“They shook their fists at God and said, “We don’t care what God says, we will issue our legal brief to support gay marriage in San Diego!” Then Mayor Jerry Sanders mocked the Christian vote and signed off on this rebellious legal document to support same-sex marriage. And then the streets of La Jolla under the Mt. Soledad Cross began …

I ripped off this bottle service menu at Lotus last night, just to show you non-New Yorkers what this new “gilded age” is doing to nightlife in Manhattan. With hedge-fund managers and other Wall Streeters happy to plunk down $620 to have a $40 bottle of Grey Goose on their table, what sense does it make for club owners to …

Last night Paul and I went to HX Magazine’s 16th anniversary party at Lotus. Lots of gay publishing types were in the house, including Genre editor Neal Boulton (former editor of Men’s Fitness) and Genre VP and publisher Bill Kapfer (pictured). Lady Bunny and Robin Byrd were cutting up in a corner, but I didn’t get a chance to grab …

In the UK, an 11 year-old boy is being removed from the custody of his foster parents, both ministers, after they refused to sign new sexual equality regulations which stipulate that they would not teach their foster children to discriminate against gays. According to the Labour party’s new Sexual Orientation Regulations, part of the Equality Act 2006, discrimination on the …

The White House has finally officially come out against ENDA. Yesterday a “Statement Of Administrative Policy” was released. (PDF.) H.R. 3685 would extend existing exployment-discrimination provisions of Federal law, including those in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, to “establish a comprehensive Federal prohibition on employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.” The bill raises concerns …

SF: On Sunday, November 4th, the Alexander Hamilton Post 448, in conjunction with The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and SF Defenders is hosting “A Homecoming and Healing Celebration” for veterans of this HIV/AIDS era and those who support them. Room 207, War Memorial Building, 401 Van Ness Avenue. 1:30PM-5PM. Opening ceremonies with a color guard and invocations will be followed …

The ENDA vote won’t be today after all. Originally expected to be voted upon as early as tomorrow morning, a vote on the rule for the bill by the Rules Committee, a process necessary to move the bill to the House floor, has been postponed until the committee meets at 2pm ET tomorrow. An earlier meeting of the committee was …

OK, first some background for non-Gothamites: Jeffrey Epstein, 54, is this billionaire New Yorker playboy financier who is fighting charges that he hired numerous underage female hookers masseuses. Epstein is being defended by Alan Dershowitz and last month it was reported that Epstein was about to plead guilty to reduced charges in exchange for a 15-month prison sentence. Epstein’s story …

Monday, 9pm, IM conversation…..Friend Of Joe: Hey neighbor!JMG: Hey. Neighbor? You moved?FOJ: Yup, my sister and I just moved to the UES.JMG: Cool! Where?FOJ: You know that hi-rise over Bed Bath & Beyond?JMG: Sure, fancy building.FOJ: Yeah, it’s great. Super convenient.JMG: Right, you’ve got BBB in the lobby and that giant Food Emporium next door. A queen’s dream. 🙂FOJ: And …

Maybe you don’t wanna know, but head over to iPod Death Watch and enter your iPod’s serial number for an estimate of how many days you’ve got left with your digital lover. According to the site, I’ve got 633 days on my brand new iPod, my third, provided it doesn’t meet the same fate as my first. What a racket!

“We strongly urge Obama to part ways with this divisive preacher who is clearly singing a different tune than the stated message of the campaign. We can only hope that Obama is unaware of McClurkin’s anti-gay history and will swiftly condemn such intolerance. Real leadership includes standing up to those who drive wedges between the American people. McClurkin’s explanations for …

Sioux City, Iowa, which had petitioned the FAA to have their airport designation code, SUX, changed to something less mockable, has decided to embrace and market their memorable name. Go to FlySUX.com for information about their airport and to buy Fly SUX apparel. Interestingly, one of the alternatives to SUX offered by the FAA was GAY, but the city turned …

Courtesy of Hachette Book Group, this week’s swag is Rosie O’Donnell’s new memoir, Celebrity Detox: The Fame Game, now available at booksellers everywhere. As I’ve mentioned here several times, I’m a big Rosie O’Donnell fan. The View is simply unwatchable without her. We need somebody on national television angrily losing their shit about Dubya every day. It was a beautiful …

When Shelley is feeling needy (about every 15 minutes) she gets between me and my keyboard for her favorite game, Fang Roulette, in which I guess how many times I get to pet her before she (playfully) bites me. It doesn’t seem possible, but I’ve had her for six months this week. She’s morphed from being skittish around strangers to …

Wackjob closet case “Porno” Pete LaBabera, the guy who sends undercover camera crews to International Mr. Leather and Folsom Street Fair, is claiming on his Americans For Truth About Homosexuality site that White House staffers were involved in crafting the religious exemptions to ENDA, possibly signaling that President Bush would not veto the bill. Americans For Truth has learned that …

Italian television networks are breathlessly reporting that Vatican official Father Tommaso Stenico, who was suspended last week after being taped making advances to a young man, now says he has a long list of Vatican officials who are gay. On Friday, Italian television show Panorama revealed that Stenico has a “list of names and circumstances implicating a certain number of …

Jim Neal, a Democrat running for the U.S. Senate from North Carolina, came out this weekend during an online chat on the liberal political blog BlueNC. When asked if he was gay, Neal replied, “I am indeed.” Neal is running against Sen. Elizabeth Dole. There has never been an openly gay U.S. senator. Saying he does not want to be …

In an effort to gain traction with black conservatives, Barack Obama will tour South Carolina with Pastor Donnie McClurkin, an “ex-gay” preacher and gospel singer. McClurkin, who says he was molested as a child, frequently rails against “the curse of homosexuality.” A choice quote: “There are countless numbers of people who are not happy in this lifestyle and want to …

-Fuerzabruta, a show involving aerial, aquatic, acrobatic and dancing components opens on Wednesday in Union Square’s Daryl Roth Theatre. “Fuerzabruta (it means “brute force”) is a largely wordless physical and visual extravaganza inspired in part by Carnaval. It is built around a few major set pieces: a 45-foot clear-bottom tilting pool, hung from the ceiling and only partly filled; flying, …

ENDA comes to a vote in the House on Wednesday, when Republicans (and a few Democrats) will argue to send it back to committee, which would effectively kill it for the current session. If ENDA does indeed pass, Rep. Tammy Baldwin will then propose an amendment reattaching transgender protections. Wednesday promises to be nerve-wracking. I will be following the vote …