As Pam puts it, Gene Roddenberry would be rolling over in his grave, had his ashes not been shot into space. Painfully, painfully bad. Wait for the biology lesson in the middle part.

Bill Richardson has ended his bid for the Democratic nomination. He’s prime veep material for either Clinton or Obama as he could bring in the massive Latino vote. Aside from his atrocious sleep-walking performance during the Visible Vote forum, during he said he thought being gay was a choice (a position he backed down from the next day), I like …

The Bear Stearns squash tournament is taking place inside Grand Central. There’s a big bleacher area set up, but most people are just taking a peek and then heading out.

Who’s your favorite not-quite-a-big-star actor? (Not b-list, necessarily, but not somebody who gets their name above the title.) I like Chiwetel Ejofor, the British actor who starred in Children Of Men and Kinky Boots. He was fantastic in the miniseries Tsunami: The Aftermath. I also love Toni Collette from Little Miss Sunshine and Muriel’s Wedding. Oh, she too was in …

I should note that I have dined in almost all these establishments. And to be precise, in Times Square there are actually two Applebee’s, two T.G.I. Friday’s, and three Sbarros.

Dubya is continuing to raise the stakes in his latest attempt to convince us that we’re long overdue to invade Iran. JERUSALEM (CNN) — The war of words between United States and Tehran continued Wednesday, with President Bush repeating his assertion that Iran is “a threat to world peace.” President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at the airport …

The Human Rights Campaign has released its Best Places To Work 2008 list. A total of 195 companies that achieve this honor will use the 2008 “Best Places to Work for GLBT Equality” seal to distinguish their company as a fair-minded employer. The seal is given to companies who score a perfect 100% on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate …

CHICAGO: The AIDS Foundation of Chicago, through its Global Grants Initiative, will provide up to 10 partial-support scholarships for individuals to attend the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, Mexico, August 3-8, 2008. Download the application here. The deadline for nominations is 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 17, 2008. NYC: Will Clark’s Porno Bingo tonight is a benefit for …

My dear friend Father Tony, a man who is “no stranger to those venues providing the probabilities of good friction for the price of a beer or a ‘six month membership'”, has responded in his typically eloquent fashion to my post about the possible closure of NYC’s commercial sex establishments. Go read Tony’s take on personal responsibility, it’s beautiful.

Twenty years ago, Australia’s Department of Public Health launched a disturbing HIV awareness campaign featuring the Grim Reaper mowing down people in a bowling alley. Here’s their update, this time featuring local drag star Mitzi Macintosh as the Glam Reaper. Interesting clip, but, uh…Doogie Howser?

Over the objections of many doctors, Canada’s health department has banned gay men from donating their organs. A Health Canada regulation that bans most gay men from donating organs is scientifically unjustified, virtually unenforceable and could worsen critical transplant shortages, a prominent Toronto AIDS doctor says. The regulation, which took effect in December and closely resembles blood-donor guidelines, prohibits organ …

JMG reader Andy reports today that Coliseum, the last big gay dance club in Fort Lauderdale, has closed. The legendary Fort Lauderdale Copa closed after 30 years in 2005 due to damage from Hurricane Wilma. I think there may be one or two smaller gay places with dance floors still around, but they are 2am clubs, not one of the …

In the winter, the warmer it is outside, the colder it is in my apartment. You see, in apartments that have steam heat, city law only requires the buildings to light the boiler when the temperature falls below 55° between 6:00 am and 10:00 pm and 40° between 10:00 pm and 6:00 am. And since it’s 57° outside right now, …

Larry Craig’s new defense is two-pronged. 1. The cop started it. 2. It can’t have been disorderly conduct because the law requires two or more victims for a disorderly conduct charge. The undercover police officer who busted U.S. Sen. Larry Craig in a gay-sex sting in an airport bathroom stall couldn’t have been offended by the senator’s notorious foot-tapping – …

Defying pollsters and pundits who had all but crowned Barack Obama, yesterday Hillary Clinton pulled off a stunning upset in the New Hampshire primary, winning narrowly with 39% of the vote to Obama’s 37%. McCain repeated his 2000 win in NH, besting Mitt Romney by 5%. Clinton’s own team had been prepared for a loss. It appears that Obama actually …

The New Republic today dug up more of Ron Paul’s loathsome old newsletters. They are almost unimaginably offensive and no one is immune as the newsletters attack gays, blacks and Jews with equal relish. From the lengthy New Republic post: The newsletters were particularly obsessed with AIDS, “a politically protected disease thanks to payola and the influence of the homosexual …

The U.S. Supreme Court today turned away a challenge to the trademark application by Dykes On Bikes, the traditional lead group at gay pride parades nationwide. The trademark was challenged by a men’s rights advocacy lawyer who claimed the term denigrated men and was “scandalous and immoral” – grounds for denying a trademark. Dykes On Bikes applied for a trademark …

NAACP head Julian Bond has joined the fight against Florida’s coming statewide ballot on marriage equality. Julian Bond, an icon in the civil rights movement for nearly 50 years and longtime national Chairman of the NAACP, has stepped into a leadership role with the Fairness for All Families Campaign the statewide coalition effort to defeat the deceptively named “Florida Marriage …

Well, sorta kinda. Ish. Very ish. Years ago I belonged to an online chat forum populated by aspiring writers, artsy types, and other regular mo’s. One of the forum members I befriended was Steve Schalchlin, the award-winning musical theater writer and performer that I have mentioned here many times. Some of you know Steve from his hit Off Broadway shows …

Alycia Lane, the Philadelphia CBS newscaster arrested last month during a traffic altercation in which she called a female cop a “dyke bitch” has been fired. From the KWY-TV president: “After assessing the overall impact of a series of incidents resulting from judgments she has made, we have concluded that it would be impossible for Alycia to continue to report …