We celebrated prematurely. The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) has learned today that despite an order by the Iranian Chief Justice to nullify his death sentence, Mr. Makvan Mouloodzadeh was executed in Kermanshah Central Prison at 5 a.m. this morning, Iranian time. Neither Mr. Mouloodzadeh’s family or his lawyer were told about the execution until after it …

My beloved Farmboyz celebrated their 24th anniversary on Monday. An excerpt from Father Tony’s blog: I watch others tread water for the length of their lives, using curious tools to stay above its surface. The morphine of religion. The aquarium of wealth. The fanning gills of sex. The antifreeze of drink. Their sharks never seemed much to care for me, …

This is my 3000th post. As I said a thousand posts ago, what have we been going on about?

Last night Aaron and I waded into the downtown hipster scene to attend a release party and screening of the new Scissor Sisters concert DVD, Hurrah – A Year Of Ta-Dah. We got to the party a little late and spent much of the rest of the night celeb-spotting all the Gotham bold names in the house: model/singer Amanda Lepore, …

The NYPD is conducting a subway sting called “Operation Lucky Bag” in which undercover cops plant bags and wallets containing credit cards,, then wait around to see who picks them up. Unlucky Samaritans who pick up the bags with the intent on contacting their owners are detained, frisked, and their criminal backgrounds are checked. If I found a wallet on …

Tonight I’ll be appearing again at Reading For Filth at Rapture Books in the East Village. Other performers will be D-List Radio diva Robbyne Kaamil, Eric Leven, Our Lady J and a “surprise guest”. I look forward to seeing some of you there!

A street vendor on the corner of Broadway and Canal was selling a few a things we couldn’t identify. I think the white things are coconuts.

Aide to Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell and former Human Rights Campaign staffer James Michael McHaney, 28, was arrested by the FBI in Washington, DC on Friday in an internet sex sting. McHaney is being held without bond after arranging to meet what he thought was a 13 year-old boy for anal sex. According to Gay News Watch, McHaney worked for …

What is the appropriate waiting time before calling police when your neighbor has been blasting Midnight Train To Georgia on repeat? We’re at the two-hour mark now. I’m wondering if she’s lying twitching and unconscious with the remote lying by her side. She’d better be.

Via Bilerico: At long last, the most important endorsement of the 2008 presidential election is here. During a press event last night in New York, Madonna made it official: She’s backing Hillary Clinton for the White House. According to Madonnalicious – the online community of all things ‘Material,’ – her Madgesty responded, when asked “Hillary or Obama?,” with an enthusiastic …

The Archdiocese of New York has released a coloring book for preschoolers in which an angel warns: “If a child and an adult happen to be alone, someone should know where they are, and the door should be open or have a big window in it.” Note the male (priest?) figure waving a fey hand at the young boy. Is …

Openly gay former Brigadier General Keith Kerr appeared on the O’Reilly Factor last night to deny allegations that he was planted in the audience at CNN’s YouTube debate among Republican candidates. Watch until the end of the clip. Does O’Reilly actually admit that he might be wrong on DADT? ::THUD::

Via Pam’s House Blend comes news that New Jersey is getting so close to having the votes necessary to approve same-sex marriage, even the “family values” crowd is ready to throw in the towel. From Blue Jersey: Last week Garden State Equality chairman Steven Goldstein projected that they are just a few votes short of a majority in support of …

Over on Whateveresque they are giving the LOLcats treatment to the Creation Museum, where visitors wander among dioramas depicting the dinosaurs as present during Biblical events. High-larry-us. (Via – Mountains Of Madness.).

I’m kinda curious why the gay blogosphere is lighting up today with the video of Westboro Baptist Church’s parody of USA For Africa’s We Are The World, which Westboro performs as God Hates The World. Didn’t we talk about this back in May?

From the NY Times: WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 — A new assessment by American intelligence agencies released Monday concludes that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 and that the program remains frozen, contradicting a judgment two years ago that Tehran was working relentlessly toward building a nuclear bomb. Senator Harry Reid said the assessment was “directly challenging some of …

Firefighters on Canal Street have personalized their station to fit the neighborhood. Blogger Bug: Photos may not embiggen for you today. If you attempt to do so, you may be prompted to download the photo instead. Blogger is working on a fix.

Courtesy of the artist Himself, today’s Swag Tuesday item is Circle Of Friends, the new live concert DVD by openly gay rock god Bob Mould. Unless you spent the last 20 years listening to all-polka radio, you’ll know Mould as the co-founder and voice of pioneering 80’s punk band Hüsker Dü and 90’s college radio hitmaker Sugar. This month Blender …

Skating is free at Bryant Park’s big holiday rink, but folks still line up a few blocks away to pay to skate at Rockefeller Center’s smaller, but infinitely more chic rink, where it’s $14 and a long wait to get on the ice.

Here’s why the PATH station on Christopher Street disgorges hordes of LGBT youth every night. New Jersey has become a national beacon for gay equality. It boasts some of the toughest anti-discrimination laws in the country, and recent legislation makes it one of only three states that recognize same-sex civil unions. Gay marriage, some say, is just around the corner. …