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NEW YORK, NY – In the ongoing fight to end homelessness for youths in New York City, SKOOL’d is back in session for the third year in a row and is promising to be bigger than ever. Hosted by Heatherette’s Richie Rich with special appearances by multiplatinum-selling Universal recording artists Mya and JoJo, SKOOL’d will be held at SOL (609 …

By request, here’s a new shot of Shelley, lounging on the furry sleep-pad that I picked out specifically because it matched her coloring. I guess that makes me a big sissy. Don’t be suckered by that innocent look, she just finished stealing a big hunk of roast beef off the kitchen counter.

Last night I was feeling a little restless, so about 8PM I decided to head up to 86th Street to do a little shopping and see what was playing at the movies. Normally, I’d walk – it’s less than 20 minutes to do so – but since the stores would be closing soon, I caught a cab on First Avenue. …

Kenneth Hill over at AOL’s QueerSighted has penned a fantastic piece on the issue of how the gay community treats its effeminate men, touching on YouTube personalities William Sledd and Chris Crocker and various insulting comments about them made on some gay blogs. Longtime JMG readers know that this issue is very important to me, one that I comment on …

I’ve heard from a few readers that JMG is crashing Firefox browers or “freezing” occasionally in the last few days. Anybody have an idea what the problem is? I am computarded and clueless.

-Daniel “Harry Potter” Radcliffe will be baring all in a Broadway production of Equus in 2008. Radcliffe earned high marks for his performance in a London run of Equus earlier this year. No venue or dates have been announced. -All 21 shows currently playing on Broadway are musicals. Last week’s attendance sagged by over 43,000 admissions over the previous week, …

Here’s a cool shot of the Highline at W.16th Street and 10th Avenue. (What follows is old news to locals, of course.) The Highline is a decrepit elevated rail that runs for 22 blocks down the west side of lower Manhattan, terminating in the Meatpacking District. Trains stopped running on the Highline in 1980 and in 2001 Giuliani authorized its …

Andy Towle caught this bit of duncery at CBS’ The Power Of 10. Apparently, 47% of Americans would not swim in a pool with an HIV-positive person. I can remember at the very beginning of the epidemic how few guys would swim in the Parliament House pool. That lasted for a least a couple of years, until transmission methods were …

HIV-positive men in California can now become fathers, as the ban on a sperm-washing procedure has now been lifted. The procedure, which removes the virus from semen before artificial insemination, has been available for 10 years, but California inadvertently blocked its use through a blanket ban on any transferring any tissues or fluids from HIV positive people. Tuesday, Gov. Schwartzenegger …