Joe Jervis

PA Senate Gives Up Gay Marriage Ban

Thanks in part to the snark of Democratic state Sen. Vincent Fumo [left], the Pennsylvania Senate yesterday abandoned their latest anti-gay marriage bill. The main sponsor, Sen. Michael Brubaker, R-Lancaster, said it had become clear to him that the bill would not pass in the House and he therefore saw no point to a lengthy debate in the Senate. The …

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VA Elects First Openly Gay Black Candidate

Via the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund: Last night, while most political onlookers were watching the race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in Indiana and North Carolina, a Virginia resident quietly made history as he became the state’s first openly LGBT African-American elected to public office. In his first bid for elected office, Lawrence Webb won a seat on …

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Rep. Paul Broun: No Porn For G.I.’s

As if things didn’t suck enough for our guys overseas: GRAFENWOHR, Germany — Legislation that would restrict the sale of certain men’s magazines on U.S. military bases around the world would be bad for morale, according to soldiers at Grafenwohr. U.S. Rep. Paul Broun, R-GA [right], has introduced legislation that would close a loophole in the current law that allows …

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Good Work Wednesday

This Sunday join Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS for a few rounds of Broadway Bingo at Spotlight Live in Times Square, where Charles Busch, Jackie Hoffman, and Karen Finley will be among the celebrity callers. There will be special musical performances by Joyce DeWitt (!), the cast of Naked Boys Singing, and Amber Martin. Prizes include paraphernalia from and tickets to …

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A Little Fussy, But It Would Do

The late Brooke Astor’s Park Avenue apartment has just gone on sale for $46M. Six terraces, fourteen rooms, including four for the maids. Oh, and don’t worry about a mortgage, it’s 100% down. Conveniently located several blocks and one universe from my apartment.

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Buh-Bye

In the history of the show, has any finalist crashed and burned so spectacularly as Jason Castro did last night? Wow. Otherwise, David Archuletta is back on his game. A mid-show email from Father Tony: “They have obviously taken the Archuletta boy off the Quaaludes.”

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Appeals Court: NY Must Recognize Out Of State Gay Marriages

Yesterday the New York Court of Appeals refused to hear a case that challenged a lower court’s decision that the state must recognize same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions. The court’s refusal means that the earlier ruling stands and New York must recognize same-sex marriages performed in jurisdictions where they are legal. The original case stemmed from a complaint from …

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Morning View – Not A Keno Board

I found this odd bit of artwork downtown near the South Street Seaport. I thought it looked like a giant keno board, but I’m told it’s some kind of calendar, part of what was once many interactive art installations in the area. Can anybody tell us about it?

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Jim Neal Loses NC Senate Primary

Openly gay U.S. Senate candidate Jim Neal was trounced in yesterday’s North Carolina primary, taking (as of this writing) only 19% of the vote to state Sen. Kay Hagen’s 62%. Hagen will now face incumbent Elizabeth Dole, who breezed to an easy win on the Republican side with 90% of the vote. Neal’s underfunded campaign ran no television ads and …

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Clinton’s Vanishing Point?

Obama won easily in North Carolina and Clinton won Indiana by a teensy margin. Or not. Issues with the absentee ballots. Again. But even if Clinton sqeaks by, Indiana’s delegates will still be split 50-50. [UPDATE: Indiana was called for Clinton around 1AM.] Last night some of the pundits were calling yesterday’s primary the end of Clinton’s campaign. Prematurely so …

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Barbara Walters: Why I Was Roy Cohn’s Beard

In an interview promoting her new memoir, Audition, Barbara Walters tells the San Francisco Chronicle about her relationship with Roy Cohn, the most despised gay man in American history, explaining why she allowed Cohn to pose as her boyfriend. Many of Walters’ other friends were horrified that she would even talk to Cohn, but what Walters reveals for the first …

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The Transgender Third-Grader

In the Philadelphia suburbs, the cross-dressing of a 9 year-old transgender child has caused some parents of students at her elementary school to object to the school’s apparently respectful and conscientious handling of the issue. For school officials in Haverford Township, the challenge was daunting: What do you do when a 9-year-old student, with the full support of his parents, …

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Bloggers On Blogging

Cody Lyon of Edge New York has posted short interviews with several Gotham-based gay bloggers including myself, Eric Leven, Lady Bunny, Andres Duque, and Josh Meltzer, who speaks for the Empire State Pride Agenda’s blog. Lady Bunny in particular has an excellent point to make. Check it out.

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Saddam, Scientist

According to the just-released diary of Saddam Hussein, the late Iraqi dictator feared that his American captors would give him AIDS by using his prison clothesline to dry their clothes. Saddam Hussein feared catching AIDS or other diseases during his U.S.-supervised captivity, a leading Arab newspaper said in publishing excerpts of his prison writings. The London-based Al-Hayat said the comments …

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Friendly Voices: Mildred Loving

“The older generation’s fears and prejudices have given way, and today’s young people realize that if someone loves someone they have a right to marry. Surrounded as I am now by wonderful children and grandchildren, not a day goes by that I don’t think of Richard and our love, our right to marry, and how much it meant to me …

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Tomorrow: Rugby Bachelor Auction

Stop by Manhattan’s Splash Bar tomorrow night for the annual Gotham Knights Rugby Bachelor Auction which benefits Immigration Equality, a group that works to keep bi-national gay couples and families together. How much does a rugger go for these days?

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Girls Just Wanna Be Remixed

Rich Morel’s fantastic remixes of his production of Cyndi Lauper’s new single Same Ol’ Story are now available on iTunes. Below you can stream Morel’s extended mix of the single, one of several versions available. Lauper’s full-length, Bring Ya To The Brink, goes on sale on May 27th.

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May Poles

May is National Masturbation Month, in case you didn’t know. San Francisco’s Center For Sex and Culture will be staging a “masturbate-a-thon” on May 28th, so start your training now. The event will be streamed live online and participants from outside SF are invited to take part via their home cams. Sounds like a regular weekend on DudesNude.

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PA Senate To Vote On Marriage Ban

The Pennsylvania Senate will vote today on the issue of placing a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage on the 2009 ballot. The proposed amendment passed a committee review yesterday. If approved in the Senate, the bill will go to the House for approval and then must be approved again in the next session of the legislature before it can …

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Morning View – Dick’s Hardware

Yeah, I know. I’m a third grader.

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