Joe.My.God. LGBT News

GLAAD has issued a call to action over yet another anti-gay Sean Delonas cartoon published in the New York Post. If the above cartoon offends you, contact the NY Post: Jesse Angelophone 212-930-8274, fax (212) 930-8540, e-mail: [email protected].

Lacking the 60 vote threshold needed for approval, the Department of Defense reauthorization bill (to which the Matthew Shepard Act has been attached) was just removed from consideration by Senate Majority Leader Reid. Negotiations continue to get the bill reintroduced.

My scientist buddy Dagon used to live in Manhattan but is now back in Austin, Texas, where he studies and teaches plant biology. Dagon also noticed Little David’s post about the two gay men who adopted an infant baby, but his take was a little different. I’ve been online too much reading theist vs. atheist fights, and as a result …

A 25-year old Army private in North Carolina has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon and committing a crime against nature for having unprotected sex with an 18-year old male civilian. Fort Bragg officers warned Pfc. Johnny Dalton to not have unprotected sex after he tested positive for HIV last November. They were alerted by the civilian’s mother …

The soundtrack to this summer’s True Colors tour is available now for download with the physical CD due on August 7th. The highlight (to me) is Morel’s Pink Noise remix of Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors. You probably know Rich Morel from his smash remixes of tracks by Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys, and many others – not to mention his …

In the wee hours of the morning, Lady Randomocity called me from her mahjong game in Brighton Beach to slur the name of this week’s Swag Tuesday winner, Manhattan Bill, whom she thinks is the first Gothamite to win so far. Bill sez: “Now I’m feeling the groove!” Bill wins four remastered double-disc CDs from Universal Music Enterprise’s Gold Series, …

The just finished new headquarters for the New York Times, a 52-story tower on 8th Avenue across from the Port Authority, touts itself as one of the most energy-efficient skyscrapers ever built. Designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop and FXFOWLE Architects, the tower is covered with ceramic tubing meant to “screen the double glazed, spectrally selective, low-emissivity, full-height glass wall …

My good friend Jerry is staying with me for a week while he’s here for work. We’ve been pals since the late 80’s. Tonight he came home from a long day of meetings and noticed my passport sitting out. “Oh, where are you going?” “I just need a renewal. I’ve been meaning to do it forever. It’s been expired for …

Shelley’s new favorite place to nap is on top of my stove, which longtime readers will know I disabled years ago – so no worries about her getting burned. I guess she figures that if she’s right there next to the counter, there’s no chance in missing out any possible roast beef sandwich preparations. She’s warming up to friends a …

“My only ask was that if his daughter doubted my tolerance to her orientation that I would hope that he would help make it clear to Mary that this is a–I was just worried about–the reason I’d federalized the issue is because I was worried about the courts’ defining the issue and that we’d end up with de facto marriage …