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.

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 …

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 …

“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, …

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. …

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 …

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.

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 …

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, …

This is the 4000th post on JMG. As I said in December for post 3000, what HAVE we been going on about? Oh, wait. I do know: blah, bears, blah, gay marriage, blah, wingnuts, blah, Clintobama, blah-dee-freekin-blah. Sheesh.

An Australian study has shown that frequent masturbation may reduce your risk of prostate cancer. It will make you go blind. It will make your palms grow hairy. Such myths about masturbation are largely a thing of the past. But the latest research has even better news for young men: frequent self-pleasuring could protect against the most common kind of …

Singer/songwriter Mike Ator will perform at the Nashville stop of the Bearapolooza 2008 tour and after hearing Happy, his gorgeous and wistful new single, I asked Mike for the backstory to the song. “Happy” is a tribute to my friend Lance, a wonderful, unforgettable character, who sadly took his own life last Summer. Yes, I know, a singer/songwriter’s ode to …

Two city council staffers were indicted by the feds yesterday for embezzlement and Speaker Christine Quinn, the most powerful openly gay politician in NYC, has hired a criminal defense attorney for herself. The indictment Wednesday of two City Council staffers on charges of stealing $145,000 in a complex money-laundering scheme could be just the beginning, investigators warned. The legal action …

After last year’s contentious permit dispute with the city resulted in the cancellation of PRIDEfest (the post-parade street fair), Heritage Of Pride has secured the city’s approval for a new location of the event. The 15th Annual PRIDEfest will take place Sunday, June 29, on Hudson Street between Abingdon Square and West 14th Street. Last year, HOP requested to move …

Beginning in 1999, the Fashion Center Business Improvement District began selecting honorees for the Fashion Walk Of Fame, which runs along the east side of Seventh Avenue from 35th to 41st streets. To meet the criteria for the Walk, fashion designers must have had a “clear and significant New York presence”, must have owned their own business for ten years, …

After his widely-panned performance in Wednesday’s debate in Philadelphia, Barack Obama has decided that 21 debates with Hillary Clinton is enough. Sen. Barack Obama suggested Thursday that he doesn’t see any point in having another debate with Democratic rival Sen. Hillary Clinton. Wednesday’s debate on ABC may be the final face-off between Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. At an …

– On April 28th, Xanadu star Cheyenne Jackson will host Live Out Loud’s 7th Annual Gala, a benefit dedicated to empowering LGBT youth. Hundreds of community leaders will be on hand as scholarships are awarded to four high school seniors who have “demonstrated outstanding leadership skills.” Tickets start at $85. – The Catered Affair, starring Harvey Fierstein, is getting generally …

After a complaint from GLAAD, Hanes has apologized for the “Lipstick” campaign, which came to national attention last week after a JMG reader tipped us when he found the images on a website dedicated to overseas advertising. The ad was created by a Bombay-based division of McCann Erickson. Via GLAAD: According to a press release from Hanes dated April 15, …

I spend an fair amount of my job dealing with ad and PR agencies, attending dreary riveting meetings in over-austere offices. And while underwear models are more Towleroad or Queerty territory than JMG, since I spent an hour at the launch party for 2(x)ist’s new Liquid Cotton line today, I hope you won’t object to a little beefcake on the …