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On May 25th, Prop 8 witness David Blankenhorn wrote to the New York Times complaining that columnist Frank Rich had wrongly associated him with Dr. George “Anal Longstroke” Rekers. My expert report to the court — which was written entirely by me, includes a list of scholarly sources and is available for anyone to read — includes no mention of …

Another member of Menudo has followed Ricky Martin out of the closet. Matthew Rettenmund at Boy Culture reports: Angelo Garcia, once the youngest-ever member of Menudo and a bandmate of Ricky Martin’s, has come out as gay in the pages of TV Notas (Junio 8, 2010). In the piece, he says he’s never been closeted: “I’m very honest about who …

In a profile of the Log Cabin Republicans over on the FrumForum, LCR’s new executive director R. Clarke Cooper spends much of the piece dissing GOProud, who became the momentary darling of the right-wing after being slammed from the podium at CPAC earlier this year. Cooper argues that LCR offers more resources to gay conservatives than any other political group. …

HuffPo reports from the launch of the iPhone 4…. 1:45PM ET: Oops! Jobs is struggling with connectivity problems during his iPhone 4 demo. He tries to load a New York Times website–without success. He gets the error message “cannot activate cellular networks.” What happened, via CNET: [Jobs:] “I’m sorry guys, I don’t know what’s going on.” “Got any suggestions?” he …

New York City plans on replacing all of its cabs by 2013 and is soliciting design concepts. Above is the Unicab as proposed by an Australian company. The futuristic Unicab is all electric, has room for seven people, space for luggage and a ramp for disabled passengers. The front passenger seat is spun around, to let the rider face his …

And there’s no end in sight. Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA) laments: That June 7, 2010, marks the 104th month of US military engagement in Afghanistan and, consequently, America’s longest war in history (Vietnam lasted 103 months), would be less significant if we were not fumbling on all fronts in Afghanistan, from security to development to governance. The disconcerting indication of …

You can’t fire her, she quits! Veteran reporter Helen Thomas has announced her retirement after enduring several days of blistering criticism for saying that Jews should leave Israel and return to their home countries. Thomas, 89, has been a member of the White House press corp for 50 years and has reported extensively on every president since John F. Kennedy. …

“For years, those struggling with alcoholism have benefited from Alcoholics Anonymous. Like homosexuality, there is rarely a cure. There is a control through a process, which is guarded by absolute secrecy. It is an equivalent to ‘Don’t ask, Don’t tell’. The process has worked well for some time without the charge that it is discriminatory. “The Archdiocese for the Military …

This weekend British Petroleum launched the below ad campaign taking responsibility for the Gulf oil spill. The clip, which has already been parodied on late night television, does not accept comments on YouTube.

Led by Atlas Shrugs blogger Pamela Geller, a group called Stop The Islamization Of America staged a giant rally in downtown Manhattan yesterday in protest of the planned 13-story mosque and Islamic welcome center to be built two blocks away from Ground Zero. Gothamist reports: Michael Simons, 47, a retired Port Authority detective who for a time was buried in …