Yesterday on Meet The Press, Rudy Giuliani was asked if he agreed with Mike Huckabee that homosexuality was an “aberrant, unnatural, and sinful lifestyle” Giuliani: “No, I don’t believe it’s sinful. My moral views on this come from the Catholic Church. I believe that homosexuality, heterosexuality, as a way of somebody leads their life isn’t sinful. It’s the acts—it’s the …

Saying they “will not shy away from difficult discussions”, the Dutch government has pledged 2.5M euros to fight homophobia at home and abroad. The money will be spent between 2008-2011 and will be used to target young people, mostly Muslim youth in schools and sports organizations. The Dutch also plan to request the legalization of homosexuality from the countries to …

Clubland was rocked this weekend by the news that Mel Cheren, the “Godfather Of Disco”, has died from complications of AIDS. Cheren provided the financial backing to open legendary gay nightclub the Paradise Garage, and founded seminal dance music label West End Records. Earlier this year, Cheren’s biography, My Life and the Paradise Garage: Keep On Dancin’, was turned into …

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee yesterday refused to recant his 1992 call for AIDS patients to be quarantined, saying “I still believe this today, that we were acting more out of political correctness. I don’t run from it, I don’t recant it.” In 1992, Huckabee said, “It is the first time in the history of civilization in which the carriers …

Last night’s NYC Blowoff was even better than the last one, as positive word of mouth from October’s event brought in a huge crowd, causing a waiting line outside the Highline Ballroom and lines almost as long inside at the coat check and restrooms. Congrats to Bob Mould and Rich Morel for creating what will surely be a long-running Manhattan …

Art critic, author, PBS host, and Carmelite nun Sister Wendy spoke to the Huffingon Post about her new book, Sister Wendy On Prayer, but was also asked about her stance on gay marriage. Huffington Post: You’ve spoken out about gay marriage. How do you balance what you believe with what you have sworn to uphold?” Sister Wendy: I believe in …

Democratic Senate leaders, acquiescing to their anti-war constituents, yesterday stripped the Matthew Shepard Act from the defense funding bill to which it was attached. Matthew Shepard’s mother has released a statement regarding yesterday’s decision: We are truly dismayed to find that Congress now will put aside its leadership on passage of federal hate crimes legislation that includes sexual orientation and …

John Schneider will join the cast of Chicago to play Billy Flynn for nine weeks beginning January 14th. Now in its 11th year, Chicago is the 8th-longest running show in Broadway history and the longest running revival ever. – The cast recording of Xanadu hits stores on January 8th but will be available online two weeks earlier. The disc has …

Right-wing talk shows and forums are lighting up with accusations the Brigadier General Keith Kerr is not a “real” general because that rank was attained with the California State Military Reserve, not the federal armed forces. Kerr, the openly gay retired soldier whose question during the Republican YouTube debate launched accusations that he’d been planted by the Clinton campaign (with …

Newly elected Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said yesterday that his administration will not interfere with states or territories that move to legalize civil unions for gay couples. The state of Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory are both expected to pass civil union laws early next year. Previous attempts to pass such legislation were thwarted by previous Prime Minister …

The 40-story Manhattan Municipal Building was completed in 1915 and is considered the final building of Gotham’s City Beautiful movement. It’s one of the largest governmental buildings in the world and the place where 28,000 New Yorkers get married every year. Another Stanford White beauty!

New York City and LGBT people everywhere have lost one of their giants in the fight for fairness and equality. Bob Kohler, Stonewall veteran and co-founder of seminal 60’s gay activism group, the Gay Liberation Front, died of cancer on Wednesday at age 81. For more than 40 years, Kohler relentlessly advocated for gays, transsexuals, blacks, PWAs, immigrants, sex workers, …

By request, a pussy hat-trick. Shelley sits on the radio in my bathroom while I shave. She likes to perch on the strangest things: the tires of my bike, the top of the microwave. She’s getting weirder by the day.

Staying with the pussy motif, here’s the trailer and synopsis for upcoming horror movie Teeth. High school student Dawn works hard at suppressing her budding sexuality by being the local chastity group’s most active participant. Her task is made even more difficult by her bad boy stepbrother Brad’s increasingly provocative behavior at home. A stranger to her own body, innocent …

Patti LaBelle does not appreciate attention from the ladies. LaBelle: “When I got my divorce, the women jumped on me like white on rice! I said, ‘Look, I ain’t ever did fish, I don’t intend to do fish so leave me alone.’” OK, we hear ya, Patti. But maybe Massengill will want you as their next spokesperson. (Via – Queerty.)

Last night Porno Pete LaBarbera of the Americans For Truth About Homosexuality was on Hannity & Colmes to parade his Folsom Street Fair video and to call for Nancy Pelosi to do something to end the fair. Naturally, in addition decrying the “shocking depravities” that took place in “broad daylight”, LaBarbera focuses on the idiots who brought their children to …

From the Washington Blade: Capitol Hill sources are telling the Blade that the hate crimes measure has been stripped from the National Defense Authorization Act. The House passed a freestanding hate crimes bill in May, but lawmakers in the Senate, led by Sen. Edward Kennedy, attached it to the spending bill as part of a strategy to avoid a presidential …

Last night’s Reading For Filth show was moving, hilarious, historic. I read something from the JMG archives, Tripping Over The Tubs, and that went over pretty well, but then my former co-worker, the dynamic one-woman circus called Robbyne Kaamil (above, before the show) blew me off the stage with a rousing part-poetry, part gospel, sex-positive performance that had the audience …

“…..and my beautiful Cydney who sticks with me through all the rotten and all the bliss.” – Jodie Foster, concluding her thanks at Tuesday’s 16th Annual Women in Entertainment Breakfast. Most are accepting this little snippet of a glimpse into the intensely private Foster’s home life as a coming out. It would be nice to hear something more, but that’s …

On 8th Avenue near Herald Square, the 43-story New Yorker Hotel opened in 1929 with 2500 rooms and a private tunnel that brought guests in directly from Penn Station. Today it’s a Ramada owned by the Unification Church (Moonies!) and is just about finished with a major remodeling. Dr. Jeff and I grabbed this photo late on Tuesday afternoon when …