“If I feed a plant poisoned water, it can’t help but absorb some of the poison. We too internalize society’s heterosexism and homophobia that surrounds us, thus imposing limiting standards on ourselves. Those standards are so prevalent that they become a part of us, running our lives whether we’re aware of them or not — whether we believe them or …

Speaking to a national television audience, the president of Poland played a video of two American men getting married in Canada as he mocked the EU’s rules on same-same unions. A gay man from the United States on Tuesday voiced outrage against Poland’s President Lech Kaczynski for publicly using a video of his marriage to bash the EU’s proposed charter …

The Sally Kern story just goes on and on. About 300 people gathered during the noon hour today at the state Capitol to ask state Rep. Sally Kern to apologize for calling homosexuality the biggest threat to America. The Rev. Jim Shields, a retired United Methodist minister who lives in Kern’s district that covers parts of west Oklahoma City and …

Five fucking years. When U.S. President George W. Bush launched Stealth bombers at Saddam Hussein’s regime on March 19, 2003, five years ago today, roughly 60 per cent of Americans backed the war. Most were convinced Saddam had weapons of mass destruction. Most believed he had ties to Osama bin Laden, their 9/11 nemesis. And most felt sure Iraqi democracy …

Via Slog – A clock, by artist Bertrand Planes, that’s been slowed down 61320 times, so that each line represents a year in the average human life. It’s set to 84 years. Tick, tick, tick. I don’t know, maybe a digital countdown of the rest of your lifespan might be more dramatic.

Science fiction legend, the world’s most famous futurologist, and gay man Sir Arthur C. Clarke has died at the age of 90 in Sri Lanka, his adopted home for the last 50 years. I began devouring Clarke’s novels at the age of 12 when a friend pointed out that the spacey lyrics of David Bowie’s 1971 song Oh! You Pretty …

The New York Times editorializes on the non-stop “scandal” of philandering heterosexuals: You can accuse the disgraced ex-governor Eliot Spitzer of many things in his decision to flout the law by soliciting the services of a pricey prostitute: hypocrisy, egomania, sophomoric impulsiveness and self-indulgence, delusional ineptitude and boneheadedness. But one trait decidedly not on display in Mr. Spitzer’s splashy act …

The Pink Pistols, a group of gay gun owners, were among 68 groups that today filed briefs at the Supreme Court in its hearing to overturn Washington, DC’s ban on handguns. A Washington resident who wants to keep handguns at home for protection is challenging the 32-year-old ban as a violation of his constitutional rights. A federal appeals court in …

New from Kleerup featuring Titiyo (who is Nena Cherry’s sister), Longing For Lullabies is the sort of gorgeous morning music that I’m hoping DJ Joe Gauthreaux will provide for the final portion of this year’s Black Party. Fingers crossed. (Via – Habitat67)

In Philadelphia, Barack Obama has just delivered his highly-anticipated speech on race which addresses the swirling Rev. Wright controversy. An excerpt: On one end of the spectrum, we’ve heard the implication that my candidacy is somehow an exercise in affirmative action; that it’s based solely on the desire of wide-eyed liberals to purchase racial reconciliation on the cheap. On the …

The following message was just left in the comments of yesterday’s post and was also emailed to my YouTube account. To whom it may concern, I would first like to make it very clear that Kraljevic had absolutely nothing to do with the making of this video. They are being unfairly targeted. I am the person who made this video, …

As Shelley approaches her one year anniversary in Chez JMG in just a couple of months, I’ve been thinking more about getting her a companion. Logic seems to indicate that a second cat would also have to be FIV+, but that raises questions about the cats possibly giving each other infections. I’ve read some online about the issue, but remain …

The Pennsylvania Senate is trying one more time to pass a constitutional amendment banning marriage equality. Constitutional amendment legislation failed in the last legislative session but is being considered anew in the current session. During a Senate committee hearing, Maggie Gallagher, President of the National Organization for Marriage, said an amendment to the state constitution would protect against a judge’s …

Worldwide Plaza lobby, Monday, 4pm Ad Guy 1: Wanna get a drink after work? Ad Guy 2: Is the governor blind? That didn’t take long.

According to a new study, “gay” is most-used insult among students in UK. Every generation of schoolchildren has them, the playground put-downs that can leave a pupil’s reputation in tatters among their peers. For the current generation, “gay”, “bitch” and “slag” are the most frequently used terms of abuse, according to a survey by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers …

Today’s Swag Tuesday booty is two tickets to next week’s Saint-At-Large Black Party at the Roseland Ballroom. This year’s event is called Rites XXIX: The Dangerous Party For Boys, and stars DJs Stephan Grondin, Jonathan Peters, and Joe Gauthreaux, with a special “performance” by porn star Francois Sagat (below). Check out the Black Party’s promotional video (NSFW). As a benefit …

Well, this didn’t take long. The thunderous applause was still ringing in his ears when the state’s new governor, David Paterson, told the Daily News that he and his wife had extramarital affairs. In a stunning revelation, both Paterson, 53, and his wife, Michelle, 46, acknowledged in a joint interview they each had intimate relationships with others during a rocky …

Another shop bites the dust at the gayest corner in Manhattan. I just don’t get it, that’s got to be the third place to die in that location in a couple of years. During the blackout in 2003, half of the Village was fed by the pizza joint that used to be there, thanks to their gas-fired ovens.

It’s actually an ad for a school in Brussels.