Joe Jervis

HomoQuotable – Gilbert Baker

“All revolutions start with a word, and the word is no. No to injustice, no to discrimination, no to oppression, no to slavery, no to violence, no to lives dictated by fear. Yes to love. The defiant colors in our flag have unfurled that idea for thirty years. “The Rainbow Flag lives because it represents us all in our diversity …

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Morning View – Seventh & 42nd

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Manhattan Mini Storage:
Still Made Of Teh Awesome

I’ve blogged several times about Manhattan Mini Storage’s provocative ad campaigns, which tend to support progressive causes ranging from pro-choice to anti-Bush. Now, in an in-yer-face dig at conservative groups (such as the Catholic League who want Gothamites to boycott the company), they have unveiled a new “Save More Than Your Stuff” program in which they donate $25 (in the …

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Online Gay Museum Launches

Proud Heritage, a UK-based online gay museum, launched today. Site features include an archive of gay publications and Walking Proud, a Google-based walking guide to London’s gay history and current hotspots. Nick Poole, Director of the Collections Trust, which is responsible for setting the standards in British museums, welcomed the online museum. “We applaud Proud Heritage on the work achieved …

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Daily Grumble

Last spring my company reorganized and I was reclassified a “consultant”, hired by contract and no longer an employee. (Even though I’m doing the same thing I have been for the last seven years.) Therefore I am now self-insured and while my insurance is 100% tax deductible, I was still floored today to see this month’s increase in my premium, …

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Caption This

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Carter: Hamas Will Accept Peace With Israel

Despite earning the wrath of the left and the right for meeting with Hamas, Jimmy Carter seems to have made some progress where others could not. Jimmy Carter says Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, and other senior members of the Islamic militant group he met with in Damascus have told him they are willing to accept a peace agreement negotiated by …

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PhoboQuotable – Matt Barber

“Can you imagine officials at a middle school, junior high or high school setting aside a day to promote “tolerance” for heavy smoking and drinking among children? How about a day where teachers encourage kids to “embrace who they are,” pick up that crack pipe and give it a stiff toke? “But that hasn’t stopped officials in thousands of schools …

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Auto Phone Sex

Auto Phone Sex on FunnyOrDie.comAudio is totally NSFW. (Via Father Tony via Tank Montreal)

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Our Blind Governor

The New York Times has a fascinating story on how Gov. Paterson deals with his blindness in his daily duties. It is a phone number that just a handful of the governor’s senior aides know. At the end of each day they call in and record briefings, laying out what he needs to know about the following day. They recite …

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Blaming The Victim

In his fight to have Brandon McInerney tried as a juvenile, Public Defender William Quest suggests that school administrators ignored Lawrence King’s cross-dressing despite rules against “distracting” attire. Issues between McInerney and King seemed to start after students and teachers returned from winter break. They had both been at E.O. Green and even had a class together previously, but Quest …

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Passed Over

Yesterday Dr. Jeff got trapped on the wrong side of the Pope’s motorcade near the Vatican Mission on the Upper East Side and snapped this pic as his limo rolled by. Note the throngs at the barricades.

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Advance For Colombian Gays

Gay rights continue to advance across South America, with Colombia’s government the latest to extend benefits to same-sex partners. However, marriage equality there continues to be thwarted by the Catholic Church. Colombia’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the government must extend pension benefits to same-sex partners. The court ruled that same-sex partners must be given the same pension and health …

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Chelsea Does Philly Gay Bar Crawl

Chelsea Clinton toured four Philadelphia gay bars on Friday night. They loved her hair; they smacked her butt; they hooted and hugged Friday night as Chelsea Clinton hit Philadelphia for what campaign aides called a “gay pub crawl.” “Chelsea, the gays love you!” Jeff Guaracino, 35, shouted as the former first daughter took the stage at Bumps, the first of …

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HomoQuotable – Camille Paglia

“Genuinely disturbing are the caricatures of Hillary (called “Hitlery” or “the Hildebeast” on the web) that rarely accrue to male candidates: she’s portrayed as a hectoring nag, a witch on a broomstick, or a castrating bitch. But if such images were truly generated by simple fear of female power, we would expect to find them around other women politicians too, …

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To Astoria

Our buddy Little Tom, who lives in Astoria, Queens, invited us out for a tour of his nabe on Friday night and Little David, Dr. Jeff, George, Matt, Nick and I attended. We started at Indigo (a restaurant/bar that stands out in Astoria because it’s not Greek), where OutAstoria, a local LGBT social group, was holding one of its meet-ups. …

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Damage Control

Interpublic Group (IPG), the parent company of global ad agency McCann-Erickson, has issued their own apology for the Hanes ads, saying the work was done without their approval is order to compete in India for a local advertising award. The apology appears on a single-post blog created by IPG titled Apology 4 Fake Hanes Ads. Fake local print ads were …

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Morning View – Mixed Message

I didn’t get this sign in the window of the bike shop near by apartment, but when I showed it to Little David, he roared.

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Sex, Lies, & Videotape

Our long wait (five minutes? six?) for the next Republican gay sex scandal is over. On March 31st, Republican commissioner of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Bruce Barclay was accused of man rape. But home videos have surfaced proving that the sex was consensual, even though Barclay’s partner was unaware he was being taped. And neither were the hundreds of other men …

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Fallout For Azariah Southworth

After coming out in the gay press two days ago, there has been some fallout in the “Christian industry” for televangelist Azariah Southworth. Nashville columnist Nathan West, who writes for the local gay newspaper Out & About, has done an interview with Southworth. An excerpt: Nathan: What is the current status of The Remix? [Southworth’s show.] Has it been canceled, …

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