runs like …

There’s been an explosion of chatter on Alabama-based blogs today that the state’s Republican anti-gay Attorney General Troy King may be about to resign in the face of a sex scandal with a male assistant. According to multiple sources, King was caught in bed with the man by his wife and thrown out of his home. Via Wonkette: His [King’s] …

I got an email from anti-Scientology group Anonymous hipping me to the above clip which combines information about Scientology’s anti-gay policies with images from the Anonymous protest in front of Scientology offices during last week’s Toronto Pride, during which Scientology members threatened protesters with physical violence. Anonymous plans on bringing hate crimes charges against the cult, which says that gay …

Antonio Banderas, for so many years one of my favorite actors (starting with Women On the Verge), is ruined for me. Now when I hear his voice, all I can think is… Nasonex.

A hilarious take on Bluetooth douchebaggery and California’s new law against using cell phones while driving.

Flint, Michigan is cracking (heh) down on saggy pants. Flint residents now have to watch their butts because Police Chief David Dicks is on the lookout. Dicks, who took over the department last month on an interim basis, announced that his officers would start arresting people wearing saggy pants that expose skivvies, boxer shorts or bare bottoms. “Some people call …

Via Good As You: Drooling idiot Peter LaBarbera of Americans For Truth About Homosexuality has issued a hit list of ” 20 …good reasons why Christians (or anyone) should never feel guilty about a single-minded focus in countering the homosexual/transsexual activist and pro-abortion lobbies.” The list includes bloggers Jeremy Hooper (of Good As You), Pam Spaulding, and Wayne Besen. Others …

Outrageous: Four of more than a dozen people arrested for throwing eggs at a gay pride march in Budapest on Saturday received minor fines on Wednesday, while charges against three others were dismissed and charges against the others were dropped. Those fined were convicted only because they refused to obey a police order to disperse. In delivering the verdicts in …

Good news out of Massachusetts – by next week gay New Yorkers may have a shorter trip to get hitched. State lawmakers are expected to vote next week on repealing a 1913 law that prevents out-of-state gay and lesbian couples from getting married in Massachusetts, reigniting a divisive debate on an issue that has stirred passions and put the state …

The Denver Post is reporting that Mike Jones, the gay escort who brought down televangelist Ted Haggard, just turned down the producers of Fox’s game show Moment Of Truth. Mike Jones, the former male prostitute/masseur who jump-started the Ted Haggard scandal, just turned down a chance to make $500,000. But not the easy way. He was in talks with the …

On York Avenue and 71st Street on the Upper East Side, Sotheby’s is the second longest-running auction house in the world. The Manhattan office combines galleries, specialty departments and storage in one location.

If you had to move to another country and could pick any one you want, which would you choose?

Rumors about this gaffe and the other whispered comments that Fox isn’t showing us have been flying all day. What else could Jackson have said that could be so bad that even Fox won’t show it? Jackson’s own son, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. even blasted his dad: “I’m deeply outraged and disappointed in Rev. Jackson’s reckless statements about Sen. Barack …

Thanks to today’s Senate vote to approve the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, warrantless wiretapping, arguably the most intrusive violation of Americans’ right to privacy, will become legal. Oh, and everybody who’s already done it is now immunized against lawsuits. A list of how each Senator voted is here. The Democratic-led Congress this afternoon voted to put an end to the …

Wingnut site WorldNetDaily is reporting that a gay Michigan man is suing two local Christian publishing houses for a combined $70M for putting out versions of the Bible which he says featured deliberately changed Biblical admonishments against homosexuality. Bradley Fowler, 39, claims the changes by Zondervan and Thomas Nelson Publishing caused his family to ostracize him and created twenty years …

Barack Obama is planning a visit to Germany and Chancellor Angela Merkel isn’t sure it’s a good idea to let him stage a planned appearance in front of Berlin’s historic Brandenburg Gate, the place where Ronald Reagan famously demanded: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” German Chancellor Angela Merkel has signaled unease over the prospect of a possible speech by …

In a PR nightmare for John McCain, a 61 year-old librarian was kicked off of public property in Denver outside of a McCain appearance because she was holding a McCain=Bush sign. After McCain’s goons had the cops remove the tiny woman, the story blew up in the national press and little was heard about McCain’s actual “town hall” speech. Seriously …

The Peace Corps has apparently backed off its policy of rejecting HIV+ volunteers, as reported here back in April. In a lengthy story about Jeremiah Johnson, the 25 year-old Peace Corps volunteer who became infected while on assignment in Ukraine, Poz Magazine reports receiving this email from the Peace Corps: “Although there are certainly significant challenges associated with properly supporting …

Australian gays and progressives are annoyed by a new law against “annoying” the attendees of next week’s World Youth Day with Ill Papa. Wearing T-shirts that read “Pope Go Homo” and “The pope is wrong, put a condom on!,” a dozen demonstrators poked fun Wednesday at a new Australian law meant to protect participants of next week’s World Youth Day …

In Scotland, a lesbian was found not guilty of assisted suicide after a judge ruled that her partner would have committed suicide on her own anyway. A woman prison officer who watched her lesbian lover commit suicide was spared jail Monday after a judge ruled it was ‘an act of love.’ Patricia Mulpeter, 48, comforted her dying friend as she …