Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Visitors to Times Square can oogle 50 Oscar statuettes on the ready for this year’s awards and even pose at the podium with an actual real Oscar in their hands. (I did this! But the pic was not so great.) The exhibit is free and runs until Saturday..

KeyWord Ministries lost its last bid to repost its anti-gay billboard in Staten Island yesterday, when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the case. The signs, which went up briefly in 2000, quoted everybody’s favorite Leviticus passage in four different ways, and were removed by the sign company after the borough ruled that the sign was “essentially hate speech”, …

Kenneth Hill, AOL’s “gayest editor ever”, has merged his AOL.com/gay blog into a new AOL community blog called Queer Sighted. New writers joining Queer Sighted include the fab Richard Rothstein, formerly of Proceed At Your Own Risk, whom you can congratulate this Saturday when Richard joins our blarg hop. Go Queer Sighted! Now y’all go update your blogrolls..

Sulu, my face is set on stun. I believe the kids would say: “Pwned”! George Takei is made of win! (via – Living In The Bonus Round)

Here’s a couple of fun tunes to while away the last of your work day: -My beer buddy and fellow blogger Bryce was a member of the (sadly defunct) Isotoners, whom I never got to see perform. Here’s their song Manboobs: Stream. Download. And here’s their fun video, Roofie Me. –M. Spaff Sumision, the creator of the hilarious Ted Haggard-inspired …

At first I thought that the name badge on the young lady at Walgreens said “Beyonce”, and I thought to myself, “Yeah, you wish.” Closer inspection revealed her name to actually be “Bouncy”, and I was reminded of various names of co-workers I’ve had over the years: Precious, Sunshine, Happy, and Merry. These were all their real names, given by …

“If you want half my money, you come in here and give half this blowjob.” – Emily, on the HBO documentary Atlantic City Hookers, explaining why she doesn’t use a pimp. Three days later and I’m still laughing..

Almost 80 years after the 1928 completion of its six-story base, the 46-story tower of the Hearst was added. The world headquarters for the Hearst publishing empire (SF Chronicle, Good Housekeeping, etc), the Hearst Tower was the first skyscraper to break ground in NYC after 9/11, and its innovative diamond-shape pattern has won architectural awards. My beloved Farmboyz adore the …

Bill Gates, whom I increasingly believe may be remembered as the greatest man of my lifetime, will today announce a HIV vaccine trial in conjunction with the Canadian government. Gates said that he would be “very surprised” if there is no vaccine for AIDS in his lifetime. A glimmer of hope in the otherwise dim HIV vaccine outlook came a …

Congratulations to Daniel Gross and Steven Goldstein, the first gay couple in New Jersey to have a civil union ceremony. Today New Yorkers have another reason to move across the Hudson, besides the cheaper real estate.