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According to a Washington Blade piece just posted by Lou Chibarro, some longtime supporters of ADAP in Congress are reluctant to approve supplemental funding this year for fear of angering the Tea Party. The AIDS Drug Assistance Program keeps tens of thousands of people alive by providing them with free or low cost HIV medications. William Arnold, executive director of …

Copyranter dissects this ad from Dylan Fabric Dye: Twink gives Sugar Daddy puffy shirt with doily collar for Valentine’s Day. Sugar Daddy dyes shirt pink and re-gifts it to Twink for their anniversary. Look at Twink’s face, look at his hair. Look at the way Sugar Daddy is holding his champagne glass. Jam the stereotyping into that layout. You’ll have …

JMG reader David over at Wicked Gay Blog says he’s been tipped that Manhunt is about to launch a competitor to Grindr called “Assfinder.” SRSLY. Or at least, Assfinder is the working name until the product goes live.

New York City’s annual leather street festival, Folsom Street East, is next Sunday, June 20th. Inspired by San Francisco’s legendary Folsom Street Fair, FSE was founded in 1997 by former Gay Male S/M Activists (GMSMA) chair John Weis and a cohort of similarly-minded New York City leathermen. “I thought that having a fun day in the sun for the SM/leather …

The SF Weekly’s Lauren Smiley has turned in a fascinating (and sad) profile of several gay couples who’ve been separated due to our nation’s inequitable immigration laws. An excerpt: Now that Arizona’s “papers please” law has pushed immigration reform to Washington’s front burner, Democrats propose allowing “permanent partners” to be treated the same as spouses under immigration law. While 19 …

Last week I quoted Iowa Family Policy council head Chuck Hurley who said “blah blah something blah evil gays blah eternal hellfire blah God’s gentle love.” Etc. Today Hurley is burning in that special lake of shame reserved for politicians who get completely creamed at the polls. From One Iowa via press release: Pro-equality legislator Ako Abdul-Samad scored a decisive …

Via Business Insider, a startling look at the transformation of Shanghai in the space of a mere 20 years. Has any city in the world ever changed so rapidly and dramatically? Abu Dhabi, maybe? Meanwhile, here at home, Ground Zero remains a raw gaping wound upon the city almost nine years after 9/11.

“If equality of outcome and not equality of opportunity is the goal, we’ve got a serious problem with the national spelling bee. If a disparate outcome is prima facie evidence of racism, something is going to have to be done. An Indian-American has won it for the third year in a row, and overall, Indian-Americans have won the trophy eight …

A federal appeals court in Boston has denied NOM’s latest attempt to continue shielding their list of donors from Maine as is required by state election finance law. But it’s not over yet. The group, known by its initials “NOM” contributed nearly $2 million to last year’s successful campaign to overturn Maine’s gay marriage law. Opponents say NOM has failed …