Joe.My.God. LGBT News

“I absolutely believe that anybody in this generation who is at the forefront of social justice and making an impact on Judaism would care deeply about the role and the place of gays and lesbians.” – Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, just named by Newsweek as one of top 50 most influential rabbis in America, who placed Kleinbaum 19th overall and one …

In a real-life remake of the film Ed-TV, from San Francisco (where else) comes the story of Justin.TV, an internet show in which 24-year old Justin Kan is in the 11th day of wearing a netcam on his head and “lifecasting” to the world, 24 hours a day. Justin’s site is sagging from the hordes of net zombies anxiously chatting …

In a nod to foreign tourists, the NYC hot dog carts are selling Nutella, a vile gelatinous hazelnut tub of muck that I’d never heard of until I moved here to work for a British company. My coworkers adore Nutella, but are grossed out by peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Go figure. The product was invented in Italy during WWII …

I just got a message from Rex Wockner saying that arrests are beginning to take place at the ACT-UP Army demonstration on Wall Street. Wockner estimates the crowd at 800, with about 20 arrests so far. More to come as I get reports. UPDATE: Rex Wockner has filed this story on the protest. In San Francisco, Michael Petrelis covered the …

As reality and contest shows leave me cold, I haven’t followed American Idol since the Kelly Clarkson season. But I have to comment on the hilarity of reading about Sanjaya Malakar continuing to thwart the judges, thanks in large part to the sarcastic support of Howard Stern and the Vote For The Worst website. American Idol has always seemed to …

The Frick Collection sits at the corner of 5th Avenue and E.70th Street, facing Central Park.

Don’t forget that today at noon will be the 20th anniversary ACT-UP march on Wall Street to demand universal health care, single-payer insurance and drug price controls. Marchers will assemble at 11:30am at the Federal Building, at the corner of Broadway & Worth. I have a work thing that will hopefully end in time for me to get down there, …

Have you had sex with somebody from your office? Have you had sex with somebody AT your office?.

LOGO apparently doesn’t see any homophobia in Blades Of Glory, as the cast of the movie will host an upcoming episode of the gay cable channel’s Click List video countdown show. Of course, that doesn’t have anything to do with LOGO and Paramount being sibling Viacom companies. Not at all.

The United Nations’ health agencies recommended today that heterosexual men undergo circumcision, citing “compelling” evidence that the procedure may reduce their odds of contracting HIV by up to 60%, while also noting that the procedure has little benefit for men who have sex with men. UNAIDS and the World Health Organization said that up to 5.7 million new cases could …