The Empire State Pride Agenda has commented on Rudy Giuliani’s notable retreat from his previously vigorous support for LGBT rights by releasing a list of major accomplishments achieved during his two terms as NYC mayor. Rudy Giuliani was Mayor of New York City from 1994 – 2001. During his time as Mayor, he worked with NYC’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and …

Alyica Lane, CBS news anchor for Philadelphia’s KYW-TV, was arrested in Chelsea last night for calling a female cop a “dyke bitch” and then punching the cop in the face. Reportedly, Lane and her boyfriend, radio disc jockey Chris Booker, got into a traffic altercation with a slow-moving unmarked police car. When the cops exited their vehicle to question Booker, …

This just in from New York State Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell’s office: December , 17 2007 – Under the leadership of Assembly Member O’Donnell, openly lesbian, gay, and bisexual state legislators (O’Donnell, Assembly Member Deborah Glick, State Senator Thomas Duane, Assembly Member Matthew Titone, and Assembly Member Micah Kellner) have secured a commitment from the New York State Museum to include …

I was at first puzzled by the above ad headline over on the New York Times, but it’s actually part of the Apple ad in the right column. Cute. Sound required.

Shelley is worried about this weekend’s nor’easter, but I tried explaining that tv weathermen live to plotz over things like this. Plus, they only actually get to SAY “nor’easter” about once or twice a year and I can tell that it rocks their world to do so. I actually kinda dig when a terrible storm is imminent – even hurricanes …

I find it faintly amusing that among the numerous major league baseball players named in yesterday’s massive steroid scandal is Yankee pitcher Andy Pettitte, the bible-thumping family values man who preaches against pre-marital sex and drug use. Pettitte is a favorite guest on many Christian talk shows. The title of Pettitte’s 2005 book: Strike Zone: Targeting A Life Of Integrity …

The Grill, 1st Avenue, 9AM Woman 1: Hell no, I’m not going. Fuck Christmas and fuck them.Woman 2: You have to go to get the check.Woman 1: What? If I don’t go, I don’t get it?Woman 2: I guess.Woman 1: In that case, I’ll go, but I’m showing up shitfaced.Woman 2: Just like a regular Monday.Woman 1: Fuck you..

Remember that 700 Club story about James Stabile, the gay guy who was touched by a pastor (“Fire!”) at that I-35 “purity seige” outside a Dallas gay bar and instantly renounced his homosexuality? Turns out he’s bipolar, had stopped taking his meds, and has already been kicked out of the ministry’s Build-A-Breeder home for wayward Xtians for being a “compulsive …

The Twelve Days Of Christmas, from the National Republican Senatorial Committee. (Via – Daimeon @ Pam’s House Blend.)

The trailer for the movie version of Mamma Mia!, starring Meryl Streep, has been released. – Hairspray and Sweeney Todd have received Golden Globe nominations for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. Other musical nominations: Best Actress – Nicki Blonski (Hairspray)Best Actress – Helena Bonham Carter (Sweeney Todd).Best Actor – Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd)Best Supporting Actor -John Travolta (Hairspray). …

The young man who last Sunday shot and killed two people at a youth ministry training center, then killed two more and himself at Colorado’s New Life Church (Ted Haggard’s former home), was a cast out from the youth ministry, probably because he failed their attempts to make him “ex-gay”. As noted by Richard Rothstein, Matthew Murray, 24, posted on …

According to the Wall Street Journal , aides to Michael “Not A Presidential Candidate” Bloomberg are hoping for a Clinton-Giuliani showdown after the primaries. One scenario — and the one aides are hoping for — would be a race between fellow New Yorkers Hillary Clinton and former Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Sen. Clinton’s negative rating is the highest in either party, …

After the story earlier this week suggesting that “men are ‘made gay’ because they retain infantile or juvenile characteristics into adulthood – a phenomenon known as neoteny“, a reader pointed me to this New York Times story about dyslexia: It has long been known that dyslexics are drawn to running their own businesses, where they can get around their weaknesses …

“I’ve heard a couple of guys say foul things, and those guys are not around me anymore. When they say things like that, I’m looking at them like, ‘What makes you so scared? You don’t know who you are?’ “I don’t dislike them or anything, it just makes me wonder about them period. If you’re not sure about that, then …

My boss from back in my music biz days is staying with me this week and he’s just turned me onto Welsh popster Duffy, whose single Rockferry sounds a lot like Lulu to me. With maybe some Dusty Springfield thrown in.

I just saw a taxi ad for VoiceMailSucks.com, a site which promises “SimulScribe utilizes cutting edge voice recognition technology to convert your voicemail messages into text. We deliver your transcribed voicemail, along with the original audio, to your mobile phone, PDA, and/or email account. This process streamlines your communication flow, saving you both time and money.” Anybody here use this? …

Florida’s secretary of state announced yesterday that the anti-gay group Florida4Marriage has collected enough signatures to force their anti-gay marriage amendment onto the state ballot next year. Equality Florida and the ACLU will challenge the petition in court. Those opposing the amendment claim it could not only ban gay marriage but could repeal domestic partners benefits statewide, including those for …

The Merriam-Webster word of the year for 2007: w00t! The rest of this year’s top ten: 2. facebook3. conundrum4. quixotic5. blamestorm6. sardoodledom7.apathetic8. Pecksniffian9. hypocrite10. charlatan Last year’s word of the year: truthiness..

Here’s a map of the world with the countries resized based on oil reserves. Embiggen the image and predict where we’ll invade next! It’s fun!(Via – Andrew Sullivan.)

What was the best pop single this year?.