The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced its 2012 inductees. For the fourth time, multiple Grammy winner Donna Summer had been nominated, but was not selected. Of slight solace (to me), late lesbian singer/songwriter Laura Nyro made the cut on her first nomination. More than a quarter century after they brought hard rock back to the top of …
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When Airport Lounge Acts Hit The Pulpit
This is actually awesome in a sick, sick way.(Source)
Read More »IOWA: Majority Of GOP Voters Support Same-Sex Marriage Or Civil Unions
JMG reader Matthew points out that buried way down in the latest New York Times poll we learn that 58% of Iowa’s “likely GOP caucus goers” support either full marriage equality or civil unions. We’ll wait here while the hate groups report that little nugget. Checks watch….
Read More »CALIFORNIA: Hate Groups Now Pushing FIVE Anti-Gay Ballot Measures
Equality California last night sent out the above alert. It’s apparent that hate groups have decided to simply overwhelm the good guys with a high number of attacks. It would likely cost tens of millions of dollars to defend against all five measures. We’ll have to see if the other side has the financial backing to push them through.
Read More »Networks Ignore Obama Announcement
Igor Volsky notes that the major news networks made no mention of yesterday’s landmark announcement by the Obama administration.
Read More »Gay-Straight Clubs Roil Ontario
This all feels familiar from down here, doesn’t it?
Read More »MICHIGAN: Backlash At Anti-Gay Mayor
Last week Mayor Janice Daniels of Troy, Michigan made national news when a six-month old anti-gay Facebook post surfaced. Now Daniels is facing the music at home. She is getting a short, not too happy, education in the facts of political life — specifically that the kind of sweeping stereotypes that fringe groups applaud don’t play well with the wider …
Read More »BELGIUM: Gay Prime Minister Sworn In
Elio Di Rupo, the openly gay head of Belgium’s Socialist Party, took the oath of office yesterday before King Albert II. Di Rupo becomes the world’s second openly gay head of government after Iceland’s Johanna Sigurdardottir. In a ceremony at the ornate royal palace, the son of Italian immigrants completed a remarkable personal journey that took him from an impoverished …
Read More »NYC Sees Wave Of iThieves
Thefts and robberies are soaring in NYC and the crooks are focusing on handheld electronics. An eCrime wave is sweeping the city with iPads, smartphones and other pricey devices now more popular with Big Apple thieves than even cold hard cash, cops say. Half of the nearly 16,000 robberies in New York over the first 10 months of this year …
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