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LOGO has rejiggered their casting call for their gay take on the Housewives phenomenon after their first concept about houseboys, Kept, resulted in few applicants. The new title: The Gay Socialites Of New York. Retch. (Via Brian Moylan @ Gawker)

HRC Back Story reports that Angelisa Young and Sinjoyla Townsend, a couple for 13 years, were first in line to get their marriage license in Washington, DC this morning. Marriages commence in three business days. DC Councilman David Catania, the sponsor of the bill, will be on hand all day to give out cupcakes to the couples in line. Congratulations …

An atheist group at the University of Texas is offering free porn to students who surrender their Bibles. The program is called “Smut for Smut.” Since most churches are happy to give you as many Bibles as you can carry, this seems like a great way to beef up one’s porn collection. Fox News bloviates below.

Well, this is reassuring. An air traffic controller at JFK took his kid to work with him and let the child deliver a few directions to pilots over the radio. Gothamist notes: “To be fair, he does sound pretty darn cute.” The FAA is vowing that heads will roll.

There’s a great interview with B-52s member Fred Schneider over at the A.V. Club in which he reveals that the band is working on a live album to be culled from four live shows in Australia. A lot of the interview is about Fred’s new Orlando-based band, The Superions, but there’s also a lot of stuff about the early years …

If you are a prospective citizen of Canada, you won’t learn about their expansive gay rights laws from a brand new guide for immigrants. Anti-gay Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has had all mention of that deleted. Internal documents show an early draft of the guide contained sections noting that homosexuality was decriminalized in 1969; that the Charter of Rights and …

I guess they don’t mince their words in the EU Parliament. (Via – AmericaBlog)

GOP Senators are screaming bloody murder about portions of the health care reform bill that THEY created. Rachel Maddow destroys them.

Courtesy of the Saint At Large, today’s Swag Tuesday prize is two tickets to BPX: The Black Party Expo & Bazaar (NSFW), a porn star-infused event that precedes this year’s annual legendary Black Party at the Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan. Billed as “Behind The Scenes At The World’s Sexiest Party” and benefitting The LGBT Center, The Black Party Expo & …