Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Karl Rove, quoted above, (special JMG translation) continues to deny his responsibility in steering his party right up the pointy bedsheets of racists and dominionists and out of its plurality in Congress. More literally quoted, Darth Voldermort includes Mike Jones among his short list of ills that undid God’s Own Party, telling Time Magazine, “The profile of corruption in the …

It was at this time last week that the last bell finally rang on the 2006 election, delivering the House, the Senate, and the majority of state governships into the hands of the Democrats. The map is blue again. And so is the sky. My face is sore from smiling and my feets are aching from all this happy dancing. …

How kind some of you are, sending me alarmed emails, concerned that the day had nearly expired without a post. Y’all are sweet and we are totally BFF. My morning was spent downtown, due to a “Failure To Respond” juror subpoena. I went seeking bureaucratic absolution, half-fearing I was *this close* from being thrown into the Tombs, as I tried …

Friday I dropped my iPod mini on the subway stairs. More accurately, it was knocked out of my hand by a woman who couldn’t wait until she reached the top of the stairs to open her umbrella, lest her precious ‘do get damp. Subway staircase umbrella etiquette is one of those petty topics I once pledged to never blog about, …

Last night the organizers of Real Bad, the Folsom Street Fair closing party that I raved about this year, donated a record-breaking $115,000 to the two beneficiaries of this year’s party: PAWS (Pets Are Wonderful Support) and Men’s Inner Journey. That’s an amazing amount from a single event (100% of ticket revenues) and congratulations are due to Grass Root Gay …

Today is a sad anniversary. In 1994, Jimmy went into the hospital again. He’d been in and out of Broward General a dozen or more times over the last couple of years, and it was getting harder for his friends, including me, to maintain the usual matching levels of panic and hope that most people experience when a friend is …

Several readers have tipped me off to an interesting story in today’s Daily News regarding the congressional race in New York’s Westchester County. Newly elected John Hall (D-NY, left), formerly the frontman for 70’s pop rock band Orleans, squeaked by his opponent after Adam Rose, a wealthy gay private citizen, enraged by Republican incumbent Sue Kelly’s opposition to gay marriage, …

“I think religion has always tried to turn hatred towards gay people.” – Elton John, speaking to Music Monthly Magazine. “Religion promotes the hatred and spite against gays. From my point of view, I would ban religion completely.” I’d like to imagine no religion too.

At 73rd & Broadway is the Upper West Side’s Ansonia, a grandly ornate Parisian-styled apartment building. Built in 1880, the Ansonia is rife with gay history, as its basement was the site of the Continental Baths. It was there, in 1972, that Bette Midler famously made her debut to gay audiences, with Barry Manilow accompanying her on piano. The Continental …

Left, I contemplate the weighty issues of the land, standing before the U.S. Supreme Court. My feeble brain seized upon no brilliance, but blue skies, 75 degrees (!), and the company of good friends made a glorious, if surprisingly contemplative and reverent Veteran’s Day on the Mall. The Farmboyz and I visited all the monuments, including the WWII and Korean …