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Shake off the midweek blahs with this peppy poppy vocal house mix from San Francisco’s DJ Steve Sherwood! Setlist. Podcasts. Website. Facebook. UPCOMING GIGS: Disco Cherry @ Mezzanine, SF, June 26th. PREVIOUSLY ON JMG: DJ Pete Savas. DJ Jeff Jackson & DJ Disco Connie. DJ Phillip Kimball. DJ Paul Ferrer. DJ Shane Stiel. DJ Paul Goodyear. DJ Susan Morabito. DJ …

Saying that President Obama is responsible for the deaths incurred during Israel’s raid on the Gaza relief flotilla, Rep. Peter King (R-NY) has introduced a House resolution requiring the U.S. to side with Israel on the issue. “I believe that the Obama administration’s foreign policy is responsible for what happened with the flotilla,” said King, R-Long Island. King said the …

According to a study just released by researchers in Boston, gay men are 50% less likely to be obese than straight men. But lesbians are more likely to be overweight than straight women. After scrutinizing a health survey of more than 67,000 Massachusetts residents between the ages of 18 and 64, the researchers found that 14 percent of gay men …

Former Republican National Committee chairman Ken “Closet Case” Mehlman has bought a $4M loft in the heart of Chelsea, where he’ll run into fellow tenants Lance Bass and Marc Jacobs in the elevator. Curbed reports: Mehlman just paid $3.775 million for a 2,200-square-foot 2BR/3BA loft on the 17th floor, and according to the listing (still viewable on the rather spectacular …

Just out. I still like Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s version.

We can’t know what horrible pressure or threats that have been placed on Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga to have the situation come to this latest development. From the Malawi-based newspaper The Nation: In a dramatic twist to the tale of Malawi’s convicted but pardoned gay lovebirds, the man, Steven Monjeza, has dumped his homosexual ‘wife’ Tiwonge Chimbalanga to marry …

The anti-gay Hawaii Family Forum is being challenged for spending far more on lobbying than is allowed by federal law. Pro-gay activists are calling for the group to lose its tax-exempt status over the amount spent to fight the state’s still-pending civil unions bill, which awaits approval from the governor. Under federal tax law, Hawaii Family Forum may use no …

South Korea has ended its six year suspension of state-sponsored propaganda by broadcasting the below pop song across the North Korean border. Before airing a rebuke from South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, the broadcast features K-pop girl group 4minute singing their song “HuH (Hit Your Heart).” The song was specifically chosen to irk the repressive regime with its liberating lyrics: …

Today the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act failed to move out of the New York Senate Judiciary Committee by ONE vote. And who was the lone dissenting Democratic vote that killed the bill? Our old nemesis, the evil Sen. Ruben Diaz. Via press release from the Empire State Pride Agenda: Today the Senate Judiciary Committee took up the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination …

Courtesy of the Karpel Group, today we have two great swag giveaways! First up is the Cinema Pride Collection, a ten disc DVD collection of classic gay movies, available today exclusively from Amazon. The very first gay-themed film DVD collection from a major motion picture studio, The Cinema Pride Collection debuts only at Amazon.com on June 8 from Twentieth Century …