Joe.My.God. LGBT News

From the lobby of the Masonic Temple, where their Manhattan photo essay contained numerous amusing misspellings. More Open House New York photos are coming.

I used to wonder about news stories about people falling into the gap between the subway and the platform. In most stations, the gap is less than a 3-4 inches. How could a person fall into that? And then yesterday, after a few weeks of nonstop news about deaths and injuries from gap incidents, I took a hesitant step out …

In the halcyon, glittery, mirror-balled days of long ago, before crystal meth invaded the scene and turned every dance event into a nonstop Vietnamesque explosion factory of endless crescendos and drumrolling climaxes, before every party had another party beginning immediately afterwards, doors open at 6am, doors open at 10am, waaaaay back before the most common question at a gay dance …

I don’t know how I came across this on You Tube, but please enjoy the exploits of my new favorite superhero: Violated By Bears Man. See, he was raped by radioactive bears. And it gave him superpowers, right? Go watch. And yes, I am *dying* for his “Bears Did Terrible Things To Me” t-shirt.

As my mind is in California this weekend, here’s a snap that a friend sent me this week, taken at 11am on a Sunday morning in L.A. in 2001. As we waited in line to get into some after-after-after party called Redeye, where the late DJ Neil Lewis was about to spin, the sky began to brighten and we realized …

At noon today, from her wheelchair on Dag Hammerskjold Plaza, Edith Atkins, 99, told me, “I’ve been voting for 75 years, since the ’30s. I can’t let it all end with Bush!” I got a little choked up and shook her hand and asked for permission to take her picture. Her sign advocates for Bush to be charged with war …

Siegfried and Roy were inducted into the Las Vegas Walk Of Stars on Tuesday, three years to the day after Roy was attacked and grievously injured by a tiger during their act. In observance, here’s the poem I wrote on that day in 2003. Forced RetirementHis codpiece bulgingHis hair styled highRoy *snapped* his whipAs the tigers raced by One Bengal …

Worst.Title.Ever. Just be glad that I don’t keep porn in there, otherwise this post would be called Hot Lovin’ From The Oven. Hanging from my vestigial control knobs are two leather bears, made two years ago as Christmas ornaments by Eddie, who is rather crafty.

Who’s your favorite straight person, in terms of doing good work, generating good will, and creating an overall positive benefit to the gay community? I’d probably have to go with Jon Stewart, of The Daily Show, whose frank and pithy commentary reveals to a national audience the idiocy and illogic of homophobia..