Saturday, 1am, 2nd Avenue, East VillageStoned Dude 1(pointing): You wanna eat there? Stoned Dude 2: Thailand Cafe? What kinda food do they have? SD1: Um, Thai food, dude. SD 2: Like what? SD 1: Dude! Like noodles and shrimp. That kinda shit. SD 2: Fuck that. I don’t like Chinese..

You might remember Manhattan Mini Storage’s Queer Eye(ish) campaign, mentioned here last year. I love the new campaign too, Mike at Manhattan Chowder has more examples.

This month’s issue of The Atlantic features a fascinating article on gay life in Saudi Arabia. The author, Nadya Labi, investigates and contrasts the historical acceptance of gay behavior in Arabic nations versus the emerging concept of gay identity, and how the two are colliding in the increasingly Westernized Arabic world. In Saudi Arabia, sodomy is punishable by death. Though …

It’s been a good week for the movement. -The ACLU claimed a victory in Okeechobee, Florida, a small town near the northern edge of the Everglades, where their federal lawsuit forced Okeechobee High School to recognize the Gay-Straight Student Alliance. The school had banned the group as a “sex-based club”, saying it violated their abstinence-only policy. -New Hampshire’s state house …

And moving to News Of The Deranged, Tom Cruise is coming to Manhattan next week to host a $100,000 per table fundraiser to benefit a Scientology “New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project”, which claims to be able to detoxify cops, firefighters and rescue workers who were exposed to poisons during the World Trade Center rescue. Crazy, right? Even crazier, this …

Walt Disney has announced that its Fairy Tale Wedding package will now be available to gay couples, meaning that LGBT folks can stage ceremonies at either U.S. resort or on their cruise line. No word on whether they are changing the name of the wedding package (which starts at $8000), but let’s hope they don’t. If I got married at …

Yesterday Malcontent announced the winner of this year’s March Gayness blogger showdown, and it am me. At first it appeared that I’d won by one vote, which would have been so Bush 2000, but it turns out that voting had closed earlier when I had a bigger lead. So thank you, my gentle, intelligient readers, that was good for a …

Grand Central Terminal looked ghostly and beautiful on this cool, cloudy morning. Embiggen for maximum spookiness.

Sanjaya having survived last night’s show, with Dial Idol correctly picking the bottom three, including this week’s reject, Gina, you might be amused by the website If Sanjaya Wins, which is selling t-shirts upon which you can make some sort of pledge to your reaction, should Sanjaya actually win the season. “If Sanjaya wins, I will ….” I can’t believe …

In response to the recent endorsement by the World Health Organization, the New York City Department of Health is also planning to promote circumcision for men at risk for HIV, asking community groups AND gay rights organizations to discuss the procedure with their members. This, despite WHO’s own statement that the procedure holds little value for gay men who practice …

AIDS Healthcare Foundation filed suit against the state of California yesterday, accusing the state of ignoring California law and refusing to provide care for HIV/AIDS patients. You may recall that AHF recently sued Pfizer, claiming that the pharmaceutical giant was promoting unsafe sex via its Viagra advertising. In the latest suit, AHF says that California is being deliberately slow to …

Last night me and my boy Jay-Z was chillin. Kickin it, ya dig? Fo realz! Y u trippin? Meh, I can’t even fake hip-hop slang. The real story is I attended a Def Jam release party for Ne-Yo’s new record, Because Of You. You may recall Ne-Yo’s hit from last year, So Sick. You may recall it, but I don’t, …

Next Wednesday I’ll be calling numbers at Will Clark’s Porno Bingo at Hell’s Kitchen’s Ninth Avenue Bistro. The event benefits NYC’s Gotham Knights rubgy club, a team that I’ve actually trekked outer-borough to see, thanks to a few buddies that play for them. Also appearing at Porno Bingo will be gay porn reviewer Vincent Lambert (NSFW). I expect heavy drinking …

If you could attend any concert by any band in any year, what would it be? In 1981, my friend and I followed the B-52’s around Florida on their Wild Planet tour, seeing them 9 times in about two weeks. I think I’d pick their show at Tampa’s Agora Ballroom that year. There are lots of bands I never got …

“[Divine] was (going to be) the first gay male character, a gay uncle, which could have been hugely successful at the time.” – John Waters, revealing that at time of his death in 1988, Divine was about to begin appearing on Married With Children. Interesting news, but despite what the linked article says, wasn’t Billy Crystal’s character on Soap tv’s …

And at the moment, it ain’t me. Voting for ultimate blog Daddyness ends at 8am tomorrow. Thanks again to Malcontent for a silly/fun bit of foolery that led me to some new blogs that will go up on my blogroll shortly. And then we’ll get back to serious stuff, like Sanjaya.

With the help of Aaron, I’m still trying to figure out how to use the BlogAds site, but as you may have noticed, JMG now features an ad from the ACLU which asks you to submit your personal LGBT-related job discrimination stories for use in their vital work on behalf of ENDA, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Please visit the ACLU …

Out Magazine is brewing some uncharacteristic controversy by placing not-exactly-out celebrities Jodie Foster and Anderson Cooper on the cover of their Power 50 issue, which ranks “the most powerful gay men and women in America.” Cooper ranks #2, Foster #43. The issue hasn’t hit the stands yet, but New York Magazine is reporting on the issue, which places David Geffen …