The producers of American Idol say they have no problem with David Hernandez. American Idol executive producer Ken Warwick told TV Guide they’ve had many erotic dancers on their show, and Hernandez’s past is his business. “We’ve had strippers on the show before. We’re never judgmental about people who do things like that,” Warwick said. “If it were some sort …

With anti and pro-gay demonstrators outside, in yesterday’s arguments the California Supreme Court seemed to be split in their opinions on marriage equality, with some legal experts predicting a loss for our side. Dale Carpenter, a professor at the University of Minnesota Law School, issued this opinion: [T]the most likely result is that the gay-marriage litigants will lose 4-3 or …

It was good night for Hillary Clinton: Sen. Hillary Clinton got her campaign back on track with projected wins in the Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island primaries. Delegate-rich Texas and Ohio were considered must-wins for her campaign. In Ohio, Clinton received 54 percent of the vote compared to 44 percent for Clinton’s Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama. In the Texas …

Huckabee: “We stayed in until the race was over. We kept the faith, that for me has been the most important goal of all. I’d rather lose the election than lose the principles that got me into politics in the first place.” Tomorrow John McCain visits Bush at the White House where Dubya will show him where he keeps his …

It looks like Americans get less sex that just about anybody. Americans are not getting enough action. The United States is one of the world’s most undersexed countries, according to a new study released Monday. Just 53% of Americans having regular, weekly sex according to results from the Durex Sexual Wellbeing Global Survey of 26,000 people in 26 countries, tying …

Over on his Village Voice blog, Michael Musto has posted this bizarre old Debbie Reynolds clip in which she destroys folk hero Pete Seeger’s If I Had A Hammer. Delightfully freaky and camp beyond words.

Via Canada’s Globe And Mail: Researchers in Canada and the United States have made a breakthrough discovery in the fight against HIV infection: a protein that can limit the viral attack. The study, published in the online edition of Nature Medicine, found that the protein FOX03a not only can limit the deterioration of certain disease-fighting immune cells, but could help …

Pope Evilictus Valdemort is looking forward to his April visit to the United States, where Jeebus’ people are fighting the good fight against queers. “The American people’s historic appreciation of the role of religion in shaping public discourse and in shedding light on the inherent moral dimension of social issues is reflected in the efforts of so many of your …

From Vote For The Worst: And… we were right! Check out the story in the Associated Press today that confirms what we’ve been saying for a while now. David Hernandez stripped at a gay club called Dick’s Cabaret up until September of last year, meaning he was still stripping when he tried out for American Idol. We have no problem …

There’s a short interview with me in this month’s Junior Magazine in a feature titled “Blogger Power.” While I don’t speak Portuguese, Junior seems like a Brazilian mash-up of Out and Instinct. There sure is a lot of eye candy there in between the stories. Besides JMG, the story mentions Queerty, Made In Brazil, Andrew Sullivan, Towleroad, Ooh, La La …

Hillary Clinton appeared on The Daily Show last night in what may turn out to be her last such occasion as a presidential candidate. It’s all up to Texas and Ohio today.

The California Supreme Court will hear the long-awaited gay marriage case today. Locals can watch live on the California Channel from 9am – 12pm Pacific. For the rest of us, there will be a live webcast. In briefs submitted to the court, same-sex marriage supporters argue that California’s Constitution leaves no room for denying gay men and lesbians the right …

Mayoral incumbent Betrand Delanoe will easily win relection in Paris next week and now his party appears to be grooming him to run for president of France. Since becoming mayor Delanoe has been hugely popular, particularly with the poor and middle classes. Public opinion polls put him well ahead of the opposition going into the municipal elections on March 9 …

Worst advertising ever? Or just shrewdly shocky? In any case, this ad from ASH (Action on Smoking and Health) is causing conniptions around teh intrawebs. Some comments on Wonkette: -“So if I enter Flavor Country, the terrorists win?”-“wait. i thought we were smoking over there so we don’t have to smoke over here.”-“I see Dick Cheney’s face in the smoke.”-“Does …

Six U.S. dates have been announced for the Yaz reunion tour I mentioned here last month. Jul 07 – Oakland, CA Paramount Theatre Jul 10 – Los Angeles, CA Orpheum Theatre Jul 11 – Los Angeles, CA Orpheum Theatre Jul 14 – Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre Jul 16 – New York, NY Terminal 5 Jul 17 – New York, NY …

PlanetOut has released their 2007 figures and the news is pretty bad:. Gay and lesbian focused web media company PlanetOut Inc. reported a loss of $51.2 million for 2007. In 2006, the San Francisco company (NASDAQ: LGBT) lost $3.7 million. Sales fell to $53 million for 2007, down slightly from 2006 sales of $58.8 million. PlanetOut, which owns Gay.com, Advocate.com, …

In Lawrence Vs. Texas, the landmark 2003 case that overturned sodomy laws nationwide, Houston District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal argued that gays have no right to privacy to “engage in extramarital sexual relations.” Last month Rosenthal resigned in disgrace after emails he’d attempted to delete showed that he is an adulterer and a racist. Rosenthal is being sued for “official misconduct” …

Barack Obama told a crowd of supporters yesterday that his support for gay civil unions is based on the Bible’s “Sermon On The Mount.” “I don’t think it [a same-sex union] should be called marriage, but I think that it is a legal right that they should have that is recognized by the state,” said Obama. “If people find that …

A letter writing protest campaign is underway by viewers of As The World Turns who are angry that the young gay couple on the show have not shared a kiss since their groundbreaking lip-lock on the show over six months ago. Fans of the fictional romance between Luke Snyder and Noah Mayer are baffled about why the two characters haven’t …